Wellfleet Public Library

Join us in the Wellfleet Library meeting room for songs, stories, and creative movement!

For children ages 1-4 with a supervising adult

Presented by the Friends of the Wellfleet Library

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

Dance to the fiddle tunes of Ireland, Scotland, England, France and Appalachia!

Doors open at 6:15
Contra Basics Workshop at 6:30
Dancing starts at 7:00

$15 regular admission, $10 for ages 30 and younger, $5 with a student ID

Pay at the door!

Wellfleet Public Library

Conversational French Club With Cecile Serrano

Looking for a fun way to improve or strengthen your conversational French? Maybe you want to learn a bit more about French culture? Or maybe you are looking for opportunities to socialize with other francophiles? Whatever your reason, our Conversational French Club is the perfect place for you! Led by Cecile Serrano, our Conversational French Club will meet twice a month. With your library card, you can gain access to free French-language movies on Kanopy, which we will use to inspire conversation.

We hope you will join us!

Cecile is a native from Toulouse in south France. She lived in Toulouse, Paris and Montpellier and has been in the US for 28 years. She lives year-round with her husband and two sons in Wellfleet, a town she loves very much!

1st and 3rd Saturday of the month

2:30 PM-4:00

Wellfleet Public Library

The Friends of the Wellfleet Library Presents

Toast & Jam

Saturday, January 18, 3:00 PM

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

Sundays: Zumba with Alissa - 9:00 am

Tuesdays: Yoga with Jen Shannon - 9:00 am

Wednesdays: Zumba with Erin - 8:00 am

Fridays - Yoga with Jen Shannon - 9:00 am

To confirm class schedule, more details, pricing, and contact info, visit HERE

Wellfleet Public Library

Sunday Knitting Circle

January Dates: 1/5, 1/12, 1/19, 1/26 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Bring your current projects and questions. Free and open to all. No sign-up required.

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater

The Time Machine: A People's History of the Future (v2)

a staged reading of a new play written and directed by Jeff Zinn

with Ken Cheeseman, Amanda Collins, Ed Donovan, Jim Frangione, Susan Lambert, Nina Schuessler, Bob Seay, Nathaniel Taylor, Bates Wilder, and Lewis Wheeler

Free

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

Visit HERE for the most up-to-date weekly class schedule.

Free for residents/taxpayers, $5 for non-residents. A hold harmless form must be on file.

More information and full schedule: www.wellfleetcoa.org • 508-349-2800

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

Estate Planning for Massachusetts Residents Presented by Attorney Barbara Epstein

January 21, 2025, 11 AM

Wellfleet Adult Community Center, 715 Old Kings Highway, Wellfleet

Open to all; please call to reserve your spot. (508)349-2800

Overview of the key elements of creating and/or updating an estate plan”

• Will

• Trust (if needed)

• Durable power of attorney

• Health care directives

• MA estate tax implications

• Charitable giving

Wellfleet Public Library

Free Spanish Language Lessons With Violeta Villamil

Join local educator Violeta Villamil for free Spanish classes for anyone who wants to learn basic Spanish or improve upon their existing conversational Spanish skills!

If interested, please contact the Library

Tuesdays 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

January Dates: 1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 1/28

Mean Burger Bar & Grill/Hog Island Surf Lodge

IRISH AND OLD-TIME MUSIC

SONGS! TUNES! DANCERS! FAMILY FRIENDLY!

PLEASE JOIN DENYA LEVINE, TIM DICKEY AND FRIENDS EVERY TUESDAY

6:30-8:30 pm

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

INTRODUCTION TO SCREENWRITING with Claude Kerven

January 15th - February 12th, 2025

This 5-week course is perfect for newbie screenwriters! I’ll teach you all the essential tools and lingo you need to write a kickass short film. Together, we’ll turn your awesome idea into a first draft screenplay. Don’t sweat it, we’ll start with the basics of visual storytelling. We’ll dive into breaking down story structure, theme, character, and conflict. Plus, our in-class discussions are a no-pressure zone where you will get supportive feedback. We’ll encourage you to convey your story through visuals instead of just relying on dialogue. And don’t worry about finding time for this course - classes only meet once a week on laid-back Wednesdays from 10am-1pm (with a 20-minute break, of course).

