New Canaan Library is pleased to announce that Pulitzer Prize finalist Russell Banks will be speaking about his latest release, Foregone, on Wednesday, April 21 at 7 PM EST via live videoconference. Please register at newcanaanlibrary.org; Zoom sign in information will be provided upon registration.
Russell Banks, an acclaimed literary novelist whose books have been translated into more than 20 languages, will introduce Foregone, a searing novel about memory, abandonment, and betrayal. At the center of Foregone is famed, Canadian American documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife, one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam. Fife, now in his late seventies, is dying of cancer in Montreal and has agreed to a final interview in which he is determined to bare all his secrets at last. Russell Banks gives us a daring and resonant work about the scope of one man’s mysterious life, revealed through the fragments of his recovered past.
Decoding the Weather Machine: New Canaan doing
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The collaborative series “Resilience” continues on Saturday, April 24, with a presentation of the library’s first-ever virtual Community Conference. The conference is aimed at fostering a deeper understanding of climate change and what scientists are doing to solve this complex problem. It will be held from 11 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. via videoconference. Register at newcanaanlibrary.org.
Leading the conference and offering their unique perspectives are three top professionals in their respective areas of expertise: Waleed Abdalati, director of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado, Boulder (CU-Boulder), and professor in CU-Boulder’s Geography Department, Colonel Jason Kelly, Commander, South Atlantic Division, of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and James O’Donnell, physical oceanographer, professor, and executive director o
New Canaan Library invites the community to meet and hear from the award-winning architects of Centerbrook, who will share their knowledge of the global resurgence in library design, providing inspiration and context for the Library’s new building plans. The webinar will be presented on Wednesday, April 14 at 7 PM EST. Please register at newcanaanlibrary.org; Zoom sign in info will be provided upon registration.
Lead architects Jim Childress and Mark Herter will share images and impressions from around the world that illustrate the way libraries have evolved in use and function. These insights greatly informed the design process of the Library’s new building plans and demonstrate how sustainably built, modern libraries have a pivotal role to play in the fabric of communities.
New Canaan Library announces online auction of Mirror House
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The New Canaan Library has announced the launch of a national online auction of the Mirror House, the modern structure that has been featured on the library’s grounds at the corner of Maple Street, and South Avenue in New Canaan since fall 2020.Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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The New Canaan Library has announced the launch of a national online auction of the Mirror House, the modern structure that has been featured on the library’s grounds at the corner of Maple Street, and South Avenue in New Canaan since fall 2020.Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less