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Reginald Dwayne Betts

"Doggerel": A Poetry Reading by Reginald Dwayne Betts

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Book Discussion, Community Events, One Book One Wallingford, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Music, Arts, & Culture, Interest Groups, Other
Age Group:
Teens, High Schoolers, Adults
Event Details:

Join us for a celebration of verse from one of America's greatest living poets! Reginald Dwayne Betts, a MacArthur Fellow and the founder & director of Freedom Reads, will perf...

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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, High Schoolers, Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion, Community Events, One Book One Wallingford, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Music, Arts, & Culture, Interest Groups, Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a celebration of verse from one of America's greatest living poets!

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Spanish Conversation Group

Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Community Events, Español, Hobbies & Gaming, Interest Groups
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Spanish Conversation Group:

Improve your Spanish in a friendly and non-judgmental space! Some knowledge of Spanish recommended. No registration required.

Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting 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.

Coffee

Coffee & Connections

Friday, April 4, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Community Events, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Other
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Come join us for a weekly program to forge new connections with folks you might otherwise never get to know! Stop by for a warm drink and some conversation, hosted by Linda Reilly-...

Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Events, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Other
Event Details:

Come join us for a weekly program to forge new connections with folks you might otherwise never get to know!

Children reading books and smiling

Reading Buddies

Friday, April 4, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Children's Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Community Events
Age Group:
Children, Elementary Schoolers
Event Details:

Grades K-2 | Registration encouragedSpend a Friday evening reading with a high school buddy! Choate volunteers will join us to do some group read-alouds, small group reading practi...

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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary Schoolers
Program Type: Community Events
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades K-2 | Registration encouraged

Spend a Friday evening reading with a high school buddy! Choate volunteers will join us to do some group read-alouds, small group reading practice, and other fun activities.

VITA Tax Preparation 2025

Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 9:30am - 2:00pm
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Business, Career, & Financial, Community Events
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

If you earned less than $67,000 in 2024, you may be eligible for free tax preparation services including e-file and direct deposit!APPOINTMENT REQUIRED. Appointments are most Satur...

Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Business, Career, & Financial, Community Events
Event Details:

If you earned less than $67,000 in 2024, you may be eligible for free tax preparation services including e-file and direct deposit!

Osprey

Gray-Wulff Environmental Series: "Season of the Osprey"

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Community Events, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Film & TV, Interest Groups, Other
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us for a screening by the Gray-Wulff Environmental Series as we celebrate National Earth Month! The PBS short documentary Season of the Osprey follows a veteran pair of osprey...

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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Events, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Film & TV, Interest Groups, Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a screening by the Gray-Wulff Environmental Series as we celebrate National Earth Month!

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Spanish Conversation Group

Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Community Events, Español, Hobbies & Gaming, Interest Groups
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Spanish Conversation Group:

Improve your Spanish in a friendly and non-judgmental space! Some knowledge of Spanish recommended. No registration required.

Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting 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.

Coffee

Coffee & Connections

Friday, April 11, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Community Events, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Other
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Come join us for a weekly program to forge new connections with folks you might otherwise never get to know! Stop by for a warm drink and some conversation, hosted by Linda Reilly-...

Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Events, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Other
Event Details:

Come join us for a weekly program to forge new connections with folks you might otherwise never get to know!

Arab Blues

International Movie Night: "Arab Blues"

Friday, April 11, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Community Events, Collaboratory, Hobbies & Gaming, Film & TV, Music, Arts, & Culture, Other
Age Group:
Teens, High Schoolers, Adults
Event Details:

Join us the second Friday of each month to enjoy a fascinating film from another country! Our April 11th feature will be the 2019 Tunisian comedy Arab Blues (rated G). This acclaim...

Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, High Schoolers, Adults
Program Type: Community Events, Collaboratory, Hobbies & Gaming, Film & TV, Music, Arts, & Culture, Other
Event Details:

Join us the second Friday of each month to enjoy a fascinating film from another country! Our April 11th feature will be the 2019 Tunisian comedy Arab Blues (rated G).

VITA Tax Preparation 2025

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 9:30am - 2:00pm
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Business, Career, & Financial, Community Events
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

If you earned less than $67,000 in 2024, you may be eligible for free tax preparation services including e-file and direct deposit!APPOINTMENT REQUIRED. Appointments are most Satur...

Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Business, Career, & Financial, Community Events
Event Details:

If you earned less than $67,000 in 2024, you may be eligible for free tax preparation services including e-file and direct deposit!

Parrots

Feathers & Friendship: Inside the World of Rescue Parrots

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Community Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Community Events, One Book One Wallingford, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, STEM/STEAM, Interest Groups, Other
Age Group:
Everyone
Event Details:

Feathers & Friendship is a program by Rhode Island Parrot Rescue that focuses on the plight of domesticated parrots in need. Their mission is to educate the public on the ...

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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Community Events, One Book One Wallingford, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, STEM/STEAM, Interest Groups, Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Feathers & Friendship is a program by Rhode Island Parrot Rescue that focuses on the plight of domesticated parrots in need.

