Harry Bennett Branch Library

As part of the annual Joe R. Sexton Lecture Series, Becky Aikman will discuss her book <a href="https://ferg.na.iiivega.com/search/card?id=1a870df3-3ed8-5fc5-a982-f4bc875ae5e5&amp;entityType=FormatGroup" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Spitfires: The American Women Who Flew in the Face of Danger During World War II</a>.&nbsp;
These
 “spitfires” lived decades ahead of their time. Risking their lives in 
one of the deadliest jobs of the war, they ferried new, barely tested 
fighters and bombers to air bases and returned shot-up wrecks for 
repair, never knowing what might go wrong until they were high in the 
sky. Many ferry pilots died in crashes or made spectacular saves. It was
 exciting, often terrifying work. The pilots broke new ground off duty 
as well, shocking their hosts with thoroughly modern behavior.
With
 cinematic sweep, Becky Aikman follows the stories of nine of the women 
who served, drawing on unpublished diaries, letters, and records, along 
with her own interviews, to bring these forgotten heroines fully to 
life. Spitfires is a vivid, richly detailed account of war, ambition, 
and a group of remarkable women whose lives were as unconventional as 
their dreams.
Reception at 6 p.m.; program follows at 6:30 p.m.
Book sale and signing by Elm Street Books.
Registration <a href="https://www.fergusonlibrary.org/event/joe-r-sexton-lecture-series-becky-aikman-author-spitfires-american-women-who-flew-face-danger" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">here</a>.
The
 Joe R. Sexton Lecture Series is presented in memory of Joseph (Joe) R. 
Sexton and was created to perpetuate his spirit, interests, and his 
adventurous outlook on life.
&nbsp;Generously supported by Mel Klugman and the Friends of Ferguson Library.

Local Event: Joe R. Sexton Lecture: Becky Aikman, Author of Spitfires: WWII Women Who Flew in the Face of Danger

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Joe R. Sexton Lecture: Becky Aikman, Author of...

As part of the annual Joe R. Sexton Lecture Series, Becky Aikman will discuss her book Spitfires: The American Women Who Flew...

Joe R. Sexton Lecture: Becky Aikman, Author of Spitfires: WWII Women Who Flew in the Face of Danger

Ferguson Library

The Friends of the Ferguson Library, in partnership with Mystery 
Writers of America (MWA) – New York Chapter, present CrimeCONN 2026, 
Connecticut’s own one-day mystery lovers' conference.
The theme this year is Pick Your Poison,
 where you'll discover how writers convert their life experiences, 
compelling interests, or just plain curiosity, into mystery and 
suspense. We'll discuss the blurred lines between&nbsp;crime writing, 
nonfiction and general fiction,&nbsp;the guilty pleasures of the revenge 
novel, and the lives of private, professional, real and imagined 
detectives.
Books will be available for sale and signing.
CrimeCONN will be presented as a hybrid event.
In-person event includes coffee, continental breakfast and lunch.
Tickets $60 per person $45 per person for MWA members, Friends members, seniors and students
Virtual Event Available via Zoom from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. $25 per person Zoom login will be provided in advance of the program.
Visit our&nbsp;<a href="https://www.fergusonlibrary.org/crimeconn-2024" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">CrimeCONN web page</a>&nbsp;for CrimeCONN 2026 schedule of events.

Local Event: CrimeCONN 2026

CrimeCONN 2026

The Friends of the Ferguson Library, in partnership with Mystery 
Writers of America (MWA) – New York Chapter, present...

