A debate for the Wayland selectmen candidates will be held in the Wayland High School theater on Thursday, March 29 at 7:30pm. The candidates participating include Chris Brown, Ed Collins, Douglas Leard and Susan Pope. The candidates will be answering questions regarding the town of Wayland’s warrant articles. Anyone with questions for the candidates may [...]
The League of Women Voters Annual Candidates Night will be held on March 22. The program will begin at 7:15pm with light refreshments, and the candidates will take the stage beginning at 7:30pm.
Come see our beautiful new Wayland High School as Celebrate Wayland presents Excellence in Action: a Grand Open House, Wednesday, March 21st from 7–9pm. All are invited to tour the new buildings and renovated Field House including the new WayCam studio, and see firsthand our fantastic high school program. The event will feature performances, educational demonstrations, displays, and presentations [...]
The Friends of the Wayland Public Library will sponsor their Spring Book and Bake Sale on Saturday, April 28, from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. and Sunday, April 29, from 12:00-4:00 p.m. There will also be a preview for members of the Friends on Friday, April 27, from 6:00-9:00 p.m. Memberships will be available at the sale [...]
Bella Cappella, a local 12-woman a cappella group, will perform live at the Dudley Chateau in Wayland on Thursday, March 22nd at 7:30pm. Admission is free, but a good faith donation of $5 is recommended and will go directly to the Lauren Dunne Astley Memorial Fund. Bella Cappella was formed in 2010 when a few [...]
WayCAM Open House March 21st, 6 – 7 pm New Studio at the Field House at the new Wayland High School. Please join us just prior to the WHS Open House event (7 – 9pm). Take a tour, get behind or in front of the cameras, and see how you can benefit from [...]
Wayland Town Crier 3/16/22: Speaker on raising resilient children at Wayland temple. On Thursday, March 22, hear from one of the country’s leading speakers and parenting experts on fostering resilience, self-esteem, strength and optimism in children of all ages. The recipient of numerous awards, Dr. Robert Brooks is on the faculty of Harvard Medical School [...]
Calling all Star Wars fans! (ages 5 and up with parents)… Star Wars Enthusiast Peter Struzziero will be presenting a STAR WARS SYMPOSIUM on Saturday, March 24 at 2pm at the Wayland Free Public Library, 5 Concord Road, Wayland, MA 01778. Come dressed as a character for the costume contest, bring your show and tell items, [...]
Weston Patch 3/15/12: Congressman Barney Frank to Speak in Weston. Congressman Barney Frank will speak in Weston on Monday, April 2, at 7 p.m. at the Amy Potter Center, Weston Middle School, 456 Wellesley St. This event is co-sponsored by the Weston, Concord, Lincoln, Natick, Newton, Sudbury, Waltham, Wayland and Wellesley Democratic Committees.
UMBRELLA meets at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Wellesley Hills, 309 Washington St., Wellesley, on the third Thursday of every month from 7-8:30pm. Umbrella, a program of WAGLY (The West Suburban Alliance of GLBTQ Youth), is a peer-led, social support group for transgender and gender-variant high school youth from Wayland and other communities in MetroWest Boston.
The West Suburban Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Youth (WAGLY) meets at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Wellesley Hills, 309 Washington St., Wellesley, every Monday (except public holidays) from 7-8:30 pm. WAGLY provides weekly social and educational programs for GLBTQ (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) high school youth and straight allies from Wayland and 25 other communities across MetroWest Boston.
Information: www.WAGLY.org, info@WAGLY.org.
Wayland Town Crier 3/10/12: Roundtable to present program on Healthy Teen Relationships. Please join the Sudbury-Wayland-Lincoln Domestic Violence Roundtable on Tuesday, March 13 at 3pm for another program in a series on “Healthy Teen Relationships.” The Roundtable will screen a DVD titled “Dating Matters: Understanding Teen Dating Violence Prevention” as an example of a curriculum, complete with instructor’s notes, available to teachers and others who work with teens and who would like to provide education about healthy teen relationships.
First Parish in Wayland will be holding its popular and kid-friendly rummage sale on Saturday March 31 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The sale has been a Wayland institution for nearly 70 years. According to the records of its Women's Alliance, the first rummage was held in June 1944. There is a department [...]
