HOLIDAY HOURS. The library will close at 3 p.m. on Saturday, December 31, for the New Year’s holiday and re-open on Tuesday, January 3.
PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE OF FLOODING IN WAYLAND. On Tuesday, January 10, at 7:30 p.m. Pablo Suarez will present a program that examines the increasing risks of extreme events due to land use conversion and a changing climate. What exactly is going on? Should we be doing anything about it? Could the unprecedented spring floods of two years ago in our town center be an example of one of these extreme events? Building on lessons from history, science and each other, the audience will engage in a serious yet fun, participatory game-based activity where decisions will have consequences (with winners and losers). Pablo is Associate Director of Programs for the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre, as well as a visiting fellow at Boston University. A Wayland resident, he has worked in more than 45 countries. His Ph.D. dissertation examined Wayland's flood risk in the 21st century.
Wayland High School–Then and Now. The Wayland Historical Society in partnership with the Wayland Public Library will present “Wayland High School–Then (1855) and Now (2012)” on Sunday, January 22, in the new Wayland High School. The program will run from 2-3:30 p.m. and will cover the history of four high schools in Wayland, culminating in the opening of the fifth new Wayland High School. Through Historical Society archives and Wayland High School graduates, attendees will hear some new stories. Tours of the new buildings will be offered from 1:00-3:45 p.m. For more information, contact Jan Dunn at 508-655-9149 or Carol Repose at 508-358-0768.
Long Term Care—What's Your Plan? On Wednesday, January 11, at 7:30 p.m. Len May will present a program at the library on long-term care. Len is a graduate of MIT's Sloan School of Management, earned the Certified in Long Term Care (CLTC) designation, and is one of thirteen people in the state of Massachusetts who is authorized to offer AARP Long Term Care insurance plans. Although he does write insurance policies, the purpose of this talk is strictly to motivate people to plan for the possible need for long term care and to review the options. Products will not be discussed. The program will address the following questions: What are the long term care risks and consequences? What could long term care cost? What are the options? Would long term care insurance be appropriate for you? What should one look for in an insurance policy and company?
timebank informational program. On Wednesday, January 18, at 7 p.m., come to the library to learn more about joining or finding information about the TimeTradeCircle timebank. A timebank is a way to exchange services without charging money, and it's a way to get and give help. If you spend a few hours helping someone, you earn Timebank Hours for that service. Then later you can spend those Timebank Hours to get someone else to help you. This way you can help people with whatever you're good at and you can find people to help with what you're not good at. For more information, contact Judy Bennett at 508-650-3913.
UPCOMING BOOK GROUPS. Our Evening Book Group will be discussing Nemesis by Philip Roth on Monday, January 9, at 7 p.m. The next meeting of the Noontime Book Group is at noon on Friday, January 13, and the book to be discussed is People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks.
Madhubani Painting EXHIBIT. In January, the Raytheon Room contains an exhibit of paintings on fabric/paper by artist Sunanda Sahay based on an ancient Indian folk art tradition. Sunanda, a resident of Acton, grew up in Darbhanga, the heart of the Madhubani region in northern India. The region, part of Mithila, lies near the border of India and Nepal and carries a rich pastel of cultural legacy in art and literature. Artistic interests led Sunanda to seek out practitioners of the art from local villages and learn directly from them. Despite royal patronage, Madhubani paintings have retained their simplistic folk origins. It is a living art and visitors can see lovely murals on the clay walls of Madhubani village homes even today. Sunanda's works have stayed true to the traditional themes of mythology and social customs, and her style has not deviated from the dense, arching, and brightly colored strokes characteristic of the art. Madhubani paintings have customarily been practiced exclusively by women.
Needlework/Handwork Group. Our next monthly meeting will be on Thursday, January 12, from 10-11:30 a.m. This is a group, facilitated by Ann Moses, that meets monthly in the library’s Raytheon Room. The group is for people to work on needlework and handwork projects together.
TUESDAY MORNING STORYTIME. Morning storytimes continue most Tuesdays from 10:30-11 a.m. for ages 0-5. However Storytime will take a break over the last week of December and the first week of January.
GREAT DECISIONS. The next meeting of the Great Decisions group will be on Friday, February 17, at 9:15 a.m., and the topic under discussion will be Middle East Realignment.
Poetry Workshop. The next meeting of the Poetry Workshop will be on Wednesday, January 4, from 2-4 p.m. in the library’s Raytheon Room.
