Meriden and Wallingford CT Library News and Events July 2010

To read the current issue of The People’s Press – Wallingford and Meriden’s Community Newspaper in image form or to download the latest pdf go to http://www.peoplespressnews.com/ Wallingford Public Library News and Events WALLINGFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS GONE HI-TECH! Become our friend on Facebook! Get updates about upcoming events, or chat with other library lovers. Have a question to ask us? Text us. Just send a text message to (203) 903-8447 any time the library is open. Whether you are in the library or at the mall we will get right back to you with an answer! Don’t forget about the thousands of audiobooks you can download from our web site. These books can be downloaded onto your iPod or MP3 player or burned onto a CD. SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND EVENTS AT WALLINGORD PUBLIC LIBRARY: All of our programs are free, all of the time! Film Premiere: Notes on a Napkin Wednesday, July 7 7:00 p.m. Community Room A Knuckle Sandwich production, Notes On A Napkin was written and directed by former Wallingford resident and Sheehan High School graduate, Matt J. Saccullo, founder of Knuckle Sandwich Productions. The film is a series of comedic shorts looking at life and love and even includes a look at life after death in the short titled PIS (Paranormal Investigator’s Society). The shorts originated as comical thoughts that Saccullo encountered while working as a waiter in a New York City diner. In addition to writing, producing, and directing, Saccullo is also an actor and appears in Notes On A Napkin. His acting credits have been featured at the Tribeca Film Festival and in the Channel 101 festival. A trailer of the film can be viewed online at www.youtube.com. All are welcome to the film screening however this film is not rated and is intended for an adult audience. Admission is free. Thursday Night Book Club: The Places In Between by Rory Stewart Thursday, July 15 7:00 p.m. Collins Room In January 2002 Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan—surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. Read his account of his experiences and join us for a discussion. Copies of the book are available from the Information Desk on a first-come-first-served basis. All are welcome for conversation and refreshments. Our informal book discussion group meets on the third Thursday of each month with the exception of August when there is no meeting. No registration is necessary. Poetry Writing Workshop with Eileen Albrizio: Break Through the Fear of Writing a Poem Tuesday, July 20 6:00 p.m. Collins Room What is writer’s block? Is it that we don’t have a poem in our heads or that we do, but can’t translate it into words? Or is it bigger than that? Are we actually afraid of writing a poem? If so, why? In this workshop we will explore many of the reasons why we stop short from writing that great poem locked inside us. We will break through those barriers allowing us to write without fear. Then we will start from the beginning, from how to come up with an idea, or how to work with an existing idea to create that inspirational poem you will be proud to have others read. Dessert with a Doc: A New Weigh of Life Wednesday, July 21 6:30 p.m. Community Room Presented by Aziz Benbrahim, MD Join us for an interactive discussion on how obesity truly affects our health and learn successful strategies to keep the pounds off! A healthy dessert will be provided. This program is co-sponsored by MidState Medical Center. Please call the library to register in advance. Sisters in Crime Friday, July 23 6:30 p.m. Collins Meeting Room Love mysteries? Love mystery writing? So do Sisters in Crime!* This special program features Massachusetts State Trooper Laura Fogarty, a 14-year veteran crime scene investigator. Trooper Fogarty will discuss her responsibilities in the State Police Crime Scene Services Section -- including identifying fingerprints, footprints, and tire tracks; and the use of photography, video and diagrams to document the scene. A question and answer session will follow the presentation. This program is free and open to the public however seating is limited! Please call the library to register in advance. *About Sisters In Crime (SinC) -- Founded in 1986, SinC are 3,600 members in 48 chapters world-wide, offering networking, advice and support to mystery authors. Adult Summer Reading Program: Book Buddies…Bags of Fun for Adults! Weekly Prize Drawings in July and August July 8, 15, 22, 29 - August 5, 12, 19 Grand Prize Drawing August 26 This summer become a book buddy and share your love of reading with other adults while earning the chance to win a weekly prize. It’s easy to participate, stop by the Information Desk and pick up a