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Library Highlights 10/23/2020
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Domestic Violence Awareness Month
October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
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Reminder: Expanded Library Express Hours
at the Main Library
Additional Library Express service hours at the
Main Library.
- Saturdays 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Tuesday and Thursday evenings 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm.
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Monday Mudras Meditation Sessions with
Jesse Rovero
Every Monday at 7:30 p.m.
Join in by Zoom for a virtual Mudras meditation class by Jesse Rovero. Mudras are hand gestures used during meditation
that channel your body's energy flow.
Please sign up with your email address and you will get the Zoom link to join the meeting. If you have any questions please email Mary Coe at mcoe@fplct.org.
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College Application Essay 101
October 27, 2020
7:00 p.m.
College Bound Students
Ready to start on your college application essay?
High school students are often uncomfortable with writing about themselves and unsure of what colleges are looking for in their writing.
Step by step, they can identify and convey their strengths in a solidly crafted essay. This interactive, online presentation is aimed at building student confidence and will cover planning, research, writing, and revising.
** All registrants will receive information on how to access this virtual webinar within 24 hours of the event's start time
Presenter: Jason V. Howard is a CT Certified Teacher with over 15 years of classroom and tutoring experience, including at the renowned Joel Barlow High School Writing Center, Greenwich Education Group and Danbury Adult Education.
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Tech Help
Spotlight on Libby
Thursday, October 29
11:00 a.m.
This week we explore hoopla, our resource offering e-books, digital audiobooks, e-comics, music, movies, and television. Please register so we can send you the link the day before the program.
Tech Help is a weekly exploration of another digital service offered free to Fairfield residents. You will leave knowing how to borrow or access one of our digital resources.
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A Different Kind of
Book Club
Spotlight on Cookbooks
Monday, November 2
6:30 p.m.
For November, our spotlight will be somewhat different as we focus on cookbooks. Give us an hour and you will leave with 20 great culinary titles for gift giving this holiday season or to add to your home collection. Each of our special guests guides us through their favorite cook and baking books.
Our Culinary Presenters:
Tom Quinn has been a professional baker for 8 years. Born and raised in Fairfield he attended Johnson & Wales University and graduated with an associates in baking and a bachelors in food management. Tom worked as a baker for several Connecticut bakeries including as the Sous Chef at Huckleberries Artisan Pastries. He is now a baker and the coffee manager for the Hotel DuPont in Wilmington DE.
Mark Owen has been a home cook for 40 years. For many years he did editorial food work (food styling) for Martha Stewart's Everyday Food, Real Simple, Food and Wine, Oprah and many more. In addition he did prep work in the kitchens of the Food Network for Bobby Flay and Paula Dean. Mark also wrote a food blog for 10 years called Urbanfoodguy about life, cooking and travel.
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Monthly Book Club
House on Endless Waters
by Emuna Elon
Thursday, November 5
2:00 p.m.
Please join us by Zoom for our virtual
Book Club. We will be discussing
House on Endless Waters by Emuna Elon.
Please sign up with your email address
and you will get the Zoom link to join the meeting.
If you have any questions please email Claudia Silk at csilk@fplct.org. Looking forward to "seeing you".
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What's Cooking Series -
Gruel Britannia
Monday, November 9
6:30 p.m.
Join us as Chef Karen Hubrich of Gruel Britannia demonstrates how to make her best-selling Sticky Toffee Pudding. This classic English dessert is amazingly easy to make, simple to serve and is delicious! It even freezes well and the toffee sauce will last a long time in the refrigerator. Pick up an ingredient kit to follow along at home and enjoy this fantastic dessert that night. Please call ahead to preorder and arrange for pick up on Friday, 11/6 or Saturday, 11/7. The $25 kit will be available from
Gruel Britannia, 2217 Post Rd, Fairfield, CT 06824, 203-292-6466, and will contain everything you need including the toffee sauce and muffin tins. All you will need is some vanilla ice cream to top off the pudding!
We will hear about Chef Karen's unique background and the story of Gruel Britannia in Fairfield, a unique restaurant and provisions store specializing in all things British.
PLEASE REGISTER TO HAVE THE ZOOM LINK EMAILED TO YOU THE DAY OF THE EVENT.
**What's Cooking Series - A series featuring local chefs. Guest chefs share the back stories behind their cooking lives, the challenges of running a restaurant/food market and talk about a favorite cookbook or recipe.
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Contact us. Call, Text, or Email.
Get help with digital resources, research, authoritative information, and more:
Call (203) 256-3160 and leave a clear message.
Text askfplct to 66746 to ask us a question.
Email directly to eref@fplct.org.
A library staff member will get back to you!
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Fairfield Public Library
1080 Old Post Road
Fairfield, CT 06824
203.256.3155
Downtown Main Building
Library Express Services
Building Open
Mon-Sat. 2-4 p.m.
Tues. & Thurs. 5-7 p.m.
Curbside pick-up available
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Fairfield Woods Branch Library
1147 Fairfield Woods Road
Fairfield, CT 06825
203.255.7307
Woods Building
Closed Until Further Notice
Curbside Pick-up available
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FPL Digital Library is always open
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