Ridgefield Library Announces Holiday Hours

From the Ridgefield Library:

Events and Information for November 21-27, 2016

Holiday Weekend Schedule
Wednesday, November 23 - Open 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday, November 24 - CLOSED
Friday, November 25 - CLOSED
Saturday, November 26 - Open 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday, November 27 - Open 1:00 - 5:00 PM

A Literary Treat for Listeners
We are pleased to announce the debut of a brand-new audio recording of the "Best in Show" winner of our recent LYL Short Story Writing Contest - exclusively available from the Ridgefield Library. Click here or visit our website for a delightful performance of Not Wisely But Too Well by Melissa DeMeo, read by Ridgefield's own Ira Joe Fisher.

Library Days at Books on the Common
Friday, November 25, 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Saturday, November 26, 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday, November 27, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Just show your library card at the cash register and 15% of the value of your purchases will be donated by the store to the Ridgefield Library. Need a library card? Stop by the Circulation Desk any time - it's great for so many other things as well!

Feel the love all year long!

There is a lot to love at the Ridgefield Library. Click here to see some of the highlights of the past year and a full list of the supporters who made it all possible.

Our 2016-2017 Annual Appeal is now underway, to help us raise $458,000 - the 30% of our annual operating budget we must raise privately to supplement the generous contribution from the Town. Love Your Library by making your appeal donation today. Look for our letter in the mail or make your tax-deductible contribution online.

Upcoming Book Discussions
Friday, December 2, 1:00 PM - Poetry Discussion Group

• Please note date change due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
• Dayton Program Room
• Selected Poems of Dylan Thomas
• Discussion led by poet and retired professor Dr. Alan Holder

• Dayton Program Room
• A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir by David Worster.
• Click here for more about this and upcoming Nonfictioneers selections.

No registration required for Library book groups. New readers always welcome! The monthly Critics' Circle, A.M. Book Group and Murder by the Book discussion groups are currently voting for their next round of titles. Ask at the Adult Services Desk if you would like to take part in the selection process.

• November 30, December 2, 7 - 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (by appointment only)
• Donofrio Family Technology Center at the Library

Individual Sessions on Medicare Open Enrollment Open Enrollment period ~ October 15th - December 7th - is the only time you can change your prescription coverage and Advantage plans. Should you be reviewing your Medicare supplemental coverage and costs annually? The answer is YES...

• Insurance companies change their plans annually - You may need to too!
• Medicare recipients need to review their coverage annually to make sure it is still the best coverage for their needs.
• Talk with one of Ridgefield's trained counselors and let us help you determine the best coverage for you.

Let a CHOICES counselor help you through this process. Call Karen Gaudian at Ridgefield Social Services 203-431-2754 or email municipalagent@ridgefieldct.org to set up an appointment.

These programs are co-sponsored by Ridgefield Social Services, RVNA, Founders Hall, Ridgefield Library and Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging.

November Is Picture Book Month

Join us in throughout the month of November to read, share and celebrate your favorite picture books!

Come in to the Lodewick Children's Library, find a picture book you really like on the shelf, and bring it to the desk so we can add it to a display of Readers' Favorites.

Watch the Library's Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts for postings by our staff of their personal picks, then chime in with your own suggestions.

Monday, 10:30 AM

• Leir Children's Pogram Room
• Drop-In Storytime
• Children ages 3 and up are invited for stories, songs and a short book-based film.

Tuesday, 10:30 AM

• Leir Children's Program Room
• Mother Goose
• A language enrichment program for "walkers" ages 1 and 2 years. Activities include finger plays, music, movement and books of course!

• Leir Children's Program Room
• Baby & Me
• Finger plays and songs for newborns through age 12 months with a caregiver.
• Parents of infants are invited to network with each other.

• Leir Children's Program Room
• Drop-In Storytime
• Children ages 3 and up are invited for stories, songs and a short book-based film.

• Ellis Family Teen Center
• Teen Maker Tuesday
• Maker Tuesdays is a weekly craft program for teens involving some sort of maker activity. Teens can expect to make anything from brushbots to trebuchets and everything in between. No registration required.

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