LIBRARY CLOSED
The library will be closed from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Thursday, April 17, for staff in-service development. We will be open that afternoon. Also, the library will be closed on Easter Sunday, April 20, and all day Monday, April 21, for Patriots Day.
WHS YEARBOOKS NOW ONLINE
The library has digitized the Wayland High School “Reflector” yearbooks going back to 1944. Go to the Internet Archive website and type in “Wayland High School Reflector” to browse through this fun collection. You can also link to it from the library’s home page.
ZUMBA KIDS JR
Julia Walderzak of H2K Happy Healthy Kids Fitness Studio in Sudbury will lead a rhythm and dance program for children ages 2.5 to 4 years old in the library’s Raytheon Room on Wednesday, April 9, from 10:30-11 a.m.
BOOK BUDDIES
On Wednesday, April 9, from 3-3:30 p.m. come to a parent/child book group for kids in grades 1 to 3 with a parent/caregiver. This month’s books will be “Picture a Tree” by Barbara Reid and “There was a Tree” by Rachel Isadora. We will discuss the book and do a hands-on activity. Please read the books with your child before the session.
SPRING VACATION PROGRAMS
Origami artist and teacher Andrew Anselmo will teach an origami workshop for children ages 7 and up on Wednesday, April 23, from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Space is limited, so please go to our online event calendar at waylandlibrary.org to register for this workshop. On Friday, April 25, Barn Babies will be here at the library with a traveling petting zoo including a baby goat, a piglet, bunnies, chicks, ducklings, puppies and kittens. For all ages. There will be two sessions: one at 11:30 and another at 12 noon. We’ll be showing a movie on Saturday, April 26, from 2-4 p.m. Our performance rights contract doesn’t allow us to publish the title in the newspaper, but (hint, hint) it’s an animated film with a great soundtrack about a kingdom locked in winter, a brave girl who seeks to break the curse, and a funny snowman named Olaf. Popcorn will be served. For ages 5 and up. Also, kids age 4 and up can start vacation a couple days early by coming to the library on Wednesday, April 16, from 3-5 p.m. to create a drop-in spring craft with librarian Elise Katz. All programs are in the Raytheon Room.
BAKERS NEEDED!
The Friends of the Wayland Library are looking for bakers to contribute confections to the spring book sale. Baked goods attract sweet lovers of all ages to the sale and add substantially to the bottom line. This spring’s sale will be held on May 2-4. If you’re interested, please contact Anne Heller at 508-358-4515 or Pam Mauer 508-358-5432.
A YEAR IN MOROCCO WITH BARRY PELL
World traveler and photojournalist Barry Pell will be at the library on Tuesday, April 29, from 7:30-8:30 p.m. with a program about the recent year he spend teaching English in Casablanca and traveling throughout Morocco. He will take us on a journey through the country’s walled cities and their ancient markets, across the rugged Atlas Mountains with traditional Berber villages, and into the desolate and dune-covered Sahara Desert. The presentation will highlight Morocco’s exquisite historic architecture and the lives, traditions, and ceremonies of its Arab and Berber people. Mr. Pell is a world traveler and photojournalist. He has traveled widely over the past 40 years, visiting and documenting landscapes and cultures in 160 countries. He has also lived and traveled in China, eastern Europe, and north Africa. He currently lectures on international cultures at schools, universities and institutions in the Boston area.
FRANK SMITH IS BACK
Classics scholar Frank Smith has started his series on “Dante, Milton, and the Devil,” which examines the great adversary of Western literature, the Devil, as he appears in Dante’s “Inferno” and the first four books (chapters) of Milton’s “Paradise Lost.” Remaining program dates are April 8, 15, and 22.
WAYLAND AT THE DAWN OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
On April 19, 1775, over 300 men from Sudbury (modern Wayland and Sudbury) marched off toward Concord to participate in the opening battles of the American Revolution. Those 300 represented the largest contingent of men from any town to take part in the first day of the eight-year struggle for independence. Join National Park Ranger and Wayland Historical Society board member Jane Sciacca on Sunday, April 13, at 2:30 p.m. in the Raytheon Room for a Wayland perspective on this momentous event in our history. This program is sponsored by the 375th Committee.
“MOZART’S “COSI FAN TUTTE”: A GUIDED TOUR
“Così Fan Tutte” is the third and last of Mozart’s operatic collaborations with librettist Lorenzo DaPonte. The opera has moments of laugh-out-loud comedy as well as great tenderness as it explores the myths and realities of fidelity between lovers. On Wednesday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. opera enthusiast Phil Radoff will walk us through this Mozart masterpiece in advance of the Metropolitan Opera’s production in high definition at many theaters in Metrowest.
ARTISTS OF PLACE WITH JUDY SCHURGIN
Mark your calendars—Judy Schurgin will return for three Tuesday afternoons in May to talk about three important artists, Claude Monet, Winslow Homer, and Georgia O’Keeffe, who were very inspired by particular landscapes near their homes, notably Giverney, Prout’s Neck, and Abiquiu. This series will focus on the life and works of these innovative and influential artists. The first program will be Tuesday, May 6, at 1 p.m.
