By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Staff
With the weather warming up and people eager to learn more about growing their own food, Dover Town Library decided to take a unique approach and invite Kate Donovan from Blackstone Valley Veggie Gardens to teach people how to start and grow their own mushrooms.
Mushrooms sounds scary initially...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Staff
The Medfield Music Association hosted their annual Jazz Night this past week to showcase the hard work and passion the students and teachers have for their program. With special guest performer Donny McCaslin, the auditorium was filled with people from Medfield and beyond to cheer on the performers and...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Staff
For the month of March, Westwood Artists participated in the annual gallery showing at Westwood Public Library.
To celebrate the local talent, the staff hangs the pieces on the first floor of the library for everyone to enjoy, and even buy if one speaks to...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Staff
Medfield High School’s annual Senior Fashion Show happened this past weekend, giving the seniors a chance to show off their creativity, style, and have some fun with their friends. Plus, all the proceeds and donations go towards the All Night Grad...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Staff
New England has a few standout treats that have become synonymous with the region: fluffernutters, whoopie pies, fig newtons, and more. Susan Mara Bregman, author and sweets lover herself, came to Wellesley Free Library to share some of the history she uncovered when researching for her book New England...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Staff
With spring on the horizon and people anxious to get back in the garden, it was the perfect time for Dover Town Library to host Composting 101.
Kate Donovan from Blackstone Valley Veggie Gardens hosted an informal lecture to help everyone understand the basics of compost and be ready...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Staff
Nearly everyone has a spice cabinet at home, overflowing with different jars full of flavor that sometimes you don’t know what to do with.
Thankfully, Therapy Gardens partnered with Dover Town Library to teach us a bit more about what’s in our cabinets, from health benefits to pairings, and...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Staff
During their February break, nine Needham High School students traveled to Central America to be a part of something bigger than themselves.
Down in Tululché II, Guatemala, the students joined Boston-based nonprofit School The World to play a hands-on role in the dedication of their 200th school.
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Reporter
In celebration of International Women’s day this past weekend, Wellesley Free Library held the presentation “Fierce Females: Women in Art” by Jane Oneail, founder of Culturally Curious.
Her company curates and presents art appreciation programs in New England. This one is to celebrate the fearlessness, creativity, and determination of...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Staff
Walpole High School students from the Filmmaking class came to the Walpole Council On Aging to talk about their class, experience, and the upcoming annual Walpole High School Film Festival.
The teacher of the class, James Connolly, introduces the students with...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Staff
This past week, Westwood Council on Aging hosted one of their classes favored by attendees, Cooking with Roberta: Let’s Do Brunch!
The class focuses on each part of the meal and puts them all together, and everyone gets to enjoy brunch afterwards!
Roberta and volunteer Julia brought out some...
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Staff
What better way to get kids moving even on a day off than with a music day at the library? Music at the Blissful with Evan Haller brings an interactive, movement-packed musical experience for the whole family.
By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Staff
Symphony music can be a gorgeous experience filled with instruments in harmony, but it can be overwhelming for people who are unfamiliar in that space.
Wellesley Symphony Orchestra hopes to change that, so their String Quartet came to Wellesley Free Library to present a fun,...
By Isabell Marcina Hometown Weekly Staff
School vacation week means kids and parents alike are looking for something to do. Thankfully, Westwood Public Library hosted Matt Gabriel from Wildlife Wonders Animal Show to bring a little exotic animal excitement to the week.
After 20 years caring for and showing his exotic rescue animals, Gabriel aims...
In celebration of the upcoming Lunar New Year, Wellesley Free Library hosted a Lunar New Year Paper Lantern crafting night.
In many east Asian countries, the new year means family reunions, fresh starts, and good fortune. Paper lanterns symbolize unity, prosperity, and the coming together of family and friends. What better craft to bring...
There is something whimsical about coming to the library after hours, seeing the lines of books against a dark night sky and waiting to get warm after standing in the cold.
But people gathered outside Westwood Public Library on a recent Friday night, weren’t there to just check out books, but to experience “Winter...
By Isabell Macrina
Sherborn Library brought a warm feeling to a snowy day hosting the Caravan Puppets during their Winterfest event, Puppets with a Purpose. The Community Room became a crowded theater packed with kids and adults to enjoy a good old-fashioned puppet show and support a good cause with their donations.
By Isabell Macrina
Everyone is guilty of having a few broken things around the house that they just can’t get rid of, either for sentimental reasons or stubborn ones. The Repair Café at Dover’s Caryl Community Center was just the place for people to bring these items for the chance of having them fixed.
By Isabell Macrina
Walpole Library hosted Pop Up Art School this past week for a unique craft lesson, making teacups and saucers from old book pages! With tables covered in paint-coated tablecloths and the materials laid out in front of everyone, the class began.
Erica from...
By Isabell Macrina
One of the services offered at Medfield Public Library is their classes, often to learn a new art skill or create something useful. This past week they offered a beginner sewing class, to learn how to use sewing machines like the one they have in their makerspace, and available to check...
