May Events
Events in Brief
All month: Art in the Herrick Room: Some Eden, Art by Nina Keller
Every Tuesday: Adult Art Group. 5 p.m.
Every Wednesday: Movie. 4 p.m.; Yoga. 6:20 p.m.
Every Friday: LEGO. 4 p.m.
Every Sunday: Yoga. 10 a.m.
Mondays, June 2 and 16: Fiber Group / Mending Circle. 6:30 p.m.
Friday, June 13: Office Hour with Rep. Aaron Saunders. 1 p.m.
Saturday June 14: Summer Reading Kickoff- Level-up at your Library. Lawn Games, Ice Cream, DIY t-shirt. 1-4 p.m.
Tuesday June 17: Community Conversation: Accessibility in the Library. 7 p.m.
Wednesday June 18: “Have you Seen Gordon?” Storytime. 10 a.m.
Tuesday, June 24: Adult Book Group. James McBride, Heaven and Earth Grocery Store. 10 a.m.
Wednesday June 25: Narwhal and Jelly Party- read aloud, craft and Narwhal’s favorite snack, waffles! 10 a.m. Registration Required.
Friday, June 27: Friday Night at the Library. 5 to 7 p.m.
Summer Dates to put on the Calendar!
Friday July 18, 7-10 p.m. Wendell’s First Moth Ball: You are cordially invited to a Moth Ball: an evening to celebrate night creatures – Guests of Honor expected after 9p.m. with Adam Kolh’s Moth Observation Station, music, games, and fun. Moth/fancy dress encouraged! This event is still in the beginning stages, please be in touch if you want to volunteer at or be involved in planning…Flashlight Tag/ Indoor Mini Golf? Want to offer face painting?
Stone Circle Concerts 🎵 Join us for laid-back, family-friendly outdoor concerts at the Stone Circle behind the library. Bring your picnic, blanket, or chair and soak in the evening vibes! ☔️ In case of rain, we’ll keep the groove going indoors at the Wendell Meetinghouse.
Wednesday 7/ 9 @ 6:30 pm: Ants on a Log and Carrie Ferguson and the Grumpytime Club Band. Double Feature Family Concert!.
Thursday 7/31 @ 6:30 pm: Hilltown Ham Hocks, a modern folk trio with old time roots with a repertoire of carefully-crafted originals and distinctive covers, the Hilltown Ham Hocks weave a rich tapestry of American folk, bluegrass, and old-time sounds
Tuesday 8/ 19 @ 6:30 pm: : The Faux Paws. With instrumentation that includes saxophone, banjo, fiddles, mandolin, foot percussion, guitar, and voices, The Faux Paws pack a vast amount of music and heart into a small package. Folk powerhouse brothers Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand bring a deep, energetic groove to traditional and original old time, Irish, and Quebecois tunes. During their seventeen years leading popular contra dance band Great Bear, the brothers have traveled the world and recorded nine albums of original music. Noah’s jaw-dropping fiddle playing technique includes combining rhythmic “chopping” on the fiddle with foot percussion, while Andrew’s fiddle and guitar playing brings both sweetness and structure to the mix. The brothers are joined by Chris Miller on saxophone and banjo. Miller is also known from his Grammy-nominated Cajun/zydeco band the Revelers, but the Faux Paws allows him to stretch out musically in many different directions. Having played together as a trio for years now, Andrew, Noah, and Chris have developed elastic, genre-transcending arrangements of traditional music, bringing in influences of rock and pop to their eclectic folk music base. A typical set shifts from intricately arranged compositions to completely spontaneous bursts of improvisation, but the music is always infectious, taking the audience along for a wild ride.