More than you really want to know about Wellesley, Mass.
Hold a yard sale at your own home and Wellesley Recreation will advertise and distribute a town-wide map to funnel eager buyers your way. Register online: Wellesley Recreation Use activity #444388
Yard sale dates: Saturday, Sept. 30 and Sunday, Oct. 1 (you don’t have to do both dates)
Suggested time: 8am- 5pm (but its OK to set your own hours)
Cost to host a yard sale: $20 per day
Cost to be a shopper: none
Deadline to register: Thursday, September 28
Join the Wellesley Historical Society for a 90-minute walking tour to explore both the past and present of the Hunnewell Estate’s unique horticultural collection.
We toured Wellesley’s most iconic property several years back and can tell you it is a not-to-be-missed opportunity. Horatio Hollis Hunnewell, who made his millions in railroads, mining, real estate, and other business ventures, built the house in the early 1850s as the country estate for his wife, Isabella Pratt Welles, for whom the town is named, and their nine children. (The interior of the house is not part of the tour.) Mr. Hunnewell was an extraordinary horticulturist, credited with — among other things — popularizing rhododendrons in the United States.
Highlights of that past tour of the 32-acre property for us were the pinery, the topiary garden, and the variety of rare trees.
DATE: Saturday, September 23, 2023
TIMES:
Morning tour: 9:15am-11:45am
Afternoon tour: 12:15am-2:25pm
COST: This is a ticketed event. $75 per person. Space is limited to 24 participants per tour. Tickets here.
MEETING LOCATION: Putnam Building, Elm Bank Reservation–900 Washington Street, Wellesley, MA. Transportation will be provided from Elm Bank to the Estate. All tour participants must utilize the provided transportation.
GOOD TO KNOW:
The tour route includes uneven terrain.
There is no restroom access on the Estate. There will be restrooms available before and after the tour at the Elm Bank meeting location.
QUESTIONS: email Wellesley Historical Society’s Executive Director, Taylor Kalloch at director@
Proceeds from the Tour support the Society’s general operating fund.
The only thing hotter than the weekend weather in Wonderful Wellesley were the bargains at the annual Linden Square sidewalk sale. Shoppers scoured the outside racks and tables for fashions, toys, baby gear, and more. Meanwhile, over in the Courtyard and in Wellesley Square, kids got busy at the crafting tables where they painted, glued, and decorated doodads onto a thingamabobs. The results: fun for all.
The Linden Square Sidewalk Sale is back Sept. 7 – 10. If you love browsing the sale racks and finding a great deal, then this is the event for you. From kids clothes and toys to women’s fashion, you’ll be sure to snag a great bargain. Deals up to 70% off.
Wonderful Wellesley brings you another free Crafts for Kids event in two locations on Saturday, Sept. 9, 11am–1pm.
Don’t miss FREE fun for kids ages 3-12. Activities vary by the two locations:
Linden Square Courtyard
Wellesley Square, Central Street by iCode
While supplies last. First come, first served.
Thanks to Clever Hand Gallery and Wellesley Free Library for bringing their creativity and talents.
Please support the Wellesley High School Girls and Boys Cross Country Team annual car wash on Sunday, September 10. The team has nearly 125 athletes, and this is its biggest fundraiser.
DATE: Sunday September 10
TIME: 11am – 3pm
LOCATION: 148 Linden Street (across from Linden Store)
All proceeds benefit the WHS Girls and Boys track and field teams.
Shoppers Corner, Wellesley’s go-to spot that sells new and gently used clothing and accessories from infant through adult, will open on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 8:30am-12:15pm. Popular brands, reasonable prices, and eco-friendly. Shoppers Corner is entirely parent-volunteer run. All proceeds benefit the Schofield PTO. Located in the lower level of the school, entry to the rear of the playground.
SHOPPERS CORNER DAYS: most Wednesdays, 8:30am-12:15pm; first Saturday of the month, 9am-11am, throughout the school year
Wellesley’s first monthly Walk-to-School day is Wednesday, Sept. 20. All school-aged families are encouraged to take part by walking, biking or scootering to school.
The day is focused on safe, active travel to schools. Join with other families in your neighborhood and walk or scooter together. Set up walking school buses or form a bike train and ride to school. Please remember to practice correct bike safety and always wear a helmet when biking.
The Wellesley Square Merchants’ Association is getting ready for two big days of Parents Day Out, a time when everyone can enjoy specials offered by participating merchants in the Square. On Friday, Sept. 22 and Saturday, Sept. 23, many of the area’s stores will offer discounts and deals, so make sure you stop by and shop, dine, and enjoy Wellesley Square.
Swagger over the Fiske Elementary School on Sept. 30 for the Goldrush Raffle, Cowboy Strut, Cookie Corral, rides, crafts, food, and more. (Tickets for activities and food are cash only.) All are welcome at the annual Western Round-Up—the Fiske community is all about hospitality and making sure that everyone has a good time. The Round-up is rain or shine, and is a family-event. No dropping off kids, please.
EVENT: Fiske Elementary School Western Round-Up
DATE: Saturday, Sept. 30
TIME: 11am-3pm
Wellesley Historical Society is kicking off the fall with its 5th Annual Craft Beer Oktoberfest on Thursday, Oct. 5, 6pm-9pm, on the Sunset Terrace at the Wellesley Country Club.
