Week Calendar

Families with children all ages. Siblings welcome! Join us for a not so spooky storytime, followed by a trick-or-treat parade around the library! Costumes encouraged!

No registration.

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For families with walkers ages 12 - 24 months. Join Ms. Diane  for fingerplays, movement, music and stories.

You don't have to be an architect to draw freehand building facades (or floor plans) of your favorite historic building, childhood home, or various architectural features such as belfries, period doorways, stone archways, stylistic Baroque or Colo

The Ridgefield Library’s book discussion groups will meet online via Zoom until we are able to meet in person again!

For families with children ages 3-5. Join Ms. Diane in stories, songs and and fun near the gazebo in Ballard Park!  Please bring something to sit on. 

This program will take place via Zoom. Please register below to receive the Zoom link.

If you've been thinking of using Instagram for personal or professional use, join us for a basic overview on how, when and why to work Instagram into your social media savvy.

Do you have home videos in VHS format that you would like convert to DVD or digital format?* Reserve this individual two-hour session to make a DVD or digital file from one of your personal VHS videos (NTSC format only).

Join us for this French conversation class for those with intermediate to advanced French. The class takes place via Zoom.

Non-walking infants ages birth to 12 months with a caregiver are invited to drop into this informal group to network and enjoy baby time together. There will be a short introduction by a member of the library staff before each session.

Do you have home videos in VHS format that you would like convert to DVD or digital format?* Reserve this individual two-hour session to make a DVD or digital file from one of your personal VHS videos (NTSC format only).

Families of children ages 3 and up are invited to watch short films based on favorite and classic picturebooks. Books related to the weekly themes will be displayed for check out. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

We invite you to join us by Zoom. This 45-minute session will include a 30-minute guided meditation to help reset your nervous system and support your well-being.

Duo Open Book, Michele and Rick Gedney will perform on Sunday afternoon, October 24 at 2 pm as part of the Library's Ridgefield Folk series. 

Do you have home videos in VHS format that you would like convert to DVD or digital format?* Reserve this individual two-hour session to make a DVD or digital file from one of your personal VHS videos (NTSC format only).

With Halloween nearing, let’s explore some common Halloween traditions and how they evolved.  What culture does the holiday come from? (Hint: it is older than you think).  Why do children wear costumes?

Children in grades 3 to 7 join educator Mike Garguilo to read, explore, discuss, and draw comics through multimedia learning.

Children in grades 3-5 will explore the wonders of watercolors. Participants will learn tricks to make exciting personal paintings. Everyone will be proud of their results. This program is a two-part series.

Grades 3-5. Bubble bubble toil and trouble let’s make a cauldron full of a slime puddle. Experiment and practice measuring while making a Witches Brew Slime. Slime making has everything we love!

Let's get in the Halloween spirit by reading Suee and the Shadow by Ginger Ly! A book discussion and craft for young readers grades 4 - 8. Registration is required.

Teens in grades 8-12 are welcome to join us for our Teen Book Group. Read the book, then join our friendly discussion and craft! This month we're reading A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson.

For students in grades 3-12. Learn strategies and techniques online with Scrabble Master Cornelia Guest. Please contact Cornelia Guest at corneliasguest@gmail.com with any questions.

Join Coach Shawn in honing your chess skills and playing with other local Connecticut students!

Stand Out for College is offering this Zoom presentation to help families understand how COVID-19 has changed the college admissions landscape and how it will affect Juniors, Sophomores and Freshmen.

Almost every child can learn to read at an average or better level if taught so that they can learn.  Yet, in the United States, 66% of 4th graders are not reaching literacy benchmarks and in underserved communities that number jumps to 80%.&

This exciting new lecture reveals the action ,intrigue and terror of the people living around Long Island Sound during America’s War for Independence. With the Connecticut and Long Island coasts less than 10 miles apart in many sections of th