[email protected] Music on Hoopla!

Listen to your favorite musical artist or discover someone new with Hoopla's Grammy Award Nominees collection available with your library card! https://hoopla.app.link/9STvrhtl0ub

Daniel E. Offutt III Art Lecture
Virtual Gallery and Art Tour with Riva Blumenfeld
Thursday, December 8
7:00 p.m. via Zoom

Please join Riva this month as she discusses the work of Sophie Taeuber-Arp, one of the most multi-talented modern artists, creating profoundly innovative work across many disciplines. This talk traces her trajectory from Dadaist to an early champion of geometric abstraction.

Sponsored by Friends of the Weston Library. Please register to receive the zoom link.

Sip and Stitch + Wrap and Yap
Thursday, December 8
7:00 - 8:00 p.m. in the Community Room

Join friends and neighbors for a night of sipping, stitching, and wrapping! Make a little progress on your needle work and your gift wrapping while chatting and sharing tips.
Bring your presents to wrap, we'll supply seasonal wrapping paper.

Please register.

Friends of the Library Book Groups

Thursday, December 8, 10:45 a.m (Hybrid)

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

Friday, December 9, 11:00 a.m.

Old Maid and Roman Fever by Edith Wharton

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.

Sunday Makers!
Sunday, December 18 - Glass Etching
1:00-2:00 p.m. in the Community Room.

Give as a gift or keep for yourself! Get inspired and come back to learn how to use the Cricut to make your own decals! Registration required.

Loose Threads Quilt Show

Fabric Quilts and Wooden "Shed" Quilte

The show is on view in the Community Room for the month of December, beginning Sunday, December 4.

New Yorker Roundtable

Tuesdays, December 6, 13, & 20

10:45 a.m. 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/

Cookbook Club - Cookies!

Thursday, December 15

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. in the Community Room

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!

What is your favoirte cookie recipe? Make a batch to share and bring the recipe!

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

Please register.

Friends of the Library Short Story Hour
Wednesday, December 7 and 21
1:30 p.m. online via Zoom

Like an old-fashioned radio hour, participants will listen to a classic short story, followed by a discussion. No preparation is necessary.

Anyone who has participated in earlier Short Story Hours is already registered and will receive invitations to upcoming sessions. If you are new to the Short Story Hour, please register by sending your name, email address, and telephone number to

[email protected]. You will receive an email invitation to join the meeting.

Tech Cafe

Wednesday, December 28

9:30 - 11:30 a.m. in the library's cafe area

Did you receive a new phone, tablet, laptop, or e-reader this holiday season?

Bring your questions and devices to the library's cafe area for advice and a FREE cup of coffee from our Starbucks machine. No registration necessary.

Librarian Picks!
December Releases

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

Avoid the rush and place your holds early at

www.westonpubliclibrary.org

The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton  Born during a powerful hurricane, Wanda gains community and ultimately seeks adventure, love and purpose. Told in four parts—power, water, light, and time—The Light Pirate mirrors the rhythms of the elements and the sometimes quick, sometimes slow dissolution of the world as we know it.

Beaverland by Leila Philip  From award-winning writer Leila Philip, BEAVERLAND is a masterful work of narrative science writing, a book that highlights, through history and contemporary storytelling, how this weird rodent plays an oversized role in American history and its future.

The Ingenue by Rachel Kapleke-Dale  The Ingenue delves into mother-daughter relationships, the expectations of talent, the stories we tell ourselves, and what happens when the things that once made you special are taken from you.

How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Embler  A lyrical collection of essays about some of the ocean's strangest creatures and what they can teach us about human empathy and survival.

The Book of Everlasting Things by Aanchal Malhotra  A lush, sweeping love story about a Hindu perfumer and a Muslim calligrapher, set against the backdrop of partition.

Holiday Hours

The Library will be closed from Friday, December 23th through Monday, December 26. We will open again at 9:00 am on Tuesday, December 27.