Week Calendar

Storytime featuring stories, rhymes and movement activities.

Ages 2 and younger with an accompanying caregiver. 

Registration appreciated.

Storytime featuring songs, stories, rhymes and movement activities.

Ages 2.5 and younger with an accompanying caregiver.

Registration required.

Kids play while caregivers meet and chat. Fun will include play time, a snack, a take-home craft, extended play and one-on-one support and facilitation from a Sparkler family & community engagement specialist.

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An interactive storytime with picture books, songs, rhythm chants, fingerplays and movement activities. Stay to read board books and play with others. 

Ages 18 months to 3 years with an accompanying caregiver.

The Friends Book Shop is setting up a pop-up shop outside library for a sidewalk sale of beautiful books about art, cooking, crafts and hobbies, fashion, photography, music and more—plus puzzles and children’s books—during the Arts & Crafts on

Celebrate Welcoming Week as we share some of our favorite books and do a craft.

All ages; families welcome. 

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

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

Please bring own reusable bags.

For more information, call 203 724-9111.

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 storytime featuring picture books, rhymes and movement activities.

Ages 2 and younger with an accompanying caregiver. Siblings welcome.

Registration appreciated.

A Spanish-language experience with Ms. Gloria 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.

Learn how go online to apply for retirement, disability, and Medicare benefits; check the status of an application or appeal; request a replacement Social Security card (in most areas); print a benefit verification letter; and more, from anywhere

Free seminar for seniors on how to support balance through physical therapy to prevent injuries. 

Registration required.

Presented in partnership with Iron Health Physical Therapy & Fitness.

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

Bring a water bottle.

Teens and adults

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

Learn how to explore what the Ferguson Library offers using its new mobile app. This set-by-step workshop will also cover how to access the app's features.

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Experience the calming effect of designing and coloring Zentangle pattern art.

Presented by Westhill High School student Namratha Kamath.

Grades 5 to 8.

Registration required.

Design washi tape bookmarks to add to your back-to-school supplies.

Ages 6 to 12.

Registration required.

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Decorate your own lunch bag using stencils and other craft materials. Supplies will be provided.

Ages 5 to 12.

Registration required; please register all participants.

Learn how to gain free access to Consumer Reports Magazine to navigate its database of unbiased product reviews of a wide variety of consumer goods.

Bring your library card.

El lugar sin límites de José Donoso

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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Wear your PJs and unwind with some stories before heading home for bedtime.

Ages 18 months to 6 years.

Registration required.

Registration opens six days before storytime date.

TechXel Stamford Venture Expert Series
Brenda Lewis, Founder and Principal, Transactions Marketing, Inc.
Positioning & Strategic Marketing

Yellowface by R. F. Kuang

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

Facilitated by Evelyn Avoglia.

Play a game from the library’s collection, bring your own, or play Mille Bornes and Phase 10, a pair of classic card games where you race through the French countryside in Mille Bornes and make and take tricks in Pha

Radio personality and moderator John Dankosky, Director of Events for CT Mirror, will host a conversation with Connecticut Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas to kick off In The Room, a monthly in-person interview series with

Practice your conversational skills in a group.

Author and journalist Henry Grabar will lead a community talk on national and local urban policies, touching on Stamford parking, transportation, housing and land use issues. 

Books sale and signing by Elm Street Books.

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

Bring your imagination for an exciting night of adventure playing Dungeons & Dragons. You'll join a band of fantastical heroes who brave dangerous situations with swords, spells and wits.

New players welcome.