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WPL Play Readers Perform Selected Scenes from The Good Doctor by Neil Simon and Anton Chekhov Wednesday, November 20th | 7-8:30pm | Community Room | No registration required In a tribute to the late playwright Neil Simon (1927-2018) and in celebration of their 5th anniversary, the WPL Play Readers will perform a script-in-hand reading of five somewhat humorous scenes fromThe Good Doctor. This comedy consists of a series of short plays based on works written by Anton Chekhov, the 19th century Russian playwright. Play Readers members are: David Andrews, Colin Armour, Larry Bencivengo, Joe Bertini, Carol Buongirno, Charmaine Craggs, Renee Geiger, Wini Keane, Helen Miller, Eddie Morales, Alfred Mueller, Nancy Mueller, Neel Pizinger, and Terry Remeika. The Good Doctor is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., a Concord Theatricals Company.
The Secrets to Self-Publishing: A Panel Discussion Monday, November 25th | 6:30-8pm | Community Room | No registration required Are you interested in self-publishing your work? Are you looking for some guidance and answers from writers who have been there and done that? Join us for this panel discussion featuring self-published authors and digital content creators with diverse and unique experiences. After the discussion, participating panelists and members of the Wallingford Writers Community will be selling and signing copies of their books. Discussion moderated by Cheryl Bardoe, award-winning author and co-facilitator of the Wallingford Writers Community. Panelists include: Chris Gaffney, winner of a National Society of Newspaper Columnists’ humor award, publishes a weekly humor column at uncommondiscourse.com, and he recently released Season 01 of the Uncommon Discourse Podcast featuring 10 of his most popular columns. Jenn Gott is the author of the critically-acclaimed superhero novel The Private Life of Jane Maxwell, as well as the fantasy series The Beacon Campaigns.
November Laura Noe is a non-fiction writer who self-published her first book,Travels with My Son: Journeys of the Heart, and is finishing her second book,Tree Man: My Brother Ed’s Journey Into, Through, and Out of Homelessness. Elizabeth Barone writes contemporary romance and suspense starring badass belles who chose the other path. And MJ Santangelo is a wife, mom of two boys and a pug named Boo, and when she’s not writing about love and life, you can find her reading, cleaning, cooking, or driving somebody somewhere and listening to music while she does it.
O UR D OORS O PEN TO E NDLESS P OSSIBILITIES 2019 200 North Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492 (203) 265-6754 | wallingfordlibrary.org November 01 / Friday 12 / Tuesday 21 / Thursday 25 / Monday 10:30am | Preschool Story Time 11am-1:30pm | Literacy Volunteers 3pm | Arm Knit Infinity Scarves 2pm | Cutting the Cord 5:30pm | Coding with GirlTech 4:30pm | Passport Pals: Russia 6:30 & 7:30pm | Computer Tutoring 4-8pm | Homework Help 6:30pm | Bookworms 6pm | LED Zodiac Art 7pm | Wallingford Reads YA: 6pm | Creative Writing for Teens 6:30pm | Navigating the Job Search Endangered 6:30pm | The Secrets to Self-Publishing 02 / Saturday 6:30pm | Handwork Studio 7pm | Thursday Night Book Club: 10am | Chess Club 7pm | Vinyl Decorated Aprons Warlight 26 / Tuesday 10:30am | Saturdays with Sara 11am-1:30pm | Literacy Volunteers 13 / Wednesday 22 / Friday 7pm | Truth Be Told Book Discussion: 03 / Sunday 9:30am & 2pm | Story Walks 6pm | Friday Night Flicks: The Lost Continent Library Closed 4-8pm | Homework Help Fast and Furious Presents 6pm | Computer Tutoring Hobbs & Shaw 27 / Wednesday 04 / Monday 6:30pm | Tech Takeover: Library Open 9:30am-6pm 10:30am | Science Sprouts Makedo Cardboard Construction 23 / Saturday Thanksgiving Holiday 4-8pm | Homework Help 6:30pm | Poets on Poetry: 9:45am | Saturday Mornings 