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Your Library On the Go!
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On the go? Check out these Library resources you can access 24/7 from anywhere! Click the arrow to watch this video and others on YouTube featuring your Ridgefield neighbors.
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College Admissions Series Continues this Week
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 Tuesday, September 16, 6:00 PM
Main Program Room @ Ridgefield Library
Division III Athletics
with Mr. Mike Howard, Associate Athletic Director, Director of Men & Women's Cross Country and Track & Field, St. Lawrence University and Ms. Joanne Little, Senior Associate Director of Athletics, SWA/ Compliance, Union College
The Ridgefield Library is excited to co-sponsor the Wooster School College Admissions Speaker Series for 2015 to bring in professionals from a diverse pool of excellent colleges and universities to look at the complex college selection, application and funding process from different perspectives, helping local students and their parents think more deeply about how to best match their search with who they are and the experience they would like to have in college.
Three of the series events will occur at the Ridgefield Library and four will occur at Wooster School. The Library events are open to the public and seats can be reserved through the Library website. Limited seating is available to the general public for the events at Wooster School and can be reserved by calling (203) 830-3900. Learn more about the series.
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Friday Is Read an eBook Day
|  Friday, September 18 Read an eBook Day Celebrate digital reading and help the Ridgefield Library earn a chance to win $2,500 worth of credit for eBooks from OverDrive.
Just download an eBook and share what you are reading through a social media post using the hashtag #eBookLove. Click here for access to thousands of eBooks available to Ridgefield Library cardholders on OverDrive and make your selection today. |
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Family Economics Series
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Thursday, September 17, 6:00 PM
Main Program Room
The Economics of the Modern Family
Join us for a two-part seminar series co-sponsored by the the Brown Bag Network and the Library.
Part One (September 17) - Please register.
- Downsizing: Rent vs. Buy - Patti Ballard (Neumann Real Estate) and Grace Tripp (RMS Mortgage)
- College Planning: Maintaining your Sanity and Bank account - Barbara Bangser
Part Two (October 8) - Please register.
- Divorce: Protecting your Financial Future -Barbara Mc Mahon ( Merrill Lynch)
- Long Term Care: The unspoken truths and costs TBA speaker
- Tax Planning: Strategic Essentials -Candace Schrull (Reynolds & Rowella)
The Ridgefield Brown Bag Network is an open and friendly networking group of professional women who meet monthly for an informal and informational lunch meeting (hence the name of the group). Our members offer a diversity of experience from a wide range of professions and career paths. In addition to supporting and inspiring one another, the Brown Bag Network creates and produces non-profit informational seminars for the community.
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Book Discussions this Week
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Tuesday, September 15, 7:00 PM
Dayton Program Room
Critics' Circle Book Group
The Time in Between by Maria Duenas
Friday, September 18, 1:00 PM
Dayton Program Room
Poetry Discussion Group
This month: The Complete Poems of D.H. Lawrence
Join us for a monthly discussion of a chosen poet led by retired English professor Dr. Alan Holder. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ridgefield Library. More about the Poetry Discussion Group.
No registration required for Library book discussions. New readers always welcome. Inquire at the Circulation Desk about obtaining copies of the chosen titles or purchase at a special discount at Books on the Common. |
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Tech Topics: Twitter, Hoopla, 3D Printing
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Wednesday, September 16, 10:30 AM
Donofrio Family Technology Series
How to Build your Business on Twitter in 14 Minutes a Day
If you're interested in learning how you can use Twitter for yourself and/or your company, including how and when to use hashtags, Kate Fitzpatrick can show you how to do this in just fourteen minutes a day. In this hands-on, 60-minute presentation, Kate will walk you through the essentials of an optimized Twitter profile, offering tips and suggestions you can implement immediately. She will then outline her 14 Minutes a Day structure for making new connections, positioning yourself as an expert, building relationships and engaging with key influencers in your field. Please register.
Thursday, September 17, 2:00 - 3:30 PM Donofrio Family Technology Center Getting Started with Hoopla Hoopla is the Library's newest digital resource. Access thousands of movies, television shows, music albums, eBooks, audiobooks and comics, all available for mobile and online access to Ridgefield library card holders. Drop-in anytime between 2:00 and 3:30 PM for help in getting started!
Thursday, September 17, 6:00 PM Donofrio Family Technology Center 3D Printing Orientation
Are you interested in printing your own 3D design on the Library's Makerbot? We are now offering use of our 3D printer to Ridgefield Library cardholders. Before reserving printer time (available in two-hour blocks), we require attendance at a 90-minute orientation session to go over how to format a design to be print ready, how to operate the Makerbot, and for an overview of our usage policies. Patrons under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Once you've attended a training session, you can reserve time to use the Makerbot. Space is limited so please register.
