HOLIDAY HOURS. The library will be closed on Monday, April 15, for Patriots Day.
LIBRARY BOOK & BAKE SALE – April 27 & 28. The Friends of the Wayland Public Library will sponsor their Spring Book and Bake Sale on Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday, April 28, from 12-4 p.m. There will also be a preview for members of the Friends on Friday, April 26, from 6-8:30 p.m. Memberships will be available at the sale starting at 5:30 p.m. Sale items include delicious baked goods and thousands of quality books in good condition for children and adults. All proceeds go to support Library programs and services. The sale will be held in the Large Hearing Room in the Wayland Town Building, 41 Cochituate Road. Donations of books will be accepted during set-up in the Large Hearing Room on Wednesday, April 24, and Thursday, April 25. Donations of baked goods will be accepted from Friday until the end of the sale on Sunday. Internet book scanning devices are not permitted in the sale area. For more information, contact Anne Heller at 508-358-4515 or Pam Mauer at 508-358-5432.
So You Haven’t Sold a Home Lately. On Tuesday, April 23, from 7-9 p.m. Joanne Berry of Hammond Real Estate and Amy Reich Weil will present a program 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. Berry is a Senior Associate at Hammond Residential Real Estate and Weil is a partner at Kertzman & Weil and an Adjunct Professor at Babson College. A question and answer period will follow, and refreshments will be provided.
FABULOUS HIGH SCHOOL ART EXHIBIT. In connection with Wayland Reads Poetry, this month’s art display in the Raytheon Room features art by Wayland students that is inspired by “words.” Approximately 60 art students in grades 9-12 enrolled in Janet Armentano’s classes are showcasing their artistic efforts and talent in this exhibit. The theme is “Words and Art” and there is a large variety of media and materials displayed. Students were asked to create a work of art to express an idea or to illustrate a quote. Some developed their ideas around the quote they chose and created art to communicate the idea. Others created a piece of art and found a quote that expressed their feelings.
WAYLAND FAVORITE POEM PROJECT. Have you sent us your favorite poem yet? Are you interested in seeing what your neighbors picked as their favorites? Submit your poem through the Wayland Reads section of the library’s website. The poem can be anything from a nursery rhyme that your parents sang to you to a classic you learned in school, just as long as it means something to you. The only rule is that you cannot read a poem you or your family members have written.
MORE FAMOUS POETS COMING TO WAYLAND! Don’t miss the next four distinguished poets coming to read poetry right in our library. On April 14 at 3 p.m. we will welcome 2012 National Book Award winner David Ferry and Emerson College Distinguished Write in Residence Gail Mazur. The following week, on April 21, Pushcart Prize winners Jill McDonough and David Rivard will be here.
ANCHOR POEM Discussions. We have planned some discussions of our Anchor Poems. Times, venues, poems, and discussion leaders listed below. If time permits, other Anchor Poems may be included in the discussion. No prior knowledge of poetry is necessary to participate. Discussion dates are:
1) Tuesday, April 16, 11 a.m.-noon at Starbucks in Cochituate; “Samurai Song” Robert Pinsky & “New England Ode” Kevin Young; Leaders: Judy Hoyer and Linda Goldberg
2) Tuesday, April 30, 7-8 p.m., Library’s Raytheon Room. We’ll talk about any of the Anchor Poems and other poetry you love. Leaders: Angela Corbet and Judy Hoyer
BUGOLOGY Kids, have you every seen a giant hissing cockroach? Now is your chance! Bugworks will introduce children to all sorts of live insects big and small. Wednesday, April 17, from 2:30- 3:30 p.m. Ages 6 and up. Location: Raytheon Room
PLANTING TIME Megan Rynne from Land’s Sake Farm in Weston will give a program about planting on the farm. Children will listen to a story and then plant sugar snap peas to take home. Thursday April 18, from 2-3 p.m. For ages 5 and up. Location: Raytheon Room.
BOX CREATIONS: A CRAFT IN CELEBRATION OF EARTH DAY Kids, what can you make from a box and other recyclable materials? A robot? A train? A castle? Let your imagination run wild. You can bring your own box or use one of ours. For ages 4 and up. Wednesday, April 24, at 3 p.m. Raytheon Room.
POEMS TO PAINTINGS AND BACK A program for either kids or adults! Local author/illustrator Nancy Poydar and author/poet Nancy Tupper Ling will lead an hour-long intergenerational workshop in which participants will create poems from paintings and paintings from poems. Called Ekphrasis, this conversation between one artistic media and another is as old as Plato. We will supply all materials. Just bring your imaginations. Friday, April 19, at 2 p.m. Raytheon Room. Call 508-358-2308 to register.
KIDS’ POETRY WORKSHOP WITH JANET WONG. Janet Wong, author of more than two dozen books for children and teens will lead a poetry workshop for children ages 7 and up on April 24 at 7 p.m. Ms Wong (who has a J.D. from Yale) left the law to write for children because she has a passion for children’s literature. She has been honored with the Claremont Stone Center Recognition of Merit and the IRA Celebrate Literacy Award, speaks frequently in schools, and has performed at the White House. For more information about this program, call Children’s librarian Pam McCuen at 508-358-2308.
