The Winter Park Public Library will host a free seminar on applied happiness on Saturday, May 10^th at 2 p.m. Attendees will learn how to sustain lasting happiness, and develop tangible skills that will enable them to live in the moment and better cope with challenges. The seminar will take place on the 3^rd floor of the library. For more information, visit Winter Park Public Library’s website.

Art and History Museums in Maitland will host “Literature Out Loud” on May 9^th at 7 p.m. The event is a book launch for Jesse Bradley’s new graphic poetry book, “The Bones of Us.”

Join Maitland poets & writers in the Mayan Garden at 7:30, 8:15, 9:00, 9:30, interspersed with visits to the cash bar and to hear the live band. Tickets will cost $5.

For more information, visit Literature Out Loud’s website.

The Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens will host a special event for mom on Mother’s Day, May 11^th. After brunch, bring Mom over to the beautiful Polasek Museum for some much needed “rest and relaxation” with free admission for Mom! Let her stop and smell the roses, literally, while she takes in the sculpture gardens. For more information, visit Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Garden’s website.

Kelly Luce, author of “Three Scenarios In Which Hana Sasaki Grows A Tail”, will host a reading on May 7th at 7 p.m.in the Melanson Room at the Winter Park Public Library.

Hana Sasakiwill introduce you to many things—among them, an oracular toaster, a woman who grows a tail, and an extraordinary sex-change operation. Set in Japan, these stories tip into the fantastical, plumb the power of memory, and measure the human capacity to love.

For more information, contact Philip Deaver at pdeaver@rollins.edu.