News and Events from the Wayland Library, November 4

 

HOLIDAY HOURS
The library will be closed on Veterans’ Day, Friday, November 11.  For the Thanksgiving holiday, the library will close at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, November 23, and re-open on Saturday, November 26, at 10 a.m.
 
Impressionist Artist Edgar Degas
Join Judy Schurgin in the library’s Raytheon Room on Thursday, November 17, at 1 p.m. for a program on the French Impressionist artist, Edgar Degas (1834-1917).  Degas captured the spirit of modern life by creating scenes of practicing ballet dancers, people sitting in cafes, horses racing, musicians performing, nude women bathing, and laundresses washing clothes.  He also created dazzling and luminous pastels, innovative prints, and sculptures of dancers, horses and bathers.  Degas influenced many artists such as Mary Cassatt, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Pablo Picasso.  After viewing many works of this incredibly influential and talented artist, you can borrow our museum pass and visit the “Degas and the Nude” exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts!
 
Sharing Artwork Online
Arts/Wayland member Pete Curran will present a hands-on technology workshop for sharing images on Flickr, Picasa, and Facebook on Tuesday, November 29, from 6:30-8:00 p.m.    Sponsored by Arts/Wayland and is open to all.  For more information, contact artnews@artswayland.org.
 
AUTISM:  A MEDICAL PERSPECTIVE
In a program on Tuesday, December 6, Ann Neumeyer, M.D., Medical Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital's Lurie Center for Autism will describe  the cardinal features of autism, as well as the number of medical and psychosocial issues that present with this disorder.  Lurie is a pediatric neurologist who grew up in Wayland, attended Wayland High School, and has returned to live here after she completed her child neurology training.  She has cared for children with autism and developmental disabilities for the past 20 years at the Lurie Center where she works to improve diagnostic and treatment options these patients.  The program will start at 7:30 p.m. in the library’s Raythoen Room.  It is the third program in this year’s Great Presenters Series.
 
SOLAR ENERGY FOR YOUR HOME
Join architect Doug Sacra and friends to learn how you can reduce your energy bills and protect the environment with affordable solar energy.  Have you ever considered going solar, lowering your energy bills while reducing your carbon footprint?  Come hear a presentation on installing solar electric and solar hot water systems in your home.  Sarah Ebbott of Sunlight Solar Energy and Doug Sacra of Maple Hill Architects will discuss solar technology and the current rebates and incentives available to Massachusetts homeowners.  Tuesday, November 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the library’s Raytheon Room. Co-sponsored with the Wayland Energy Initiatives Advisory Committee.
 
Find Us On Facebook!
The Wayland Free Public Library now has a Facebook page.  It’s one more way to find out what’s happening at our library.  Look for us at www.facebook.com/WaylandLibrary.
 
NOONTIME BOOK GROUP
The next meeting of the Noontime Book Group is at noon on Friday, November 18.  The group will be reading Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton.  This dramatic, powerful, and engrossing short novel is considered by many to be Edith Wharton’s least characteristic and most celebrated book.  For more information about this group, contact Assistant Director Sandy Raymond at 508-358-2311. 
 
GREAT DECISIONS
The next meeting of the library’s Great Decisions group will be on Friday, November 18, at 9:15 a.m. in the Raytheon Room and the topic will be “Global Governance.” 
 
PAINTINGS BY CELIA JUDGE
Well-known local artist, Celia Judge, will exhibit some of her paintings in the library foyer during November.  Celia is a Massachusetts-based impressionist-realist who paints the surrounding New England Landscape, Seascape and Cityscape.  Her paintings reflect a
traditional style of art emphasizing the romantic view of nature, children and life.  She works mainly in oils but is an accomplished watercolorist and pastelist as well.  Celia is a member of the Copley Society of Artists, the oldest art association in America, where she received the Yankee Sagendotph award.
 
WATERCOLORS BY MOLLY BEARD
Wayland artist Molly Beard will display watercolors in November in the library’s Raytheon Room.  Molly reports, “The great outdoors has been my biggest source of inspiration, recreation, and solace.  Much of what I paint is the long view, which is what my husband and I have in Maine on Swans Island and Mt. Desert.  Watercolors are a good challenge; it’s all about light and that’s what you DON’T paint.  On goal for me is to accept and be creative with what happens unintentionally with the paint and the water.” 
 

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