Latest Events in Wellesley(March Updated)

If you would prefer to buy your ticket by phone, you may call Wellesley Books at 781-431-1160. About ticketing: Admission to the event is $5. To purchase the book with your admission, choose Admission + Book and we will waive your admission fee. If you decide to purchase the book at the event, we will discount your book purchase by $5. Please note that you must purchase your copy of the book from Wellesley Books in order to have the author sign it at the event. Please also note that we cannot issue ticket refunds within 48 hours of the event. ABOUT THE BOOK A troubled young man, a seven million dollar fortune, and a murder at sea... From New York Times bestselling author Casey Sherman comes a gripping contemporary true crime narrative for everyone fascinated by the Murdaugh murders, about Nathan Carman, who was found floating on a raft in the North Atlantic and was later accused of murdering his mother to gain access to his family's fortune. The sun’s reflection danced atop the choppy waters 115 nautical miles south of Martha’s Vineyard as the gigantic freighter Orient Lucky, weighed down by tons of iron and metal scrap materials, sailed over the 9,000 foot deep Alvin Canyon, better known to mariners as the graveyard of the North Atlantic, when the captain spotted a small life raft floating in the water. On the raft was amateur fisher Nathan Carman, who claimed to have gone out for a fishing trip with his mother when his boat sank seven days earlier. But Carman was in remarkably good shape for being lost at sea for a week, and holes soon began to appear in his story. The mysterious death of Carman’s multi-millionaire grandfather months before had made his mother a wealthy woman. And now that she was missing and presumed dead, Carman stood to inherit a massive amount of money. In May 2023, federal prosecutors charged him with the murders of his grandfather and his mother, and he died of apparent suicide in prison in June 2023. " Blood in the Water is utterly immersive. Casey Sherman is a master true crime storyteller. Like always, he brings characters to life which makes it hard to tear yourself away from the page!" — Zibby Owens, host of Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books, best-selling author of Blank ABOUT THE AUTHOR Casey Sherman is a New York Times Bestselling Author of 13 books including The Finest Hours (now a major motion picture starring Casey Affleck & Chris Pine), Boston Strong (the basis for the film Patriots Day starring Mark Wahlberg), and Hunting Whitey . Sherman is also the author of 12, Search for the Strangler, Animal, Bad Blood, Black Irish, Black Dragon, Above & Beyond, and The Ice Bucket Challenge . Sherman is a contributing writer for TIME, Esquire, Washington Post, Boston Herald, and Boston Magazine, and has appeared as a guest an analyst on more than 100 television news programs. Sherman is a graduate of Barnstable High School (Cape Cod), Fryeburg Academy (Fryeburg, ME) and Boston University. Information Source: Wellesley Books | eventbrite

This event is open to all women, including faculty, staff, and students. Women do not need to have children to attend; this event is for women who aspire to be mothers, as well as empty nesters, angel mothers, foster mothers, godmothers, and moms-to-be. Join us for a special brunch designed exclusively for moms and women aspiring to be mothers. This event offers a wonderful opportunity for moms to take a break from their daily routines, connect with other moms, and enjoy meaningful conversations both personally and professionally. Through shared stories, activities, and, of course, delicious food, women will experience a chance to relax, network, and learn. We are excited to announce that professional headshots will be offered to all attendees during the first hour (11am-12pm) of the brunch! This is a great opportunity to have an updated professional headshot for LinkedIn and other business purposes. This perk is included in the ticket price. We encourage all attendees to dress in business attire and you are welcome to choose between formal or casual dress. We are honored to welcome distinguished guests who will share their professional journeys as well as their experiences integrating motherhood into their daily lives. Distinguished moms include: A woman who became a mother while pursuing her PhD. A mother who became an entrepreneur/franchisee. A woman who became a mother while pursuing her MBA. A mother who is an entrepreneur and transitioned from one state to another with her child. A woman who experienced premature labor/miscarriage/stillbirth while working. A mother working full-time, pursuing her MBA, and supporting her high schooler’s transition into college. An international student who became a mother overseas while pursuing her MBA. A mother who is pursuing her MBA while living with multiple chronic illnesses and mothering a toddler. A single mother, entpreneur, and full-time MBA student A single mother running for a school district committee position This event provides a platform for mothers to network, connect, and exchange tips on navigating the challenges of motherhood while integrating work or higher education into their daily lives. Our goal is to create an inclusive environment for moms from diverse backgrounds to learn from each other and enjoy a much-needed break from their daily responsibilities. This event promises a supportive and empowering atmosphere. Please invite your network of women friends and associates. We look forward to seeing you there! Information Source: Moms@Babson Graduate Initiative | eventbrite

