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Saturday Mornings with Poetry

9:45am - 12:00pm
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Music, Arts, & Culture, Interest Groups

Saturday Mornings with Poetry

IN-PERSON MEETING

A meeting of people who love reading and writing poetry. SMwP provides poetic opportunities for anyone to share their poetry, discuss the literary works of poets known and unknown, and expand skills in writing and editing poems in the shared camaraderie of comfortable, supportive members. 

No registration required. To participate and for details about meeting virtually or in-person, contact Karen Ciosek at kjc73048@gmail.com.

Introduction to Garageband

2:00pm - 3:30pm
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:
Garageband is a music production program that is perfect for first time users. Learn what Garageband can do, how to use it, and important features to know. Some computer/musical experience is helpful, but not required.   ...

Maker Monday

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Collaboratory Horseshoe Booth
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Collaboratory Horseshoe Booth
Age Group: High Schoolers, Grades 9-12, Adults
Program Type: Collaboratory
Event Details:
Meet and mingle with like-minded makers! Maker Mondays are a great opportunity to share and show off what you have made/what you are working on at the moment.  ...

French Conversation Group

4:30pm - 5:30pm
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.

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...

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...

Cards For Every Occasion

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Collaboratory Conference Table
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Collaboratory Conference Table
Age Group: High Schoolers, Grades 9-12, Adults
Program Type: Collaboratory, Hands-On Activities, Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:
Create three beautiful greeting cards for any occasion using techniques like stamping, embossing, and paper trimming. Instructor Jesse Bernier, an avid card maker, is the founder of a local charity called Card Angels. Her love of bright and colorf...

Poet Laureate Presents: Debora Kuan & Aaron Caycedo-Kimura Book Launch

7:00pm - 8:30pm
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Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Events, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Music, Arts, & Culture
Registration Required
Event Details:
IN-PERSON EVENT Join us for a joint book launch for two Connecticut poets! Debora Kuan, Poet Laureate of Wallingford, reads from her third and newest collection of poetry Women on the Moon, and Aaron Caycedo-Kimura reads from his first collection ...

One-on-One Career Counseling

9:00am - 11:00am
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.

Story Walk with Mrs. Stowe

9:30am - 10:30am
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Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Children, Preschool, Ages 3-5
Program Type: Book Discussion, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:
Take a walk through nature and listen to a story! Join retired kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Stowe, to find hidden pages from a book along a trail through the woods and learn about nature along the way. Meet under the pavilion at Marcus Cooke Park ...

Story Walk with Mrs. Stowe

1:30pm - 2:30pm
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Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Children, Preschool, Ages 3-5
Program Type: Book Discussion, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:
Take a walk through nature and listen to a story! Join retired kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Stowe, to find hidden pages from a book along a trail through the woods and learn about nature along the way! Meet under the pavilion at Marcus Cooke Park ...

Cards For Every Occasion

3:00pm - 4:30pm
Collaboratory Conference Table
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Collaboratory Conference Table
Age Group: High Schoolers, Grades 9-12, Adults
Program Type: Collaboratory, Hands-On Activities, Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:
Create three beautiful greeting cards for any occasion using techniques like stamping, embossing, and paper trimming. Instructor Jesse Bernier, an avid card maker, is the founder of a local charity called Card Angels. Her love of bright and colorf...

Cover Letters 101

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Business, Career, & Financial
Registration Required
Event Details:
Are you applying for jobs and aren’t sure the best way to craft a cover letter? Do you want to learn what employers are looking for when they read cover letters?  Join Librarian and Career Specialist Sarah Eiseman to learn how to craft a...

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...

Bereavement Support Group

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Board Room
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Interest Groups
Event Details:
This group provide those who are grieving with a safe and supportive environment in which to share their experiences, their memories, their sorrows, and their challenges of grieving. We will be meeting on May 25th, June 1st, June 8th, June 15th, June...

¡Bienvenidos a la Biblioteca!

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Information Desk
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Information Desk
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Español
Event Details:
¡Le damos una Especial Bienvenida a todas las Familias que hablan Español! Gina Cabrera estará aqui para ayudarlos si lo necesitan, darles un tour y explicarles todos los servicios que la biblioteca tiene para ustedes. ...

Thursday Night Book Club

6:30pm - 8:30pm
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Event Details:
Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead Winn Van Meter is preparing for his daughter's wedding on an exclusive island off the coast of Massachusetts.  Winn’s wife Biddy has planned the wedding with military precision, but the arrangements ar...

Friday Night Flicks Presents: Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania

6:00pm - 8:30pm
Community Room
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Film & TV
Event Details:
Super-Hero partners Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne, along with with Hope's parents Janet van Dyne and Hank Pym, and Scott's daughter Cassie Lang, find themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an ad...

Introduction to Garageband

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Collaboratory Horseshoe Booth
Register Now
Registration
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Collaboratory Horseshoe Booth
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Collaboratory, Technology Training
Registration Required
Event Details:
Garageband is a music production program that is perfect for first time users. Learn what Garageband can do, how to use it, and important features to know. Some computer/musical experience is helpful, but not required. ...

Wallingford Writers Community

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Board Room
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Music, Arts, & Culture, Interest Groups

Wallingford Writers Community

IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL MEETING

Join the Wallingford Writers Community and discover how the fellowship of other writers can help you pursue your writing goals! All meetings include dedicated writing time, craft techniques for fiction and literary nonfiction, and the opportunity to share work in a supportive, creative forum.

No registration required. To participate and for details about meeting virtually or in-person, contact Leah Farrell at lfarrell@wallingfordlibrary.org.

Juneteenth

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Wallingford Public Library