INSTINCT DIET TALK.  Tufts University Professor Susan B. Roberts of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and the Tufts University School of Medicine will be at the library on Wednesday, November 28, from 6-7 p.m., to discuss The Instinct Diet (or I-Diet), which gets to the heart of what scientists really know about weight loss and puts a new spin on the idea of gut feelings and nutrition. The Instinct Diet is a new scientific platform for weight control. The defining principle of this new approach is that foods and eating habits need to work easily with our instinctive neurobiology of eating. This program is sponsored by Whole Foods Market and will take place in the library’s Raytheon Room.

 

HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN.  Investigative reporter for 7News in Boston and award-winning mystery author Hank Phillippi Ryan will be here on the evening of Tuesday, November 27, to talk about her new book, The Other Woman.

 

WAYLAND AUTHOR JULIETTE FAY.  Wayland's own Juliette Fay will be at the library to talk about her latest book, The Shortest Way Home, on Sunday afternoon, December 2. In a recent starred review, Library Journal asserted, “Fay is one of the best authors of women’s fiction, and her novels are not to be missed.” Come discover for yourself what sets Juliette’s books apart.

 

BOSTON TO BARCELONA: A FAMILY AT SEA.  In 2005 Wayland resident Susie Klein, her husband, and their two sons, then aged 14 and 16, sailed their 41-foot sailboat across the Atlantic, stopping in the Azores, Gibraltar, Morocco, Spain and the Balearic Islands. The 65-day voyage was the prelude to a sabbatical year living and working in France. Susie’s intent was to share her passion for adventure and the sea with her sons and bind the family closer by escaping hectic lives ashore. With seven years’ hindsight, Susie will recount the adventure and its impact on her family. Come hear Susie tell about their exciting, and sometimes harrowing, adventures at sea. Susie’s articles have been published in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, SAIL, Cruising World and The Wayland Town Crier. She recently returned to Wayland after two years of teaching English at universities in France and now teaches ESOL at Framingham State. Location: Raytheon Room. Tuesday, December 4, 7:30 p.m.

 

HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE.  On Sunday, December 9, the Friends of the Library will provide refreshments in the library as part of the town center holiday celebrations. Children ages 4 and up are invited to drop in to make holiday crafts with Children's Librarian Elise Katz from 2:30-4:30 p.m. that afternoon in the library's Raytheon Room.

 

FUN FOR BABIES & TODDLERS.  Sandy Leifeld of the Newton Free Library will lead a special Mother Goose program onWednesday, November 28, at 10:30 a.m. Ms. Leifeld has spearheaded Mother Goose programming in libraries across Massachusetts. This participatory storytime is filled with songs, rhymes, and movement and is a must-do for babies through toddlers up to 2.5 years with a parent or caregiver.

 

GWENDOLYN GOES HOLLYWOOD.  Enjoy an afternoon program of ballet fun for budding dancers and story lovers in the family when dancers from the Dancers Workshop take center stage at the Wayland Library at 3 p.m. on Saturday, December 1. Author David Ira Rottenberg will read his new picture book, Gwendolyn Goes Hollywood, while the dancers give a ballet interpretation of the story.

 

DRIVING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.  Donna VanHelene, Occupational Therapist at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Braintree, will help answer the questions "Is my teen or adult child with a disability safe to drive?" and "What can be done to help a person with a disability be a safer driver?" She will help navigate the legal issues regarding driving and explain individual versus physician responsibilities in determining conditions that may impair driving. Monday, November 26, at 7p.m. in the library’s Raytheon Room.

 

EMPLOYMENT WORKSHOPS WITH GARY GEKOW.  The Employment Workshop on” with Gary Gekow, which was originally scheduled for October 30, had to be canceled due to no electricity at the library after the storm. Because of some conflict in Mr. Gekow’s schedule, we have had to re-schedule all of the last three workshops. New dates are as follows: “Cover and Thank You Letters,” November 20; “Interviewing,” December 11; and “Salary and Benefits Negotiation,” December 18.

 

CHILDREN’S POETRY WORKSHOPS.  Our next monthly poetry workshops for children ages eight and up will be on Wednesday, November 28, from 7-8 p.m. Children will listen to, read, and write poetry. Led by Children’s Librarian Pam McCuen.

 

EXHIBITS.  During November the Sudbury Valley Nature Photographers are having their annual fall exhibit in the library’s Raytheon Room. Also in November, we welcome back Murray and Gertrude Drobnis for their seventeenth year exhibiting photography in the library foyer.

 

NEEDLEWORK/HANDWORK GROUP.  Our Needlework/Handwork group meets on the first Wednesday of each month from 10-11:30 a.m. in the Raytheon Room. It’s a group for people to work on needlework and handwork projects together. For more information, email Ann Moses (or call her at 508-358-7113). Dates for the rest of this year are: Dec. 5, Jan. 2, Feb. 6, Mar. 6, Apr. 3, May 1, and June 5.