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Theater Workshop: The Day the Crayons Quit

Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 4:15pm - 5:15pm
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Summer Reading, Music, Arts, & Culture
Age Group:
Children, Elementary Schoolers

Ages 5-10 | Registration Required

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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary Schoolers
Program Type: Summer Reading, Music, Arts, & Culture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Ages 5-10 | Registration Required

Disclaimer(s)

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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Spanish Conversation Group

Thursday, July 31, 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.

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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.

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Origami for Kids

Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Wonder Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Summer Reading, Hands-On Activities, Arts & Crafts, STEM/STEAM
Age Group:
Children, Elementary Schoolers, Tweens

Ages 8-11 | Registration Required

Using the Japanese art of paper folding, learn to create different animals and objects.

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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Wonder Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary Schoolers, Tweens
Program Type: Summer Reading, Hands-On Activities, Arts & Crafts, STEM/STEAM
Registration Required
Event Details:

Ages 8-11 | Registration Required

Using the Japanese art of paper folding, learn to create different animals and objects.

Starry Night doodle

Starry Night Doodle

Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Collaboratory, Hands-On Activities, Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
High Schoolers, Adults

Let’s get inspired by Van Gogh’s famous painting, Starry Night, and create a doodle doppelganger with lines, patterns and color.

 

 

 

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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Age Group: High Schoolers, Adults
Program Type: Collaboratory, Hands-On Activities, Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Let’s get inspired by Van Gogh’s famous painting, Starry Night, and create a doodle doppelganger with lines, patterns and color.

 

 

 

Disclaimer(s)

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. 

 

Coffee

Coffee & Connections

Friday, August 1, 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

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

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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!

Stop Motion Videos

Friday, August 1, 2025 at 11:00am - 1:00pm
Wonder Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Summer Reading, Hands-On Activities, STEM/STEAM, Film & TV
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens, Middle Schoolers

Grades 4-8 | Registration required

Learn the basics of stop motion and work in groups to create your own stop motion videos. 

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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Wonder Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Middle Schoolers
Program Type: Summer Reading, Hands-On Activities, STEM/STEAM, Film & TV
Event Details:

Grades 4-8 | Registration required

Learn the basics of stop motion and work in groups to create your own stop motion videos. 

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Craft Supply Swap

Saturday, August 2, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Community Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Collaboratory, Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Everyone

Are you an avid crafter with too many neglected supplies? Or an aspiring artist who would rather try before you buy? Then our craft supply swap is for you!

How It Works:

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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Collaboratory, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Are you an avid crafter with too many neglected supplies? Or an aspiring artist who would rather try before you buy? Then our craft supply swap is for you!

How It Works:

Ukulele

Wallingford Ukulele Club

Monday, August 4, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:30am
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Music, Arts, & Culture
Age Group:
Adults

Join our Wallingford Ukulele Club to practice and play with other uke enthusiasts! The club meets on the first Monday of the month from 10-11:30 am and the second Wednesday and final Monday of the month from 6:30-8 pm.

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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Music, Arts, & Culture
Event Details:

Join our Wallingford Ukulele Club to practice and play with other uke enthusiasts! The club meets on the first Monday of the month from 10-11:30 am and the second Wednesday and final Monday of the month from 6:30-8 pm.

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I Can Do THAT With My Logo? Collaboratory Options for Small Business

Monday, August 4, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Collaboratory Horseshoe Booth at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Collaboratory, Technology Training
Age Group:
High Schoolers, Adults

Do you have a logo for your business? If so, you are already halfway done with tons of different projects! Learn how to use a logo to make stickers, pins/buttons, keychains, and more in the Collaboratory.

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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Collaboratory Horseshoe Booth
Age Group: High Schoolers, Adults
Program Type: Collaboratory, Technology Training
Event Details:

Do you have a logo for your business? If so, you are already halfway done with tons of different projects! Learn how to use a logo to make stickers, pins/buttons, keychains, and more in the Collaboratory.

Disclaimer(s)

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. 

 

French Conversation Group

Monday, August 4, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Board Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Music, Arts, & Culture, Interest Groups
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
French Discussion Group:

Improve your French in a friendly and non-judgmental space! Some knowledge of French recommended.

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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.

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Knit @ WPL

Monday, August 4, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Board Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Hobbies & Gaming, Hands-On Activities, Arts & Crafts, Interest Groups
Age Group:
Adults

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.

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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Hobbies & Gaming, Hands-On Activities, Arts & Crafts, Interest Groups
Event Details:

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.

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Forest Floor Polymer Clay Tile

Monday, August 4, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Collaboratory, Hands-On Activities, Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
High Schoolers, Adults

Create a polymer clay tile decorated with leaves, flowers, and insects.

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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Age Group: High Schoolers, Adults
Program Type: Collaboratory, Hands-On Activities, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Create a polymer clay tile decorated with leaves, flowers, and insects.

Disclaimer(s)

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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The Poop Museum Part 2: Even More Poo!