This is a free event but we ask that you RSVP. If you would prefer to RSVP by phone, you may call Wellesley Books at 781-431-1160. Books will be available for purchase at the event, or you can add a purchase onto your RSVP. Please note that you must purchase your copy of the book from Wellesley Books in order to have the author sign it at the event. ABOUT THE BOOK The first book in the beloved Lemonade War series—a clever blend of humor, math wizardry, and business know-how—has sold more than 1.5 million copies and is now available as a full-color graphic novel. Legions of kids have grown up reading the Lemonade War series. Now, for the first time, fans of all ages can experience the beloved story as never before, in a gorgeous, full-color graphic novel. Evan Treski is people smart. He’s good at talking to people, even grown-ups. His younger sister, Jessie, on the other hand, is math smart—but not especially good at understanding people. She knows that feelings are her weakest subject. With just five days left of summer vacation, Evan and Jessie launch an all-out war to see who can sell the most lemonade before school starts. As the battleground heats up, there really is no telling who will win—and, even more important, if their fight will ever end. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jacqueline Davies is the bestselling author of the Lemonade War series, which has inspired millions of young readers across the world to raise money for charitable causes. She is also the award-winning author of the Sydney and Taylor series, illustrated by Deborah Hocking, and Bubbles . . . UP! , illustrated by Sonia Sánchez, which was selected as an ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice and a Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year. Visit her online at jacquelinedavies.net. ABOUT THE MODERATOR Ellen T. Crenshaw is the creator of the New York Times bestselling Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adaptations of Stacey's Mistake and Kristy and the Walking Disaster by Ann M. Martin. She is the co-creator, with Colleen AF Venable, of Kiss Number 8 , which was nominated for an Eisner Award and longlisted for a National Book Award. She is also the creator of What Was the Turning Point of the Civil War? , a Who HQ graphic novel. When she's not making comics, Ellen loves playing video games, hiking with her dog, and deconstructing movie plots with her husband. Visit her online at ellencrenshaw.com Information Source: Wellesley Books | eventbrite

If you would prefer to buy your ticket by phone, you may call Wellesley Books at 781-431-1160. About ticketing: Admission to the event is $5. To purchase the book with your admission, choose Admission + Book and we will waive your admission fee. If you decide to purchase the book at the event, we will discount your book purchase by $5. Please note that you must purchase your copy of the book from Wellesley Books in order to have the author sign it at the event. Please also note that we cannot issue ticket refunds within 48 hours of the event. ABOUT THE BOOK A remarkable, decimating work of reporting by award-winning journalist and priest Cristina Rathbone about asylum seekers trapped at a port of entry to the US: the trauma they carry, the community they create, and the faith they maintain. The Asylum Seekers offers a rare narrative account of the horror of the US-Mexico border. Borders run through author Cristina Rathbone too, whose mother was a Cuban refugee. So in 2019 she travels to Juarez, unsure what to do but determined to learn. Weaving intimate portraits of individuals with broader stories about the community, reporting from the border as a whole, and reflections on the meaning of faith in a place of suffering, Rathbone tells the story of Mexican asylum seekers living in a makeshift tent camp at the foot of a bridge. Life in the camp is both hectic and harrowing. Families arrive. Families leave. Families get through to the US. Families are returned from the US. Women weep, children squabble, and grown men sob over photographs of their murdered sons' mutilated bodies. Here too, however, are beauty, and empathy, and hope. Over time, a leadership team emerges. The community begins to convene daily meetings, establish systems of distribution for donations, and start classes for the kids. Serving as an unofficial chaplain, Rathbone is there through it all: listening, receiving, assisting, and most of all learning about what authentic faith looks like under conditions such as these. Written in the tradition of My Fourth Time, We Drowned and Rivermouth , The Asylum Seekers renders in startling, intimate detail the day-to-day lives of people who are determined to enter the US legally and who often suffer for it. The result is a fierce, poignant inquiry into the dignity of those who seek asylum--and into what we owe each other. "The Asylum Seekers shines with a kind of moral clarity that illuminates not only the horrific effects of the United States immigration system on individuals, families, and children, but the personal toll of working alongside those affected. A must-read." –Alejandra Oliva, author of Rivermouth ABOUT THE AUTHOR Cristina Rathbone is an award-winning journalist, Episcopal priest, and spiritual director. She is the author of On the Outside Looking In: A Year in an Inner-City High School and A World Apart: Women, Prisons, and Life Behind Bars . In partnership with Episcopal Migration Ministries, she founded Neighbor to Neighbor, a national network that supports congregations as they accompany newly arrived asylum seekers. Rathbone is the mother of two sons and lives in Massachusetts. (Photo credit: John Earle) Information Source: Wellesley Books | eventbrite

