Week Calendar

Community volunteers will lead this special storytime featuring rich and enchanting tales that celebrate Italian Americans and Italian-American Heritage Month.

All ages.

Registration appreciated.

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

Registration required.

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Storytime featuring songs, rhymes, bounces and a special book.

Ages 12 months and younger with an accompanying caregiver. 

Registration appreciated.

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.

Registration required.

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.

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

Registration required.

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

Ages 18 months and younger with an accompanying caregiver. 

Registration required.

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 the second Thursday of the month.

Screening of the award-winning short documentary The ABCs of Book Banning, to commemorate the Freedom to Read Community Day of Action.

Mark Covello will lead a high-energy class the combines the Hatha and Kundalini styles. 

Learn how to make your own origami, the ancient art of Japanese paper folding. You will channel creativity and precision while learning different folding techniques, including classic and contemporary designs that celebrate Halloween.

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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Screening of the award-winning short documentary The ABCs of Book Banning, to commemorate the Freedom to Read Community Day of Action.

Observe what a Cricut machine can do and walk away with a keychain or coaster.

Teens and adults.

Sponsored by First County Bank.

Enjoy art activities, music and a tasting of Latin American food to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month.

All ages.

Create a button that expresses your sense of style. Supplies will be provided.

All ages; children must be accompanied by an adult.

Sponsored by First County Bank.

All are welcome to join a friendly group discussion of the latest articles from The New Yorker. 

Registration appreciated.

Greg Dillon, a former FBI agent, will discuss his book The Thin Blue Lie: An Honest Cop vs. the FBI, Dillon's account of his time assigned to a federal fugitive task force.

Join us for 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 and online to read together in quiet camaraderie.

Drop in and get a henna tattoo, made with a special dye used in South Asia, North Africa and the Middle East as adornment for holidays, weddings and special occasions.

All ages.

Sponsored by First County Bank.

A world of adventure awaits in Pathfinder, a fantasy tabletop role-playing game where you tell heroic tales in a world of quests, magic, monsters and treasures. Your choices, and the roll of the dice, determine how the story unfolds.

Learn the basics of figure drawing before a live model. Drawing materials will be provided.

All skill levels welcome.

Teens and adults.

Registration required.

Sponsored by First County Bank.

Artist Kathleen Fay will lead a relaxing, meditative exploration of color, pattern and pastels in a beginner art class for teens.

You will learn how to create an expressive Impressionist-style drawing of a landscape, tree or flower.

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Use iPads and the Quiver app to create an augmented reality coloring sheet that you can see in 3D.

All ages.

Sponsored by First County Bank.

Have some fun playing Jackbox Games, a series of games focusing on drawing, wordplay and creativity. Answer trivia questions, draw jokes, and aim to be on top by the end of the rounds.

Learn how to gain free access and navigate the Stamford Advocate collection of historical archives going as far back as 1892.

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Screening of the award-winning short documentary The ABCs of Book Banning, to commemorate the Freedom to Read Community Day of Action.

Get a "tour" of our Kitchen a la Cart™ and learn how to make easy, healthy afterschool snacks.

All ages.

Sponsored by First County Bank.

Join the group to discuss what books you are reading, make connections and enjoy a tasty treat. Those who identify as LGBTQIA+ as well as allies are welcome.

Registration required.

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Make a simple embroidery hoop wreath that celebrates the fall season.

Supplies will be provided.

Registration required.

Teens Making a Difference advisory program, where you learn about upcoming events, share reading suggestions, get free books and make a difference in the community. Participation counts as volunteer work. Pizza and chips will be served.

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

Facilitated by Evelyn Avoglia.

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

Practice your conversational skills in a group.

The Stamford Department of Health and Human Services presents the community workshop Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR), a bystander intervention training program designed to teach you how to step in and help someone who may be experiencing

Learn to dance like a pro with dance instructor Simone Assboeck, who will lead the third session of a four-part workshop covering the basic steps of the sultry rumba and high-spirited swing.

Singles welcome; partners will be rotated.

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

Learn the basics of sewing to create a plush and stuffed ghost for Halloween. Supplies will be provided.

Teens and adults.

Registration required; registration will open on October 1.

Back by popular demand, bestselling cookbook author and celebrity chef Lidia Bastianich returns to the Ferguson Library as part of the library's Italian-American Heritage Month programming.