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 art reception this month. Here are just a few events happening soon, here and beyond Wellesley.
Wellesley Theatre Project presents Come From Away
Come From Away is a moving and uplifting musical based on the true story of what happened in the small town of Gander, Newfoundland, on September 11, 2001. When 38 planes carrying nearly 7,000 passengers were unexpectedly diverted there, the residents of this isolated community opened their hearts and homes to the stranded travelers.
DATES: April 16, 17, 18 & 19
TICKETS here
Art Wellesley, Colossal Collage Maker Night
Let’s create a colossal collage together. During community maker nights, participants use found papers to cut, glue, and assemble a botanical-themed collage. Think big, as in colossally big. Elizabeth Cohen and Jenny Schneider will expertly guide the process. The colossal collage will be hung at the Wellesley Free Library throughout June. This event is free and open to everyone. No art experience required.
Babson Music Collective Concert
DATE/TIME: Tuesday, April 27, 7pm
LOCATION: Babson College, Carling-Sorenson Theater
COST: Free, and open to the public
REGISTRATION encouraged, (walk-ins welcome)
DESCRIPTION: The Collective is rooted in the jazz traditions of improvisation and creative expression. The strudent group finds inspiration in a range of musical styles from pop and afro beat to classic jazz standards.
Wellesley College arts news
Wellesley College has announced the appointment of Dina Deitsch as the new Ruth Gordon Shapiro ’37 Director of the Davis Museum. Currently director and chief curator of Tufts University Art Galleries, Deitsch will begin work at Wellesley in mid-July.
Deitsch has worked at Boston area art organizations for nearly two decades. Deitsch earned her B.A. at the Stern College for Women at Yeshiva University. She holds an M.A. in the history of art from Williams College and completed additional graduate work at New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts, specializing at both schools in modern and contemporary American and European art.
Currently leading the Davis are interim co-directors Amanda Gilvin and Mary Beth Timm.
In other Wellesley College arts news, congratulations to Wellesley Repertory Theatre, which produced “Lifted,” written by Wellesley College alumna Mfoniso Udofia.
Presented as a work-in- progress last week at the College’s Alumnae Hall, the ‘text-in-hand’ presentations treated the audience to creativity in action as Udofia continues to hone this powerful play about a Harvard researcher accused of plagiarism for incorporating her deceased father’s work into her own.
Exhibit at Beth Urdang Gallery
LOCATION: 15 Central Street / 16 Grove Street, Wellesley, MA 02482
DATE: through April 25
ARTISTS: Clara Berta, recent paintings, a brilliant painter of exuberant light-filled abstractions based in Laguna Beach, CA whose works reflect the natural radiance of her surroundings.
Wellesley Symphony Orchestra, “Dance!”
DATE/TIME: Sunday, May 10, 2pm
LOCATION: The WSO is back at the beautifully renovated Mass Bay Auditorium, 5o Oakland St., Wellesley
TICKETS here
HIGHLIGHTS: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) – Four Waltzes; Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937) – Concert Piece, Harp, Op. 39; Claude Debussy (1862-1918) – Dances Sacres et Profanes, Emily Richardson, Harp; Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) – Estancia: Four Dances; Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) – Petruchka
Apply to be a Community Art Advisor
The Community Foundation for MetroWest is seeking 3-5 Community Advisors to help guide the Foundation’s investment in arts and culture across the region. This is for nine months with a stipend of $6,500.
Community Advisors will work with the Foundation over a 9-month period beginning in July 2026, bringing community perspectives to conversations about outreach, strategy, and investment in MetroWest’s arts and culture ecosystem. Advisors will help identify key needs and opportunities for creatives and cultural organizations, connect the Foundation to a broader range of voices, and inform more equitable, community-driven strategies for supporting the arts.
Learn more and apply here.
Beyond Wellesley
EVENT: Boston Lyric Opera presents Daughter of the Regiment
DATES: April 24 – May 3
LOCATION: Emerson Colonial Theatre, 106 Boylston St
TICKETS here
DESCRIPTION: Laughter meets revolutionary spirit in BLO’s staging of Donizetti’s comedy. This production tells a heartfelt tale of love and loyalty in a patriotic toast to America at 250. Presented in partnership with Everyone250.
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Don’t forget this Sunday’s free concert by the Wellesley Town Band at 3 in the High School auditorium.