HOLIDAY HOURS. The Library will be closed for Memorial Day on Monday, May 27.
READ TO TUGGER, THE BEAGLE. Kids can sign up to read to our visiting beagle Tugger, a reading therapy dog on Saturday, May 25, 1-2pm. Sign up for a 15-minute slot by calling the Children’s Room at 508-358-2308.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BOB OLSHANSKY. “Seeing the Light.” An exhibit in the library’s foyer this month, consists of seven landscape photographs taken by Olshansky over the past few years. They were taken either early in the morning or late in the day when natural light and colors can be most compelling.
ARTS/WAYLAND SPRING SHOW. During May, Arts/Wayland presents their annual spring show in the Raytheon Room. There will be an artist reception on Sunday May 19, from 2-4pm to which the public is invited.
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPS. On Monday, June 3, at 7 p.m. our Evening Book Group, led by librarian Andy Moore, will discuss Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward. On Friday, June 7, at noon our Noontime Book Group, led by Assistant Director Sandy Raymond, will be discussing Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks. New members are always welcome at both of our groups and books for discussion on available at the main circulation desk.
COLLEGE PLANNING WORKSHOP. On Wednesday, May 22, at 7 p.m., the company College Planning Strategies is presenting a free college planning workshop in the library’s Raytheon Room. For more information, contact Ron Foisy.
Wayland’s GIS System: Learn What It Is and How To Use It. On Monday, June 24, at 7 p.m., Brendan Decker, the Town of Wayland’s GIS Specialist will give a talk on the town’s GIS system and how residents can use it to interact and manipulate data to identify features, measure distances, and use map layers to display a variety of geographic features. Learn how to create maps with text, save the maps, and print them out. Decker will show us how to query the system using ownership, address, or parcel ID data to get information on specific properties. He’ll demonstrate other system features that allow analysis of town geographic data, as well as providing useful links for obtaining town-related geographic information. The talk will conclude with a discussion of future directions for the town’s GIS service, and there will be time for Q&A. Mr. Decker is a certified GIS Professional with a B.S. in analytical cartography from the Ohio State University and 15 years of GIS job experience in both the public and private sectors.
SHAKESPEARE WITH HELEN WHALL. If it’s spring, it must be time for Shakespeare at the library! This year Dr. Whall will focus on the poetry of Shakespeare: his sonnets and the evolution of his dramatic verse. On May 14 we discussed Shakespeare in relationship to the explosion of English sonnets in his day. On May 21 we will discuss passages from plays–early, mid-period, and late–to trace how Shakespeare never stopped reinventing the iambic pentameter line and never stopped exploring how poetic techniques serve drama and drama serves poetry. 7:30 p.m. in the Raytheon Room. Challenge: bring your favorite lines from any of Shakespeare’s plays, and we will examine what gives them power.
SUMMER READING. Summer is right around the corner, and our Youth Services staff is busy visiting schools to tell kids how they can participate in this year’s summer reading program. Our theme this year is “Dig Into READING.” We will kick off our program on Thursday, June 27, at 1:30 p.m. with a magic show called “Dig Up Clues at the Library,” led by magician Greg McAdams and his trusty dog, Axel. There will be other great programs throughout the summer, including a performance of “Digging Dinosaurs and other Tales” by storyteller Diane Edgecomb and an Australian music performance from Down Under by Didgeridoo. Children are encouraged to keep track of their reading all summer, either online or on paper logs, and will be invited to an Ice Cream Bash on Thursday, August 15.
Making Music with Ellen Hoffman. On Tuesday, June 18, from 10:30-11:30am, we will offer a special program for preschoolers (ages 2-5) with Ellen Hoffman. Ellen mixes instruments and imagination, music and movement, rhythm and reading, in an engaging, interactive program.
DROP-IN SUMMER SOLSTICE CRAFT. Kids, on Wednesday, June 19, from 3-5 p.m., welcome summer by making summer solstice crafts at a drop-in program led by librarian Elise Katz. Location: Raytheon Room
INFANT MASSAGE WORKSHOP. Come to the library’s Raytheon Room on Thursday, June 20, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. to learn the art of infant massage from Sheryl White, a certified Infant Massage Instructor. Sheryl will demonstrate massage techniques for babies, ages birth to pre-crawling. Bring your baby and a soft baby blanket.
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. Our last group this year will meet on June 5.
