My Wilton TeenZine Presented by the Wilton Library Teen Department and Teen Library Council Open for submissions March 1-April 22 We are looking for writing and art from Wilton teens in Grades 6-12 that answers one or more of the following questions: What does Wilton mean to you? What's your favorite thing, place, or person […]
In conjunction with this year's Wilton Reads program, please take this opportunity to visit the Wilton History Room at Wilton Library during an "open house" day on Saturday, April 23. Visit this wonderful, professionally organized collection of local historical information, documents, maps, and photographs. The Wilton Historical Society owns about half the archives, the WLA […]
Please join Wilton Library for a trip down memory lane as we screen the 2002 documentary film about Wilton's history, produced on the 200th anniversary of the town's separation from Norwalk in 1802, when Wilton was a farm town with one-room schools, unpaved roads and swimming in the river. Oral historians interviewed long-time residents, some […]
Celebrate Wilton Reads by joining Wilton Library to discuss Rob Buyea's Because of Mr. Terupt. Set in a Connecticut school, the book follows seven very different kids through a tumultuous year with an amazing teacher. Sign up for the program, then pick up a complimentary copy of the book at the library. Read the book […]
Please join Wilton Library for an encore broadcast of Dr. Gil Harel's presentation on Danbury-born composer Charles Ives. He will discuss Ives as a founder of a distinctly American music idiom. We will follow his presentation with a live Q&A with Harel. Charles Ives may very well be considered one of the most important American […]
In Wilton, Connecticut: Three Centuries of People, Places, and Progress, historian Bob Russell takes readers on a remarkable journey of the town. Wilton began 300 years ago as part of Norwalk and became a separate town in 1802. Wilton residents enjoyed their close-knit self-sufficient community until the coming of the railroad in 1852 connected them […]
