Genealogy Roundtable

Tracking your family history? Whether you are a beginner or an advanced researcher, genealogists Bill Stansfield, Beth Northrop, and Bob Grilley can help point you in the right direction. As experienced genealogists, they can recommend books, websites, and new strategie......More

Tracking your family history? Whether you are a beginner or an advanced researcher, genealogists Bill Stansfield, Beth Northrop, and Bob Grilley can help point you in the right direction. As experienced genealogists, they can recommend books, websites, and new strategies to help you discover more about your ancestry. Explore Pequot Library’s genealogy collection, which includes family histories, military histories, and many other books that cannot be found online. Please note that registration is NOT required, and the location is the Rennell Room. Pequot Library programs are held in person unless otherwise noted.

Pilates at Pequot Library

Join Jean Kaul, Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher (NCPT) and Balanced Body Comprehensive Instructor, for a traditional Pilates Mat Class with a contemporary approach. Expect uplifting energy in a low-impact fitness session focused on building core strength, improving......More

Join Jean Kaul, Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher (NCPT) and Balanced Body Comprehensive Instructor, for a traditional Pilates Mat Class with a contemporary approach. Expect uplifting energy in a low-impact fitness session focused on building core strength, improving posture, enhancing flexibility, and promoting body awareness. Sign up separately for each class. All levels are welcome. Please note: this class needs a minimum of five participants to run.   Class length: 50 minutes Equipment needed: Mat Online Registration Required Fee: $20 per class

Genealogy Roundtable

Tracking your family history? Whether you are a beginner or an advanced researcher, genealogists Bill Stansfield, Beth Northrop, and Bob Grilley can help point you in the right direction. As experienced genealogists, they can recommend books, websites, and new strategie......More

Tracking your family history? Whether you are a beginner or an advanced researcher, genealogists Bill Stansfield, Beth Northrop, and Bob Grilley can help point you in the right direction. As experienced genealogists, they can recommend books, websites, and new strategies to help you discover more about your ancestry. Explore Pequot Library’s genealogy collection, which includes family histories, military histories, and many other books that cannot be found online. Please note that registration is NOT required, and the location is the Rennell Room. Pequot Library programs are held in person unless otherwise noted.

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Pequot Library And Shakespeare on the Sound Present: A Christmas Carol 

Bring your family to celebrate the season and join Shakespeare on the Sound for its annual reading of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, directed by Winsome Brown. During the course of one memorable Christmas Eve, the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future help ......More

Bring your family to celebrate the season and join Shakespeare on the Sound for its annual reading of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, directed by Winsome Brown. During the course of one memorable Christmas Eve, the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future help Ebenezer Scrooge discover that it is never too late to be redeemed and change from his miserly ways. A reception with drinks and bites will follow the performance. Please click here to purchase tickets.  

Write-In with Gabi Coatsworth

Work on your current writing project in the virtual company of other writers! Join us on Monday mornings from 10:00-11:30 a.m. for a write-in led by Gabi Coatsworth. Check in and writer. That’s it. No reading. No critiquing. Simply do whatever it takes to move your writ......More

Work on your current writing project in the virtual company of other writers! Join us on Monday mornings from 10:00-11:30 a.m. for a write-in led by Gabi Coatsworth. Check in and writer. That’s it. No reading. No critiquing. Simply do whatever it takes to move your writing forward. Results guaranteed! Registration is required. You’ll receive an email on the day of the program with a Zoom link. Please email [email protected]. About Gabi Coatsworth: Gabi Coatsworth is an award-winning writer who loves to support her fellow writers and storytellers. Her work has been published in an anthology, Imaging Monsters, and When to Now: A Time Travel Anthology. It has also appeared in Tangerine Tango: Women Writers Share Slices of Life. She has also published a novel, Love’s Journey Home, and a novel, A Beginner’s Guide to Starting Over. 

Pequot Library Closed for New Year's Day

Write-In with Gabi Coatsworth

Work on your current writing project in the virtual company of other writers! Join us on Monday mornings from 10:00-11:30 a.m. for a write-in led by Gabi Coatsworth. Check in and writer. That’s it. No reading. No critiquing. Simply do whatever it takes to move your writ......More

Work on your current writing project in the virtual company of other writers! Join us on Monday mornings from 10:00-11:30 a.m. for a write-in led by Gabi Coatsworth. Check in and writer. That’s it. No reading. No critiquing. Simply do whatever it takes to move your writing forward. Results guaranteed! Registration is required. You’ll receive an email on the day of the program with a Zoom link. Please email [email protected]. About Gabi Coatsworth: Gabi Coatsworth is an award-winning writer who loves to support her fellow writers and storytellers. Her work has been published in an anthology, Imaging Monsters, and When to Now: A Time Travel Anthology. It has also appeared in Tangerine Tango: Women Writers Share Slices of Life. She has also published a novel, Love’s Journey Home, and a novel, A Beginner’s Guide to Starting Over. 

