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Friday February 1, 2013
Poetry Slam Performance
Wayland High School students enjoyed a Poetry Slam performance during Winter Week.
Watch a video of the Slam at the Wayland Student Press Network website HERE!
Watch a video of the Slam at the Wayland Student Press Network website HERE!
Monday February 4, 2013
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Wednesday February 6, 2013
Poetry Alive at Wayland Elementary Schools
Wayland Elementary Schools enjoyed a visit from Poetry Alive on February 4, 5, and 6.
Thursday March 14, 2013
Poetry Workshop
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The Wayland Poetry Workshop meets bi-monthly on Thursday afternoons to read and critique their own poetry. New members are welcome to join.
Contact: Judy Hoyer rijohoyer@gmail.com
Location: Raytheon Room
Saturday March 16, 2013
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Saturday April 27, 2013
WAYLAND'S FAVORITE POEM PROJECT
Waylanders (and neighbors), have you submitted your favorite poem yet? We are hoping to get as many people connected to Wayland as possible to submit their favorite poems for our Wayland Favorite Poem Project. It's easy to do online. All you need is the poem title and author!
Only one rule: Your poem should NOT be a poem you or one of your family members has written. It should be a work by others that you found inspiring or meaningful.
Monday March 18, 2013
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Sunday April 28, 2013
Gallery Display
TOWN BUILDING GALLERY EXHIBIT
Exhibit highlighting the WAYLAND READS POETRY Program, Wayland Reads events and discussions, and artwork inspired by poetry. Sponsored by the Wayland Cultural Council.
Exhibit highlighting the WAYLAND READS POETRY Program, Wayland Reads events and discussions, and artwork inspired by poetry. Sponsored by the Wayland Cultural Council.
Location: WAYLAND TOWN BUILDING
Wednesday March 20, 2013
Children's Poetry Workshop
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
In this workshop children will listen to, read, and write poetry.
Led by Children's Librarian Pam McCuen.
For children ages 8 and up.
Led by Children's Librarian Pam McCuen.
For children ages 8 and up.
Location: Raytheon Room
Thursday March 21, 2013
RECORD YOUR FAVORITE POEM
2:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Location: WayCAM Studio
Sunday March 24, 2013
ROBERT PINSKY kicks off Wayland Reads Poetry
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Distinguished poet Robert Pinsky has done us the great honor of kicking off the public events for Wayland Reads Poetry. Come hear this renowned poet read some of his favorite poems.
Pinsky's long list of honors include an American Academy of Arts and Letters award, both the William Carlos Williams Award and the Shelley Memorial prize from the Poetry Society of America, the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry, and a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship. He is currently poetry editor of the weekly Internet magazine Slate. His first two terms as United States Poet Laureate were marked by such visible dynamism, and such national enthusiasm in response, that the Library of Congress appointed him to an unprecedented third term. His tenure was marked by ambitious efforts to prove the power of poetry as a meaningful and integral part of American life.
Location: Wayland Middle School
Wednesday March 27, 2013
RECORD YOUR FAVORITE POEM
2:30 PM - 7:00 PM
In addition to submitting your poem, WayCAM will hold a recording session today for members of the Wayland community to come in and read a favorite poem. Each person gets 15 minutes. You will explain (very briefly) why the poem is meaningful to you and then read (no memorization needed) in front of the camera. We will air these sessions throughout the month of April. We welcome all parents, children, and Wayland employees to come to the studio to read! Please RSVP: erin_dalbec@wayland.k12.ma.us to schedule a time slot or to receive me more information.
Location: WayCAM Studio
Thursday March 28, 2013
Poetry Workshop
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The Wayland Poetry Workshop meets bi-monthly on Thursday afternoons to read and critique their own poetry. New members are welcome to join.