Book Buddy Reads form. Fill out one form for each book you read. Every Thursday forms will be entered into a drawing for a Wallingford Public Library Book Bag filled with hardcover and paperback books and a gift certificate to the Book Seller. We will also have a display of our Book Buddies favorite books called Patron Picks. Book marks will be available for you to personalize and identify your favorite books, if you so choose. On August 26th all participants will be entered into a drawing for a $50.00 gift certificate to Amazon.com (Be sure to link to Amazon.com from our website: www.wallingford.lioninc.org and help support the library.) Read a lot; enter a lot, its bags of fun! Matinee: Under Milkwood: A Play for Voices by Dylan Thomas Thursday, July 29 2:00 p.m. Community Room A company of 10 Ashlarians (Ashlar Village Residents) will give a special library matinee performance of Dylan Thomas’ Under Milkwood. The story takes place in the fictional Welsh seacoast town of Llareggub (buggerall, backwards!). Two narrators describe the time and place with Thomas’ colorful poetry, while the other eight performers enact the various characters. Participating will be Lois Read, director and first voice, Cecilia Malin, second voice, and Lois Gillespie, Beth Mitchell, Barbara Pratt, Melanie Anastasio, Ernie Hoffman, Vinny Varone, Ken Donadio, and Charlie Shaffert reading all the citizens of the town. This play was originally written as a play for voices for the radio and later adapted for the stage and film. Admission is free and open to all. Hot Summer Movie Nights!!! Free Movie Screenings at the Wallingford Public Library All movies are shown in the Community Room. Friday July 9th at 6:30 pmFriday Night Flicks presents The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, ruthless computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from almost forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history. But the Vanger's are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves. "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" is based on the trilogy of books by Stieg Larsson and has sold over 7 million copies worldwide. Rated: R Friday July 16th at 6:30 pmFriday Night Flicks presents The Bounty Hunter In the bouncy romantic comedy The Bounty Hunter, Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler aim to be a contemporary Nick and Nora for an audience that's never even heard of The Thin Man. Ex-cop-turned-bounty hunter Milo Boyd (Butler, 300) is ecstatic when he gets his new assignment: his ex-wife, reporter Nicole Hurley (Aniston), has skipped bail to pursue a breaking story. Naturally, when he catches her, he also gets caught up in the mystery--though the mystery is really just an excuse for quirky comic bickering between the estranged lovebirds. Refreshingly, the script has the kind of off-beat rhythms and flavors of comedy-action flicks like Midnight Run, Out of Sight, and Something Wild. Rated: PG-13 Friday July 23rd at 6:30 pmFriday Night Flicks presents Brooklyn’s Finest Fans of the grit of HBO's The Wire, as well as of the mean-streets story intersection plot of Crash, will find a lot to like in the intense crime drama Brooklyn's Finest. Directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) with a sure hand, Brooklyn's Finest follows three NYPD cops who come from very different places (geographically and personally) as their lives, and the compromises they have made daily to coexist with the mean streets of Brooklyn, dovetail to a climax that will have viewers on the edge of their seats. Fuqua has assembled a stellar cast here, including Richard Gere, a veteran cop just a week from retirement; the always amazing Don Cheadle, an undercover officer whose loyalties to the force may be compromised by his growing loyalties to the groups he's infiltrating; and the film's true revelation, Ethan Hawke, a young corrupt cop whose morals make the stomach turn, though Hawke's performance is nuanced and riveting. Supporting cast members include Wesley Snipes as a badass gangster whom even the police have second thoughts about messing with. Rated: R Friday July 30th at 6:30 pmFriday Night Flicks presents Death at a Funeral Directed by Neil LaBute and starring Chris Rock and Danny Glover, Death at a Funeral is a hilarious day in the life of an American family come together to put a beloved husband and father to rest. As mourners gather at the family home, shocking revelations, festering resentments, ugly threats, blackmail and a misdirected corpse unleash lethal and riotous mayhem. Rated: R Tuesday August 3rd at 6:30 pmCinema Club presents Summer Hours Widely hailed by critics as 2009’s best film, Summer Hours is the great contemporary French filmmaker Olivier Assayas’s most personal film to date. Three