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The Rivers Symphony Orchestra is currently holding auditions for flute, bassoon, and all string players. Rehearsals take place on Monday nights from 7:30 – 9:30pm during the academic year at The Rivers School Conservatory, 333 Winter Street, Weston, MA. Currently in its 21st season, the orchestra performs four concerts each season in Boston, Weston, and Needham. Please contact conductor David Tierney at [email protected] for more information or to arrange an audition.
The summer heat may be continuing, but Wellesley Education Foundation (WEF) is looking forward to fall, and holding its 28th Annual Wellesley Spelling Bee — an adult spelling contest — on Thursday, November 2 at 7pm at the Sprague Elementary School gym.
Last year, 56 teams drawn from local businesses, community groups, PTOs, colleges and the Wellesley Public Schools took the stage to show their spelling prowess. Perhaps this is your year to shine? Get your three-person team together and enter by October 19. The cost for entry is $500.
The Bee is a key annual fundraiser for WEF, building the dollars needed to support innovation and enrichment in the Wellesley Public Schools. Donations of any amount are welcome. Sponsorship is a great way to showcase your business or individual support in our local community. You can become a sponsor starting at $125, or sponsor a team at $625.
To register, sponsor or donate, visit the WEF website at www.WellesleyEducationFoundation.org and look for the Spelling Bee under the “Events” tab. Online payment is available through PayPal, or mail a check payable to WEF with “Spelling Bee” noted to: Wellesley Education Foundation, PO Box 812321, Wellesley MA 02482.
For more information, contact [email protected].
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SPONSORED POST: The Wellesley Square Merchants’ Association is getting ready for the always popular Mom’s Day Out, and this year it will be even better because the event has expanded to two days. On Friday, September 15 and Saturday, September 16, 10am – 6:30pm, scores of stores throughout Wellesley Square will participate by offering discounts, special offers, and surprises. Why are they doing all of this? Because Moms rock, that’s why.
There will be free parking, as usual, and childcare will be offered at Kidville at 34 Central St. Call 781-235-4650 or email [email protected] 24 hours or more in advance.
SHOPPING: Dozens of stores are participating. Just to name a few…London Harness; Page Waterman Fine Framing, which is celebrating its 100 year anniversary; Wellesley Holiday Boutique; Wellesley Toy Shop; and Anderson’s Jewelers. When you see the Mom’s Day Out sign in the shop window, you’ll know you’ve found a go-to spot for special offers and deep discounts on everything from toys, clothing, and books to home decor, handbags, and more. And here’s a little secret: all this good stuff is available to not just moms, but to everyone else. Moms are inclusive sorts who wouldn’t dream of keeping the fun all to themselves.
PARKING: All this and free parking too starting at 10am, thanks to the Town of Wellesley.
For more information, go to ShopWellesleySquare.
BabsonARTS announces its upcoming exhibition, A Coming of Age: Paintings by LaShonda Cooks and Jamaal Eversley.
Artist Talk and Reception: Friday, September 15, 4:30 P.M.
Exhibit on View: September 15-October 26
Location: Hollister Gallery, Babson College
This joint exhibition features two new series by two 2010 alumni: The Pursuit of Womanhood by LaShonda Cooks, and Smells like Teen Spirit by Jamaal Eversley.
Cooks has found strength and solace in painting women who define and defy societal roles. In this exhibition she combines her paintings with text collage to create a large mixed-media installation depicting her favorite female identifying
influencers and icons, from familial to famous.
Eversley’s bold paintings and drawings integrate influences of Geometric Abstraction and Pop Art with the West Indian palette of Barbados. His compositions are driven by the fictional characters that inhabit them; the focal character in this series is Eversley’s alter ego, Spencer Ward, a nerd in pursuit of love.
This exhibition is supported in part by grants from the Bridgewater, Brockton, and Randolph Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
For more information about BabsonARTS call 781.239.5880, or visit BabsonARTS.