Longtime Wellesley resident Rolly Wester has worked out a consignment deal with Wellesley Books to sell his first book, Rhyming Around, which is a self-published collection of rhymes with titles such as “Young Ladies With Red Cars on Highways” and “In a Dentist’s Chair, Impatiently.” Wester, who describes himself as retired though doing some substitute [...]
Friends of Wellesley Free Libraries Spring 2013 Book Sale will be Thursday, April 25 – Sunday, April 28, 2013 at the Wellesley Free Library, 510 Washington Street. Wakelin Room. Hours are as follows: Thursday, April 25, 5-9 pm Members Preview (Not a member? Join that day) Public Sale: Friday, April 26, 9-6 pm and Saturday, [...]
Wellesley resident Abby Glassenberg, a self-described plush pattern designer, craft book author and sewing teacher, has published her second book, a how-to for creating “heirloom quality” stuffed animals. The book, titled “Stuffed Animals: From Concept to Construction,” features 16 projects and 52 lessons, and is the book Glassenberg says she wishes had been around when [...]
Wellesley resident Valerie Gates has joined forces with longtime friend and photographer Ann Cutting to produce an artsy new book for kids that adults might also enjoy and it’s called “The Other Colors: An ABC Book.” As the title suggests, this book focuses on less familiar hues such as gamboge, zaffre and debian. For Gates, [...]
This snow pup showed up today in Wellesley Square in front of Wellesley Books in what my wishing-to-stay-anonymous photo-tipster called a “snowbombing,” somewhat akin to photobombing (where people pop into photos unbeknownst to the main subjects). We’re just hoping this isn’t a real snow-covered dog. We saw another creative Wellesley Square snow creation, of a [...]
Stop by the Shakespeare Society House on the Wellesley College campus this weekend from noon on Friday, March 1 to noon on Saturday, March 2 to read or listen to the works of Shakespeare. Map here. For more information, email Erin at enealer@wellesley.edu
Now maybe we can finally get to the bottom of whether so many of the people we run into in Wellesley are actually space aliens: The Global Science Fiction Conference is being held at Wellesley College in March. Here’s the basic agenda for the 2-day event: Global Science Fiction Keynote Address with Andrea Hairston Friday, [...]
