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The History of Antisemitism

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events
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Antisemitism is defined as prejudice against or hatred of Jewish people and has existed for millennia.

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Healthy Cognition for Adults: A TLC Speech Presentation

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events
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Cognition is the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses. It plays an important role in our everyday lives.

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Turtle Travels: Saving Wildlife Around the World from Home

7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Other
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Turtles are in trouble. Regarded until recently as indestructible, they are now the most endangered group of vertebrates on the planet.

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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Arts & Crafts, Music, Arts, & Culture, Other
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During World War II, nearly 120,000 Japanese-Americans were forced to leave their homes on the West Coast and then incarcerated in internment camps. One way to learn about their lives is to see the objects they created during their impr

Memorial Day

All Day 5/25 - 5/27
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Wallingford Public Library
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Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
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For over a century, Hollywood and the films it produces have had a troubled history with both onscreen depictions and the real-life interactions with the LGBTQ+ community.

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Wildlife & Connecticut's Changing Landscape

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room
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Age Group: Adults
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Paul Colburn, a CT DEEP Master Wildlife Conservationist, presents a natural history of Connecticut from the early 1600’s, when European colonists arrived, to the present day.

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LGBTQ+ News: Current Topics for Queer People & Their Allies

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, High Schoolers, Adults
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The state of LGBTQ+ rights, particularly when it comes to social acceptance and understanding, is an ever-changing landscape. How do we wade through all of this confusion and frequent misinformation and show up for the community?

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Join us for the next event in our Wallingford Table series: a community celebration of Juneteenth! Juneteenth is a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. On Tuesday, June 18th, we will gather at St.

Juneteenth

All Day
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Wallingford Public Library
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Virtual Author Visit with Tiffany Jewell

2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Zoom Virtual Meeting
Age Group: Teens, Middle Schoolers, High Schoolers, Adults
Program Type: Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events
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In partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium, we're streaming Unpacking a History of Systemic Racism in the American Education System with Tiffany Jewell. This is a live author event

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Paranormal Tales with Joe Franke of the Warren Legacy Foundation

6:30pm - 8:00pm
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Summer Reading, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Other
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Joe Franke, a paranormal researcher & Wallingford resident, is an esteemed figure in the paranormal community, with over 38 years of experience in researching and investigating the unknown.

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Connecticut's Headless Horseman: The True Story of Sleepy Hollow

7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Middle Schoolers, High Schoolers, Adults
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In 1781, at the height of the Revolutionary War, a French Paymaster carrying wages for the Allied Army’s troops stopped at an inn in Canton, Connecticut. Unable to speak English, he took a hasty meal and then retired for the evening.

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Herbal Aperitifs: A Summer Mocktail Workshop!

6:30pm - 8:30pm
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Collaboratory, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Hands-On Activities
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Join folk herbalist Hilarie Elaine for a delicious and refreshing evening of herbal beverages! You will learn to make your own herbal mocktails at home using special herbal tinctures.

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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. 

 

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A Brief History of UFOs

7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Summer Reading, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Other
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Have you ever gazed up at the stars and wondered if we are really alone here in the universe? Sean & Carrie McCabe, hosts of the "Ain't it Scary?

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The History of Grave Robbing

7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
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Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Summer Reading, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Other
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Join us for a unique program by the B.C. Bailey Funeral Home! This presentation delves into the intriguing history and underlying motivations behind the practice of grave robbing.

Labor Day

All Day 8/31 - 9/2
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Wallingford Public Library

Thanksgiving

All Day 11/28 - 11/29
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Wallingford Public Library

Christmas

All Day 12/24 - 12/25
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Wallingford Public Library