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Filmmaker, civil rights veteran visiting Wellesley

Filmmaker, civil rights veteran visiting Wellesley
Wellesley College will host award-winning filmmaker Clennon L. King at the screening of his civil rights documentary about the bloodiest campaign of the entire movement, which directly led to the passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, outlawing Jim Crow segregation from coast to coast. King will introduce “Passage at St. Augustine:...
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Lifetime Learning presenting poetry class

Lifetime Learning presenting poetry class
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With spring approaching, it is now time to begin thinking of Dover’s ever-popular Lifetime Learning classes. The Friends of the Dover Council on Aging, with the support of the Dover Council on Aging, are sponsoring a Lifetime Learning class: Modern Poetry for Everyone. Participants will read and discuss selected poems, both closed forms...
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Islington Branch Library hosts local poet

Islington Branch Library hosts local poet
By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter She stood beside one of the large circular tables inside the Islington Branch Library. Behind thick, black-rimmed glasses, her eyes scanned the paper she held before her, occasionally looking up from the page to make eye contact with the audience. As she read the words on the page out loud, the...
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Wellesley celebrates legacy of MLK

Wellesley celebrates legacy of MLK
By Rama K. Ramaswamy According to attendees of Wellesley's MLK 2018 events, organized by the World of Wellesley, part of the rationale behind observing this national holiday was to reflect and be inspired by the legacy of the man behind the movement for racial equality. Last week, MLK day had it's intended effect - not only...
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MLK Breakfast set for Monday

MLK Breakfast set for Monday
The annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast, sponsored by World of Wellesley and Wellesley College, will be held on Monday, January 15, from 8:30-10:30 a.m., at Alumnae Hall at Wellesley College. This year's keynote speaker will be Dr. Layli Maparyan, Katherine Stone Kaufmann '67 Executive Director of the Wellesley Centers for Women and Professor of Africana...
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The great Hometown Weekly history tour

The great Hometown Weekly history tour
By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Special Correspondent In the wake of Thanksgiving’s stories of Pilgrims, Native Americans, colonies, and exploration, readers in Hometown Weekly’s communities may have found themselves contemplating their home’s place in history. And why not? Plymouth and Salem are no more than an hour away. Boston, Lexington, and Concord are even closer. Much of America’s important...
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South African prints displayed at Davis

South African prints displayed at Davis
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By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Special Correspondent Apartheid in South Africa led to racial segregation amongst artists and their use of specific techniques. White artists studied print making at official art schools, while black artists mastered linocuts at training centers. Today, pieces created using these techniques convey the importance of communication, language, and community. Read more

Wellesley spellers raise funds for WEF

Wellesley spellers raise funds for WEF
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By Rama K. Ramaswamy On Thursday, November 2, Wellesley spellers congregated at the Sprague School gym to compete and raise funds at the 28th annual Wellesley Education Foundation (WEF) Spelling Bee. The bee raised over $60,000 in funds that will directly benefit education in Wellesley. The winning word for the championship round, after seven tantalizing...
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Davis Museum commemorates religious history

Davis Museum commemorates religious history
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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Five hundred years ago, on October 31, 1517, Martin Luther distributed the “Disputation on the Power of Indulgences.” The Augustinian monk’s “95 Theses” challenged the Pope’s power and triggered the Reformation of the Christian church. For the remarkable anniversary of Luther’s influence, the Davis Museum at Wellesley College is presenting...
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Girl Power Hour coming soon

Girl Power Hour coming soon
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By Rama K. Ramaswamy Community Investors (CI) is a 501c3 nonprofit organization, established in 2014. Their vision continues: to improve the physical, mental heath and wellness of children through community sports-based youth development. Their mission is to create positive, impactful experiences to plant the seeds for mental and physical wellness and strengthen the emotional...
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Davis Museum offers art experience

Davis Museum offers art experience
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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter As students headed back to school at the beginning of the month, the community was been eager to discover what intriguing pieces of art and culture Wellesley College’s Davis Museum would house. On September 19, the Davis Museum opened to the public, unveiling impressive and diverse collections from a...
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Dover Lifetime Learning announces classes

Dover Lifetime Learning announces classes
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Dover Lifetime Learning has announced two of its upcoming classes. They are described as follows: Philosophy: Democracy & Tyranny Would you prefer to live under a benevolent and thoughtful tyrant or a self-interested majority? Although we usually consider democracy and tyranny as being diametrically opposed to each other, they are more intimately related than would...
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Kaleidoscopic foliage ‘leaves’ library patrons smiling

Kaleidoscopic foliage ‘leaves’ library patrons smiling
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By Mary Kate Nolan Hometown Weekly Intern In the lobby of the Wellesley Free Library, artist Kira Seamon studied her work at a distance, clothed in nature as if she were emerging from the Garden of Eden. Flowers adorned her white-blonde curls and her breezy shawl floated behind her with soft hues of brown, green,...
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Wellesley Scoops growing field hockey interest

Wellesley Scoops growing field hockey interest
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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor There are many factors that go into making a specific sport take off and become popular. Maybe the most significant factor, however, is integrating children into that specific sport and developing them at a young age through youth programs. The Wellesley Scoops, an associated club with USA Field...
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Hillary Clinton addresses Wellesley College

Hillary Clinton addresses Wellesley College
By Rama K. Ramaswamy It was a rainy morning, but Wellesley College’s 570 members of the class of 2017 gathered under tents, along with their teachers, parents, and famous alumni to, as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton instructed, “go forth, be great. But first, graduate.” This was Clinton’s third address to the women of Wellesley...
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Wellesley screams support for marathoners

Wellesley screams support for marathoners
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By Lisa Moore Hometown Weekly Correspondent In 1897, the first Boston Marathon was run. From that very first race, Wellesley College Woman have cheered on the runners. What began as a group of students cheering on a favorite runner in that first marathon has grown into a genuine collaboration between Wellesley College students, faculty and alumni,...
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‘Evolution of Gender’

‘Evolution of Gender’
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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter On Tuesday, March 28, the Needham Diversity Initiative held an event titled “The Evolution of Gender.” This event, co-sponsored by The Needham Free Public Library, was one of the first of its kind. An exploration of perceptions, definitions, and evolutions of gender, the event welcomed any and all in...
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Dover’s McElligott part of YMCA Marathon team

Dover’s McElligott part of YMCA Marathon team
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Dover resident Lindsey McElligott, 35, has never officially run the Boston Marathon. As a freshman soccer player at Wellesley College, McElligott and a friend jumped the line and ran the second half of the marathon, which includes Heartbreak Hill. The two “bandits” finished the race, got their reflective blankets, and went home to...
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Fun Run/Fair on the way

Fun Run/Fair on the way
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The Wellesley Community Children’s Center 37th annual Fun Run and Fun Fair will take place inside the Dorothy Towne Fieldhouse in Wellesley College’s Keohane Sports Center on Saturday, April 1 from 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Races for children aged 3-12 years old happen throughout the morning on the recently updated college track....
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