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The Mitten Tree: A Holiday Clothing Drive

All Day 11/13 - 12/22
Information Desk
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Information Desk
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Community Events
Event Details:
Help Us Decorate the Mitten Tree! Donations of hats, scarves, gloves, and mittens are welcome and will be delivered to local charitable organizations in December. You may also donate non-perishable grocery items - especially ...

Literacy Volunteers

11:30am - 1:00pm
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. If you are an adult who needs help reading, writing, speaking or understanding English—or know someone who does—drop by the Board Room during Denis...

Computer Tutoring

4:00pm - 4:45pm
Collaboratory Diamond Desk - Blue
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Collaboratory Diamond Desk - Blue
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Collaboratory, Technology Training
Registration Required
Event Details:
Register for a one-on-one computer tutoring session with volunteers. Learn about keyboard and mouse skills, word processing, Internet searching, online job applications, or social media. You can bring your own device or the library can supply a lapto...

Dungeons and Dragons: Battle of the Bards (Grades 6-8)

4:00pm - 6:00pm
Children's Program Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Tweens, Middle Schoolers
Program Type: Hobbies & Gaming
Registration Required
Event Details:
Grades 6-8 | Registration Required Someone has threatened to sabotage the Rose Kingdom’s 100th annual poetry festival. Our heroes have been sent undercover as poets to expose the saboteur and bring them to justice, but to do so they’ll have to ent...

Computer Tutoring

4:45pm - 5:30pm
Collaboratory Diamond Desk - Blue
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Collaboratory Diamond Desk - Blue
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Collaboratory, Technology Training
Registration Required
Event Details:
Register for a one-on-one computer tutoring session with volunteers. Learn about keyboard and mouse skills, word processing, Internet searching, online job applications, or social media. You can bring your own device or the library can supply a lapto...

Open Sew

6:00pm - 8:30pm
Collaboratory Conference Table
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Collaboratory Conference Table
Age Group: High Schoolers, Adults
Program Type: Collaboratory, Hands-On Activities, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
Do you like to sew? Join people who enjoy quilting and sewing at a casual “drop in” program anytime from 6:00 to 8:30pm in the Collaboratory the first Tuesday evening of each month. Bring your unfinished projects, either hand sewing or machine. There...

Dungeons and Dragons: Battle of the Bards (Grades 4-5)

6:30pm - 8:30pm
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: Hobbies & Gaming
Registration Required
Event Details:
Grades 4-5 | Registration Required Someone has threatened to sabotage the Rose Kingdom’s 100th annual poetry festival. Our heroes have been sent undercover as poets to expose the saboteur and bring them to justice, but to do so they’ll have to ent...

Soft Protests: Quilts as Activism

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Zoom Virtual Meeting
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Zoom Virtual Meeting
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Collaboratory, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Music, Arts, & Culture
Registration Required
Event Details:
VIRTUAL PROGRAM Did you know that protest quilts date back to 1830? In fact, stories have been quilted into bed coverings as far back as the year 1400. Join quilt historian Pam Weeks as she explores the rich history of storytelling, social awarene...

Python Virtual Course

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Zoom Virtual Meeting
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Zoom Virtual Meeting
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Technology Training
Event Details:
Tuesdays, November 14th, 21st, & 28th, 22nd, & December 5th, 12th, & 19th You must attend all sessions Register by Wednesday, November 8th Python is a programming language used by statisticians, engineers, and scientists to perform d...

Mystery Book Club

3:00pm - 4:15pm
Community Room
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Event Details:
Sudden Death by David Rosenfelt Kenny Schilling is a running back for the New York Giants. Troy Preston was a wide receiver for the Jets, until he was murdered. The police think that the teams’ rivalry turned Kenny into a cold-blooded killer, so t...

Needle Felted Ornament

3:15pm - 4:45pm
Collaboratory Conference Table
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Collaboratory Conference Table
Age Group: Teens, Middle Schoolers, High Schoolers
Program Type: Collaboratory, Hands-On Activities, Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:
Create your own felted ornament. We'll start with a large, pre-felted wool ball that you can add your design to! You can create a classic ornament or your own work of art.  Needle felting is a craft that uses a barbed needle to mat fibers tog...

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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. 

