HOLIDAY HOURS.  The library will closed on Monday, November 12, in honor of Veterans’ Day.

 

FAMILY CONCERT.  Multi-award-winning recording artist, performer, and educator Ellen Allard will give a family concert at the library on Saturday, November 17, at 2 p.m. Her concert is a fabulous mix of songs and stories that will appeal to children and adults. With a strong commitment to building community through music, Ellen has a unique, charismatic, and heartwarming way of inviting audiences to sing with her. For ages 3 and up.

 

FUN FOR BABIES & TODDLERS.  Sandy Leifeld of the Newton Free Library will lead a special Mother Goose program on Wednesday, November 28, at 10:30 a.m. Ms. Leifeld has spearheaded Mother Goose programming in libraries across Massachusetts. This participatory storytime is filled with songs, rhymes, and movement and is a must-do for babies through toddlers up to 2.5 years with a parent or caregiver.

 

GWENDOLYN GOES HOLLYWOOD.  Enjoy an afternoon program of ballet fun for budding dancers and story lovers in the family when dancers from the Dancers Workshop take center stage at the Wayland Library at 3 p.m. on Saturday, December 1. Author David Ira Rottenberg will read his new picture book, Gwendolyn Goes Hollywood, while the dancers give a ballet interpretation of the story.

 

DRIVING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.  Donna VanHelene, Occupational Therapist at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Braintree, will help answer the questions "Is my teen or adult child with a disability safe to drive?" and "What can be done to help a person with a disability be a safer driver?" She will help navigate the legal issues regarding driving and explain individual versus physician responsibilities in determining conditions that may impair driving. Monday, November 26, at 7 p.m. in the library’s Raytheon Room.

 

FALL AUTHOR VISITS.  Investigative reporter for 7News in Boston and award-winning mystery author Hank Phillippi Ryan will be here on the evening of Tuesday, November 27, to talk about her new book, The Other Woman. Wayland's own Juliette Fay will be at the library to talk about her latest book, The Shortest Way Home, on Sunday afternoon, December 2.

 

EMPLOYMENT WORKSHOPS WITH GARY GEKOW.  The Employment Workshop on” with Gary Gekow, which was originally scheduled for October 30, had to be canceled due to no electricity at the library after the storm. Because of some conflict in Mr. Gekow’s schedule, we have had to re-schedule all of the last three workshops. New dates are as follows: “Cover and Thank You Letters,” November 20; “Interviewing,” December 11; and “Salary and Benefits Negotiation,” December 18.

 

PARENT/CHILD BOOK GROUP.  After a great start, our new parent-child library book group will have its second meeting on Monday, November 19, (7-8 p.m.). It’s a group for children in 4th and 5th grade, with a parent that will discuss a different book each month. The book we’ll be talking about this month is The Sixty Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone. Each month, the group decides together what next month's book will be. Led by Children's Librarian Pam McCuen. For more information, call Pam at 508-358-2308.

 

CHILDREN’S POETRY WORKSHOPS.  Our next monthly poetry workshops for children ages eight and up will be on Wednesday, November 28, from 7-8 p.m. Children will listen to, read, and write poetry. Led by Children’s Librarian Pam McCuen.

 

SVNP ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT.  The Sudbury Valley Nature Photographers will have their annual fall exhibit during November in the library’s Raytheon Room. It features recent work by 17 local photographers, encompassing a wide range of nature subjects. There will be a “Meet the Artists” reception for the public on Saturday, November 10, 2:30-4:30 p.m., which will include several brief “gallery talks” by some of the exhibiting photographers, beginning at 3:15 p.m.

 

DROBNIS PHOTOGRAPHY.  We welcome back Murray and Gertrude Drobnis for their seventeenth year exhibiting their attractive photography in the library foyer during November.

 

NEEDLEWORK/HANDWORK GROUP.  Our Needlework/Handwork group meets on the first Wednesday of each month from 10-11:30am in the Raytheon Room. It’s a group for people to work on needlework and handwork projects together. For more information, contact Ann Moses at annmoses@verizon.net or 508-358-7113. Dates for the rest of this year are: Dec. 5, Jan. 2, Feb. 6, Mar. 6, Apr. 3, May 1, and June 5.

 

GREAT DECISIONS 2012.  The next Great Decisions meeting will be on Friday, November 16, from 9:15-11:30 a.m. and the topic will be “Energy Geopolitics.” The energy markets have been shaken by the instability of Middle East oil and the vulnerability of nuclear power. Moreover, developing countries like China are becoming bigger energy consumers, while energy producers like Russia see the opportunity to widen their influence. In this changed landscape, how will the U.S.’s energy needs affect its relations with other nations?