New Services: AtoZ World Food and AtoZ Food America

Enjoy two new services at the Weston Public Library or at home using your Weston Library Card: AtoZ Food World and AtoZ Food America! These new databases showcase recipes, prep instructions/videos, cultural insights, culinary history, and regional etiquette. Going to visit France for Christmas? Why not learn how to make a bûche de Noël. Visiting Mexico for the first time? Learn what makes Chapulines, a street food, so special. Visit our website to access these great new offerings!  

Library Closed
Tuesday, July 4
 
The library will be closed on Tuesday, July 4 for Independence Day. Enjoy the Town of Weston's Family 4th Celebration!
 
Sundays Closed for Summer
June 18 - September 3
 
The Weston Public Library will be closed on Sundays through the summer starting on June 18. We will be open on Sundays starting on September 10.
 
Adult Summer Reading - All Together Now
June 20 - August 18
 
At the Weston Public Library, we're all about bringing people together! Readers of ALL AGES are invited to take part in our Summer Reading Challenge! Just by signing up, you will receive a commemorative tote bag that you are encouraged to decorate over the course of the summer. And for every 120 minutes of reading you do, we will give you a special pin, that you choose, to make your bag even more special as well as a raffle entry for the summer raffles! You can earn up to 10 pins and entries by reading, but we will also have other ways to earn those tickets!
 
Don't forget to check out some of the amazing programs we have coming up starting with Paint Your Pet this month! We've got art, yoga, trivia, music, and more events just for adults all summer long. A brochure will be released in June with all the details!
 
The Adult Summer Reading program is sponsored by the Friends of the Weston Library. Click here to learn more about the Friends!

Books in Bloom
July 3 - August 18
 
Choose a wrapped book from our Books in Bloom display for a reading surprise! If you are participating in Adult Summer Reading, you'll also earn a raffle ticket when you read something from this display.
 
Paths to Autistic Empowerment
Wednesday, July 12 at 6pm
 
There are many different paths towards autistic empowerment, but many of the paths are based not only in our understanding of ourselves, but in common autistic experiences and how we are often treated by the world. Because of that, even though being empowered will look very different for each autistic individual, our paths to get there share many commonalities. These paths include open communication and self-advocacy.

Registration required. Sponsored by the Friends of the Weston Public Library
 
Uke from Scratch
Saturday, July 15 at 2pm
 
If you thought you would like to give the ukulele a try but didn’t want to invest in an instrument, this workshop is for you! In just an hour or so, participants will be playing simple tunes.

Ukulele performer and teacher Wendy Matthews leads this workshop with her family of loaner ukes available for you to use. She has been teaching uke in groups and privately for several years.

For adults, seniors, and kids aged 12 and up.

Registration required. Sponsored by the Friends of the Weston Public Library

Trivia Night: Books & Authors
Thursday, July 20 at 7pm
 
Think you know books and authors? Compete solo or with a team for bragging rights as the Book Trivia champ!

This program is run by the Founder and Creator of Sticker Book Publishing, David Plaue.

Registration required. Sponsored by the Friends of the Weston Public Library

Mandala Stone Workshop
Saturday, July 22 at 11am
 
Spend an hour creating a beautiful, one-of-a-kind stone. This soothing craft is suitable for adults and children 12 and up.

Registration required. Sponsored by the Friends of the Weston Public Library

Doodle Art (Zoom)
Tuesday, July 25 at 7pm
 
Come relax and doodle with us from the comfort of your home! Repetitive patterns can be like meditation. This doodle art is inspired by the waterfalls at Connecticut’s Enders State Forest. Calligrapher, Debby Reelitz, will guide us on this art adventure exploring organic forms and lines.
 
Online program via ZOOM. Please register to receive the zoom link and reserve your supplies. Sponsored by the Friends of the Weston Public Library

Yoga @ the Library
Saturday, July 29 at 10am
 
Yoga is a group of physical, mental and spiritual practices to heal the mind and body, which originated in ancient India. Now an immensely popular practice both postural yoga is mainly a physical activity consisting of asanas (postures), accompanied by breathing exercises, and ending with meditation.
 
Registration is required. Sponsored by the Friends of the Weston Public Library

Recurring Events
 
New Yorker Roundtable
Tuesdays, July 11 at 10:30am & 29 at 11:30am
Meetings are hybrid, in-person at the library and online via Zoom.

Join the Friends of the Library New Yorker Group to discuss articles from the current issue on politics, current events, literature, and more. The New Yorker is available online with your Weston Public Library card at https://researchitct.org/popularmagazinespublic/.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Weston Public Library

Sip and Stitch
Thursday, July 13
7:00 - 8:30 p.m. in the Community Room
 
Join friends and neighbors for a night of sipping and stitching. Make a little progress on your needle work while chatting and sharing tips.

Please register.

Cookbook Club
Monday, July 17
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. in the Community Room

The Weston Public Library Cookbook Club is an opportunity for those who love cooking to share favorite recipes and try new recipes with neighbors and friends! Make your favorite dish to share and bring the recipe!

Looking for favorite recipes from previous meetings? You can check out all of the recipes here.

Please register.

Service Spotlight

Local History Resources
 
Learn more about the rich history of Weston through the library's Local History Resources including digitized versions of The Chronicle Quarterly, the Weston Forum, and more!

Click here for access.
 
Consumer Reports Online Access

Did you know that you can access current and back issues of this popular magazine for FREE? Through the state library's ResearchIT resource, you can read, download, and print individual sections including the popular Buyer's Guides. Check it out here!

Get ready for summer travel with Transparent Language Online

Learn over 110 languages from all over the world, including indigenous languages from the Americas, English as a Second Language, and Irish Gaelic!

Sign up through the library website.

Homebound Delivery Service

Weston residents who are temporarily or permanently homebound due to health or disability issues or COVID concerns are eligible for the Library's free homebound delivery service.

Call the library at 203-222-2665 or email [email protected] for more information.

Librarian Picks
July Releases

What new releases are librarians most looking forward to in July? Check out the selection below from Weston's Adult Services Librarian, Anne.

Avoid the rush and place your holds early at www.westonpubliclibrary.org. 

Good Fortune by C.K. Chau  Reimagines Pride and Prejudice, setting it in contemporary Chinatown, exploring contemporary issues of class divides, family ties, cultural identity and the pleasures and frustrations that come with falling in love.

The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt  Tells the story of Bob Comet, a man who has lived his life through and for literature, unaware that his own experience is a poignant and affecting novel in itself.  

Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson  Set over the course of three summers, this exhilarating and expansive new novel follows Stephen, a first-generation Londoner born to Ghanian immigrant parents, as he chooses a different path than what's expected of him; one of music, peace, beauty and freedom.
 
Every Rising Sun by Jamila Ahmed  In this riveting take on One Thousand and One Nights, Shaherazade, at the center of her own story, uses wit and political mastery to navigate opulent palaces brimming with treachery and the perils of the Third Crusade as her Persian homeland teeters on the brink of destruction.
 
The Housekeepers by Alex Hay  The night of London's grandest ball, a bold group of women downstairs launch a daring revenge heist against Mayfair society in this dazzling historical novel about power, gender, and class.