September Adult Programs

VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE:

Tuesdays, September 3, 10, 17, 24 | 3pm – 6pm | Lobby
Are you registered to vote? Visit the voter registration table in the Library’s lobby, on Tuesdays in September between 3pm-6pm.  Use https://nationalvoterregistrationday.org to check your registration status, register if you haven’t already, request your mail-in ballot, and more!

Learn more @ VOTE 2024

HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH FILM FESTIVAL:

Like Water For Chocolate
Friday, September 13 | 12pm | Lovell Room
Director Alfonso Arau’s enchanting film, based on a novel by wife Laura Esquivel, is set in Mexico in the early part of the 20th century. The put-upon youngest daughter of a stern mother uses her magical abilities to change people’s emotions through the food she cooks. Romantic, erotic tale stars Lumi Cavazos, Marco Leonardi, Regina Torne.
Rated R, 105 minutes

In the Heights
Friday, September 20 | 12pm | Lovell Room
The scent of a cafecito caliente hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street subway stop, where a kaleidoscope of dreams rallies this vibrant and tightknit community. At the intersection of it all is the likeable, magnetic bodega owner Usnavi (Anthony Ramos), who saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines and sings about a better life. “In the Heights” fuses Lin‐Manuel Miranda’s kinetic music and lyrics with director Jon M. Chu’s lively and authentic eye for storytelling to capture a world very much of its place, but universal in its experience.
Rated PG-13, 143 minutes

Roma
Friday, September 27 | 12pm | Lovell Room
Cleo is one of two domestic workers who help Antonio and Sofía take care of their four children in 1970s Mexico City. Complications soon arise when Antonio suddenly runs away with his mistress and Cleo finds out that she’s pregnant. When Sofía decides to take the kids on vacation, she invites Cleo for a much-needed getaway to clear her mind and bond with the family.
Rated R, 135 minutes

Selena
Friday, October 4 | 12pm | Lovell Room
Jennifer Lopez and Edward James Olmos star in this celebration of Selena Quintanilla Perez, a girl from South Texas with global talent, incredible will and magnetic charm. Young. Beautiful. Enormously gifted. At 23, Selena shone as a fresh star in a vibrantly new musical field. But just as she was poised to be the next pop-music sensation, her life was tragically cut short.
Rated PG, 127 minutes

TALKS/WORKSHOPS:

Stratford: The Stories We Tell – LEGIONS OF LEGENDS PART II
Wednesday, September 11 | 6:30pm | Lovell Room
Theodore Judson served 41 years as Stratford’s longest serving lighthouse keeper and raconteur. Join Town Historian David Wright as he reprises “Thene” Judson’s storytelling in “Legions of Legends Part II”.

Talk: RED SOX-YANKEES: THE GREATEST RIVALRY IN SPORTS
Tuesday, September 17 | 7pm | Lovell Room
Welcome to the most intense rivalry in American sports – maybe the world. This fun program hosted by award-winning sportswriter, baseball beat writer and book author Marty Gitlin features videos of the biggest moments of the rivalry from well over a century, as well as trivia questions for the patrons to ponder. Marty will have his Ultimate New York Yankees Time Machine Book and Ultimate Boston Red Sox Time Machine Book for sale after the event. A Q&A will follow. This one is a blast so join in!

QPR Suicide Prevention Workshop
Tuesday, September 24 | 2pm | Lovell Room
Town of Stratford Community Services and Library present this free workshop limited to 30 people.
Reservations are required.

Talk: Navigating Medicare in 2025: Essential Updates and Coverage Options
Tuesday, September 24 | 6:30pm | Lovell Room
Mention the word Medicare and you’re likely to get a confused look in return. The Father/Daughter Team of Lou and Jessica Pelletier will sort through the Parts (A – Hospital; B – Physician and Outpatient Coverage; D – Drug Coverage), including the significant changes to Medicare drug plans in 2025 introduced by the government. Join us if you are a senior, a child of a senior, or just want to know more.

CAREER & TECH HELP:

CAREER COACH: Job Search Help
Monday, September 9| 10am to 12pm or 1 to 3pm | Bus parks on Main Street near the library front entrance.
Are you ready to take the next step in your career but feel lost in the world of job searching? Join our “Job Search” workshop and equip yourself with the knowledge, skills, and resources you need to land your dream job!
The same material will be presented in each 2-hour workshop, participants only need to attend one of the sessions.
Register HERE for 10am-12pm session
Register HERE for 1-3pm session

Computer Training – INTERNET BASICS
Thursday, September 19 or Tuesday, September 24| 2pm | Board Room
A beginner’s computer class to help you learn how to effectively and safely navigate the Internet to find relevant and reliable information.
Register HERE for Sept 19
Register HERE for Sept 24

Monday Morning Buzz
Monday, September 9 | 11am | Lovell Room
Stop in to hear what’s new, what’s hot, and what books are creating a buzz! Staff will lead an informal discussion of books, movies and more. Share what you’re reading and watching and hear from others! Meets the first Monday of the month.

Little Gems Book Discussion
Wednesday, September 11 | 11am | Lovell Room
MARGARET THE FIRST by Danielle Dutton
Join us to discuss this little gem of a novel that dramatizes the life of Margaret Cavendish, the shy, gifted, and wildly unconventional 17th–century Duchess. Very much a contemporary novel set in the past, written with lucid precision and sharp cuts through narrative time, it is a gorgeous and wholly new approach to imagining the life of a historical woman.
Copies of the book are available at the Checkout Desk.

Books Over Coffee
Wednesday, September 25 | noon | Lovell Room
THIS IS HAPPINESS by Niall Williams
Set in a small Irish village, This is Happiness is a tender portrait of a community – its idiosyncrasies and traditions, its paradoxes and kindnesses, its failures and triumphs – and a coming-of-age tale like no other. Luminous and lyrical, yet anchored by roots running deep into the earthy and everyday, it is about the power of stories: their invisible currents that run through all we do, writing and rewriting us, and the transforming light that they throw onto our world
Copies available at the Check-Out Desk.

CREATE:

Monday Matinees: “KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
Monday, September 16 | 12pm | Lovell Room
Generations in the future following Caesar’s reign, apes are living harmoniously as the dominant species — and humans are living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question the past and make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.
Rated PG-13. 145 minutes.