Discover Danbury

Kids ages 5 and up are invited to listen to the story,  The Pirates Next Door by Jonny Duddle about a family of pirates who moves into a neighborhood to the dismay of many neighbors.  After the story, make  a pirate popsicle stick pirate puppet.

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. 

Kids aged 6 and up can recycle old stuff by making it into fun new stuff! Each
week we’ll show you how to take old things you might throw out and build it
into something you can take home. Once you know how, maybe you’ll think of
other fun creations to build with stuff you have at home.

We’ll be making:

·        
Sept. 7: Cardboard tube marionettes·        
Sept. 14: Egg carton animals

·        
Sept. 21: CD scratch art

·        
Sept 28: Paper bead jewelry

It’s the Epic Annual Event!!!
Do you enjoy free music and entertainment?
Enjoy delicious food?
Enjoy discovering all that makes Danbury a great place to live and the historic downtown a great place to visit?

If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, check out the Taste of Greater Danbury, the downtown celebration which includes live music, family entertainment, games and local food from across the globe

It’s the Epic Annual Event!!!
Do you enjoy free music and entertainment?
Enjoy delicious food?
Enjoy discovering all that makes Danbury a great place to live and the historic downtown a great place to visit?

If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, check out the Taste of Greater Danbury, the downtown celebration which includes live music, family entertainment, games and local food from across the globe

It’s the Epic Annual Event!!!
Do you enjoy free music and entertainment?
Enjoy delicious food?
Enjoy discovering all that makes Danbury a great place to live and the historic downtown a great place to visit?

If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, check out the Taste of Greater Danbury, the downtown celebration which includes live music, family entertainment, games and local food from across the globe

Preschool kids ages 2-5, with a caregiver, are invited to have fun with different Arts and Crafts.  Each week a simple project will be presented.  Please bring a smock or dress in old clothes as we may use paint.  A short story will be presented at 10:30 am followed by the art project.  Groups must call ahead.   Registration is required .

Take the AAA Driver Improvement Program to relearn the basics of defensive driving and learn current driving practices. Those who complete the 4-hour course will be mailed a certificate of completion.  CT drivers who complete the class and are 60 years old or older may be eligible to receive a 5% discount on their auto insurance. (Discount does not cover uninsured motorist coverage, rental reimbursements or towing or labor costs.  Be sure to check with your insurer for details.)Registration required online or call 203-797-4505, option 3 to register.  For workshop details, call Fran Mayko at AAA: 203-937-2595, ext. 4615.

Feel free to bring a bag lunch or a snack!

Keep the spirit of summer going right into the fall with this fun craft! We'll be making mini seascapes / aquariums out of ordinary jars!

For students 9 and up.

Mayor Mark Boughton asks you to join us for a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at the Danbury War Memorial. The ceremony will begin at 5pm.

Feeling frustrated with your technology?

This monthly series of one-on-one tech help offered to older adults by the United Way of Western Connecticut’s Youth Volunteer Corps. You can sign up for (1) 45 minute session with a tech volunteer who will be guiding you on the basics and topics below:

· Help with a digital device· Getting started on social media· Getting familiar with Microsoft OfficeFree! Registration required. *Remember to bring in your digital device so we can better help you.**Please note: that we cannot assist with password and/or account retrieval. We also cannot assist with installing software, as well as offer hardware repair.

Feeling frustrated with your technology?

This monthly series of one-on-one tech help offered to older adults by the United Way of Western Connecticut’s Youth Volunteer Corps. You can sign up for (1) 45 minute session with a tech volunteer who will be guiding you on the basics and topics below:

· Help with a digital device· Getting started on social media· Getting familiar with Microsoft OfficeFree! Registration required. *Remember to bring in your digital device so we can better help you.**Please note: that we cannot assist with password and/or account retrieval. We also cannot assist with installing software, as well as offer hardware repair.

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 you love to make things out of yarn or thread? Come join us! This group is especially for tweens and teens, but everyone is welcome.

We can teach you to knit. Please bring a pair of No. 11 needles. For our first project, we will be making scarves to donate to people who need them.

Depending on interest, we will add other thread based projects later on, such as Peruvian Braid or other Friendship Bracelet patterns. Come have fun and make new friends while helping the community!

Kids aged 6 and up can recycle old stuff by making it into fun new stuff! Each
week we’ll show you how to take old things you might throw out and build it
into something you can take home. Once you know how, maybe you’ll think of
other fun creations to build with stuff you have at home.

We’ll be making:

·        
Sept. 7: Cardboard tube marionettes·        
Sept. 14: Egg carton animals

·        
Sept. 21: CD scratch art

·        
Sept 28: Paper bead jewelry

The Mads Are Back! Live Movie-Riffing with Frank Conniff and Trace Beaulieu from Mystery Science Theater 3000.
For Mystery Science Theater 3000 fans, Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff require no introduction – but, we’re doing one anyway. Together through five of the show’s seasons – including several of its most beloved episodes – Trace and Frank played the mad scientists (or “The Mads,” as they were affectionately known) who antagonized the inhabitants of the Satellite of Love from their villainous layer down on Earth. As a comedic duo, the Mads closed out most episodes with one of the series’ most iconic catch phrases, “Push the button, Frank” – an order issued, typically with a threatening tone, by Forrester to his right-hand lackey.

