Calendar of Events

FEATURED EVENTS
    
Mysteries, Murders, Killers and Thrillers:
Crime Writers Discuss Their Work with Bestselling Author
Wendy Walker
Tuesday, May 2nd
7pm - 8pm
Jim & Dede Bartlett Audiorium
We are thrilled to host Sisters in Crime authors Jill Amadio, Elissa Grodin and Elise Hart Kipness for a panel discussion on how to write crime novels and mysteries. Bestselling thriller/mystery writer Wendy Walker will moderate the panel discussion.

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Author Talk: Matthew Desmond
Poverty, by America
Wednesday, May 10th
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Jim and Dede Bartlett Auditorium
Matthew Desmond, acclaimed sociologist and Pulitzer Prize winning author of Evicted introduces his latest book, Poverty, by America, the #1 nonfiction book on the New York Times Nonfiction Bestseller list. Reception at 6:30pm.

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Author Talk:
Edward Aldrich
Thursday, May 4th
7pm - 8pm
Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium
The Partnership: George Marshall, Henry Stimson and the Extraordinary Collaboration That Won World War II by Edward Aldrich focuses on these two military giants, telling the fascinating stories of each man and the epic story of the United States in World War II.

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Marie Yovanovitch, Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine,
presents Attwood Lecture
Thursday, May 11th
6:30pm-8pm
Jim and Dede Bartlett Audiorium
We are honored to welcome Marie Yovanovitch, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, as our speaker for this year’s Attwood Lecture. Ambassador Yovanovitch will discuss her book, Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir. Reception at 6:30pm.

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MAY EVENTS

ESL for Beginners
Monday, May 1st
6:30pm - 8pm
Community Room
Learn to speak and write English with foundational grammatical sentences and short dialogues. Practice speaking and listening using essential grammar and vocabulary in pairs and groups. Eight sessions; Mondays starting 5/1. Participants only need to register once.

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Health and Wellness Book Group @YMCA
Wednesday, May 3rd
9:15am - 10:15am
Wagner Room,
New Canaan YMCA
New Canaan Library and New Canaan YMCA, bring you a new book group. Join us for our first meeting about the book, The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness by Robert J. Waldinger and Marc Schulz Ph.D.

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New Canaan Chamber Music
Friday, May 5th
7pm - 8pm
Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium
New Canaan Chamber Music performs works by Georg Philipp Telemann, Richard Strauss, Camille Saint-Saëns, Richard Rodgers, George Enescu and Felix Mendelssohn. Eleven world-renowned musicians join us for this concert.

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Healing Asian Hate Since Vincent Chin
Monday, May 8th
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Jim and Dede Bartlett Auditorium
Join us for a panel discussion exploring the current climate of hate and what individuals, communities, and businesses can do to reduce racial bias. The panel begins at 6:30 PM followed by a reception showcasing Asian foods.

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Expert Search Tips and Tricks
Tuesday, May 9th
1pm - 2pm
McLaughlin Meeting Room
This class teaches you search techniques that help you access our collection of thousands of books, ebooks, audiobooks, movies and more. We’ll also show you how to get the most out of our research databases. We’ll conclude with a tour of our new library building.

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Knit & Crochet Meetup
Saturday, May 13th
2pm-4pm
Anderson MakerLab
A meetup for experienced and beginner knitters and crocheters. We will meet in the MakerLab and then get settled around the fireplace on the Mezzanine. Ages 10-12 welcome with an adult. Drop in.

Lifestyle Expert and Author Mary Giuliani: How to Lose Friends and Influence No One
Wednesday, May 17th
7pm-8pm
Jim and Dede Bartlett Auditorium
Please join us for a lively evening with Mary Giuliani as she presents her latest book, How to Lose Friends and Influence No One.

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Jazz Quartet Performance:
Michael-Louis Smith & Brooklyn Circle
Friday, May 19th
6pm-7pm
Jim and Dede Bartlett Auditorium
The group features world renowned saxophonist Stacy Dillard (Stevie Wonder, The Roots), bassist Diallo House (Digable Planets), guitarist Michael-Louis Smith (Nneka), and drummer Ismail Lawal (Brian Jackson).

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Artscapades Presents: Cityscapes: From Masters to Modernists
Monday, May 22nd
7pm-8pm
Jim and Dede Bartlett Auditorium
ArtScapades will look at how artists portrayed cities in their works, from 17th century realistic cityscapes to 20th century abstract metropolitan views.

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ARTicipation for Adults
Wednesday, May 24th
2pm-4pm
Anderson MakerLab
This ARTicipation workshop will cover how to create a Cityscapes Mixed Media painting using collage, paint, patterns and textures.

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Beethoven's Innovations with Musicologist Gil Harel
Monday, May 15th
7pm-8pm
Jim and Dede Bartlett Auditorium
Professor Gil Harel will discuss how Beethoven's novel approach to form and harmony allowed him to create works that, 200 years later, are widely performed, recognized, and studied all over the world.

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Notable Reads Book Group
Thursday, May 18
11am-12pm
McLaughlin Meeting Room
This group reads broadly, with a focus on literary award winners and well-reviewed fiction, translations, and indie bookstore reads. This meeting will discuss Foster and Small Things Like These, both by Claire Keegan. Small Things Like These was the UK 2022 Orwell Prize winner for political fiction.

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Alice Waters’ Edible Schoolyard: Innovation in the global food system
Tuesday, May 23rd
6:30pm-7:30pm
Jim and Dede Bartlett Auditorium
This special program features changemakers behind the mission/work to “edibly educate” the next generation of regenerative growers of local, organic food.  Chef, author, and activist Alice Waters founded the Edible Schoolyard Project (ESY) in 1995.

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Lifestyle Medicine Workshop: Exercise
Wednesday, May 24th
11am - 12pm
Craig B. Tate Conference Room
Let's tackle the management of our energy, and MORE! Llifestyle medicine specialist, Dr. Raquel Harrison, teaches you the evidence to optimal movement and its benefit both physically and mentally.  

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Glass House Presents: Architecture Now: New York, New Publics
Thursday, May 25th
6:30pm-7:30pm
Jim and Dede Bartlett Auditorium
The Glass House and New Canaan Library present a lecture by curator Evangelos Kotsioris about Architecture Now: New York, New Publics, an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art that showcases 12 projects for public-facing spaces across New York City’s five boroughs.

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ART AS A LIFELINE: Photographer Torrance York on Parkinson’s, Creativity, and the Making of Semaphore
Photographer Torrance York shares how her latest body of work acted as a lifeline following her diagnosis with Parkinson’s Disease. York takes us through the process by which the images were created and published as a collection in her book, Semaphore; explores shifts in perspective; and draws connections between the visual world and her internal experience post-diagnosis.

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Gentle Yoga (Registration Required)
Mondays, 10am
Bring your own mat
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Open MakerLab
Wednesdays, 4pm-6pm
Drop by and check it out
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Open Tech (No registration Required)
Tuesdays, 2pm-4pm
Come in for one-on-one support

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Tai Chi (Registration Required)
Fridays, 10am
All levels are welcome
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