LEGO Challenges

Join us for a series of fun LEGO challenges! Kids in this program will take on a different building task each session, ranging from towers to vehicles to animals. Each challenge is about having fun while using our imaginations to problem solve and think creatively.

Drop-In Storytime

Join us in the Children’s Library for a story or two, and then pick out books to take home. For ages 3+.  

Out of the Vault: Selections from Pequot Library’s Americana Collection

Join Special Collections Staff for a behind-the-scenes look at items from Pequot Library’s renowned collection of rare books and manuscripts. This program offers a limited number of guests the opportunity to see a selection of rare material up close in the Special Colle......More

Join Special Collections Staff for a behind-the-scenes look at items from Pequot Library’s renowned collection of rare books and manuscripts. This program offers a limited number of guests the opportunity to see a selection of rare material up close in the Special Collections Reading Room.  Registration required. Space is limited.

Music and Movement for Wigglers

Can’t sit still? This is the program for you! Jump, hop, dance, and wiggle to the music.  For ages 0-5Registration required

Teen Advisory Board

Teen Advisory Board is a group for teens in grades 6-12 who are interested in volunteering and taking an active role in teen services and programs at Pequot Library. TAB will meet monthly to help plan programs, give input on the Young Adult collection, and otherwise inf......More

Teen Advisory Board is a group for teens in grades 6-12 who are interested in volunteering and taking an active role in teen services and programs at Pequot Library. TAB will meet monthly to help plan programs, give input on the Young Adult collection, and otherwise influence how the library serves teens. We will also call on TAB members to assist with Pequot Library events and help with other library tasks as needed. You can earn community service hours for attending meetings, staffing events, and helping out around the library. Snacks are included! For grades 6-12.

The Knitingales

This group of experienced knitters meets most Thurs. mornings between 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Email Marjorie at [email protected] to be included, and she’ll communicate any changes to the schedule. Please note: this isn’t an instructional group. Experienced or in......More

This group of experienced knitters meets most Thurs. mornings between 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Email Marjorie at [email protected] to be included, and she’ll communicate any changes to the schedule. Please note: this isn’t an instructional group. Experienced or intermediate knitters are welcome! The Knitingales was renamed from Pequot Purls in honor of late member Florence Blum, who passed away in April 2023.

Great Lawn Astronomy

Great Lawn Astronomy returns this fall! When the nights get longer we will bring the telescope back out for views of Saturn, Jupiter, the moon, and more! This program will meet weekly for stargazing if the skies are clear. Thanks to the Westport Astronomical Society for......More

Great Lawn Astronomy returns this fall! When the nights get longer we will bring the telescope back out for views of Saturn, Jupiter, the moon, and more! This program will meet weekly for stargazing if the skies are clear. Thanks to the Westport Astronomical Society for their generous telescope donation. Weather permitting. For children, families, and teens  

Chae Lim Yoon Violin Recital | A Winter Interlude

Violinist Chae Lim Yoon, currently pursuing her master’s degree at the Juilliard School, returns to Pequot Library with pianist Andrew Hsu for a recital featuring works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Robert Schumann, and other distinguished composers. As one year gives way......More

Violinist Chae Lim Yoon, currently pursuing her master’s degree at the Juilliard School, returns to Pequot Library with pianist Andrew Hsu for a recital featuring works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Robert Schumann, and other distinguished composers. As one year gives way to the next and the season settles in, the program invites audiences into a winter afternoon imbued with warmth and resonance—a moment to reflect, linger, and begin anew through refined artistry and insightful interpretation

Chess Club

A weekly meetup for kids who already know how to play chess and are looking for opponents. Players will compete for the top position on the club’s chess ladder—a leaderboard that will carry over from session to session. Come back every week, or whenever you can! For chi......More

A weekly meetup for kids who already know how to play chess and are looking for opponents. Players will compete for the top position on the club’s chess ladder—a leaderboard that will carry over from session to session. Come back every week, or whenever you can! For children in grades 2-6 Registration required.

