Discover Danbury

This lapsit program is for Babies ages 3 - 11 months old.  You will bond with your baby and spend some one on one time in this delightful lapsit program.  The program incorporates singing, nursery rhymes. fingerplays, and simple books followed by a 10-minute playtime. The program runs for 9 weeks from January 16 - March 13.  In case of inclement weather call 203-797-4505 option 5.  If public school is closed due to weather, the program will be cancelled.  It's a great way to meet other moms.  No registration required.

Tiny, but active tots, ages 12 - 23 months will sing, dance, learn nursery rhymes and simple books followed by a 10 minute playtime which will help prepare them to graduate to storytime.  The activities are followed by a 10 minute playtime.  Great way to meet other moms with children.  No registration

Learn about Origami with our latest Maker-In-Residence! It is an art form that has been handed down from parent to child through many generations. Origami involves the creation of paper forms usually entirely by folding. Free. Ages 5+ Registration Required!

Basic overview of Microsoft Word 2010. Learn how to create, format, save and edit a document. 

REGISTRATION WILL OPEN TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO CLASS

Do
you like to construct things? Then
we need YOU!

Use
your hands and build something amazing with a vast assortment of K’Nex pieces!
We have a LOT, so we need your hands and imagination to come build something
amazing in 60 minutes!

Are
you up to the challenge?

For
Ages 7+

Free! Registration
required.

These series of (4) informational sessions focusing on a different weather topic. Presented by WCSU student meteorologist,  Eric Gottier as he discusses Danbury weather and how it affects you.

Week #1 SPRING STORMS: How does April showers bring May flowers?Free! Registration required.

This storytime designed for children ages 2-3 will incorporate simple stories, activities, music, movies and crafts.  A great way to get children ready to learn and listen before they start school.  Perfect for active toddlers.  no registration required.  Groups must call ahead at 797-4505, extension 7737.

Make your audio dreams a reality.

Get a hands-on guided introduction to Garageband with these weekly sessions in the Danbury Library’s audio recording suite, Studio 170.

An instructor (by appointment only) will be available during the session to guide you through Apple’s digital audio work station application Garageband, that allows users to create music or podcasts.

No previous experience necessary, but must have proficiency with computers and recording devices.

Get a hands-on guided introduction to Garageband with these weekly sessions in the Danbury Library’s audio recording suite, Studio 170.

An instructor will be available during the session to guide you through Apple’s digital audio work station application Garageband, that allows users to create music or podcasts.

No previous experience necessary, but must have proficiency with computers and recording devices.

Must register 7 days in advance prior to session.

Free! Registration required in advance HERE. No Walk-ins.  For more information about Studio 170, visit us online at: danburylibrary.org/recording-studio/

Bring along your current project or get started with something new! Enjoy a casual and friendly knitting group. 

Free! No registration, just drop in.    

This program is open to anyone 10 or older who would like to learn chess or learn more strategy. William Mattison is an experienced chess player and he will be on hand to teach basic beginner moves and strategy for the more experienced player. This program is free. Children under 10 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. 

There will be a poetry reading in the Thyme Cafe, an array of music and visual art.

May 4 Topic:  Nationalism (Danbury Museum)Embark on a jaunt to the past through this video seminar
series created through Open Yale Courses (OYC). 
The taped seminars were conducted by John Merriman, Charles Seymour
Professor of History at Yale University.  
Brigid Guertin, City Historian and Director of the Danbury Museum, and
John O’Donnell, Librarian will introduce the sessions with a few interesting
Danbury stories.   Programs will rotate
between the Library and Museum. 

“The course offers a broad survey of modern European
history, from the end of the Thirty Years’ War to the aftermath of World War
II. Along with the consideration of major events and figures such as the French
Revolution and Napoleon, attention will be paid to the experience of ordinary
people in times of upheaval and transition. The period will thus be viewed
neither in terms of historical inevitability nor as a procession of great men,
but rather through the lens of the complex interrelations between demographic
change, political revolution, and cultural development.”  OYC website

Interspersed
among the sessions, we’ll have copies of recipes taken from older cookbooks at
the Museum that are reflective of that particular session’s time period.  We hope attendees will take a recipe and recreate
it to share at the final session on July 27th

About
Professor John Merriman
John Merriman
is Charles Seymour Professor of History at Yale University. Specializing in
French and modern European history, he received his Ph.D. from the University
of Michigan. His publications include The Agony of the Republic: The
Repression of the Left in Revolutionary France, 1848-1851, A History of
Modern Europe Since the Renaissance, and Police Stories: Making the French
State, 1815-1851. He is currently at work on Dynamite: Emile Henry, the
Café Terminus, and the Origins of Modern  
Terrorism in Fin-de-Siècle Paris. In 2000, Professor Merriman was the
recipient of the Yale University Byrnes-Sewall Teaching Prize.

