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downUNDER Afterschool Program

2:45pm - 4:45pm
Registration
Location: Fairfield Woods Branch Library
Room: Caroline Platt Walsh Community Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: After School
Registration Required
Description:
Grades 6 and up join us in the downUNDER after school for crafts, games, activities, trivia, and more!  Registration is required. Teens may register at the door provided there are open spots. *This program only meets on days school is in s...

First Friday Jazz with Mark Edinberg

3:15pm - 4:30pm
Location: Main Library
Room: Periodicals Room
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Art, Film, Music
Description:
Mark Edinberg treats listeners to  jazz piano on the first Friday of each month  ...

D.I.Y. Take & Make Kit Supply Pickup -- Main Library

12:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Main Library
Room: Children's Library - Main Library
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Special Event
Description:
D.I.Y. Kits for Children Entering Grades K-5! No Registration Required! While Supplies Last. Grab a kit at the Library, and then, at your convenience, pull up the instructional video on our YouTube Channel to complete the proje...

D.I.Y. Take & Make Kit Supply Pickup -- Woods Branch

12:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Fairfield Woods Branch Library
Room: Children's Library - Woods Library
Age Group: Children, Woods Branch
Program Type: Special Event
Description:
D.I.Y. Kits for Children Entering Grades K-5! No Registration Required! While Supplies Last. Grab a kit at the Library, and then, at your convenience, pull up the instructional video on our YouTube Channel to complete the proje...

Dungeons and Dragons Saturday Meet-Up

1:00pm - 4:30pm
Registration
Location: Main Library
Room: Memorial Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Special Event
Registration Required
Description:
Looking for something that encourages creative thinking, problem-solving, strategy, cooperative effort, and even a little acting?  Then join our us for a Dungeons and Dragons meet-up. Players new to the game are welcome. Each session is its own ...

Baby Rhyme Time

9:00am - 9:30am
Registration
Location: Fairfield Woods Branch Library
Room: Caroline Platt Walsh Community Room
Age Group: Preschool, Woods Branch
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Description:
A lapsit program with songs, rhymes and books for babies (pre-walkers) and their caregiver. Please only register for one Baby Rhyme Time class each week since the same class is offered two times. Registration is required and is separate for e...

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted.

The Fairfield Public Library reserves the right to utilize photographs or video taken at the library for future library publications or other library publicity.  All library patrons consent to the use of their photo/video taken at the library or during library events for such purposes.  If a patron does not wish to be photographed/videoed, the patron must notify the library staff to that effect.

Wobbly Walkers

9:45am - 10:15am
Registration
Location: Fairfield Woods Branch Library
Room: Caroline Platt Walsh Community Room
Age Group: Preschool, Woods Branch
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Description:
An active storytime with songs, rhymes and books for children who are walking up to 23 months old and their caregiver. Please only register for one Wobbly Walkers class each week since the same class is offered two times. Registration is requ...

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted.

Mahjong

10:00am - 12:00pm
Registration
Location: Main Library
Room: Memorial Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Special Event
Registration Required
Description:
Mahjong! Tuesdays from 10am-12pm Registration required. No walk-ins. Mahjong is a tile-based game that was developed in China, and has gained wide-spread popularity in the West over the past century. Join Fairfield Public Library's on-going M...

Terrific Twos

10:30am - 11:00am
Registration
Location: Fairfield Woods Branch Library
Room: Caroline Platt Walsh Community Room
Age Group: Preschool, Woods Branch
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Description:
Songs, rhymes, books and movement for children ages 24-35 months and their caregiver. Please only register for one Terrific Twos class each week since the same class is offered two times. Registration is required and is separate for each clas...

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted.

The Fairfield Public Library reserves the right to utilize photographs or video taken at the library for future library publications or other library publicity.  All library patrons consent to the use of their photo/video taken at the library or during library events for such purposes.  If a patron does not wish to be photographed/videoed, the patron must notify the library staff to that effect.

Sing Me A Story Outside on the Fairfield Museum Commons

11:00am - 11:30am
Location: Off Site
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Special Event, Storytime
Description:
Enjoy a fun way to develop early literacy skills in young children with dancing, singing and stories that incorporate music. For children ages 0-5 and their caregiver. Tuesdays: 9/5, 9/12, 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24 at 11 am Location...

SCREENING: Ninotchka

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: Main Library
Room: Rotary Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Art, Film, Music
Description:
Film screening of Ninotchka in anticipation of Dr. Mark Schenker's Screwball Comedy film series continuing on October 12. Drop in, no registration required. ...

downUNDER Afterschool Program

2:45pm - 4:45pm
Registration
Location: Fairfield Woods Branch Library
Room: Caroline Platt Walsh Community Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: After School
Registration Required
Description:
Grades 6 and up join us in the downUNDER after school for crafts, games, activities, trivia, and more!  Registration is required. Teens may register at the door provided there are open spots. *This program only meets on days school is in s...

