The opening reception for this year’s Annual WPS K-12 Art Show in the Weston High School Science Wing will be on Wednesday, May 15, from 5-7:30pm. Come and enjoy amazing student artwork featuring drawings, paintings, sculpture, collage, printmaking, graphic design, video production, live demonstrations, music performances, and more! You don’t want to miss it! If you want my personal opinion,
Read moreI don’t mean to make anyone sad but tonight is the last night to catch our seniors (go ‘cats!) in a WHS Theater Company production. Many of us have seen them grow up in Field School plays, Middle School musicals and a high school career of anything from Shakespeare to Chicago. Will some continue to be involved in theatre in
Read moreHead south one town on Saturday, May 11 at 7 pm for bluegrass tunes of G Rockwell and his band. You can read more about him on his website: An award winning multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, composer and bandleader, G Rockwell has performed and competed on stages across the country. In 2022, G won the Freshgrass competition award for banjo. His unique
Read moreOn Thursday, May 9 from 6:30-9 pm, please join the Friends of the Weston Public Library at the Weston AIC for a night of fun and literary-themed crafts, with wine tasting and light snacks. All of your favorite AIC instructors will be there to help with a variety of crafts (hand-crafted literary note cards, laser-cut acrylic bookmarks, beaded bracelets with
Read moreOkay, if I ever get a budget, the very first thing I am going to do is hire Doc Crane of the Weston Public Library to be the Film Critic. His film summaries, the series titles (this is from the Travels and Travails series) and especially the last lines including film disclaimers are the very best. “Far too much fretting
Read moreFrom 11 am to 5 pm on Saturday and Sunday April 27 and 28, Newton’s Open Studios event celebrates its 28th year by welcoming you to the streets, galleries and home studios of our largest neighbor. Because Newton does nothing small, this year there are 130 artists showing their art in many locations (see pdf map here) with some locations
Read moreThis Saturday, April 27 from 11 am to 3 pm, Sewing Seeds for Hope will be at Brothers Marketplace in Weston. Please stop by to see the finely crafted, one-of-a-kind fabric items that will be offered. The Owl owns a number of beautiful items from Sewing Seeds and one particularly beautiful pillow is out in California brightening up a guest
Read moreOn Saturday, May 4, please come to Boston University’s Marsh Chapel to enjoy an evening of choral music with In Choro Novo. Tickets are available by sending an email to tickets@inchoronovo.org. While I have not been given the program for the evening, you can imagine that some subset of their spring repertoire will be involved: ++ In Choro Novo is
Read moreCome see Weston High School Theater Company’s production of Shakespeare’s play The Tempest on Thursday, May 2, Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4. This play includes magic, betrayal, revenge, and family! In typical Shakespeare style, there are going to be moments when the audience wants to slap some of the characters for being naive or mean or both, and causing
Read moreAh the mother ship. Hey did you know we have recently had two Wildcats go to Wellesley College right down the street? That is cool. One is class of 2023 and one will graduate this June. I’m rather a fan of my alma mater if you haven’t noticed, and one of the best things about being an alum is learning
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