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"Library Spotlights"

• Great Presenters Series
  Gene Cosloy's program, "THE SHAKERS AND THEIR FURNITURE" has been rescheduled to Thursday, May 20, at 7:30pm. New Location: Town Building Large Hearing Room Learn More
  
  
• Celebration of the Arts Concert Series
  This year the Wayland and Sudbury Libraries teamed up to offer a spring concert series featuring classical and jazz performers. Our last concert, featuring classical pianist Donald Berman will be on Sunday, May 23, at 3pm at the Goodnow library. Learn More
  
  
• Spring Book Sale
  The Friends of the Wayland Book and Bake Sale has been relocated to the Large Hearing Room at the Wayland Town Building. The rescheduled dates are: Saturday, May 15, 10am to 4pm and Sunday, May 16, 12:00-4:00pm. with a Members-Only Preview on Friday, May 14, 6-8pm. This year, because of the flood, donated books can only be accepted at the Large Hearing Room on May 12 & 13. Learn More
  
  
• Impressionists with Judy Schurgin
  Judy's last program was rescheduled for May 17 at Traditions of Wayland. Learn More
  
  
  
  
• More Mango Languages
  NEW! "Mango Basic," designed to teach beginners simple, practical, and polite conversation skills. Mango Basic languages include Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew, Hindi, Irish, Korean, Pashto, Urdu, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, & various ESL courses. Try it!
  
• Author Jenna Blum
  On Monday evening, Feb. 22, Jenna Blum, author of Those Who Save Us, will be at the library on March to talk about her work. Ms. Blum's new novel, The Stormchasers, is scheduled to be published this May. Learn More
  
  
• Chanoff to give Gossels Program
  SASHA CHANOFF
  Executive Director of Mapendo International will speak about his experiences launching rescue efforts that have saved over 5,000 lives in Africa during the last decade. Funded by the Gossels Fund for Human Dignity. Learn More
  
  
• Create a library "Wish List"
  When you are browsing the library catalog, you can now make a "Wish List" of books, movies, and CD's that that you want to remember to check out in the future. To see it later, just log in to your library account! Learn More
  
  
• Foreign Film Series
  Our Foreign Film Viewing Group meets regularly. The next film, on Monday, September 21, at 7pm, will be "THE STORY OF QIU JU." Check out the online schedule.
  
  
• Dolls by Rita Hernandez
  Drop by our exhibit case and marvel at the fabulous hand-made dolls by award-winning fabric artisan, Rita Hernandez. One of her dolls is now on tour around the U.S.! Some of the dolls are based on children's book and folktale characters.
  
  
• Morningstar online
  An online subscription that contains comprehensive, up-to-date financial information on stocks, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and industries. Available to people with a Wayland Library card. Learn More
  
  
• Learn a language!
  Wayland residents with a library card can now learn a new language from home. Mango is an online language learning system that teaches conversation skills for twelve different languages. Try it!
  
  
• Summer Reading Club
  KIDS! Sign up online for our Summer Reading Club! Read lots of good books and enjoy the many fun activities we've planned.  Learn More
  
  
• "Playaway" Audiobooks
  Listen to one of your favorite audiobooks on one of our "Playaways." These simple devices are lightweight, compact players that come with an audiobook already downloaded. You can find them in our catalog or by browsing our audiobooks section!
  
  
• College grads—Looking for a job?
  Job Coach Mitch Bornstein, Ph.D., of Career Treking will be at the library on Tues., June 16, at 7:30pm to talk to college students and recent graduates about strategies for identifying and finding the right job in this difficult employment market.  Learn More
  
  
• Adult Programming Survey
  We're trying to find ways to make our library programs for adults even better. Help us out by taking a five-question survey. We promise it will quick and painless! Take the Survey
  Click here to evaluate our programs
  
  
• Shakespeare Series
  Our annual Shakespeare Festival is underway. This year's theme is "Shakespeare Means Trouble." Learn More
  
  
  
• MERULLO IN WAYLAND
  WAYLAND READS welcomed Roland Merullo, the author of Breakfast with Buddha, to Wayland last Sunday. This was the highlight of our town's first community reading program. We would appreciate feedback: Take A Survey
  