Teams from Sudbury, Wayland and Weston will vie for the League of Women Voters trophy in the fourth annual Civics Bee Sunday, March 25. The teams of three middle school students, three high school students and three adults from each town will demonstrate their knowledge in the competition, sponsored by the Leagues in the three [...]
Join us for a discussion with Gabriel Bol Deng, as he addresses the Walden Forum at 7:30 p.m. on Friday March 23, 2012. The Walden Forum is held at the First Parish Meeting House, at the intersection of Routes 20 and 27 in Wayland, Mass. Gabriel Bol Deng, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, speaks about [...]
Wayland Town Crier 3/2/12: Forum on Monday to look at creation of Design Review Board. The Planning Board is sponsoring a forum next Monday at Wayland High School at 7:30 p.m. to discuss and answer questions about the creation of a town design review board. The new board will apply and interpret design guidelines for [...]
Chris Chappell and Philip Schneider of Wayland, MA have registered for the Charles River Watershed Association’s (CRWA) 30th Annual Run of the Charles Canoe and Kayak Race scheduled for Sunday, April 29, 2012. The Race, which celebrates the ongoing improvements of the Charles River, draws approximately 1,500 paddlers and thousands of spectators to enjoy a [...]
The evening will be directed by Mr. Syd, a chemistry teacher at Wellesley High School. Children will explore hands on experiments based on green energy, chemistry, and physics. Make a mini dam, build a solar car, and make solar panels to demonstrate green energy. For chemistry create lava lamps, gorilla toothpaste, and volcanoes. Then make an electronic generator and [...]
Fourth Annual Weston/Wayland/Sudbury Civics Bee. Teams from each town, consisting of 3 adults, 3 High School students and 3 Middle School students, compete to win the coveted American Eagle trophy.
It's time to register for the Wayland Public Schools Foundation (WPSF) Spelling Bee! The 2012 Spelling Bee will be held on Sunday, March 25th, at the new Wayland High School, from 12:30 to 4 PM. The Bee is open to all Wayland 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th graders. Students must register in teams of [...]
Thoreau Farm: Thoreau Farm Forum. Thoreau Farm will hold its first Thoreau Farm Forum of 2012 on March 4th at 3:00 PM with Vivian Gornick who will discuss her book, Emma Goldman: Revolution as a Way of Life. This Forum will take place at Concord Academy. J. Edgar Hoover called Emma Goldman “the most dangerous [...]
The Wayland Middle School PTO is excited to sponsor a talk with Nationally known speaker Jenifer Marshall Lippincott, parenting expert and successful author who wrote 7 Things Your Teenager Won’t Tell You (And How to Talk About Them Anyway), and is coming to speak at the new Wayland High School auditorium on Thursday March 1, [...]
The High Heels and Hard Hats event will take place Sunday, April 29 at 5pm at the Neiman Marcus Court at Natick Mall. Tickets are $50 per person with group deals available. Purchase tickets online here (choose Wayland Build from the "please direct my donation to" drop-down menu (or call the Habitat Office at 508-799-9259). Click [...]
Wayland Town Crier 2/20/12: The Bostonians to perform at next College A Cappella Concert. Have you had a chance to see the theater in the new High School yet? Want to sneak a peak at it before the Grand Open House on March 21? Here’s your chance. For the first time, the Creative Arts Parent Association’s (CAPA) Spring College A Cappella Concert will be held on the Main Stage in Building A of Wayland’s new High School on Saturday, March 17 at 7:30 p.m. Of course such a debut must be celebrated in style – CAPA has engaged three outstanding college a cappella groups from the Boston area.
What were the spiritual beliefs and core convictions of America’s Founding Fathers? What did men like Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Adams, Madison and Paine believe about God, the Bible, and other matters of faith? How did their religious principles shape their vision for the newly established United States of America? Would any of these figures be [...]
A viewing and discussion of the widely viewed film, “Race to Nowhere,” is scheduled for Wednesday, February 15, 2012, at 7 pm in the Wayland Town Building Large Hearing Room. This free event is designed for parents of preschool-age children and is co-sponsored by two Wayland Center early childhood programs. Registration is required through the [...]
