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Wellesley Free Library readies star-studded fall line-up

By bbrown | Published: August 31, 2011

The Wellesley Free Library calendar for September and October is looking strong, with visits from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Schiff, This Old House host Kevin O’Connor and The Wellesley Players on tap. Full details on the calendar.

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Celebrating the new and old Wellesley High Schools

By bbrown | Published: May 3, 2011

Activities are being readied to bid goodbye to the old Wellesley High School and welcome the new one — currently expected to open next February — to town. Wellesley Free Library is spearheading a program called Wellesley Reads Together that will take place from Oct. 1-Nov. 13. It’s essentially like forming a giant book group [...]

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“Prostate Cancer: Hype and Hope” program coming to Wellesley Free Library

By bbrown | Published: May 1, 2011

The Wellesley Cancer Prevention Project invites the public to a lecture at the Wellesley Free Library’s Wakelin Room, May 11th, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., by Dr. Richard Lee, Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and physician at Mass General Hospital (MGH).  Dr. Lee will discuss lifestyle recommendations, early detection and treatment of [...]

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Student art brightens up Wellesley Free Library

By bbrown | Published: April 16, 2011

A great variety of art from Wellesley Public School students in grades K-12 is transforming Wellesley Free Library into an art museum this month. Check it out next time you’re there.    

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Wellesley Free Library features Rock/Candy

By bbrown | Published: March 4, 2011

Colorful color pencil drawings of rocks and candy apples are on display all month at Wellesley Free Library. The works were done by artists Debbi Friedman (rocks) and Kendra Bidwell Ferreira (candy). An opening reception is being held on Saturday, March 5 from 2-4pm. RELATED: Wellesley Society of Artists Your Ad Here

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Wellesley Free Library, the movie theatre

By bbrown | Published: February 18, 2011

Friday at 3-5pm, Wellesley Free Library presents “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” Toy Story 3 will be shown Tuesday, Feb. 22 from230-4pm Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (PG) will be shown on Thursday, Feb. 24 from 230-4pm

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Walks in Wellesley

By bbrown | Published: September 29, 2010

Wellesley Free Library has received a fresh influx of “Walks in Wellesley” books, which are newly updated versions of a 40-year-old featuring the town’s assorted trails. More from the Wellesley Free Library Reference Blog.

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Pulitzer Prize winning author Russo packs em in at Wellesley Free Library

By bbrown | Published: July 21, 2010

A standing room only audience at Wellesley Free Library Tuesday night listened to a couple of readings from author Richard Russo, who won the 2002 Pultizer Prize for Fiction for his Empire Falls. After readings from That Old Cape Magic and a memoir written for a British literary journal, Russo fielded questions about topics such [...]

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Wellesley Free Library playing games

By bbrown | Published: February 21, 2010

Wellesley Free Library is looking for your input on what sorts of video game events it should hold (it recently held Guitar Hero tournaments). The Library started a gaming-specific blog at the end of last year and is running a 3-question survey to get your input on future game tourneys and times to offer such [...]

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Wellesley authors wanted (even bloggers?)

By bbrown | Published: February 5, 2010

From the Wellesley Free Library Centennial Fund: Are you a Wellesley author? The Wellesley Free Library Centennial Fund wants to celebrate you. To commemorate its Silver Anniversary, on April 15th the Centennial Fund will host a Wellesley Authors’ Reception, to pay tribute to the exciting diversity of talent found right here in our hometown. So [...]

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Escape from Wellesley to France

By bbrown | Published: January 28, 2010

Nick Terrett is exhibiting his photographs of central France at Wellesley Free Library through Sunday, Jan. 31.  Terrett calls the exhibit “La France Profonde,” which translates into “deep France,” he says. Terrett, who says he commutes through Wellesley and is a fan of the library,  is a scientist by profession and says he played a [...]

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Eclectic a cappella concert at Wellesley Free Library Sunday

By bbrown | Published: December 11, 2009
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Jazz at Wellesley Free Library on Sunday

By bbrown | Published: November 13, 2009
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Watercolor demo at Wellesley Free Library

By bbrown | Published: November 9, 2009
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How much interest do Wellesleyites have in trying out a Kindle or Nook?

By bbrown | Published: November 6, 2009

Wellesley Free Library has been aggressive about putting newfangled gadgets (such as self-playing audiobooks called Playaways) and online reading services  (such as the OverDrive downloadable audiobooks) into patrons’ hands. We heard a recent NPR report on libraries lending e-readers such as Amazon.com Kindles or Barnes & Noble Nooks (shown here) and inquired about whether the [...]

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