The Notebook of Doom

4:00pm - 4:45pm
Registration
Location: Main Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Book Club, After School
Registration Required
Description:
“Monsters + Humor + Fun = THE NOTEBOOK OF DOOM!” Join us for a monster-filled event! Learn a little bit about The Notebook of Doom early chapter book series and engage in fun activities, including making your very own Feed the Monster Game! Whethe...

Disclaimer(s)

The Fairfield Public Library reserves the right to utilize photographs or video taken at the library for future library publications or other library publicity.  All library patrons consent to the use of their photo/video taken at the library or during library events for such purposes.  If a patron does not wish to be photographed/videoed, the patron must notify the library staff to that effect.

Local to Fairfield: Dearly Departed: Mourning & Memory

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Registration
Location: Main Library
Room: Rotary Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Description:
How do we reckon with death? How do we wish to be remembered? The Fairfield Museum's new exhibition Dearly Departed: Mourning and Memory explores the inescapable truth of our mortality and how people have confronted it. Whether a loved one or a publi...

Sew Studio with Jen Butler

6:30pm - 7:45pm
Registration
Location: Fairfield Woods Branch Library
Room: Caroline Platt Walsh Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Woods Branch
Program Type: Crafting
Registration Required
Description:
This is a terrific sewing group led by the fabulous designer Jennifer Butler! All sewing-skill levels are welcome. Bring your own project to work on or grab a pattern from our files. For ages 12 and up. ...

ABCs for 2s, 3s & 4s

9:30am - 10:15am
Registration
Location: Main Library
Room: Rotary Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Description:
Children ages 2-4 and their caregiver will engage in stories, songs and rhymes that will help foster beginning reader skills. Activities will follow the storytime, making this a 45-minute class. Registration is required and is separate for each cl...

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted.

The Fairfield Public Library reserves the right to utilize photographs or video taken at the library for future library publications or other library publicity.  All library patrons consent to the use of their photo/video taken at the library or during library events for such purposes.  If a patron does not wish to be photographed/videoed, the patron must notify the library staff to that effect.

Tech 101 Sessions

10:30am - 11:30am
Registration
Location: Main Library
Room: Memorial Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Technology
Registration Required
Description:
Questions about your phone? tablet? laptop? We will offer basic assistance. Please come with your questions ready. ...

Virtual: Women & Money Roundtable

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Registration
Location: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Finances
Registration Required
Description:
Join Liz Maccarone and Julia Strayer of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management as they discuss how to make sense of today's financial markets.  Please register to receive a Zoom link for this VIRTUAL program.  ...

downUNDER Afterschool Program

2:45pm - 4:45pm
Registration
Location: Fairfield Woods Branch Library
Room: Caroline Platt Walsh Community Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: After School
Registration Required
Description:
Grades 6 and up join us in the downUNDER after school for crafts, games, activities, trivia, and more!  Registration is required. Teens may register at the door provided there are open spots. *This program only meets on days school is in s...

Fizzing Moon Rocks!

4:00pm - 4:45pm
Registration
Location: Fairfield Woods Branch Library
Room: Small Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Woods Branch
Program Type: Science, After School
Registration Required
Description:
Let's make some "moon rocks" in preparation for International Observe the Moon Night on Saturday! We'll get our hands dirty as we mix some basic ingredients together. Then, we'll add a mild acid and watch the "moon rocks" fizz!  For chil...

Disclaimer(s)

The Fairfield Public Library reserves the right to utilize photographs or video taken at the library for future library publications or other library publicity.  All library patrons consent to the use of their photo/video taken at the library or during library events for such purposes.  If a patron does not wish to be photographed/videoed, the patron must notify the library staff to that effect.

Embodied Meditation

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Registration
Location: Fairfield Woods Branch Library
Room: Caroline Platt Walsh Community Room
Age Group: Adults, Woods Branch
Program Type: Health
Registration Required
Description:
Join us to learn about and experience embodied meditation with Marika Baxter.  Embodied meditation is a somatic meditation practice that grounds us to feel whole in our bodies and disentangle from all that fragments us during our everyday l...

Literature & Libations Book Club

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Registration
Location: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Description:
The Fairfield Public Library and J.B. Percival team up for a unique experience: book talk, cocktails, nosh, and laugh. Bring friends or make new ones. Funky reading glasses optional. Claudia Silk, a Fairfield Public Library librarian will lead the di...

International Book Club

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Registration
Location: Main Library
Room: Annie B. Jennings Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Description:
Fairfield Public Library's International Book Club meets on the second Wednesday of each  month in the Jennings Room at Main Library.  All are welcome; please register individually for each date you would like to attend.  Book selectio...