Musicians of the Old Post Road presents Fit For a King: Frederick the Great at 300 Two performances: Friday, March 9, 8 pm, First Parish, 50 Cochituate Road, Wayland, Co-presented by the Wayland Historical Society Saturday, March 10, 3 PM, Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston Tickets $30 general admission, $25 seniors and [...]
Wayland Town Crier 2/8/12: Weston and Wayland residents performing in Family Concert. The youth percussion ensemble Marimba Magic joins Boston Musica Viva (BMV), Boston’s first professional contemporary chamber music ensemble, for BMV’s 19th annual Family Concert on Sunday, February 12 at 3pm at the Tsai Performance Center at Boston University, 685 Commonwealth Ave. This all-ages introduction to contemporary classical music includes a world premiere musical version of Aesop’s “The Tortoise and the Hare”by Patrick Greene, and Michael Gandolfi’s “The Piper’s Tale.” Both pieces will be narrated by New England Cable News anchor Steve Aveson. Among the performers with the Marimba Magic youth percussion ensemble are Claypit Hill School third-grader Mingle Li, Wayland seventh-grader Tamara Lord, and Wayland High School sophomore Stephanie Steltzer.
Local band Mid-Life Crisis will be appearing at The Bone (formerly The Chicken Bone Saloon) on Waverly Street in Framingham Thursday, February 9. The band, which features tight harmonies backed up by strong instrumental work, will cover a variety of songs from the categories of Classic Rock, R&B, New Wave, Grunge, and Blues. A favorite [...]
Wayland’s Little Theater has been retired, but the Little Theater Concert Series continues on Friday, February 10, at 8:00 pm on the glistening new Main Stage at Wayland High School. Tenor Luigi Boccia and pianist Arthur McManus will present a survey of the history of Italian song. The program includes songs by Baroque composers (Scarlatti, [...]
On Thursday, February 2, at 7 pm, bring your favorite popcorn to the Senior Center in the Wayland Town Building and celebrate the pre-premiere of the new movie In Transition 2.0. In Transition 2.0 is an inspirational immersion in the Transition movement, gathering stories from around the world of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. You'll hear about communities printing their [...]
Wayland BEElieve, organized by Transition Wayland, is a group of bee enthusiasts who want to support beginning and advanced beekeepers, help others in Wayland get started, exchange stories and experience, organize to educate the public about bees, and pool orders for bees and beekeeping supplies. Place TBA. For more info, email kaat@transitionwayland.org or check the [...]
Please join us for the first performance on the new Wayland High School Auditorium's "Main Stage" on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 7:30pm. The annual WHS Solo and Chamber Concert will feature chamber ensembles including the Honors Concert Choir, Honors Sinfonia Orchestra with cello soloist, Andrew Laven, and many others. Free and open to the public. Come [...]
The League of Women Voters of Wayland presents: SUSTAINING WAYLAND’S DRINKING WATER January 26, 2012, Town Building, 7:30 pm Wayland has always been proud of its drinking water. But in recent years our water has been criticized by many residents. What happened? Is it getting better or worse? What can we do to insure an adequate supply [...]
The Claypit Hill and Happy Hollow/Loker PTOs invite you to a presentation by The Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts, Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 7:00 at Loker School Please join us to learn more about the new concussion law in Massachusetts and what you can do to protect your elementary-aged child. The presentation by the Brain [...]
Wayland Town Crier 1/19/22: Attend forum on campaign finance reform in Sudbury. Two years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission” that corporations, unions and special interests are entitled to free speech rights, a decision that has enabled those organizations to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence federal [...]
