It’s a gorgeous day in the neighborhood–and you really can’t ask for more entertainment than building snow forts, sliding on your butt down your black-ice driveway and snowshoeing on the miles of trails around Weston. But if you must be further entertained, here are a few of the things going on around town, and nearby. In case holiday lights are
Read moreLocal author Kerri Maher celebrates the launch of her third historical novel, The Paris Bookseller, which is set in Paris in the 1920s at the world-famous Shakespeare and Company bookstore. You can hear more about it at Kerri’s book talk and signing at local independent bookstore Wellesley Books on Tuesday, January 11 from 7-8:30 pm. This is a live event
Read moreBy chance, the Owl went down the rabbit hole that is the programming at Concord Museum. I don’t know who sets up their forums and events programming, but I am most impressed. This Wednesday, January 5 from 7-8 pm, there is a virtual program “Patriots vs Loyalists: Our First Civil War” that looks quite interesting. What is also interesting is
Read moreIf you were beamed into Weston from another planet or even from outside of Massachusetts (same thing, really), you might not know that this is one of the most musical towns in the country. Oh, all right, be quiet New Orleans and Nashville, no one cares. Weston has a school music program that is the envy of most public schools,
Read moreIn spite of my original belief that the show “The 39 Steps” had to do with the endless stairs at my brother’s fifth-floor walk-up in Back Bay, it’s actually too few steps (I think there are 1000000000 there on Beacon Street) and is performed by the incredibly talented Weston High School theatre group. If you have never seen a WHS
Read moreThis gorgeous fall just goes on and on and on, no? Today’s winds and the rains may change all that but it’s been hard to ant when all one wants to do is grasshopper. Best idea, perhaps, is to do a little bit of both. Here are some ideas for your weekend. The Owl also wants to highlight that live
Read moreIt’s another incredible fall weekend with lots of autumn color left, leaves to kick or rake (please, pelo amor de deus, stop with the leaf blowers) and places to go and to see and be seen. It also feels like the kick off to … dare I say it…shopping season with three art fairs within five miles of Weston this
Read moreBrrrrr….if this morning’s temperatures make you think of large fluffy scarves, hats and ponchos, you are in luck. The Weston Art & Innovation Center hosts the Weavers Guild of Boston for their fiber arts shopping event this weekend, November 5-7. The Weavers’ Guild of Boston is the oldest weavers’ guild in the United States (founded in 1922), but has updated
Read moreLast night while picking up an Owlet from a soccer game, a line of cars and knot of students revealed that the Wildcat statue, a gift from the “pandemic class of 2020” as they seem to always be termed, was in place on top of its pedestal in front of Weston High School. The pedestal had appeared a couple of
Read moreTomorrow night, Thursday October 21 at 6:30 pm, the Middle School and High School Choirs will be making beautiful music at a new outdoor venue, the Field School amphitheatre–and the weather looks perfect for it! Not only will we have low 60s but at 6:34 pm, we have moonrise! So you’ll be listening to these wonderful singing groups under the
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