The event is a chance to connect with friends new and old while sampling local craft beers accompanied by pretzels, sliders, pizza, and more!
Tickets: $55 per person, includes 6 sample pours and food.
Sign up for September’s Teen Take and Make Blackout Poetry Kit. 24 kits will be available to pick up on Sept. 1, 9am-6pm at the Wellesley Library’s Information Services Desk. Each bag contains a variety of book, magazine and newspaper pages as well as an instruction sheet and black permanent marker.
Blackout poetry is using words from books, magazines, newspapers or other text, and creating poetry by selecting words on those pages that create a poem and then coloring over the words around them. You can use black marker, colored pencils, paints or anything else and can get creative with drawing images or designs in addition to the poems!
We created our own Blackout Poem from the above press release. Here’s what we came up with:
Sign up for September’s Teen Take and Make Blackout Poetry Kit. 24 kits will be available to pick up on Sept. 1, 9am-6pm at the Information Services Desk. Each bag contains a variety of book, magazine and newspaper pages as well as an instruction sheet and black permanent marker.
Blackout poetry is using words from books, magazines, newspapers or other text, and creating poetry by selecting words on those pages that create a poem and then coloring over the words around them. You can use black marker, colored pencils, paints or anything else and can get creative with drawing images or designs in addition to the poems!
Make Poetry, am-pm, a variety
Permanent mark, using words
Poetry on pages
Color the words
Draw, design, add
Poems!
-The editors
We like to think Sylvia Plath, Wellesley’s own Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and a WHS Class of 1950 graduate, is smiling down at our efforts.
The Wellesley Choral Society under the direction of Edward Whalen has announced its 2023-2024 season, and seeks all interested singers.
The Wellesley Choral Society is a non-audition chorus, open to singers of high school age and older. All voice parts are welcome. Members are from Wellesley and many other MetroWest communities. The Society performs a variety of music from traditionally classical to world premieres, and popular music at the annual Winter Cabaret.
PROGRAM: Music of Brahms, Elgar, McDowell, and Sullivan
DATE: Sunday November 19
TIME: 3pm
PROGRAM: Songs of, for, about, and to the moon, performed in a light “pops” atmosphere
DATE: Saturday February 3
TIME: 7pm
PREMIER: Whalen, Shakespeare Songs
DATE: Sunday May 12, 2024,
TIME: 3pm
Come see if the Wellesley Choral Society is the chorus for you during open rehearsals on Sundays, Sept. 11, 18, 25, 7:30-9:30pm, at UU Wellesley Hills, 309 Washington St. The building is accessible, and there is ample free parking.
The Wellesley Choral Society is a non-audition chorus, open to singers of high school age and older. All voice parts are welcome. Members are from Wellesley and many other MetroWest communities. The Society performs a variety of music from traditionally classical to world premieres, and popular music at the annual Winter Cabaret.
Contact president.wellesleychoral@gmail.com with questions.
Congratulations to Studios Dance Academy in Linden Square, grand champion winners last month at the Work it Dance Challenge in Marlborough, Mass.
The Wellesley Recreation Department’s fall 2023 brochure is available, and registration for its many programs has begun for Wellesley residents. Non-residents may register starting Aug 22.
Fun and affordable programs include a family fishing clinic taught by MassWildlife staff; sports and movement classes for all ages; pottery and wheel throwing, along with other arts and crafts; music; hands-on science programs; babysitter training and other safety courses; cooking classes; fitness and sports; and more.
Register online at the Wellesley Rec website.
For questions, please call the office at – 781-235-2370
From its humble beginnings, with just thirteen eager recruits gathering in fall 2013, the Wellesley Town Band has grown to around fifty musicians. If you have ever played a brass, woodwind, or percussion instrument, there’s a chair, music stand, music and a warm welcome waiting for you in the Wellesley Town Band. Players of all ages (grade 8 up) are welcome, and no auditions are required. The band has a real family feel, with spouses, siblings, and parents and students, all playing together. The band would especially loved to be joined by some more saxophone, trumpet, horn, trombone, and percussion players.
In this special year, the band will once again be led by legendary Wellesley Schools Band Director, Henry Platt. Rehearsals are held in the Wellesley High School Band Room, Mondays 7pm-8:30pm, September through mid-June (excluding school holidays). There is always a friendly, supportive, and enjoyable atmosphere of making music together. The repertoire is traditional concert band fare: light classics, favorite show tunes, movie music, and stirring marches.
Each year the band presents its popular Winter Concert in December and a Spring Concert in April. There are occasional additional gigs.
For more information, contact info@wellesleytownband.org
The Wellesley Symphony Orchestra has announced the concert lineup for its very special 75th anniversary season. That’s a lot of beautiful music the venerable group has sent out over the years, and they’re not done. Led by music director Mark Latham, here’s what the orchestra-in-residence at MassBay Community College has in store for the 2023-24 season.
Sunday, October 1, 3pm
Sunday, November 5, 3pm
Sunday, December 3, 3pm
Featuring: The Fireside Barbershop Quartet, “What a Wonderful World”
(Louis Armstrong, Chris Ten Eyck, trumpet solo)
…and children from the Wellesley schools
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