Giant Nail Salon

Have you ever dreamed of painting nails in a nail salon? Join Ms. Katherine for a GIANT outdoor nail salon!! Kids will decorate the nails of imaginary customers on paper with paint.  The fancier, the better! Ages 5+ with caregivers. https://waylandlibrary.assabetin......More

Have you ever dreamed of painting nails in a nail salon? Join Ms. Katherine for a GIANT outdoor nail salon!! Kids will decorate the nails of imaginary customers on paper with paint.  The fancier, the better! Ages 5+ with caregivers. https://waylandlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/giant-nail-salon-2/

Children's Room Walkway Wayland Free Public Library, 5 Concord Rd., Wayland, MA, 01778

Game Group

The Game Group gathers to share and play board games together. Curious newcomers and experienced gamers are all welcome. Email Julian Butcher to ask questions or suggest your favorite games: [email protected]. https://waylandlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calend......More

The Game Group gathers to share and play board games together. Curious newcomers and experienced gamers are all welcome. Email Julian Butcher to ask questions or suggest your favorite games: [email protected]. https://waylandlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/game-group-17/

Raytheon Room Wayland Free Public Library, 5 Concord Rd., Wayland, MA, 01778

Baby & Toddler Storytime with Ms. Pam

This storytime encourages early literacy and caregiver-child interactions with lively songs and rhymes, bounces, books, and body-awareness. Best for babies & toddlers, with a caregiver. https://waylandlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/baby-toddler-storytime-wi......More

This storytime encourages early literacy and caregiver-child interactions with lively songs and rhymes, bounces, books, and body-awareness. Best for babies & toddlers, with a caregiver. https://waylandlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/baby-toddler-storytime-with-ms-pam-26/

Children's Room Wayland Free Public Library, 5 Concord Rd., Wayland, MA, 01778

Room is Booked

This space is booked for an internal meeting https://waylandlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/room-is-booked-87/

Raytheon Room Wayland Free Public Library, 5 Concord Rd., Wayland, MA, 01778

Dinosaurs Rock

Dinosaurs Rock Fossil Adventure Show. Children will learn about and hunt for dinosaur fossils. For ages 5 and up. This event will take place at the Hannah Williams Park.  https://waylandlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/dinosaurs-rock/

Hannah Williams Park

Virtual Author Talk: Kristina Applegate

Join us as award-winning author and summer reading champion Katherine Applegate talks to viewers about her enthusiastically heartwarming novel in verse, Odder. Virtual. Register here. Everyone wants t......More

Join us as award-winning author and summer reading champion Katherine Applegate talks to viewers about her enthusiastically heartwarming novel in verse, Odder. Virtual. Register here. Everyone wants to meet Odder, the Queen of Play. Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she’s known. She’s a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself―and about the humans who hope to save her. Katherine Applegate’s Odder, is inspired by the true story of a Monterey Bay Aquarium program that pairs orphaned otter pups with surrogate mothers. This poignant and humorous tale told in free verse examines bravery and healing through the eyes of one of nature’s most beloved and charming animals. Katherine Applegate is the Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous books for young readers, including The One and Only Ivan, Wishtree, Crenshaw, the Endling series, the Roscoe Riley Rules chapter books series, and the Animorphs series. She lives with her husband, who writes as the author Michael Grant, and their children in California. https://waylandlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-author-talk-kristina-applegate/

Virtual

K/1st Grade Book Club

Do you like to read books? Are you in Kindergarten or 1st Grade? Join our book club for good books, fun discussions, activities, and snacks! Ms. Katherine will lead the group. This month's book is all about sloths! Raytheon Room. https://waylandlibrary.assabetintera......More

Do you like to read books? Are you in Kindergarten or 1st Grade? Join our book club for good books, fun discussions, activities, and snacks! Ms. Katherine will lead the group. This month's book is all about sloths! Raytheon Room. https://waylandlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/k-1st-grade-book-club-3/

Raytheon Room Wayland Free Public Library, 5 Concord Rd., Wayland, MA, 01778

Table Top Role-Playing Games

Table Top Role-Playing Games with Julian for Adult Summer Reading 2025. It's roleplaying game night at the Wayland Public Library! Curious about Dungeons & Dragons or Critical Role? Join game master Julian Butcher to share in the telling of a short one-session story ......More

Table Top Role-Playing Games with Julian for Adult Summer Reading 2025. It's roleplaying game night at the Wayland Public Library! Curious about Dungeons & Dragons or Critical Role? Join game master Julian Butcher to share in the telling of a short one-session story of fantasy heroics and daring adventure. Registration required. Please register for one night only. Ages 16+. No experience necessary; just bring your sense of adventure and enthusiasm to try new things! https://waylandlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/table-top-role-playing-games/

Raytheon Room Wayland Free Public Library, 5 Concord Rd., Wayland, MA, 01778

Music, Story, Fun! With Ms. Janet

Join Ms. Janet for a musical storytime. She'll bring her ukulele, rainbow bells, and puppets! We will meet in the Children's Room. For ages birth through age 4, with caregiver. https://waylandlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/music-story-fun-with-ms-janet-42/

Children's Room Wayland Free Public Library, 5 Concord Rd., Wayland, MA, 01778

Escape from the Terrible Thicket

 Mix potions with the correct herbs, read the signs of the forest, & translate fairy messages! For ages 9 and up. https://waylandlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/escape-from-the-terrible-thicket/

