WAYLAND FAVORITE POEM PROJECT
During Wayland Reads, we are participating in Robert Pinsky’s “Favorite Poem Project.” Please submit the title and author of your favorite poem to us by emailing it to waylandreadspoetry@waylandlibrary.org or submit it online via website-waylandlibrary.org. The poems can be anything from a nursery rhyme that your mother sang to you to Ogden Nash to a sonnet by Shakespeare to, as long as it means something to you. We’re planning a reading of some of these Favorite Poems at the end of April.
WAYLAND READS POETRY!
This year WAYLAND READS will focus on poetry. We will be reading, writing, studying, and listening to poetry. We’ve also invited distinguished poet Robert Pinsky to kick-off our series with a poetry reading at the Wayland Middle School on the afternoon of Sunday, March 24, at 4 p.m. Pinsky, a professor at BU, was the 39th Poet Laureate of the United States, serving three consecutive terms. His tenure was marked by ambitious efforts to prove the power of poetry as a meaningful and integral part of American life. He appears frequently on television and radio. We have invited many other notable local poets to read their poetry in Wayland during April, including 2012 National Book Award winner David Ferry, Pushcart Prize winners Jill McDonough and David Rivard, and Emerson Distinguished Writer-in-Residence Gail Mazur. If you harbor the notion that poetry is irrelevant or difficult, you need to come hear the edgy, hip, and exciting work that these modern poets produce. Please come in to the library and pick up a “Wayland Reads” pin, as well as a booklet of the “Anchor Poems” that we will be discussing this year.
CHILDREN’S POETRY WORKSHOP WITH JANET WONG
On Wednesday, April 24, at 7 p.m. renowned children’s poet Janet Wong will lead a poetry writing workshop for children ages 7 and up at the library. Check out some of her poetry online at The Poetry Suitcase. For more information about this program, call Children’s librarian Pam McCuen at 508-358-2308.
FRANK SMITH RETURNS
Attention Classics scholars! Mr. Smith will start a series of programs entitled “Classical Archaeology: Uncovering the Greco-Roman World” on Tuesday, March 5, 1-3 p.m. The class will meet five Tuesday afternoons: March 5, 12, 19, 26 and April 2. We will study the role that Classical Archaeology plays in unraveling Greco-Roman mythology and appreciate how it has illuminated the public and daily life of the Classical world. We will cover major archaeological sites from the Bronze Age to the late Roman Empire. There may be special visits from characters from Minoan Knossos to Imperial Rome who will invite us into their homes and cities. Class notes and site diagrams will be made available, as will selections from “The Mute Stones Speak” (Paul McKendrick). We will also read “The King Must Die” (Mary Renault) and “Pompeii” (Robert Harris), and it is recommended that these two books be obtained before the first class meeting. Sign up at the circulation desk.
AUTHOR GEORGE HARRAR
On Tuesday, February 26, at 7 p.m., long-time Wayland resident George Harrar will be at the library to discuss his last novel, Reunion at Red Paint Bay, as well as his other work. Reunion at Red Paint Bay is Harrar’s seventh novel. Also an accomplished short fiction writer, Harrar won the Carson McCullers Prize from Story Magazine for “The 5:22,” which was then selected for Best American Short Stories, 1999.
FITTING CAREER DEVELOPMENT INTO YOUR CURRICULUM
As part of our series of programs for special needs individuals and their families, Marci Shaffer, M. Sc., Disability Specialist at Northeastern University will discuss career development in the context of the college experience. Students with hidden and apparent disabilities utilize college career services less than peers with no known disability. College disability services offices can help students develop the essential self-advocacy and self-knowledge skills they will need to create the lives and careers they want for themselves. Monday, February 25, 7 p.m. in the library’s Raytheon Room.
NORWEGIAN WOOD/LOG CONSTRUCTION
On Tuesday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m. David Hirzel will give a program on the history of Norwegian log construction, which he investigated as a Fulbright student at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim. He extensively studied Norwegian Farm Buildings and Stave Churches dating from 1050 to the 1800s. Using photographs, plans, details and diagrams, he will explain these most beautiful and interesting architectural structures, including siting and construction perspectives. David studied architecture at Washington State University and has worked at Sasaki Associates for over 40 years.
CONROY OFFICE HOURS
Representative Tom Conroy will hold office hours in the library’s Raytheon Room on Friday, March 15, from 2-2:30 p.m.
Information Session on the Home Selling Process
So you haven’t sold a home lately? Need a review of what is required? Joanne Berry, Senior Associate at Hammond Residential Real Estate, and real estate attorney Amy Reich Weil, Partner at Kertzman and Weil and Adjunct Professor at Babson College, will present a program on Tuesday, March 19, 7-9 p.m. on the process and procedures involved with the sale of single family homes and condominiums, from pre-listing activities to transaction management and closing preparation. Topics will include: Title 5 Certification, Lead Paint Law, environmental issues, inspections, financing, and recent changes in the law. A question and answer period will follow. Location: Raytheon Room
