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 Wayland Library programs and services. The sale will be held in the Large Hearing Room in the Wayland Town Building, 41 Cochituate Road.
Honeybees & Beekeepers
Katrien Vander Stræten will be in the Raytheon Room on Tuesday, May 7, at 7:30 p.m. to talk about local honeybees and beekeeping for our last Great Presenters program of the season. Out of concern for the honeybee, a species that is crucial to our food production but that has seen sharp declines, Kaat started with one hive in 2010 and now has three hives in her backyard in Wayland. Noticing the interest in bees, she put a small ad in the Town Crier calling all beekeepers and bee enthusiasts, resulting in the BEElieve group. The group grew quickly, resulting in 5 new “beeks” and 8 new colonies in its first season. The group strives to support new and veteran beekeepers, to regrow the local honeybee population, and to raise awareness about the need and the plight of honeybees. Kaat will discuss all these aspects as well as some lesser known facts, and beliefs, about this gentle, hardworking insect.
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Adults
On Monday, April 29, from 7-9 p.m., Daniel Beck, LICSW in private practice (son of Aaron Beck M.D., the “father of Cognitive Therapy”), will discuss CBT for adults with emotional health disabilities, a tested and effective therapy program for many mental health disorders. CBT helps individuals learn specific thinking skills to improve their emotional health, such as identifying distorted thinking patterns and modifying limiting beliefs. The goal of CBT is to gain a greater measure of control over the emotional aspects of their lives.
Wrap Bracelet Workshop with Norma Radoff
Norma has taught many jewelry classes at the library, but never a wrap bracelet workshop! On Saturday, May 11, at 2 p.m., learn how to use leather and beads to make beautiful, fashion forward single wrap bracelets. Don’t know what a wrap bracelet is? You can go to sites like www.chanluu.com for examples. The technique is simple enough that you may want to go home and make bracelets as gifts for your friends and family. All supplies will be provided. The class is limited to 8 students. Please sign up by calling the library at 508-358-2311 or online at waylandlibrary.org through our Event Calendar.
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, contact Ann Moses at annmoses@verizon.net or 508-358-7113. Dates for the rest of this year are May 1 and June 5.
Anchor Poem Discussions
The last discussion of our Anchor Poems will be on Tuesday, April 30, from 7-8 p.m. in the library’s Raytheon Room with Angie Corbet and Judy Hoyer. We’ll talk about any of the Anchors Poems of interest and just about poetry in general.
Shower for Shelters
For the 13th year, the Sudbury-Wayland-Lincoln Domestic Violence Roundtable will hold a virtual Shower for Shelters from Sunday, April 28 through Sunday, May 12. Families transitioning from a shelter appreciate your gift of new household items to help them establish their new homes. Unwrapped gifts (new items only, please) may be delivered to the Wayland Library. Particularly useful gifts include kitchen items, bathroom items, and bed linens.
Shakespeare with Helen Whall
This year our Shakespeare program will focus on the poetry of Shakespeare: his sonnets and the evolution of his dramatic verse. Dates will be May 14 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Raytheon Room. On May 14 we will discuss Shakespeare in relationship to the explosion of English sonnets in his day and look at the depth of his poetic contribution to the tradition of 14-line poems. On May 21 we will discuss excerpt passages from plays early, mid-period, and late to trace how Shakespeare never stopped reinventing the iambic pentameter line or ever stopped exploring how poetic techniques serve drama and drama serves poetry.
Emily Dickinson Workshop
It’s not too late to join our Emily Dickinson workshops with poet Tom Daley. The workshops continue on Thursdays April 25, May 9, and May 23. Handouts of a different group of important poems by Dickinson will be distributed each week and will examine her experimental use of rhyme and meter, her literary influences, and her engagement with human relations, spirituality, and nature. Class participation, including reading of Dickinson poems out loud and learning to analyze a Dickinson poem, will be encouraged.
Favorite Poem Reading
Some of the people who submitted poems to our Favorite Poem Project, will read those poems at 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, in the library’s Raytheon Room. Come hear some of your neighbors read their favorite poems aloud.
Field Trip to Forest Hills Cemetery
As part of Wayland Reads Poetry, on Saturday, May 4, at 9 a.m. we will gather in the library parking lot to carpool to a 10 a.m. tour of Forest Hills Cemetery. We will take a guided walking tour of one of the finest examples of the garden cemetery in the U.S., founded in 1848 and set among the jewels of Boston’s Emerald Necklace. Discover the picturesque final resting place of poets e.e. cummings and Anne Sexton, as well as many other prominent Bostonians.
May Bookgroups.
Our evening group will meet on Monday, May 6, at 7 p.m. to discuss The Good Wife by Stewart O’Nan. Our noontime group will meet on Friday, May 10, at noon to discuss Spartina by John Casey. Both groups meet in the Raytheon Room and new members are always welcome.