Contact: Judy Hoyer rijohoyer@gmail.com
Location: Raytheon Room
Monday April 1, 2013
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Tuesday April 30, 2013
WORDS & ART--Student Art Display
In connection with Wayland Reads Poetry, this month's art display in the Raytheon Room features art by Wayland students that is inspired by "words." Approximately 60 art students in grades 9 – 12 enrolled in Janet Armentano’s classes are showcasing their artistic efforts and talent in this exhibit. The theme is “Words and Art” and there is a large variety of media and materials displayed.
Students were asked to create a work of art to express an idea or to illustrate a quote. Some developed their ideas around the quote they chose and created art to communicate the idea. Others created a piece of art and found a quote that expressed their feelings. The students designed the page with the words they chose and attached it to their art. The show is on display from April 1 – April 28. We hope you enjoy it.
Students were asked to create a work of art to express an idea or to illustrate a quote. Some developed their ideas around the quote they chose and created art to communicate the idea. Others created a piece of art and found a quote that expressed their feelings. The students designed the page with the words they chose and attached it to their art. The show is on display from April 1 – April 28. We hope you enjoy it.
Location: Raytheon Room
Thursday April 4, 2013
Poetry Discussion
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
A chance to share thoughts about two of our "Anchor Poems":"Books," Billy Collins and "Out at Lanesville," David Ferry.
If time permits other Anchor Poems may be included. No prior knowledge of poetry is necessary.
Wayland Poetry Workshop members Nancy Geiser and Debra Martin will be the group leaders.
Copies of the Anchor Poems are available at waylandlibrary.org, in print at the library, and will also be available at the discussion.
Location: Raytheon Room
Friday April 5, 2013
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Sunday April 7, 2013
Boston National Poetry Month Festival
Wayland Reads Poetry Associated Event
The 13th annual Boston National Poetry Month Festival is a partnership with Tapestry of Voices, the Boston Public Library, and the Kaji Aso Studio. This very popular regional literary tradition will take place at the Boston Public Library April 5 through April 7.
On Friday, April 5, ten keynote poets will read from their published works in the Commonwealth Avenue Salon Room from 12 noon to 4 p.m. On Saturday, April 6, the Festival moves to the Rabb Auditorium in the library. The hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 P.M. and Sunday, April 7, from 1 to 4:40 p.m. Over sixty major and emerging poets will read, as well as five highly talented Boston high School students and one Harvard student.
There will be an Open Mike on Saturday and Sunday, both from 1:30- 3 p.m. as well as a workshop led by noted poet Tom Daley from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday. All types of poets are presenting in this festival; from mainstream poets to performance poets. There will also be book tables on all three days.
The go-to address for the festival website is www.bostonnationalpoetry.wix.com/poetry.
The 13th annual Boston National Poetry Month Festival is a partnership with Tapestry of Voices, the Boston Public Library, and the Kaji Aso Studio. This very popular regional literary tradition will take place at the Boston Public Library April 5 through April 7.
On Friday, April 5, ten keynote poets will read from their published works in the Commonwealth Avenue Salon Room from 12 noon to 4 p.m. On Saturday, April 6, the Festival moves to the Rabb Auditorium in the library. The hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 P.M. and Sunday, April 7, from 1 to 4:40 p.m. Over sixty major and emerging poets will read, as well as five highly talented Boston high School students and one Harvard student.
There will be an Open Mike on Saturday and Sunday, both from 1:30- 3 p.m. as well as a workshop led by noted poet Tom Daley from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday. All types of poets are presenting in this festival; from mainstream poets to performance poets. There will also be book tables on all three days.
The go-to address for the festival website is www.bostonnationalpoetry.wix.com/poetry.
Saturday April 6, 2013
LOUDER THAN A BOMB film screening
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A screening of the moving and award-winning documentary film, LOUDER THAN A BOMB, which chronicles an annual youth poetry slam in Chicago. The film is about passion, competition, teamwork, and trust. It’s about the joy of being young, and the pain of growing up. It’s about speaking out, making noise, and finding your voice.
It also just happens to be about poetry!
Location: Raytheon Room
Wednesday April 10, 2013
Poetry Discussion
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
A chance to share thoughts about two of our "Anchor Poems":"For the Union Dead," Robert Lowell and "Tell the Truth but Tell it Slant," Emily Dickinson.
