Outdoor Storytime with Ms. Pam

.Join Ms. Pam OUTSIDE for stories, songs, puppets, and activities.This interactive storytime encourages language development, socialization and fun.We will meet outside on the green lawn behind the library.Face masks are required for children ages 2+. We encourage...More

.Join Ms. Pam OUTSIDE for stories, songs, puppets, and activities.This interactive storytime encourages language development, socialization and fun.We will meet outside on the green lawn behind the library.Face masks are required for children ages 2+. We encourage attendees to bring along a picnic blanket or a lawn chair. For ages 2.5 to 5 years, with an adult.This event is weather permitting.�� [Children's Events]

Art Exhibit Setup - Sudbury Valley Nature Photographers

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Evening Book Group featuring Juliette Fay!

Join us to discuss Catch Us When We Fall with Wayland author Juliette Fay in person! All are welcome. Copies will be available at the library in late September..On her own since the age of eighteen Cass Macklin dated brilliant troubled Ben McGreavy convinced he was...More

Join us to discuss Catch Us When We Fall with Wayland author Juliette Fay in person! All are welcome. Copies will be available at the library in late September..On her own since the age of eighteen Cass Macklin dated brilliant troubled Ben McGreavy convinced he was the smartest person she���d ever known. They partied their way through their twenties slowly descending into a bleak world of binge-drinking and broken promises inebriated for most of a decade. Now Ben is dead and Cass is broke homeless scared���and pregnant.Determined to have a healthy pregnancy and raise Ben���s baby Cass has to find a way to stop drinking and build a stable life for herself and her child. But with no money skills or sober friends or family the task seems insurmountable. At wit���s end Cass turns to the only person with the means to help her: Ben���s brother Scott third basemen for the Boston Red Sox a man with a temper and problems of his own.The two make a deal that neither one of them is sure they can live up to. As Cass struggles to take control of her life and to ask for help when she needs it Scott begins to realize there���s a life for him beyond the baseball diamond.By turns heartbreaking and humorous with its message that change is possible that forgiveness can be freely given and that life though imperfect is worth embracing ��Catch Us When We Fall��is a story of human connectedness and hope..Juliette Fay is the bestselling author of six novels including Catch Us When We Fall City of Flickering Light and The Tumbling Turner Sisters a USA Today bestseller and Costco Pennie���s Book Club Pick. Previous novels include The Shortest Way Home one of Library Journal���s Top 5 Best Books of 2012: Women���s Fiction Deep Down True short-listed for the 2011 Women���s Fiction award by the American Library Association and Shelter Me a 2009 Massachusetts Book Award ���Must-Read Book��� and an Indie Next pick. Juliette is a graduate of Boston College and Harvard University and lives in Massachusetts with her family. Visit her at www.juliettefay.com Facebook Juliette Fay author Twitter @juliettefay and Instagram Juliette_Fay.Contact: Brittany Tuttle : 508-358-2311 : btuttle@minlib.net [Adult Events]

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Outdoor Storytime with Ms. Carly

.Join Ms. Carly for an outdoor storytime! Children and their caregivers will listen to stories, sing songs, and perform fun rhymes and movements. We will meet outside on the green lawn behind the library.For babies through preschool age children, with caregivers....More

.Join Ms. Carly for an outdoor storytime! Children and their caregivers will listen to stories, sing songs, and perform fun rhymes and movements. We will meet outside on the green lawn behind the library.For babies through preschool age children, with caregivers. Registration recommended.We encourage attendees to bring along a picnic blanket or a lawn chair and to dress warmly for the cool weather.This event is weather permitting.���� [Children's Events]

Great Presenters: John Landry - The Emerging Existential Threat of AI-Driven Cyberwarfare

.Every day businesses, governments, and individuals worldwide encounter advanced cyber-attacks targeting their software and computer networks, a digital infrastructure that we are all increasingly reliant on for our financial well-being, our livelihoods, our...More

