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Celebrate Norwalk's Past, Visit a Farmer's Market, Hear an Author

Here's what's upcoming this week in Norwalk:

"Celebrate the Centennial of South Norwalk’s Carnegie Library and its grand reopening on Tuesday, Sept. 17 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the South Norwalk Branch Library. The South Norwalk Branch Library opened in its Greek Revival styled Carnegie building in 1913 and was renovated 2004 – 2006. This is one of many events that will take place during the Norwalk Historic Fortnight: Celebrating the Centennial program which takes place over the course of two weeks. This particular celebration includes a reception, reflections from Norwalk’s mayors, and a book signing for Norwalk’s Carnegie Libraries, by Isabel Bullen, one of the library’s former catalogers.    This event is free and open to the public.  Registration is available online or by calling 203.899.2790 x15902." -- from a library announcement

On Wednesday: "Third Taxing District/East Norwalk Association Library open house all day at Engine Company 3 (formerly the Mayflower Hose Company) and a TTD demonstration in the ENAL parking lot at 51 Van Zant. " -- an announcement on the Norwalk Fortnight celebration website

On Wednesday: "Join Mark Rubinstein author of Love Gone Mad on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at the Main Library Auditorium A Light Luncheon will be served. When heart surgeon Adrian Douglas and Megan Haggarty, RN, meet at the hospital where they work, neither has any idea of the scorpion's nest into which they've stumbled. When a spine-tingling trial for attempted murder is resolved, things return to normal--or so it seems." -- from a Norwalk Library announcement

You can get fresh produce from not too far away at the Norwalk Farmer's Market in the parking lot near the Health Department. The farmer's market runs every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Nov. 6, according to this announcement on the city government website.

On Friday: "Grand opening of the Norwalk History Room at Norwalk Public Library, with a reception, music from Norwalk Symphony Orchestra musicians, and an artist talk by Frank Bruckmann about his painting of South Norwalk, from 5:30 pm to 7 pm." -- an announcement on the Norwalk Fortnight celebration website




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