Henna Alchemy with Mandy Roberge - part 1. Ever wonder how henna paste is made? Create your own recipe based on the information given in a Zoom session! Whether you use Coca-cola, lemon juice, rainwater or tea with your powder is up to you, as is the distinct mix of essential oils. Learn how to roll and fill your own cone – then use it the next day. The second hour of the program will be another Zoom session on Thursday, July 9th at 6:00pm. You will use the paste to create your own tattoo designs.

Many really good kids write really bad college essays; essays about how soccer taught them the importance of teamwork, or how they struggled to adapt to strange cultures during a trip to Paris. It is not their fault; most kids have never been taught what college admissions officers actually want to read about, or that great college essays need to be written very differently from the essays assigned in high school English classes. That is why we created this seminar—to teach kids how to find and write their best stories for college essays. We will explain what admissions officers actually want (and do not want) to read, reveal the five most overused essay topics and teach writing techniques that will help any student write more engaging and effective college essays.

In the second part of Henna Alchemy you will learn how to use the paste you made the day before in Henna Alchemy - Part 1 to create tattoo designs on your hand or arm.

Join the Mystery Book Group to chat with writer Barbara Ross and to discuss her cozy mystery Clammed Up. This book is always available via the library's Hoopla service. Barbara Ross is the author of the Maine Clambake Mysteries and the Jane Darrowfield Mysteries. Her books have been nominated for multiple Agatha Awards for Best Contemporary Novel and have won the Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction. Barbara’s Maine Clambake novellas are included along with stories by Leslie Meier and Lee Hollis in holiday anthologies from Kensington Publishing. Barbara and her husband live in Portland, Maine. Readers can visit her website at www.maineclambakemysteries.com. Please RSVP to wsnmail2@minlib.net

Create a mountain landscape painting that will impress your peers! Mix your own earth-toned paint from spices in your kitchen or use watercolor paint. In this virtual class you will follow along step-by-step as you paint a serene mountain landscape that shows depth. Layer the translucent colors one by one and use a hairdryer to dry the paint as you work.

Weston Public Library and The Princeton Review have teamed up to offer this webinar about SAT, ACT, and AP testing updates. Have questions about standardized tests and college admissions? Ask them here!