📼 Teens entering grades 6-12 can join the Nostalgia Corps this summer! Log your reading minutes for a chance to win a $100 Barnes & Noble Gift Card and check out out all our chill throwback programs to celebrate the power of Nostalgia! ☀️ More info: walpublib.org/SummerAtTheLibrary

🟦 Are you looking for a great place to work with co-workers who are kind, supportive, joyful, and committed to excellence? Then look no further because Wallingford Public Library is hiring a part-time Library Assistant. 🟦 For more info and to apply: walpublib.org/employment

🟩 🎲 We are travelling through time and playing games as we go! Come join us as we play some ancient or antique games and learn a little about the cultures and civilizations that played them. 🟩 For more info and to register: walpublib.org/Games0726

🟪 📋 Join us for a professional workshop led by Ahmaad Robinson, Career Development Specialist at the American Job Center! Participants will learn the basics of establishing a presence on LinkedIn. 🟪 Register and more info: walpublib.org/LinkedIn0726

⏳ This summer the lower lobby will be hosting exhibits from the past, present, and future! Some of our T.I.M.E. agents have traveled to Wallingford’s past to bring back everyday objects from throughout history!

🟦 📘 Dr. Marisa Franco is one of the world’s leading experts in human connection. Her book Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make–And Keep–Friends explores the science of different attachment styles and how they impact our relationships. 🟦 For more info: walpublib.org/Franco0726

⌛ Become a D.O.R.K. today! Read books and complete other missions for a chance to win an $80 gift card to a Wallingford business of your choice! This year features a geocache adventure throughout Wallingford! ☀️ Pick up your Travel Log at the Info Desk or download at walpublib.org/SummerAtTheLibrary

⏰ You’ve been such rock stars with your reading that we now have enough energy to power the time machine and send Mr Josh back to Abbey Road, 1969 AD! youtu.be/R2s2sK4ocyo?...

🟩 🌿 Join Nora Toomey, Clinical Herbalist of True Bloom, for a journey into the medicine of summer. In this one-hour presentation, we will go over a variety of summertime plants and learn easy medicinal preparations 🟩 For more info and to register: walpublib.org/Medicine0726

🟠 🪚 Check out our new piece of equipment, the Chompsaw! Chompsaw is a power tool for cutting cardboard that has been engineered to be completely safe, with absolutely no chance of it cutting yourself. In this video we use it to make a giant d20 die for D&D.

🔨🎨 Submit your craft projects to our summer maker competition for a chance to win up to a $100 gift card! 🧶📸 Enter from June 29th to July 29th. Votes are collected in-person and via likes on the library's Facebook page from Aug 3rd to 16th. ☀️ More info: walpublib.org/SomeAssemblyRequired

🍹 Cheers to Summer! Cindy and Katie made Zero Proof Pina Coladas for our Thursday Night Book Club last month to discuss Welcome to Glorious Tuga. This month we're reading Strangers and Cousins and eagerly anticipating what treats Cindy will bring to that book club! 📚 walpublib.org/bookclubs

🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎 We kicked off Summer at the Library events for children's with a trip back to the age of the reptiles! See what else we have planned this summer in our monthly newsletter: walpublib.org/newsletter

🏳️‍🌈Thanks to all the teens who decorated our windows for #Pride this year! While Pride may be over you can find #LGBT stories in the collections all year: walpublib.org/lgbt 🌈If you missed it, our "Libraries Are For Everyone" shirt is still available on our new Bonfire shop. walpublib.org/BonfireShop

🟧 👘 Join us for an introduction to the kimono, the best-known but least-understood Japanese traditional garment! 🟧 For more info and to register: walpublib.org/Kimono0726

🪨 The ultimate low maintenance pets--pet rocks! We crafted these last week as part of our summer nostalgia series for teens! See what else we have planned this summer on our calendar of events: walpublib.org/TeenEvents ☀️ Log your reading hours to win prizes! walpublib.org/SummerAtTheLibrary

