Category: FYI

Need help keeping track of the books you’ve read? What about the books you want to read? Check out these 5 options: Minuteman Account Reading History Patrons often ask us “can you see if I’ve checked this out already?” and, well, we can’t. To...

On August 20th, Energize Wayland and the Wayland Public Library will host a discussion of The Story of Plastic. Sign up here to get access to the film online, and then join us for the discussion. View the trailer here.  The Story of Plastic takes...

The Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s production of “The Tempest” was set to be performed on the Common this summer, but instead became one of the cultural casualties of the pandemic.  Nonetheless, the CSC has forged ahead and will present a script-in-hand virtual performance on Thursday,...

The Library of Congress began collecting motion pictures in 1893, amassing an archive that now numbers nearly 9,000.  From early work by Thomas Edison and D. W. Griffth to newsreels for Black Americans in the 1940s, from interviews with famous authors and musicians to...

Do you want to learn more about the Women’s Suffrage movement and its crucial, modern-day conversations? Join PBS Books and Scholar Martha Jones, Ph.D., to discuss her soon-to-be-released book: Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All...

As part of their Black Lives Matter: Community Read, Overdrive is making certain titles available with no wait for a month. So You Want to Talk about Race is available through July 26th. Narrated by Bahni Turpin, (who also narrated The Hate You Give...

Is this a weed or a good plant? What kind of bird dropped this feather? That’s not an Oak or a Maple, what kind of tree is it? Where did this rock come from? How old is it? Explore your backyard using these cool online identification tools:...