siblings, played by Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling, and Jérémie Renier, must decide what to do with the country estate and objects they’ve inherited from their mother. From this simple story, Assayas creates a nuanced, exquisitely made drama about the material of globalized modern living. Naturalistic and unsentimental yet suffused with genuine warmth, this is that rare film that pays respect to family by treating it with honesty. Not Rated August Friday Night Flicks We will continue to screen movies at 6:30 pm on Friday nights throughout August. However, because we try to show very current releases, we have no details of the movies to be screened at the time of going to press. All we can promise is that they’ll be great! Keep an eye out for announcements in the library and on our website. TEEN ZONE! Prizes in the Pages… Teen Summer Reading Program The Wallingford Public Library Teen Summer Reading Program will kick off on June 28th and run through August 20th. Teens will receive an entry to win a prize of their choice for each book they read. The more you read, the more you can win. In addition to prize drawings there will literally be prizes in the pages. While reading a book you may find a special bookmark, coupon, or certificate redeemable for a prize. There is no pre-registration required and all Teens in grades 6-12 are welcome to participate. Please contact the Library at (203) 265-6754 for more information. School Summer Reading We have stocked the shelves with multiple copies of the books on your school summer reading lists. Titles are also available on CD and as an audio download which can be listened to on your iPod or burned to a CD. You can use these books towards the Teen Summer Reading program! Teens vs Seniors WII Bowling Tournament at Senior Center Thursday, August 12th 10:00 a.m. Wallingford Senior Center, 238 Washington Street, Wallingford The Wallingford Senior Center is demanding a rematch! The Wallingford Teens will once again head over to the Senior Center and compete in a Wii bowling tournament. All Teens in grades 6-12 are welcome to be on our team. Please sign up as there are a limited number of slots. Mother Daughter Book Club Monday, July 12 7:30 p.m. Board Room Share a great book with Mom this summer. The July selection for the Mother Daughter Book Club is Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. A perfect summer read. The Mother Daughter Book Club is open to all Teen girls in grades 6-12 and their Mother or adult female friend. Reserve your copies today! Governor’s Reading Challenge: Win $1,000 Toward a College Savings Account! This year the Governor’s Reading Challenge is encouraging Teens to read a book by a Connecticut author or set in Connecticut. We have a list of all the possibilities behind the Information Desk. Those who participate are eligible to fill out an application to win $1,000 toward a college savings account. Reading logs to keep track of your books are available on our web site under the Summer Reading caption. You may also use any books you read for this challenge in our Teen Summer Reading Program. Good Luck! JULY EVENTS AT MERIDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY MERIDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY SUMMER HOURS Starting July 1, the Meriden Public Library summer hours will be as follows: open Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 9:30 am to 8:30 pm. Thursday and Friday, open 9:30 am to 5:00 pm. The library will be closed on Saturdays and Sundays from July 4 through Labor Day weekend. We will resume our Saturday hours on September 11. Visit the library’s homepage at www.meridenlibrary.org to log onto the online catalog, use the magazine database, check out our museum passes, or check out our calendar of adult and children’s programs. Please contact the Community Services Department at (203) 630-6349 if you would like more information about the library’s services. ‘NORTH TO ALASKA” JULY 14 Join us on Wednesday, July 14 at 7:00 pm in the Meriden Public Library Griffin Room for Jack Brooks’ presentation “North to Alaska” travel program. Mr.. Brooks will guide us through the beautiful state of Alaska with pictures from his trip in August 2009. Starting in Vancouver, Mr. Brooks will take us through the Tracy Arm fjord, Juneau, glaciers, Skagway, Fairbanks, and Denali National Park. The program is free and all are invited. Contact the Community Services Department at (203) 630-6349 for more information. GREEN UP YOUR YARD WITH ORGANIC YARD AND LAWN CARE JULY 28 Green Up Your Yard with Organic Land and Lawn Care: Save Money and the Environment, a workshop, will be offered by the Organic Land Care Program, a project of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut, (CT NOFA) at Meriden Public Library