City of Danbury

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!

Learn online typing and mouse skills

Stop by and learn exciting STEAM-related content presented by the Microsoft Store at Danbury Fair.  Experience an introductory look at robotics, make code with Minecraft Windows 10 Edition, and use powerful 3D creation applications to see how easy and fun STEAM learning can be.

Intro to Robotics with Ohbot (October 9)Students will receive an intro to basic robotics and coding using the Ohbot robot. Students create code using the Ohbot app for Windows 10 to make the robot to speak. No experience with coding, robotics or Ohbot is required.Intro to Coding with Minecraft (November 13)Students will play in Minecraft while they learn how to code with Microsoft’s MakeCode  By the end of this Workshop, participants will have: · Increased confidence in their technical and coding skills   · Improved their computational and creative thinking   · Read and understood code in the MakeCode environment  

Intro to Digital Creativity with Paint 3D and Remix 3D (December 11)Students can expand their artistic and creative horizons with technology, using Paint 3D.By the end of this Workshop, participants will have: · Learned how to use technology to express their creativity in new ways · Improved their computational and creative thinking   Learned about 3D modeling and mixed reality.

 Free. Registration required.

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. 

Learn the game, stay for the adventure....Come meet the Danbury Library’s Dungeon Master, and help him in creating a world that you, the player, can interact with. Players go on adventures while working together to complete quests, slay monsters, and achieve their own personal goals. Dungeons and Dragons is a pen and paper RPG (Role Playing Game). The game uses a series of dice to help gauge how successful characters and monsters are at achieving their various goals. The game doesn’t require anything other than a few books, paper and pencils, some dice and your imagination.The Dungeon Master uses evocative descriptions to make the game come alive; and players then decide their characters’ actions. The possibilities are endless!  New Players Are WELCOME!

FREE! Tweens (12+), Teens

Whether you never learned cursive in school or you just want a fun refresher, we've got you covered! Join us for a grown-up version of our popular Cursive Camp.

Friday, October 19th
&
Friday, November 16th
From 5-7pm.

$20 per person, per night. Each night will have a different focus, so you will want to attend both.

Benefit Ann's Place at this Fest within a Festival!

COME MEET CRAFT BREWERS

Ann’s Place is a non-profit community-based organization that offers counseling, support groups, wellness activities, referrals to community resources and educational programs all at no charge. If you or loved one is facing cancer, Ann’s Place is here for you.

November 16th - 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm

Now at the DANBURY SPORTS DOME

25 Shelter Rock Lane, Danbury, CT

Tickets: $65 in advance $75 at the door

Your ticket includes:
Tastings Under The Dome
Souvenir Glass to first 300
Live music by Future Tense
“Pub Grub” by Walsh Catering
Admission into Festival of Trees
View 100+ trees available for raffle
Shopping & Raffle Prizes

This workshop is conducted by Mark Moeller, president of The Recipe of Success, will review what’s important in starting a restaurant and how  to keep it running smoothly and successfully. Topics to be covered:· Positioning your restaurant - what you want to do and why· Two critical ingredients you’ll need to be successful· The financials of starting a restaurant· The physical planning of a restaurant - does your menu match your restaurant?· Permits and licenses· Marketing - How to get people into your restaurant · Operating a successful restaurant - are you on course?

The Recipe of Success is a
nationally recognized consulting firm that has held the “secret ingredient” to
creating some of the best restaurants, fast casual dining venues, cafes, bars,
bakeries and multifaceted catering and events businesses. Embracing a hands-on
consultancy philosophy and an entrepreneurial spirt, The Recipe of Success
provides profitable and executable solutions to private equity, owners and
operators of restaurant companies. The boutique firm specializes in both
launching new restaurant startups along with turnarounds for struggling or
financially distressed operations by bringing fresh ideas to the table,
including: concept development, food and beverage strategies, menu development,
real estate brokerage, restaurant design and construction, operational procedures,
marketing and staff training to drive guest frequency and maximize revenue.
Since 2000, The Recipe of Success has legacy of success “menu” of over 150
major clients.

Prior to starting his consulting business in
2000, Mark spent 19 years in corporate and entrepreneurial organizations.  Mark has opened over 300 new restaurant and
retail locations in both the Corporate and Consulting phases of his career. 

Mark has owned and operated four restaurants,
a French creperie in Manhattan, NY, a bistro in Fort Lee, NJ, a farm to table
and soup/sandwich concept in CT where he utilized all of the systems and
programs he currently teaches to his clients.This presentation is a partnership program with SCORE. The program is provided free of charge. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. For more information contact Maryellen at 203-797-4505, ext. 7730.

Let's get in the holiday spirit by making a turkey by cutting and folding old books that need to be recycled.

The program is suitable for students in 4th grade and up and adults. Younger students can participate with a parent’s help.