A conversation with professor and author Robert M. Dowling, who will discuss his biography, Coyote: The Dramatic Lives of Sam Shepard, the story of the theater and film icon. Catherine Shen, host of Where We Live, Connecticut Public's flagship talk show, will moderate the conversation.
In Coyote,
 we learn about Shepard, who became an embodiment of the fierce 
independence and wild freedom of the American West. Taking us from the 
creative explosion of downtown New York City in the 1960s to Bob Dylan’s
 legendary Rolling Thunder Revue tour, from Hollywood backlots and film 
shoots in the Mojave Desert to the horse ranches where Shepard went to 
escape it all, Robert M. Dowling’s biography reveals this playwright, 
actor and filmmaker as we’ve never known him before.
The first 50 registrants will received a complimentary copy of Coyote: The Dramatic Lives of Sam Shepard by Robert M. Dowling.
Pre-Reception from 5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.
Book sale and signing by Elm Street Books.
Registration <a href="https://www.fergusonlibrary.org/event/where-we-read-author-robert-dowling-85062" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">required here</a>.
Robert M. Dowling, professor of English at Central Connecticut State University, is the author of Slumming in New York: From the Waterfront to Mythic Harlem and the biography Eugene O’Neill: A Life in Four Acts, which was a Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist for biography in 2015. He also co-edited the 2021 compendium of interviews Conversations with Sam Shepard. As an authority on American drama, he has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Boston Globe, among other outlets. He serves on the editorial board of The Eugene O’Neill Review and is an elected board member of the Eugene O’Neill Society, where he also served as president from 2018 to 2021.
Where We Live
 features in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines. As a
 moderator for this event, Shen brings a trusted voice, a passion for 
literature, and a statewide audience. Inspired by many author conversations hosted on the show, the Where We Live&nbsp;team recently launched Where We Read,
 a community-focused initiative for avid readers and the literary 
curious, featuring author events, reader meet-ups, and a monthly 
newsletter highlighting author interviews and literary conversations 
from across Connecticut Public.
Presented in partnership with CT Public Media as part of their recently launched Where We Read series.&nbsp; The event is made possible by a grant from the Rotary Club of Stamford.

Local Event: Where We Read with Robert M. Dowling, author of Coyote: The Dramatic Lives of Sam Shepard

Where We Read with Robert M. Dowling, author of...

A conversation with professor and author Robert M. Dowling, who will discuss his biography, Coyote: The Dramatic Lives of Sam...

Where We Read with Robert M. Dowling, author of Coyote: The Dramatic Lives of Sam Shepard

Camilla Herrera, Ferguson Library

Richard Kaufman

New York City Metropolitan Area

Darien

Greenwich

RJ Scofield

New Canaan

Norwalk

Westchester County

Port Chester

New York

Jeff Edwards

Bedford-Katonah

Hayleigh Evans

Wilton

Harrison

White Plains

Via Zoom, 34 Whipple Road, Wilton, CT

Seven Acres Montessori is an independent non-profit school accredited by both The Association Montessori Internationale and The Connecticut Association of Independent Schools.
Prospective Parents are invited to meet virtually with our Admissions Director to discuss the benefits of a Montessori education at Seven Acres for children ages 14 months - 12 years and learn about our Before and After School Programs.
Visit&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sevenacresmontessori.org/admissions/prospectiveparentform" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.sevenacresmontessori.org/admissions/prospectiveparentform</a>&nbsp;now to register or email&nbsp;<a href="mailto:admissions@sevenacresmontessori.org" target="_blank">admissions@sevenacresmontessori.org</a>

Local Event: Seven Acres Montessori Virtual Prospective Parent Event

Seven Acres Montessori Virtual Prospective...

Seven Acres Montessori is an independent non-profit school accredited by both The Association Montessori Internationale and The...

Seven Acres Montessori Virtual Prospective Parent Event

Sacred Heart University's Discovery Science Center & Planetarium

Come celebrate Earth's place in space with a special extended event featuring extra shows, presentations, and hands-on activities. Experience telescope viewing weather permitting and enjoy free admission for the whole family to explore the wonders of the cosmos.

Local Event: Space Day

Fairfield

Space Day

Come celebrate Earth's place in space with a special extended event featuring extra shows, presentations, and hands-on...

First United Methodist Church

Starring The Ivy League of Comedy - Leave 'Em Laughing, a stand-up comedy event

Local Event: Comedy Event: Leave 'Em Laughing by the Ivy League of Comedy

Comedy Event: Leave 'Em Laughing by the Ivy...

Starring The Ivy League of Comedy - Leave 'Em Laughing, a stand-up comedy event

Comedy Event: Leave 'Em Laughing by the Ivy League of Comedy

The Friends Book Shop at the Ferguson Library will hold its annual Collectible Sale Saturday, May 2, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, May 3, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Main Library in Stamford.
The sale will feature a curated selection of collectible and vintage books at great prices, including first &amp; special editions, signed &amp; inscribed copies, leather-bound sets &amp; finely illustrated works and children’s books. The sale will also include art books, modern collectibles, ephemera, comics, vinyls and other treasures.
Prices will start as low as three dollars!
Cash, checks, credit/debit cards and Apple Pay are all accepted.
All proceeds benefit the Ferguson Library’s programs and services.
Follow us on Instagram at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/friends.bookshop_stamford/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">@friends.bookshop_stamford</a> and Facebook (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/fergusonlibrarystamford/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">facebook.com/fergusonlibrarystamford</a>) for updates and a peek behind-the-scenes!

