The Library is open on Sundays
starting September 10 from 12-4:00pm!

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month!

Make sure everyone in your household has a library card! After all: A library card is elemental!

Did you know you can use your library card to check out a metal detector, Dungeons and Dragons supplies, a sewing machine, and much more!

Apply online now!

Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month
September 15 - October 15
 
Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month by reading an ebook or audiobook from an Hispanic author using Libby and Hoopla, the Weston Public Library's digital book resources! Libby, also known as Overdrive, has put together a collection of eBooks and eAudiobooks. Check them out here!
 
Hoopla also has a collection of Latinx Stories & Experience ebooks that you can view here and check out a title today. Happy reading!

New Event Series: Sunday Soundscapes!
Sunday, September 17 at 4pm
 
Our first Sunday Soundscapes concert brings opera to Weston!

Please join The Friends of the Weston Library for our first Sunday Soundscapes concert on September 17th at 4 pm. when we present “A Night at the Opera”. Tenor Joshua Collier headlines, with the fabulously talented singers of Opera Vermont providing popular opera, operetta, and Broadway melodies. Whether you enjoy Mozart, Puccini, Verdi or “Les Miz” you’ll find something to delight your ear and set your toes tapping!  Admission is free, with a suggested donation of $20 for adults and $10 for students. Space is limited, so be sure to make your reservation here.

Stand Up For Justice: Japanese American Concentration Camps from a Surviving Child's Perspective
Saturday, September 23 at 3pm

“Stand Up For Justice” honors Joy DeJaeger’s mother, who is currently 95 years old, and was placed in an American Concentration Camp from age 11 – 14 during World War II. The lecture demonstrates the unique challenges faced by Japanese Americans during the second World War and explores positive, peaceful and intelligent action when standing up for justice. Ms. DeJaeger incorporates her talent as a classical pianist with live musical accompaniment during her presentation. A Q & A will conclude the lecture.

Register here for this free event. Walk-ins also welcome!

This presentation is part of a World War II Lecture Series organized by the Weston History & Culture Center. Sponsored by the Friends of the Weston Public Library.

Password Security with Dr. Teresa Piliouras
Tuesday, September 26 at 7:00pm
 
The best defense against hackers and scams online is an ironclad password. But what exactly makes a password strong? And a strong one from a few years ago is certainly still great, right? Learn the answers to those questions and craft a new password using current industry standards with Dr. Teresa Piliouras, a cyber security expert with 5 decades worth of experience! Register here.
 
Craft for a Cause: Red Scarves
Through December 1, 2023
 
We will be accepting red scarves for the Foster Care to Success Project. Guidelines and information can be found here. You can drop off completed scarves anytime until December 1, 2023.
 
Recurring Events

New Yorker Roundtable
Tuesday, Sept. 12 at 10:30am
Meetings are hybrid, in-person at the library and online via Zoom.

Join the Friends of the Library New Yorker Group to discuss articles from the current issue on politics, current events, literature, and more. The New Yorker is available online with your Weston Public Library card at https://researchitct.org/popularmagazinespublic/. The fall schedule will be set at the Sept. 12 meeting!
 
Sponsored by the Friends of the Weston Public Library

Book Discussions

Thursday, September 14, 10:30am (Hybrid)
Inherenet Vice by Thomas Pynchon
 
Wednesday, September 20, 7:30pm (Virtual)
The Maid by Nita Prose
 
To reserve a copy of the book, please email [email protected]  If you would like to join either group virtually, please email [email protected]  for the Zoom link.
 
Sponsored by the Friends of the Weston Public Library.

Cookbook Club
Monday, September 18 at 12pm
 
The Weston Public Library Cookbook Club is an opportunity for those who love cooking to share favorite recipes and try new recipes with neighbors and friends! Make your favorite dish to share and bring the recipe! This month's theme: Everything Apples.

Looking for favorite recipes from previous meetings? You can check out all of the recipes here.

Please register. This group meets monthly in the Community Room.

Sip and Stitch
Thursday, Sept. 28 at 7pm
 
Join friends and neighbors for a night of sipping and stitching in the Library's Community Room. Make a little progress on your needle work while chatting and sharing tips.

Please register.

Service Spotlight

New Services: AtoZ World Food and AtoZ Food America

Enjoy two new services at the Weston Public Library or at home using your Weston Library Card: AtoZ Food World and AtoZ Food America! These new databases showcase recipes, prep instructions/videos, cultural insights, culinary history, and regional etiquette. Going to visit France for Christmas? Why not learn how to make a bûche de Noël. Visiting Mexico for the first time? Learn what makes Chapulines, a street food, so special. Visit our website to access these great new offerings!  

Local History Resources
 
Learn more about the rich history of Weston through the library's Local History Resources including digitized versions of The Chronicle Quarterly, the Weston Forum, and more!
 
Click here for access.
 
Consumer Reports Online Access

Did you know that you can access current and back issues of this popular magazine for FREE? Through the state library's ResearchIT resource, you can read, download, and print individual sections including the popular Buyer's Guides. Check it out here!

Get ready for summer travel with Transparent Language Online

Learn over 110 languages from all over the world, including indigenous languages from the Americas, English as a Second Language, and Irish Gaelic!

Sign up through the library website.

 Homebound Delivery Service

Weston residents who are temporarily or permanently homebound due to health or disability issues or COVID concerns are eligible for the Library's free homebound delivery service.

Call the library at 203-222-2665 or email [email protected] for more information.

Librarian Picks September Releases

What new releases are librarians most looking forward to in September? Check out the selection below from Weston's Adult Services Librarian, Anne.

Avoid the rush and place your holds early at www.westonpubliclibrary.org. 

Coleman Hill by Kim Coleman Foote  The exhilarating story of two American families whose fates become intertwined in the wake of the Great Migration. Braiding fact and fiction, it is a remarkable, character-rich tour de force exploring the ties that bind three generations.

Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff  Escaping from a colonial settlement in the wilderness, a servant girl, with nothing but her wits, a few possessions and some faith, is tested beyond the limits of her imagination, forcing her to question her belief of everything her own civilization taught her.

The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman It's rarely a quiet day for the Thursday Murder Club. Shocking news reaches them—an old friend has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. Fourth in the series about a spirited group of British pensioners and the crimes they help solve.
 
Beyond the Door of No Return by David Diop In French colonial Senegal, a young, soon-to-be-eminent French botanist becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman sold into slavery who escaped to freedom.
 
Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang The award-winning author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold returns with a rapturous and revelatory novel about a young chef whose discovery of pleasure alters her life and, indirectly, the world.