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Wellesley College Davis Museum events — Fall opening; sand mandala construction

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Join the Davis on Tuesday, September 19, 6pm – 9pm to celebrate the opening of its fall 2017 exhibitions—including six special installations that bring spectacular energy and creative visual innovation to the Wellesley College campus. Welcome visiting artist Eddie Martinez in debuting his major solo exhibition, Ants at a Picknic, and enjoy a first look at Hrair Sarkissian: Horizon, Martin Luther: Protest In Print, Life on Paper: Contemporary Prints from South Africa, Soong Mayling: Paintings, and David Teng Olsen: Smoked My Head on Yes Waters.

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Over the course of three weeks, visiting monks from the Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies in Ithaca, New York will construct a Tibetan Buddhist sand mandala at The Davis Museum at Wellesley College. Photo credit: Wellesley College.

The public is invited to an opening ceremony on Wednesday, September 20 at 11am at the Davis Museum at Wellesley College of a richly complex Medicine Buddha Mandala, a form imbued with powerful  healing properties.

Over the course of three weeks, visiting monks from the Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies in Ithaca, New York will construct a Tibetan Buddhist sand mandala amidst the mandala paintings of artist Eddie Martinez. The Medicine Buddha Mandala is considered the mind or palace of the Medicine Buddha, also known as the healing Buddha. Tibetan Buddhists believe that those suffering from mental or physical afflictions can potentially be healed by seeing this mandala because the visual impression goes deep into the subconscious.

After the opening ceremony, the mandala will be open to the public Tuesdays through Sundays, 11am – 1pm, and 2pm – 5pm daily until October 11.

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Catch an evening of staged readings from Boston-area women playwrights

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The 11th Annual Our Voices Festival of Boston Area Women Playwrights will take place September 24 at 6:30 p.m. at Wellesley College in the Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre, Alumnae Hall. This free event is open to the public. A reception (refreshments) will be held at 6:30 p.m., and doors open at 6:50, with seats  first come first served. The new plays and monologues will feature the talents of some of Boston’s best actors and directors performing new plays by:

Anne Marilyn Lucas, My Husband’s Keeper

Zahra A. Belyea,  An Editorial
Sue Huggans  The Way Out
Phyllis Rittner, Nobody’s Sweetie
Alicia Olivo, Flood
Kathleen Miller, Blue Socks
Lida McGirr,   A House Divided
Andrea Fleck Clardy, LISTEN UP!
Hortense Gerardo,Virtuous Reality

Kelly, Franci & Perri DuMar,  Run Aways

Over the past eleven years Our Voices has supported over 150 women writers to develop work for the stage. The festival is supported by the generosity of Nora Hussey and the Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre, Wellesley College.

For more information, contact founder and producer Kelly DuMar ([email protected]) or call her at 508.647.0734.Our Voices theatre Wellesley

Wellesley College is located at 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA. The Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre is in the basement of Alumnae Hall, which is wheelchair accessible. There is free parking in the garage across from Alumnae Hall.

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Wellesley College getting more in touch with its landscape

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Wellesley College on Monday kicked off its Paulson Ecology of Place Initiative, a five-year effort to transform the school’s relationship with its lush and varied landscape by treating it as a living laboratory for cross-discipline study and research. Students, faculty and staff took part in a series of associated events on Monday, Sept. 11, from a scavenger hunt around Lake Waban to a bird walk to foraging.

When I swung by Paramecium Pond on campus during what Wellesley College was calling Sustainability Day, geoscience students and faculty were testing the water’s pH level and temperature — both from the water and from the shore — as part of an exploration involving the pond’s water source.

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The overall initiative is made possible by Wellesley alum (’69) Wendy Judge Paulson, a generous donor to the school who is also chairman emerita of the worldwide conservation initiative, Rare.

paramecium pond wellesley college

 

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Actors From The London Stage visit Wellesley to present “Measure for Measure”

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Actors From The London Stage present “Measure for Measure”
Thursday, September 14th at 7pm
Friday, September 15th at 7pm
Saturday, September 16th at 7pm
All performances will take place at the
Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall Auditorium at
Wellesley College
106 Central Street
Free admission, no advance reservations.
Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall Auditorium is wheelchair accessible.
For disability services contact [email protected]edu
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First day of Wellesley schools is TODAY (Aug 30) — farewell summer

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Wellesley High School, sunset

It’s been a wonderful summer, but all good things must come to an end. Yup, ready or not Wednesday, August 30 is the first day of Wellesley Public Schools. If you’re just barely skidding into town after weeks of gadding about and aren’t even sure what time your brood is expected to show up ready to learn, I’d say a visit to the school website is in order.

Bates

Fiske

Hardy

Hunnewell

Schofield

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Upham

Wellesley Middle School

Wellesley High School

As for the private schools in town,  St. John School starts classes on August 30, while classes begin at Dana Hall  and at TenAcre Country Day School on September 5.

Babson College classes start August 30. MassBay Community College and Wellesley College start up on September 5.

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