Freedom Reads

Libraries & Literature in Prison Cellblocks: A Conversation about Freedom Reads

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Community Events, One Book One Wallingford, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Interest Groups, Other
Age Group:
High Schoolers, Adults
Event Details:

Freedom Reads, a national nonprofit based in Hamden, Connecticut, opens carefully-curated, 500-book, handcrafted libraries in prison cellblocks across the nation. As of the start o...

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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: High Schoolers, Adults
Program Type: Community Events, One Book One Wallingford, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Interest Groups, Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Freedom Reads, a national nonprofit based in Hamden, Connecticut, opens carefully-curated, 500-book, handcrafted libraries in prison cellblocks across the nation.

hand signing

ASL Conversation Group

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Community Events, Hobbies & Gaming, Interest Groups, Other
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Join us on the third Wednesday of each month to improve your American Sign Language skills in a friendly and non-judgmental space! Robin Crispino, a professional sign language inte...

Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Community Events, Hobbies & Gaming, Interest Groups, Other
Event Details:

Join us on the third Wednesday of each month to improve your American Sign Language skills in a friendly and non-judgmental space! Robin Crispino, a professional sign language interpreter, will facilitate each session.

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Spanish Conversation Group

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Community Events, Español, Hobbies & Gaming, Interest Groups
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Spanish Conversation Group:

Improve your Spanish in a friendly and non-judgmental space! Some knowledge of Spanish recommended. No registration required.

Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting 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.

Coffee

Coffee & Connections

Friday, April 18, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Community Events, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Other
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Come join us for a weekly program to forge new connections with folks you might otherwise never get to know! Stop by for a warm drink and some conversation, hosted by Linda Reilly-...

Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Events, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Other
Event Details:

Come join us for a weekly program to forge new connections with folks you might otherwise never get to know!

Easter

All Day
Wallingford Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Wallingford Public Library
Mushroom

Fungi Frenzy: Growing Your Own Backyard Mushrooms

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Community Events, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Hobbies & Gaming, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, STEM/STEAM, Other
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Discover the magic of backyard mushroom growing! Join Master Gardener Mark Gostkiewicz for this eye-opening workshop where you'll learn the ins and outs of cultivating three easy-t...

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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Events, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Hobbies & Gaming, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, STEM/STEAM, Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Discover the magic of backyard mushroom growing! Join Master Gardener Mark Gostkiewicz for this eye-opening workshop where you'll learn the ins and outs of cultivating three easy-to-grow mushroom varieties: Shiitakes, Oysters, and Wine Caps.

Islamic Art

Divine Geometry: Islamic & Middle Eastern Art at the Wadsworth

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Community Events, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Arts & Crafts, Music, Arts, & Culture, Other
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, CT has one of the most extensive collections of Middle Eastern art in the country. In honor of Arab-American Heritage Month, Hamid Hemat, Curato...

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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Events, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Arts & Crafts, Music, Arts, & Culture, Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, CT has one of the most extensive collections of Middle Eastern art in the country.

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Spanish Conversation Group

Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Community Events, Español, Hobbies & Gaming, Interest Groups
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Spanish Conversation Group:

Improve your Spanish in a friendly and non-judgmental space! Some knowledge of Spanish recommended. No registration required.

Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting 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.

Coffee

Coffee & Connections

Friday, April 25, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Community Events, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Other
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Come join us for a weekly program to forge new connections with folks you might otherwise never get to know! Stop by for a warm drink and some conversation, hosted by Linda Reilly-...

Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Events, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Other
Event Details:

Come join us for a weekly program to forge new connections with folks you might otherwise never get to know!

Monica Wood

One Book One Wallingford: Meet Author Monica Wood

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Book Discussion, Community Events, One Book One Wallingford, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Music, Arts, & Culture, Other
Age Group:
High Schoolers, Adults
Event Details:

Meet Monica Wood as she discusses her newest novel How To Read a Book. Copies will be available for purchase and signing. Register for a seat or Zoom link!ABOUT THE BOOKSet in Port...

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Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: High Schoolers, Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion, Community Events, One Book One Wallingford, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Music, Arts, & Culture, Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Meet Monica Wood as she discusses her newest novel How To Read a Book. Copies will be available for purchase and signing. Register for a seat or Zoom link!

Edgar Allan Poe

An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe

Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Community Events, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Music, Arts, & Culture, Other
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us for a grand finale of National POEtry Month with one of America's most legendary authors! Conjured back from the shadows by actor Campbell Harmon for a most extraordinary h...

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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Events, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Music, Arts, & Culture, Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a grand finale of National POEtry Month with one of America's most legendary authors!

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Spanish Conversation Group

Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Board Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Community Events, Español, Hobbies & Gaming, Interest Groups
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Spanish Conversation Group:

Improve your Spanish in a friendly and non-judgmental space! Some knowledge of Spanish recommended. No registration required.

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.

The Anxious Generation

The Anxious Generation: An Expert Panel Q&A

Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Community Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Book Discussion, Community Events, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, STEM/STEAM, Interest Groups, Other
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Join us for a Mental Health Awareness Month panel conversation! Expert panelists will discuss topics related to The Anxious Generation, a 2024 bestseller by social psychologist Jon...

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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion, Community Events, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, STEM/STEAM, Interest Groups, Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a Mental Health Awareness Month panel conversation!