About Open Yale Courses (OYC)

OYC provides
lectures and other materials from selected Yale College courses to the public
free of charge via the Internet.  No
course credit, degree, or certificate is available through the OYC website.

Have you ever wondered
about the practice of mindfulness? Do you wish you could have better attention,
focus and balance in your life? Learning mindfulness helps individuals increase
their patience, flexibility, focus and personal resilience. This program will
teach an approachable 8 step mindfulness program. Each week, one of eight
points will be introduced along with readings from great literary texts. Each
class ends with 20 minutes of meditation. 

Works include:
Enescu, Romanian Rhapsody #1
Gade, Echoes from Ossian: Overture, Op. 1
Rimsky Korsakov, Russian Easter Overture and more!

http://danburymusiccentre.org/

Make your audio dreams a reality.

Get a hands-on guided introduction to Garageband with these weekly sessions in the Danbury Library’s audio recording suite, Studio 170.

An instructor (by appointment only) will be available during the session to guide you through Apple’s digital audio work station application Garageband, that allows users to create music or podcasts.

No previous experience necessary, but must have proficiency with computers and recording devices.

Get a hands-on guided introduction to Garageband with these weekly sessions in the Danbury Library’s audio recording suite, Studio 170.

An instructor will be available during the session to guide you through Apple’s digital audio work station application Garageband, that allows users to create music or podcasts.

No previous experience necessary, but must have proficiency with computers and recording devices.

Must register 7 days in advance prior to session.

Free! Registration required in advance HERE. No Walk-ins.  For more information about Studio 170, visit us online at: danburylibrary.org/recording-studio/

Learn about Origami with our latest Maker-In-Residence! It is an art form that has been handed down from parent to child through many generations. Origami involves the creation of paper forms usually entirely by folding. Free. Ages 5+Registration Required.

Join us for monthly (March-June) introductory class that will give you hands-on experience with a tiny, yet powerful microcontroller.  The Arduino microcontroller lets you build projects that sense real world properties --temperature, illumination or magnetism. You can light up a light with different colors, make sound, turn on a motor or operate another electronic device.  FREE. For ages 12 to 112.  An Arduino kit will be provided for use during the class.Registration is required.

The Teen Council is getting into gear for 2018! We'll be meeting to discuss teen programs, books, movies, music, and especially this year's Summer Reading Game. If you want to get your Community Service hours while having a great time, you really want to come to this meeting!

You need to be a Teen Volunteer to attend. Fill out an application, and don't forget 3 references and a photo release form. 

We're looking forward to seeing you!

Sahaja Yoga Mediation is a simple, time-honored technique that is easy to learn.  It helps reduce stress and increase wellness.  Start your journey towards being peaceful, balanced, and integrated by connecting with your true self.  Anyone can do it!  Free.  No registration.  For ages 10 - adultNOTE:  No class on May 28.  Continuation of classes past June 25 TBD.

This lapsit program is for Babies ages 3 - 11 months old.  You will bond with your baby and spend some one on one time in this delightful lapsit program.  The program incorporates singing, nursery rhymes. fingerplays, and simple books followed by a 10-minute playtime. The program runs for 9 weeks from January 16 - March 13.  In case of inclement weather call 203-797-4505 option 5.  If public school is closed due to weather, the program will be cancelled.  It's a great way to meet other moms.  No registration required.

Tiny, but active tots, ages 12 - 23 months will sing, dance, learn nursery rhymes and simple books followed by a 10 minute playtime which will help prepare them to graduate to storytime.  The activities are followed by a 10 minute playtime.  Great way to meet other moms with children.  No registration

May is Teen CEO Month! Come make something gorgeous to keep your desk in order! We'll be making beautiful containers out of air dry clay.Registration is required. The limit is 20 participants.Sponsored by the Friends of the Danbury Library

Show your mother (or another special “mom figure in your life”)   how much you love and appreciate her by making her a beautifully decorated card.

