Wayland Town Crier 5/17/10: Memorial Day exhibit dedicated to Jim Burkley. This year’s Memorial Day exhibit, sponsored by the Wayland Veterans Memorial Committee and the Wayland Cultural Council, will be shown from May 18 to July 5 in the ArtSpace of the Town Building. The display, to consist of 10 large photo, sketch and story panels, has been dedicated to Jim Burkley, who was chairman of the Veterans Memorial Committee until his sudden death in late April. The exhibit’s focus is on Wayland, and it will draw heavily from the committee’s Book of Remembrance, which was published in 2008. Burkley served as editor-in-chief.

Driven to Abstraction: A Group Exhibit by Four Artists   These four artists originally met in an abstract painting class called The Thinking Hand at…

The Wayland Veterans Memorial Committee in collaboration with the Wayland Cultural Council has prepared a special photo and story exhibit  to Celebrate our Freedom, and honor both our Veterans…

Wayland Town Crier 3/2/10: Wayland resident in 'a closer look' exhibit in Medfield. Becky Kisabeth Gibbs of Wayland is included in the exhibit "a closer look" at the Zullo Gallery in Medfield through April 4, with her abstracted, nature-influenced oil paintings. For more information or directions visit the Zullo Gallery website or call 508-359-3711. Gallery hours are 12-5pm on Saturday and Sunday. A reception for the artists will take place Saturday, March 6, 7-9pm.

Wayland Town Crier 2/11/10: Library exhibit highlights special place in Wayland. For many of us who live in Wayland, the Town Beach on Lake Cochituate is a special place indeed. I’m particularly partial to the boat launch area, which is beyond the picnic grove to the left of the entrance. It’s quiet. There’s not a lot of annoying sand. And, best of all, the sun sets directly opposite the shore, making it an absolutely exquisite spot in the early evening.

Parkland Drive resident Paul Dale discovered the magic of the Town Beach nearly 30 years ago, when he moved to the community and his small daughters began playing there. As time went by, he began walking his dogs by the lake and grew more and more enchanted.

A computer software specialist by profession, Dale is also an accomplished mountaineer – rocks and ice are his favorites. “I’ve climbed in the Italian, French and Swiss Alps, British Columbia, Nepal, in the Tetons, the High Sierras, and the Cascades. And I always took a lot of pictures. So, one day about 10 years ago when I was down at the Town Beach, I decided that, since it was so accessible – virtually any time of the day and at any season – I should be taking pictures there too.”

Many of the resulting photos are now part of a handsome exhibit in the library’s Raytheon Room titled “Light at the Lake.”