By Rama K. Ramaswamy
Dance, by its nature, is an art form and a form of recreation. It's other things as well, of course: at its most basic, it offers storytelling. At its best, it offers expressions of emotion synchronized with rhythm, as well as symbolic gestures that conjure spirituality in an invitation to marvel at...
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Wellesley protects its arboreal assets
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Back in January, a well-meaning Wellesley landlord illegally pruned several town-owned trees. Experts who examined the trees afterwards believed that they had been over-pruned, and were in danger of dying in the later months. Since then, the care of the town’s trees has been a well-discussed topic in the community.
The...
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Wellesley College hosts 39th Fun Run
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
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‘Rikers: An American Jail’ to be screened
By Rama K. Ramaswamy
Temple Beth Elohim's Racial Justice Initiative and its collaborators, Temple Israel, UU Wellesley Hills and World of Wellesley, are hosting a special screening of “Rikers: An American Jail,” on April 7 at 6:30 p.m. at Temple Beth Elohim, located on 10 Bethel Road in Wellesley.
The United States is facing a crisis of...
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‘Face To Face With Orangutans’ at Expo
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By Rama K. Ramaswamy
Wellesley STEM Expo 2019, part of the Wellesley Education Foundation, has announced that Dr. Cheryl Knott, Professor of Anthropology and Biology at Boston University and Executive Director of the Gunung Palung Orangutan Project in Gunung Palung National Park, Indonesia, will be the keynote speaker at the Expo on Aril 6....
‘High School Musical, Jr.’ on tap
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By Rama K. Ramaswamy
Wellesley Middle School is set to present Disney's "High School Musical, Jr." on March 21 at 4:30 p.m., March 22 at 7 p.m., and March 23 at 2 and 7 p.m. The show features two sets of casts, A and B, which gives student-actors more opportunities to act in featured...
Wellesley planning to recognize poet Plath
By Gail-Agnes Musikavanhu
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Fifty-six years after Sylvia Plath's death on February 11, 1963, the town of Wellesley and its citizens have a number of initiatives underway to finally formally recognize the town's most famous resident.
The Historical Commission, which erects plaques on homes built before 1919, is beginning a process of erecting virtual and actual...
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STEM Expo to feature ‘Picturing Science’
The Wellesley Education Foundation Board of Directors has announced a featured exhibit for Wellesley STEM Expo on April 6. “Picturing Science: Museum Scientists and Imaging Technologies,” an exhibition of more than 20 sets of striking large-format prints, showcases advanced imaging technologies used by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and reveals once-hidden, intricate...
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Wellesley ABC launches capital campaign
By Rama K. Ramaswamy
Education is a gift that keeps on giving. Residents are invited to support forty-six years of success with Wellesley A Better Chance (ABC) and its capital campaign to purchase a permanent home for scholars in proximity to Wellesley High School.
ABC believes that better educational opportunities lead to better lives and a...
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Clever Hand Gallery hosting student work
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The Clever Hand Gallery will showcase work by students from the Intensive Metals class at Wellesley High School. This is the ninth year of collaboration between the local artisans’ cooperative and the talented students.
Students in Shayla Vines’ Intensive Metals class started school year with everyone working on the ancient technique of “open back”...
Paine teaches family legacy in Wellesley
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Sunday afternoon, Tom Paine, a Harvard graduate and descendant of Declaration of Independence signer Robert Treat Paine, presented a historical presentation on his family’s unique impact on American history.
While Paine noted that Robert Treat Paine is “perhaps the least well known of Massachusetts’ founding fathers,” he is also...
Wellesley ukulele lesson becomes musical tour
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
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Poet Bouvard shares poems, hard truths
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Thursday night, February 14, the Wellesley Library hosted former Brandeis professor, author of twelve nonfiction books, and poet Marguerite Bouvard, who read from her new book of poetry, “The Flame of Life.” There were many different subjects broached in the works she read. However, it was the plight of migrants...
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Troop 185 holds Court of Honor
Wellesley kids learn about maple syrup
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
While kids looking for snow days, plow drivers looking for easy money, and skiers looking for fresh powder might not be happy February hasn’t been bitterly cold, one group of people are very pleased with the weather: maple syrup makers.
Yes, it ends up that maple sap flows...
Wellesley Creates coming in March
By Rama K. Ramaswamy
According to a 2017 Gallup report, nationally, no group feels the impact of living through the current "digital age” more than high school students. According to educators such as Wellesley High School math and computer science teacher Dr. Robert Cohen, technological literacy falls under the category of "life skills”; in some ways,...
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LWV hosting Meet the Candidates Night
The League of Women Voters (LWV) is set to host Meet the Candidates Night on Thursday, February 28, from 6:30 - 9 p.m. in the Wakelin Room of the Wellesley Free Library. A meet and greet reception begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by a brief ceremony honoring retired elected officials. The candidates forum begins promptly...
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A hidden world in the heart of Wellesley
By Alex Oliveira
Hometown Weekly Reporter
At the end of an innocuous neighborhood road in Wellesley, a network of trails weaves its way through trees, over streams, across meadows, and up and down a rocky ridge. Boulder Brook Reservation is a haven of wilderness amidst the bustle of Wellesley, a must-see during the stillness of winter.
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Ken Batts’ piano wows Wellesley diners
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Wednesday afternoon, Wellesley’s seniors were treated to chicken sandwiches, vegetable soup, a blueberry muffin and Ken Batts’ version of The Great American songbook on the piano.
You wouldn’t know it, but Batts only started playing the piano seven years ago after first playing the guitar. Now, he teaches adults...
Chamber Players ready March 10 concert
