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720 Pequot Ave., Southport, CT
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New! Perry Boyle will join us virtually from the front lines in Ukraine on Nov. 10 at 6:00 p.m. Boyle is the founder and managing partner of MITS Capital.
He'll offer a firsthand perspective on Ukraine’s remarkable defense innovation: how drones and emerging technologies are transforming the battlefield, what Ukraine is teaching the world about the future of warfare.
He'll also cover the critical role private capital is playing in accelerating innovation and defending democracy.
Register: buff.ly/wIp1fgr
🎬 Know "Admission", the movie starring Tina Fey? Or "The Undoing", the HBO series starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant? Both began as novels by Jean Hanff Korelitz—and you can meet the author behind the stories at Pequot Library!
📚 Join us for our Literary Luncheon TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY on Friday, November 13, at 11:30 a.m. Enjoy lunch with fellow readers, then hear Korelitz speak, ask her a question during the Q&A, and stay for a book signing thanks to @BarrettBookstore_.
Your ticket supports Pequot Library. 🍽️✨
🎟️ Seats are limited—reserve yours today! Learn more: buff.ly/7Jn00Et
📣 Just announced: Kat Ashmore, local "New York Times" bestselling cookbook author, will moderate the Nov. 19 conversation with Pequot Library Fellow and Westport Museum for History and Culture Executive Director Ramin Ganeshram! 🍽️
📰 For background: Ganeshram wrote in "The New York Times" about Hercules Posey, George Washington’s enslaved chef, who prepared lavish meals at Mount Vernon and the President’s House in Philadelphia. Read her article: buff.ly/mdChNTK
📅 Thursday, November 19 | 7:00 p.m.
Pequot Library, 720 Pequot Avenue, Southport
🎟️ Free admission
Register: buff.ly/qkG3M7N
Pictured:
Clare Leighton
“April: Sowing” from “The Farmer’s Year, A Calendar of English Husbandry”
London: Collins, 1933
Pequot Library Special Collections
🕷️ Last night, a brave group of middle schoolers navigated the Haunted Library. They emerged in one piece! We've hung their banner - Choose your curse! - in the teen reading nook for the rest of the month. Feel free to contribute to it - if you dare. 🧟
🌙🔭 Great Lawn Astronomy is back for the darker months!
Join us Thursdays at 6:00 p.m. on the Great Lawn for an evening of stargazing. Explore the Moon, planets, stars, and more through our telescopes. Enjoy a cup of hot chocolate as the night sky changes throughout the season.
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A heartfelt thank-you to the Westport Astronomical Society for their generous telescope donation!
This program is for children, teens, and families. Weather permitting. Check our website for updates. Registered participants will receive an email if the program is canceled.
Many thanks to everyone who came out for last weekend's 137th Annual Meeting and to speaker Kerri Miller, owner of @thesouthportgeneralstore!
Last week: Shots from a wonderful day at Luis Muñoz Marín School!
Students from Pre-K through Grade 8 explored new stories and big ideas at a book fair provided by Pequot Library and funded by the Reene B. Fisher Foundation. ✨
🎃 Discover the unsettling worlds of Jean Hanff Korelitz, from the marriage-shattering revelations of "You Should Have Known", the inspiration for HBO’s "The Undoing", to the buried past of "Admission" and the campus intrigue of "The Devil and Webster".
Then indulge in a literary treat: Pequot Library’s Literary Luncheon on Friday, November 13, at 11:30 a.m., featuring the bestselling author herself. Indulge your taste for deliciously tangled stories while supporting Pequot Library.
Reserve your tickets before this thrilling afternoon becomes a ghost of an opportunity! Learn more: buff.ly/jPLFALB 👻