SUMMER HOURS
Weekend summer hours start on Saturday, June 22. During the summer we will be open from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturdays and closed on Sundays. The library will be closed on Thursday, July 4, for Independence Day.
SUMMER READING FOR TEENS
The theme for the Teen Summer Reading for youth in grades 6-12 is “Beneath the Surface.” All teens who register for Beneath the Surface and write one original review will get a gift card to Frozen Yogurt Innovations in Wayland. All participants will also be entered into a raffle for a gift basket of prizes! The raffle will be drawn at a Pizza Party for Teens on Wednesday, August 14. Registration for the program is online at our website and begins on Thursday, June 27.
SUMMER ART WORKSHOPS WITH CECILIA SHARMA
This summer the library will be offering some free summer art workshops for adults and serious older teen artists. On Tuesday, July 23, and Wednesday, July 24, from 1-3 p.m., the library will offer two free painting workshops with artist Cecilia Sharma. For more information and to register, please go to our online event calendar at waylandlibrary.org or by calling 508-358-2311. Please register for only one workshop.
MIDDLESEX SAVINGS BANK DONATION
The newly opened branch of the Middlesex Savings Bank is demonstrating its support of libraries by a donation program to benefit the Friends of the Wayland Public Library. For the first 60 days after the branch opens, the bank will donate $50 to the Friends for every account opened. A great opportunity to support both a local business and the library!
Friends’ Award Goes to SAMUEL GOLDBERG
Congratulations to Samuel Goldberg, this year’s winner of the Friends of the Wayland Public Library Award. The Friends present this award annually to a graduating Wayland High School senior who has demonstrated intellectual curiosity and a love of literature and reading throughout his or her high school career. The recipient was chosen by the Wayland High School English Department and the award was presented during the Senior Awards Ceremony in June.
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.
JUNE ART EXHIBITS
During June the Raytheon Room exhibit is called “Expressions of Reality” and includes paintings by Judy Bennett and Dawn Randall. The foyer exhibit contains photography by George and Ruth Brawerman. Our lower level display case is dedicated to all sorts of wonderful, artistic pop-up books.
KIDS, “DIG INTO READING” THIS SUMMER!
Summer is here and Children’s Librarian Pam McCuen has been visiting schools to tell kids how they can participate in this year’s summer reading program. Our theme this year is “Dig Into READING.” Registration begins next week on Thursday, June 27. You can sign up at the library (and get a “Dig into READING” goodie bag) or online at the children’s section of waylandlibrary.org. All participants will be 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.
SUMMER READING KICK-OFF MAGIC SHOW
Our summer reading “kick-off” will be on Thursday, June 27, at 1:30 p.m. and will be a magic show called “Dig Up Clues at the Library,” led by magician Greg McAdams and his trusty dog, Axel. Kids are invited to help super sleuth Greg and his canine companion solve the case of the missing library card. Nonstop magic, comedy, and audience participation will keep both children and adults laughing. For ages 4 and up.
MORE SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR KIDS…
There will be other great programs throughout the summer, including a performance of “Digging Dinosaurs and other Tales” by storyteller Diane Edgecomb on Tuesday, July 23, 2013, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. and an Australian music performance from Down Under by Didgeridoo on Tuesday, August 6, 2-3 p.m. Creature Teachers will be at the library on Friday, July 19, from 1:30-2:30 p.m. to teach us about “Diggin’ Critters.” Kids will also make Mummy Masks on Tuesday, July 30, from 2-3 p.m. with an art educator from Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts.
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. 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.