Pick the colors she likes and  add some sequins and write something special inside.No Registration Required.

Curious about Podcasting?

        This workshop will devote itself to guiding you on the basics and topics below, while building on the skills taught each week:

1.) What is a podcast: history, evolution, formats, how to pick a worthy, sustainable and do-able show topic, vocabulary and "tools of the trade," interviewing and storytelling tips

2.) Audio recording and editing: step-by-step process for putting a show together (combining music beds, tracks, sound effects and interviews)

3.) Audio Postcard:  Students will practice their writing, performance and audio editing skills with one or more podcasting exercises

4.) Interview Podcast or Fairy Tale or Research Podcast.  Students will combine all the skills learned so far to podcasting / storytelling / audio production and editing.

FREE

Ages 16 +

*Registration Required

Must attend all classes

Learn about strategies that can help you get closer to a tax free retirement:

•  If taxes increase in the future, will my chances of outliving my money be reduced?

•  How to prevent your taxable IRA from growing and why.

•  Should I take required minimum distributions early or later.

•  Am I paying too much in taxes now, is there a way to reduce them?

•  What is “The Tax Bridge” and when do I cross it?

•  What tax free vehicles exist and are they appropriate for me.

•  The tax bucket strategy, how diversified am I really.

•  Are Roth IRA conversions right for me?

•  What is a 72T distribution and is it right for me?

•   By losing deductions in retirement, does that change my tax picture?

•  How will retirement accounts impact my heirs?

 Presenter: Michael Alimo, ChFEBC, Investment Advisor Representative with USA Financial & Tax Services, LLC. 

 Free! Registration Required.  For information call 203.797.4505, x 7730.

This craft program offers step by step instructions to teach you how to make paper flowers bouquet including roses, peonies and  hydrangeas, etc.  Supplies are limited.  Registration is required.  

Make origami during the month of May with Maker-in-Residence, Nghiep K. Luu.

Learn about Origami with our latest Maker-In-Residence! It is an art form that has been handed down from parent to child through many generations. Origami involves the creation of paper forms usually entirely by folding.For Ages 5+Free! Registration required.

Do
you like to construct things? Then
we need YOU!

Use
your hands and build something amazing with a vast assortment of K’Nex pieces!
We have a LOT, so we need your hands and imagination to come build something
amazing in 60 minutes!

Are
you up to the challenge?

For
Ages 7+

Free! Registration
required.

This storytime designed for children ages 2-3 will incorporate simple stories, activities, music, movies and crafts.  A great way to get children ready to learn and listen before they start school.  Perfect for active toddlers.  no registration required.  Groups must call ahead at 797-4505, extension 7737.

Make your audio dreams a reality.

Get a hands-on guided introduction to Garageband with these weekly sessions in the Danbury Library’s audio recording suite, Studio 170.

An instructor (by appointment only) will be available during the session to guide you through Apple’s digital audio work station application Garageband, that allows users to create music or podcasts.

No previous experience necessary, but must have proficiency with computers and recording devices.

Get a hands-on guided introduction to Garageband with these weekly sessions in the Danbury Library’s audio recording suite, Studio 170.

An instructor will be available during the session to guide you through Apple’s digital audio work station application Garageband, that allows users to create music or podcasts.

No previous experience necessary, but must have proficiency with computers and recording devices.

Must register 7 days in advance prior to session.

Free! Registration required in advance HERE. No Walk-ins.  For more information about Studio 170, visit us online at: danburylibrary.org/recording-studio/

Bring along your current project or get started with something new! Enjoy a casual and friendly knitting group. 

Free! No registration, just drop in.    

This program is open to anyone 10 or older who would like to learn chess or learn more strategy. William Mattison is an experienced chess player and he will be on hand to teach basic beginner moves and strategy for the more experienced player. This program is free. Children under 10 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. 

White Hall 127

May 11 Topic:  Radicals (Danbury Library)Embark on a jaunt to the past through this video seminar
series created through Open Yale Courses (OYC). 
The taped seminars were conducted by John Merriman, Charles Seymour
Professor of History at Yale University.  
Brigid Guertin, City Historian and Director of the Danbury Museum, and
John O’Donnell, Librarian will introduce the sessions with a few interesting
Danbury stories.   Programs will rotate
between the Library and Museum. 