6pm | Creative Writing for Teens Sylvia Plath with Poetry 28 / Thursday 6:30pm | Musical Mother Goose 7pm | Knitting for Beginners 11am | Sensory Story Time Library Closed - Thanksgiving 6:30pm | Primitive Scarecrow Plaques 14 / Thursday 24 / Sunday 29 / Friday 10am | Using Your Library Closed Library Closed - Thanksgiving 05 / Tuesday Library Card Online 11am-1:30pm | Literacy Volunteers 3pm | Vinyl Decorated Aprons 30 / Saturday 2pm | Upcycle Crafts: No-Sew Bags 5:30pm | Teen Cuisine: Magic Bars 10:30am | Winter Ornaments 4pm | Open Discovery 6:30pm | Tellabration 4:30-5:30pm | Reading to Rover 6:30 & 7:30pm | Computer Tutoring 6pm | Knit @ WPL 7pm | Talking TED 7pm | No-Sew Fleece Pillows 15 / Friday 06 / Wednesday Library Open 9:30am-9pm 3pm | Mystery Book Group: For Sale! Truth Be Told 16 / Saturday 3, 4, & 6pm | Computer Tutoring 10:30am | Edward Leonard’s 4-8pm | Homework Help Saturday Sing-Along in November & December 4:30pm | Graphic Novel Book Club 2pm | LEGO Club 6:30pm | Primitive Scarecrow 2pm | Wallingford Writers Community Nine Historic Wallingford Buildings Imprinted Plaques on Holiday Ornaments available for $4 each 17 / Sunday 07 / Thursday Library Closed Choose from the Nehemiah Royce House (c. 1672), The John 3pm | No-Sew Fleece Pillows Barker House (c. 1756), The James Dana House (c. 1760), 4pm | Open Discovery 18 / Monday The Elisha Pomeroy Factory (c. 1826), The Wallace Company 6:30 & 7:30pm | Computer Tutoring 4-8pm | Homework Help 6pm | Memory Wire Bracelets (c. 1840s), The Botsford Block (c. 1885), or The Franz 08 / Friday 6pm | Creative Writing for Teens Milcke House (c. 1895), The First National Bank (c. 1921), 10am | Introduction to iPad The Grange Hall (c. 1933). Proceeds benefit the Wallingford 5:30pm | Coding with GirlTech 19 / Tuesday Historic Preservation Trust and Wallingford Public Library. 6pm | Reading Buddies 11am-1:30pm | Literacy Volunteers The perfect start to the Wallingford 350 Jubilee! 6pm | Friday Night Flicks: 2pm | Introduction to Lynda.com Spider-Man: Far From Home 6pm | Knit @ WPL 7pm | Arm Knit Infinity Scarves 09 / Saturday 7pm | Curb the Chaos: Taking 9:45am | Saturday Mornings Control of the Divorce Process with Poetry 10:30am | Family Story Time 20 / Wednesday 3:30pm | Hair Affair 4-8pm | Homework Help 4:30pm | Break-It, Make-It Lab: 10 / Sunday Ziplines and Balloon Propulsion Library Closed 5pm | Open Sew 6pm | Computer Tutoring 11/ Monday 6pm | Learn to Play Library Closed - Veterans Day Dungeons & Dragons 7pm | Knitting for Beginners 7pm | WPL Play Readers Performance 2 Stay-Connected!
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Did You Know... Not sure how to use a library database or an online service? Look for the video camera icon next to services like Hoopla, Overdrive, CreativeBug, Lynda Monday 10am-3pm and more! Clicking the icon will provide a short Tuesday 10am-2pm demo video on how to use these services. Wednesday 1pm-5pm Thursday 1pm-4pm Become a member of the Wallingford Public Library Association: Friday 10am-3pm The Wallingford Public Library relies on member contributions in addition to funding it Saturday 10am-2pm receives from the Town of Wallingford. We hope you will support the Library by becoming a member of the Wallingford Public Library Association. November Specials: Buy One, Get One: Your support helps ensure that the Library will continue to be a dynamic hub that serves Holiday Books, Cookbooks and inspires individuals and families throughout our community. To join the Wallingford Public Library Association, visit our website or request a membership envelope at the Library. WORDS, a publication of the Wallingford Public Library, is sent electronically Buy One, Get Two: to members of the Wallingford Public Library Association. As a non-profit 501(c)(3) CDs & DVDs organization, we are also eligible to accept a bequest from your estate plan.
