Weekly drop-in at Wilton Library for needlework crafters. All welcome whether you knit, crochet, needlepoint, embroider or do any other needlework by hand. Make new friends, get tips and share ideas while working on your own projects, or a group project for donation to a charitable cause. Bring your own materials. No registration is required. […]
Waiting List Spots Available. Join Wilton Library for a Sunday afternoon of jazz with pianist/vocalist Judy Carmichael and guitarist Chris Flory. They will swing through favorites of the American songbook, from Gershwin and Cole Porter to Frank Loesser and Harold Arlen. Nicknamed “Stride” by the great Count Basie, the Grammy-nominated pianist, vocalist, and songwriter enchants […]
Join Wilton Library online with Janet Krauss leading a discussion of a selection of Ruth Stone's poems. Links to the poems and discussion questions will be emailed in advance of the program. As quoted in Poetry Foundation, "Ruth Stone's lyrics are known for their accuracy, strangeness, and ability to speak to domestic concerns and metaphysical […]
Join Wilton Library for a special Author Talk with Patrick Bringley. He shares his debut memoir, All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me. This is an intimate look at The Met and its profound effect on Bringley's life while he grieved the death of his older brother. Caught up in […]
Weekly drop-in at Wilton Library for needlework crafters. All welcome whether you knit, crochet, needlepoint, embroider or do any other needlework by hand. Make new friends, get tips and share ideas while working on your own projects, or a group project for donation to a charitable cause. Bring your own materials. No registration is required. […]
Wilton Library hosts Diamond Painting for teens. The luck of the Irish is not necessary to diamond paint a St. Patrick’s Day themed keychain! New to diamond painting? A special tool is used to place “diamonds” on a color-coded image. The results are dazzling! Registration is required as space is limited. This program is for […]
Please join Wilton Library online via Zoom as Mark Schenker takes us through Tennyson’s Idylls of the King, a Victorian take on the medieval Arthurian legends. In the early 19th century, the rise of Romanticism in Europe generally, and in England in particular, led to a renewed interest in medievalism. Consequences of this resurgence persisted […]
Following a statewide referendum and legislation passed last year, Connecticut will offer Early Voting for the first time for the 2024 Presidential Primary this spring. Find out how Early Voting will work in Wilton and join this community program cosponsored by Wilton Library and the Wilton League of Women Voters. The League will present the […]
The Fairfield County Writers Group, founded in 2011, has been supporting and helping writers in the county with regular write-ins and accelerated events during the National Novel Writing Month season. The group is a non-profit and has no membership fees or dues. The community is made up of a variety of writers at different stages […]
The Future of Innovation — John Kao, Turing Fellow at Yale’s Digital Media Center In the 17th year of Wilton Library and Wilton Historical Society's collaboration, the scholarly lecture series focuses on the theme of “Innovation, Disruption, Revolution: The Impact of Technological Advancement.” In this lecture, John Kao presents a contemporary view of what innovation is, […]
