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TED Walks: …strangers talk politics

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2019/11/12/ted-walks-strangers-talk-politics/

“All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.”  – Friedrich Nietzsche Join us for a monthly TED talk viewing and discussion program! We’ll watch a TED talk for 20 minutes, discuss for 20 minutes indoors, and then, weather permitting, take a 30 minute *optional*...

The Cocoanut Grove Fire with Bob Begin

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2019/11/07/the-cocoanut-grove-fire-with-bob-begin/

Video of this program Weds, Nov 13, 7:30 pm – In November of 1942, Boston was feeling the effects of the War. The city was full of service men and women, the port was a major embarkation point for convoys to England, war related...

Learn to use the new Library Telescope!

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2019/11/07/scan-the-november-skies-using-the-new-library-telescope/

Video of this program Tuesday, Nov 12, 7pm – Learn how to use the new Library Telescope! Please plan to attend this family friendly PowerPoint presentation to learn how you can observe objects from your own backyard using a technique called star hopping and see...

Young Castro with Jonathan Hansen

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2019/11/05/young-castro-the-making-of-a-revolutionary-with-jonathan-hansen/

Video of this program Thurs, Nov 7, 7:30pm – This book will change how you think about Fidel Castro.  Until now, biographers have treated Castro’s life like prosecutors, scouring his past for evidence to convict a person they don’t like or don’t understand. This...

The Dog Went Over the Mountain with Peter Zheutlin

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2019/10/30/the-dog-went-over-the-mountain-with-peter-zheutlin/

Video of this program Wednesday, November 6, 7:30 PM – Join Peter Zheutlin, The New York Times bestselling author of Rescue Road as he embarks on a cross-country journey to take the measure of America with a loyal friend. On the cusp of turning sixty-five, Peter...

Hearing the Future in Music in Tokyo, Boston, and Berlin

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2019/10/27/hearing-the-future-in-music-in-tokyo-boston-and-berlin/

Tues, Nov 5, 7:30 pm – Join us for Ian Condry’s Great Presenters talk on “Hearing the Future in Music in Tokyo, Boston, and Berlin.” In the 21st century, musicians have faced a whiplash of technological and cultural change that as fundamentally altered the...

Hiking The Bay Circuit Trail: A Video Journal

https://waylandlibrary.org/blog/2019/10/27/hiking-the-bay-circuit-trail-a-video-journal/

Video of this program Weds, Oct 30, 7pm – Dan & Marilyn Brielmann along with Alan French will be your guides taking you along the Bay Circuit Trail, a 200 mile natural wonder that arcs around the city of Boston from Newburyport to Kingston....