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World of Wellesley MLK Breakfast at MassBay:
– Keynote Speaker Claudia Fox Tree
– Kuumba Singers of Harvard University
MLK celebrations in Wellesley at MassBay and Sprague School
Butterflies to teach Wellesley history to kids
On January 16, the Wellesley Historical Society invites children ages 5-10 to explore “A Rainbow of Colors: The Denton Butterflies” as part of its Winter Wednesdays program. Kids can check out samples of original butterflies collected by the Denton family in the late 19th century and preserved in butterfly boxes. Crafts will include painted butterfly notecards and wooden butterfly recreations.
The Wellesley Historical Society and the Wellesley Free Library are offering Winter Wednesdays through Jan. 30. The program takes place in the children’s room of the Wellesley Main Library from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Drop in anytime; there is no need to register and no admission fee. For a full schedule of Winter Wednesday’s programs, visit www.
World of Wellesley’s MLK breakfast keynote speaker: Claudia Fox Tree
The 19th annual breakfast in honor of Martin Luther King Day sponsored by World of Wellesley and MassBay Community College will take place on Monday, January 21, 2019, 8:00am – 10:0am at MassBay’s campus at 50 Oakland St, Wellesley.
This year’s keynote speaker will be Claudia Fox Tree, M.Ed. (Arawak/Yurumein), professional educator leading conversations on Native American (FNP) identity, culture, and history featuring discussions about stereotypes and historical inaccuracies.
There will also be special performances by the Kuumba Singers of Harvard and the Wellesley High School Step Team.
Please consider reserving a table, which could be used for your own group of 10 or donated for use by local students. The donation for a table is $300. The donation for an individual ticket is $30. Reservations due by January 18, 2019.
Please join us for registration and breakfast starting at 8:00 am. The program will run from 8:30 am to 10:00 am.
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.
Wellesley Historical Society’s Winter Wednesday series for kids kicks off Jan. 9
The Wellesley Historical Society kicks off its 2019 Winter Wednesday series for kids ages 5-10 on Jan. 9, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Children are invited to explore “America the Beautiful: A Patriotic Song with Roots in Wellesley” and take part in a craft with staff from the Society, in partnership with the Wellesley Main Library.
“America the Beautiful” was composed by Wellesley poet, Katharine Lee Bates. Create your own, “America the Beautiful,” with a mixed media collage.
The Wellesley Historical Society and the Wellesley Free Library are offering Winter Wednesday programs from Jan. 9-30. The program takes place in the children’s room of the Wellesley Main Library from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Drop in anytime; there is no need to register and no admission fee. For a full schedule of Winter Wednesday’s programs, visit www.
Also on the schedule:
January 16, 2019
“A Rainbow of Colors: The Denton Butterflies”
Experience samples of original butterflies collected by the Denton family in the late 19th century and preserved today in butterfly boxes. Crafts will include painted butterflies, stenciling and wooden butterfly recreations.
January 23, 2019
“A View Back in Time: Historical Wellesley Postcards”
Enjoy postcards from the Wellesley Historical Society dating back to the early 20th century. See if you can recognize sights and scenes from Wellesley of the past. Create your own postcards using historic images of Wellesley to send to a friend.
January 30, 2019
“Fantastical Fish: Watercolors of Tropical Fish by Wellesley’s Sherman Denton”
While his brothers preferred collecting butterflies, Sherman Denton was entranced by fish. Denton traveled around the globe at the turn of the twentieth century to search out and paint exotic fish. Create your own watercolor fish or make a bookmark featuring a Denton fish.
For more information, email [email protected] or call (781) 235-6690.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Wellesley Cultural Council.
The more things change in Wellesley…
Thanks to Swellesley reader Brad Bernard for sharing these clippings from a 1968 edition of the Boston Herald Traveler featuring a profile of Wellesley. Fifty years later, the population of this “prestige town” isn’t much larger, though the median annual income has risen a tad from $11.4K to $172K.
The article notes that it wasn’t uncommon for someone to die and have their obit mention that they had been on the Wellesley Country Club waiting list. The town was apparently reeling from reports of Wellesley High students smoking… marijuana! In the ’60s!
If you zoom in on the article, you’ll see that Wellesley’s big problems at the time were:
- Traffic
- Parking
- Transportation
- Design
- Taxes
- Construction
Now where have we heard about those issues of late?