Local Event: Friends Book Shop Collectible Sale

Friends Book Shop Collectible Sale

The Friends Book Shop at the Ferguson Library will hold its annual Collectible Sale Saturday, May 2, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and...

Heather Gaudio Fine Art

<a href="https://www.heathergaudiofineart.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.heathergaudiofineart.com</a>Heather Gaudio Fine Art is pleased to present Patrick Alston: Apertures, his first solo exhibition at the gallery.The new paintings featured in the show continue the artist’s signature vocabulary that focuses on a visual exploration of color and gesture.The show will open with a public reception on May 2nd, 4 -6pm, and runs through June 13th.
“Patrick Alston’s paintings ask something genuine of the viewer — they require engagement, attention, stillness and a willingness to sit with uncertainty. That kind of work is rare, and we are honored to be able provide that viewing experience to audiences here in the gallery,” states Heather Gaudio.
Apertures builds from an understanding of perception as something both deeply personal and collectively shared, shaped through gesture, color, and accumulated layers that hold traces of time, decision, and revision. These are echoed by the philosopher Alan Watts’ statement: “you are an aperture through which the universe looks out.”
Alston’s process begins in a state that is largely uncontrolled, with initial washes that move across the surface without a fixed image in mind.The artist establishes a palette and a loose sense of composition through instinct rather than intention. These early moments carry a degree of chance, where the painting is not yet defined but full of potential. From there, the work is gradually refined. Marks are added, obscured, reworked, and adjusted over time, as the painting moves between uncertainty and clarity.This process mirrors something fundamental about lived experience. “We enter the world without authorship over our initial conditions, shaped by circumstance, environment, and forces outside of our control. Over time, through action, reflection, and resistance, those conditions are negotiated and reformed,” states Alston. The paintings hold that tension between what is given and what is made, where randomness and intention remain in constant dialogue.
Each canvas holds a finite experience. There are limits in its dimensions, in the number of gestures it can contain, in the layers it can sustain before reaching a point of resolution. The painting arrives at a kind of conclusion, a boundary that cannot be exceeded. In this way, each work echoes the conditions of an individual life, shaped within constraints, unfolding over time, and ultimately held within a fixed span.
To enhance the viewing experience in the exhibition, the artist created a set of colorful stools intended for viewers to comfortably sit and spend time contemplating the paintings. Mounted on wheels for easy navigation around the gallery space, the seats can be moved and situated in front of each work, giving the audience the opportunity to spend as much time in front of a painting as they wish.Viewers are invited to recognize both the specificity of their own perspective and the possibility of shared experience that exists beyond it. “What we see, feel, and understand is never static, but shaped by time, memory, and context. There is a quiet sense of onism that emerges, the awareness that we are each confined to our own singular point of view.”With this slow approach to viewing the artist hopes that each work becomes a separate aperture, a distinct experience, a different set of conditions and emotional registers. Moving between them allows for a shifting perspective, an opportunity to step outside of oneself, if only momentarily.In this way, the paintings operate as both individual expressions and as part of a larger field, where meaning is not prescribed but emerges through attention, reflection and the act of looking. 
Alston has been the subject of many solo and group exhibitions in museums and galleries in the United States and abroad and his works are in many notable public, private and corporate collections.

Local Event: Patrick Alston: Apertures

Patrick Alston: Apertures

www.heathergaudiofineart.comHeather Gaudio Fine Art is pleased to present Patrick Alston: Apertures, his first solo exhibition...

Tickets are now on sale for the Noroton Fire Department Fundraiser: Oktoberfest in May!Tickets are $100 each which covers food, German beer, wine, soda, and Smitty’s Polka Band. The event will be held at The Piedmont Club on Saturday, May 2. Doors open at 6 pm, dinner is served at 6:30 and the band performs from 7 to 10 pm.
Trachten/dirndls/lederhosen (German Oktoberfest garments) are recommended but not required. Come dressed ready to have a great party.
Please use the QR code to pay by credit card or contact jmilukas@norotonfd.com if you would like to pay by check or have questions.

Local Event: Noroton Fire Department Oktoberfest in May Fundraiser

Noroton Fire Department Oktoberfest in May...

Tickets are now on sale for the Noroton Fire Department Fundraiser: Oktoberfest in May!Tickets are $100 each which covers food,...

Noroton Fire Department Oktoberfest in May Fundraiser

Richards

Celebrate 30 years of impact by joining family and friends for a meaningful run to honor and remember loved ones touched by breast cancer. This community event raises vital funds with 100% of proceeds benefiting BCA's Screening &amp; Diagnostics Grants, providing life-saving services for underserved communities.

