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Relieve frustration and learn to communicate with your baby before they learn to talk--and have fun at the same time! This is a live Zoom class.

*This book club is now full. Please email cstirling@minlib.net to be added to the wait list.* Join us for a virtual discussion of The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. Copies available at the Circulation desk, or borrow as an ebook/digital audiobook through Overdrive/Libby.

Make an abominable and adorable Yeti with scissors, paper and glue. Fringe your paper with scissors to give your Yeti textured fur. At the end of the class, you’ll have an almost 2 foot long Yeti to hang on your wall! With Pop-up Art School. Pick up a Yeti Kit at the Library. You will need your own glue, scissors and markers at home. Please email your name and age--we'll email back instructions for picking up your Yeti Kit, and the Zoom link for the class.

See our complete list of early 2021 holiday classes below: February 13th: Strawberry Shortcake Biscuit Valentine Cookies! St Paddy's Day Irish Soda Bread Biscuits! Celebrate Saint Patrick's Day with this delicious recipe! Learn how to make this with Chef Rob, Live on our Facebook Page. The class will be recorded for later viewing. See our complete list of early 2021 holiday classes below: April 17th: Chocolate Chip Cookie Pizza! (No holiday needed for chocolate & pizza!) May 1st: Cinco de Mayo Mexican Lasagna--Vegetarian or Meat Lovers! Bon appetit!

Relieve frustration and learn to communicate with your baby before they learn to talk--and have fun at the same time! This is a live Zoom class.

Join us for a powerful and uplifting presentation on Race Amity, hosted by William Smith. "Race relations in America won't improve unless the public discourse and analysis of history moves beyond blame, grievance and rejection," said Boston-based film producer William H. "Smitty" Smith. "We also need to look at a parallel phenomenon--enduring friendships between people of different races that have created profound, historic change." Smith has devoted his life to shedding light on those relationships, which he said reflect "race amity.

Join us virtually to read stories with an officer from the Weston Police Department! For ages 3-6. Please email cstirling@minlib.net to register and receive the Zoom link.

Join us as we discuss $2.00 a Day: living on almost nothing in America by Kathryn J. Eding and H. Luke Shafer. This book was one of the New York Times Notable Nonfiction Books of 2015. “This slim, searing look at extreme poverty deftly mixes policy research and heartrending narratives from a swath of the 1.5 million American households eking out an existence on cash incomes of $2 per person per day. Edin and Shaefer, respectively professors at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Michigan, trace the history of welfare in the U.S. up to the cuts enacted by President Clinton. They also explore the worlds of the desperately impoverished, profiling people who are able to find, at best, low-wage jobs with no bargaining power.” – Syndetics, a Bowker service.

Create a miniature chocolate box filled with adorable bonbons that may fool your friends and family! Using a pinching technique you will make the box, and you will roll small balls of clay to make the animal bonbons. After the class, you will receive a video that shows you how to paint your miniature chocolate box after it dries.

Join us for a LIVE Q&A session with Star Wars characters from the Alderaan Base! You can ask them any Star Wars questions that you can't answer, or share your favorite Star Wars thoughts. Please register by email, and join us via Zoom! With many thanks to our friends from the New England Garrison of the Rebel Legion.

Enjoy another performance in the Weston Public Library's popular concert series from the comfort of your home! The Library’s popular Virtual Concert Series continues with an exciting performance by the harp and percussion duo, Shelley Otis and Fabio Pirozzolo. The harp, as a part of many musical traditions throughout the world, has a complex history, varied shapes, and diverse musical forms. This program will showcase some of those harp traditions, and in between songs, Shelley will weave tidbits of cultural information and historical background into this informative and entertaining concert/lecture hybrid. She and Fabio will play songs from Chile, Italy, Mali, Macedonia, and Ireland, among other places.

Relieve frustration and learn to communicate with your baby before they learn to talk--and have fun at the same time! This is a live Zoom class.

Do you enjoy reading and discussing mystery novels? You'll find good company in a friendly group of readers who meet monthly via the Zoom platform. This month we will discuss bestseller The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman: "Meeting weekly in their retirement village's Jigsaw Room to exchange theories about unsolved crimes, four savvy septuagenarians propose a daring but unorthodox plan to help a woman rookie cop solve her first big murder case". Copies of the book can be borrowed directly from the library.

Sing Along with Jeannie Mack! Bring your dancing shoes and join Jeannie with some kids' favorites, along with rhymes and seasonal songs!

Join us for discussion of local author Beth C. Greenberg's debut novel First Quiver, an irreverent, contemporary twist on mythology and the struggle between duty and love, a battle as old as the gods themselves.

Join this session with The Princeton Review to overcome fears, dispel common myths, and learn how the college admissions process can actually be a fun experience.

Relieve frustration and learn to communicate with your baby before they learn to talk--and have fun at the same time! This is a live Zoom class.

Edible landscaping is the newest gardening trend that answers the old question of how to utilize your limited garden space so it can be productive and beautiful at the same time. Chef and gardener Liz Barbour of the Creative Feast has been including edible plants throughout her small cottage garden from the very beginning of its design. Join her for a slideshow tour through her edible gardens and learn how she has introduced vegetables, herbs, fruit trees, edible shrubs, and herbs to blend beautifully and deliciously throughout. Enjoy a cooking demonstration of 2 seasonal recipes. ? ?Slide presentation and cooking demonstration.

The Weston Library Music Committee is please to present a series of virtual concerts which you can enjoy from home.

Relieve frustration and learn to communicate with your baby before they learn to talk--and have fun at the same time! This is a live Zoom class.