  
• Stone Wall Presentation
  UConn Professor Robert M. Thorson to talk about the history of New England stone walls, with an emphasis on eastern Massachusetts. Co-sponsored by the Wayland Historical Society. Learn More
  
  
• Last Lion
  Meet Boston Globe writers BELLA ENGLISH and DON AUCOIN as they talk about writing LAST LION: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy with a team of writers from the Globe. Learn More
  
  
  
• Legends of the Trojan War
  Frank Smith will present a series on "The Legend of the Trojan War in Literature and in Art." Dates: Mondays, Feb. 23 to Mar. 30, 1pm. Learn More
  
  
  
• Let Go & Lighten Up with Lisa Wessan
  How do you deal with stress in your daily life? Learn how to shift your focus & about the physiological, psychological, and spiritual benefits of daily laughter. Learn More
  
  
  
• Four Famous Trials with Gary Hylander
  The "Four Famous Trials" presented by historian Gary Hylander has been rescheduled. This series is funded by our Lifelong Learning Grant. The next program will be on the Lindbergh kidnapping and will be held at the Senior Center. New Dates & Times
  
  
• Foreign Film Series
  Our Foreign Film Viewing Group meets regularly. The next film, on Thursday, 2/12 at 7pm, will be the Russian film "Italianetz." Check out the online schedule.  Learn More
  
  
• Spanish Art with Judy Schurgin
  This January, join art educator Judy Schurgin to learn more about a few of the renowned artistic masters of Spain. We'll be discussing El Greco, Velazquez, and Goya. Learn More
  
  
• Arts/Wayland Craft Fair
  Arts/Wayland is having a Craft Fair with 20% of proceeds to benefit the library. Do some holiday shopping while helping the library! Sunday, December 14, from 2-5pm in the Raytheon Room.   Learn more
  
  
• "Santa Claus in Baghdad" screening
  Special showing of a film inspired by a book originally discovered at our library by film director Raouf Zaki!  Q&A with Zaki to follow. Thursday, 12/11, 7:30pm  




• Friends of the Library Book & Bake Sale
  The Friends of the Wayland Library will hold their annual Book and Bake Sale on the weekend of November 8 and 9 with a special preview for Friends only on Friday evening, 11/7. Learn More
  
  
• Getting Inspired, Staying Inspired
  Poets Mary Pinard and Moira Linehan will read from their recent poetry and talk about techniques and strategies they use to generate new material as well as "keep a good thing going." Discussion to follow. Learn More
  
  
• Gossels Fund Lecture
  Writer, blogger, and cultural commentator Ta-Nehisi Coates was at the Wayland Middle School on Sunday, 10/19, at 4pm to give the Library's annual Gossels Fund for Human Dignity program. Learn More
  
  
• The roof project
  The roof project is esssentially complete now; we're now just waiting for the roofing company to fix a few things on the "punch list."
  
  
• Jewish Literature Discussion Group
  We are having another series of discussions on Jewish Literature. This year we'll examine the theme of "Neighbors: The World Next Door." Learn More
  
  
• Foreign Film Series continues
  Our Foreign Film Viewing Group meets regularly. The schedule is online
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• Survey for 45+ adults
  Our survey for older adults is now online and also available in print at the library. Please participate! We need your help to get even better.
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• Shakespeare Series
  Our annual Shakespeare Festival has begun. This year's theme is "Shakespeare and Good Judgment." Learn More
  
  
  
• "Playaway" Audiobooks
  Now you can listen to your favorite audiobooks on one of our "Playaways." These simple devices are lightweight, compact players that come with an audiobook already downloaded. You can find them in our catalog or by browsing our audiobooks section!
  
  
• National Library Week
      The third week of April this year was National Library Week, a time to celebrate the contributions of libraries, librarians and library workers in schools, campuses and communities nationwide - and the perfect time to discover how you can join the circle of knowledge @ your library.
  
  
• Library cited as "Employer of the Year"
  On 4/1/08 a Clubhouse Coalition award was presented to the Wayland Library at the State House. Learn More