Monday, August 4, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Community Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Summer Reading, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events
Age Group:
Children, Preschoolers, Elementary Schoolers, Tweens

Ages 3-12 | Registration Required

Upcoming
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Registration Required
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Preschoolers, Elementary Schoolers, Tweens
Program Type: Summer Reading, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events
Registration Required
Event Details:

Ages 3-12 | Registration Required

The Stories, Science, and History of Birds with Smithsonian Biologist Jay Falk

Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Zoom Virtual Meeting at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Book Discussion
Age Group:
High Schoolers, Adults

The Stories, Science, and History of Birds with Smithsonian Biologist Jay Falk

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Virtual Event
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Zoom Virtual Meeting
Age Group: High Schoolers, Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Event Details:

The Stories, Science, and History of Birds with Smithsonian Biologist Jay Falk

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Open Sew

Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Collaboratory Conference Table at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Collaboratory, Hands-On Activities, Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
High Schoolers, Adults

Do you like to sew? Join people who enjoy quilting and sewing at a casual “drop in” program anytime from 6:00 to 8:30pm in the Collaboratory the first Tuesday evening of each month. Bring your unfinished projects, either hand sewing or machine.

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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Collaboratory Conference Table
Age Group: High Schoolers, Adults
Program Type: Collaboratory, Hands-On Activities, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Do you like to sew? Join people who enjoy quilting and sewing at a casual “drop in” program anytime from 6:00 to 8:30pm in the Collaboratory the first Tuesday evening of each month. Bring your unfinished projects, either hand sewing or machine.

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Paper Crane Mobiles: An Origami Presentation & Workshop

Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Collaboratory, Hobbies & Gaming, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Hands-On Activities, Arts & Crafts, STEM/STEAM, Music, Arts, & Culture, Interest Groups, Other
Age Group:
Adults

This August marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Collaboratory, Hobbies & Gaming, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Hands-On Activities, Arts & Crafts, STEM/STEAM, Music, Arts, & Culture, Interest Groups, Other
Registration Required
Event Details:

This August marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Maker Mornings

Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Children's Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Summer Reading, Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Preschoolers

Suggested for ages 3-5 | Drop-In

Put on your artist’s hat and drop by to make a different craft each week.

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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Preschoolers
Program Type: Summer Reading, Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Suggested for ages 3-5 | Drop-In

Put on your artist’s hat and drop by to make a different craft each week.

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Learn to Crochet: Pineapple

Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 11:00am - 2:00pm
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Summer Reading, Hands-On Activities, Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens, Middle Schoolers, High Schoolers

Grades 6-12 | Registration required

Upcoming
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Registration Required
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Middle Schoolers, High Schoolers
Program Type: Summer Reading, Hands-On Activities, Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades 6-12 | Registration required

Disclaimer(s)

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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WPL Play Readers

Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Music, Arts, & Culture, Interest Groups
Age Group:
Adults
WPL Play Readers:

The Wallingford Public Library Play Readers perform dramatic readings of comedies and dramas, monologues, scenes from William Shakespeare’s plays, and short plays of Thornton Wilde...

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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Music, Arts, & Culture, Interest Groups

WPL Play Readers

The Wallingford Public Library Play Readers perform dramatic readings of comedies and dramas, monologues, scenes from William Shakespeare’s plays, and short plays of Thornton Wilder and Eugene O’Neill. Members of the group select plays and cast roles for members. You may join the WPL Play Readers as a spectator or participant.

No registration required.

Costume

Sequins & Spurs: Making Movie Magic with Costumes

Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Community Events, Summer Reading, Lectures, Presentations, & Author Events, Arts & Crafts, Film & TV, Music, Arts, & Culture, Other
Age Group:
Adults

Join us for an exclusive peek at Hollywood costume design! Wardrobe engineer Dr. Pat Trautman will share her journey through the years into the magic of costuming, shedding light on the changes and challenges that have shaped the industry.

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

Join us for an exclusive peek at Hollywood costume design! Wardrobe engineer Dr. Pat Trautman will share her journey through the years into the magic of costuming, shedding light on the changes and challenges that have shaped the industry.

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Spanish Conversation Group

Thursday, August 7, 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.

View Details
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.

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Hard Hits & Handshakes: an Introduction to Roller Derby

Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Summer Reading, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Hobbies & Gaming
Age Group:
Teens, Middle Schoolers, High Schoolers

Grades 6-12 | Registration required

Upcoming
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Registration Required
Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Middle Schoolers, High Schoolers
Program Type: Summer Reading, Health, Wellness, & Lifestyle, Hobbies & Gaming
Registration Required
Event Details:

Grades 6-12 | Registration required

Disclaimer(s)

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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Truth Be Told Nonfiction Book Club

Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Charlotte Collins Meeting Room at Wallingford Public Library
Program Type:
Book Discussion
Age Group:
Adults

VIRTUAL & IN-PERSON MEETING

Hiroshima by John Hersey

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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Charlotte Collins Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Event Details:

VIRTUAL & IN-PERSON MEETING

Hiroshima by John Hersey

Coffee

Coffee & Connections

Friday, August 8, 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

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

View Details
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!