Wellesley Fathers Forum Presents: Spring Thing Again Dads and their kids are invited to a fun-filled day at Warren Park for the Spring Thing Again event! There will be field games led by celebrity trainer, Coach Wayne, an egg hunt, and plenty of snacks and pizza to keep everyone entertained. 3:30 pm: Spring Thing Again begins 3:45 pm: Egg hunt (bring a collecting bag / basket) followed by field games 5 pm: Pizza served (included in your family ticket). An ice cream truck will have treats available for purchase 5:30 pm: Event ends Sign ups open on Sunday, April 6 at 10 am. Sign ups close on Thursday, May 8 at 10 pm. Information Source: Wellesley Fathers Forum | eventbrite

The tour will have distinct stops, all within the crabapple orchard. A brief history of crabapples as well as how Glen and Alex started growing their orchard. Enter the orchard and learn about what a rootstock is, how the different rootstocks being tested and how a rootstock affects the growth and maturation of a fruit tree. Learn about the symbiotic relationship between other local growers and crabapples. Special focus is placed on how the orchard is maintained without the use of pesticides or herbicides. Next up is learning about pruning fruit trees. What works, what we are testing and why anybody does it. In this section, we will also be including demonstrations of different pests, bacterial or viral infections that can damage fruit trees. Finally take a look at the espalier style of growing, the only one in the world dedicated to crabapple trees. This concludes the tour, guests will be provided with an assortment of local snacks, as well as a complimentary crabapple product to take home. Information Source: Glen Smyth, CEO of Appleflats | eventbrite

2025 Cybersecurity Summit Join us for the 2025 Cybersecurity Summit, a must-attend event for all tech enthusiasts and cybersecurity professionals! This in-person summit will be held at the MassBay Community College Wellesley Hills Campus in Wellesley, MA, USA . Get ready to dive into the latest trends, exchange knowledge, and network with industry experts. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your understanding of information security and stay ahead in the ever-evolving digital world. Mark your calendars and secure your spot now! Information Source: Towerwall and MassBay Community College | eventbrite

We hope you will join us! Dear WCCC Community, We are excited to provide you with an invitation and information regarding the WCCC Family Gathering 2025! Date: Monday, June 9 Time: 5:30pm-7:00pm ( Remember both programs will close at 5:30pm on 6.09.25 ) Place: Lamere Plaza/Len Green Rec. Center at Babson College(Bryant Way off of Wellesley Avenue, Wellesley MA.) What to Bring: Please bring a filled water bottle and a blanket to sit on.( Please apply insect repellent prior to arrival if desired. ) What we will Eat : Pizza and cookies will be provided Cost: $20 Adult Ticket. What will Happen: Dance Party with DJ from 5:45-7:00 pm Face Painting Children’s Games Social time for Parents and Teachers! Silent Auction Cost : $20 Adult Ticket. We ask that all adults contribute $20 to help us defray the costs of the food, DJ and rental. Children are free. We also are offering the option to sponsor a teacher ticket. RSVP: Please purchase your ticket prior to Friday, June 6th, when we will finalize the pizza order. Questions: Please email Darlene (ECP) dhowland@wcccwellesley.org or Dan (ASP)dfinucane@wcccwellesley.org with any questions. We look forward to seeing you there! The Early Childhood and After School Program Committee Information Source: WCCC | eventbrite

