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Wellesley residents on screen in new Lifetime TV movie “Sexting in Suburbia”

Sexting in Suburbia is coming to your home in the form of a new Lifetime movie.  The modern cautionary tale is executive produced by Wellesley resident Mark DeAngelis, who also has a cameo as a limo driver.  Appearing as the boys in the band in a party scene are Wellesley teens Billy Behman, Matt DeAngelis, Tommy [...]

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Wellesley and Natick Nutcracker treats

Linden Square featured Kathy McCrohon Dance Center Nutcracker dancers at its Holiday Celebration this past weekend (shown here).  KMDC presents the Nutcracker this coming weekend at the Sorenson Center for the Performing Arts at Babson College.  Show times are 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturday Dec. 10 and 1 p.m. on Sunday Dec. 11.  [...]

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Wellesley High students, alumni sparkle at Performing Arts Showcase

Wellesley High School students and alumni put on a great show Saturday night before a packed house at the soon-to-be shuttered school’s auditorium. While 1968 grad Billy Squier generated the most pre-show buzz — and delivered during the show (see video) — it was the wide variety of skills on display from students and alumni [...]

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Wellesley celebrities past & present

The Boston Globe goes all TMZ and compiles a slideshow of “Famous Celebrities from Wellesley,” from Katharine Lee Bates to Celtics Ray Allen and Danny Ainge and yes, even dredges up the old Steven Tyler rumors. We look forward to their follow-up “Unfamous Celebrities from Wellesley,” and will be very thankful not to make that [...]

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Wicked Fit: More than 1 Wellesley women’s fitness outfit starring in this show

We told you back in September about the Wicked Fit cable TV show starring pageant contestant trainer and fitness pro Katie Boyd of Wellesley’s Miss Fit business on Rte. 9.  The show debuted this past weekend on the Style Network (have to confess we missed the episode) and Katie has gotten lots of press of [...]

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Free Shakespeare this week in Wellesley: The Tempest

Actors from the London Stage will perform Shakespeare’s The Tempest this Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7pm at Wellesley College’s Alumnae Hall. The performances are free and open to the public. Wellesley College describes The Tempest as conjuring up “a world of innocent lovers, bawdy buffoons, mystical beings and a spectacular storm that transforms everyone [...]

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Director with Wellesley roots gets ready for national release of “Norman”

Jonathan Segal, who grew up in Wellesley and headed to Hollywood after graduating from College, was back in town recently to help launch his new film “Norman” (Facebook page here). The movie about a troubled teen debuted locally at the MFA and hits AMC theatres this week in limited release. More from the Milford Daily [...]

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Wellesley magician up to old tricks

The Boston Globe reports that 84-year-old Wellesley magician Gil Stubbs will be teaching magic to those 60 years and older over the next month or so at the Wellesley Community Center. “Magic is great fun,” he says in the article, “and when I raise the spirits of others through magic, I raise my own as [...]

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Tickets on sale for Wellesley Performing Arts Showcase

Tickets have gone on sale for the Performing Arts Showcase taking place the Saturday after Thanksgiving at Wellesley High School as part of the Turn Out the Lights festivities celebrating the end of the old school. A star-studded line-up of Wellesley High graduates has been assembled, with new performers being added seemingly daily. It will [...]

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Sneak peek at Wellesley gym owner’s new reality show: “Wicked Fit”

Look out Ming Tsai: Wellesley has a new TV star in the making. I mentioned recently that Katie Boyd of the Miss Fit Club on Rte. 9 in Wellesley had scored a reality show on the Style Network called Wicked Fit starting Oct. 23. Not sure whether to be scared or amused, but here’s a [...]

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Wellesley man stars in Sherborn play

Wellesley’s Woody Gaul will be appearing as Steven Kodaly in Woodland Theatre Company’s romantic musical comedy, She Loves Me.  Performances are Oct. 7 & 8 at 8PM and Oct. 8 & 9 at 1PM, at the Sherborn Community Center, 3 Sanger St., Sherborn, Mass. Gaul is returning to the musical stage after a decade-long hiatus. [...]

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Suburgatory: Wellesley author’s creation coming to TV and a bookstore near you

Wellesley’s Linda Erin Keenan doesn’t pull any ?#@*&%! punches in her new self-described NC-17 book Suburgatory: Twisted Tales From Darkest Suburbia — not that she’s talking about you. Well, mostly not about you. After working at CNN in New York City for 7 years as a producer and writer for news anchors like Anderson Cooper [...]

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Wellesley Players to present Little Women, The Musical in October

Little Women The Musical Arsenal Center for the Arts Black Box Theatre 321 Arsenal St. Watertown, MA 02472. 781.237.8114 http://www.wellesleyplayers.org.  MBTA: 70/70A bus to School Street. Oct 7 – 8 @ 8pm; Oct 9 @ 2 & 7pm; Oct 14 @ 8pm; Oct 15 @ 2 & 8 pm; Oct 16 @ 2pm.  Tickets $25 General [...]

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Wellesley getting real: Miss Fit reality TV show on the way

UPDATE: Katie Boyd’s reality show will be called Wicked Fit and debuts Oct. 23 Camera crews have started popping up in Wellesley to shoot a new Style Network reality TV series at least tentatively called Miss Fit based on the reality of Katie Elizabeth Boyd and her women’s fitness business on Rte. 9 in Wellesley. [...]

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Magic, Little Women this weekend in Wellesley

Activities this weekend in Wellesley include: *Peter the Magician will highlight Funtastic Saturday at the Linden Square courtyard from 2-5pm. Decorate your own magic wand and make an edible one, too. Face painting and other fun as well.     *The Wellesley Players will give a sneak preview of their October show, Little Women, the [...]

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