Wallingford Public Library Adult Events From September 11 - September 25, 2023
From: Wallingford Public Library
September 12, 2023
Bereavement Support Group
Tuesdays, Sept 12th and 19th
5-6:30pm
Board Room
This group provides 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. All are welcome.
African American History
Tuesday, Sept 12th
7-8:30pm
Community Room
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Join Jeffrey Fletcher of The Ruby & Calvin Fletcher African American History Museum on a journey through African American history, from the early years of slavery to today. The presentation will include a video tour of the museum and real artifacts from the museum’s collection.
The Ruby & Calvin Fletcher African American History Museum boasts a collection of artifacts which reflect decades of turbulent times for African Americans in the United States from the start of slavery through the Civil Rights movement. It offers visitors an up close and personal experience of things that they may have only read about in history books or seen in movies.
LinkedIn for Jobseekers
Wednesday, Sept 13th
7-8:30pm
Collins Room
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Are you currently looking for a new job? Do you want to learn how to create content and effectively use your LinkedIn profile in your job search? Do you want to learn how employers use LinkedIn when they are hiring? Join Librarian and Career Specialist Sarah Eiseman for a session learning how to effectively set up and use your LinkedIn profile to find your next job.
Talking TED @ Home
Thursday, Sept 14th
7-8pm
Zoom
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Join librarian Cindy Haiken on Zoom to watch and discuss a popular TED talk. Once registered, you will receive an invitation to the Zoom meeting via email on the day of the event. In September, we will watch and discuss Celeste Headlee’s “10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation.”
When your job hinges on how well you talk to people, you learn a lot about how to have conversations—and that most of us don’t converse very well. Celeste Headlee has worked as a radio host for decades, and she knows the ingredients of a great conversation: Honesty, brevity, clarity and a healthy amount of listening. In this insightful talk, she shares 10 useful rules for having better conversations. “Go out, talk to people, listen to people,” she says. “And, most importantly, be prepared to be amazed.”
Wallingford Wellness Series: Healthy Eating
Monday, Sept 18th
2-3pm
Collins Room
OR
Wednesday, Sept 20th
5:30-6:30pm
Collins Room
No registration required
Heathy eating is not about strict limitations or depriving yourself of foods that you enjoy. Healthy eating is about eating foods to make you feel great so that you have more energy, improve your health, and boost your mood. This discussion is aimed at the components of healthy eating. Kathleen Kuba is a Registered Dietitian and the Clinical Nutrition Manager at Masonicare Health Center. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Connecticut in Storrs and completed her internship through the University of Connecticut as well.
Virtual Book Buzz Fall 2023
Monday, Sept 18th
6-7:30pm
Zoom
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Do you love to read? Are you always looking for your next great book? Join Readers Advisory Librarian Cindy Haiken on Zoom for the Fall/Winter 2023 edition of Book Buzz to hear about the books coming out between September and February that are getting the most pre-publication buzz.
Medicare 101
Tuesday, Sept 19th
6:30-8pm
Community Room
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September 15th-21st is Medicare Education Week! Join Jessalyn Pito, Your Medicare Maven, to learn the ABC’s of Medicare, including how Medicare works, and the differences between original Medicare and Medicare Advantage.
The World of Cheese with Caseus Provisions
Monday, Sept 25th
6:30-8pm
Community Room
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Cheesemongers from Wallingford’s own Caseus Provisions will walk you through the world of cheese. You will learn more about how our favorite curds are created and how we can best share them with the people we care about. Get a taste of history, of craft, and of some local cheeses too!
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Visit Us at the Wallingford Garden Market this Summer!
We’re excited to participate in the Wallingford Garden Market this season. Stop by our booth to meet our amazing staff, take part in a fun activity, and even get a library card! We hope to see you there. Find us under our green tent on these dates : Sept 16th & 30th
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Friday Night Flicks
The Little Mermaid [PG]
Friday, Sept 22nd | 6pm
Ariel, a mermaid princess, is curious about all things human. Ariel asks sea witch Ursula to take her voice in exchange for legs, as this is the only way she can explore the human world of Eric, her love interest. Her frustrated father, King Triton, is worried. But her trusted sea creature friends Flounder and Sebastian still watch over her.
Upcoming Book clubs
Thursday Night Book Club:
The Lincoln Highway
by Amor Towles
Thursday, Sept 21st
6:30-8pm
Collins Room & Zoom
Contact Cindy Haiken to participate:chaiken@wallingfordlibrary.org
When 18-year-old Emmett Watson is returned home in June of 1954 by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served time for involuntary manslaughter, he plans to head to California with his eight-year-old brother. Then he discovers that two friends from the farm hid in the warden's truck and want him to go with them to New York instead. Towles’ road trip novel is an old-fashioned narrative about farms, families and accidental friendships.
Mystery Book Club:
Playmates
by Robert B. Parker
Wednesday, Oct 4th
3-4:15pm
Community Room & Zoom
To participate, contact Carole at cshmurak@gmail.com and put “Wallingford Mystery Book Club” in the subject line.
In this 16th installment in the popular detective series, Spencer, the tough-guy private eye from Boston, investigates an arrogant college athlete at Taft University who is suspected of shaving points in basketball games. He soon realizes that corrupt academics and thieves with graduate degrees all have their fingers in the pot.
Truth Be Told Nonfiction Book Club:
The Only Plane in the Sky
by Garrett Graff
Thursday, Sept 28th
7-8:30pm
Collins Room & Zoom
Contact Cindy Haiken to participate:chaiken@wallingfordlibrary.org
Drawing on a wide range of oral history work and his own interviews, journalist Graff juxtaposes the basic narrative of 9/11—the hijackings, the collapsing buildings and the response to the attacks by political leaders and the military—with a diverse group of individual experiences. His book brings the bewilderment, fear and courage exhibited on that day palpably to life.
Classics Book Club:
Rebecca
by Daphne du Maurier
Thursday, Oct 5th
6:30-8pm
Collins Room and Zoom
Contact Cindy Haiken to participate:chaiken@wallingfordlibrary.org
An unnamed young woman impulsively marries a wealthy widower before discovering that both he and the staff at his grand estate are haunted by the memory of his late first wife, Rebecca. Du Maurier’s gothic novel, which has been adapted for stage and screen numerous times and has never been out of print, won the National Book Award in 1938.
