LIBRARY CLOSED MONDAY, MAY 21
The library will be closed during the day from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Monday, May 21, to allow the full library staff to participate in the process of creating a long-range plan for the next five years. The library will re-open that evening at 6:00 p.m.
WAYLAND READS POETRY IN 2013!
Planning for the next Wayland Reads community-wide reading event is underway. The Wayland Reads theme for 2013 will be poetry. If you have ideas or suggestions or would like to help plan programming for Wayland Reads Poetry 2013 please contact Ann Knight at the Library or Sally Cartwright at sallycartwright@comcast.net.
EMPLOYMENT WORKSHOPS
On several Saturday mornings this spring the library will be sponsoring employment workshops with Senior Employment Specialist Gary Gekow to help people kick-start their job searches. The second workshop will be from 10:30-12:30 on Saturday, May 5, and will focus on cover and thank-you letters. Workshops held on May 12 and 26 will address interviewing and salary/benefits negotiation.
MAKING MUSIC WITH ELLEN HOFFMAN
Ellen Hoffman will be coming to the library in May to offer some of her popular “Making Music” programs. Ellen mixes rhythm and reading, instruments and imagination, and music, and movement for 45 minutes of musical fun! She’ll be at the library on Thursday, May 17, at 10:30 a.m. for ages 2-3. For more information, contact the Youth Services Department at 508-358-2308. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Wayland Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
HELPING TO HEAL THROUGH THE VISUAL ARTS
On Tuesday, May 15, Pamela Allara, Associate Professor emerita at Brandeis will talk about her work with the Paper Prayers program in Johannesburg. Her topic will be “Helping to Heal: Combatting HIV/AIDS Through the Visual Arts in South Africa.” Ms. Allara was a Senior Fulbright Scholar at the Technikon Witwatersrand in Johannesburg from 2000-2001 and continues to write about and to curate exhibitions of contemporary South African art.
SHAKESPEARE WITH HELEN WHALL
Professor Helen Whall has returned this spring for our annual Shakespeare Festival on Tuesdays this spring at 7:30 p.m. This year’s theme is “Following Falstaff.” The next plays to be discussed will include are Henry the Fourth, Part II (5/8) and The Merry Wives of Windsor (5/22).
NAVIGATING THE PATH TO INDEPENDENCE
In the next program in our series for adults with disabilities and their families, Wayland resident Deborah Harrison will take a look at the effectiveness of life skills coaching for adults with disabilities. The title of her talk is “Time Management, Organization, and Communication Skills Training for Adults with Disabilities.” As a life and career coach and case manager for adults with disabilities, she works with clients to explore options for feeling more effective in their personal and work lives. Important keys to successful independent living involve a certain level of self-awareness, self-motivation, and self-monitoring abilities for managing time, organizing one’s life, and using effective communication skills. Deb is a licensed and certified speech-language pathologist, with over 25 years of experience treating speech, language, and communication disorders in a variety of clinical settings. Monday, May 21, at 7:00 p.m.
WRITING WORKSHOP
Attention recreational writers. The library is considering hosting a self-directed memoir/short story writing group to meet either once or twice a month at the library, schedule permitting. The group could be as small as four or as large as eight. If you are interested in participating in this type of group, please contact Maxine Weintraub at maxinebernice@comcast.net or the library at wayland@waylandlibrary.org. Happy writing!
BRAWERMAN PHOTOS
The May exhibit in the library foyer features recent photographs by George and Ruth Brawerman. Their work includes pictures taken in the local area as well as on Cape Cod and in the Sarasota area of Florida. George and Ruth are particularly interested in summer and early fall shapes and colors.
ARTS/WAYLAND ART SHOW
Arts/Wayland members will have an art show in the Raytheon Room during May. The public is invited to join members of Arts/Wayland for an artists’ reception at the exhibit on Sunday, May 20, from 2:00-4:00 p.m.
EXHIBITORS NEEDED
Are you an artist or a photographer who enjoys sharing your work with others? If so, we have openings in our exhibit schedule for the Raytheon Room this summer during July and August.
If you are interested in exhibiting your work there, please call Jim Zebrowski at the library at 508-358-0834.
