February Events

February at the Wendell Free Library

Events in Brief (scroll on for more details)

Note: Saunders office hours this month on 2/21 at 1p.m.

All month: Art Exhibit by Amy Fagin.

Saturday, February 1: Native Winter Seed Sowing Workshop. Reg req’d. 1 p.m.

Every Sunday: Yoga. 10 a.m.

Mondays, February 3 and 17: Fiber Group / Mending Circle. 6:30 p.m.

Every Tuesday: Tech Help. from 2 or 3 to 5 p.m. Reg req’d.

Every Tuesday: Adult Art Group. 5 p.m.

Every Wednesday: Movie. 4 p.m.

Every Wednesday: Yoga. 6:20 p.m. (See below for Movie Line-up).

Every Wednesday: CNC Playgroup with Sylvia. 10 a.m.

Every Friday: LEGO. 4 p.m.

Tuesday, February 11: Paper Circuit LED Valentines. Ages 7 and up. Reg req’d. 4 p.m.

Tuesday February 18: 6 p.m. What We Can See in the Night Sky Brief Presentation+ STARGAZING with Jim Zebrowski of the Aldrich Astronomical Society.

Friday, February 21: Office Hour with Rep. Aaron Saunders. 1 p.m.

Saturday, February 22: Group Puzzle Time. 1 to 3 p.m.

Tuesday, February 25: Adult Book Group. 10 a.m.

Friday, February 28: Friday Night at the Library. 5 to 7 p.m.

Friday, February 28: Book Reading Event. Sylvia Wetherby, Ophelia. Snacks (Nachos), music, craft. 5:30p.m.

Saturday March 1: Art Exhibit Closing: Join Amy Fagin in viewing her exhibit on its last day on display. Pizza served. 1 p.m.

Saturday, March 8: Silk Painting Workshop, 1-3:30 p.m. reg req’d.

Sunday, March 9: CookBook Book Club, East : 120 vegan and vegetarian recipes from Bangalore to Beijing by MeeraSodha. 4:30 p.m.

Winter Sowing Native Plants

Make and Take Event with LadyFern Farm

Saturday Feb. 1, 1-3:30 p.m.

Registration Required.

-Short talk on native plants to begin
-Seeds provided (for all sun and soil types)
-Take home a mini-jug greenhouse with 2 native plants seeded ready to be put outside for Spring germination, and full instructions.

You get to pick your choice of native seeds to sow and bring home to prepare for the growing season ahead. Please sign up!

List of seed choices:

Rose (swamp) Milkweed, Butterfly Milkweed, Partridge Pea, Sneezeweed, Great Saint John’s Wort, Shrubby Saint John’s Wort, New England Blazing Star, Cardinal Flower, Blue Lobelia, Wild Bergamot, Foxglove beardtongue, black-eyed Susan, Gray Goldenrod, New England Aster, Blue Vervain.

To sign up: wendell@cwmars.org, 978-544-3559, or stop by the circulation desk.

Encouraging Your Voice with Paul Richmond.

5 Sundays 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

February 9th & 23rd, March 9th and 23rd, April 13th

It is open to attend all five or just drop in for one. Bring things you are working on or come to start writing and feeling comfortable sharing what you have written. It is free and open to anyone 16 and above. This program is free and made possible by a Wendell Cultural Council grant.

Tiny Art Show-

Kits available for pickup

Join our Tiny Art Show! This is a fun event for patrons of all ages to show off their art skills on an adorably small 4″ x 4″ canvas.

Bring home a canvas and paints (if needed) and return no later than March 1, 2025.

Opening Reception Saturday March 8, 11-noon.

The art will be displayed in the Herrick Room from until the end of April. Patrons can then pick up their art at the reference desk until April 15; works left after 4/15 will be considered donations.

Wednesdays at 4 p.m. Matinee Movies.

FEBRUARY 5

AMERICAN FICTION

2023; Cord Jefferson, director; with Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz

Based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett, AMERICAN FICTION is the story of an African-American literary novelist whose novels are critically acclaimed but not selling well. When his latest work is rejected by publishers for not being “Black enough,” the frustrated writer writes an outlandish satire of stereotypical “Black” books, only to find the novel received as serious literature and subsequently published to high sales and critical praise.

FEBRUARY 12

CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?

2018; Marielle Heller, director; with Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells

Melissa McCarthy stars as Lee Israel, a failing writer who resorts to increasingly desperate measures, namely selling stolen and forged letters from dead authors. Based on the 2008 memoir of the same name by Lee Israel.

