HOLIDAY HOURS
The library will close at 12 noon on Wednesday, December 24, and be closed all day December 25. On New Year’s Eve, Wednesday, December 31, the library will close at 3 p.m. and remain closed on New Year’s Day, Thursday, January 1.
OPPOSITE OF LONELINESS WINS GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD!
We are so pleased to announce that this year’s Wayland Reads selection, “The Opposite of Loneliness” by the late Marina Keegan, a life-long Wayland resident, has won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Non-Fiction published in 2014. The Wayland Reads Committee this year includes Marina’s parents, Kevin and Tracy Keegan. We are excited to be planning a series of programs for March that will allow us to focus on Marina’s promising and inspiring writing.
3D DESIGN CLASSES
In December, the library is offering some 3D Design classes in Tinkercad that are already all filled up! However, on January 10 from 2-4 p.m., 3D artist Eric Carlsen will be at the library to offer an introductory workshop on using Blender software to design 3D objects. Blender is very rich program and is not as simple to use as Tinkercad. People who register for this program should be at least 14 years of age and have very strong computer skills. Participants will design a small structure to be printed on the library’s 3D printer. Registration is required and places are limited. Register through our online calendar at waylandlibrary.org.
3D INTEREST GROUP: CALLING ALL MAKERS!
Are you a teen or adult interested in 3D design or 3D printing? The library staff wonders if there is enough interest in this subject in town to form an interest group that could meet at the library to figure out how our town could participate in the Maker Movement culture. If you are interested in this, come to the library’s Raytheon Room at 1 p.m. on January 10 and let’s start talking! If you can’t make it then, but are still interested, feel free to email Library Director Ann Knight at aknight@minlib.net.
SOCIAL MEDIA MORNING
Join Reference Librarian Matt Amory for an introduction to communication over Social Media for the (relatively) inexperienced on Friday, December 12, at 10-11 a.m. We’ll briefly look at Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Tumblr and Pinterest.
MIDDLE SCHOOL ART EXHIBIT
At the Wayland Middle School art students are asked to consider the following questions: How do we make marks? Why do we make marks? How do we leave our mark? Art Lab students are invited to make mistakes, get messy, and find meaning. They are learning to appreciate failure, celebrate resilience, and create with confidence. The exhibit in the library’s Raytheon Room this month, which was organized by art educator Pete Curran, represents the diligent mark-making of our talented and expressive Middle School art students, completed over the course of the first semester.
INTRODUCTION TO THE iPHONE OR iPAD
If you can make a call and send a text, but are baffled by the rest of your iPhone or iPad, this is the class for you on Monday December 15, from 2-3 p.m. We will discuss how to use airdrop, organizing the icons on your screen, how to download an app, save on battery life, and other basics of these versatile and complex devices. Remember to bring your iPhone or iPad to class.
For more information, contact librarian Marjanneke Wright at 508-358-2311 or mwright@minlib.net.
“BEING A BIOTECH ENTREPRENEUR: If You Can’t Take the Heat…”
On Tuesday, January 6, at 7:30 p.m. Wayland resident Dr. Barbara S. Fox will make a presentation about being a biotech entrepreneur. Avaxia Biologics is a Lexington biotech company developing antibody therapeutics for ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. Yet for the first five years, the company lived at a kitchen table in Cochituate. Hear the trials and tribulations of starting up a biotech company and the personal highs and lows of growing a company from scratch. Dr. Fox is the founder and CEO of Avaxia Biologics. She has a Ph.D. from MIT and 30 years of experience in academic research and biotechnology. She is a frequent speaker on entrepreneurship and particularly enjoys mentoring aspiring young entrepreneurs.
READ TO CORBYN, THE SAMOYED
On Saturday, December 6, from 10:30-11:30 a.m., children are invited to read to Corbyn, a beautiful Samoyed dog. Call 508-358-2308 to sign up for a 15 minute slot with Corbyn! Corbyn and her owner Helen, are certified through Pets and People Foundation to give read-to-a-dog programs.
DROP-IN CRAFT DATES
Children ages 4 and up are invited to make holiday crafts in the Raytheon Room with librarian Elise Katz on Wednesday afternoon, December 17, from 3-5 p.m. and also during the Town Center Holiday Open house on Sunday, December 7, from 2:30-4:30 p.m.
PARENT/CHILD BOOK GROUP
On Wednesday evening, December 10, from 7-8 p.m. the Parent/Child Book Group will talk about “Sing a Song of Tuna Fish” by Esme Codell. Each month we discuss a different book, chosen by the group. This is a group for children in fourth and fifth grade with a parent and is led by Youth Services Librarian Pam McCuen. This month we will meet in the Raytheon Room. To ask questions or to register, call the Children’s Room at 508-358-2308.
MISFIT SOCK HOLIDAY STORY AND CRAFT
On Wednesday afternoon, December 10, from 3-5 p.m., local author Karen Kiefer will talk about her picture book, “The Misfit Sock,” and teach children how to make Olaf puppets out of misfit socks. Materials will be supplied, but children might want to wear “misfit” socks to get in the spirit! Kiefer will also talk briefly about the misfit sock program she founded, which encourages children to accept people for who they are, accept differences, and avoid bullying behaviors. Co-run with the WCPA. All are welcome. For ages 3 and up. Location: Raytheon Room
BOOK GROUPS FOR ADULTS
Our book groups generally meet monthly. Upcoming dates are:
Evening Book Group
- Monday, January 5, at 7 p.m., “The World Without You by Joshua Henkin”
Armchair Travel Book Group
- Wednesday, December 10, at 11:30 a.m., “Better than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers” by Lonely Planet editor Don George
- Wednesday, January 14, at 11:30 a.m., “The Longest Road” by Philip Caputo
Noontime Book Group
- Friday, December 12, at 12 noon, “How It All Began” by Penelope Lively
- Friday, January 9, at 12 noon, “The Lowland” by Jhumpa Lahiri
Non-Fiction Book Group
- January book to be announced soon.
New members are always welcome at any of our groups!
NEEDLEWORK/HANDWORK GROUP
Our Needlework/Handwork group, facilitated by Ann Moses, meets on the first Wednesday of each month from 10 a.m.–12 noon in the Raytheon Room. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, January 7. Check out the neat stuff members of this group have created in our lower level exhibit case.
NAVIGATING THE ELDER YEARS
On Monday, December 8, from 7-8:30 p.m. a team of specialists will present a panel discussion on Navigating the Elder Years that will be of interest to both people at that stage of life and their family members. All are welcome to this professional panel presentation and discussion. Bring your questions. Panel participants include:
Stanley L. Meyer, Esq., Megan & O’Shea LLC
Halee D. Burg, Centre for Mediation and Dispute Resolution
Karen Wasserman, LICSW, Your Elder Experts
Andrew H. Butler, Esq., Archstone Law Group, P.C.
Neil Blicher, CFP, Baystate Financial
FOYER EXHIBIT
During December the foyer contains traditional Chinese calligraphy done by Weston High School student Ruxin Shao. Ms. Shao started to learn Chinese calligraphy and brush painting with professional artists at the age of five. She is the recipient of the Gold medal of the China National Calligraphy and Painting Competition (2009), as well as the Bronze Medal of the 22nd Annual All-American Chinese Brush painting and Calligraphy Competition.
REPRESENTATIVE ALICE PEISCH’S OFFICE HOURS
Rep. Peisch will be holding office hours in the Raytheon Room on Monday, December 15, from
11:30 a.m.-12 noon.