3 Children & Families Explore thegraphicnovels ofBenHatke, including Grades 2-5|Children’s Program Room Wednesday, November 6th|4:30pm Graphic Novel BookClub have lotsonhandto choose from. book. Feel free to bringabookfrom home,butwewillalso to beaproficient reader, justbeable to turnthepagesofa reading skillswithatrainedtherapy dog.You don’t have Sign upforaspecific15-minutetimeslot to practice your Ages 3&up|Children’s Room Tuesday, November 5th|4:30pm-5:30pm Reading toRover is noschoolforWPSonthisdate. willhavethe Library someonhandjustincase.Note:There ortwothatcanbecut,but encouraged to bringanoldshirt Turn into are your usefulbags!Participants oldt-shirts Grades 3-5|Children’s Program Room Tuesday, November 5th|2pm Upcycle Craft: No-Sew Tote Bags younger children. child’s curiosityduringthiscasualSTEAMprogram for A variety ofscience-based activitystationswillsparkyour Ages 2-5|Children’s Program Room Monday, November 4th |10:30am Science Sprouts younger children. Taussik, workshopdesignedfor forafun,interactive art Prepare teacher, to Joinart getyour handsdirty! Sara Ages 3-5|Children’s Program Room Saturday, November 2nd|10:30am Sara Saturdays with have lotsoffun! some longerbooks,doanactivity, andmostimportantly, us forastory timedesignedjustforbigkids!We’ll share Do you misscomingto Thenjoin story timeatthelibrary? Grades K-3 |Children’s Program Room Friday, November 1st|6:30pm Bookworms weeks priorto the program. to theprogram date.Registrationopensto non-residents 2 Wallingford residents may pre-register 4weeksprior starting Registration Required other materialswillbeprovided. in Wallingford! Pleasebringyour ownbrushandcomb;all simple hairstylewithJessicafrom Learn howto take care ofyour child’s hairand create a Ages 3&up|Children’s Program Room Saturday, November 9th|3:30pm Hair Affair Room to pickupacopy ofthebookwhenyou signup. books, eatasnack,andmake acraft!Stop by theChildren’s Space Girl,RobotBoy , and Mighty Jack Salon NathanielSignature . We’ll talkaboutthe 4 Zita the
Birth-10 years |WonderBirth-10 Room Saturday, November 23rd |11am Sensory StoryTime messy, interactive, andfunSTEAMprogram. from foodscience,to rockets, to espionageinthis Older schoolagedchildren willlearnabouteverything Grades 3-5|Children’s Program Room Wednesday, November 20th|4:30pm Ziplines &Balloon Propulsion The Break-itMake-itLab: Main Street) andfollowthesignsto thefootbridge. meet usattheKohler Environmental Center(211East woods andlearnaboutnature alongtheway! Please hidden pagesfrom abookalongtrailthrough the Join retired teacher, kindergarten Mrs.Stowe to find Ages 3-5|Kohler Environmental Center Wednesday, November 13th|9:30amor2:00pm Story Walks @Choate sample somelocalfoods. We’ll read astory basedinthecountry, make acraft,and Travel to withoutever anewcountry leaving thelibrary! Grades 1-3|Children’s Program Room Tuesday, November 12th|4:30pm Passport Pals:Russia must accompanyeachchild. the variety ofcraftsavailable inthisprogram, aparent tree, adoorknob,oranywhere elseinyour home.Dueto Make winterthemedornamentsthatyou canhangona Ages 3-10|Wonder Room Saturday, November 30th|10:30am Winter Ornaments challenges, andtheirfamilies. a variety integration oflearningstylesorsensory welcoming forchildren onthespectrum,thosewith you are Story Timeisespecially lookingfor!Sensory songs, movement, play andsensory may bejustwhat time? Ifso,thisinclusive, interactive program ofstories, Does your childhave difficultysittingthrough story 3:00 pmforyour early literacymessage. Facebook, Twitter or Instagramevery Tuesday at 0-5) ready to learnandread! Check outthelibrary’s program designedto helpyou getyour child (age Welcome to &Grow, Learn theearlyliteracymessage colors, textures, andsmells. about whatyou seearound you including about theworldaround your child!Talk Fall isagreat timeto learnnewwords Learn andGrow Drop-In Programs
Chess Club Children’s Saturday, November 2nd | 10am-12pm Grades K-5 | Wonder Room Staff Picks All are welcome at this drop-in program: whether you are just learning, want to improve your game, or just want to have fun! All questions about the program should be directed to Wayne Aguiar: Alyssa Johnson [email protected]. Little Mouse and the Big Cupcake Open Discovery by Thomas Taylor November 5th & 7th | 4-5:30pm Pre-K Grades K & up | Wonder Room Curious about what the Wonder Room has to offer? A student from When mouse finds a cupcake Choate Rosemary Hall will be available on Tuesdays and Thursdays that is too big for him to carry to show you the ropes. You will be able to play with different STEM home, he shares pieces with his equipment, hang out, or do homework! animal friends until a perfectly mouse-sized piece is left! Reading Buddies Friday, November 8th | 6-7:30pm Grades K-2 | Children’s Program Room Need a little extra reading help? Choate student volunteers will join Kristina Garner Kindergarten through 2nd graders for activities such as reading A Big Mooncake for Little Star together, playing interactive games, and doing group read-alouds by Grace Lin and skits. No registration is required for this drop-in program. This Pre-K to Grade 2 program is offered in conjunction with Choate Rosemary Hall and the Wallingford Rotary Interact Club. Reimagines the cycles of the moon as a mother bakes a Family Story Time Big Moon Cookie and, despite Saturday, November 9th | 10:30am Mama’s request to wait, Little Birth-Age 5 | Wonder Room Star begins nibbling at it every Drop-in for a fun story time for the whole family! We will meet night. once a month for an interactive story time suitable for all ages and stages.
