Wellesley is fortunate enough to draw multiple authors and speakers to town each month who are knowledgable across a wide range of subjects, and who visit to connect with audiences and promote their work. Attending such an event is a great way to meet the current stars of the literary and lecture scene. Here are just a few events happening soon.

EVENT: Speaker Tracy Rubin, “Curating Vermeer”
DATE: Thursday, Dec. 5
TIME: 7pm-8pm
LOCATION: Wellesley Free Library, 530 Washington St.
COST: Free

DESCRIPTION: The Wellelsey Society of Artists in partnership with the Wellesley Free Library (WFL) present “Curating Vermeer” a talk with MFA gallery instructor Tracy Rubin. The exhibition, “Vermeer” which opened at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands in spring 2023 was more than a box office success. It was sold out within days, if not hours, and people scrambled to somehow gain access.

The exhibition lived up to all the hype because it was expertly curated. It was an absolute delight to the eye and food for the soul. The hanging of paintings, the wall text, the wall color palette all related artfully to the works and enhanced the experience. Tracy will “deconstruct” how the exhibition was conceived and presented, paying attention to what anyone who is hanging a show should consider. Tracy said “Hanging Vermeer” seemed like a better title for this talk, but alas, sounded rather threatening. Hence, “Curating Vermeer”. More here.

AUTHOR EVENT: Suja Sukumar, When Mimi Went Missing, with Gail-Agnes Musikavanhu

DATE: Thursday, Dec. 5
TIME: 7pm-8pm
COST: This is a $5 ticketed event. Buy tickets online (fees apply) or by calling 781-431-1160 during store hours (no fees).
DESCRIPTION: Y/A novel. Shy, nerdy Tanvi has always thought of her perfect cousin Mimi as her sister. Not only did Mimi’s family raise Tanvi after the tragic death of her parents, fierce Mimi has always protected Tanvi at school. At least until Mimi fell under the spell of their flawless, rich classmate, Beth . . . Tanvi’s biggest bully.

Recent author visit

Following a reception at Lockheart restaurant in Wellesley Square, WHS graduate Eve Driver read from her non-fiction book, What We Can’t Burn, at Wellesley Books.

BOOK SUMMARY: Forming an unlikely friendship amid the fossil fuel divestment campaign at Harvard University, Kenyan clean energy entrepreneur Tom Osborn and American climate writer and strategist, and WHS graduate Eve Driver, reckon with coming of age in a generation confused and divided about how to save itself, the meaning of ‘climate justice,’ and what it will take to build a global climate movement.

Purchase Driver’s book here.