“The course offers a broad survey of modern European
history, from the end of the Thirty Years’ War to the aftermath of World War
II. Along with the consideration of major events and figures such as the French
Revolution and Napoleon, attention will be paid to the experience of ordinary
people in times of upheaval and transition. The period will thus be viewed
neither in terms of historical inevitability nor as a procession of great men,
but rather through the lens of the complex interrelations between demographic
change, political revolution, and cultural development.”  OYC website

Interspersed
among the sessions, we’ll have copies of recipes taken from older cookbooks at
the Museum that are reflective of that particular session’s time period.  We hope attendees will take a recipe and recreate
it to share at the final session on July 27th

About
Professor John Merriman
John Merriman
is Charles Seymour Professor of History at Yale University. Specializing in
French and modern European history, he received his Ph.D. from the University
of Michigan. His publications include The Agony of the Republic: The
Repression of the Left in Revolutionary France, 1848-1851, A History of
Modern Europe Since the Renaissance, and Police Stories: Making the French
State, 1815-1851. He is currently at work on Dynamite: Emile Henry, the
Café Terminus, and the Origins of Modern  
Terrorism in Fin-de-Siècle Paris. In 2000, Professor Merriman was the
recipient of the Yale University Byrnes-Sewall Teaching Prize.

About Open Yale Courses (OYC)

OYC provides
lectures and other materials from selected Yale College courses to the public
free of charge via the Internet.  No
course credit, degree, or certificate is available through the OYC website.

Celebrate Spring by making a whole bunch of flowers! Each week we'll have a different way to make flowers using all kinds of materials. Come every week to make a whole garden!

May 4: Paint a flower - Watercolor paintingsMay 11: Fold a Flower - OrigamiMay 18: Stamp a Flower - make cardboard stampsMay 25: Weave a flower - weaving with paper plates and yarn

June 1: Glue a Flower - glue cardboard ringsJune 8: Cut a Flower - cut paper flowersJune 15: Button a Flower - make pin-back buttonsJune 22: Plant a Flower - plant a seed to take home and grow!

Danbury’s City Historian, Brigid Guertin, will talk about the history of royal weddings, focusing on the nuptials of Victoria and Albert in 1840, as well as the near-royal wedding of Tom Thumb!

 Then continue the wedding conversation on Saturday, May 19th by enjoying a cupcake and champagne while watching the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at the Danbury Museum.  8:00-11:30am.

The Danbury Symphony Orchestra performs it's annual Young People's Concert. This family-friendly concert is sure to please the young and young at heart! The winner of our Student Concerto Competition will perform with the DSO.
Stay tuned for more details!

Have you ever wondered
about the practice of mindfulness? Do you wish you could have better attention,
focus and balance in your life? Learning mindfulness helps individuals increase
their patience, flexibility, focus and personal resilience. This program will
teach an approachable 8 step mindfulness program. Each week, one of eight
points will be introduced along with readings from great literary texts. Each
class ends with 20 minutes of meditation. 

When: Monday May 14, 2018
Where: Richter Park Golf Course, Danbury, CT
Time: 11:30 a.m. Modified Shotgun
Format: 4 Person Scramble

Sign Up: Saintgregoryschool.org
(Found under Support SGS, Golf Outing)

Cost $250 Per Individual Player
$1000 Per Foursome
Registration due: April 20, 2018

Prizes:
1st Place
$200 Pro Shop Gift Certificate
2nd Place
$100 Pro Shop Gift Certificate
Closest to the Pin (2 Prizes)
Hole # 4
Hole # 17
$25 Pro Shop Gift Certificate
Longest Drive (1 Prize)
Hole # 2
$25 Pro Shop Gift Certificate
Hole in One (1 Prize)
Hole # 5
New Car provided by Ingersoll

Make your audio dreams a reality.

Get a hands-on guided introduction to Garageband with these weekly sessions in the Danbury Library’s audio recording suite, Studio 170.

An instructor (by appointment only) will be available during the session to guide you through Apple’s digital audio work station application Garageband, that allows users to create music or podcasts.

No previous experience necessary, but must have proficiency with computers and recording devices.

