. If you all had any concept about how I dislike the back-end of this site…well, anyway, the entire site went down this morning because the Owl calendar decided to f*** things up. Sorry, Grand Owl, but sometimes we have to channel our inner Roy Kent. The page is back up but the calendar is not. Hope you kept track
Read more. Starting tomorrow, Wednesday, June 7, from 6-8 pm, painters of all levels are invited to join in Self-Guided Painting, a summer painting series with the Art & Innovation Center (AIC). In case the title is not clear enough, there is no instruction provided during this series, and participants bring their own materials. So, the Owl absolutely LOVES this idea.
Read more. Weston resident Catheline van den Branden has opened her first solo exhibition “Weaving I Restoring I Healing” in Athens, Greece. The exhibition is part of the Athens City Festival and the program “Culture is Athens” and will be on display from May 28-July 7, 2023 at the Museum of Folk Art and Tradition “Angeliki Hatzimichali.” “In my artistic activity,
Read more. Tonight, Monday June 5, at 6:30 pm is the second-to-last School Committee meeting of the 2022-2023 School Year. It is super hard to believe, no? Well, it is easier to believe around the Owl burrow because there are two “rising juniors” as they like to now be called who have major senioritis during exam week. Yes, I know, no
Read more. On Thursday, June 8 at 7 pm, please join the League of Women Voters for their annual meeting and snacks (!!) at the Weston Public Library Community Room. Guest speakers include a co-founder of the amazing Concord Bridge (have you seen it? I love it!) and yours truly, the Weston Owl, currently Weston’s only somewhat newsy site. The Concord
Read more. As noted by this blog and other sources (and personal experience), one of the loveliest traditions of this town is high school graduation on Town Green. There have been a few years when weather or a pandemic has prevented the outdoor ceremony but this year was not one of them–in spite of all weather forecasts to the contrary. For
Read moreWeston High School graduation has been moved up one hour to try to beat the thunderstorms this afternoon. I am out on town Green right now where probably 30 volunteers are here redoing chairs and getting things ready. This is not my prettiest post. Hope to see the community out here at 4 PM to cheer on our seniors! Thank
Read more. Weston Media Center senior intern, Yash Agarwal, has produced a wonderful video about the Weston High School Marching band and Memorial Day. While I started watching the video thinking it was “just” about the parade, it is so much more–a short interview with Music Director Chris Memoli, words from drum major and rising senior Divya Rajan, as well as
Read more. Here we are, Weston, about to witness one of the Owl’s greatest failures. Humorlessness has won over tongue in cheek and it’s all downhill from here, my fine Westonians. In spite of the Owl’s repeated requests to revert to the originally and hilariously named “Resident Shredding Day”, Town Hall is refusing to bow to media pressure and has committed
Read more. Starting yesterday, June 1, the Weston Public Library has a fine-free policy on items checked out from WPL. This means that even if you forgot that book under the sofa for a week, or accidentally left it at grandma’s house for a while, you won’t have to pay a daily fine. That’s pretty awesome for those of us with
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