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Fall Into Poetry: A Family Open Mic Night

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Children, Elementary Schoolers, Tweens, Teens, Middle Schoolers, High Schoolers, Adults, Everyone
Community Room
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary Schoolers, Tweens, Teens, Middle Schoolers, High Schoolers, Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Community Events, Music, Arts, & Culture, Other
Event Details:

The Wallingford Public Library, in collaboration with our Saturday Mornings with Poetry club, presents an evening of sharing favorite poems about autumn in New England as well as the spooky and haunting sides of Halloween!

Reading Buddies

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Children, Elementary Schoolers
Children's Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary Schoolers
Program Type: Community Events
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades K-2 | Registration encouraged

Spend a Friday evening reading with a high school buddy! Choate volunteers will join us to do some group read-alouds, small group reading practice, and other fun activities.

Silly Story Time

10:30am - 11:15am
Children, Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers
Children's Program Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children, Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Birth - Age 5 | Registration encouraged

Saturdays are for being silly! In this family story time we will sing goofy songs and read funny books.

Yin Yoga for Beginners

10:30am - 12:00pm
Adults
Community Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Hobbies & Gaming, Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a Yin Yoga series led by certified yoga teacher & practitioner Erin Brea!

Bouncing Babies

10:00am - 10:30am
Children, Babies/Toddlers
Wonder Room
Registration
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Wonder Room
Age Group: Children, Babies/Toddlers
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Ages 0-18 months | Registration Required

Bouncing Babies

11:00am - 11:30am
Children, Babies/Toddlers
Wonder Room
Registration
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Wonder Room
Age Group: Children, Babies/Toddlers
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Ages 0-18 months | Registration Required

Bilingual Homework Help with Mrs. Cabrera

4:00pm - 8:00pm
Children, Elementary Schoolers
Children's Study Room 2
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Children's Study Room 2
Age Group: Children, Elementary Schoolers
Program Type: Español, Other
Event Details:

Have questions about your homework? The Wallingford Public Library offers FREE drop in Homework Help!

French Conversation Group

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Teens, Adults
Board Room
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Music, Arts, & Culture, Interest Groups

French Discussion Group

Improve your French in a friendly and non-judgmental space! Some knowledge of French recommended.

Fall Fairy Houses

5:30pm - 6:30pm
Children, Elementary Schoolers
Children's Program Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary Schoolers
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades 3-5 | Registration Required

Build and decorate a fall themed fairy house using a variety of materials from nature! 

Knit @ WPL

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Adults
Board Room
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Hobbies & Gaming, Hands-On Activities, Arts & Crafts, Interest Groups
Event Details:

Knit @ WPL is a place where knitters and crocheters can practice their work in the company of others. Newcomers are welcome to join, but knitting experience is required.

No registration required.

Moonlight Pumpkin

6:30pm - 8:30pm
High Schoolers, Adults
Collaboratory Conference Table
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Collaboratory Conference Table
Age Group: High Schoolers, Adults
Program Type: Collaboratory, Hands-On Activities, Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Paint a festive autumnal scene on a pumpkin-shaped plaque.

 

Disclaimer(s)

Special Accommodations

If you have a disability and may require special accommodations in order to fully participate in this program, please contact us at (203)265-6754. Advance notice is required to arrange for some accessibility needs. 

 

Story Walk with Mrs. Stowe

9:30am - 10:30am
Children, Preschoolers
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Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Children, Preschoolers
Program Type: Book Discussion, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Ages 3-5 | Registration Required

Waddling Ones & Twos

10:00am - 10:45am
Children, Babies/Toddlers
Wonder Room
Registration
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Wonder Room
Age Group: Children, Babies/Toddlers
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Ages 15 mo - 35 mo | Registration Required

Waddling Ones & Twos

11:00am - 11:45am
Children, Babies/Toddlers
Wonder Room
Registration
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Wonder Room
Age Group: Children, Babies/Toddlers
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Ages 15 mo - 35 mo | Registration Required

Literacy Volunteers

12:30pm - 2:00pm
Adults
Board Room
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

Denise Codianne-Calabrese from Literacy Volunteers will be available Tuesdays for literary assistance.

Story Walk with Mrs. Stowe

1:30pm - 2:30pm
Children, Preschoolers
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Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Children, Preschoolers
Program Type: Book Discussion, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Ages 3-5 | Registration Required

Virtual Author Visit with Lori Gottlieb

2:00pm - 3:00pm
High Schoolers, Adults
Zoom Virtual Meeting
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Zoom Virtual Meeting
Age Group: High Schoolers, Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Event Details:

Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: Examining the Truths and Fictions we Tell Ourselves with Lori Gottlieb

Digitization Services

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Adults
Collaboratory Horseshoe Booth
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Collaboratory Horseshoe Booth
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Collaboratory, Technology Training
Registration Required
Event Details:

This class will review all of the different digitization options available in the Collaboratory and how they operate.

 

Disclaimer(s)

Special Accommodations

If you have a disability and may require special accommodations in order to fully participate in this program, please contact us at (203)265-6754. Advance notice is required to arrange for some accessibility needs. 

 

Autumnal Tints and Hints: New England Poets on Fall

3:00pm - 4:30pm
Adults
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Music, Arts, & Culture, Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

In an essay titled “Autumnal Tints” written in 1859, Henry David Thoreau lamented that “the autumnal change of our woods has not made a deep impression on our own literature yet.

Bilingual Homework Help with Mrs. Cabrera

4:00pm - 8:00pm
Children, Elementary Schoolers
Children's Study Room 2
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Children's Study Room 2
Age Group: Children, Elementary Schoolers
Program Type: Español, Other
Event Details:

Have questions about your homework? The Wallingford Public Library offers FREE drop in Homework Help!

Parent Support Group: Strategies In Dealing With Adolescent Behavior

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Adults
Board Room
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Events
Event Details:

Parents are invited to join a support group to meet others and learn strategies for dealing with adolescent behavior. Maria Quiles from Wallingford Youth & Social Services will be on hand to facilitate the conversation. Topics may include:

Moonlight Pumpkin

6:30pm - 8:30pm
High Schoolers, Adults
Collaboratory Conference Table
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Registration
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Collaboratory Conference Table
Age Group: High Schoolers, Adults
Program Type: Collaboratory, Hands-On Activities, Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Paint a festive autumnal scene on a pumpkin-shaped plaque.

 

Disclaimer(s)

Special Accommodations

If you have a disability and may require special accommodations in order to fully participate in this program, please contact us at (203)265-6754. Advance notice is required to arrange for some accessibility needs. 

 

Connecticut's Witchcraft Trials

7:00pm - 8:00pm
High Schoolers, Adults
Community Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: High Schoolers, Adults
Program Type: Community Events, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

The harrowing story of the hanging of witches in Colonial New England continues to haunt our present-day imagination. Most of Connecticut's witchcraft trials and executions predated the more famous Salem witch panic by over 40 years.

Happy Feet

10:30am - 11:00am
Children, Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers
Children's Program Room
Registration
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children, Babies/Toddlers, Preschoolers
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Ages 2-3 | Registration Required

Full of music, movement, and stories, this program is perfect for children who are working on making the transition to Preschool Story Time.