One of the first steps completed on the Winters Community Library Teaching Garden was the removal of several trees and a number of shrubs from the area for the pollinator garden. Pat Riley (WFoL member) donated his time, expertise, and equipment (chain saws, shredder, and stump remover) for removing trees and shrubs with the help […]
Sign Ups For the 2018 Winters Shakespeare Workshop Now Open
Actors sign up now! Teens ages 13-19, can sign up to perform in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream! Be part of the first Winters Shakespeare Workshop production on our new Park Playground Stage in summer 2018. Sign ups are now open for Winters Shakespeare Workshop (WSW) 2018 season. WSW is a 5-week intensive acting camp […]
Winters Shakespeare Workshop Job Opportunities
WSW 2019 postponed. Check back later this year for 2020 Season enrollment. (post updated for 2019) Winters Shakespeare Workshop is a 5-week production/workshop now in our 21st season.Work with professional director and music director to run workshop for teens thatculminates in an outdoor production of The Comedy of Errors, set in the 1980’s, with music […]
Join Yolo County Library at the River Cats Game on May 26, 2017
(Woodland, CA) – Join Yolo County Library staff at Raley Field on Friday, May 26 as we kick-off our annual Summer Reading Program. Watch the Sacramento River Cats battle the Memphis Redbirds and support the Library by purchasing special Assembly section seats for the game. Tickets may be purchased online by going to www.yolocountylibrary.org. Simply click […]
6 Shakespeare Quotes: What’s Your Favorite?
Are you a Shakespeare fan? Here are a few of our favorite quotes from the bard, what are yours? Let us know on FaceBook or instagram! Do you have a teen who wants to become a Shakespeare Fan? Click here to sign-up for the Teen Winters Shakespeare Workshop here.
What is the foundation of learning and literacy? Play!
My children and I just left the town library where we got an armful of new books and listened to a funny book Dragons Love Tacos By Adam Rubin during story time. On the way home, we stopped by the park to have a play-date with some friends. As the Moms were visiting, the kids […]
Sign Up Now for Teen Actors Workshop- 2017!
Actors sign up now! Teens, ages 13-19, can sign up now for the 2017 Winters Shakespeare Workshop – Five intensive weeks of training and rehearsal, ending in a production of The Tempest by Shakespeare. The show this summer will be set on a tropical island. What is Winters Shakespeare Workshop? Winters Shakespeare Workshop is a […]
January 2017 Library Programs
The following special programs will be held during the month of January at Yolo County’s Winters Community Library, located at 708 Railroad Avenue in Winters: • January 11: Literary Trails: Teen Walk ‘n’ Talk Book Club, 2:00 p.m. Join in this new program that combines critical thinking and social skills with physical exercise. Participants will […]
Why WFoL Loves Drama
Winters Friends of the Library is a proud supporter of theater programs for young people. We have supported the Winters Shakespeare Workshop, a summer program for teens, since 1999. This year we are bringing artists-in-residence Voice of the Wood to lead performance workshops with 5th grade classes at Rominger School and to perform for the […]
2016 Family Holiday Festival Presents Katie Henry
Don’t miss the Winters Friend of the Library Family Holiday Festival, December 3, 2016, from 10 AM to 2 PM. Admission is Free. Outstanding Musician and music educator, Katie Henry began an eight-week program of singing with Winters preschools, under a grant from Winters Friends of the Library. Katie will conclude her sessions with a […]
Winters Shakespeare Workshop Receives California Arts Council “Local Impact” Grant
Winters Shakespeare Workshop has been awarded a Local Impact grant of $4275 from the California Arts Council. The grant funds will support a summer theater program for children ages 7-11 and after-school drama clubs at four Winters school sites. Winters Shakespeare Workshop, a program of Winters Friends of the Library, is the only organization in […]
Summer Drama Program Pays Big Dividends for Teens and Town
It’s every town’s dream: Raise young people who participate in the town’s quality programs and they will return to give back to those programs and support another generation. Andrew Fridae and Emma Pfanner are longtime friends and were actors together in the 2008 Winters Shakespeare Workshop production of “The Tempest,” and will be teaming up […]
