Wellesley HS Drama Society Winter Play
LOCATION: The Katherine L. Babson, Jr. Auditorium at Wellesley High School
Wellesley HS play: Everyone Gets Eaten By Sharks
Wellesley schools news: Middle School celebrates Year of the Rat; Addams Family coming to Dana Hall
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Middle School celebrates Chinese New Year
The 10th annual Wellesley Middle School Chinese New Year Celebration hosted by teacher Min Zhou and her Mandarin language students drew hundreds of attendees for some Year of the Rat fun.
With support from the Middle School PTO and Parent Chinese New Year celebration committee led by Lily Cho, attendees were treated to traditional entertainment, including a lion dance, Guzheng music performance by Amanda Wang, and a yo-yo display by D. Zhang. Dumplings and lo mein were among the menu items, and games including chopstick races and Jianzi (hackysack). Calligraphy, brush painting and trivia were also on the agenda.
Everyone even received a red envelope filled with treats on their way out.
(Photos courtesy of Alicia Talanian)
POSTPONED: Screening of If Only, film about prescription drug dangers
The Wellesley High School PTSO and Wellesley Youth Commission will present a screening of If Only, a film that demonstrates the dangers of prescription drug misuse and abuse. Put out by The Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation and Millennium Health, the film follows the story of two teenage boys who experiment with and become addicted to drugs. The screening will take place on Tues., March 17, 7pm, at the Katherine L. Babson Jr. Auditorium at Wellesley High School.
Dana Hall presenting The Addams Family musical in March
The Dana Hall Middle School presents its spring musical, The Addams Family, on Wednesday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m., and Thursday, March 5, at 2 p.m., in Bardwell Auditorium. The performances are free and open to the public.
The Addams Family [email protected] musical keeps the spirit of the original Broadway show intact while making changes to songs and scenes for younger actors.
Bardwell Auditorium is located on the Dana Hall campus at 37 Cameron Street. Please note that Bardwell is not wheelchair accessible. For more information, please call (781) 235-3010 ext. 2731 or visit www.danahall.org.
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Wellesley POPs Cabaret fun and fundraiser at TCAN, Feb. 7
Wellesley Parents of Performing Students (POPS) invites the community to POPS Cabaret. Be part of a magical evening supporting performing arts in our community on Fri., Feb. 7, 2020 at 7pm at The Center for Arts in Natick (TCAN) at 14 Summer St., Natick. At this benefit event, Wellesley Public Schools parents and supporters of performing arts education will join together in an evening of celebration and community to benefit the K-12 educational program.
Expect a fun evening of show-stopping entertainment by 10 selected student performing groups from Wellesley High School and Wellesley Middle School, a delicious strolling dinner catered by Bakers’ Best, and fabulous silent and live auctions.
Info here on tickets and more.
Wellesley viewing of PBS documentary Race: The Power of an Illusion
Please join World of Wellesley in partnership with the Wellesley Community Center for a film showing of Race: The Power of an Illusion, followed by a community conversation. Everyone is welcome. The 2004 PBS documentary shows how US history was impacted by the creation of the idea of race, and how the concept of race affects every aspect of society today.
Check out the preview or read more about the series.
January 16, Part 1: The Difference Between Us
Episode one in this three-part series follows a dozen students, including African American athletes and Asian American string players, who sequence and compare their own DNA. The results surprise them — and us — when they discover their closest genetic matches are as likely to be with people from other “races” as their own. Much of this episode is devoted to understanding why. Looking at skin color differences, disease, human evolution, even genetic traits, we learn there’s not one characteristic, one trait, or even a single gene that distinguishes all members of one “race” from another. One by one, our myths about race —including “natural” superiority and inferiority—are taken apart.
January 23, Part 2: The Story We Tell
January 30, Part 3: The House We Live In
It’s not the end of the world, or is it? — Wellesley Repertory Theater to present “boom”
Wellesley Repertory Theatre, the award-winning professional theatre company in residence on the Wellesley College campus since 1998, will bring playwright Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s boom to the Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre at Wellesley College on January 16 — February 9, 2020.
The three-person show hilariously explores the relationship between the two survivors of a global catastrophe and what it means about our modern world
At an evolutionary museum far in the future, a curator tells the story of two present-day people on a first date interrupted by a comet hitting the Earth, with globally catastrophic repercussions. This couple soon finds themselves as the last two people on the planet; the fate of humanity suddenly lands on their shoulders as they realize they could be the new Adam and Eve. Spanning billions of years, boom riotously looks at the depths of humanity – what we want from one another, how we take care of each other, and how our stories become important.
Wellesley Theatre Project presents Impact! Throwback
Wellesley Theatre Project (WTP) presents Impact! Throwback!, a concert presentation of classical musical theater, Jan. 10 – 12 at the WTP Studios at the Wellesley Community Center, 219 Washington St.
General admission is $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors in advance or $18 for adults and $12 for students and seniors at the door.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.wellesleytheatreproject.org or by calling the box office at 781-235-1550
Senior IMPACT! will perform selections from classical musical theatre including favorites from Oklahoma, Kiss Me Kate, Guys and Dolls, Peter Pan, My Fair Lady, and many others.
Junior IMPACT! will present a selection from Disney’s The Little Mermaid, which they will perform at the Junior Theatre Festival in Atlanta, Georgia, January 17th-20th.
Holiday happenings in Wellesley
There are lots of opportunities around Wellesley to get into the holiday spirit:
Holiday worship schedules in Wellesley, 2019
Happy holidays, Wellesley. By now you’re probably ready to slow down, set aside the to-do list, and contemplate the reason for the season. Some of Wellesley’s houses of worship celebrate with all the formality you might expect from historic churches with Puritan roots, while others have a more casual flair or take a non-denominational approach to the holidays. All the services bring people together, and all are welcome. Here’s a list of upcoming Wellesley services.
Town of Wellesley, Holidays schedule
The Town of Wellesley will follow a holiday schedule on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Here’s the breakdown.
Town of Wellesley has kicked off the festivities
The Town of Wellesley has draped trees with holiday lights from the Hills to the Square. The tree lights and wreaths throughout Town are made possible by very generous donors and businesses in the community and are hung by Wellesley’s own Municipal Light Plant workers, all to make Wellesley festive during the holiday season.
In addition, look in front of Town Hall for the menorah, the Christmas tree, and the crescent to appear soon. And of course, the high holy tradition of free metered parking has been put in place.
Details on free 2-hour parking in Wellesley:
The Board of Selectmen has waived parking fees at all two-hour street meters in Town through Tuesday, December 31. This includes two-hour meters in all municipal-owned parking lots.
Parking fees are NOT waived at four-hour meters, private parking lots and commuter rail lots.
Wellesley Free Library activities for kids, teens, and adults
The Wellesley Free Library has a full roster of fun holiday activities planned including a holiday wrapping station at the Hills branch; a holiday jazz concert with the Kareem Sanjaghi Band; gingerbread houses construction with graham crackers and icing; Sankta Lucia story and craft; holiday sing-a-long with David Polansky; a LEGO Winter Village set-up; Giant Snowpeople craft; and more.
MassHort Festival of Trees
December 27 – 29, Snow Village and garden lights
DATES FOR TRAINS AND LIGHTS: December 27 – 29
LOCATION: Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 900 Washington St., Wellesley, MA
HOURS here.
