Vokes, Wayland 250 set June 12-13 dates for '1776' concert at high school
WAYLAND — Town Hall's News Flash was quiet on Thursday, but Wayland's semiquincentennial programming dominated the local calendar, with Vokes Players announcing performance details for a concert staging of "1776" at the high school next week and the Wayland Museum & Historical Society confirming a Sunday author talk tied to its yearlong Tracing Liberty series.
SCHOOLS The district's weekly All Schools News bulletin went out Wednesday, June 3, carrying the usual roundup of building-level announcements, end-of-year notices and community submissions routed through the All_SchoolsNews@WaylandPS.Org address. The bulletin flagged Wayland Junior Broadway among the items in the pipeline. Families can find the full edition archived on the district's Post Archives page.
COMMUNITY & ARTS Vokes Players and the Wayland 250 Committee, together with the Wayland High School theater department, will stage Peter Stone and Stuart Ostrow's "1776" in concert at Wayland High School on Friday, June 12, and Saturday, June 13, both nights at 7:30 p.m. The production sits outside Vokes' regular season and is being mounted as part of the town's yearlong observance of the nation's 250th anniversary. Looking further ahead, Vokes' summer mainstage is Joe DiPietro's "Over the River and Through the Woods," directed by David Berti, running July 24 through Aug. 8.
The Wayland Museum & Historical Society's Tracing Liberty series continues Sunday, June 7, at 2 p.m. with an in-person author talk by Tilly Laskey on "Precious & Adored: The Love Letters of Rose Cleveland and Evangeline Simpson Whipple, 1890–1918." The book was the subject of the series' June 3 evening discussion at the Wayland Free Public Library. The next Walk, Wonder, and Discover outing is set for 9 a.m. Sunday, June 28, at the Dudley Woods Trail at Pond Drive and Doran Road.
At the Council on Aging, the June newsletter is out, and the COA is promoting its one-year anniversary celebration at the Community Center at 8 Andrew Ave., along with sign-ups for the 15th annual Summer Concert Series. Director Julie Secord's team is also pointing residents to the COA's weekly email list for program updates.
ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS "5 Boston-Based Art Galleries Coming To Wayland Town Center" — A pop-up art fair gathering five contemporary Boston galleries under one roof is set to open this weekend at Wayland Town Center, per Wayland Patch (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/wayland).
"🌱 Patch AM: How Wayland powered past Longmeadow to keep its title hopes alive" — Patch's morning roundup leads with a Wayland tournament win over Longmeadow that keeps the team's title run intact, according to Wayland Patch (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/wayland).
"🌱 Patch AM: How Wayland softball punched its first-round ticket for the first time" — Wayland Patch notes a first-time first-round tournament berth for the Wayland softball program in its daily briefing (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/wayland).
No new Wayland coverage from MetroWest Daily News or The Boston Globe surfaced in this cycle.
COMING UP • Saturday, June 7, 2 p.m. — Tilly Laskey author talk, "Precious & Adored," presented by the Wayland Museum & Historical Society as part of Tracing Liberty. • Sunday, June 7 — OUT ART: Celebrating Queer Creation, listed on the Wayland Patch community calendar. • Tuesday, June 9 — Community Training on Domestic Abuse & Coercive Control, listed on the Wayland Patch community calendar. • Friday, June 12, and Saturday, June 13, 7:30 p.m. — Vokes Players, the Wayland 250 Committee and Wayland High School theater present "1776" in concert at Wayland High School.