If you would prefer to buy your ticket by phone, you may call Wellesley Books at 781-431-1160. About ticketing: Admission to the event is $5. To purchase the book with your admission, choose Admission + Book and we will waive your admission fee. If you decide to purchase the book at the event, we will discount your book purchase by $5. Please note that you must purchase your copy of the book from Wellesley Books in order to have the author sign it at the event. Please also note that we cannot issue ticket refunds within 48 hours of the event. ABOUT THE BOOK One historian’s journey to find the end of the Civil War—and, along the way, to expand our understanding of the nature of war itself and how societies struggle to draw the line between war and peace LOS ANGELES TIMES "TOP TEN BOOKS TO READ IN 2025" "Eye-opening, disturbing, moving and at times jaw-dropping . . . Once in a great while a book arrives that allows us to rediscover the strange inexhaustibility of the Civil War. Lincoln's Peace is such a book.” —Tony Kushner " Lincoln’s Peace does something remarkable: It makes us think about familiar questions in an entirely new and engaging way. A marvelous achievement." —Jon Meacham "Helps us understand what the war was all about and whether in some ways it is still being fought." —Eric Foner We set out on the James River, March 25, 1865, aboard the paddle steamboat River Queen. President Lincoln is on his way to General Grant’s headquarters at City Point, Virginia, and he’s decided he won’t return to Washington until he’s witnessed, or perhaps even orchestrated, the end of the Civil War. Now, it turns out, more than a century and a half later, historians are still searching for that end. Was it April 9, at Appomattox, as conventional wisdom holds, where Lee surrendered to Grant in Wilmer McLean’s parlor? Or was it ten weeks afterward, in Galveston, where a federal commander proclaimed Juneteenth the end of slavery? Or perhaps in August of 1866, when President Andrew Johnson simply declared “the insurrection is at an end”? That the answer was elusive was baffling even to a historian of the stature of Michael Vorenberg, whose work served as a key source of Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln . Vorenberg was inspired to write this groundbreaking book, finding its title in the peace Lincoln hoped for but could not make before his assassination. A peace that required not one but many endings, as Vorenberg reveals in these pages, the most important of which came well more than a year after Lincoln’s untimely death. To say how a war ends is to suggest how it should be remembered, and Vorenberg’s search is not just for the Civil War’s endpoint but for its true nature and legacy, so essential to the American identity. It’s also a quest, in our age of “forever wars,” to understand whether the United States's interminable conflicts of the current era have a precedent in the Civil War—and whether, in a sense, wars ever end at all, or merely wax and wane. ABOUT THE AUTHOR MICHAEL VORENBERG is a professor of history at Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island. He is the author of Final Freedom: The Civil War, the Abolition of Slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment , which was a finalist for the Lincoln Prize and a key source for Steven Spielberg’s 2012 film, Lincoln . He is also the author of The Emancipation Proclamation: A Brief History with Documents , as well as a number of essays on slavery, emancipation, and the U.S. Constitution. His writings have appeared in the Chicago Tribune , The New York Times , Politico , and The Washington Post . (Photo credit: Peter Goldberg) ABOUT THE MODERATOR Dimitry Anselme has served as Chief Officer of Growth and Engagement since 2024. He joined Facing History in 1999 as a Program Associate. Dimitry leads all our earned revenue efforts, innovates program design for school and district implementation, and facilitates our organizational partnerships in the US and internationally. Prior to his current role, he spent 15 years as Facing History’s Executive Program Director for Professional Learning and Educator Support which included managing online learning, the Jewish education team, the staff development team, and the Partner Schools Network. Before joining Facing History, Dimitry taught American and world history courses in Massachusetts at Brookline High School and Doherty High School and later became principal at the Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter Public School in Boston. Dimitry has a BA from Clark University and an EdM from Harvard Graduate School of Education. Information Source: Wellesley Books | eventbrite

The tour will have distinct stops, all within the crabapple orchard. A brief history of crabapples as well as how Glen and Alex started growing their orchard. Enter the orchard and learn about what a rootstock is, how the different rootstocks being tested and how a rootstock affects the growth and maturation of a fruit tree. Learn about the symbiotic relationship between other local growers and crabapples. Special focus is placed on how the orchard is maintained without the use of pesticides or herbicides. Next up is learning about pruning fruit trees. What works, what we are testing and why anybody does it. In this section, we will also be including demonstrations of different pests, bacterial or viral infections that can damage fruit trees. Finally take a look at the espalier style of growing, the only one in the world dedicated to crabapple trees. This concludes the tour, guests will be provided with an assortment of local snacks, as well as a complimentary crabapple product to take home. Information Source: Glen Smyth, CEO of Appleflats | eventbrite