The Owl is still out on break but promised to post this event for the fabulous folks at the Weston Art and Innovation Center. On Sunday, June 26 from 3 – 6 pm, Chris Welles will be hosting the Weston AIC Jazz Jam on the fourth Sunday of every month! The house band features on piano James Merenda; Miki Matsuki on drums;
Read moreLast year a Weston resident on King’s Grant Road opened her backyard for a lovely concert–you can read about that event here in the Owl. This Sunday, there will again be a concert this time celebrating Boston Symphony Orchestra violinist Bo Youp Hwang, who has been at both BSO and Weston for about 40 years. When: Sunday, June 19 at
Read moreLast Friday, on a gorgeous late spring day, the Owl met Weston”s new Chief of Police, Denis Linehan, for a coffee at the Weston Bistro. Okay, the coffee was from Heirloom because the Bistro is BYOB. And F. And CP (chess pieces). We covered many topics from small town policing to large city, from Latin America (it’ll make sense later)
Read moreWeston High School graduated the amazing Class of 2022 on Friday, June 3 on the Town Green. They are amazing because of how they weathered a pandemic that cut short sophomore year, changed junior year between hybrid and in-person masked learning, and started their senior year with masks and testing. They gave up study-abroad opportunities, cut short or changed athletic
Read moreOne of the things that native New Yorkers miss most about “the city” (and no, Boston is not “the city”) is the food. Now, I admit my foundation as a native New Yorker is a bit wobbly–while I was born at NYU Hospital, and lived in Riverdale for three fantastic but not highly memorable years (I was a bit wee),
Read moreAt around 6:30 pm on June 3, 2022, the Class of 2022 became the newest alumni of Weston High School. According to Principal Peri, one member of the class (unidentified) was the 10,000th to graduate from Weston High School since its current building was opened in 1962. I have no backup for this because it seems mathy. It wasn’t the
Read moreUPDATE 6/3, 12:00 pm: Graduation time changed to 5:30 pm today So here we are. With luck and weather cooperation, Weston will send off its Class of 2022 graduates into the great big world at 6 pm 5:30 pm today. Please note that the Weston Owl will update if graduation is moved to tomorrow due to rain. I see 21%
Read moreWeston High School will graduate the amazing Class of 2022 today, Friday, June 3 at 6 pm on the Town Green. They are amazing because of how they weathered a pandemic that cut short sophomore year, changed junior year between hybrid and in-person masked learning, and started their senior year with masks and testing. They gave up study-abroad opportunities, cut short
Read moreWeston High School will graduate the amazing Class of 2022 on Friday, June 3 at 6 pm on the Town Green. They are amazing because of how they weathered a pandemic that cut short sophomore year, changed junior year between hybrid and in-person masked learning, and started their senior year with masks and testing. They gave up study-abroad opportunities, cut short or
Read moreWeston High School will graduate the amazing Class of 2022 on Friday, June 3 at 6 pm on the Town Green. They are amazing because of how they weathered a pandemic that cut short sophomore year, changed junior year between hybrid and in-person masked learning, and started their senior year with masks and testing. They gave up study-abroad opportunities, cut short or
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