This is your chance to create your own Weather Forecast under the guidance of student meteorologists of the Western Connecticut State University’s Weather Center! This series will cover the basics such as the following:

Fundamentals of Weather forecasting

Attendees will research various websites in which to obtain weather data to create a forecast such as the National Weather Service Zone Forecast, local media forecasts, model data and social media platform discussion groups.

Weather Presentation Creation

Attendees will be taught in the use of software to create icons and text forecasts, as well incorporate video from outside sources to produce a comprehensive forecast.

Recording A Weather Broadcast

Attendees will learn the finer points of broadcasting such as operation of the camera & software to record broadcasts. Proper dialogue to convey the forecast to the public, proper attire, and then each attendee will be given opportunity to record their own individual forecast!

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 - adult

Windows Movie Maker is a powerful video creation and editing solution engineered by Microsoft. ... It provides a set of basic features which include: transitions, effects, audio tracks, titles/credits, auto movie, and timeline narration. We will learn how to import and transition photos, add text to slide and import music to your show

This is your chance to create your own Weather Forecast under the guidance of student meteorologists of the Western Connecticut State University’s Weather Center! This series will cover the basics such as the following:

Fundamentals of Weather forecasting

Attendees will research various websites in which to obtain weather data to create a forecast such as the National Weather Service Zone Forecast, local media forecasts, model data and social media platform discussion groups.

Weather Presentation Creation

Attendees will be taught in the use of software to create icons and text forecasts, as well incorporate video from outside sources to produce a comprehensive forecast.

Recording A Weather Broadcast

Attendees will learn the finer points of broadcasting such as operation of the camera & software to record broadcasts. Proper dialogue to convey the forecast to the public, proper attire, and then each attendee will be given opportunity to record their own individual forecast!

Free! Registration required.

All adult readers are invited to attend this monthly book discussion facilitated by Catherine Riordan, FRIENDS member and volunteer.  Join us for one or all of these engaging discussions.  Funding for the refreshments provided by the FRIENDS of the Danbury Library.  Dates and book titles are:  October 1: "Lincoln in the Bardo" by George SaundersOctober 22: "The Song of Achilles" by Madeline MillerNovember 26: "Autumn" by Ali SmithDecember - No meetingJanuary 2019: "Most Blessed of the Patricrchs" by Annette Gordon-Read and Peter S. OnufFebruary: "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray BradburyMarch 25: "The Essex Serpent" by Sarah PerryApril 22: "Manhattan Beach" by Jennifer EganMay 20: "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le GuinJune 24: "The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris" by David McCulloughFree.  No registration.   

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 - adult

Basic assistance in using and navigating through the software program "Resume Writer" installed on all library computers. 

When and how you claim your Social Security retirement benefits is a complex decision which can substantially increase your income. Should you retire at 66, or wait? Do you know what retirement benefits a spouse or ex-spouse is entitled to? This free workshop, endorsed by the AAA CT Motor Club, will help participants maximize, project, and protect your  Social Security and other retirement income.About the Presenter: The HIQS Group - Insurance, Benefits, Financial Services - has been serving the Danbury community since 1996. Visit them online at hiqsgroup.com.

Basics — Understand the concept of a spreadsheet and its many uses.  Prerequisite: Computer Basics

When
you search for a job, you are likely turn to a friend or a relative for help.
Do you know that Danbury Library can help with you too?  We are offering a
series of job workshops from October 24th to December 19th.  We also
provide one-on-one assistance in your job search during these sessions. 
You will learn how aboutJobNow  to get help for resume from a 
certified resume writer and get help from an alive tutor for interviews and
learn job skills online so you can get hired. Registration is
required.  You can register online or
call us at 203-797-4505 ext: 7710    

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'll be a Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On when THE CORVETTES return to Danbury with their Doo Wop Revue!
More than a concert – it’s an all out Doo Wop celebration featuring solid gold hits such as “In the Still of the Night,” “The Twist,” “Rock Around The Clock,” “Earth Angel,” “At the Hop,” “Runaround Sue” and more.

From New Hampshire to New Orleans… and Virginia to Vegas… The Corvettes bring fresh new energy to the music of the 1950s and 1960s, taking audiences on a trip back in time when it was cool to crank up the tunes on the jukebox.
https://thepalacedanbury.com/thecorvettes/

Learn the game, stay for the adventure....Come meet the Danbury Library’s Dungeon Master, and help him in creating a world that you, the player, can interact with. Players go on adventures while working together to complete quests, slay monsters, and achieve their own personal goals. Dungeons and Dragons is a pen and paper RPG (Role Playing Game). The game uses a series of dice to help gauge how successful characters and monsters are at achieving their various goals. The game doesn’t require anything other than a few books, paper and pencils, some dice and your imagination.The Dungeon Master uses evocative descriptions to make the game come alive; and players then decide their characters’ actions. The possibilities are endless!  New Players Are WELCOME!

FREE! Tweens (12+), Teens