Fire Department issues grilling reminder as Wayland summer programs launch
WAYLAND — The Wayland Fire Department kicked off June with a grilling-safety reminder for residents as cookout season begins, while the Council on Aging, the Wayland Museum and Vokes Players all rolled out summer lineups. A new pop-up art fair drawing five Boston galleries to Town Center is also drawing outside coverage.
TOWN HALL
The Fire Department on Tuesday morning posted its annual grilling-safety reminder, urging residents to keep grills well away from siding and overhangs, clean grease traps, and check propane connections before firing up. The advisory frames June as the start of the heaviest cookout stretch of the year.
Drivers should also continue to plan around weekday utility work on Oak Street southbound, with through traffic restricted from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, while crews complete work in the corridor. The closure has been in place since May 21.
SCHOOLS
The district published its weekly All Schools News bulletin dated June 3, with submissions from school groups and community organizations including Wayland Junior Broadway. Families are reminded that the Friday end-of-day deadline still applies for items intended for the following Wednesday's distribution.
COMMUNITY & ARTS
The Wayland Museum & Historical Society's "Tracing Liberty" series, the town's run-up to the country's semiquincentennial, continues Wednesday, June 3, at 7 p.m. with a discussion of Tilly Laskey's "Precious & Adored: Love Letters of Rose Cleveland & Evangeline Simpson Whipple, 1890–1918." The session runs in person at the Wayland Free Public Library and on Zoom, with an author talk to follow Sunday, June 7, at 2 p.m. The museum has also set its annual meeting and lecture, "Samuel Parris: Villain or Victim?," for June 21.
The Council on Aging's June newsletter is out, with details on the agency's one-year anniversary celebration at the Community Center on Andrew Avenue and the return of its 15th annual Summer Concert Series. COA Director Julie Secord's office is taking signups for the weekly email list.
Vokes Players, in partnership with the Wayland 250 Committee and the Wayland High School theater department, will stage a concert version of "1776 the Musical" at the high school on June 12 and 13 at 7:30 p.m. The community theater's main summer production, Joe DiPietro's "Over the River and Through the Woods," directed by David Berti, runs July 24 through Aug. 8 at Vokes Theatre on Boston Post Road.
ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS
"5 Boston-Based Art Galleries Coming To Wayland Town Center" — A weekend pop-up bringing five contemporary galleries under one roof is set to open in Wayland Town Center, per Wayland Patch (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/wayland).
COMING UP
- Wed., June 3, 7 p.m. — "Tracing Liberty" book discussion: "Precious & Adored" at the Wayland Free Public Library and on Zoom. - Sun., June 7, 2 p.m. — In-person author talk with Tilly Laskey on "Precious & Adored." - Five-gallery pop-up art fair opens this weekend in Wayland Town Center (per Wayland Patch). - Ongoing weekdays 9 a.m.–3 p.m. — Oak Street southbound lane restrictions for utility work.