City of Danbury

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 between 3 to 24 months old by the start date of the programs.   

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! Registration REQUIRED!Tweens (12+), Teens

Join us Friday afternoons as we share folktales from around the world! Each week we'll visit another country, read a story or two, and sing songs. Ages 3 and up welcome.

Do you want to make more use of computers & technology in your family history research? Join the CT Ancestry Society for a program on Computers and Technology: Problems, Pitfalls, and Lots of Promise. The interactive session will begin with several slides and demonstrations & continue with audience participation.

The program will be presented by Robert Locke. Rob has been researching his family tree off and on since 1976. He is employed in the technology industry.

Can’t sit still? Children ages 3 months-5 years and their caregivers are invited to jump, hop, dance, and wiggle to the music during this weekly
movement class. Spring Dates: March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30April 6, 20, 27May 4Free! Registration is recommended. For more information about this program, call 203.797.4505 extension 7738. 

The Danbury Music Centre presents the Danbury Community Orchestra, under the direction of Stephen Michael Smith, in concert along with the members of the Danbury High School String Orchestra.
This will be the DCO’s second year collaborating with the Danbury High School Strings who are directed by Mary Peters. Works include Ippolitov-Ivanov: Caucasion Sketches, Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody and more!
Admission is free, donations will be gratefully accepted at the door.

Free Admission (donations accepted) for a Double Play Matinee!

Doors open at 12pm for a showing of The Rookie at 1pm and Field of Dreams (30th Anniversary Screening) at 4pm!

There will be a baseball card photo booth, vendors, and raffles!

All happening at the Palace Danbury!

www.danburywesterners.com

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

Capture the imagination of your preschooler by exploring a world of art! Each week, children ages 3-5 and their caregivers will discover a new adventure and create their own piece of the story to take home. 

Free! Registration required. For more information about this program, call 203. 797.4505 extension 7738

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.

Join us at the Danbury Library with our friends from the Microsoft Store Danbury Fair Mall for monthly Fortnite tournaments! Play like the pros in a fun, elimination-style
format and a chance to win some cool Microsoft Store stuff!FREE! Registration Required! Ages 12+

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

Free! No registration, just drop in.    

Explore great artists and their masterpieces! Each week, children ages 6-10 will be introduced to one of the world’s great artists through stories and hands-on art activities. 

It’s Women’s History Month! Discover 4 female artists who left their mark on history!

March 5: Georgia O’Keefe

March 12: Faith Ringgold

March 19: Frida Kahlo

March 26: Yoyoi Kusama

Free! Registration required. For more information about the program, call 203.797.4505 extension 7738.

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. 

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.

Are you ready to create your own crazy cartoon characters and then view them in the “real world”?

Join us for this fun and imaginative workshop where instructors from Microsoft Store Danbury Fair Mall explore the limitless possibilities of Remix 3D (3D models) library where there is a large amount of different models related to character design. Use available Surface Pros and Pens to imagine your  own characters and then use a Mixed Reality Viewer, to “make them appear in the real world”.

Free for Ages 7+! 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.

The Aging Mastery Program (AMP) was created by the National Council on Aging to motivate older adults to develop behaviors across many dimensions that will lead to improved health, stronger financial security, and overall well being!  By participating in this FREE, 11-WEEK PROGRAM, you will:Make and maintain small but impactful changes in your health behaviors, financial well-being, and enrichment in later life. Get REAL incentives and rewards for taking small steps that can improve your well-being.Meet new friends, provide support and encouragement to your peers, and become more involved in your community. The program is coordinated and facilitated by the Regional YMCA of Western CT.  Outside experts are brought in to speak about the core subject areas that include "Navigating Longer Lives: The Basics of Aging Mastery", Sleep, Healthy Relationships, Fall Prevention, and Advance Planning.  A special "graduation" of all who complete the course satisfactorily will be held on the 11th week!    

