Week Calendar

Ages 0-18 months | Registration Required

Ages 18 mo - 35 mo | Registration Required

Drop-in | Ages 3-5

Put on your artist’s hat and join us to make a different craft each week. (This craft is about food colors, no eating will take place)

Ages 3-5 | Registration Required

Books, puppets, and songs will reinforce your child's pre-reading skills through repetition and rhyme. A craft is included that will help kids develop their fine motor skills. 

Come game at the library! We will have an assortment of board games, trading card games, and Dungeons and Dragons supplies out for anyone to use and enjoy! No registration required.

Ages 0-18 months | Registration Required

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

Grades 6-12 | Drop-in 

Feed Your Mind this summer by exploring with the Oculus Quest 2! Drop into the Collaboratory during the times above to get started. No registration needed, just come on by! 

All Ages | Registration Required

Do you feel like technology has left you behind? Do you have a burning question, but you don’t know who to ask?

Get started with using the library edition of Ancestry.com, which provides resources for genealogical and historical research.

Grades 6-12 | Drop-in 

Feed Your Mind this summer by exploring with the Oculus Quest 2! Drop into the Collaboratory during the times above to get started. No registration needed, just come on by!

Do you feel like technology has left you behind? Do you have a burning question, but you don’t know who to ask?

Grades 6-12 | Drop-in 

Feed Your Mind this summer by exploring with the Oculus Quest 2! Drop into the Collaboratory during the times above to get started. No registration needed, just come on by!

Ages 14-18 or Grades 9-12 

Get your mind, body, and soul ready for the school year by joining Meg, Executive Director of Shine Your Light CT, in a 3-Week Yoga Series! Light a fire in your core, and also within yourself!

Use wax, pigment, and fragrances to create your own citronella candles, perfect for summer nights outside!

Meet and mingle with like-minded makers!

Tired of reality? Try virtual reality instead. We have a new Meta Quest 2 headset, so stop by to see what it can do. Play a game, ride a roller coaster, explore the world, or just hang out in VR!

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.

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.

Come read scenes from this award-winning musical and then act out some scenes from the original Greek myths: Orpheus and Eurydice and Hades and Persephone.

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.

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.

Give an ordinary notebook a customized steampunk cover made out of clay. Artist Deb Jaffe will instruct participants in making all of the components.

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.

Ages 8-11 | Registration Required

IN-PERSON PROGRAM

Birth - Age 5 | Registration Required

Join Miss Kari at this active, early literacy enriched story time where we will explore books, songs, and rhymes for all ages!

Ages 8-11 | Registration Required

In this workshop, we’ll explore the stories that only we can tell, from personal narrative to speculative fiction.  After learning simple approaches to narrative structure, we’ll flesh out characters and put them into action.

Use wax, pigment, and fragrances to create your own citronella candles, perfect for summer nights outside!

Join librarian Cindy Haiken on Zoom to watch and discuss a popular TED talk. Once registered, you will receive an invitation to the Zoom meeting via email on the day of the event.