ADULT PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS:

• English Conversation Group. Do you know someone who is learning basic English? This group is ideal for people who want to practice their English and learn about American culture. The Library’s English conversation group meets two Fridays each month from 10:30-11:30 a.m. The next two session will be held on Friday, May 12 and 26 in The Raytheon Room.
• Genealogy Program: Introduction to Swedish Genealogy Research. Saturday, May 14, 1:30-4:00pm. The Massachusetts Society of Genealogists — Middlesex Chapter monthly meeting includes a business meeting starting at 12:30 p.m. At 1:30 p.m. Marilyn O’Brien will present Introduction to Swedish Genealogy Research.
• Svaroopa – Yoga for Your Back, Monday, May 15, 11:00-Noon. Learn four simple poses you can do at home to ease back pain, gain flexibility and strength.  All you need is a chair!  Annette Biongiorno is a Certified Svaroopa Yoga Instructor teaching regular classes at Roots & Wings in Natick.  For more information, visit her website:  http://www.yogaforyourself.com/
• Lyme Disease – Could You Have It and Not Know?, Monday, May 15, 7:00-8:30pm. According to the Center for Disease Control, 300,000 new cases of Lyme Disease are identified each year.  Robert Giguere and Doug Priest of Igenex Labs will discuss the complications with current testing methods and offer possibilities for alternatives while providing background to the current understanding of Lyme Disease
• How Will I Be Remembered: How to Produce a Legacy Video, Wednesday, May 17, 7:00-8:30pm. Want to create a video to pass on to children or grandchildren?  This talk will help you understand how to write a life script, how to put your life in video chapters and how to use a video camera to produce a legacy video.  Sample videos will be shown to demonstrate different styles of histories to inspire you to create your own. With over twenty years of producing video histories, Hal Slifer brings an enjoyable and fun way to discuss how to prepare one of your own.  Besides producing videos, he is also a producer of the popular Chagigah Jewish Radio program on WERS radio in Boston
• Finding the Stories of Your Ancestors/ Using Social History to Bring Your Ancestor’s History to Life, Monday, May 22, 7:00-8:30pm. Join Pamela Guye Holland, a genealogical researcher with over 15 years of experience as she shows us how to move beyond the traditional sources of just names and dates and use social history to learn what a typical, or not so typical day, was like in your ancestor’s life. Discover where to find a variety of resources that will bring your ancestor’s history to life.
• 3D Design and Printing Workshop, Wednesday, May 24, 7:00-8:30pm. Participants will be using Tinkercad.com to design and eventually print their own personalized keychain.  Tinkercad is a fun, free, and easy to use 3D design program.  All prints will be free.  Pre-registration required. To register on your own you must be 12 or older, parents of younger kids are welcome to register and design with their children. Currently only space on the waiting list is available but more classes will be help in the future.
• Confronting Lyme with Biomagnetic Therapy: An Alternative Approach Introduction, Thursday, May 25, 7:00-8:30pm. This talk will provide an overview of Lyme disease from an alternative practitioner’s perspective including recent statistics, prevention tips as well as an introduction to Biomagnetic Therapy, a 28+ year alternative modality that uses pairs of magnets on the body.   Lyme Magnetic Protocol practitioner (and Emmy Award winning filmmaker) Alan Grazioso shares his personal and professional journey and will touch upon associated Lyme pathogens and co-infections as well as how he approaches Lyme cases in his Lexington practice.
• Author Dr Max Klau and his book, Race and Social Change: A Quest, A Study, A Call to Action,  Wednesday, May 31, 7:00-9:00pm. Join us as Dr. Max Klau presents and discusses his latest book. Recent events have turned the spotlight on the issue of race in modern America, and the current cultural climate calls out for more research, education, dialogue, and understanding. This work focuses on a provocative social science experiment with the potential to address these needs. Dr. Max Klau is a leadership development scholar and practitioner living in Boston. He currently serves as the Chief Program Officer at the New Politics Leadership Academy, a non-profit that is dedicated to recruiting and developing alumni of national service programs to seek political office. This event is presented and sponsored by the Wayland Community for Social Justice.
• Poetry Workshop, The group meets two Thursdays a month to work on writing poetry. Beginning and advanced poets welcome. The next two meetings are scheduled for Thursdays, May 18 and June 4, from 2:00-4:00pm.
• Needlework/Handwork Group, The next meeting for needlework group is June 7 from 10:00 – 12 noon. All are welcome.

MAY’S DATABASE OF THE MONTH: NEWSBANK. The Boston Metro Collection from News Bank provides current and archived newspaper articles from 123 Boston-area media sources.  News Bank is brought to you by the Town of Wayland and the Wayland Free Public Library. The link for this resource is on the library’s online resources page at:  http://waylandlibrary.org/services/beyond-books/e-resources/.