🖨️ Beginning today, July 6th the cost of black and white prints will increase from 10¢ per page to 20¢ per page 🐄 Did you know? WPL’s first printer was made available to the public in 1982. It cost 10¢ per page to print in black & white 📆 Now if only we had a time machine for all those other prices

🇺🇸 The library is closed today for Independence Day! --And it looks like we've found our K-9 TIME Agents! We've enjoyed seeing you all at the garden markets on Saturdays this past spring. We'll be back in the fall... with more dog treats! ☀️ walpublib.org/SummerAtTheLibrary

The library is closed today and tomorrow for Independence Day. Celebrate by learning about Wallingford's role in the American Revolution with this presentation from local historian Jerry Farrell:

🟦 📘 In her new book Migrant Heart: Essays About Things I Can’t Forget, bestselling author Reyna Grande illuminates the hidden cost of the American dream and the complex journey of healing that follows survival. 🟦 For more info and to register: walpublib.org/Grande0726

☀️ This week we kicked off Summer at the Library for teens with a gaming and pizza party! 📸 We'll have an genuine polaroid camera at all teen events this summer to capture the memories so that one day we can look back at Summer 2026 and feel the nostalgia. 🥹 ⏰ walpublib.org/SummeratTheLibrary

🟦 🛡️ Spears and daggers and poleaxes, oh my! Come watch as our friends from Laurel City Historical Fencing explain how the past can be fun in the present. 🟦 For more info and to register: walpublib.org/SwordShield0726

🟦 📘 In her new book Migrant Heart: Essays About Things I Can’t Forget, bestselling author Reyna Grande illuminates the hidden cost of the American dream and the complex journey of healing that follows survival. 🟦 For more info and to register: walpublib.org/Grande0726

☀️ It's time! Adults 18+ can pick up their Summer at the Library Travel Log starting TODAY! Win prizes while completing missions for the The Investigative Minds Embassy such as a Geocaching Quest throughout Wallingford, and more! ⏰ For more info visit our website: walpublib.org/SummerAtTheLibrary

🐶 Someone is ready for Summer at the Library, are you? Stop by our booth at the Garden Market this Saturday from 10am-1pm to hear all about what's happening this summer! ☀️

🟨 🪏 We're going 12,000 years back in time for the first event in our chronological journey through from the distant past to the possible future! 🟨 For more info and to register: walpublib.org/Archaeology0726

⏰ It's About Time! Summer at the Library begins in one week! The Investigative Minds Embassy is recruiting Adults, Kids, Teens, and Makers for Summer Fun to help us power our time machine! ☀️ Visit our website for more info and to find the department for you: walpublib.org/SummerAtTheLibrary

⭐ The library is closed today in honor of #Juneteenth, but we'll see you tomorrow at Wallingford's America 250 Parade! Stop by front patio for some free refreshments and red, white, and blue, library tattoos. ⭐ Postcards are also available to purchase at the Check-Out Desk for $1.

🟦 Are you looking for a great place to work with co-workers who are kind, supportive, joyful, and committed to excellence? Then look no further because Wallingford Public Library is hiring a Part-Time Library Monitor. The full job description can be found on our website: walpublib.org/employment

🌈 Stop by the Community Room today to pick up some FREE craft supplies from 10am-1pm during our Craft Supply Bonanza! 🧶 Special thanks to our volunteers who spent Friday afternoon organizing all the tables and a special shoutout to Amanda who took pride in sorting all the yarn by color! 🙌

🐝 Bee you! 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 Thanks to the library teens who stopped by this week to decorate our windows for #Pride!