Get a hands-on guided introduction to Garageband with these weekly sessions in the Danbury Library’s audio recording suite, Studio 170.

An instructor will be available during the session to guide you through Apple’s digital audio work station application Garageband, that allows users to create music or podcasts.

No previous experience necessary, but must have proficiency with computers and recording devices.

Must register 7 days in advance prior to session.

Free! Registration required in advance HERE. No Walk-ins.  For more information about Studio 170, visit us online at: danburylibrary.org/recording-studio/

Sometimes First Aid isn’t a bandage, or CPR, or calling 911.  Sometimes First Aid is YOU...  A person you know could be experiencing a mental health or substance use problem.  Learn an action plan to help.By participating in this 8-hour Mental Health First Aid course you’ll learn a five-step plan to help loved ones, colleagues, neighbors, and others cope with mental health or substance use problems.Similar to traditional First Aid and CPR, Mental Health First Aid is help provided to a person developing a mental health problem or experiencing a crisis until professional treatment is obtained or the crisis resolves. Mental Health First Aid is an evidenced-based public education and prevention tool – it improves the public’s knowledge of mental health and substance use problems and connects people with care for their mental health or substance use problems.The program is free of charge thanks to a generous grant made possible by Project Aware.

Make origami during the month of May with Maker-in-Residence, Nghiep K. Luu.

Learn about Origami with our latest Maker-In-Residence! It is an art form that has been handed down from parent to child through many generations. Origami involves the creation of paper forms usually entirely by folding. For Ages 5+

Free! Registration required.

Sahaja Yoga Mediation is a simple, time-honored technique that is easy to learn.  It helps reduce stress and increase wellness.  Start your journey towards being peaceful, balanced, and integrated by connecting with your true self.  Anyone can do it!  Free.  No registration.  For ages 10 - adultNOTE:  No class on May 28.  Continuation of classes past June 25 TBD.

This lapsit program is for Babies ages 3 - 11 months old.  You will bond with your baby and spend some one on one time in this delightful lapsit program.  The program incorporates singing, nursery rhymes. fingerplays, and simple books followed by a 10-minute playtime. The program runs for 9 weeks from January 16 - March 13.  In case of inclement weather call 203-797-4505 option 5.  If public school is closed due to weather, the program will be cancelled.  It's a great way to meet other moms.  No registration required.

Tiny, but active tots, ages 12 - 23 months will sing, dance, learn nursery rhymes and simple books followed by a 10 minute playtime which will help prepare them to graduate to storytime.  The activities are followed by a 10 minute playtime.  Great way to meet other moms with children.  No registration

Make origami during the month of May with Maker-in-Residence, Nghiep K. Luu.

Learn about Origami with our latest Maker-In-Residence! It is an art form that has been handed down from parent to child through many generations. Origami involves the creation of paper forms usually entirely by folding. For Ages 5+Free! Registration required.

Among the topics to be covered are:¨ What is a Will and what does it control?¨ The differences between a Will and a Revocable Living
Trust¨ Explaining the difference between probate and non-probate
property¨ What is your “estate”?¨ What are tax and other personal implications to consider?¨ Who will carry out your instructions in your Will?¨ The basics of “gifting”- Identifying your beneficiaries and more!

Presented by:  Attorneys
Richard S. Land and Alyson R. Marcucio practice with the Danbury law firm of
Chipman, Mazzucco, Land, & Pennarola, LLC.  

Understand the concept of a spreadsheet and its many uses.

REGISTRATION WILL OPEN TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO CLASS

Make origami during the month of May with Maker-in-Residence, Nghiep K. Luu.

Learn about Origami with our latest Maker-In-Residence! It is an art form that has been handed down from parent to child through many generations. Origami involves the creation of paper forms usually entirely by folding. For Ages 5+Free! Registration required.

Women earn less than 20% of bachelor’s degrees in computer science, engineering, and physics, but they make up more than half of the population of the United States - and the numbers have dropped even more recently. Closing the gender gap in technology development is a key to any successful society. In order to foster and encourage an interest in computer science in young women, this program will explore the benefits of learning to code for middle school girls. The program will explore the use of HTML coding and an introductory version of Python, and how to extend the application of these skills on your own following the program. No coding experience is necessary to attend.

