WAYLAND READS PLANNING. We’ve started to think about next year’s community reading program. If you are interested in being on a committee to help choose the book and plan related programs, please email us at wayland@waylandlibrary.org or call 508-358-2311 and ask for Assistant Library Director Sandy Raymond. Participation would entail some evening meetings this spring and then some more planning meetings in the fall. We welcome community participation in planning this event!
FRANK SMITH RETURNS. Classics scholar Frank Smith will return later this month with a program entitled “Dante, Milton, and the Devil.” This course will examine 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.” Smith will discuss the characterization of the Devil in each epic as well as the art inspired by them. Participants are encouraged to read Dante’s “Inferno,” translated by John Ciardi. Any edition of “Paradise Lost” would be fine, but Mr. Smith particularly recommends the Barnes and Noble Classics edition with introduction and notes by David Hawkes. Smith was a Fulbright scholar and is the former head of the Language Department at Wayland High School. The program dates are March 25 and April 1, 8, 15, and 22 from 1-3 p.m. in the Raytheon Room.
SPARKY’S PUPPETS. Sparky’s Puppets will perform “Aesop’s Fables” on Saturday, March 29, from 2:30-3:15 in the afternoon. Watch a timid mouse rescue a huge lion. Sing along with the grasshopper and the ant. See what happens when a naughty boy cries “Wolf!” too many times. For ages 3 and up in the Raytheon Room.
PARENT/CHILD BOOK GROUP This month on Wednesday, March 26, at 7 p.m. kids in grades 4 and 5 can come to the library with a parent to discuss “Counting by 7’s” by Holly Sloan.
BOOK BUDDIES Book Buddies is a group is for children in grades 1 to 3 with a parent/caregiver that meets to discuss a book and do a hands-on activity. This month we’ll be meeting on Wednesday, March 12, from 3-3:30 and our book will be “Little Red Writing” by Joan Holub. Please read the book with your child before the session. For more information, call 508-358-2308.
POETRY WORKSHOP Our next poetry workshop for kids ages 8 and up will meet on Monday, March 31, at 7 p.m. and will be led by librarian Daryl Mark.
Zumba Kids Jr. On Wednesday, March 26, from 10:30-11 a.m., children ages 2.5 to 4 years old can join us for a rhythm and dance program led by Julia Walderzak of H2K Happy Healthy Kids Fitness Studio in Sudbury.
BabySing Express We have a special program scheduled for two Thursdays, March 13 and 20, from 10:30-11a.m. Amy Kaufman of BabySing Express will be in the Raytheon Room to lead a sing-a-long for babies and toddlers (to 2.5 years) and their parents. She will bring her mountain dulcimer!
STORYVINE & MOTHER GOOSE TIMES The Wayland Library has two parent-child preschool storytimes led by Children’s Librarian Pam McCuen. StoryVine is a story/craft hour for preschoolers ages 2.5 to 5 years that meets most Tuesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. Mother Goose Time, for babies and toddlers, is an interactive program filled with songs, rhymes, stories, and movement on most Thursday mornings at 10:30 a.m. Registration is not required for these programs.
DAVID NELSON PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT David Nelson, a twenty-year resident of Wayland, displays his photographs in the library’s Raytheon Room during March. After spending 45 years creating film and video documentary programs, Nelson has returned to the creation of personal images that reflect the beauty of the world around us, allow us to see the familiar in new ways, or invite us to contemplate something previously outside of our experience. His photos vary from scenic to still life to abstract and were made over a five-year period in various locations in the United States and Europe. Please join David at a reception for his exhibit in the Raytheon Room on Saturday, March 8, from 2-4 p.m.
FOYER ART SPACE AVAILABLE If you are a fine artist who would like to display some of your work at the library, we have several vacancies in our upcoming calendar for the space in the main library foyer. If you are interested in exhibiting, please contact Jim Zebrowski at the library (508-358-0834).
NEEDLEWORK/HANDWORK GROUP Our Needlework/Handwork group, facilitated by Ann Moses, generally meets on the first Wednesday morning of each month from 10–noon. in the Raytheon Room. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, April 2. This is a group for people to work on needlework and handwork projects together. For more information, contact Ann Moses annmoses@verizon.net or 508-358-7113. Meetings scheduled for the remainder of the year are on May 7 and June 4.