MAY’S ART DISPLAY IN THE FOYER and RAYTHEON ROOM. In the Library foyer, Florence Como, an award winning artist from Lincoln, MA, paints in watercolors, oils and acrylics.  She is a member of several artist associations including the Rhode Island Watercolor Society and North Shore Arts Association. In the Raytheon Room, Molly Beard and family present their talents in watercolors, oils, jewelry, and graphic design.

UPCOMING MAY and JUNE BOOK DISCUSSIONS FOR ADULTS. The library runs several adult book groups, and new members are always welcome. For more information about any of the groups, call the library at 508-358-2311 or visit us online at  http://waylandlibrary.org/services/your-next-great-read/book-groups/.

• Armchair Travel Book Club:  Wednesday, May 10, 11:30am-1:00pm. Join Rachel-Sideman Kurtz for a discussion on Where Am I Wearing:  A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories, and People that Make Our Clothes by Kelsey Timmerman, which intimately describes the connection between impoverished garment workers’ standards of living and the all-American material lifestyle.  On Wednesday, June 14, from 11:30-1:00pm Rachel will be discussing with the group Bill Bryson’s In a Sunburned Country.
• Clean Eating Cookbook Club:  Thursday, May 11, 6:00-7:30pm. Explore clean eating approaches potluck style!  Participants will make a recipe from a selected cookbook to share. While enjoying our homemade delights, we’ll discuss the book, its author, and what each has to offer. This month’s book:  Heart & Soul in the Kitchen by Jacques Pepin.  In June, look for a great treat on Thursday, June 8 from 6:00-7:30pm with the featured title Genius Recipes:  100 Recipes That Will Change the Way You Cook by Kristen Miglore.
• Noontime Book Group: Join Sandy Raymond on Friday, May 12, Noon-2:00pm for a book discussion centered on Lily King’s Euphoria.  On Friday, June 9 from noon-2:00pm, join Sandy and her group as they discuss Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer. With Saigon about to fall to the enemy in the waning days of the Vietnam War, a South Vietnamese general goes about the task of deciding who will be given permission to board the last flights out of the country.
• Evening Book Group: Monday, June 12, 7:00-8:30pm Join reference librarian Andy Moore in discussing, Karen Ruissell’s, Swamplandia. Against a backdrop of hauntingly fecund plant life animated by ancient lizards and lawless hungers, Karen Russell has written an utterly singular novel about a family’s struggle to stay afloat in a world that is inexorably sinking. An arrestingly beautiful and inventive work from a vibrant new voice in fiction.

BABY AND PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAMS

• Upcoming Storytimes
  • Mother Goose Time (Infants-2.5 years) Tuesdays, May 9, 16 and 23 at 10:30 a.m.
  • StoryVine (2.5 -5 years) Thursdays May 18 and 25 at 10:30am.
• Storytime with a Dog!  Thursday, May 11, 10:30-11:00 a.m. Children will listen to dog stories and have a special canine visitor! Corbyn, a beautiful Samoyed, and her owner Helen will join us.  For ages 3 and up.
• Zumba Kids Jr. Tuesday, May 30, 10:30-11:00 a.m. Rhythm and dance program for children ages 2.5 to 4 years old. Led by Julia Walderzak of H2K Happy Healthy Kids Fitness Studio.

SCHOOL AGE PROGRAMS

• Drop-in Craft: Make a Mother’s Day Card, Monday, May 8, 4-5pm. Make a Mother’s Day card with librarian Jen Smith. For ages 4 and up.
• Book Buddies, Wednesday, May 10, 2:30-3:30 p.m. This parent/child book group is for children in grades K to 2 with a parent/caregiver. May’s book is Tales of Bunjitsu Bunny by John Himmelman. We will read the book, enjoy a snack, and make a craft.  Copies of the book are available for checkout in the Children’s Room.  This program is co-run with the WCPA.
• Parent/Child Book Club, Wednesday, May 10, 7:00 p.m. This book discussion group is for 3^rd and 4^th graders with a parent.  May’s book is Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert O’Brien. This is our last meeting of this school year.
• Maker Lab: Paint a Great Wave, Wednesday, May 17, 3:00-4:00 p.m. Children will learn about the Japanese artist Hokusai and paint a Great Wave of their own.  Workshop led by Giselle from The Learning Hub.
• Tech Time: Makey Makey, Wednesday, May 24, 3:00-4:00 p.m. Do you know how to play a banana piano? Or turn on lights using playdough or a potato? Let’s get creative and use a Makey Makey to change everyday objects into something exciting! For ages 5 and up.

FOR PARENTS: Preschool Parenting Group, Tuesday, June 6, 9:15-10:15 a.m. Preschool parents are invited to come together with other parents to talk about the joys and challenges of parenting. Conversation facilitated by Dr. Dossie Kahn from Wayland Youth and Family Services. Infants and toddlers are welcome too! Please RSVP to dkahn@wayland.ma.us.