Wellesley is fortunate to have a lively arts scene, with various opportunities to engage with or make art at any given time. Check out a concert, theater performance, or film this month. Here are just a few events happening soon.
Film screening
EVENT: Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics
DATE: Thursday, March 27
TIME: 6:30pm-9pm (details below)
LOCATION: Newman Elementary School Auditorium, 1155 Central Avenue Needham, MA 02492
TICKETS: Free. Register here.
DESCRIPTION: Sustainable Wellesley and partners are screening Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics, a 2024 documentary investigating our addiction to plastic and the growing threat of microplastics on human health. Since its premier at the SXSW film festival, it has only been screened at film festivals and community sponsored events like this one.
The event is presented by Sustainable Wellesley with Wellesley’s Climate Action Committee, the Wellesley Health Department, Green Needham, the Needham Board of Health, the Needham League of Women Voters, and the Needham High School Environmental Action Club.
Artist’s reception
EVENT: Artist’s reception at Beth Urdang Gallery
ARTIST: JP Terlizzi, “The Good Dishes”—a series of photographs
DATE: March 28 (exhibit on view March 20 – April 26)
TIME: 5pm-7pm
LOCATION: Beth Urdang Gallery, 15 Central St., Wellesley
DESCRIPTION: Love and food have always been deeply intertwined in JP Terlizzi’s family. Inspired by the legacies we leave for the next generation, “The Good Dishes” honors treasured memories of family gatherings by beautifully integrating fine china, food, and complementary backgrounds. These tablescapes are unique, fresh, tenderly nostalgic, and a visual feast.
Poetry reading
EVENT: Thompson Poet Reading Series: Victoria Chang
DATE: Wednesday, Apr. 2
TIME: 5pm
LOCATION: Babson College, 231 Forest St.
COST: Free. Registration here.
DESCRIPTION: Victoria Chang’s most recent award-winning book of poems is With My Back to the World, published in 2024 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Other recent books include The Trees Witness Everything (Copper Canyon Press, 2022), and her nonfiction book, Dear Memory (Milkweed Editions, 2021). She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Chowdhury International Prize in Literature. She is the Bourne Chair in Poetry at Georgia Tech and Director of Poetry@Tech.
Theater production
EVENT: Wellesley Theatre Project presents, Hadestown, Teen Edition
DATE/TIME: April 3, 7pm; April 4, 7pm; April 5, 2pm & 7pm; April 6, 2pm
LOCATION: WTP Studio Theater, 219 Washington St. Wellesley, MA
TICKETS HERE
DESCRIPTION: This full-length Teen Edition of Anaïs Mitchell’s haunting, jazz-inflected folk opera follows Orpheus’ mythical quest to overcome Hades and regain the favor of his one true love, Eurydice. Rated PG-13.
Wellesley in Bloom
Wellesley’s garden clubs are planning a town wide beautification effort with “Wellesley in Bloom.” Clubs will make 20 gorgeous floral wreaths that will hang on the door fronts of Wellesley merchants from May 3-11. Afterwards, the wreaths will be shared with the community.
Now that should put a spring in everybody’s step.
Wellesley library March art exhibits
James. E Mahoney Foyer
ARTIST: Leann Shamash presents “Leaves Alone”
EXHIBIT LOCATION: James. E Mahoney Foyer
DESCRIPTION: Presented in this exhibit, Leaves Alone, is a modest sampling of the thousands of species of plants and trees that inhabit our planet. Monocots or dicots, deciduous or evergreen, leaves are distinctive beings which add beauty, food and productivity to our planet.
ARTIST: Harry Senger presents “American Watercolor Artist”
EXHIBIT LOCATION: Wakelin Room
DESCRIPTION: An artist as well as a psychiatrist, Dr. Senger found common ground in the two fields: both relying on perceptive observation, the finding of essence, and effective communication between people.
DISPLAY CASES: Aesop’s Fables, Nancy Schon; Historical Photographs of Hunnewell and Hardy Schools by the Wellesley Historical Society; “A Place To Sit,” Mindfulness Reminder Cards by Tom Gilligan
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