Tech Takeover: Makedo Cardboard Kari Hamad Wednesday, November 13th | 6:30pm Absolutely Truly Grades 1-5 | Wonder Room by Heather Vogel Frederick This drop-in program will showcase all of the wonderful gizmos and Grades 4-6 gadgets we have available in our new space: The Wonder Room! Due to the technology we will be using in this program, a parent must Twelve-year-old Truly Lovejoy’s family accompany each child. No younger siblings please. moves to a small town to take over a bookstore. Soon, she has to solve Edward Leonard’s Saturday Sing-Along two mysteries involving a missing Saturday, November 16th | 10:30am book and an undelivered letter. Birth-Age 8 | Community Room Put on your dancing shoes and join Edward Leonard for a fun family program that combines songs, dance, instruments, and of course, acting silly! No registration required, but is encouraged for a reminder email.
LEGO Club Saturday, November 16th | 2pm Grades K-5 | Wonder Room At this drop-in program, kids and their grown-up will have a chance Homework Help to show off their building skills with LEGO bricks provided by the Mondays & Wednesdays | 4-8pm | Children’s Room Library. No registration required, but is encouraged for a reminder Have questions about your homework? The Wallingford Public email. Because the LEGO bricks pose a choking hazard, no younger Library offers FREE drop-in homework help! Homework Help is siblings, please. offered in English and Spanish throughout the school year. The Homework Help schedule follows the public school calendar, and is not available on days that the public schools are closed. This program is funded by the Master Plan of the Wallingford Board of Education.
5 The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption Thursday, October 31st | 7-8:30pm | Community Room | No registration required This program is part of the Gray-Wulff Environmental Series. Dahr Jamail is an award-winning journalist and mountaineer who reports on human-caused climate disruption and the environment. His book The End of Ice is a moving account of how the planet is rapidly changing and how we should find meaning in the midst of it. In this program, Dahr will present a firsthand chronicle—including photographs of his journey around the world—of the catastrophic reality of our situation and the necessity of relishing this vulnerable, fragile planet while we still can.
Navigating the Job Search @ Age 50+ Tuesday, November 12th | 6:30-8pm | Community Room | Registration appreciated To register, go to aarp.cvent.com/WallingfordJobSeeker or call 877-926-8300 This interactive seminar on job searching in the digital age highlights the evolution of the job search, shares online job search resources and tools, and showcases the power of personal branding. Anyone looking for a job or seeking to change careers knows the difficulty of finding fulfilling work. The tips and tools provided will invigorate a job search and help you prioritize where to focus your time and energies. This program is presented by AARP CT.
Poets on Poetry: Sylvia Plath Wednesday, November 13th | 6:30-8:30pm | Community Room | No registration required There is a popular tendency to read Sylvia Plath’s poetry in the context of her harrowing decision to end her life. But her poems are filled with references to death—figurative and literal—as a doorway to rebirth and the exhilaration of women reinventing themselves in roles not dictated by society. In this Poets on Poetry session, presenter Mark Sheridan will examine Plath’s “October poems” written just before her death.
Mark Sheridan is on the board of the Connecticut Poetry Society, where he has been active in their educational outreach. He received a Ph.D. in Modern History & Literature from Drew University in 2009. Co-sponsored by the CT Poetry Society.
Tellabration! A Celebration of the Oral Tradition Thursday, November 14th | 6:30-7:30pm | Collins Room | No registration required Tellabration is a mammoth storytelling phenomenon made up of dozens of storytelling happenings all over the world and whose purpose is to introduce adults to the pleasures of the art of oral storytelling. Locally, Tellabration is offered by the Connecticut Storytelling Center.
At Wallingford Public Library’s Tellabration, Tom Lee will perform. Tom Lee is a professional storyteller with 30 years of experience performing traditional stories, folktales, and myths.