📘 Filled with culinary storytelling, The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook highlights 150 regenerative farms across South Asia and their spices with profiles and evocative photography, plus 85 recipes for simple, seasonal, and powerfully delicious meals. 🟦 More info: walpublib.org/SanaAsha0526

🖨️ Beginning July 6th we are increasing the cost of black & white prints/copies to 20 cents per page. We haven't increased the cost to print since we got our first printer in 1982--Before our Assistant Director Sam was even born! 📆 Now if only we had a time machine for all those other 1982 prices. 👀

⏲️ The library is closed today for staff development, but our Publicity Librarian Chris was able to gather some intel on what's REALLY happening this summer at the library. ☀️ Find out more on our website: walpublib.org/SummerAtTheLibrary

🌱 Our security monitor Jason showing off the Seed Library to a curious patron! Did you "borrow" any seeds from the library this year? What are you growing? 🍅🌻🥦

📘 When Ted Page found out that he was going to be a grandpa, he started a blog and set out to talk with grandfathers across a diverse spectrum which he compiled into his latest book, Grandpa: Stories from the Heart of Grandfatherhood 🟦 Register and more info: walpublib.org/TedPage0526

🟩 🌡️ Join environmental lecturer Dr. Shayne O’Brien (SCSU, CCSU) as he discusses the changing climate and how it will impact Wallingford. He will also share advice on how to stay ‘heat healthy’ in a warming future. 🟩 Register: walpublib.org/StayingCool0626

☀️ Cindy and Kaleb recently spent some time at @masonicarect making library cards for residents and making sure everyone had some good summer reads! 😎

🟪 🎶 In honor of the Juneteenth holiday and 100th birthday of legendary jazz musician Miles Davis, join musicians Wayne Tucker and Nicholas Fiorese for a tribute to Miles’ iconic concert and career with hypnotic grooves and fusion of styles from jazz to rock and funk. 🟪 walpublib.org/MilesDavis0626

💁‍♀️ Fabulous news! Ask at the Information Desk if you'd like to borrow this glamorous white board during your study room session. 📓 Study Rooms can be booked up to 48 hours in advance for a max of 3 hours. Reserve a Study Room through our website: walpublib.org/StudyRoomExpansion

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. This year we are working on communication skills with presentations from the Wallingford Police Department and Jeremy K. Farrell. We’ll also be welcoming The Investigative Minds Embassy as they prepare for Summer at the Library.

The Collaboratory might have the best views of the sunset in town! Wishing everyone a happy weekend!

⬛📕 Matt Dinniman is the author of the New York Times bestselling and wildly popular Dungeon Crawler Carl series along with several other books about the end of the world. Matt will join us to chat about his latest book, A Parade of Horribles. ⬛ More info and register: walpublib.org/Dinniman0526

🟪 🥁 Hear about Revolutionary Wallingford from Jerry Farrell, Jr., local historian and former president of the Wallingford Historic Preservation Trust, who will speak about Wallingford in the years leading up to the American Revolution. 🟪 walpublib.org/RevolutionaryWallingford0626

🟪 🎬 Join us for a special screening of the 2024 short film Elijah, directed by Razid Season and starring Mithila Gazi followed by a post-screening discussion with the director. 🟪 For more info and to register: walpublib.org/Elijah0526

🚲 It's the last week of #NationalBikeMonth! Even when the library is closed (like tomorrow for Memorial Day!) you can still use our bike repair stand and toolkit located under the library's back portico. When the library is open you can also check out some bike locks to keep your bike secure.

🎸Rock on Library Groupies! 🤟 Congratulations to Mara, the lucky winner in our National Library Week prize drawing for cardholders who renewed their library cards in April! 🎶Special thanks to @redscroll for donating this gift certificate.

🟨 🧶 Join us for a fascinating discussion with Smithsonian Curator Mary Savig on the history and significance of craft at state fairs—from blue-ribbon quilts to sculpted butter cows. 🟨 For more info and to register: walpublib.org/MarySavig0526

🏳️‍🌈 🌈 This presentation by the CT Museum of Culture and History will explore the legacy of that experience: stories of oppression, resilience, tragedy and triumph. 🏳️‍🌈 Register and more info: walpublib.org/NutmegPride0626

🟪 🧠 Join us for a community conversation on mental health in America. We will explore the history of those who suffered from stigma and misinformation, the evolution of mental health care, and the barriers marginalized people. 🟪 walpublib.org/MentalHealth0626