If time permits other Anchor Poems may be included. No prior knowledge of poetry is necessary.
Wayland Poetry Workshop members Walter Howard and John Mylotte will be the group leaders.
Copies of the Anchor Poems are available at waylandlibrary.org, in print at the library, and will also be available at the discussion.
Location: Raytheon Room
Thursday April 11, 2013
Class on Emily Dickinson with poet Tom Daley
11:45 AM - 1:45 PM
A FOUR-PART CLASS ON EMILY DICKSONwith poet Tom Daley
Meetings will be April 11 and 25 and May 9 and 23 at 11:45 a.m. in the library's Raytheon Room.
Emily Dickinson's breadth of vision, her slyness, her experiments with poetic form, and her stunning imaginative power have earned her a seat among the greatest poets of the ages. Known in her time as "The Myth of Amherst" for her social elusiveness, once you dissolve the caricature of the poet as white-gowned recluse, a woman of great charm, humor, spiritual intensity, and genius emerges. In this class, we'll be reading some of Dickinson's poems and discussing how her biography informs and also distracts from an appreciation of her poetic skill.
The class will meet four times. Handouts of a different group of important poems by Dickinson will be distributed each week. We will examine her experimental use of rhyme and meter, her literary influences, and her engagement with human relations, spirituality, and nature. Class participation, including reading of Dickinson poems out loud and learning to analyze a Dickinson poem, will be encouraged.
Location: Raytheon Room
Poetry Workshop
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The Wayland Poetry Workshop meets bi-monthly on Thursday afternoons to read and critique their own poetry. New members are welcome to join.
Contact: Judy Hoyer rijohoyer@gmail.com
Location: Raytheon Room
Sunday April 14, 2013
Poets David Ferry and Gail Mazur
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
POETRY READINGS BY:David Ferry
2012 National Book Award winner
and
Emerson College
Distinguished Writer-in-Residence
Gail Mazur
Distinguished Writer-in-Residence
Gail Mazur
Location: Raytheon Room
Tuesday April 16, 2013
Poetry Discussion
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
A discussion at Starbucks in Cochituate (Corner of Rt 30 and Rt 27) on two of our "Anchor Poems":"Samurai Song," Robert Pinsky and "New England Ode," Kevin Young.
If time permits other Anchor Poems may be included. No prior knowledge of poetry is necessary.
Wayland Poetry Workshop members Judy Hoyer and Linda Goldberg will be the group leaders.
Copies of the Anchor Poems are available at waylandlibrary.org, in print at the library, and will also be available at the discussion.
Location: Starbucks, Cochituate
Thursday April 18, 2013
Poem in Your Pocket Day
Sunday April 21, 2013
Poets Jill McDonough & David Rivard
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
POETRY READINGS BY
PUSHCART PRIZE WINNERS:
David Rivard
and
Jill McDonough
Location: Raytheon Room
Monday April 22, 2013
Start of Middle School Poetry Week
Wayland Middle School will be alive with poetry during its annual WMS Poetry Week, April 22-26. Posters featuring joyful, funny, contemplative, and just plain goofy poems hang from the bulletin boards. The cafeteria windows celebrate poems about food and food as culture. Students play with magnetic poetry, our library puts poetry books into the hands and hearts of readers, and our daily announcements feature a complete the limerick—in the style of NPR’s “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me.” Our grandest celebration is the “Poem on your Locker.” Students choose a favorite poem, often one they have written, and transcribe it into a paper frame, decorate it, and post it on their lockers. WMS hallways will burst with colorful poetry.
Location: Wayland Middle School
Tuesday April 23, 2013
WHS Annual Poetry and Pizza Event
11:50 AM - 12:20 PM
POETRY AND PIZZA!
In April, the high school will start each day with a different member of our school community reading a favorite poem over the intercom. Then on April 23, the Library Media Center will host the Second Annual Poetry and Pizza event during all three lunch periods. Students and teachers will read original poetry, or poetry favorites, while members of our jazz band play.
