The Wallingford Public Library is launching a monthly film series on Saturday at 2 p.m..

The library's "Reel Conversation": will focus on documentaries that have sparked controversy. The first film in the series  is “There’s Something Wrong with Aunt Diane,” which will be shown in the library's Community Room.

 This 2011 film is about the controversy surrounding a July 2009 accident in which Diane Schuler drove the wrong way down a section of New York's Taconic Parkway before crashing head-on into another vehicle, killing herself and seven others. Toxicology tests showed that Schuler had been smoking marijuana and consumed the equivalent of 10 shots of alcohol.

 But in the film, Schuler's husband questions the accuracy of the tests and claims an undiagnosed illness caused his wife top behave in a way that was uncharacteristic.

Discussions of the films shown in the Reel Conversation series will be moderated by Quinnipiac University Professor Brooks Appelbaum.

The series continue on March 23 with the documentary “Forbidden Lie$."

The Yalesville branch of the Wallingford Public Library will be closed Jan. 15th so that new windows can be installed in the building.

Regular hours at the library will resume Jan.17th. Anyone with books due on Jan. 15th will be exempt from fines, according to library officials.


 The library branch is located at 400 Church St., across the street from the Yalesville Elementary School. Regular hours are Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m

New Year's Eve isn't the only reason to throw a holiday party. At least not in Wallingford, anyway.

The Wallingford Public Library will hold a reception on Jan. 5th to honor retiring Library Director Leslie Scherer (shown in photo at left). The reception will also celebrate the installation of The Story of Wallingford, a new tile mural at the library.

The reception will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the library's front lobby at 200 North Main St.


  Scherer announced earlier this year that she is retiring from the library after 38 years.

 Actor and audio book narrator George Guidall will speak at the Wallingford Public Library on Thursday at 7 p.m..

Guidall has narrated over 900 unabridged audio novels, including Crime and Punishment, Frankenstein, The Iliad and Don Quixote.  He was recently awarded his third Audie Award, the industry’s equivalent of an Oscar, for the best unabridged narration of a children’s book called Django.

Guidall also holds the record for receiving the most Earphone Awards for excellence in narration given by Audiofile Magazine, which has named him one of the original “Golden Voices” in the audio book industry.

  Guidall's career in the theatre has included starring roles on Broadway in such plays as Chapter Two, Cafe Crown, Alone Together, and Cold Storage. He has also received an Obie award for best performance Off-Broadway.

 For more information on this program, please contact the library at 203-265-6754.