August Events
It’s not too late to sign up for Summer Reading at the Library! All ages! Great prizes!
Old Home Day August 9- the library will be open for usual business 10-3! Stop by, sign up for a library card!, cool off, use the facilities, check out art in the Herrick Room. We are happy to be contributing kazoos and bubbles to the parade, and lending games to the game area. Please encourage your children to treat these materials with respect.
Events in Brief
All month: Art in the Herrick Room. Paper and Photo Collages by Susan Dorais.
Every Friday: LEGO and Games. 4 p.m.
Every Sunday: Yoga. 10 a.m.
Every Tuesday: Adult Art Group. 5 p.m.
4 p.m. Wednesday Matinee Movies will be on break this August
Every Wednesday: Yoga. 6:20 p.m.
No August Office Hours with Rep Saunders
TONIGHT! Thursday July 31, 6:30 p.m. Stone Circle Concerts: The Hilltown Ham Hocks
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.
The Hilltown Ham Hocks are a modern folk trio with old time roots with a repertoire of carefully-crafter originals and distinctive covers, the Hilltown Ham Hocks weave a rich tapestry of American folk, bluegrass, and old-time sounds. check them out at https://hilltownhamhocks.com/music/ and more fun videos at https://www.instagram.com/hilltownhamhocks/
Big thanks to the Friends of the Wendell Free Library for making these concerts possible.
Saturday, August 2: Postponed to October 1.
Mushroom Walk with Jonathan Kranz.
Learn basics of mushroom habits, identification, and ecology, and help prepare participants for safe, exciting forages of their own. All ages, Registration Required. Meet at the Wendell State Forest bottom lot. 10:30 a.m.
Mondays, August 4 and 18: Fiber Group / Mending Circle. 6:30 p.m.
Bring a hand work fiber project of your choice and work in community while chatting and swapping tips. Or use the library needle felting supplies to try out a new medium. 6:30-8ish.
Tuesday. August 12: Wendell Mock County Fair. 3-5 p.m.
Bring in anything that you are thinking of entering into the exhibitors hall at the Franklin County Fair; Crafts, Arts, Baked Goods, Canned Goods, Maple products etc. Home grown Eggs, Vegetables, Flowers etc. Unfinished and in progress projects are welcome! We will set up a display, admire each other’s handiwork, root each other on and taste test each other’s recipes.
Wednesdays 8/6 8/13 8/20: Big Build Club. 3-5 p.m.
Join us for an afternoon of construction: 8/6 Magnetic Tile Ball Runs, 8/13: Vertical Train Tracks with Duplos. 8/20- Cardboard Creations, Use the library chomp saw and pattern book or make up your own ideas with cardboard and other supplies. Registration Required.
Saturday August 16: Crankie Making Workshop with Moo Butler. Ages 9 and up. Registration Required. 1-3:30 p.m.
Tuesday August 19: Stone Circle Free Concert: The Faux Paws. 6:30 p.m.
Bring your picnic, blanket, or chair and soak in the evening vibes!
Big thanks to the Friends of the Wendell Free Library for making these concerts possible.
From raging fiddle tunes, to saxophone solos and unrequited love songs, the music of the Faux Paws would be hard to pin down with standard genre descriptions. The trio’s contagious groove, and feel-good melting pot folk music has been honed over ten years of playing together, and is the sounds of three close friends (two of which happen to be brothers), who feel a musical kinship that transcends any stylistic limitations. The Faux Paws are regulars at Rhode Island’s Rhythm and Roots Festival and other folk festivals across the country.
Tuesday, August 26: Adult Book Group. 10 a.m.
Zora Neal Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Pick up a copy on the book group shelf.
Tuesday, August 26: Celebrate the end of a great Summer of reading. 3-5p.m.
Pick up prizes, & play some more games!
