JOBS 2019: Job Search Boot Camp

9:15am - 10:30am
Adults
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Location: Main Library
Room: Memorial Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Jobs & Small Business

This tactical program targets a different set of job search skills and strategies each week. Pick up tips on interviewing, networking and resumes; something new each week.  Facilitator: Ann Wright has corporate HR experience with an extensive range of industries and has served as Assistant Director of Career Development at Yale School of Management MBA program. She has provided 1-on-1 counseling for hundreds of clients at Fairfield Public Library and in her private practice.

Wobbly Walkers - Main

9:30am - 10:00am
Preschool
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Location: Main Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Description:

An active storytime for children 12-23 months with songs, rhymes, and books! Child must be walking. Tickets will be handed out 30 minutes before the program begins. Drop-in program. Space is limited.

Terrific Twos

9:30am - 10:30am
Preschool
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Location: Fairfield Woods Branch Library
Room: Caroline Platt Walsh Community Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Storytime

Drop-in program. Songs, nursery rhymes, books and movement for children 24-35 months and their caregiver! Tickets will be handed out 30 minutes before the program begins.

Terrific Twos - Main

10:30am - 11:00am
Preschool
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Location: Main Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Description:

Join us for some jumping, jiggling, rhyming, singing, and stories! For children 24-35 months. Tickets will be handed out 30 minutes before the program begins. Drop-in program. Space is limited.

Purls of Wisdom Knitting Group

10:30am - 12:30pm
Adults, Woods Branch
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Location: Fairfield Woods Branch Library
Room: Caroline Platt Walsh Community Room
Age Group: Adults, Woods Branch
Program Type: Crafting

Whether you are an advanced knitter or just learning, this is a great group to join. Crocheters are welcome, too. Individual projects, group projects, and friendships are knit together each week.

JOBS 2019: One-on-One Career Counseling

10:45am - 2:00pm
Adults
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Location: Main Library
Room: Study Room D
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Jobs & Small Business

The Main Library hosts 20-minute, one-on-one counseling sessions with a career coach each week. Bring your resume and your questions. Same-day sign up is available at the Information Desk or by calling 203-256-3160. First come, first served; space is limited. Facilitator: Ann Wright has corporate HR experience with an extensive range of industries and has served as Assistant Director of Career Development at Yale School of Management MBA program. She has provided 1-on-1 counseling for hundreds of clients at Fairfield Public Library and in her private practice.

Preschool Storytime - Main

2:00pm - 2:30pm
Preschool
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Location: Main Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Description:

Drop-in program for children ages 3-5 years old. Children and caregivers are invited to this early literacy-based program that will include stories, songs, finger plays and much more!

Trivia Thursdays in the downUNDER

2:45pm - 4:45pm
Teens, Woods Branch
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Location: Fairfield Woods Branch Library
Room: Caroline Platt Walsh Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Woods Branch
Program Type: After School

Grades 6 and up:  Think you know it all? Prove it and join us in the downUNDER on Thursdays for our Kahoot trivia challenge. Bring your own device or use one of our laptops. Laptops available on a first-come basis.

Disclaimer(s)

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with peanuts, tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

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.

Puppet Laboratory

4:00pm - 4:45pm
Children
Required
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Location: Fairfield Woods Branch Library
Room: Small Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: After School
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Description:

Join in on the fun of making your own puppet! Each week we will use different materials to make a puppet and then put on a little show for ourselves! 
For children in grades K-2. 

*Cancelled* Everyone's Included-Book Chat

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Teens
Required
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Location: Main Library
Room: Memorial Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Description:

Join a book group that reads, shares, and celebrates diversity!  Whether you read books with diverse characters to see yourself represented or to help understand the life experiences of someone else, Everyone’s Included!

Disclaimer(s)

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with peanuts, tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

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.

Girls Who Code

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Children
Required
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Location: Main Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Technology, After School
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Description:

Learn to code and change the world this fall! Together we will focus on sisterhood, code, bravery and impact.

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.

CANCELLED Jump-Start Speech and Language Development

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adults
Required
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Location: Fairfield Woods Branch Library
Room: Caroline Platt Walsh Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Special Event
Required
Seats Remaining: 50
Description:

Join us for a talk with speech language pathologist Nancy Hastings, MA, CCC.

Girls Who Code

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Teens
Required
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Location: Main Library
Room: Memorial Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Technology
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Description:

For Tween and Teen Girls and Boys in Grades 6 and up- Computer skills are the most sought-after in the US job market, with demand growing 3X the national average.  Girls Who Code is a national organization leading the movement to inspire, edu

Disclaimer(s)

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with peanuts, tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

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.

NAMI Book Club - The Great Alone

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Adults
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Location: Main Library
Room: Annie B. Jennings Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Description:

NAMI Book Club - Discussion of The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah