Daniel E. Offutt III Art Lecture
Virtual Gallery and Art Tour with Riva Blumenfeld
Thursday, November 3
7:00 p.m. via Zoom

Please join Riva this month as she discusses the work of Faith Ringgold, an American painter, writer, mixed media sculptor, and performance artist, best known for her narrative quilts.

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

Sip and Stitch
Thursday, November 3
7:00 - 8:00 p.m. in the Community Room

Are you a knitter, crocheter, or needlepointer? Join us for an evening of stitching with friends and neighbors.  Share tips, tricks, and skills and meet other crafters in Weston. All skill levels welcome! Please register. 

Study Skills and Executive Functioning
Wednesday, November 9
6:30 p.m. in the Community Room

This is a unique in-person opportunity to learn from Novella Prep Founder, Dr. Tony Di Giacomo, and ask your burning study skills and college application questions.  Please register.

Friends of the Library Book Groups

Thursday, November 10, 10:45 a.m (Hybrid)

Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton

Wednesday, November 16, 7:30 p.m. (via Zoom)

The Paris Librarian by Janet Skeslien Charles

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! - Iron-on Wine Bags
Sunday, November 30
1:00-2:00 p.m. in the Community Room.

Great gift idea! Get inspired and come back and make something on your own! Registration required.

Photography Club Annual Show - "Mostly Monocromatic"

The show is on view in the Community Room until November 30.

New Yorker Roundtable
Tuesdays, November 8, 15, 22, & 29
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 - Holiday Sides!
Thursday, November 10
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 holiday side dish? Make a batch to share!

We'll discuss our recipes and share tips and tricks. Send recipes to [email protected] by 9/12 and we'll distribute the recipes to the group following the meeting!

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, November 2 and 16
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 Café
Wednesday, November 16
9:30 - 11:30 a.m. in the library's cafe area

Having problems with your phone, tablet, or laptop? Wondering how to download books to your e-reader?

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.

Author Talk and Book Signing with Lisa Franco
Sunday, November 16
2:00 p.m. at the Weston History and Culture Center

In My Dearest Darling: Letters of Love in Wartime, the intimate and heartwarming correspondence between a soldier and his love at home chronicles their romance, personal sacrifices, hopes, and dreams, and gives a firsthand account of historical events as they unfolded overseas and at home. Come meet the author, Lisa Franco, and hear about her eleven-year journey to bring the true love story of this Fairfield couple back to life. Autographed books will be available to purchase.

Tickets are $5.00 per person, free to WHCC members. Purchase in advance at www.WestonCTHistory.org or at the door.

Librarian Picks!
November Releases

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

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

Gilded Mountain by Kate Manning.  A young 1900s Colorado woman starts work at a wealthy mine-owner's manor house and is fascinated by luxury around her until she discovers the family's philosophy is at odds with the unfair labor practices that built their fortune.

Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli.  After her husband, the greatest love of her life, commits suicide, a young woman finds the strength to move on with the help of her tight-knit Nigerian family and happy memories of the man she'll never forget.

Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan. Recruited to solve the murder of a star student and Syrian refugee, Detective Inaya Rahman and Lieutenant Waqas Sief discover a link to other missing and murdered girls, but when Seif obstructs the investigation, Inaya turns to her female colleagues for help in exposing police corruption and violence.

Now is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson. Twenty years after secretly causing panic in her hometown through the written word and artwork, along with a fellow loner named Zeke, famous author, mom and wife Frances Eleanor Budge gets a call that brings her past rushing back, threatening to upend everything.

Con/Artist by Tony Tetro.  The world’s most renowned art forger reveals the secrets behind his decades of painting like the masters—exposing an art world that is far more corrupt than we ever knew while providing an art history lesson wrapped in sex, drugs, and Caravaggio.

Holiday Hours

The Library will be closed on Friday, November 11th for Veterans Day and Thursday and Friday, November 24 and 25 for Thanksgiving.