AARP Safe Driving Course, Wednesday, September 27, 9 am to 1 pm
Advance Registration Required - Call 203-594-3620 to register
( This program will be cancelled if we do not meet the minimum registration requirement by Monday, September 25)

$20 AARP members, $25 non-members, pay at the door

Refresh your driving skills with the AARP Smart Driver course. Learn safety strategies, accident avoidance and defensive driving tips. Attendance may help you save on your auto insurance. Registration required. Checks payable to AARP paid at the door.

Upcoming Programs and Events - Registration required

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The Battle of Iwo Jima presented by Art Gottlieb
Tuesday, September 26, 10 am, $10

Iwo Jima, a small, volcanic island, 650 miles from Japan, was the scene of desperate combat between U.S. Marines and the thoroughly entrenched Japanese Army.

Cooking in Italian with Lisetta Impasto and Salsa per la Pizza
Wednesday, September 27, 12:30 pm, $50

Lapham's wonderful Italian teacher, Lisetta Malagoli, will share her recipes for pizza dough and sauce. Lesson provided in Italian (translation available.) Learn to make and shape your own dough! Enjoy a slice of Lisetta's pizza deliziosa.

French Films, Wednesdays, 1 pm, free

Renoir, September. 27
Van Gogh, October 4
The Mystery of Picasso, October 11

This series of films will present three outstanding portraits of famous painters. Angela Kelleher will lead a discussion of each film with an introduction before and discussion after the viewings. All films are in French with English subtitles.

Try Chair Fitness Risk Free!

Attend a class; pay only if you decide to enroll for the semester.

Chair Pilates
Wednesday, September 27, 10 am

Achieve the benefits of Pilates, with modified Pilates movements while seated. Perfect for beginners.

September 27 - November 29, $90

Chair Fitness with Debbie
Thursday, September 28, 1:05 pm

Strengthen your heart, muscles, bones and increase the range of motion of your joints in this fun and engaging class.

September 28 - November 30, $90

Drumming Circle
Friday, September 29, 11:30 am

Drumming is a seated, cardio activity that is therapeutic and fun. It improves strength, flexibility and coordination.

September 29 - November 17, $80

email to let us know which class(es) you will try

Lapham Reads: Trust by Hernan Diaz,
Thursday, October 12, 1 pm, free

Join us to discuss this Pulitzer Prize winning novel is written in four distinct but connected narratives telling a tale of wealth, love and ambition in the years leading up to the Great Depression.

There are 4 copies of Trust ready for pick up for our book group members. The books are located on the lower shelves of the HOLDING area at the library. They are together under the Lapham Book Group name.  

Friday Movies at Noon (New Time!)

Friday, September 22
Book Club : The Next Chapter

Four best friends take their book club to Italy for the fun girls trips they never had.

September 29
Are you there God? It's Me, Margaret

Based on the beloved book by Judy Blume, eleven-year-old Margaret moves to a new town and starts to contemplate everything about life, friendship and adolescence.

Trailer for Book Club: The Next Chapter