Girls, take hold of your future TODAY! Learn the valuable skillset of "code" aka computer programming with this special workshop directed on introducing girls to this ever-growing technology field. This will be a FUN experience facilitated by Patrice Gans, Founder and Executive Director of Random Hacks of Kindness, Jr. 

Come learn to code and meet some new friends in the process!

FREE. Ages 10 - 18.Registration is Required.

Do
you like to construct things? Then
we need YOU!

Use
your hands and build something amazing with a vast assortment of K’Nex pieces!
We have a LOT, so we need your hands and imagination to come build something
amazing in 60 minutes!

Are
you up to the challenge?

For
Ages 7+

Free! Registration
required.

This storytime designed for children ages 2-3 will incorporate simple stories, activities, music, movies and crafts.  A great way to get children ready to learn and listen before they start school.  Perfect for active toddlers.  no registration required.  Groups must call ahead at 797-4505, extension 7737.

Make your audio dreams a reality.

Get a hands-on guided introduction to Garageband with these weekly sessions in the Danbury Library’s audio recording suite, Studio 170.

An instructor (by appointment only) will be available during the session to guide you through Apple’s digital audio work station application Garageband, that allows users to create music or podcasts.

No previous experience necessary, but must have proficiency with computers and recording devices.

Get a hands-on guided introduction to Garageband with these weekly sessions in the Danbury Library’s audio recording suite, Studio 170.

An instructor will be available during the session to guide you through Apple’s digital audio work station application Garageband, that allows users to create music or podcasts.

No previous experience necessary, but must have proficiency with computers and recording devices.

Must register 7 days in advance prior to session.

Free! Registration required in advance HERE. No Walk-ins.  For more information about Studio 170, visit us online at: danburylibrary.org/recording-studio/

Bring along your current project or get started with something new! Enjoy a casual and friendly knitting group. 

Free! No registration, just drop in.    

This program is open to anyone 10 or older who would like to learn chess or learn more strategy. William Mattison is an experienced chess player and he will be on hand to teach basic beginner moves and strategy for the more experienced player. This program is free. Children under 10 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. 

Do want to have stunning planters on your deck that you can
proudly say you put together yourself?  Join
fellow gardeners at this informative program with Master
Gardener, Michele MacKinnon.  Due to the parking lot renovations  at the Danbury Library, the program will be held at the Danbury Museum,
located at 43 Main Street.   

Container gardening continues as a hot trend in 2018 and the
green industry is responding with new and exciting products and plants.  Attendees will learn about appropriate containers,
how to add zing to their plant combinations, how to create multi-season
containers using design “recipes,” and how to sustain lush container displays
like those you see at garden centers.   A
list of books and other resources will be provided.   

Michele MacKinnon is a UCONN Advanced Master Gardener from
Sherman, CT who enjoys sharing her gardening knowledge with others. She is
writing a landscape   design book for
D-I-Y homeowners who want simple, affordable advice to enhance their outdoor
spaces.

May 18 Topic:  Imperialists and Boy Scouts (Danbury Museum)Embark on a jaunt to the past through this video seminar
series created through Open Yale Courses (OYC). 
The taped seminars were conducted by John Merriman, Charles Seymour
Professor of History at Yale University.  
Brigid Guertin, City Historian and Director of the Danbury Museum, and
John O’Donnell, Librarian will introduce the sessions with a few interesting
Danbury stories.   Programs will rotate
between the Library and Museum. 

“The course offers a broad survey of modern European
history, from the end of the Thirty Years’ War to the aftermath of World War
II. Along with the consideration of major events and figures such as the French
Revolution and Napoleon, attention will be paid to the experience of ordinary
people in times of upheaval and transition. The period will thus be viewed
neither in terms of historical inevitability nor as a procession of great men,
but rather through the lens of the complex interrelations between demographic
change, political revolution, and cultural development.”  OYC website

Interspersed
among the sessions, we’ll have copies of recipes taken from older cookbooks at
the Museum that are reflective of that particular session’s time period.  We hope attendees will take a recipe and recreate
it to share at the final session on July 27th

About
Professor John Merriman
John Merriman
is Charles Seymour Professor of History at Yale University. Specializing in
French and modern European history, he received his Ph.D. from the University
of Michigan. His publications include The Agony of the Republic: The
Repression of the Left in Revolutionary France, 1848-1851, A History of
Modern Europe Since the Renaissance, and Police Stories: Making the French
State, 1815-1851. He is currently at work on Dynamite: Emile Henry, the
Café Terminus, and the Origins of Modern  
Terrorism in Fin-de-Siècle Paris. In 2000, Professor Merriman was the
recipient of the Yale University Byrnes-Sewall Teaching Prize.

