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!

Please join the Woodbridge Library and New Haven Kaplan Test Prep & Admissions for invaluable information and insight into the process of applying for college financial aid. This 1-hour workshop will include the basics of applying for financial aid, important dates and terminology, how financial aid is determined, and the difference between various award types. 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.

Want to know what to serve a vegetarian for Thanksgiving? This class will teach you how to celebrate the holiday season with a harvest feast of vegetables, fruits and baked goods that everyone will enjoy. Get ideas for appetizers, seasonal side dishes and delectable desserts that are all free of animal products including eggs, dairy and of course, turkey. Come learn how to prepare a Winter Vegetable Chowder with Spiced Toasted Pepitas that's perfect for a chilly evening or holiday celebration.

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.

Thanksgiving is right around the corner. Join us for this hands-on floral class, that will help you to set a beautiful holiday table. Students will create a table runner design, full of all the offerings of the season. Dried and fresh materials embellished with berries, fruit and candles. A perfect centerpiece for your Thanksgiving gathering!

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.

Learn more about the history of the Yale-China Association, and its current Education Program, at this informative and enlightening session.

Since 1901, the Yale-China Association, a private non-profit organization based on the campus of Yale University, has promoted understanding between Chinese and American people through the medium of education. Their programs in education, health, and public service bring life-changing experiences to thousands of people each year.

Teaching and learning from their partners in China is at the heart of their work. Yale-China believes that individuals - and individual organizations - can be a force for making the world more peaceful and humane. Their work is based on the conviction that sustained, one-on-one contacts between Chinese and American people not only enrich the lives of the individuals involved but contribute, ultimately, to improved relations between the two nations.

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 3 of the series will focus on The Reader by Bernhard Schlink. 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.

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.

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!