FEBRUARY 19

PARALLAX VIEW

1974; Alan J. Pakula, director; with Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels, Paula Prentiss

In this political thriller, Warren Beatty is Joe Frady, a newspaper reporter whose investigation into the assassination of a senator leads deeper into the mysterious workings of a dark conspiracy. With its themes of paranoia, corruption, surveillance, assassination, and powerful entities working behind-the-scenes, this is a seminal post-1960s, post-Watergate thriller. The top-notch cinematography by Gordon Willis perfectly reflects Frady’s descent into the unknown.

FEBRUARY 26

SUNSET BOULEVARD

1950; Billy Wilder, director; with William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim

Black comedy meets film noir in this classic. William Holden stars as Joe Gillis, a down-on-his-luck screenwriter. Things go extraordinarily wrong when he gets involved with Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson), a delusional former silent-film star who lives in a fantasy world where she is poised to make a triumphant return to the screen. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards, winner of three.

Free Tech Help

Every Tuesday

Tuesdays February 4, & 18.

3-5 p.m. with Sam Birch

Tuesdays February 11 & 25

2-5 p.m. with Jessica Lenihan

of GCC Cyber Seniors

By appointment

To sign up: wendell@cwmars.org, 978-544-3559, or stop by the circulation desk.

This service is made possible by a grant form the EOEA and Greenfield Community College and the Friends of the Wendell Free Library. GCC Cyber seniors have other locations and hours of service! visit

Cyber-Seniors

Paper Circuit LED Valentines

Tuesday Feb. 11, 3:30-4:30

Registration Required

recommended for ages 7-100

Learn how to design your own light-up gift card using simple paper circuits!

To sign up: wendell@cwmars.org, 978-544-3559, or stop by the circulation desk.

Fiber and Mending-

Mondays 2/3 &2/17 @ 6:30 p.m.

The Wendell Free Library fiber and mending meet-up is trying out a new night and hoping for new members! We bring hand-work projects (no machines please) and work in company.

Basic supplies like needles and thread available, as well as needle felting tools and materials.

Tuesday February 18 (cloudy skies postponement date Feb. 25)

6 p.m.

Jim J Zebrowski of the Aldrich Astronomical Society will be back for another presentation and stargazing. Following a short presentation about what is visible in the night sky (6-6:30p.m.)

According to Jim, this is a great time of the year for star gazing with the Orion Nebula

visible along with the Pleiades star cluster in Taurus – plus we have a host of bright planets visible in the night sky with Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars shining brightly. Jim will bring the Aldrich eight inch dobsonian telescope to view Jupiter and its four Galilean moons along with Saturn which has almost edge on rings! Venus can be seen right after dark high in the western skies – it is in a gibbous phase. Jim will also

will have his Seestar tracking/imaging telescope to find objects in the night sky that cannot be easily seen without an imaging telescope.

Two years ago we hosted Jim for his fascinating presentation “Exploring Ocean Worlds in Our Solar System and Beyond”. He has such a depth of knowledge that we are excited to have him back again. We will keep him to a half hour presentation so we have plenty of time for sky viewing.

Big thanks to the Friends of the Wendell Free Library for making this program possible.

Friday Night at the Library

Friday February 28, 5-7p.m.

Nacho night!

All the goodness of normal library hours, on a Friday Night! (Plus Nachos)

Featuring Author Book event at 5:30 p.m.:

Why is the vulture circling the field of flowers? Come hear the story of Ophelia, another Percival Porcupine mystery with author/illustrator Sylvia Wetherby. Snacks, music, a joey craft, and autographed books.

Group Puzzle Time

Every 4th Saturday (2/22), 1-3 p.m.

Spend a cozy afternoon at the library on 2/22 working on a puzzle with a group. Pick from our new group of puzzles or our growing puzzle selection. Drop in to see what it’s all about.

Silk Painting Workshop

The Color of taste – RED. Paint Pomegranate on Silk

Saturday March 8 1-3:30 p.m.

Registration Required.

Do you want to explore your creative side? Do you want to experiment with colors without fear of making a mistake? Come join Lidia of SimpleArtForms for a magical, and relaxing adventure into the world of freedom and creativity, after which you will get a masterpiece created by your own hands.

What does red taste like? Of course, it tastes of strength, joy, energy, maturity and love. The taste of red is the taste of the King of all fruits – the Pomegranate! Let’s paint together this symbol of sun, life, abundance, rebirth and immortality. Symbol of Love. All necessary materials will be provided.

The Gentle Healthy Bones and Balance Exercise Program

Wednesdays 10:00-11:00 am and Fridays 10:00-11:00 am

Presented by the Wendell Free Library via ZOOM.

For seniors who wish to improve or maintain strength, mobility, flexibility,

balance and bone health.

To join, please contact

Marianne Vinal

Email: mariannevinal@gmail.com

Telephone: 978-544-6122 call or text

The Wendell Free Library

Email: Wendell@cwmars.org

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