About Open Yale Courses (OYC)

OYC provides
lectures and other materials from selected Yale College courses to the public
free of charge via the Internet.  No
course credit, degree, or certificate is available through the OYC website.

Celebrate Spring by making a whole bunch of flowers! Each week we'll have a different way to make flowers using all kinds of materials. Come every week to make a whole garden!

May 4: Paint a flower - Watercolor paintingsMay 11: Fold a Flower - OrigamiMay 18: Stamp a Flower - make cardboard stampsMay 25: Weave a flower - weaving with paper plates and yarn

June 1: Glue a Flower - glue cardboard ringsJune 8: Cut a Flower - cut paper flowersJune 15: Button a Flower - make pin-back buttonsJune 22: Plant a Flower - plant a seed to take home and grow!

Celebrate the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle with a cupcake and a glass of champagne while watching this happy occasion!NOTE:  Program will be held at the Museum at 43 Main Street.REGISTRATION REQUIRED - LIMITED SEATING.  Call the Danbury Museum at 203.743.5200. 

A friendly peer response opportunity for local writers of all skill
levels & genres

How the peer response
group works for you:

     - bring at least
five copies of the work you plan to present to the group

     - read aloud your
work (no more than five minutes of read-aloud time, please)

     - receive honest,
considerate verbal feedback from your peers after your reading

     - receive your
work back from your peers with their written comments

How you work for the
peer response group:

     - read along
silently and write your comments on your copies of your peers’ work 

       as they each
read aloud

     - offer honest,
considerate verbal feedback to each of your peers

     - give your peers
back their work, which includes your written comments

Additional group process procedures will be provided at the
meeting.

Free! Registration required. For more information call
203.797.4505, x 7730.

Make your audio dreams a reality.

Get a hands-on guided introduction to Garageband with these weekly sessions in the Danbury Library’s audio recording suite, Studio 170.

An instructor (by appointment only) will be available during the session to guide you through Apple’s digital audio work station application Garageband, that allows users to create music or podcasts.

No previous experience necessary, but must have proficiency with computers and recording devices.

Get a hands-on guided introduction to Garageband with these weekly sessions in the Danbury Library’s audio recording suite, Studio 170.

An instructor will be available during the session to guide you through Apple’s digital audio work station application Garageband, that allows users to create music or podcasts.

No previous experience necessary, but must have proficiency with computers and recording devices.

Must register 7 days in advance prior to session.

Free! Registration required in advance HERE. No Walk-ins.  For more information about Studio 170, visit us online at: danburylibrary.org/recording-studio/

All adult readers are invited to attend this monthly book discussion facilitated by Catherine Riordan, FRIENDS member and volunteer.  This year’s theme is "Power Structures and Power Struggles".  Join us for one or all of these engaging discussions.  Dates and book titles are:  September 25, 2017: SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard October 23, 2017: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen November 27, 2017: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead December 2017: HAPPY HOLIDAYS! NO MEETING  January 22, 2018: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller February 26, 2018: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. Vance March 26, 2018: Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, The Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America by Gilbert King  April 23, 2018: Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Steveson  May 21, 2018: Lab Girl by Hope Jahren June 25, 2018: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates.The discussions are free - no registration - come to as many as you would like.  For your convenience, multiple copies of the books have been purchased and located on the special "Book Club" display unit starting in August 2017.  Please keep in mind, if hardcopy books are not available, we may have the title as an eBook and/or audiobook.  For assistance, stop by the Information Services desk or call 203.797.4505, option 3.  Refreshments are sponsored by the FRIENDS of the Danbury Library

Sahaja Yoga Mediation is a simple, time-honored technique that is easy to learn.  It helps reduce stress and increase wellness.  Start your journey towards being peaceful, balanced, and integrated by connecting with your true self.  Anyone can do it!  Free.  No registration.  For ages 10 - adultNOTE:  No class on May 28.  Continuation of classes past June 25 TBD.