Week Calendar

Support Pequot Library on Library Giving Day, April 1, 2026!

Join us for an exhilarating journey through the history of US women astronauts with Valerie Neal, emerita curator from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum and expert on human spaceflight.

Held in Philadelphia over a period of six months in 1876, the International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures, and Products of the Soil and Mine—commonly known as the Centennial Exhibition—was a watershed event in American art and industry

Join us for some traditional holiday fun at the annual Easter Egg Roll on Pequot Library’s Great Lawn. Dance the bunny hop, make crafts, play games, and meet the Easter Bunny himself!

Join Special Collections Staff for a behind-the-scenes look at items from Pequot Library’s renowned collection of rare books and manuscripts.

Join historian and Yale professor Mark Peterson for a discussion of his new book, The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution, available in March.

Join us in conversation with acclaimed author Brad Taylor on his latest work, Shadow Strike, book 20 (yes, you read that right!) of the bestselling Pike Logan series. 

Join us on Wed., April 15, at 6:00 p.m. for Southport History on Tap, part two!

Join us for this special one-day sale, with many treasures and bargains to be found in the library’s historic auditorium. Please note the new hours: the sale runs from 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., not 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Award-winning and bestselling author Miranda Cowley Heller takes us on an intimate journey through the life stages of a woman in her new poetry collection, What the Deep Water Knows.