.Every day businesses, governments, and individuals worldwide encounter advanced cyber-attacks targeting their software and computer networks, a digital infrastructure that we are all increasingly reliant on for our financial well-being, our livelihoods, our politics, our health and safety, and by extension, our lives!�� These attacks range from teen-age hackers using commodity malware to guess your passwords to state-sponsored covert government agency attacks persisting undetected for months, maybe years, driven by highly skilled human actors.�� While the techniques used today have become more and more technically sophisticated, ���ThreatTech��� is just beginning to exploit the enormous power of artificial intelligence (AI).�� This is a ���step-function��� change to the threat landscape exponentially increasing the reach, stealth, and destructive power of sophisticated nefarious human actors.�� John Landry returns to take us on a deep dive into this new world of ���Fortified-with-AI��� Cyberwar and Cybercrime ��� what it is, why it is so important and what we can do to defend against it!John Landry has been a leader in the software business since the word 'software' was conceived. A 40+ year veteran of the industry, John has served as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at software leaders Lotus Development, Dun & Bradstreet Software, Cullinet Software and McCormack & Dodge as well as the Founder/Chairman/CTO of six successful startups.�� Starting 20 years ago he began investing in software startups and has since invested in over 80 companies and served on the Board of Directors of over 40.�� In 2018 the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (MassTLC) awarded John the organization���s highest honor, the��Commonwealth Award, for a lifetime of commitment to technology innovation and inclusion. Landry is currently Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and ex-Trustee at his alma mater, the #1-ranked entrepreneurship college in the US, Babson College.Contact: Courtney Michael : 508-358-2311 : cmichael@minlib.net [Adult Events]

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Needlework/Handwork Group

Email Ann Moses for more information��-��annbmoses@gmail.comWe will meet in the Round Room of the Library, with the option to join us via Zoom.��Please register below.��.Contact: Wayland Free Public Library : 508-358-2311 : cmichael@minlib.net [Adult Events]

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Pok��mon Card Trading Day

.Pok��mon card trading day at the library!Come with cards you are willing to trade!�� We will meeton the green lawn behind the library. This event is weather permitting.For ages 7 to 11. Please register. [Children's Events]

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ESOL Tutor Training Class

ESOL Tutor Training with Ginny Steel and Jane Albert.��Contact: Ginny Steel���� 508-358-7517 virginia@thesteels.com����Fall 2021��Training classes for new ESOL tutors are scheduled in-person for five Wednesday evenings, 6:00pm-9:00pm,��10/6,��10/13, 10/20, 10/27, and...More

ESOL Tutor Training with Ginny Steel and Jane Albert.��Contact: Ginny Steel���� 508-358-7517 virginia@thesteels.com����Fall 2021��Training classes for new ESOL tutors are scheduled in-person for five Wednesday evenings, 6:00pm-9:00pm,��10/6,��10/13, 10/20, 10/27, and 11/3. Pre-registration��is required. ��If you are interested in participating or have questions, please contact Ginny Steel, ESOL Program Director, at the phone number or email address listed above.������Contact: Ginny Steel : 508-358-7517 : virginia@thesteels.com [Adult Events]

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Storytime with Obie the Dog

.Children will listen to dog stories and have a chance to visit with Obie, a beautiful Samoyed.Obie will be accompanied with his owner Helen.�� We will meet on the green lawn behind the library.We encourage attendees to bring along a picnic blanket or a lawn chair....More

.Children will listen to dog stories and have a chance to visit with Obie, a beautiful Samoyed.Obie will be accompanied with his owner Helen.�� We will meet on the green lawn behind the library.We encourage attendees to bring along a picnic blanket or a lawn chair. For ages 3 and up, with an adult.This event is weather permitting.�� []

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Poetry Workshop

..This group gathers two Thursdays a month to work on writing poetry. Beginners and advanced are equally welcome.This meeting may be held via ZOOM - email Joan Kimball for the info:��jawkimball@gmail.com��Contact: Joan Kimball : 978-318-0991 : jawkimball@gmail.com...More

..This group gathers two Thursdays a month to work on writing poetry. Beginners and advanced are equally welcome.This meeting may be held via ZOOM - email Joan Kimball for the info:��jawkimball@gmail.com��Contact: Joan Kimball : 978-318-0991 : jawkimball@gmail.com [Adult Events]

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Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book Group June Meeting

����.Thursday, November 4th, 7pm - 8:15pm.Join us for a lively discussion of The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal. Books are available at the Circulation Desk at the library.Email ekatz@minlib.net for Zoom Link.On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge...More

