Mini Golf in the Stacks, Author Talk, Innovation Station Crafting & more

January 15 - 21, 2018

News

Wilton Library will be closed on Monday, January 15, for the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday. Please note as we continue our solar panel installation, the building will be powered down on January 15 when the library is closed for the MLK holiday. There will be no phones, no access to our catalog, website or databases. We will be open and functioning as usual on Tuesday, January 16 at 10am.

Here's what's happening the week of January 15 - 21.

Click here for a listing of the full month's events.

Game On! Don't Miss Mini Golf in the Stacks at Wilton Library

Saturday, January 20 from 10am to 4pm

$5 per person, all ages welcome

Get ready to tee-off in the stacks at Wilton Library's mini golf fundraising event, presented by Bankwell. In addition to 18 holes of mini golf fun, there will be food (each player will receive a free hot dog), exciting drawings, face painting, and much more. Players of all ages welcome. No advance ticketing -- $5 admission per person at the door. Proceeds from the event support Wilton Library. Click here for more information about the event, the drawings and sponsors. In the event of a snowstorm, the fundraiser will be held on Sunday, Jan. 21, from 1-5pm.

Author Talk: Sujata Massey, The Widows of Malabar Hill: A Mystery of 1920s Bombay

Wednesday, January 17 @7pm

Inspired in part by the woman who made history as India's first female attorney, The Widows of Malabar Hill is a richly wrought story of multicultural 1920s Bombay as well as the debut of a sharp and promising new sleuth, Perveen Mistry. One particular case catches her attention and now it is her responsibility to figure out what really happened to three women on Malabar Hill. Sujata Massey's mystery novels have won the Agatha and Macavity awards and been finalists for the Edgar, Anthony, and Mary Higgins Clark prizes. Books available for purchase and signing. More info & register

WLA/WHS Scholarly Series -- Yankee Innovators: Steamships to Silicon Chips

Four Sundays @ 4pm beginning January 28 through March 2018

In the 11th year of the collaboration between Wilton Library and Wilton Historical Society, the scholarly lecture series will focus on the theme of Yankee Innovators: Steamships to Silicon Chips. The four-part series will explore the insights, innovations, ingenuity and inventiveness of forward-thinking people, organizations and projects in America's history. The series is made possible by The Wilton League of Women Voters and Friends of Louise Herot. Registration is strongly encouraged for this very popular series; please register separately for each lecture. Click here for all registration links and lecture information.

Get Well, Stay Well Series: Ask the Medical Experts, Be Your Best You in 2018

Thursday, January 25 @7pm

Bring your health and wellness questions to the next program in the Get Well, Stay Well Health Literacy Series presented by Wilton Library and Western Connecticut Health Network. Ask the Medical Experts, Be Your Best You in 2018 invites attendees to meet with four medical professionals individually and privately to ask about any health or wellness issue that is on their minds. A 'Health Fair' style set-up allows for separate stations for each of our medical professionals: Dr. Ruth Christoforetti, MD, a family medicine physician with Western Connecticut Medical Group; Dana Fulton, MSPT, clinical specialist, Outpatient Rehabilitation Services of Norwalk Hospital/Western Connecticut Health Network; Dr. Thomas Ayoub, MD, obstetrician/gynecologist and Chief of the Norwalk Hospital Medical Staff; and, Esla Amin-Lewis, a nurse midwife with Norwalk Hospital's Nurse Midwifery Service. More info & register