Week Calendar

Storytime featuring songs, stories, rhymes and movement.

Ages 2 and younger with an accompanying caregiver. No walk-ins.

Registration required at fergusonlibrary.org/events.

Learn language and life skills through reading, speaking and writing during this six-week interactive English course based on the Easy English TV program by Steven Molinsky and Bill Bliss.

Registration required.

The 2024 open enrollment period for individual and family health insurance plans is underway. Representatives from Access Health CT will be at the library through January 12 to enroll members in the health insurance marketplace.

Enjoy picture book videos of beloved children’s classics.

Ages 18 months to 5 years.

The 2024 open enrollment period for individual and family health insurance plans is underway. Representatives from Access Health CT will be at the library through January 12 to enroll members in the health insurance marketplace.

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A participatory storytime for the whole family that includes songs, fingerplays, stories and movement activities.

Ages 18 months to 5 years with an accompanying caregiver. No walk-ins.

Registration required.

The 2024 open enrollment period for individual and family health insurance plans is underway. Representatives from Access Health CT will be at the library through January 12 to enroll members in the health insurance marketplace.

Learn language and life skills through reading, speaking and writing during this six-week interactive English course based on the Easy English TV program by Steven Molinsky and Bill Bliss.

Registration required.

The 2024 open enrollment period for individual and family health insurance plans is underway. Representatives from Access Health CT will be at the library through January 12 to enroll members in the health insurance marketplace.

A program geared for babies featuring traditional verses, bouncing rhymes, board books and more.

Ages 18 months and younger with an accompanying caregiver. No walk-ins.

Registration required.

The 2024 open enrollment period for individual and family health insurance plans is underway. Representatives from Access Health CT will be at the library through January 12 to enroll members in the health insurance marketplace.

The more time you spend online, the harder it is to protect your privacy, but it's not impossible. This class will give you an assortment of tools to keep you safer while you navigate the internet.

Distribution at the South End Branch has been reinstated.

Food shopping by appointment only, and is limited to one visit per month.

Please bring own reusable bags.

Face masks required.

In these free weekly classes for older adults, our experienced bilingual (English and Spanish) team will teach you how to get the most out of your smartphones, tablets, laptops and other devices.

Dance yourself into fitness at this weekly class with instructor Pamela Arenas at the Harry Bennett Branch. No excuses!

Registration required.

Love canasta? Always wanted to learn how to play?

Whether you're a pro or a novice, come out to play this card game that combines elements of bridge and rummy.

A Spanish-language experience featuring stories, music, movement and fun that promotes native literacy.

Ages 1 to 4 with an accompanying caregiver.

Love mah-jongg? Come out and enjoy this intriguing game of Chinese origin featuring 144 tile pieces.

Beginners welcome.

Dance yourself into fitness at this weekly class with instructor Pamela Arenas. No excuses!

Presented in partnership with the Network of the National Library of Medicine.

The South End Branch of the Ferguson Library will host a giveaway of turkeys and bags of fixings to families in need to make sure no one in Stamford goes hungry this Thanksgiving. 

New students will be assigned to a group.

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A brief discussion about meditation practice, a guided meditation, and a chance to share and reflect. Appropriate for all levels of practice.

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Work on your own knitting and crocheting projects in the company of others.

All levels welcome.

The Stamford Department of Health will offer blood pressure screenings, height and weight checks, pre-diabetes risk assessments and information on local resources to improve your health.

Students in pre-K to grade 5 and their families are invited to a free, fun-filled book giveaway! Pick out books for your home library, listen to guest readers, create fall crafts, and more.

Drummer Joe Corsello returns for an afternoon of jazz, featuring saxophonist George Garzone, pianist Robert Marullo and bassist Peter Slavov.

Registration required.

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Classic 1987 comedy in which a Chicago advertising man struggles to get home in time for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion.

A meeting of our very own chapter of the Silent Book Club (SBC), a community of readers and introverts with 300 chapters around the world who gather in person to read in the quiet company of others.

Learn how to add Excel charts and tables to Word documents and PowerPoint presentations, and use mail merge to create letters and labels.

Must be familiar with Windows and be able to use a mouse and keyboard.

Come for the memes and stay for the snacks at this month's Teen Film Club, where we will view and discuss Twilight (2008).

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Celebrate the season's colors by creating a hanging acorn decoration using tissue paper.  

Grades 3 to 8. 

Registration required.

An afternoon of toe-tapping, finger-snapping acoustic delights with Dr. Ev, who will take requests.

In this 1989 drama set in the late 1950s, a charismatic English teacher returns to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to reach new heights of self-expression.

Play a game from the library's collection or bring your own game to play with others.

All ages; young children must be accompanied by an adult.

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TechXel Stamford Accelerator Series - Venture Expert Talks
Charlotte Walker, Venture Investor
Capital Tables & Valuation

Dr. Michael A. Bernstein, Director for Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at Stamford Health, will deliver his talk A Breath of Unfresh Air: A Conversation About Wildfire Smoke, Other Pollutants and Lung Health.

A meditative gathering dedicated to healing the wounds of racism and supporting equity activism.

Facilitated by Evelyn Avoglia.

An evening of fun and games, where you can play a game from the library's game collection, bring your own game, or learn how to play the month's featured game, Forbidden Island.

Richard Freedman, President of Garden Homes Management, and Anika Singh Lemar, Clinical Professor of Law at Yale Law School, will debate affordable housing and whether current statutes and litigation are the best way to meet the housing

Practice your conversational skills in a group.

The Friends of the Ferguson Library's annual Literary Pub Crawl returns to downtown Stamford for a convivial evening featuring roving visits to local bars and restaurants. Proceeds will benefit the library's programs and services.

People often pay more in taxes than expected because of the tax code’s confusing rules.

Here's your chance to practice your conversational English skills in a group with our volunteers.

No registration required.

This month's book discussion exploring the unknown realms of fantasy, science fiction and horror will be on The Last Unicorn

If you want a snapshot of how confusing the investment landscape can be, look no further than the wide range of opinions on reverse mortgages.