No experience necessary.

Cost: $100

INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS:

This class is taught in lots of different ways, like lectures, group chats, writing tasks, and project talks. Everyone should be cool with sharing their work and chatting about their classmates work in class.

Open University of Wellfleet

Martha Leibowitz Rothman

Wednesdays, 2-4 PM

Jan. 22, 29, February 5, 12, 19

Zoom

Building upon the OUW winter 2024 course, Landscape Architecture: The Public Realm, Infrastructure and Climate Change, this year’s course, Landscape Architecture: Site and Narrative, will focus on landscape architects/ architects and projects based on “story” or narrative. We will explore work that is embedded in the history of a place and how that history inspires the design. (Please note that the earlier course is not a pre-requisite for this course.)

 In Class 1, we will begin with Sara Zewde, landscape architect and assistant professor at Harvard Graduate School of Design. Her work and forthcoming book, Olmsted’s Legacy, Slavery and Landscape Architecture, provide a view of Olmsted through a current lens, building upon last year’s discussion of Frederick Law Olmsted whose 19th century landscape architecture practice was rooted in his social ideas. Zewde Studio’s site design for the Dia Art Foundation in Beacon, NY, exemplifies her thinking about water/flood plains, history/legacy and climate change.

 In Class 2 we will focus on mid 20th – 21st century landscape architects for whom story-telling figures prominently in their work: Lawrence Halprin, west-coast practitioner who created active social spaces for movement; Charles Jencks, architectural theorist and writer who spent many summers in Wellfleet; and Anne Whiston Spirn, early proponent of community-based design. Each of these designers was unique in an era dominated by modernism and formalism.

 In Class 3 we will look at two memorials: the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park at Roosevelt Island, originally designed by Louis Kahn in 1974 and realized in 2010-12 by Mitchell-Giurgola Architects; and The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, by MASS Design Group.

 In Class 4 we will look at the Washington DC Tidal Basin, originally conceived in the 1800s and reconceptualized in 2023 as the Tidal Basin Ideas Lab. The Ideas Lab was included in last year’s course; this year we will discuss climate change linked to the theme of narrative.

 In class 5, we will conclude by looking at work by notable landscape architects whose work exemplifies regenerative landscape design, Bas Smets of Brussels, Belgium, and currently teaching at Harvard GSD; and Julie Bargmann, Professor Emerita at the University of Virginia and founding principal of D.I.R.T.

 Each class will begin with a slide presentation, followed by discussion. There will be some optional reading, but assignments will be mainly video/YouTube lectures by the landscape architects and architects. Maximum enrollment of 20.

$60 REGISTER

Wellfleet Public Library

Pleasures of the Script - a Playreading Group

Plays are meant to be heard out loud, but unless you have tickets to the theater, how often do you have a chance to hear one? Join our play-reading group, where we will read classic to contemporary plays out loud to better appreciate the language and cadence of the written dialogue! This will be a great opportunity to discover plays you may not be familiar with, or rediscover old favorites seen (or heard) in a newlight. Everyone is welcome to participate. Acting experience not required.

Hosted by Candace Perry and Racine Oxtoby.

PLAY: DARK ENCOUNTER BY LYNN RIGGS

ACT ONE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8 @ 4:00 PM

ACT TWO: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22 @4:00 PM

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

Soup Social! Free soups, salads, and desserts. Dine in or take it to go. There will be board and card games, a cash bar and a record player, so bring some of your favorite albums to play! Bring family and friends, or make new ones!

