Babson-sponsored Commonwealth Shakespeare Company to present Richard III on the Boston Common

June 11, 2018 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

A magical night during Commonwealth Shakespeare’s performance last summer of Romeo & Juliet

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company‘s Founding Artistic Director Steven Maler, is pleased to present the 23rd season of Free Shakespeare on the Common. William Shakespeare’s drama Richard III will be directed by Steven Maler and star Faran Tahir. Performances are free of charge and will take place on the Boston Common, near the Parkman Bandstand.

One of Greater Boston’s most beloved traditions, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s “Free Shakespeare on the Common” takes up residence once again with Shakespeare’s drama Richard III. This searing drama chronicles the ruthless ascension of a king and the devastation he leaves in his wake as he gains power over the realm.

William Shakespeare’s Richard III
Directed by Steven Maler and Starring Faran Tahir
Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common
Sponsored by Babson College

Performance dates:

July 18 – August 5. Tuesday – Saturday performances at 8pm; Sundays at 7pm (Off Mondays). There will be one 3pm matinee performance on Saturday, August 4.

Tickets:

Performances are free and open to the public. A limited number of “Friends’ Section” reserved chairs are available for $60-75 donation per chair. For more information and to reserve chairs visit commshakes.org or call 617-426-0863. For Weather updates on performance nights, call the CSC weather hotline, (781) 239-5972.

Read all about the stars appearing in this summer’s performance:

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Wellesley Business Buzz: Red Apple Convenience peels out; Page Waterman on the move; Babson branches out to Dubai

June 10, 2018 by bbrown Leave a Comment

Here’s a roundup of the latest Wellesley, MA business news:

Red Apple Convenience peels out

We can’t count the number of times Swellesley readers have asked us over the years: “Is Red Apple still open?” They’ve noted that it had been closed for a few days with no signs indicating when or if the corner store across from the Wellesley Free Library would make its Slush Puppies, lottery tickets and whatever else was being sold there available again.

Well, this time the store appears to be very cleaned out.

red apple wellesley

Page Waterman Fine Framing on the move

Page Waterman, founded in 1917, has announced that it is moving from its Church Square location to 592a Washington St., where its headquarters and restoration studio have been located since 1983.

Naturally, the business is having a moving sale…

Babson branching out to Dubai

As part of one of the world’s richest countries in the world, Dubai’s probably not a bad place to try to set up shop for a college or any number of other businesses. Babson College has announced it will do just that to offer graduate and executive education programs for working professionals across the United Arab Emirates.

The Babson MBA – Dubai will be delivered in a blended online and face-to-face format starting in January.

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Healey moving on from Babson presidency

May 14, 2018 by bbrown Leave a Comment

Babson College has announced that President Kerry Healey is stepping down in June 2019, paving the way for a new leader to take over during the middle of the Wellesley school’s centennial celebration year.

Babson’s first female president will wrap up her second 3-year term next year.

The former Massachusetts Lt. Governor is credited by Babson for leading the school’s efforts to reduce undergraduate tuition through an accelerated degree program, getting Babson onto the edX online learning program and more.

The search for Healey’s successor starts this summer.

Babson offered no clues about what might be next for Healey.

Colleges in Wellesley announce commencement speakers line-up

April 18, 2018 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

Wellesley College and MassBay have joined Babson College in making public their 2018 commencement speakers. Drum roll please…

Wellesley College, Commencement — Tracy K. Smith, Poet Laureate of the Unted States, will deliver remarks at Wellesley College’s Commencement exercises. Photo credit: Rachel Eliza Griffiths / Blue Flower Arts

Tracy K. Smith, poet laureate of the United States and the Roger S. Berlind ’52 Professor in the Humanities and director of the creative writing program at Princeton University, will speak at Wellesley’s 140th Commencement Exercises on Friday, June 1, at 10:30am.

Smith’s work explores a diverse range of topics, from faith, grief, and loss, to dystopia and Afrofuturism, to deep space and life on other planets, to America’s troubled racial history and the legacy of slavery. In her role as poet laureate, Smith aims to expand the audience for poetry through rural outreach, traveling to communities writers might not usually visit.

As we reported in an earlier post, Babson’s speakers at the College’s May 19 ceremonies will be president and CEO of UNICEF USA, Caryl M. Stern; and co-founder and CEO of Endeavor Linda Rottenberg. Stern will receive an honorary Doctorate of Laws degree and will deliver the commencement address at the undergraduate ceremony at 10am. Rottenberg will be receive an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree and will give the commencement address at the graduate ceremony at 3pm.

Attorney General Maura Healey will speak at MassBay’s Commencement ceremony. Photo credit: Healey’s office

MassBay will welcome Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey as the keynote speaker for the College’s 56^th Commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 17 on the Wellesley Hills campus. “I’m honored to have the opportunity to address graduates at a school with such a strong commitment to preparing students for lives of active citizenship and cutting-edge careers,” Healey said.

In addition, MassBay will honor the Attorney General with the Distinguished Service Award. The MassBay Distinguished Service Award is given out to individuals for their advocacy and service to MassBay and the communities we serve.

Sworn in as Attorney General in January 2015, Healey has tackled issues touching the lives of residents across Massachusetts including the heroin and prescription drug abuse epidemic, escalating health care costs, workers’ rights and student loan costs.

Babson Globe makes its move

March 23, 2018 by bbrown Leave a Comment

Temporary home of Babson Globe, Trim parking lot, March 2018 — New temporary home for the Babson Globe — a parking lot

Babson College on Friday morning moved its 25-ton globe to a parking lot on its Wellesley campus, where the landmark will be refurbished before settling into a newly created park across from the student center. Centennial Park, to be opened next year, will help Babson celebrate its 100th anniversary and will be another piece of a major campus transformation involving the sports/recreation complex, the library and a new innovation hub

Babson dedicated the globe back in 1955 and the 28-feet-in-diameter sphere has since fallen into disrepair even after at least one makeover.

The school hopes to get the historic globe spinning again — something the orb hasn’t done since the 1990s.

Here’s what the space next to Coleman Hall, former home of the Globe, looks like now:

Former home of Babson Globe, Coleman

The globe is one of the largest of its kind, so its move on Friday made for some great video. News crews took to the sky to grab footage of the globe’s cross-campus trip.

Though perhaps even cooler than that footage is this video shared earlier in the week by Babson about what the inside and underside of the Globe looks like: