Special Events/Announcements
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.
Library Closed
Monday, June 19
The library will be closed on Monday, June 19 for Juneteenth. Also known as Freedom Day and Emancipation Day, Juneteenth is a national holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the United States.
Celebrate Juneteenth on Hoopla
In June, we celebrate the end of slavery in America on Juneteenth. Check out a host of great materials for all ages from audiobooks and ebooks to films FREE with your library card on Hoopla!
Celebrate PRIDE on Hoopla
June is national PRIDE month! Celebrate PRIDE on Hoopla with a host of eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital films/TV shows. Click here to browse and check something out today for FREE!
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!
Paint Your Pet
Thursday, June 29 at 6:00pm
Create a portrait of your family pet with watercolor artist Nancy Roman. No experience necessary, ages 18 and over. Bring a 5x7" photo of your pet (a close-up of their face is best). Don't have a pet? Choose a photo provided by the instructor!
Nancy Roman is a Connecticut portrait artist who has conducted watercolor workshops throughout the region for several years. Register here!
Recurring Events
New Yorker Roundtable
Tuesdays, June 6, 13, 20, & 27
10:45 a.m. 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
Book Discussions
Thursday, June 8, 10:45 am (Hybrid) Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
Friday, June 16, 11:00 am (Hybrid) Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Wednesday, June 28, 7:30 pm (Zoom) The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
To reserve a copy of the book, please email kbennett@westonct.gov If you would like to join either group virtually, please email westonlibrary@westonct.gov for the Zoom link.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Weston Public Library
Cookbook Club
Monday, June 12
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.
Sip and Stitch
Thursday, June 15
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.
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.
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 westonlibrary@westonct.gov for more information.
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!
Librarian Picks June Releases
What new releases are librarians most looking forward to in June? Check out the selection below from Weston's Adult Services Librarian, Anne.
Avoid the rush and place your holds early at www.westonpubliclibrary.org.
Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan The ultimate summer nostalgia read, about an engaged woman who comes face to face with her first love who she hasn't seen in fourteen years, but who she spent every summer with from age five to seventeen when he broke her heart, calling into question everything she thought she knew about their love story, and herself.
Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See Sent into an arranged marriage, Tan Yunxian, forbidden to continue her work as a midwife-in-training as well as see her forever friend Meiling, is ordered to act like proper wife and seeks a way to continue treating women and girls from every level of society in 15th-century China.
Return to Valetto by Dominic Smith The story of an heir's return to an abandoned town in Italy, the secrets of the family who stayed, and the long shadow of fascism and collaboration in World War II.
Loot by Tania James Set in 18th-century India, England and France, this sweeping novel follows gifted woodcarver Abbas who embarks on a perilous journey to retrieve the giant wooden tiger he created for Tipu Sultan from an estate in the English countryside, where it is displayed in a collection of plundered art.
I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore A teacher visits his dying brother in the Bronx and gets swept into a mystery involving a journal from the 19th century stolen from a boarding house.
