While high school careers are ending for seniors this time of year, college-bound juniors and their parents are just now starting to realize that the college application process is looming before them. The library hopes to make their time more productive with the seminar The College Application Year-How You and Your Teenager Can Survive Each Other on Thursday, June 2 at 7:30 p.m. Janet Bertoldi, Ph.D. examines issues many parents and their college-bound teenagers face during senior year, particularly as it relates to developmental tasks of late adolescence. Dr. Bertoldi will cover anxiety over the process itself, teenage procrastination, balancing parents' involvement, "senioritis," and handling acceptance and rejection letters. There is no charge for the program. Advance registration is suggested. Call 762-3950 or register online.
PC ClinicRoger Giler holds a PC Computer Clinic on Saturday, June 4 from 10 - 11:30 a.m. entitled Protecting Your Computer from Predators. The clinic consists of a presentation on spyware and viruses and provides ample time for Qs & As on any computer-related topics. There is no charge for the program. Advance registration is suggested. Call 762-3950 or register online.
Poetry discussionOn Sunday, June 5 from 2 - 3 p.m. Ben Van Vechten leads the discussion of The Voice in the Poem, an interactive seminar on poetry. A poetry packet is available now at the front desk to review before the session. Poems from Emily Dickinson, Thomas Hardy, Langston Hughes and others will be examined. Participants are encouraged to share their views. There is no charge for the program. Advance registration is suggested. Call 762-3950 or register online.
Annual meeting set for June 12The Wilton Library Association's 110th Friends of the Library Annual Meeting is set to take place on Sunday, June 12 at 4 p.m. The meeting will have a brief business agenda including election of officers, presentations of awards and an update on the building construction. The featured guest speaker is George Guidall, award-winning audio book narrator and actor. Following the conclusion of the meeting, hard hat tours will be made to the new expansion and a reception will be held. The public is invited to the meeting and tours. The library will close at 4 p.m. in order to accommodate the meeting. For more information, call 762-3950.
Garden literature discussedThis time of year, garden aficionados are once again able to embrace their passions. The library is offering another dimension with the seminar, Garden Literature on Tuesday, June 14 from 7 - 8:30 pm. Daryl Beyers, garden writer, lecturer and teacher at the New York Botanical Garden focuses on the topic of garden writing as a literary genre. Beyers discusses the literary realm of authors such as Jamaica Kincaid, Beverly Nichols and Karel Kapek, following how gardens and horticulture invariably inform, inspire and ultimately produce important works of literature. There is no charge for the program. Advance registration is suggested. Call 762-3950 or register online.
Medieval art and architecture exploredThe bus is scheduled and the lecturer is warming up for the Bus Trip to the Cloisters co-sponsored by the library and St. Matthew's Episcopal Church on Thursday, June 16 from 9 - 5. The Cloisters, a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is dedicated to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. Joan Kaskell, Metropolitan Museum of Art lecturer discusses The Cloisters at the library from 9 - 10 before the bus departs. The fee is $40 per person for the bus and the Cloisters admission. Lunch is not included. There is limited seating on the bus and will be done on a first come, first serve basis. Advance registration and payment is required. The bus departs the library at 10 and leaves New York by 4. Call 762-3950 to reserve space.
Reminder: The library is closed on Sunday and Monday, May 29 and 30 in observance of Memorial Day.