Saturday, September 19, 10:30 AM
Donofrio Family Technology Center
3D Printing Orientation
Are you interested in printing your own 3D design on the Library's Makerbot? We are now offering use of our 3D printer to Ridgefield Library cardholders. Before reserving printer time (available in two-hour blocks), we require attendance at a 90-minute orientation session to go over how to format a design to be print ready, how to operate the Makerbot, and for an overview of our usage policies. Patrons under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Once you've attended a training session, you can reserve time to use the Makerbot. Space is limited so please register.
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Weekly Garden Lunch & Reading
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 Wednesday, September 16 , 12:30 - 2:00 PM
The Garden of Ideas, 653 North Salem Road
Garden Lunch & Readings
The Garden of Ideas, the Ridgefield Library and 109 Cheese and Wine will present a weekly Garden Lunch at the Garden of Ideas on Wednesday afternoons through September 30. Enjoy lunch in a beautiful setting (prepared for you or bring your own)...in solitude, with old or new friends, with colleagues... with an option for a bit of added inspiration if desired. This week's reader is Isabella Blake.
Cost: $5, excludes lunch, CSA members $3. For more information and to purchase tickets click here.
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Film Screening: Rise of the Giants
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Saturday, September 19, 2:00 PM
Main Program Room
Documentary Film Screening
In anticipation of Ridgefield's Annual Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off, which takes place in Ballard Park on Sunday, September 27, the Library will screen the documentary movie Rise of the Giants.
Rise of the Giants follows a group of dedicated and eccentric farmers' race to grow the world's largest pumpkin (2032 pounds!) Along the way the film reveals how the plant changed the course of U.S. history, how farming helps incarcerated addicts with their recovery, and how a community of young growers have rediscovered their farming roots. This fascinating film is suitable for all ages. For more information about the film click here. Please register.
This program is co-sponsored by the Library, Ridgefield Chamber of Commerce and The CT Giant Pumpkin Growers Club.
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ARTalk with Suzanne Benton
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 Sunday, September 20, 2:00 PM
Main Program Room
ARTalk with Suzanne Benton
From Paintings in Proust with Suzanne Benton, an exhibition about Benton's Proust-inspired artworks, will also be the topic of the Library's first ARTalk of the 2015-2016 series. Artist Suzanne Benton will present an illustrated talk about her two-year travelling odyssey studying the paintings and painters that Marcel Proust, the renowned French author, referenced (200+) in his early 20th century ground-breaking novel, In Search of Lost Time. According to Benton, to her knowledge no one has ever done such a special project interpreting Proust's cited artworks in this novel. An artist's reception will follow immediately after the ARTalk from 3:00 - 4:30.
Benton's art works will be on view in the Lower Level Gallery from September 3 through October 9th.
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Children's Program Registration
|  Sign up September 1st through the 20th for fall pre-school and after school programs. We have a number of new offerings this fall for all ages. Many programs are offered on a drop-in basis, but some do require pre-registration on our website.
Most classes start the week of September 21. |
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Special Events for Children
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Thursday, September 17, 4:30 PM
Kellen Family Children's Program Room
Bookworms Book Club
Readers in Grades 2 & 3 are invited to a book discussion group! Children pick up the book at the library and return to discuss it. Snacks will be served.This month's book: The Case of the Weird Blue Chicken: The Next Misadventure by Doreen Cronin. Registration required.
Saturday, September 19, 11:30 AM
Main Program Room
Cool Tunes for Kids
Eric Herman will play his guitar and sing cool songs for families with children ages 7 and under. No registration.
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Weekly Drop-In Children's Programs
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Tuesday, 10:15 and 11:30 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.
Thursday, 10:15 AM
Leir Children's Program Room
Music & Movement with Nancy
Nancy Hershatter will lead preschoolers on an interactive musical adventure. For ages 2 - 5. Adults may accompany children.
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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Time for Teens
|  Tuesday, September 15, 4:30 PM Kellen Family Children's Program Room Middle School Critics
For people in grades 6 - 8 to chat about books, movies, plays, music, games, and more.
The Library will provide snacks, you bring your opinions about whatever media you've been consuming lately! Drop in program, no registration required.
Thursday, September 17, 4:30 - 5:30 PM Donofrio Family Technology Center Teen Tech Thursday
People in grades 6 - 12 are invited to come in between 4:30 and 5:30 PM to explore technology and create things, not consume them. Drop in program, no registration needed. This month we'll learn how to make GIFs. |
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