More than you really want to know about Wellesley, Mass.
The Daughters of the American Revolution, a service organization for women who are directly descended from people involved in the United States’ efforts towards independence, celebrates Sept. 17 annually to recognize the day the U.S. constitution was signed in 1787.
The local chapter, the Amos Mills-Lucy Jackson Chapter, has organized a display on the second floor at Wellesley Free Library’s main branch for September.
Our roundup of the latest Wellesley arts news:
Wellesley College’s Davis Museum, closed as usual for the summer, will return this fall with a handful of new exhibits open to the school community and the general public.
Among the exhibits, slated to be shown from Sept. 15 to Dec. 18:
Wellesley Free Library’s hallway exhibit features the colorful, abstract work of self-taught artist Clare Daniels, who lives in Framingham.
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After two years, the Friends of the Wellesley Free Libraries is thrilled to once again hold the annual spring book sale. This is a long-awaited moment for the community and patrons who depend on the spring sale to stock up for the summer. One of the librarians told us that a patron, upon seeing the book sale sign, let out a loud, “Yeah,” coupled with a vigorous fist pump.
We concur.
LOCATION: Wakelin Room, Wellesley Free Library, 530 Washington St.
MEMBER PREVIEW NIGHT: Thursday, April 28, 5pm-9pm
PUBLIC SALE: Friday, April 29, 9am-6pm
Saturday, April 30, 9am-5pm
BAG SALE ($10/bag): Sunday, May 1, 1pm-5pm
If you’re not already a member of the Friends, join at the door or on the Friends website.
Masks will be available at the entrance for patrons’ comfort.
Every other year the Wellesley Free Library Foundation‘s Gala is the volunteer group’s signature fundraising event, anticipated by the town for letting loose as a community as well as lifting paddles for funds. The Gala will be held April 7, 2022 at the Wellesley Country Club.
The event will begin with a 6pm VIP reception on the Sunset Terrace, with raw bar hosted by award-winning chef Jeremy Sewall. Dinner will begin at 7:30pm in the main ballroom and will include a program emcee’d by news anchor Lisa Hughes, and a live auction.
This year’s Gala highlights Library Foundation’s near completion of a $600,000 grant that supported the recent renovation of the library’s main branch. Funds raised in the Gala’s “raise the paddle” appeal will support technology enhancements at the Library.
Update (4/4/22): The event has sold out
The Wellesley Society of Artists Annual Library Show, featuring 50-plus paintings, is being held at the recently reopened main Wellesley Free Library building until Dec. 30. You can find the art in the main lobby and in the Wakelin Room.
(Updated 12/6/21): Awards were given for first, second and third place as well as the Margaret Fitzwilliam Award for Excellence in Watercolor and the Yale Nicolls Award for best interpretation of the natural world. The judge for the show was Jeanne Rosier Smith.
The first place award winner is Lori Mehta for her painting Renew.
Second place went to Kristin Conant for her painting Stormy Boston Marathon in Framingham.
Awarded third place was Fritz Kubitz for his painting Eight Rowboats at Rest.
Yale Nicolls earned the Margaret Fitzwilliam Award for Excellence in Watercolor for her painting Tanked. Dayle Bodnar
received the Yale Nicolls Award for Best Interpretation of the Natural World for her painting Maine
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The children’s room of the Wellesley Free Library is temporarily closed for work on the serpentine wall, and to install additional lighting.
During the main branch’s reopening celebration earlier this month we noticed that despite the recent overhaul, sections of the renovated children’s area space were cast in shadow, mostly in the stacks over by the restroom and water fountain area. Patrons and staff noticed as well, and now work has begun to fix the problem.
Library staff hopes the work will be complete in early December.
While the lighting issues are addressed, children’s materials can be accessed in the Wakelin Room.
