Yuval Ron plays Wellesley College
Poet Lynne Viti reads in Westwood
[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
This past Tuesday, Lynne Viti gave a reading at the Islington Branch Library in Westwood. Viti is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Wellesley College, and the chance to learn and absorb from a published poet was well-attended. Many of those in attendance knew Viti from the area....
National politics spur campus incident
[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
by Rama K. Ramaswamy
An incident at Wellesley College has residents talking - as they are across the country - about the deep divides exposed by the recent presidential election.
Just ten days post-election, the Southern Poverty Law Center recorded 867 cases of hateful harassment or intimidation in the United States. SPLC President Richard Cohen...
Bonsai Lecture and Demonstration
[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
The Chicatabot Garden Club will host a lecture and demonstration on the art and science of bonsai on Tuesday, December 13 at the Dover Town Library, Lower Level. There will be coffee at 9:00 a.m., and the program will begin at 9:30.
This introduction to bonsai design is a one-hour demonstration illustrating the basics...
Birth of American Modernism at Davis
[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Every exhibit tells a story, but not every exhibit tells a story quite so grand as that of Partners in Design at the Davis Museum at Wellesley College. This story is not only one of a friendship that blossomed from a meeting at Wellesley, but also the story of...
Lifetime Learning offers food for thought
[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Many people try to avoid school as vehemently as possible once it is no longer required. However, for the members of the Lifetime Learning classes, this is far from their objective. Lifetime Learning in Dover offers courses in philosophy, music, history, art, and horticulture. Thursday was the last class...
Wellesley College inaugurates 14th president
[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
After a slew of influential and impressive speakers in addition to a myriad of festivities, President Paula Johnson took the podium. Before she could begin speaking, a member of the crowd shouted, “We love you, Paula Johnson!”
Without missing a beat, Johnson exclaimed, “I love you, too!”
However, before the Brooklyn...
Big screen in little Wellesley
By Edward Sheehan
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
On Thursday, August 11, at around 8:00 p.m., the Davis Art Museum on the Wellesley College campus sponsored a free event in which locals had a chance to see the movie “Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief.” The movie was shown on a screen outside of the museum.
This...
Read more
North Korean defectors speak at Wellesley College
[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]
by Ethan Lee
Hometown Weekly Contributor
On Wednesday, April 27, Wellesley College hosted a talk organized by the Wellesley College Advocates for North Korean Human Rights (ANKHR). Korean dinner was served at the free event, with an attendance of over 50. Speakers and North Korean defectors Seong-Min Lee and Grace Jo presented their experiences in...
Oscar Winner Visits Wellesley