on Wednesday, July 28 at 6:30 pm in the Griffin Room. The free, informative workshop will be presented by local accredited organic landscaping professional Cathy Zbuska. This workshop will provide the tools and informational resources needed to practice organic lawn and landscape care, as well as information on the benefits of organic land care. Participants will receive a handout of resources they can use to find more information, and on finding a landscaper who has the knowledge to maintain lawns and landscapes organically. CT NOFA promotes methods of farming, gardening, and land care that respect biodiversity, soil, water, air and the needs of future generations through education, support, and advocacy. Contact the Community Services Department at (203) 630-6349, email comsvc@hotmail.com, or visit the library’s web page at www.Meridenlibrary.org to reserve a seat. WRITERS NETWORK AT MERIDEN LIBRARY JULY 28 Meriden Public Library will host a Writers Network group on Wednesday, July 28 at 7:00 p.m. in the Friends Room. We invite anyone who is serious about writing fiction or nonfiction, wants to learn the process of getting published, or needs support for writing a book proposal or query letter to attend. The Writers Network is for anyone who is looking for a support network to keep the motivation going, is interested in sharing their writing with others and is longing for the camaraderie of others who share a passion for writing. If you are interested in joining the Writers Network, contact the Community Services Department at (203) 630-6349 or email us comsvc@hotmail.com. SCRABBLE JULY 12 AND 26 Join us on Monday July 12 and July 26 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm in the Friends Room at Meriden Public Library to play scrabble. Come to learn the game. Come to practice. Come just to meet new people. All are invited. Contact the Community Services Department at (203) 630-6349 for more information. FREE COMPUTER CLASSES Meriden Public Library offers the following free computer classes during the month of July: Basic computers – Monday, July 12 and July 26 at 6:00 pm to 6:45 pm; Email – Monday, July 19 at 6:00 pm to 6:45 pm; Computer Class in Spanish – Each Monday and Wednesday in July at 5:00 to 6:00 pm and 6:00 to 7:00 pm. Class size is limited. Contact the library at (203) 238-2346 or (203) 630-6349 to register for any class. TEEN BOOK CLUB JULY 15 The Teen Book Club at the Meriden Public Library will meet on Thursday, July 15 at 3:30 in the Seminar Room. We will be discussing The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Bank written by E. Lockhart. Boarding school sophomore Frances "Frankie" Landau-Banks is tired of being underestimated by the men in her life, including her boyfriend Matthew and his wittier-than-thou friends. She discovers his secret male club, and, unbeknownst to them, begins orchestrating their elaborate pranks. Come join us as we talk about the book and snack on some food. You can sign up at the information desk, on our website or just drop in. If you have any questions e-mail Melissa at mmurphy@ci.meriden.ct.us or call (203) 630-6347. GET YOUR GAME ON @ MERIDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY JULY 20 Get your game on at the Meriden Public Library on Tuesday July 20 at 12:30 pm in the Griffin Room. The Wii will be set up for friends and family to challenge each other to a different game each week. Board games such as Scrabble, Apples to Apples and many others will also be available for use. All ages are welcome to attend including parents and guardians. Registration is not required. If you have any questions please contact Melissa at mmurphy@ci.meriden.ct.us or call (203) 630-6349. LEGO CLUB JULY 22 Meriden Public Library will have its next Lego Club event on Thursday, July 22 at 2:00 pm in the Griffin Room. Children ages 6 through 12 are invited to bring their imagination and build on this month’s theme – “Robots”. Completed projects will be put on display in the library. The library will provide Legos for all children who attend. Sign up is not required for this program. If you have any questions or would like to be put on the Lego Club mailing list please contact Melissa at (203) 630-6347 or mmurphy@ci.meriden.ct.us . ANIME CLUB JULY 23 The Teen Anime Club at the Meriden Public Library will meet on Friday, July 23 at 2:30 pm in the Griffin Room. In the first half hour teens will learn about the art of origami and at 3:00 the monthly anime screening will begin. Snacks and drinks will be provided. This program is for teens age 13-18. Sign up is not required but if you would like to be put on our mailing list or would like more information contact Melissa at mmurphy@ci.meriden.ct.us or call (203) 238-2347. BOOKMOBILE SCHEDULE FOR JULY MERIDEN - The Meriden Public