More than you really want to know about Wellesley, Mass.
January is National Blood Donor month, and Wellesley Dental Group will co-host a community blood donation drive on Wed. Jan. 29, 1pm – 6pm., at the Wellesley Community Center at 219 Washington St.
For more information about the blood drive, also hosted by the American Red Cross and the Wellesley Police, and the Wellesley Community Center, you can call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767), or register online.
Sustainable Wellesley will hold an action meeting on Sunday, Jan. 26, 4pm – 5:30pm at the Wellesley Congregational Church (Village Church), 2 Central Street. The church is accessible.
There are many ways Wellesley residents of all ages can make a difference and feel like they are “doing something.” Learn about the many campaigns, projects, and opportunities there are for you to participate in, or bring your own ideas for making a difference, both here in our community and as we work for environmental justice throughout the Commonwealth. No experience necessary; just come with you variety of talents, enthusiasm and knowledge.
A Swellesley Report reader, looking out for residents struggling with the new secure mailboxes in Wellesley and seeking to help The Swellesley Report sustain itself financially, has made a modest proposal:
This covers a lot of ground and three or four of your recent stories.
I went to the Grove St post office to mail letters at the “drive up” (and get out) box. In fact, the driver of the car in front of me was out. But he was parked very close to the curb and was having trouble moving around his open car door and the mailboxes. He appeared to also be having trouble figuring out where to put the letters. It was dark, and the slot is not really visible in the dark. I know the challenge. After a few more moments he got back in the car, letters in hand, and drove off.
From my car I managed to get one side of my letters in the slot, then pushed them in with a newspaper I had with me. (Who said newspapers are outdated?) Which leads to the new product idea.
The Swellesley Stick. About a foot long and in the general shape of a clothes pin. Place the letters in the jaws, extend to and into the slot, release using the squeeze handles, stay in the car and feel smart. The stick would be big enough to proudly show a Swellesley logo. The basic daytime model would be just that, the deluxe 24-hour model could have a small LED. But the best part, thanks to your recent story, is that it would be made from the wood of the recently deceased Hunnewell Tree. You will have to move fast to secure the logs. I guess the fallback would be the RDF’s Christmas trees. The Hunnewell PTO could be your marketing partner in the first case, the DPW in the fallback. And for the final story, the sticks could be produced by the person who recently carved a buck statue on the base of a damaged tree on Overbrook Drive.
If people will buy a pet rock, they’ll buy a Swellesley Stick. And it will give you one more story idea, along with the revenue.
A Swellesley reader.
The fifth annual TEDxNatick will take place on January 25, 2020 at Natick High School. The event will feature 11 speakers who will tell their stories live and on stage, TED-talk style.
We’re most excited about investigative journalist and award-winning mystery author Hank Phillippi Ryan. Ryan is an on-air investigative reporter for Boston’s WHDH-TV, and winner of 36 Emmy and 14 Edward R. Murrow awards. A nationally bestselling author of 11 mysteries, she also has won five Agathas, three Anthonys, and the Mary Higgins Clark Award. Hank’s 2018 Trust Me is an Agatha Nominee. Her newest novel is The Murder List. Critics call her “a master of suspense”.
An all-volunteer, community-driven initiative, TEDxNatick brings together 800 community members, civic leaders, business leaders, technologists, artists, educators, and other professionals for a full day of thought-provoking talks, inspiring music, conversations and networking. This year’s event will have over 20 corporate and individual sponsors, and 12 fantastic speakers. Those interested in volunteering may contact [email protected]. Tickets are on sale at tedxnatick.org. Buy your tickets soon, every previous TEDxNatick event has sold out in advance.
The League of Women Voters of Wellesley will be on hand to register voters at two upcoming events:
For general public: Waterstone at Wellesley voter registration event
Monday, Jan. 27, 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. in the River Room, Waterstone at Wellesley, 27 Washington St. (Open to the public)
For students: Wellesley High School voter registration event
Tuesday, Feb. 4, 10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Wellesley High School Cafeteria, 50 Rice St.
Citizens may register to vote by mail, in person at the Town Clerk’s office, or may register, change address or change party affiliation online with a valid driver’s license or signature on file with a state agency. https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ovr/
For more information, https://my.lwv.org/massachusetts/wellesley or contact [email protected].
The deadline to register to vote in the presidential primary is Feb. 12.
Presidential primary – March 3 and Wellesley Town Election – March 17.
Here’s a round-up of what a couple of Wellesley theater groups are up to:
Wellesley Repertory Theatre, the award-winning professional theatre company in residence on the Wellesley College campus since 1998, will bring playwright Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s boom to the Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre at Wellesley College on January 16 — February 9, 2020.
At an evolutionary museum far in the future, a curator tells the story of two present-day people on a first date interrupted by a comet hitting the Earth, with globally catastrophic repercussions. This couple soon finds themselves as the last two people on the planet; the fate of humanity suddenly lands on their shoulders as they realize they could be the new Adam and Eve. Spanning billions of years, boom riotously looks at the depths of humanity – what we want from one another, how we take care of each other, and how our stories become important.
Wellesley Theatre Project‘s (WTP) audition-only touring group, IMPACT! will attend the Junior Theatre Festival January 17 – 19 in Atlanta Georgia as the only group from Massachusetts, along with 6,000 others performing artists representing 129 groups, 31 states, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. WTP will present a selection from Disney’s The Little Mermaid.
At the festival, youth theatre companies perform 15-minute staged selections from titles in musical licensor Music Theatre International’s Broadway Junior collection for adjudication, after which students attend interactive workshops. Students interested in technical theatre can participate in the tech track, which includes the opportunity to work alongside industry professionals backstage for the festival’s main stage events.
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The annual World of Wellesley community breakfast in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day will take place on Mon., Jan. 20, 2020, 8am – 10am at Alumnae Hall, Wellesley College.
The event will feature an inter-racial and inter-ethnic panel of social justice advocates who will provide insights on Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream and the fight for civil rights of Blacks, Indigenous People and Latin X. The talk will focus on where we are, where should we be and how can we get there together.
There will also be special performances by the Wellesley High School Cheer Team and the Kuumba Singers of Harvard University.
Please consider reserving a table, which could be used for your own group of 10 or donated for use by local students and community members. The donation for a table is $300* (10 people).
The donation for an individual ticket is $30. Students are $10 for full breakfast buffet.
Reservations due by January 17, 2020.
Free parking in Wellesley College garage (first right at main entrance on 135), and the building is accessible.
*To reserve tickets or a table and pay by check in advance or by cash or check at the door, please email your request to [email protected]. Mail checks to: World of Wellesley, P.O. Box 812381, Wellesley, MA 02482-0018.
This event is co-sponsored by World of Wellesley and Wellesley College.
At the 2019 breakfast, Claudia Fox Tree shined a spotlight on Native Americans.