Free

Open University of Wellfleet

Joe Diggs and Grace Hopkins

7AM - 7 PM, departing Harwich Park and Ride

Friday, January 24th, 2025

We will travel by coach from Harwich Park and Ride to the Edwards Gallery at the Holderness School in NH to visit with the Cape Cod painter, Joe Diggs, and to see his solo exhibition. Joe will give an artist talk and join us for lunch after visiting the exhibition.

We will then reboard the bus and travel to the Currier Museum in Concord, NH.  Grace and Joe will give a tour and discussion of the exhibition “Jean-Michel Basquiat and Ouattara Watts: A Distant Conversation.”   There will also be time to explore the museum on your own.  This museum has two Frank Lloyd Wright houses as well so if given notice we can arrange to have you view them while you are there.

This will be a fun packed day of art and discussion, and we will get you back home in time for dinner!

There will be a zoom meeting to ask questions before the trip. Note that the bus is equipped with bathroom.

Sign up now, as seating is limited!

$200 REGISTER

Wellfleet Chamber of Commerce at Preservation Hall

The Community Development Partnership is offering free in-person meetings at Wellfleet Preservation Hall during their Coffee Bar hours (10-12pm) on select dates below.

CDP small business programs include:

• Creating and adjusting your business strategy and cash flow projections

• Providing training or answers related to QuickBooks, business plan development, sales and marketing, and financial management.

• Serving as an "accountability partner", someone to work with on setting goals and accomplishing them

• Discussing whether a microloan is right for you.

• Exploring other small business resources

Friday, Jan 24, 10-12pm

Friday, Feb 28, 10-12pm

Friday, March 21, 10-12pm

Wellfleet Public Library

Join us in the Wellfleet Library meeting room for songs, stories, and creative movement!

For children ages 1-4 with a supervising adult

Presented by the Friends of the Wellfleet Library

Mass Audubon - Wellfleet Bay

Dusk is a great time to enjoy Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. Join an experienced birder and naturalist as we listen for the calls of owls, including Great Horned Owls and Eastern Screech Owls. We will also look for other nighttime sights and sounds of nature and while our guides know the best spots, please remember that wildlife sightings are never guaranteed.

Register

Wellfleet Public Library

LOVE TO SING?

The DOWN-TO-THE-WIRE CHOIR invites singers of all ages and abilities to join in singing out for the pure fun of it!

We will share songs we know by heart, including: Folk Songs, Kids' Songs, Freedom Songs, Love Songs, Silly Songs, Protest Songs, Shanties, Beatles, Standards, Rounds, Union Songs, Gospel, and more!

Music is good medicine - especially when YOU help create the vibes!

FOURTH FRIDAY OF THE MONTH, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM

FREE TO JOIN!

Interested in leading a song? Please bring song-sheets or be prepared to lead without them. (It helps to have familiar or easy-to-learn refrains.)

Mass Audubon - Wellfleet Bay

The ever-changing coastline of Cape Cod is vibrant, diverse, and dynamic. Barrier beaches, salt marshes, tidal flats, coastal heathlands, and maritime forests are just some of the incredible systems we will explore in this series of hikes that celebrate these unique and essential habitats dotting our coastline.

Starting at Marconi Beach, we will hike into the pine-oak forest searching for the remains of historic Fresh Brook Village. We will also look out from the towering bluffs of Marconi Beach and explore the White Cedar Swamp, a rare wetland habitat. This hike is 4-5mi in length.

During the program, we make stops to enjoy birds, other wildlife, and the area's unique cultural history. We will also take water breaks and stop for lunch.

Register

Metropolitan Opera Live in HD at WHAT

Aida

Soprano Angel Blue makes her long-awaited Met role debut as the Ethiopian princess torn between love and country, one of opera’s defining roles. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium for Michael Mayer’s spectacular new staging, which brings audiences inside the towering pyramids and gilded tombs of ancient Egypt with intricate projections and dazzling animations. Mezzo-soprano Judit Kutasi, following her 2024 debut in Verdi’s La Forza del Destino, is Aida’s Egyptian rival Amneris, and tenor Piotr Beczała is the soldier Radamès—completing opera’s greatest love triangle. The all-star cast also features baritone Quinn Kelsey as Amonasro and bass Dmitry Belosselskiy as Ramfis. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.