Come to this presentation with local insurance agent Elizabeth
Azud to learn how to navigate through the Medicare maze.

Topics to be covered:

Medicare Basics: The A, B, C, Ds of Medicare

Medicare Insurance Options: Medicare Supplements and
Medicare Health Plans

Programs to help reduce your costs: “Extra Help” and
Medicare Savings Program

How to determine Plan suitability and navigate through the
options each year

What an insurance Broker is and the role they should play in
helping you

Who should
attend? 

Individuals who are aging into Medicare; Individuals already
on Medicare; Individuals who are considering retirement; Family Members of
those on Medicare who are trying to
find answers

Refreshments courtesy of Elizabeth Azud Insurance. Each
attendee will receive a “Learning the Basics of Medicare Guide.”

Free! REGISTRATION REQUIRED online at danburylibrary . org or
call the Community Relations Department at 203.797.4505, option 6.   

Tickets on sale:
General Admission:
$5 for students
$20 in advance
$25 at the door
Kids 12 and under are free!
IvesConcertPark.com

Known about by students at elite colleges for years, with members that include Rockefellers, Kennedys and both Bushes, Ivy League secret societies came to popular attention in films like The Skulls.  These intensely private organizations have been the focus of controversies in recent years, with Harvard attempting to rid itself of the elite clubs altogether.  

Dr. Ian Smith was himself a member of one of Harvard’s exclusive “final clubs.”  Now, he draws from his own real-life experiences in the secret societies of Harvard, taking readers into a harrowing story set behind ivy-covered walls and suffused with tightly guarded secrets, in THE ANCIENT NINE.

Dr. Ian Smith was born and raised in Danbury, CT.  He is currently the co-host and medical contributor on the Rachael Ray Show and former co-host of the Emmy Award-winning syndicated daytime talk show, The Doctors.  He also served as the medical/diet expert for six seasons on VH1’s highly-rated Celebrity Fit Club, and is the creator and founder of the national health initiatives “The 50 Million Pound Challenge” and “The Makeover Mile.” Dr. Smith is the former medical correspondent for NBC News network and for NewsChannel 4 in New York, where he filed reports for NBC Nightly News and The Today Show as well as WNBC's various news broadcasts.   

Dr. Smith graduated from Harvard College with an AB and received a master’s in science from Teachers College of Columbia University. He attended Dartmouth Medical School and completed the last two years of his medical education and graduated from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.

Free! REGISTRATION REQUIRED online at danburylibrary .org or call 203.797.4505, opt. 3.  Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Preschool kids ages 2-5, with a caregiver, are invited to have fun with different Arts and Crafts.  Each week a simple project will be presented.  Please bring a smock or dress in old clothes as we may use paint.  A short story will be presented at 10:30 am followed by the art project.  Groups must call ahead.   Registration is required .

Join us along with Circus Moves* as we present a special sneak preview of the PBS’ American Experience: The Circus!

Take a brief peek of this four-hour mini-series that tells the story of one of the most popular and influential forms of entertainment in American history. Drawing upon a vast and rich visual archive and featuring a host of performers, historians and aficionados, "The Circus" follows the rise and fall of the gigantic, traveling tented railroad circus, recounting the era when Circus Day could shut down a town, and circus stars were among the most famous people in the country. For many Americans, the circus embodied the improbable and the impossible, the exotic and the spectacular. 

Premieres on your local PBS station on October 8th & 9th.

Free for ALL AGES! Adults too!!!!

*PLUS, join the amazing performers of Circus Moves as they bring the circus experience to you, up close and hands-on with their CIRCUS ZONE, where anyone interested will be able to participate! Starting at 4:30PM!Circus Zone at 4:30pm, Sneak Peek at 5:30pm

A program to enhance children's listening, motor and social skills.  Simple stories, activities, movement, music, movies and crafts.  Children must be the age indicated by the start date of the program.  

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 you love to make things out of yarn or thread? Come join us! This group is especially for tweens and teens, but everyone is welcome.

We can teach you to knit. Please bring a pair of No. 11 needles. For our first project, we will be making scarves to donate to people who need them.

Depending on interest, we will add other thread based projects later on, such as Peruvian Braid or other Friendship Bracelet patterns. Come have fun and make new friends while helping the community!

An introduction to nursery rhymes, songs and simple stories, followed by a 10-minute playtime.  A parent or caregiver accompanies the child and participates with them.  Children must be the age indicated by the start date of the programs. 

Kids aged 6 and up can recycle old stuff by making it into fun new stuff! Each
week we’ll show you how to take old things you might throw out and build it
into something you can take home. Once you know how, maybe you’ll think of
other fun creations to build with stuff you have at home.

We’ll be making:

·        
Sept. 7: Cardboard tube marionettes·        
Sept. 14: Egg carton animals

·        
Sept. 21: CD scratch art

·        
Sept 28: Paper bead jewelry