Adult Monthly Program Calendar for February 2025

Monday, February 3, 5:30PM - 6:30PM 
Author talk with Julia Kushigian, PhD, professor 
of Hispanic studies, Connecticut College* 
Author of The Resilient Apocalypse & Positive 
Peace (2024) 
 
Tuesday, February 4, 6:30PM - 8:00PM ONLINE 
Tips to Optimize Brain Health - part 2 with  
Dr. Wendy Hurwitz* 
 
 
 
 
Wednesday, February 5, 6:30PM – 8:00PM 
Mystery Book Club 
House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz (2011)   
 
Thursday, February 6, 2:00PM- 3:00PM  
Drop-In Tech Thursdays 
This session we'll go over privacy settings for your 
social media accounts.  Please bring your devices. 
 
Thursdays, February 6, 13, 20 & 27, 7:00PM – 
8:30PM  
Let's Speak English Together! 
In the event of inclement weather, the program 
will move to Zoom. This program is generously 
funded by the Community Foundation of Eastern 
Connecticut. 
 
Fridays, 11:00AM - 12:30PM  
Scrabble Club  
This club is open to all ages 
and abilities. 
 
Monday, February 10, 7:00PM – 8:30PM ONLINE 
Speculative Fiction Book Club*   
Blue Skies by T. C. Boyle (2023)   
FEBRUARY 
PROGRAMS 
Adults 
All programs are free and open to the public.  * Registration is suggested or required. 
Access our online event calendar for more information and to register. 
Wednesday, February 19, 6:00PM - 7:00PM  
The Names behind the Songs of the '50s and '60s 
with Ronn Nagel, president, CT Record Club 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thursday, February 20, 2:00PM- 3:00PM  
Drop-In Tech Thursdays 
This session we'll go over our Hoopla and Kanopy 
streaming apps.  Please bring your devices and 
your Waterford library card. 
 
 
 
 
 
Thursday, February 20, 6:00PM – 8:30PM  
Researching Great Neck's pre-Civil War Freed 
Slaves: a continuation with John Morgan 
Refreshments at 6:00 pm with the program  
beginning at 6:30 pm.  This event will also be  
available via live stream using Zoom.  Co-
sponsored with the Waterford Historical Society. 
 
Saturday, February 22, 2:00PM – 3:30PM  
Songwriting Workshop with Joe Flood 
Have some fun with this 
event co-sponsored with  
Ukuleles by the Sea!  
 
 
 
 
Friday, February 28, 1:00PM- 2:30PM IN PERSON 
Friday Afternoon Book Club 
The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine 
Wamariya (2019)  
February Art Wall:   
Deanne L. Tomasetti 

49 Rope Ferry Rd Waterford, CT 06385 
860-444-5805 
www.waterfordpubliclibrary.org 
Please help if you can. 
Support the library and donate to our Annual fund drive. 
www.waterfordpubliclibrary.org        
All programs are free and open to the public. 
All programs are in person unless online is specified. 
 
VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALKS 
Tuesday, February 4, 2:00PM - 3:00PM ONLINE 
Virtual Author Talk with Smithsonian Curator Sabrina Sholts* 
 
Tuesday, February 11, 7:00PM - 8:00PM ONLINE 
Virtual Author Talk with Waubgeshig Rice* 
 
Tuesday, February 18, 2:00PM - 3:00PM ONLINE 
Virtual Author Talk with Lee Hawkins* 
 
Brought to you in partnership with the Library Speaker's Consortium and generously funded 
in memory of Irma Diaz-Saavedra by her family.  
FEATURED PROGRAMS: 
Our Winter Reading Challenge for all ages continues through Monday,  
February 24.  There’s still time to pick up your adult Bingo card or children’s and 
teen activity sheet and work on your challenge!  Grand Prize drawings for all ages 
will be held at the end of the day on February 24. 
Monday, February 3 
Plant Propagation Station Launch 
The propagation station is open to everyone in the community, and you do not 
need a library card to participate. Visit the station to donate, swap, or adopt!  
 
Thursday, February 13, 10:30AM - 11:30AM 
Plant Propagation: a Workshop * 
If you haven't ever propagated a cutting from your houseplant, join us for this workshop. We are pleased 
to have members of the Thames River Garden Club, President Margie Sydney, Rich Bucklin and Maryellen 
Breausseau present this program.  
Thursday, February 27, 6:30PM – 8:00PM  
2025 Great Decisions Discussion Series & Lectures* 
Thanks to funding from the Bodenwein Public Benevolent Foundation. 
This year's topics are: 
 
American foreign policy at a crossroads 
 
U.S. changing leadership of the world economy 
 
U.S.-China relations 
 
International cooperation on climate change 
 
The future of NATO and European security 
 
AI and American National Security 
 
India: between China, the West, and the Global 
South 
 
After Gaza: American policy in the Middle East