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Wayland Free Public Library Events – Week of Dec. 12

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Author Talk: Janis Daly and The Unmarked Path

In 1897 Philadelphia, after witnessing her aunt’s suicide, Eliza Edwards vows to find ways to help and heal. Rejecting her mother’s wishes for her society debut, Eliza enters medical college at a time when only five percent of doctors are female.  Rich in historical detail, Janis Robinson Daly’s new novel was inspired by her discovery that her great-great-grandfather was a founder of the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania.  Register to attend in person or virtually.  Tuesday, December 13 at 7 p.m.

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Wayland Free Public Library Events – Week of Dec. 5

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Author Talk: Geraldine Brooks and Horse

Join us for an exciting virtual chat with the highly-acclaimed and award winning novelist, Geraldine Brooks, in conversation about her most recent New York Times-bestselling novel, Horse.  Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington, Horse is a novel of art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism.  Register.  Tuesday, December 6 at 7 p.m.

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Council on Aging Programs: Week of December 5

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The Council on Aging offers fitness classes and social and educational programs, as well as information and referral services for residents 60 and older and those who support them. Contact the COA at coa@wayland.ma.us or 508-358-2990 with questions or to sign up for a class or program. Further details on all our programs can be found on our website and in our newsletters.

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Wayland Free Public Library Events – Week of Nov. 21

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Thanksgiving and Columbus: Taking Back the Narrative

Missing information, inaccurate stories, and stereotypes perpetuate myths about Columbus and Thanksgiving, often because of a system that has made hard truths invisible.  In this online presentation, Claudia A. Fox Tree explores this colonial system through primary sources, examines how language perpetuates invisibility, and suggests how to dismantle oppression to bring accurate counter-narratives to life.  A multiracial Indigenous woman, Fox Tree is currently a doctoral student at Lesley University.  Register.  Monday, November 21 at 7 p.m.

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Wayland Free Public Library Events – Week of Nov. 14

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Many people avoid conversations about race because of fear: fear of discomfort, damaging important relationships, being misunderstood, “cancelled,” or ostracized.  Kwame Christian’s book How to Have Difficult Conversations About Race equips you with the skills to make these crucial conversations easier and more productive.  A lawyer, professor, and the Managing Director of the American Negotiation Institute, Christian has conducted countless specialized trainings worldwide and is a highly sought-after keynote speaker.  Online only.  Register.  Tuesday, November 15 at 1 p.m.

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Wayland Free Public Library Events – Week of Nov. 7

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Join author Nicole Eustace for an online talk on her Pulitzer Prize-winning Covered With Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America, which reconstructs the virtually forgotten history of a brutal assault of a Seneca hunter by pair of fur traders in 1722.  Eustace reveals a remarkable series of criminal investigations and cross-cultural negotiations that ignited a contest between Native American forms of justice—rooted in community, forgiveness, and reparations—and the colonial ideology of harsh reprisal.  Presented in partnership with the Organization of American Historians and the Billerica Public Library, as well as other Massachusetts libraries.  Register.  Wednesday, November 9 at 7 p.m.

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