TICKETS

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

Sundays: Zumba with Alissa - 9:00 am

Tuesdays: Yoga with Jen Shannon - 9:00 am

Wednesdays: Zumba with Erin - 8:00 am

Fridays - Yoga with Jen Shannon - 9:00 am

To confirm class schedule, more details, pricing, and contact info, visit HERE

Wellfleet Public Library

Sunday Knitting Circle

January Dates: 1/5, 1/12, 1/19, 1/26 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Bring your current projects and questions. Free and open to all. No sign-up required.

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

It Ends With Us

Kindly RSVP so we can set up the room: 508-34-2800

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

Free entry, light bites, and a cash bar.

Register in advance if you can so we know how many will be in the house...

Wellfleet Public Library

Come join us and let's talk about our hopes, fears, dreams, frustrations, aging... and all that's on our minds and matters to us as women.

Because women wanna talk (and keep it real)! An inclusive group for Wellfleet residents co-led by Linda Schwarz and Beryl Meyer.

Light refreshment and laughter included.

Space is limited. Email racine.oxtoby@wellfleet-ma.gov to check availability.

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

Visit HERE for the most up-to-date weekly class schedule.

Free for residents/taxpayers, $5 for non-residents. A hold harmless form must be on file.

More information and full schedule: www.wellfleetcoa.org • 508-349-2800

Wellfleet Public Library

Free Spanish Language Lessons With Violeta Villamil

Join local educator Violeta Villamil for free Spanish classes for anyone who wants to learn basic Spanish or improve upon their existing conversational Spanish skills!

If interested, please contact the Library

Tuesdays 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

January Dates: 1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 1/28

Mean Burger Bar & Grill/Hog Island Surf Lodge

IRISH AND OLD-TIME MUSIC

SONGS! TUNES! DANCERS! FAMILY FRIENDLY!

PLEASE JOIN DENYA LEVINE, TIM DICKEY AND FRIENDS EVERY TUESDAY

6:30-8:30 pm

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

Improv Comedy with Improvincetown, featuring Katie Pentedemos, Cody Sullivan & Nick Wilson

Jan 28, Feb 25, March 25, April 29. All shows start at 7:00 PM

$15

Wellfleet Public Library

Community Read of The Five Invitations, Presented by the Lily House

Cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project and renowned teacher of compassionate caregiving, Frank Ostaseski believes that our awareness of death can be a valuable companion on the road to living well. In his book The Five Invitations, he offers an evocative and inspiring guide to forging a rich and meaningful life. From January through May, we will gather on five Wednesday evenings, considering one invitation per gathering. Come for all five or drop in when you can. Let's be together for this powerful and uplifting exploration!

Led by Kim Crawford, board member of the The Lily House and Senior Minister Emerita of Arlington Street Church (UU), Boston.

January 30: Chapters 1-4

February 27: Chapters 5-7

March 13: Chapters 8-11

April 24: Chapters 12-14

May 29: Chapters 15-17

Wellfleet Public Library

Join us in the Wellfleet Library meeting room for songs, stories, and creative movement!

For children ages 1-4 with a supervising adult

Presented by the Friends of the Wellfleet Library

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

Veterans Rendezvous Café ~ Friday, January 31, 2025 ~ 10:30 AM

With Cape & Islands Veterans Outreach Center at Wellfleet Adult Community Center, 715 Old King’s Highway

Disaster Preparedness with the Red Cross ~ an overview of the American Red Cross Home Fire Prevention Program

Sign-up sheets for appointments for installation of smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors.