Library Bookmobile will be visiting the following facilities in July: Monday, July 12 – Easter Seals (Broad St.) 9:00 – 10:00 AM; Bradley Home 10:30 – 11:30 AM; Tuesday, July 13 – Lil Rascals 9:30 – 10:15 AM; Columbus Park 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM; Wednesday, July 14 – Community Wednesday Health and Wellness Fair at the Hub 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM; Thursday, July 15 – Kindercare 9:30 – 10:15 AM; The Right Place 10:30 -11:00 AM; Johnson Farms 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM; Friday, July 16 – Meriden Center 10:00 – 11:00 AM ; St. Stan’s 11:00 – 11:30 AM; Monday, July 19 – Center Congregational Nursery School 9:30 – 10:00 AM; Women & Families Center 10:15 – 11:30 AM; Village at Kensington Place 1:30 -2:15 PM; Tuesday, July 20 – Catholic Charities 9:00 -10:00 AM; Kinder Garden Learning Center 10:30 – 11:30 AM; Grove St. Tot Lot 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM; Wednesday, July 21 – City Park 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM; Thursday, July 22 – Midstate Christian Academy 9:30 – 11:00 AM; Britannia St. park 12:00 -1:00 PM; Friday, July 23 – Stork Club 9:30 -10:30 AM; Miller Memorial 10:45 – 11:30 AM; Monday, July 26 – Valentin Karate 2:15 -3:15 PM; Tuesday, July 27 - Lil Rascals 9:30 – 10:15 AM; Sunshine Day Care 10:30 -11:00 AM; Columbus Park 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM; Wednesday, July 28 - HeadStart (Liberty St.) 9:30 – 11:30 AM; Yale Acres 12:00 – 1:00 PM; Thursday, July 29 - Johnson Farms 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM; Friday, July 30 - St. Stan’s 10:00 – 10:45 AM. Contact the Community Services Department at (203) 630-6349 for more information about the Bookmobile. To read the current issue of The People’s Press – Wallingford and Meriden’s Community Newspaper in image form or to download the latest pdf go to http://www.peoplespressnews.com/ SPEND YOUR SUMMMER AT THE MERIDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY FREE tickets available for summer program special on June 1st. We have many professional performers for Monday night at 6:30 PM. and Thursday mornings at 10:30 AM. These specials "The Magic Of Nature In Our World" are as follows: July 8 10:30AM. Sing along with music from around the world featuring Chris Merwin. July 12 6:30 PM. "Drumming About You" with Bob Bloom. Play a variety of percussion instruments and learn about them. July 15 10:30AM. "Bubble Trouble" featuring Steve Jones. Bubbles fun for all ages. July 19 6:30PM. Sing along with Marjorie Warner.Learn new songs and old favorites. July 22 10:30AM. Sparky's Puppets' performance of "Tales of the Shore and Sea". A puppet show for Children ages 3 and up. July 26 6:30PM. "Kahana Hula" program with Tiare Kahana. Learn Hawaiian culture, history, and Polynesian dance through stories, songs, music, and dance. July 29 10:30AM. "Worm Show". Who knew the life of a worm could be fascinating and fun!This program is for children ages 4 and up. Aug. 2 6:30PM. "Danny Magic" is a fast paced mind boggling magic show filled with laughter for children ages 4 and up. Aug. 5 10:30AM. Riverside Reptiles. "Geepers Creepers". Live reptiles, amphibians, insects, and spiders! This program is for children ages 3 and up. FREE tickets available in the Children's Library beginning June 1. Programs are sponsored by the Friends of the Meriden Public Library. Please note age restrictions. For more information call us at (203 630-6347). SUMMER PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS AT MERIDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY ARE ASS FOLLOWS: Tuesdays 10:15 Independent 2 Year Olds 11:15 3-4 Years Old 6:30 3-4 ears OldWednesdays 10:30 2-3 Years Old w/Parent 11:15 3-4 Years Old 6:30 2 Years Old w/Parent We also have programs for children Kindergarten through Second grade. Stories and Cooking.Tuesdays at 2:00.Grades three to Five. Stories and Crafts. Wednesdays at 2:00.Registration begins the week of June 7th. All first time participants must show proof of age. Story hours begin the week of July 5. Children must be of age by June 1st. "Rocket Club" We will be offering 2 sessions for children in grades 4 and up at 12:00. Children will build, paint, and launch their own rocket!Session 1 July 12-16Session 2 July 26-30 or children under the age of two we will have a program for Early Literacy at 10:30 on the following Friday mornings. This program is designed for children under two with their parent of caregiver. Join us for stories, finger plays, music, and socialization.For more information call us at (203) 630-6347. Wallingford Library Children’s Department News and Events Summer Reading at the Wallingford Public Library June 28 – August 6 This summer the Children’s Library will