 

Choate Mentorship Project for Middle Schoolers

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Middle Schoolers
Event Details:
The Choate Mentorship Project intends to strengthen the foundational learning practices of students in public middle schools. Our mission is to increase the educational access and networking opportunities that students have by offering 1:1 mentorship...

Bilingual Homework Help with Mrs. Cabrera

4:00pm - 8:00pm
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! Homework Help is offered in English and Spanish and follows the public school calendar. The program is not offered on days that the public school...

Lego Explorers with Choate Robotics

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Wonder Room
Event Full
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Wonder Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary Schoolers
Program Type: Hobbies & Gaming, Hands-On Activities, STEM/STEAM
Registration Required
Event Details:
Grades 1-4 | Registration Required Choate Robotics is excited to host the LEGP Explorers Club at the library! In this club, students will learn more about FIRST LEGO League Explore, a project-based robotics activity where students learn how to bui...

WPL Play Readers

6:30pm - 8:30pm
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Music, Arts, & Culture, Interest Groups

WPL Play Readers

The Wallingford Public Library Play Readers perform dramatic readings of comedies and dramas, monologues, scenes from William Shakespeare’s plays, and short plays of Thornton Wilder and Eugene O’Neill. Members of the group select plays and cast roles for members. You may join the WPL Play Readers as a spectator or participant.

No registration required.

Gray-Wulff Environmental Series: The Temptation of Trees

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Community Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events
Registration Required
Event Details:
Join us for an encore presentation by the Gray-Wulff Environmental Series as we present "The Temptation of Trees." The film follows a diverse and passionate group of scholars, scientists, and environmentalists into the woods as they discuss the impor...

Laser Cut Snowman

7:00pm - 8:30pm
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:
Construct a snowman from parts made on our laser cutter and decorate it using paints and other embellishments. Your snowman can be used year after year, because it will never melt! Note: This is a repeat program. Please do not register if you...

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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. 

 

Snowflake Virtual Course

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Zoom Virtual Meeting
Event Full
Registration
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Zoom Virtual Meeting
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Technology Training
Registration Required
Event Details:
Wednesdays, November 15th, 22nd & 29th and December 6th, 13th, & 20th You must attend all sessions Register by Wednesday, November 8th Snowflake is a modern, cloud-based data warehousing solution that empowers organizations to efficientl...

One-on-One Career Counseling

7:00pm - 9:00pm
Zoom Virtual Meeting
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Zoom Virtual Meeting
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Business, Career, & Financial

One-on-One Career Counseling

Sign up today to schedule your appointment with our Career Specialist Sarah Eiseman! Get personalized help with crafting a resume or cover letter or preparing for your big interview. Appointment required. Sessions are scheduled individually and may not fall on this date.

Fill out this form to request a session. Staff will contact you shortly to schedule your appointment.

Snowy Sing Along

10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Program Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children, Preschoolers
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:
Ages 2-5 | Registration Required Come sing snowy songs and read some snowy stories at the library! Bring a blanket and cozy up on the floor of our program room for a winter themed sing along. ...

Laser Cut Snowman

3:00pm - 4:30pm
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:
Construct a snowman from parts made on our laser cutter and decorate it using paints and other embellishments. Your snowman can be used year after year, because it will never melt! Note: This is a repeat program. Please do not register if you...

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. 

 

Computer Tutoring

4:00pm - 4:45pm
Collaboratory Diamond Desk - Blue
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Registration
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Collaboratory Diamond Desk - Blue
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Collaboratory, Technology Training
Registration Required
Event Details:
Register for a one-on-one computer tutoring session with volunteers. Learn about keyboard and mouse skills, word processing, Internet searching, online job applications, or social media. You can bring your own device or the library can supply a lapto...

Spanish Conversation Group

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Board Room
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Community Events, Español, Hobbies & Gaming, Interest Groups

Spanish Conversation Group

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

No registration required.

Computer Tutoring

4:45pm - 5:30pm
Collaboratory Diamond Desk - Blue
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Registration
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Collaboratory Diamond Desk - Blue
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Collaboratory, Technology Training
Registration Required
Event Details:
Register for a one-on-one computer tutoring session with volunteers. Learn about keyboard and mouse skills, word processing, Internet searching, online job applications, or social media. You can bring your own device or the library can supply a lapto...