Genealogy Roundtable

Tracking your family history? Whether you are a beginner or an advanced researcher, genealogists Bill Stansfield, Beth Northrop, and Bob Grilley can help point you in the right direction. As experienced genealogists, they can recommend books, websites, and new strategie......More

Tracking your family history? Whether you are a beginner or an advanced researcher, genealogists Bill Stansfield, Beth Northrop, and Bob Grilley can help point you in the right direction. As experienced genealogists, they can recommend books, websites, and new strategies to help you discover more about your ancestry. Explore Pequot Library’s genealogy collection, which includes family histories, military histories, and many other books that cannot be found online. Please note that registration is NOT required, and the location is the Rennell Room. Pequot Library programs are held in person unless otherwise noted.

720 Pequot Avenue, Southport, 06890, United States

Pilates at Pequot Library

Join Jean Kaul, Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher (NCPT) and Balanced Body Comprehensive Instructor, for a traditional Pilates Mat Class with a contemporary approach. Expect uplifting energy in a low-impact fitness session focused on building core strength, improving......More

Join Jean Kaul, Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher (NCPT) and Balanced Body Comprehensive Instructor, for a traditional Pilates Mat Class with a contemporary approach. Expect uplifting energy in a low-impact fitness session focused on building core strength, improving posture, enhancing flexibility, and promoting body awareness. Sign up separately for each class. All levels are welcome. Please note: this class needs a minimum of five participants to run.   Class length: 50 minutes Equipment needed: Mat Online Registration Required Fee: $20 per class

Guided Tree Walk at Southport Park 

Join The Sasquanaug Conservancy for Southport, in collaboration with the Fairfield Forestry Committee, for a guided, seasonal tree walk at Southport Park—a site described as a “living monument” to the Pequot Swamp Fight. While there, explore the Pequot Trail, which tell......More

Join The Sasquanaug Conservancy for Southport, in collaboration with the Fairfield Forestry Committee, for a guided, seasonal tree walk at Southport Park—a site described as a “living monument” to the Pequot Swamp Fight. While there, explore the Pequot Trail, which tells the story of The Pequot War. Meet at the entrance of Southport Park at 170 Old Post Road. Sasquanaug Conservancy members free $5 for non-members Scan the QR code for more information. Pequot Library is a proud affiliate of America 250 | Connecticut Commission, the statewide initiative commemorating the Semiquincentennial—the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence—next July 4. In the lead-up to this historic milestone, we’ve planned a series of programs that highlight diverse American voices and perspectives, including this program.

Beyond the Battlefield | Guided Tour

On the last day of Beyond the Battlefield: The Pequot Swamp Fight in Public Memory, join us for a guided tour of the exhibition. All ages. Limit 12 Pequot Library is a proud affiliate of America 250 | Connecticut Commission, the statewide initiative commemorating the Se......More

On the last day of Beyond the Battlefield: The Pequot Swamp Fight in Public Memory, join us for a guided tour of the exhibition. All ages. Limit 12 Pequot Library is a proud affiliate of America 250 | Connecticut Commission, the statewide initiative commemorating the Semiquincentennial—the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence—next July 4. In the lead-up to this historic milestone, we’ve planned a series of programs that highlight diverse American voices and perspectives, including this program.

Write-In with Gabi Coatsworth

Work on your current writing project in the virtual company of other writers! Join us on Monday mornings from 10:00-11:30 a.m. for a write-in led by Gabi Coatsworth. Check in and writer. That’s it. No reading. No critiquing. Simply do whatever it takes to move your writ......More

Work on your current writing project in the virtual company of other writers! Join us on Monday mornings from 10:00-11:30 a.m. for a write-in led by Gabi Coatsworth. Check in and writer. That’s it. No reading. No critiquing. Simply do whatever it takes to move your writing forward. Results guaranteed! Registration is required. You’ll receive an email on the day of the program with a Zoom link. Please email [email protected]. About Gabi Coatsworth: Gabi Coatsworth is an award-winning writer who loves to support her fellow writers and storytellers. Her work has been published in an anthology, Imaging Monsters, and When to Now: A Time Travel Anthology. It has also appeared in Tangerine Tango: Women Writers Share Slices of Life. She has also published a novel, Love’s Journey Home, and a novel, A Beginner’s Guide to Starting Over. 

One Book, One Town Announcement

Fairfield Public Library and its community partners will be announcing the One Book One Town selection for 2026 in the Periodicals Room at Main Library on Monday, January 12.  This event will take place in person and on the library’s social media platforms starting at 1......More

Fairfield Public Library and its community partners will be announcing the One Book One Town selection for 2026 in the Periodicals Room at Main Library on Monday, January 12.  This event will take place in person and on the library’s social media platforms starting at 11:00 a.m. Copies of the chosen books will be available to borrow in print or digitally from Fairfield’s libraries or to purchase at local book stores. The author will visit Fairfield on Wednesday, March 4, at 7:00 p.m. at the Sacred Heart University Community Theater.