Local Event: Breast Cancer Alliance's 5K For Hope

Breast Cancer Alliance's 5K For Hope

Celebrate 30 years of impact by joining family and friends for a meaningful run to honor and remember loved ones touched by...

Connecticut Stage Company presents Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning rock musical "Next to Normal" on May 2 at 7pm and May 3 at 2pm. With an electrifying pop/rock score and an honest, gut-wrenching script, "Next to Normal" explores how one suburban household copes with crisis and mental illness.
Dad's an architect; Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal; their daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens, appearing to be a typical American family. And yet their lives are anything but normal because the mother has been battling bipolar disorder for 16 years. Next to Normal takes audiences into the minds and hearts of each character, presenting their family's story with love, sympathy and heart."Next to Normal"&nbsp;is led by 2 Tony Nominated Broadway stars Elizabeth Stanley and A.J. Shively, along with Broadway stars Gabe Carrubba,&nbsp; Ethan Riordan, Gianni Palmarini and Eric Chambliss.Saturday night's performance is followed by an exclusive talkback with "Next to Normal"&nbsp;composer Tom KittTickets available on our website. Space is limited.

Local Event: CT Stage Co Presents NEXT TO NORMAL  - May 2 & 3 at New Canaan Library

CT Stage Co Presents NEXT TO NORMAL  - May 2 &...

Connecticut Stage Company presents Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning rock musical "Next to Normal" on May 2 at 7pm and May...

CT Stage Co Presents NEXT TO NORMAL  - May 2 & 3 at New Canaan Library

Crawford Mansion

Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 2 in F Major
Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C Minor 
Both of these composers approached the string quartet form with reverence and some intimidation, with the examples of Haydn and Beethoven looming over them. Brahms is said to have thrown over 20 string quartets into the fireplace before settling on this “No. 1,” and Prokofiev composed his “2nd” while an evacuee from Moscow as Nazi air raids bombarded the city.
Robert Chausow and Martin Agee, violins; Michael Roth, viola; Eugene Moye, celloClick <a href="https://townofryeny.rja.revize.com/forms/12820" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">HERE</a> for tickets<a href="https://townofryeny.rja.revize.com/forms/12820" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a>

Local Event: Westchester Philharmonic String Quartet Presents "Forged In Fire"

Rye Brook

Westchester Philharmonic String Quartet...

Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 2 in F Major
Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C Minor 
Both of these composers approached the...

Westchester Philharmonic String Quartet Presents "Forged In Fire"

Stamford Palace Theatre

TICKETS GOING FAST!Next weekend only - Sunday May 3, at 3pm
Joshua Bell returns with Larisa Martínez to present Voice and the Violin, exploring repertoire from classical and opera to musical theater and selections by Puerto Rican and Spanish composers. 
Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell is among the most celebrated artists of his era, having performed with virtually every major orchestra in the world. Opera singer Larisa Martínez has graced many of the world’s top opera and concert stages.

Local Event: Voice and the Violin, featuring Joshua Bell

Voice and the Violin, featuring Joshua Bell

TICKETS GOING FAST!Next weekend only - Sunday May 3, at 3pm
Joshua Bell returns with Larisa Martínez to present Voice and the...

Join 50+ companies and 1,500+ walkers and runners on Thursday, May 14, at Mill River Park for the Boys &amp; Girls Club of Stamford's annual 5K! Our flat, 5K course runs through Mill River Park and Downtown Stamford and is open to the public. It is the largest 5K in Stamford and one of the largest 5K events in Fairfield County. <a href="https://www.stamfordboysandgirls5k.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Learn more and register here</a>! 
Sponsorship packages range from $3,500 to $30,000 and include benefits like complimentary race entries, logo placement, and more. <a href="https://www.stamfordboysandgirls5k.com/sponsorships" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Learn more here</a>. Deadline to sponsor is April 20.&nbsp;

The funds raised from this event will allow The Boys &amp; Girls Club of Stamford to sustain our impact, provide scholarships for summer camp, offer new and innovative programs, and help create bright futures for the 550+ students we serve daily.

Local Event: Register for the Largest 5K in Stamford benefitting the Boys & Girls Club of Stamford

Register for the Largest 5K in Stamford...

Join 50+ companies and 1,500+ walkers and runners on Thursday, May 14, at Mill River Park for the Boys & Girls Club of...

Register for the Largest 5K in Stamford benefitting the Boys & Girls Club of Stamford

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Harry Bennett Branch Library, 115 Vine Rd, Stamford, CT