This will also be the first public performance for the WHS Slam Team members. This event is open to the community but the public must RSVP by 4/17 to Erin Dalbec (erin_dalbec@wayland.k12.ma.us).
In April, the high school will start each day with a different member of our school community reading a favorite poem over the intercom. Then on April 23, the Library Media Center will host the Second Annual Poetry and Pizza event during all three lunch periods. Students and teachers will read original poetry, or poetry favorites, while members of our jazz band play.
This will also be the first public performance for the WHS Slam Team members. This event is open to the community but the public must RSVP by 4/17 to Erin Dalbec (erin_dalbec@wayland.k12.ma.us).
Wednesday April 24, 2013
Children's Poet Janet Wong
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Poet Janet Wong will lead a poetry writing workshop for children. Check out some of her poetry at The Poetry Suitcase.
For ages 7 and up.
Questions and to register call the Children's Room at 508-358-2308
Location: Raytheon Room
Thursday April 25, 2013
Poetry Workshop
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The Wayland Poetry Workshop meets bi-monthly on Thursday afternoons to read and critique their own poetry. New members are welcome to join.
Contact: Judy Hoyer rijohoyer@gmail.com
Location: Raytheon Room
Saturday April 27, 2013
Wayland Favorite Poem Project Program
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
A culminating event for WAYLAND READS POETRY in which Wayland residents will read their favorite poems to an audience at the library.
We are asking people from our community to send us favorite poems, along with a brief statement about the poems' significance in their lives. Our only rule is that poems recited are NOT poems the readers or their friends or relatives have written, but ones they have read, perhaps many times, and to which they feel a personal attachment. Submissions may be made online HERE at our Wayland Reads website.
All submissions will be listed on our website. We hope to videorecord as many people as possible reading their submitted poems.
Sunday April 28, 2013
Wayland Poetry Workshop Annual Reading
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
The Wayland Library Poetry Workshop will conduct their annual poetry reading. The public is encourage to attend.
Contact: Sandie Berstein
Location: Raytheon Room
Tuesday April 30, 2013
Poetry Discussion
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
A wrap-up of all Wayland Reads Anchor Poems.No prior knowledge of poetry is necessary to participate in our discussion.
Wayland Middle School English teacher Angela Corbet and Wayland Poetry Workshop member Judy Hoyer will be the group leaders.
Copies of the Anchor Poems are available at waylandlibrary.org, in print at the library, and will also be available at the discussion.
Location: Raytheon Room
Friday May 3, 2013
Mass Poetry Festival
The Massachusetts Poetry Festival (May 3-5) starts today in Salem, Massachusetts. For more information go to the Festival website.
Saturday May 4, 2013
Field Trip to Forest Hills Cemetery
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Field Trip to Forest Hills Cemetery – Guided walking tour of one of the finest examples of the garden cemetery in the US, founded in 1848 and set among the jewels of Boston’s Emerald Necklace. Discover the picturesque final resting place of poets e.e. cummings and Anne Sexton, as well as many other prominent Bostonians. Meet in WPL parking lot, Saturday, May 4, at 9am for carpooling for 10am tour
Wednesday May 15, 2013
Children's Poetry Workshop
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
In this workshop children will listen to, read, and write poetry.
Led by Children's Librarian Pam McCuen.
For children ages 8 and up.
Led by Children's Librarian Pam McCuen.
For children ages 8 and up.
Wednesday October 9, 2013
Children's Poetry Workshop
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
In this workshop children will listen to, read, and write poetry.
Led by Children's Librarian Pam McCuen.
For children ages 8 and up.
Led by Children's Librarian Pam McCuen.
For children ages 8 and up.
Wednesday November 20, 2013
Children's Poetry Workshop
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
In this workshop children will listen to, read, and write poetry.
Led by Children's Librarian Pam McCuen.
For children ages 8 and up.
Led by Children's Librarian Pam McCuen.
For children ages 8 and up.
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