LIBRARY CELEBRATION PARTY. The Board of Library Trustees invites Wayland residents to an Open House celebrating the re-opening of the library on Sunday, September 12, from 2-5 p.m. after people are back from summer vacations. This will NOT be a quiet day at the library. We’ll have lively, swinging music with the Sinti Rhythm Band, a balloon artist, face painting, and refreshments. Please join us in celebrating the restoration of our library to the community.
DID YOU MISS THE LIBRARY? There are notebooks both upstairs and downstairs in which library users can write their thoughts on missing local library services. If you treasure your local library and value local library services, please contribute your thoughts to the notebook. If you want to share
PICK UP YOUR RESERVES IN WAYLAND. Reminder: If you have changed the pick-up location for your reserved items to a neighboring library, you will want to change it back to the Wayland Library. You can do this yourself online through you library account or you can call the library with your library care number, and we will do it for you.
NEW LIBRARY HOURS. Due to budget reductions in FY11, we are now closing at 6 p.m. on Thursdays and 5 p.m. on Fridays. As usual, our weekend hours in the summer are 10-1 on Saturdays and closed on Sundays. We will be closed over Labor Day weekend, and we will resume our regular weekend hours (Saturday 10-5 and Sunday 2-5) after Labor Day. Information about our hours is posted at waylandlibrary.org.
BOOK DONATIONS. Due to our construction project, the Friends have not been able to collect books for their semi-annual fall book and bake sale during the last few months. If you have books that you are willing to donate to the Friends, please drop them off in the lower level of the library any time the library is open.
ART EXHIBITS. This year’s annual fall exhibit by the Sudbury Valley Nature Photographers entitled A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW will feature the work of 21 local photographers, with an emphasis on photographs which involve uncommon approaches to photographing commonly-photographed nature subjects. The reception on September 19 from 2:30-4:30pm will include several brief “gallery talks” by some of the exhibiting photographers, beginning at 3:15.
In the foyer Alice Shafer is exhibiting her photographs.
LIBRARY EVENING BOOK GROUP RETURNS. Monday, October 4 is the first date for this year’s evening book group. The title up for discussion is Go With Me by Castle Freeman, Jr. The Vermont hill country is the stark, vivid setting for this gripping and entertaining story of bold determination. As the local villain makes life hell for a young woman from parts elsewhere, she resolves to fight back, aided by a pair of unlikely allies –a crafty old-timer, and a powerful but naive youth. Backed by a Greek chorus of locals, they set off on a dangerous quest to confront her tormentor. The book group will meet on the first Monday of each month in the Raytheon Room at 7:30. All books can be obtained through the Minuteman Library Network and most are available in paperback. Join us for conversation, coffee, and cookies.
BUILD-A-BUG ROBOTICS WORKSHOP! Wednesday October 6 from 3:00-5:00pm. In Build-A-Bug students learn about simple machines, gears and energy while working in pairs to construct a LEGO bug built from our kits. (Students do not take LEGOS home.) For children in grades 3-5 only please. Led by the Children's Technology Workshop Registration is required, you may register online or by calling 508-358-2308.
HALLOWEEN TALES with TONY TOLEDO! Thursday Oct 28 from 4-5pm Ages 5 and up. More information coming soon!
STORYTIME begins October 26. Tuesdays at 10:30 am. All ages, no registration. All programs are drop in unless otherwise noted. Children 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Please call (508) 358-2308 or check our website for updates. www.waylandlibrary.org
BEGINNING PRINTMAKING. Explore the art of print making with artist Margaret Hennessy on Saturday, September 25, from 2-4 p.m. Maggie has a strong back ground in printmaking and is currently studying at Mass Art. The “take-away” from the workshop will be a set of printed cards. Sign up through our event calendar at waylandlibrary.org.
“ARTISTS OF PLACE” WITH JUDY SCHURGIN. On Friday, September 24, October 1, and October 15 from 1-2:30 p.m. Judy Schurgin will present an art history series entitled “Artists of Place.” Throughout many decades landscapes by artists, including Claude Monet, Winslow Homer, and Georgia O’Keeffe, have been inspired by particular places located near their homes. The series will focus on the lives and works of these innovative and influential artists. View landscapes of their favorite places, including Giverny, Prout’s Neck, and Abiquiu. We will start learning about Monet on September 24. There is a sign-up sheet on the adult circulation desk.
ESOL TUTOR TRAINING CLASS. Training classes for new ESOL tutors are scheduled for five Wednesday evenings from 6-9 p.m., starting on September 29. If you are interested in participating or have questions, please contact Ginny Steel, ESOL Program Director, at 508-358-7517.
GREAT PRESENTERS SERIES. This year we have once more organized a series of programs by local experts. The series will start on the evening of Tuesday, October 5. Wayland resident Bill Haney will present a program entitled “Roll 'Em: Making Movies that Make a Difference.” Bill, a writer, producer and director, will give us a behind-the-camera glimpse at what it takes to bring an idea to life on the silver screen. He will screen one of his recently produced films and will lead a discussion about how he turned to filmmaking, chooses and researches his subjects, and the processes necessary create a finished documentary. Bill is the co-founder and Partner of Uncommon Productions, a documentary and feature film production company with offices in Waltham, MA and Los Angeles. Bill is also the co-founder and President of Blu Homes, an ecologically-friendly prefabricated home builder head-quartered in Waltham, and co-founder and a current board member of World Connect, a MA-based nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health and well-being of women and children in under-resourced communities.
AUTHOR ERIC JAY DOLIN. On Tuesday, October 19, at 7:30 p.m. author Eric Jay Dolin (author of Leviathan) returns to Wayland to talk about his newest book, Fur, Fortune, and Empire. In the book he shows how the fur trade, responding to the demands of “Old World” fashion, sparked controversy, fostered economic competition, and fueled wars among the European powers, as North America became a battleground for colonization and imperial aspirations. Characterized by prodigious research, the book has been described by reviewers and scholars in such terms as “stunning,” “riveting,” “fascinating,” “superb,” and as being “filled with scholarly grace.” Learn more at ericjaydolin.com. This event is co-sponsored by the Wayland Historical Society.
DON GIOVANNI WITH PHIL RADOFF. Opera buff Phil Radoff will present two programs on Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” on Wednesdays, November 3 and 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the library’s Raytheon Room. Watch for more information soon.