Curb the Chaos: Taking Control of the Divorce Process Tuesday, November 19th | 7-8pm | Collins Room | Registration appreciated This program will provide accurate information about the divorce process, alternative options to litigation, and how to keep the chaos away from your family. Presented by Renee Bauer, Esq., founder of the Bauer Law Group in Hamden and author of Divorce in Connecticut. All attendees will receive a free copy of the book. Happenings & Gatherings
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Knit @ WPL Tuesdays, November 5th & 19th | 6-7:30pm | Board Room | No registration required 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. This group meets the first and third Tuesday of each month. Saturday Mornings with Poetry Saturdays, November 9th & 23rd | 9:45am-Noon | Board Room | No registration required 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. Wallingford Writers Community Saturday, November 16th | 2-4pm | Board Room | No registration required Join the Wallingford Writers Community and discover how the fellowship of other writers can help you pursue your writing goals! Monthly meetings are facilitated by award-winning author, Cheryl Bardoe, and creative writing teacher, Kristin Liu. All meetings include dedicated writing time, craft techniques for fiction or literary nonfiction, and the opportunity to share work in a supportive, creative forum.
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Mystery Book Group: Truth Be Told by Hank Phillippi Ryan Wednesday, November 6th | 3-4:15pm | Community Room | No registration required Moderated by Author Carole Shmurak In digging up the facts on the heartbreaking story of a middle class family evicted from their suburban home—and on other foreclosures—reporter Jane Ryland soon learns the truth behind a big-bucks scheme and the surprising players who will stop at nothing, including murder, to keep their goal a secret. Thursday Night Book Club: Warlight by Michael Ondaatje Thursday, November 21st | 7-8:30pm | Collins Room | No registration required Moderated by Readers Advisory Librarian Cindy Haiken In London in 1945, 14-year-old Nathaniel and his older sister Rachel are left by their parents in the care of a strange man they call The Moth. After months of silence, their mother returns without their father and without any explanation of her absence. A dozen years later, Nathaniel begins to uncover all he did not understand about that period. Ondaatje’s lyrical meditation on wartime and memory was longlisted for the 2018 Booker Prize. Wallingford Reads YA: Endangered by Eliot Schrefer Thursday, November 21st | 7-8pm | Board Room | No registration required Moderated by Library Assistant Lauren Rumi Congo is a dangerous place, even for people who are trying to do good. When Sophie has to visit her mother at her sanctuary for bonobo apes, she’s not thrilled to be there. Then Otto, an infant bonobo, comes into her life, and for the first time she feels responsible for another creature. But peace does not last long for Sophie and Otto. When an armed revolution breaks out in the country, the sanctuary is attacked, and the two of them must escape unprepared into the jungle. Caught in the crosshairs of a lethal conflict, they must struggle to keep safe, to eat, and to live. Truth Be Told Nonfiction Book Discussion: The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America by Bill Bryson Tuesday, November 26th | 7-8:15pm | Collins Room | No registration required Moderated by Library Enthusiast Will Minter A travelogue by Bill Bryson is as close to a sure thing as funny books get. The Lost Continent is no exception. Following an urge to rediscover his youth (he should know better), the author leaves his native Des Moines, Iowa, on a journey that takes him across 38 states. Lucky for us, he brought a notebook. With a razor wit and a kind heart, Bryson serves up a colorful tale of boredom, kitsch, and beauty when you least expect it.
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Anything submittedafterDecember 5thwillbeonhold until December26th.Thecutoff applies onlyto thelasercutter, Collaboratory Holiday LaserCutterCutoffDate: December5th Registration Required you have attendedpreviously. Please note:Thisisarepeat program. Pleasedonotregister if program.do aknitandpurlstitchinthistwo-part withyour firstknittingprojectGet started by learninghow to Wednesdays, November 13thAND20th|7pm Knitting forBeginners Please donotregister ifyou have attendedpreviously. them onto aprons. machine to cutoutdesignsfrom vinyl,andthenironing Thanksgiving! We willbeusingourSilhouetteCameo Customize anapron with vinyldecals,justintimefor OR Thursday, November 14th|3pm Tuesday, November 12th|7pm Vinyl DecoratedAprons without needingasewingmachine. Learn anewtechniqueforcreating throw pillowcovers OR Thursday, November 7th|3pm Tuesday, November 5th|7pm No-Sew FleecePillows floating, andusingascruffybrush. scarecrow plaque.Theprogram willemphasize lining, Use decorative paintingtechniquesto create afall OR Wednesday, November 6th|6:30pm Monday, November 4th |6:30pm Primitive ScarecrowPlaque your holiday celebrations. justintimefor products handcraftedby localartisans to purchase unique calendars forthisopportunity Etsy CraftEntrepreneurship Workshops. Markyour Room December 14th,10:30amto 3pm Holiday MarketThe EtsyArtisan returns on Holiday Market . Allvendors are graduatesoftheLibrary’s Etsy Artisan Save theDate! Please note:Thisisarepeat program. Max Facts in the 8 Community Saturday,