Financial supporters of the AMP program include Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation and the Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation.  Partial funding support for the Danbury Library series is provided by the FRIENDS of the Danbury Library.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED BY Thursday, February 28th online at danburylibrary.org or call 203-797-4505, option 3.

For more details about the program, contact Maureen Farrell at the Regional YMCA - 203.740.3432.  

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

Free! No registration, just drop in.    

Can’t sit still? Children ages 3 months-5 years and their caregivers are invited to jump, hop, dance, and wiggle to the music during this weekly
movement class. Spring Dates: March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30April 6, 20, 27May 4Free! Registration is recommended. For more information about this program, call 203.797.4505 extension 7738. 

Sleep is something our bodies need to do; a basic human need, it is not an option. During sleep many of the body’s major organ and regulatory systems continue to work actively.  Some parts of the brain actually increase their activity dramatically, and the body produces more of certain hormones.  Sleepiness due to chronic lack of sleep is a big problem in the United States.

Dr. Kenneth Hollman, DACM, will cover the three natural solutions to sleep problems: vitamins, exercise, and physical treatment.  There are treatable reasons for sleep problems and sleeping pills only mask the problem.

Presenter:  Dr. Kenneth Hoffman, DACM, L.Ac. is the Medical Director of SOPHIA Natural Health Center in Brookfield, CT. SOPHIA combines the traditional healing arts of Chinese and Naturopathic Medicine with modern science.  He is the host of “The Natural Medicine Connection” on WLAD Danbury radio (800WLAD on the AM dial) on Saturdays, 10am—noon. 

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.

The Danbury Music Centre presents the Danbury Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Ariel Rudiakov, performing Gustav Mahler’s mighty Symphony No. 5 . This work with its broad emotional sweep, from tragedy to triumph, and distant horn calls, contains the famous Adagietto, Mahler’s beautiful love-letter to his wife, written in music.

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.

This free one-hour workshop introduces students eight and above to the foundational concepts of coding. Participants will follow simple steps with drag-and-drop code blocks and create Harry
Potter spell motions, magical creatures, and artefacts, all with the coding wand and a Surface device. By the end of the workshop, students will be able to: 

Define basic coding conceptsUse their imagination to customize their own coding projectsExplain the relationship between hardware and software in codingFREE! Registration Required!Ages 8+Presented by Microsoft Store Danbury Fair Mall

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. 

Author Jana Milbocker will be in from Massachusetts to speak about gardens, selected from her book, that are located in New England, the Hudson River Valley in NY, eastern Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.  In this richly illustrated PowerPoint presentation, she’ll share historical information, overviews of each garden’s design, their unique features and horticulture, along with recommendations on the best times to visit.  Books will be available for purchase and signing.  Jana Milbocker is an avid gardener, plant collector, garden designer and writer.  She lectures on a    variety of gardening topics and has presented at the Boston and Connecticut Flower Shows, Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and at many garden clubs and organizations.  Jana is the owner of Enchanted Garden, a landscape design and installation firm in MA. SNOW DATE: Tuesday, May 21. In the event of a postponement, registrants will be notified by email. 

Can’t sit still? Children ages 3 months-5 years and their caregivers are invited to jump, hop, dance, and wiggle to the music during this weekly
movement class. Spring Dates: March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30April 6, 20, 27May 4Free! Registration is recommended. For more information about this program, call 203.797.4505 extension 7738. 

Llewellyn Sanchez Werner, piano Sunday, October 21, 2018, at 3 p.m.
Frisson, string & wind nonet Sunday, November 11, 2018, at 3 p.m.
Walden Chamber Players, strings & bassoon Sunday, March 24, 2019, at 3 p.m.
Daedalus Quartet Sunday, May 19, 2019, at 3 p.m.

http://www.danburyconcert.org/concerts.shtml
All performances take place on Sunday afternoons at the Veronica Hagman Concert Hall, located in the Visual and Performing Arts Center (VPAC) on Western Connecticut State University’s Westside Campus in Danbury, CT.

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