Events for Adults

If a program requires registration, please contact the Community Services Director (by phone @ 203.389.3466 or by email @ pvalsecchi@ci.woodbridge.ct.us) or visit the Circulation Desk at the Library to reserve your spot!

Calling all crafters! Looking to meet fellow "crafty" individuals who share your love of knitting, sewing, quilting, scrapbooking, beading, needlepoint, and other handicrafts? Bring your latest project and come to our open drop-in session. Share your quilt or scrapbook or the latest sweater you are knitting with like-minded individuals who are working on similar projects. We'll provide the refreshments; you provide the conversation and camaraderie! For more information, please call 389-3433.

For more information, please call 389-3433, stop by our Circulation Desk, or email to pvalsecchi@ci.woodbridge.ct.us.

Join us for a book discussion led by Reference Librarian Fran Sauer at the Woodbridge Town Library. The topic will be the novel The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent.

This novel is about the true story of Martha Carrier, one of the early victims of the Salem, Massachusetts witch trials, who was accused, tried and hanged as a witch. The narrator of the story is Martha's daughter, Sarah Carrier. At the start of the novel, Sarah is at odds with her mother and father, but as the situation worsens, Sarah comes to a better understanding of her mother and father and learns to respect their honor and courage. The author is a direct descendent of Martha Carrier and used historical facts and family stories passed down from her mother and grandmother in the composition of this story.

This is a free program, and all are welcome to join. Refreshments will be served. Registration is requested. Copies of the book will be provided to registered participants. Please visit the Circulation Desk or call 389-3433 to register or for more information.

The holidays are fast approaching - let us help you plan your party menu! Chef Mary Lawrence will share recipes and tips for appealing appetizers and tasty hors d'oeuvres that you can serve to any vegan or vegetarian at your holiday gathering.

This is a free program, but space is limited and registration is required. To register or for more information: please call 389-3433, stop by our Circulation Desk, or email pvalsecchi@ci.woodbridge.ct.us.

Chef Mary Lawrence is the owner of Well on Wheels, LLC, Connecticut's premier vegan personal chef service providing organic whole foods meals prepared in clients' homes, group cooking classes and private lessons. Chef Lawrence has taught at the Connecticut Culinary Institute, Wild Oats Market and numerous Adult Education programs in Hartford and New Haven counties. She has been a featured guest on WTNH TV's Noon News, WVIT TV's morning show with Janet Peckinpaugh, Prudence Sloane's "Simply Food" radio program on WDRC 1360 AM and WGBY's "On the Menu" television program. She is a contributor to the Friends of Animals' cookbook, 'The Best of Vegan Cooking (2009)', and in 2007 she published her first cookbook, 'Quick and Easy Vegan Cuisine.' Mary Lawrence maintains a nutrition counseling practice at the Shoreline Center for Wholistic Health in Guilford, CT. She has a BA in English from the University of Connecticut and MA in Communication from the University of Hartford, and has been an adjunct professor at the University of Hartford and Manchester Community College. She has studied culinary arts at the Natural Gourmet Institute in New York City, and has trained in the kitchen of It's Only Natural restaurant in Middletown, CT. She is a member of the Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce Wellness Council.

Baby, it's cold outside! Winter is upon us, whether we like it or not - embrace the season by bringing in some of winter's finest into your home for the holidays. Join us for this hands-on class, led by Michael Derouin. Students will create a versatile design comprised of evergreens, ribbons, ornaments and other decorations, that can be used as a door or wall swag or even as a table centerpiece!

The class will be led by our favorite floral expert, Michael Derouin. Michael is an award winning, nationally recognized floral and event designer. He is a member of The CT Florist Association and The American Institute of Floral Designers. Michael's classes are always fresh and fun - it's a great opportunity to get together with some of your friends and let your creativity flow!

Class size is limited to 20, and registration is required. Please bring your own pruning shears or cutting tools to class.

A $20 Materials Fee is payable to Michael at the program.

To register or for more information: please call 389-3433, stop by our Circulation Desk, or email pvalsecchi@ci.woodbridge.ct.us.

Just in time for the holidays! Instead of heading to the mall and standing in line, why not create a piece of jewelry that will show someone you truly care? Join us for a fun and festive evening at this hands-on Jewelry Workshop. Geralyn Tagatac, of Geralyn Jewelry, will teach you how to design, string and finish a beautiful piece of hand-crafted jewelry. Participants will have the choice of making a necklace, or a set consisting of a bracelet and earrings. Using a variety of different beads, including semi-precious stones, glass and wood beads, and gold and silver plated beads, Geralyn will introduce you to several different techniques. Let your creativity be your guide!

Class size is limited to 20, and registration is required. An $8 Materials Fee is payable to Geralyn at the program.

To register or for more information: please call 389-3433, stop by our Circulation Desk, or email pvalsecchi@ci.woodbridge.ct.us.

Calling all crafters! Looking to meet fellow "crafty" individuals who share your love of knitting, sewing, quilting, scrapbooking, beading, needlepoint, and other handicrafts? Bring your latest project and come to our open drop-in session. Share your quilt or scrapbook or the latest sweater you are knitting with like-minded individuals who are working on similar projects. We'll provide the refreshments; you provide the conversation and camaraderie! For more information, please call 389-3433.

For more information, please call 389-3433, stop by our Circulation Desk, or email to pvalsecchi@ci.woodbridge.ct.us.

Learn more about the Yale-China Association, and their work with China's healthcare reform efforts, at this informative and enlightening session.

The Yale-China Association is playing a critical role in China’s current healthcare reform efforts. Their work on piloting a hospital clinical training model in China for new medical school graduates integrates professionalism, medical ethics, patient safety and innovation and self development in a formal training curriculum.

As China gears up for the transformative healthcare reform, this pilot program is one of the six models that is underway in China and is poised to become a regional and potentially national model for training clinicians throughout the country.

Everyone is welcome to attend - registration is required. To register or for more information: please call 389-3433, stop by our Circulation Desk, or email pvalsecchi@ci.woodbridge.ct.us.

"Human beings are human insofar as they bear witness to the inhuman."
Giorgio Agamben, Remnants of Auschwitz

Join us for our Fall Book Discussion Series entitled Trauma and Transcendence. One function of literature is to reveal the simplicity and complexity of our collective humanity in the record - whether public or private, historical or fictional - of an individual's response to inhumanity. In many literary works, the verbal engagement with the unspeakable can result in a depiction of trauma that may or may not be resolved by the power of art and imagination.

Yale Associate Dean Dr. Mark Schenker will lead the discussion of four novels that engage the issues of trauma and transcendence as they bear testament to, respectively, a dystopian future, American slavery, the Holocaust, and human mortality: The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood), Beloved (Toni Morrison), The Reader (Bernhard Schlink) and Last Orders (Graham Swift).

Part 4 of the series will focus on Last Orders by Graham Swift. This is a free program, and all are welcome to join. Add your voice to our lively discussion, led by our favorite literary expert, Mark Schenker! Registration is required. Copies of all works will be provided to registered participants. To register or for more information: please call 389-3433, stop by our Circulation Desk, or email pvalsecchi@ci.woodbridge.ct.us.

If a program requires registration, please contact the Community Services Director (by phone @ 203.389.3466 or by email @ pvalsecchi@ci.woodbridge.ct.us) or visit the Circulation Desk at the Library to reserve your spot!