by MaxSpurr Thursday, December5th isour“cutoff” forholiday laser grades 9+ unless otherwise noted. grades 9+unlessotherwise the monthprior. programs Collaboratory are opento adultsandteensin Registration isrequired forallprograms andbeginsat7amonthe22ndof All materialsprovided, thoughyou may bringyour Noknittingexperienceneeded. an infinityscarf! Get ready forthewinterweatherby armknitting OR Thursday, November 21st|3pm Tuesday, November 19th|7pm Arm KnitInfinityScarves coiled loopswithacharmattachedontheends. bracelets. They may beeitherone,two,orthree gemstone chips,andcharms,wewillmake chic form. Usingsmallglass,silver, beads, oracrylic that remembers itsshapeandretains itscoiled wireMemory isatempered stainlesssteelwire Monday, November 18th |6pm Memory WireBracelets Writing.” Lamott’s “12Truths ILearnedfrom Life and November, wewillwatchanddiscussAnne on thesecondThursday ofevery month.In a popularTEDtalk.Newdiscussionsare held Join librarianCindyHaiken to watchanddiscuss Thursday, November 14th|7pm Talking TED have attendedpreviously. is arepeat program. Pleasedonotregister ifyou own bulkyorsuperyarn. Please note:This Drop-In Programs Film Showings
Handwork Studio Second Tuesday of the month | November 12th | 6:30-8:30pm Open to adults and teens Do you make jewelry, embroidery, bead work, cross stitch, knit, crochet, create in mixed media, or do other handwork? Bring your project and share inspiration, conversation, and ideas with other handcrafters. This is a drop-in group for adults and teens. Bring Friday, November 8th | 6pm your own supplies and a portable task light if you need one. Basic Community Room | Rated PG-13 tools and some supplies are available at the library. Peter Parker is on a trip to Europe with his classmates when elementals start wreaking Open Sew havoc across the continent. Nick Fury Third Wednesday of the month | November 20th | 5-9pm enlists his help to fight the new threats, Bring your unfinished projects, either machine or alongside master illusionist Mysterio. hand sewing to work on or just stop by to get ideas for your next project. There are 4 portable sewing machines (or bring your own) and there are also lots of tools to share including rotary blades, cutting mats, cutting table, scissors, rulers, and more!
Introduction to iPad Friday, November 8th | 10-11:30am | Board Room Registration required Are you thinking of getting an iPad or have just purchased one? Join us to learn the fundamentals of the iPad in this lecture-style class. We will cover how to turn on/off your device, send e-mail, take pictures, use the app store, and search the Internet. Please bring your fully charged iPad Friday, November 22nd | 6pm and all applicable passwords. Even if you don’t have an iPad, you are Community Room | Rated PG-13 welcome to sit in on the class. Officer Luke Hobbs must combat Using Your Library Card Online a genetically altered cyber villain Thursday, November 14th | 10-11:30am | Board Room endangering innocent citizens while forging Registration required an unexpected partnership with rebel Deckard Shaw. Learn about the library resources available to you at all times from Tech the comfort of your own home. We will look at the Library’s catalog, resources for ebooks and digital audiobooks, as well as the databases available through the WPL website. Introduction to Lynda.com Tuesday, November 19th | 2-3:30pm | Board Room | Registration required Lynda.com is a leading online learning platform that helps anyone learn business, software, technology, and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. You can access their complete courses with your Wallingford Public Library card. This class will show you how to setup a Lynda.com account and how to start utilizing the courses to meet your learning goals. Please note: Lynda.com is only available to Wallingford Library cardholders. Cutting the Cord: Options for TV Without Cable Monday, November 25th | 2-3:30pm | Board Room | Registration required Thinking about getting rid of cable? This lecture-style class will explore Internet-based streaming services and various devices that allow you to watch TV without a cable subscription.
One-on-One Computer Tutoring Wednesdays at 3pm, 4pm, & 6pm (3pm and 4pm slots only available through November 6th) Thursdays at 6:30pm or 7:30pm | Registration required Learn keyboard or mouse skills, word processing, Internet searching, online job applications, e-mail, or social media.
Interested in ebooks, digital magazines, and streaming music and video from the library? Contact Janet Flewelling at (203) 265-6754 or [email protected] for individual instruction using your own device.