Yoga Reaches Out was founded in 2009 by Wayland resident Sarah Gardner. The Yoga Reaches Out 2012 Yogathon will benefit Children's Hospital Boston and Africa Yoga Project. It is a day long event at Gillette Stadium's Field House in Foxboro, MA on Sunday, May 6, 2012. Featured presenter will be the internationally known teacher and best-selling author Baron Baptiste along with many talented yoga teachers from all over New England. $25 registration fee and raise a minimum of $250. All levels welcome! For details and more information, please visit: www.yogareachesout.org For questions or sponsorship information, please email Laurin Panzano at laurin@yogareachesout.org
Dr. Kerry Emanuel Professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT to Speak in Wayland: “A Sober Look – At the Global Warming Problem”
Join us for a discussion with Dr. Kerry Emanuel, as he addresses the Walden Forum at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 19, 2012. The Walden Forum is held at the First Parish Meeting House, at the intersection of Routes 20 and 27 in Wayland, Mass.
The Wayland Depot is having a coffee on Saturday December 17 from 9-11am (preceding regular hours, which are 10am-4pm).
Wayland Town Crier 12/7/11: Join Walking Wayland through town’s trails – Wayland, MA – Wicked Local Wayland. Walking Wayland continues its program to systematically walk Wayland’s trails, one by one exploring existing public Wayland pathways and taking time to quietly meditate, until our feet have connected with the earth beneath each one. Everyone of all [...]
[Note: the Town Crier and Wayland Student Press Newtork are reporting that the time of the event is 7pm; it was originally scheduled for 7:30pm] December 21, 2011 marks the end of a little more than a half-century of memorable learning experiences in the current facility. On January 3rd, we shall begin making new memories [...]
Teens, Development and Jewish Identity, The Film – Race to Nowhere Conversation following the film will be facilitated by Dr. Jessica Rubinstein Wednesday, December 14, 6:30 pm, Beit Midrash Featuring the heartbreaking stories of young people across the country who have been pushed to the brink, educators who are burned out and worried that students aren’t [...]
You are cordially invited to a very special evening of song on Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 7:30 pm. Please join us for this final performance in the Little Theater. Wayland High School's Chorale and Honors Concert Choir will present their Winter Program and there will also be a brief presentation to celebrate the last performance [...]
Please join us for a night of legendary music and entertainment – Friday December 16th, 7pm ~ 10pm Berklee College of Music, David Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston Street, Boston, MA Tickets: $100 per person The evening will feature performances by songstress Eve Fleishman and jazz great Jimmy Cobb. Mr. Cobb was the drummer on [...]
Love the idea of letting the kids loose for cookie decorating, but don’t want the mess? Join the Wayland Children and Parents’ Association for our annual Holiday Coffee Social & Cookie Party! Bring the kids to the Wayland Middle School on December 13th from 3:30-5:00pm for some supervised decorating while you socialize with other parents. [...]
Join us for the 3rd annual Creative Soul- a fun community building event showcasing an impressive line-up of local performing artists. Hosted by Peter Lavenson and friends in the casual atmosphere of the Dudley Chateau. Bring friends and make friends while enjoying your favorite beverage or delicious food from the full dinner menu. [...]
Bella Cappella will be performing at Russell’s Garden Center this Friday, December 2 -from 7-8pm. Holiday songs and good cheer!!!
The Wayland High School and Wayland Middle School Orchestras will perform their Winter Concert on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 7:30pm in the Wayland Middle School Auditorium. Admittance is free and there will be a poinsettia raffle with proceeds to benefit the Jim Griffin Family Support Trust. Come and enjoy the dulcet tones of the [...]
Russell’s Farmers’ Market: Russell’s Garden Center: Farmers’ Market. What will you find at the indoor farmers’ market? The conditions in New England are not optimal for growing vegetables in the winter, but local farmers can grow root crops like carrots, beets, potatoes, parsnips and more, during the summer, and these can be stored and sold [...]
The Wayland Schools' Green Team meets every first Monday of the month in the Happy Hollow library. We share ideas on how to make our schools greener. Discussions include recycling, gardens, composting, stewardship and more. All are welcome. On Monday, December 5, we will meet from 4:00-5:30 pm. Please visit www.waylandgreenteam.org for more information.
Please join local parenting groups for this important parent enrichment event on Thursday, December 1st at the Amy Potter Center, Weston Middle School, 456 Wellesley St, Weston. Dr. Elizabeth Englander presents “Kids and the Internet – Cyber Issues All Parents Should Know.” Dr. Englander will help demystify the on-line experience of our kids and discuss [...]
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