����.Thursday, November 4th, 7pm - 8:15pm.Join us for a lively discussion of The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal. Books are available at the Circulation Desk at the library.Email ekatz@minlib.net for Zoom Link.On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to earth and obliterated much of the east coast of the United States, including Washington D.C. The ensuing climate cataclysm will soon render the earth inhospitable for humanity, as the last such meteorite did for the dinosaurs. This looming threat calls for a radically accelerated effort to colonize space, and requires a much larger share of humanity to take part in the process. Elma York's experience as a WASP pilot and mathematician earns her a place in the International Aerospace Coalition's attempts to put man on the moon, as a calculator. But with so many skilled and experienced women pilots and scientists involved with the program, it doesn't take long before Elma begins to wonder why they can't go into space, too. Elma's drive to become the first Lady Astronaut is so strong that even the most dearly held conventions of society may not stand a chance against her....Kowal��strikes a fine balance of integrating historical accuracy including mid-twentieth-century sexism, racism, and technology with speculative storytelling. Readers will root for Elma as she breaks barriers and calculates lifesaving equations, all while dealing with sometimes-crippling anxiety.JOIN US!Contact: Elise Katz : ekatz@minlib.net [Adult Events]

Three Wayland Women: WWI Yeomen (F), the First Women to Serve in the Military

The Wayland Historical Society and the Wayland Free Public Library��Present:�� ��Three Wayland Women:��WWI Yeomen (F), the First Women to Serve in the Militarywith Jane SciaccaYeomen (F) were the first enlisted women in the US military - the forerunners of all who...More

The Wayland Historical Society and the Wayland Free Public Library��Present:�� ��Three Wayland Women:��WWI Yeomen (F), the First Women to Serve in the Militarywith Jane SciaccaYeomen (F) were the first enlisted women in the US military - the forerunners of all who came later. During the United States��� participation in World War I, Yeomen (F) served as clerks in the Naval Reserve, the only job open to women. ��About 11,000 served in navy yards across the United States and three had Wayland ties. ��The program explores their service, their dedication, and the difficulties they encountered along the way with a special emphasis on a little-known aspect of Wayland���s role in World War I.�� Once again this is a joint program sponsored by the Wayland Historical Society and the Wayland Free Public Library.�� Please register below.��A Zoom link will be sent to those registered via email.��Jane Sciacca��is well known in Wayland and beyond for her distinct ability to enliven historical events and places for all to understand and enjoy.�� She has provided innumerable programs for the Wayland Historical Society and the National Park Service.�� Jane worked as an Interpretive National Park Ranger for twenty years and specialized in slavery and abolition and 19th century American Literature. She also wrote several guidebooks and children���s books for the National Park Service.����Jane���s research skills are impeccable. Members of the Wayland Historical Society have benefited from her expertise as the Society���s president (2003-2011), Curator (2018-2019) and Lecturer on Lydia Maria Child, Women���s Suffrage and many other topics.�� She also chaired the Wayland Historical Commission for a number of years. Jane and her family have lived in Wayland for over fifty years.This event will be recorded and made available via WayCam and YouTube.Contact: Courtney Michael : 508-358-2311 : cmichael@minlib.net [Adult Events]

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A Community Conversation for Native American Heritage Month

Our Wayland, a Town Administrator Working Group, looks forward to hosting the fourth��event of its ���Community Conversations��� series on Sunday, November 7, 2021 from 4:30pm to 6:00pm.��Wayland will host speaker Gina Fox from the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe for a talk...More

Our Wayland, a Town Administrator Working Group, looks forward to hosting the fourth��event of its ���Community Conversations��� series on Sunday, November 7, 2021 from 4:30pm to 6:00pm.��Wayland will host speaker Gina Fox from the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe for a talk the first weekend in November. The talk is sponsored by the Our Wayland working group, which has hosted other talks recently to mark Hispanic Heritage Month in September, Black History Month and World War II internment camps.The Mashpee Wampanoag people have lived in what is now Massachusetts and Rhode Island for about 12,000 years, according to the tribe. The Nov. 7 event will be held online via Zoom.��Register to attend here.��Contact: Seath Crandall : (508) 358-3621 : scrandall@wayland.ma.us []

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