9 Coding with GirlTech Fridays, November 1st & 8th | 5:30-6:30pm | Collaboratory | Grades 5-8 Registration required for each session Coding with Girl Tech is an opportunity for students in grades 5-8 to explore computing, coding, engineering, and programming in a positive, empowering way. Choate Rosemary Hall’s Girl Tech Club will serve as mentors and instructors. No computer programming experience is necessary. Laptops will be provided. Meetings will also be held on December 6th & 13th. Creative Writing for Teens Mondays, November 4th, 18th, & 25th | 6-8pm | Grades 6-12 | Registration is appreciated Unleash your creativity as a writer, while learning the tricks of the trade in a fun, supportive space. Young adult author Shari Arnold and MFA candidate Amy Bowers will help you discover and develop your unique voice in a series of writing exercises. Whether you write fiction, non-fiction, poetry, screenplays, manga, or graphic novels, you will learn to love writing more than you already do. Socialize and collaborate with other teens interested in writing.
Zodiac LED Wall Art Tuesday, November 12th | 6-7pm | Collins Room | Grades 6-12 | Registration required What’s your zodiac sign? What does it say about you? Is it true or not? What is your horoscope for today? Come and find out more about your sign and the constellation it corresponds to. Then make your own 3D LED wall light of your zodiac sign! Teen Things Teen Teen Cuisine: Magic Bars Thursday, November 14th | 5:30-7pm | Community Room Grades 6-12 | Registration required Magic bars are an amazing combination of graham crackers, coconut, chocolate chips, nuts, and sweetened condensed milk. They are also known as Hello Dollys, Coconut Dream Bars, and either a Six or Seven Layer Bar. No matter what name they go by these little bars of deliciousness are irresistible! Learn how to make them from scratch.
Learn to Play Dungeons & Dragons Wednesday, November 20th | 6-8pm | Board Room | Grades 6-12 | Registration appreciated Welcome to a world of high fantasy, high stakes, and high adventure—it’s Dungeons and Dragons! Have you always wanted to learn how to play Dungeons and Dragons?? Join Dungeon Master Zack to learn the basics of the game so that you and your friends can begin role-playing! We will be using the 5th edition. More experienced players are also welcome. All materials provided. Advance registration appreciated.
Wallingford Reads YA: Endangered by Eliot Schrefer Thursday, November 21st | 7-8pm | Board Room | No registration required Moderated by Library Assistant Lauren Rumi Books are available at the Information Desk Congo is a dangerous place, even for people who are trying to do good. When Sophie has to visit her mother at her sanctuary for bonobo apes, she’s not thrilled to be there. Then Otto, an infant bonobo, comes into her life, and for the first time she feels responsible for another creature. But peace does not last long for Sophie and Otto. When an armed revolution breaks out in the country, the sanctuary is attacked, and the two of them must escape unprepared into the jungle. Caught in the crosshairs of a lethal conflict, they must struggle to keep safe, to eat, and to live.
10 Last Words Cutscenes by Chris Ciemniewski New in Novels by Cindy Haiken As the nights get longer and the temperature November is a true transition month. We say goodbye to daylight saving time pushes us indoors, you may find yourself with and get used to shorter days and colder nights. In Harry Potter and the Order of cabin fever and the need to escape. One way the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling wrote that “October extinguished itself in a rush of to do this is by reading a book, of course, howling winds and driving rain and November arrived, cold as frozen iron, with but a book’s linear nature may not be exactly hard frosts every morning and icy drafts that bit at exposed hands and faces.” what you want. Open world video games Here are some wonderful new books that will make you happy to spend time feature narratives, but also offer expansive indoors: environments that can be explored at the player’s own pace—And they are available at the The Accomplice by Joseph Kanon – An espionage novel library! about a Nazi war criminal who was supposed to be dead, the rogue CIA agent on his trail and the beautiful woman One of the most critically acclaimed games connected to both of them of the last decade is The Witcher III: Wild Hunt (PlayStation, XBox, Switch). Based on the series of fantasy novels by Andrzej Curious Toys by Elizabeth Hand – Near the Riverview Sapkowski, The Witcher takes place in the realms of the Northern Kingdoms amusement park in 1915 Chicago, the daughter of which are currently at war with The Nilfgaardian Empire as well as dealing with a fortune teller teams up with a reclusive artist to their own internal politics, such as the persecution of magical beings. You track down a serial killer responsible for a child’s play as Geralt, the titular witcher, a monster hunter who is supposed to remain disappearance. stoic and neutral to all parties even as decisions become increasingly nuanced. Through your own choices and interactions with characters across the massive The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell – A 25-year-old woman makes horrifying world, you can take a multitude of branching paths through the story, with a discoveries about the disappearance of her biological family after she inherits number of endings and outcomes for all characters. a mansion.
