ADULT PROGRAMS

• Trivia Night at the Library. Start the New Year off with some trivial fun at the Library by joining us for trivia, pizza, and snacks.  We’ll play four rounds of five questions each.  Categories will vary and include current affairs, pop culture, sports, history, science and everything in between. Watch our Facebook page for clues!  Registration is required.  Sign up as a team of 2-6 people, or as an individual to be placed on a team.  Wednesday, January 2, 6-9 p.m.
• Collage Workshop. Cut! Paste! Create!  Let your creativity loose in our collage workshop. Leader Corey Purcell will give a brief overview of collage as an art form and then we’ll have fun cutting and pasting from magazines and maps.  We’ll provide all the materials, too.  Monday, January 7 at 2:30 p.m.
• Tell Your Story of Immigration. As we explore themes of immigration and refugees for the coming year’s edition of Wayland Reads (watch this space!), we’d like to hear from Wayland residents who have firsthand experience.  If you would like to share your story in a public program at the Library in March, please contact MJ at mwright@minlib.net or call 508-358-2311.
• Great Presenters: How is History Written? The Story of Herman Allen. Wayland Korean War-era veteran John Dyer acquired a cache of some 85 First World War letters that somehow stayed neatly bundled together for nearly a century.  Wayland High School history teacher Kevin Delaney and his students spent weeks exploring the life and era of the letters’ author, Herman Allen.  Delaney will discuss the narrative his students revealed about life during wartime for the quintessential “kid next door.”  Tuesday, January 8 at 7:30 p.m.

BOOK GROUPS

• Evening. Winter by Ali Smith. Monday, January 7 at 7 p.m.
• Non-Fiction. Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder.  Wednesday, January 9 at 1 p.m.
• Sci-Fi/Dystopian. The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman.  Wednesday, January 9 at 7 p.m. in the mezzanine.
• Cookbook Club. Lucky Peach by Peter Meehan et al.  Thursday, January 10 at 6 p.m.
• Noon. White Houses by Amy Bloom.  Friday, January 11.

BABY AND PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAMS

• Weekly Storytimes
  • Mother Goose Time (Infants-2.5 years) Tuesdays, Jan. 8, 15 and 22 at 10:30 a.m.
  • StoryVine (2.5 -5 years) Thursdays, Dec. 27, Jan. 17, 24, and 31 at 10:30 a.m.
• Sing-along with Jeannie Mack. Jeannie Mack will perform all kinds of fun, bounce-around, sing-along songs for young children. Plenty of opportunity for audience participation! For babies, toddlers, and preschoolers with caregiver. Thursday, January 3, 10:30-11:15 a.m.
• Inclusive Playgroup: Stories, Songs, and Sign. This interactive, inclusive music and literacy group is for young children at all levels of communication and ability. Facilitated by Beverly Mobilia of Wayland Community Partnerships for Children and Families. For ages newborn to 3 years. Wednesdays, Jan. 9 and 23, 11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
• Storytime with Corbyn the Dog. Children will listen to dog stories and have a chance to visit with Corbyn, a beautiful Samoyed. Corbyn (with her owner Helen) has been certified as a therapy dog by Pets and People Foundation.  For ages 3 and up. Thursday, January 10, 10:30 a.m.

SCHOOL-AGE PROGRAMS

• Lego Club. Children will make fabulous creations out of Legos. This month’s theme is Extreme Shelters! (Design and build a lego house for a very hot or a very cold climate.) For ages 5 and up. Wednesday, January 2, 3:00-4:00p.m.
• What’s Our Story?: Silent Film Pioneers. Join us for a reading of picture book biographies about three pioneers in silent film comedy: Mack Sennett, Buster Keaton, and Alice Guy-Blache. Children learn about these comedians and filmmakers and watch a screening of 3 short films filled with madcap comedy, wild chases, and catastrophes averted! Popcorn will be served.  Program led by librarian Elise Katz. For children in grades 1 to 3, with caregiver. Wednesday, January 9, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
• Parent/Child Book Group. This book discussion group is for 4^th and 5^th graders with a parent. January’s book is Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick. We will also choose the book for next month. Wednesday, January 9, 7:00-8:00 p.m.

FOR FAMILIES

Family Movie Afternoon. Children are invited to watch the movie Coco at the library! Running time 109 minutes. Rated PG. Popcorn will be served. For children ages 4 and up. Thursday, December 27, 3:00-5:00p.m.