Featured Event
    
Bestselling Author Wendy Walker: What Remains
Monday, June 12th
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium

Please join us for a special event featuring thriller novelist Wendy Walker in conversation with author Deborah Goodrich Royce. She will present her latest book, What Remains - a chill-inducing novel about Detective Elsie Sutton who is drawn into a game of cat and mouse with a person she just saved from death.
The program will follow a brief reception.

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It's finals time for New Canaan High School students so you may notice more teens around the Library. Please wish them well as they prepare for their exams!
 
Extended Hours for TEENS ONLY are as follows
Sunday 6/11 open early 9AM
Monday 6/12 open until 9 PM

Calendar of Events

Programs for Adults: June 12th to June 17th
    
Red Cross Blood Drive
Tuesday, June 13th
9:00am - 2:00pm
Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium

The need to maintain a reliable blood supply is constant and vital; by donating you are helping to change, and perhaps save, a life!

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Tech Tuesdays: Kanopy and Freading
Tuesday, June 13th
1:00pm - 2:00pm
McLaughlin Meeting Room

Learn to stream free movies and read digital travel guides, cookbooks with free platforms Kanopy & Freading.

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Expert Search Tips and Tricks
Wednesday, June 14th
2:00pm - 3:00pm
McLaughlin Meeting Room

Learn all the search techniques that will help you best access our collection of books, ebooks, audiobooks, movies and more.

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Anyone Can Compost: Approaches to Home Composting that Work for You
Thursday, June 15th
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium

Learn how to save water, reduce pollution, and improve your landscape.

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Printmaking Workshop:
Blind Embossing
Thursday, June 15th
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Anderson MakerLab

Explore the technique of blind embossing - a technique that creates a 3-dimensional plate.

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The Beers of the Summer: A Tasting
Friday, June 16th
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Bartlett Terrace

Beer expert Neal Balkun, local Beer Expert, offers tastings from Montauk Brewing, Narragansett Brewery, and Whalers Brewing.

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Organizing Your Genealogy Research & Creating Your Family’s Narrative
Saturday, June 17th
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Craig B. Tate Conference Room

Learn how to organize your family’s research and create your own family narrative.

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Mark Your Calendar

Registration is open for June exercise classes
Tai Chi is cancelled on 6/16th and 6/23rd.
    
Upcoming Programs for June 19th -June 24th

Father's Day Wargame
(For Dads and Teens)
Monday, June 19th
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room

Come and play in a grand castle siege game set during the reign of Henry V and the Hundred Years War.

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Health and Wellness Book Group @ YMCA
Wednesday, June 21st
9:15am - 10:15am
Wagner Room New Canaan YMCA

Join us to discuss, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles.

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Lifestyle Medicine Workshop: Sleep
Wednesday, June 21st
11:00am - 12:00pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room

Lifestyle medicine specialist, Dr. Raquel Harrison helps you break down basic sleep principles and strategies.

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George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy
Thursday, June 22nd
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium

Sally Bedell-Smith presents her book George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy.

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ONGOING WEEKLY PROGRAMS

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)
No Class 6/16 and 6/23
Fridays, 10am

All levels are welcome

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FAMILY PROGRAMS

Chess Queens Play and Pizza!
(Grades 1-12)
Saturday, June 10th
3:15pm - 4:45pm
Arlene H. Grushkin Children's Program Room

Calling all Girls for CHESS & PIZZA! We'll be teaching chess to absolute beginners (no experience needed) AND offering strategy & casual play for chess enthusiasts. We will cap our time together with a pizza social. Come play the game that's the rave: Chess!Chessin1day.com instructors are top-ranked and rated chess players.

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Kids Music with Michael-Louis Smith
Thursday, June 15th
10:30am
Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium

Bring your little ones and join local musician Michael-Louis Smith to enjoy a fun and educational performance. Participants should be ready to sing along to their favorite songs, explore various genres of music and boogie to the beat while they learn about melody, harmony and rhythm! Best for toddlers and preschoolers! Sign up for each individual date.

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The Farmer's Grind Cafe

Located in the Library Concourse
Hours:
Monday - Thursday: 10am - 6pm
Friday - Saturday: 10am - 4pm
Sunday: Closed

LIBRARY HOURS

 - Monday- Thursday: 9am - 8pm
 - Friday: 9am - 5pm
 - Saturday: 10am - 5pm
 - Sunday: 12pm - 5pm