Horizon Zero Dawn (PlayStation) offers players a post-apocalyptic midwest Find Me by André Aciman – The author of the worldwide to explore. Animal-like machines have overrun the world and humans have best-seller Call Me by Your Name revisits that novel’s reverted back to disparate indigenous tribes, each with their own customs complex characters decades after their first meeting. and belief systems about what the machines are. While they have been able to live peacefully with the cybernetic creatures for countless years, a recent The Mistletoe Matchmaker by Felicity Hayes-McCoy – anomaly has caused more malicious machines resembling tigers and t-rexes Spending the holidays at her grandparents’ home on to appear. You play as Aloy in this game, first as a girl, then as a woman from Ireland’s Finfarran peninsula, a woman joins the library’s the matriarchal Nora tribe. Aloy sets out to find out how the world came to ruin writing group and falls in love with a local. and why the otherwise peaceful machines are beginning to turn on the human population. In the process she discovers how her very own DNA has played a The Mutations by Jorge Comensal – An atheist lawyer’s role in shaping the world. Highlights of the map include exploring real-world battle with tongue cancer forces him to endure life without speech at the side places throughout the post-apocalypic landscape including the remains of of a foulmouthed parrot, while his family, oncologist and pathologist shape his downtown Denver, Lake Powell, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and Yellowstone end-of-life treatments. National Park. Horizon Zero Dawn offers many dialogue options for the player to choose from as Aloy interacts with other characters, but in comparison to The The Poppy Wife by Caroline Scott — This debut novel explores the aftermath of Witcher, these options do not change the outcome of the narrative. The three World War I and the shattered lives of the people who were left behind when the dialogue options in any encouter are depicted by icons of a fist, a heart, and a war was over. brain representing different ways to approach a situation, while still providing the same outcome. This symbolizes how Aloy considers every method in her The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton – The story of an early 20th- decision-making—strength, emotion, and logic—and still reaches the same century farmer and her descendant, an unemployed single mother. conclusion. The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern – Discovering a More recently, GreedFall (PlayStation, XBox) takes place during the age of mysterious book of prisoner tales, a Vermont graduate colonization. A number of European-like nations have partitioned a newly student recognizes a story from his own life before discovered island, Teer Fradee, in the hopes of colonizing it. You play as a following clues to a magical underground library that is nobleperson De Sardet who is a diplomat for the Merchant Congregation, being targeted for destruction. seeking a cure for a plague that is decimating the population of their home country. As you search for the cure on the island you must try to keep peace Under Occupation by Alan Furst – A young member of the with the natives and the other nations who are staking claims on the island French resistance in occupied Paris handles increasingly for their own purposes. For instance, the Bridge Alliance is using the island dangerous assignments. for scientific study while disrupting the ecosystm and the country of Theleme has built a massive city with the hopes of converting the island natives to their Also of note this month are the 2nd Atlee Pine novel by monotheistic religion. Meanwhile, the natives are also fighting to preserve their David Baldacci (A Minute to Midnight), the 14th installment in the Irish Country culture using magic and the indigenous monster-like creatures to ward off the series by Patrick Taylor (An Irish Country Family), the 17th Christmas novel colonizers. Combining both familiar themes with historical and fantasy genres, by Anne Perry (A Christmas Gathering), the 25th Alex Cross thriller by James GreedFall creates an environment that is completely new and offers moral Patterson (Criss Cross), the 26th Stephanie Plum novel by Janet Evanovich dilemmas that may not have a clear resolution. (Twisted Twenty-Six), the 14th Oregon Files novel by Clive Cussler (Final Option) and new novels by Elizabeth Berg (The Confession Club), Richard Paul Evans Other highly anticipated open-world games coming to the library this winter (Noel Street) and Danielle Steel (Spy). include The Outer Worlds and Death Stranding, both for PlayStation 4.
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Main Library Open Monday - Friday 9:30am - 9pm Open Saturdays 9:30am - 5pm Closed Sundays Yalesville Branch Open Tuesday & Thursday 12noon - 7pm Open Saturday 10am - 2pm Thank you to everyone who participated in our Group Art Project Library booth set-up crew at Celebrate Wallingford 2019. during the grand opening of the Wonder Room! Closings Veterans Day In Others’ Words... Closed Monday, Nov. 11th Our holiday food splurge was a small crate of tangerines, which we found ridiculously thrilling after an eight-month abstinence from citrus…. Lily hugged each one to her chest before undressing it as Thanksgiving gently as a doll. Watching her do that as she sat cross-legged on the floor one morning in pink pajamas, Close at 6pm on Wednesday Nov. 27th with bliss lighting her cheeks, I thought: Lucky is the world, to receive this grateful child. Value is not made Closed Thursday, Nov. 28th Closed Friday, Nov. 29th of money, but a tender balance of expectation and longing. -Barbara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle