The Library is open on Sundays from 12 - 4:00 p.m!

Craft For A Cause - Red Scarf Project

Break out your hooks and needles! The Weston Public Library will be collecting knitted or crocheted red scarves for Foster Care To Success again this year. Return scarves to the library by November 1 and we will ship them for you. For details on the Red Scarf Project as well as dimensions and patterns, please click here. 

Friends of the Library Book Groups

Thursday, October 13, 10:45 a.m (Hybrid)

Afterlife by Julia Alvarez

Wednesday, October 19, 7:30 p.m. (via Zoom)

A Tale For the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

To reserve a copy of the book, please email [email protected]

If you would like to join either group virtually, please email [email protected] for the Zoom link. 

Sunday Makers!

Sunday, October 9 - Iron-on Dog Bandana
1:00-2:00 p.m. in the Community Room.

Make a personalized bandana for your pet! Registration required.

Sunday, October 30 - Intro to the Cricut

1:00-2:00 p.m. in the Community Room.

Cricut is a cutting machine that works with an easy-to-use app to help you design and personalize almost anything — custom cards, unique apparel, everyday items, and so much more. Registration required.

Photography Club Annual Show

Opening Reception - Sunday, October 16, 3:30 p.m.

On view in the Community Room unil November 30.

New Yorker Roundtable

Tuesdays, October 4, 11, 18, & 25
10:45 a.m. Meetings are hybrid, in-person at the library and online via Zoom.

Join the Friends of the Library New Yorker Group to discuss articles from the current issue on politics, current events, literature, and more. The New Yorker is available online with your Weston Public Library card at https://researchitct.org/popularmagazinespublic/. 

Virtual Gallery and Art Tour with Riva Blumenfeld

Thursday, October 6, 7:00 p.m.

Please join Riva this month as she discusses the work of Winslow Homer, who is known for his powerful paintings of American life.

Sponsored by Friends of the Weston Library. Please register to receive the zoom link.

Cookbook Club - Italian!
Thursday, October 6
12:00p.m.-1:00p.m. in the Community Room

The Weston Public Library Cookbook Club is an opportunity for those who love cooking to share favorite recipes and try new recipes with neighbors and friends!

What is your go-to Italian dish? Make a batch to share!

We'll discuss our recipes and share tips and tricks. Send recipes to [email protected] by 9/12 and we'll distribute the recipes to the group following the meeting!

Looking for favorite recipes from previous meetings? You can check out all of the recipes here. 

Please register.

Friends of the Library Short Story Hour

Wednesday, October 5 and 19
1:30p.m. online via Zoom

Like an old-fashioned radio hour, participants will listen to a classic short story, followed by a discussion. No preparation is necessary.

Anyone who has participated in earlier Short Story Hours is already registered and will receive invitations to upcoming sessions. If you are new to the Short Story Hour, please register by sending your name, email address, and telephone number to [email protected]. You will receive an email invitation to join the meeting. 

Sip and Stitch
Thursday, October 20
7:00p.m. - 8:00p.m. in the Community Room

Are you a knitter, crocheter, or needlepointer? Join us for an evening of stitching with friends and neighbors. Share tips, tricks, and skills and meet other crafters in Weston. All skill levels welcome! Please register. 

Classics Discussion Group

Friday, October 21, 11:00 a.m.

The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope

The discussion will be led by Norwalk Community College and UConn Stamford Professor, Sharon Sobel. A writer for most of her life, Sharon  is the author of several novels, short stories, and works of fiction. She earned her PhD in English Language and Literature from Brandeis University.

This discussion group will be hybrid.  We will distribute a Zoom link in advance of the program. If you are new to the group, please email [email protected] to receive the link. 

To reserve a copy of the book, please email [email protected]. 

Sponsored by the Friends of the Weston Library.

Tech Cafe

Wednesday, October 26
9:30 - 11:30 a.m. in the library's cafe area

Having problems with your phone, tablet, or laptop? Wondering how to download books to your e-reader?

Bring your questions and devices to the library's cafe area for advice and a FREE cup of coffee from our Starbucks machine. No registration necessary.

Librarian Picks!
October Releases

What new releases are librarians most looking forward to in October? Check out the selection below from Weston's Adult Services Librarian, Anne.

Avoid the rush and place your holds early at www.westonpubliclibrary.org.

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng.  Bird Gardner lives quietly with his shattered father in a society ferociously intent on preserving "American culture" after years of chaos, with books seen as unpatriotic suppressed and the children of dissidents, especially those of Asian origin, sometimes forcibly relocated from their homes. Now he wants to find his mother, a banned Chinese American poet who left when he was nine years old.

The Song of the Cell by Siddhartha Mukherjee.  An exploration of medicine and our radical new ability to manipulate cells. Rich with Mukherjee’s revelatory and exhilarating stories of scientists, doctors, and the patients whose lives may be saved by their work, The Song of the Cell is the third book in this extraordinary writer’s exploration of what it means to be human.

The Night Ship by Jess Kidd. Based on a real-life event, an epic historical novel from the award-winning author of Things in Jars that illuminates the lives of two characters: a girl shipwrecked on an island off Western Australia and, three hundred years later, a boy finding a home with his grandfather on the very same island.

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver.  The son of an Appalachian teenager uses his good looks, wit and instincts to survive foster care, child labor, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses.

When They Tell You To Be Good by Prince Shakur.  Recounting his own memories, travels, and political work, Shakur tells a much larger story of what it means to be queer and Black, and prods at the definition of family.

Holiday Hours

The Library will be closed on Monday, October 10th for Columbus Day and Indigenous People's Day.