Raytheon Room Wayland Free Public Library, 5 Concord Rd., Wayland, MA, 01778

Cookbook Club

Are you a food adventurer? If you love to try new recipes, try our club! Each person selects a recipe from the same cookbook (the Library will provide copies) and prepares it for the group.  Plenty, by Yotam Ottolenghi is our feature this month.  We will enjoy the foo......More

Are you a food adventurer? If you love to try new recipes, try our club! Each person selects a recipe from the same cookbook (the Library will provide copies) and prepares it for the group.  Plenty, by Yotam Ottolenghi is our feature this month.  We will enjoy the food, evaluate the cookbook, and talk about cooking, eating and shopping for ingredients.   Involvement is flexible -- participate one month, skip a month. It's OK!   RSVP [email protected]   https://waylandlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/cookbook-club-8/

Raytheon Room Wayland Free Public Library, 5 Concord Rd., Wayland, MA, 01778

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book Group

Led by librarian Elise Katz, we meet monthly throughout the year via Zoom. We mainly read current literature, but also revisit classics. Our selections include a wide range of science fiction, from artificial intelligence, climate fiction, robotics, space opera, hard-......More

Led by librarian Elise Katz, we meet monthly throughout the year via Zoom. We mainly read current literature, but also revisit classics. Our selections include a wide range of science fiction, from artificial intelligence, climate fiction, robotics, space opera, hard-science fiction, and dystopian fiction, to humor! Currently, titles for this book group are being decided month-to-month. Book suggestions are welcome.  No prior experience with science fiction is required!  We welcome novices as well as serious readers of the genre. For additional information and to receive the Zoom link, please contact [email protected]. This month we are reading The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi. Jean le Flambeur is a post-human criminal, mind burglar & con artist. His origins are shrouded in mystery, but his exploits are known throughout the Heterarchy- from breaking into the vast Zeusbrains to stealing rare Earth antiques from aristocrats of Mars. Now he's inside the Dilemma Prison, where every day he has to get up & kill himself before his other self can kill him. Rescued by the mysterious Mieli Z, Jean is taken to the Oubliette, the Moving City of Mars, where time is currency, memories are treasures & a moon-turned singularity lights the night. What Mieli offers is the chance to win back his freedom & the powers of his old self-in exchange for finishing the one heist he never quite managed. The Quantum Thief is a crazy joyride through the solar system several centuries hence, a world of marching cities, ubiquitous public-key encryption, people communicating by sharing memories, & a race of hyper-advanced humans who originated as MMORPG guild members. But it is also a story of human motives of betrayal, revenge & jealousy. https://waylandlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/dystopian-sci-fi-book-group-6/

Virtual

Moving Grooving Storytime

Join Ms. Katherine for stories and dancing to well-known songs and rhymes in the Children's Room! For children 4 and under, with caregiver. https://waylandlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/moving-grooving-storytime-9/

Children's Room Wayland Free Public Library, 5 Concord Rd., Wayland, MA, 01778

Instrument Petting Zoo

Join Bach to Rock's instrument demo and free-play activity! Come learn about multiple instruments and get the chance to try playing the instruments after our demo!   For ages 3-10. https://waylandlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/instrument-petting-zoo/...More

Join Bach to Rock's instrument demo and free-play activity! Come learn about multiple instruments and get the chance to try playing the instruments after our demo!   For ages 3-10. https://waylandlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/instrument-petting-zoo/

Raytheon Room Wayland Free Public Library, 5 Concord Rd., Wayland, MA, 01778

Room is Booked

This space is booked for an internal meeting https://waylandlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/room-is-booked-88/

Raytheon Room Wayland Free Public Library, 5 Concord Rd., Wayland, MA, 01778

Great Games!

Great Games! Come enjoy playing a variety of board and card games at the library with new friends! Bring your own game from home to share or enjoy playing one from our collection. For ages 5 and up. https://waylandlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/game-day/

Raytheon Room Wayland Free Public Library, 5 Concord Rd., Wayland, MA, 01778

Puzzle Race

Do you love puzzles and friendly competition?  Then join us for a Puzzle Race for Adults Summer Reading 2025! Tuesday, July 1, 6:30pm-8:30pm How does it work? Register a team of up to 4 people (or register just yourself and get put in a team...it's a great way to ......More

Do you love puzzles and friendly competition?  Then join us for a Puzzle Race for Adults Summer Reading 2025! Tuesday, July 1, 6:30pm-8:30pm How does it work? Register a team of up to 4 people (or register just yourself and get put in a team...it's a great way to meet new friends!) Each team is provided with the same 500-piece puzzle at the start of the race Teams are welcome to bring any resources, such as sorting trays, to help them stay focused The race ends when we have a winning team that completes the puzzle the fastest! Teams that did not win can still stay to complete their puzzle! Light refreshments will be served. Registration is required. https://waylandlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/puzzle-race/

Raytheon Room Wayland Free Public Library, 5 Concord Rd., Wayland, MA, 01778

Frederick Douglass Read-Aloud

What, to the slave, is your 4th of July? https://waylandlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/frederick-douglass-read-aloud/

Round Room Wayland Free Public Library, 5 Concord Rd., Wayland, MA, 01778