be offering two special reading programs for kids. Research shows that reading is crucial to a child’s brain development and intellectual stimulation. Our goal is to make reading more fun than ever and keep those brains active this summer! Haunt Your Library This Summer: for school-age kids Kids who like a “spooky” good time will want to sign up for this year’s Ghoulish Gameboard and spin the “Wheel of Misfortune”! Spending time with books earns you a chance to travel on the Boardwalk and visit places like the Dread and Breakfast and the Haunted Library. There will be lots of laughter along the way and we plan to inspire lots of reading too. Ice Cream for Books: for the younger crowd Families participating in this program will keep track of their reading with the help of a colorful reading log, and will help build a giant paper ice cream cone as they read. Kids will collect bookmarks, and earn chances to win very “cool” raffle prizes! Both programs are FREE Registration begins June 4th and will run throughout the program Haunt Your Library will run from Monday, June 28 – Friday, August 6 and the Ghoulish Gameboard will be available from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Kids who finish will earn prizes as well as raffle tickets that will enter them in drawings for more “cool” prizes! All kids who finish earn a certificate to bring to school in the fall Reading done for the any Library program counts for all other Reading Programs including the Governor’s Reading Challenge Book Displays will be ready with titles on the The Wallingford Public School’s Suggested Summer Reading List Summer Storytimes at the Wallingford Public Library Join us for stories this summer in the Children’s Library. Each storytime is lively and interactive and filled with age appropriate fun! The programs are free and there is no registration required. Itty Bitty babies, for children from birth through 12 months will take place on Thursdays, at 1:30 p.m. in the Children’s Program Room, July 8 through August 12. Waddling Ones, for children ages 13 months though 24 months will be offered on Thursdays, at 10:00 a.m. in the Collins Room, from July 8 through August 12. This program is limited to 20 children and their caregivers. Wallingford residents are given priority. Please bring proof of residency in the event that it is needed. Others are most welcome to attend when there is room. Musical Mother Goose for children ages one and two takes place on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. and Wednesdays, 10:00 a.m. July 6 through August 11. There will be no Mother Goose on July 13. This lively, interactive program is limited to 60 people. Wallingford residents are given priority. Please bring proof of residency in the event that it is needed. Others are most welcome to attend when there is room. Preschool Stories for children ages three through five will take place at three different times each week from July 6 through August 12th. We hope one will be perfect for you and your family Tuesdays, at 10:00 a.m., Wednesdays, at 1:30 p.m., Pajama Time! Wear your jammies and bring your teddy bears…Thursdays, at 7:00 p.m. Family Night Join Crystal Raiola for Family Night at the Wallingford Public Library on Friday, July 9 at 7:00 p.m. in the Children’s Program Room for a Birthday Bash! Children ages 3-8 and their caregivers are invited. Join us for stories, games and singing at the biggest birthday bash around. Call the Children’s Library at 203-284-6436 to register. Glue and Go – with Holly Cleeland Tuesday July 8, 7:00 p.m. Wallingford Public Library Community Room For kids age 5 and up Create a haunting costume this summer! Simple household items will come in handy when Holly Cleeland, author of Glue & Go Costumes for Kids, comes to the Library to show us how to make cool costumes without spending a fortune. Holly, has been featured on the View and the Rachel Ray Show, and three costumes will be given away to three lucky kids during this program! Sign up beginning Wednesday, June16th in the Children’s Room. Stage Fright: A Theater Workshop Tuesday, July 13, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Wallingford Public Library Community Room For kids age 8 to 11 A workshop for brave souls! Be one of the lucky people to be part of an improvisation and theatre game workshop with Ingrid Schaeffer, an award winning teacher and director. In a playful yet haunting environment, players will create creepy and spooky improvisations. All one needs is an active imagination and willingness to explore the unknown! Sign up in the Children’s Room beginning Wednesday, June16th. To read the current issue of The People’s Press – Wallingford and Meriden’s Community Newspaper in image form or to download the latest pdf go to http://www.peoplespressnews.com/