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Author Talk: See Mom Run with Megan Searfoss
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Thursday, January 8, 7:00 PM
Main Program Room
Author Talk: See Mom Run with Megan Searfoss
Local author, runner and businesswoman Megan Searfoss will discuss her recently released book See Mom Run: Every Mother's Guide to Getting Fit and Running Her First 5K. Megan Searfoss is a wife and a mother of three daughters who learned to run because she found it an inexpensive, time-saving, and mostly mind-saving exercise. She started Run Like a Mother, a national 5K race designed to encourage women of all levels to experience the gift of running as a means to finding balance in their lives. Co-sponsored with Books on the Common. Please register.
This program is made possible thanks to all who donated to the Mothers: Live Your Life fund in honor of Noreen L. Papa, a Ridgefield mom and library advocate who died of colon cancer in 2013. Through this fund, her family and friends hope to keep the memory of Noreen alive and help other mothers live a more healthy life. Donations to the fund support Library programs and collections dedicated to promoting women's health and wellness. For more information visit ridgefieldlibrary.org/Give to the Library/ Noreen L. Papa Fund.
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Tech Topics: 3D Modelling with Blender
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Saturday, January 10, 10:00 AM - 12 noon
Donofrio Family Technology Center
Introduction to 3D Modelling Using Blender
A hands-on 3D Design Workshop for those who have already attended the Introduction to Blender session. The class is led by Chris Iorillo. This program is aimed at teens and adults.
Please register as space is limited.
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Book Discussions this Week
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No registration required for Library book discussions. New readers always welcome!
Tuesday, January 6, 7:00 PM Dayton Program Room The Nonfictioneers
Thursday, January 8, 1:00 PM Dayton Program Room Murder by the Book Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter
Thursday, January 8, 3:00 PM Founders Hall Founders Hall Book Group Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon Open to members of Founders Hall. |
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Writers Guild Meets
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Tuesday, January 6, 7:00 PM
Main Program Room
Ridgefield Writers Guild
The Writers Guild offers writers in Fairfield and Westchester County a support forum that includes a general critique of works-in-progress, and the exchange of information and ideas on topics about writing. Established more than a decade ago, the Ridgefield Writers Guild is a time-honored organization of writers whose genres span literary fiction, essay, short and flash fiction, memoir, young adult, children's books and poetry. Email Linda Merlino at lindamerlino@sbcglobal.net or call 203-240-2243 for more information.
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Shutterbugs
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Saturday, January 10, 10:00 AM
Main Program Room
Shutterbugs
The Ridgefield Library's photography group meets to discuss their craft and/or head out on their many field trips. New members are always welcome. Please contact Mary Harold at 438-7350 or email ridgefieldshutterbugs@yahoo.com if you are interested in joining the group and to find out the location of the field trips.
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New Art Exhibit Opens
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 Sunday, January 11, 2:00 - 4:00 PM Lower Level Gallery
Exhibit Opening: Malcom Moran - Recent Printworks
Through this exhibition of painterly prints, Malcolm Moran describes his art as "first a language, the most natural way by which I can express things important to me." Moran has two undergraduate college degrees, one from the University of the South in Tennessee in history and one from the Rhode Island School of Design in painting in Providence, Rhode Island. In addition, he has shown his work at places like the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Lilly Islin Gallery, Virginia Lynch Gallery, in Rhode Island and the Contemporary Art Center and Simonne Stern Gallery and Aldrich Leatherman Gallery in New Orleans. He has received fellowships from the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT and worked closely with the folks at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Norwalk, CT and 10 grand Press in Brooklyn, NY.
No registration required for the reception. The exhibit will be open during Library hours through January 30th.
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Keep On Coding, Ridgefield!
|  Computer Science Education Week is over, but we are still coding! Have you done your Hour of Code yet? Click here or go to ridgefieldcodes.org to get started and learn how to log your work through January to earn prizes and raffle tickets. Save the date of February 7th for a grand celebration of the end of this Ridgefield Codes initiative, with tech demonstrations, hands-on opportunities, a career panel, prizes and awards. |
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Weekly Drop-In Children's Programs
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Winter storytimes and after school activities start this week. In addition to pre-registered programs, we offer a growing number of drop-in sessions for your convenience.
Monday, 10:30 AM
Leir Children's Program Room
Drop-In Storytime
Children ages 3 and up are invited for stories, songs and a short book-based film.
Tuesday, 9:30 and 11:00 AM 
Leir Children's Program Room
Mother Goose
Language enrichment program for infants through age 2 and a caregiver, including finger plays, music and movement.
Tuesday, 5:30 PM
Leir Children's Program Room
Scrabble
Play Scrabble with a tournament experienced teacher. For children in grades 4 - 8.
Wednesday, 10:00 AM
Leir Children's Program Room
Nature Explorers
Children ages 3 - 5 are invited to explore nature through books, songs and interactive activities.
Wednesday, 2:00 PM
Leir Children's Program Room
Storytime for 3s and 4s
Children ages 3 and 4 are inviated to their own special storytime with stories, songs and a book based movie. Care givers are encouraged to attend with your child.
Thursday, 11:15 AM
Leir Children's Program Room
Baby & Me
Adults with infants ages birth - 12 months are invited to this lapsit program including songs and fingerplays. A first introduction to the library and a great way to make new friends.
Friday, 11:00 AM
Leir Children's Program Room
Friday Flicks
Book based movies for ages 2 and up.
Saturday, 10:30 AM
Leir Children's Program Room
Drop-In Storytime
Children ages 3 and up are invited for stories, songs and a short book-based film.
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