Saturday, February 10 @7:30pm

In 1979, author James Baldwin's quest was to write a book about  race in America and t he lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. He never finished it. In the award-winning film,  I Am Not Your Negro , filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions Baldwin's book using archival material and Baldwin's words from his manuscript. It is a journey into black history that connects the past Civil Rights movement to the present #BlackLivesMatter. The New Perspectives Documentary series is programmed and moderated by filmmaker Megan Smith-Harris. A Q&A will follow the film. More info & register

Sunday, February 11 @4pm at Wilton Library

In the 11th year of the collaboration between Wilton Library and the Wilton Historical Society, the scholarly lecture series focuses on the theme of 'Yankee Innovators: Steamships to Silicon Chips.' Neil Maher's lecture examines the shared history of the space race to the moon and the Vietnam War during the 1960s and 1970s. Maher is an associate professor of history in the Federated History Department at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University where he teaches environmental and political history. More info & register. 

The series is made possible by The Wilton League of Women Voters and Friends of Louise Herot. The remaining lectures in the series are:

We've got two blockbuster authors set to take the Brubeck Room stage in February. Sure to be sell-out events, sign up now to secure your seat:

• Tuesday, Feb. 13: Meet historical biographer Andrew Morton discussing Wallis in Love: The Untold Life of the Duchess of Windsor, the Woman Who Changed the Monarchy. Morton's visit is the only one in the tri-state area since he is actively working on a biography of Prince Harry's fiancée, Meghan Markle. In Wallis in Love, Morton uses diary entries, letters, and other never-before-seen records to offer a vibrant portrait of Wallis Simpson.
• Wednesday, Feb. 21: Meet best-selling crime novelist Laura Lippman discussing Sunburn, named a top book to read this winter by The Wall Street Journal.  With Sunburn, Lippman is said to have created a whole new category, 'femme noir,' in this superb novel of psychological suspense.