Registration required – call Cape & Islands Veteran’s Outreach Center at 508-237-3349

Wellfleet Public Library

Sunday Knitting Circle

February Dates: 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/2311:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Bring your current projects and questions. Free and open to all. No sign-up required.

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

Monthly exhibit of Outer Cape Contemporary Artists

On Display in February - Vicky Tomayko

Reception for the artist: Sunday, February 2, 3:00 - 5:00 PM

Curated by Robert Rindler

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

 

”We live in an animate universe with an ever evolving vital source. Our natural habitat is made up of community: living organisms (plants, animals microbes) that interact with weather, soil water, and sunlight to support the existence of the whole. Daily, as I hike around the Cape with my canine companion Odo, I experience atmosphere and sound, observe flora and fauna, and am fascinated by the multitude of patterns that occur in nature. The memory of these wanderings are my inspiration. I would like my work to communicate something about diversity and the spirit that permeates our world.

This exhibition includes work created using printmaking techniques. Most of these compositions are monoprints, or one-of-a-kind works on paper. Some are editioned prints. If the imagery makes you think about the planet as a fragile place that shelters life, if it lets you experience a little joy, it is enough for me.”

ARTIST’S BIO

Vicky Tomayko is an artist and printmaker who lives and works in Truro. She makes paintings and prints and collaborates with other artists whenever possible. Tomayko teaches at Cape Cod Community College, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, and at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown where she manages the print studio. She is a member of the Bad Whales, a sound based performance group.

Tomayko was an Artist-In-Residence at the Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School for ten years. She was assistant professor of printmaking at Connecticut College, 1979 through 1981, and was awarded a fellowship at the Fine Arts Work Center in 1985-86. Tomayko received an MFA from Western Michigan University where she concentrated on stone lithography. She has been the recipient of two Ford Foundation Grants. Tomayko was a national member of  the oldest women’s art collective in the United States, A.I.R., Brooklyn NY, for 7 years. She is represented by the Schoolhouse Gallery in Provincetown and has been included in exhibitions in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Basel, Venice, Istanbul, Melbourne, and most recently, Shanghai.

Wellfleet Public Library

WINTER MOVIE MATINEE AT THE LIBRARY!

Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooooold out there today! So warm up with a free screening of the comedy classic Groundhog Day at the library!

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

Call the Center at 508-34-2800 for the film title

Kindly RSVP so we can set up the room

Wellfleet Public Library

Free Spanish Language Lessons With Violeta Villamil

Join local educator Violeta Villamil for free Spanish classes for anyone who wants to learn basic Spanish or improve upon their existing conversational Spanish skills!

If interested, please contact the Library

Tuesdays 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

February Dates: 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25

Mean Burger Bar & Grill/Hog Island Surf Lodge

IRISH AND OLD-TIME MUSIC

SONGS! TUNES! DANCERS! FAMILY FRIENDLY!

PLEASE JOIN DENYA LEVINE, TIM DICKEY AND FRIENDS EVERY TUESDAY

6:30-8:30 pm

Wellfleet Public Library

Issues of race exist on Cape Cod as they do in the rest of the country. We gather in a collegial, supportive environment with Pancheta Peterson and others as facilitators to read and discuss seminal books (Waking Up White, Under the Skin, Just Mercy, The Color of Law, The Warmth of Other Suns, among others) and articles (Letter from a Birmingham Jail), to discuss current events, and to offer personal experiences in a wide-ranging discussion that goes where it will.

All are welcome!

Mass Audubon - Wellfleet Bay

Dusk is a great time to enjoy Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. Join an experienced birder and naturalist as we listen for the calls of owls, including Great Horned Owls and Eastern Screech Owls. We will also look for other nighttime sights and sounds of nature and while our guides know the best spots, please remember that wildlife sightings are never guaranteed.

Register

Wellfleet Public Library

Do you have a song to sing? A poem to recite?

Come to our Open Mic Night at the library!

Sign-up starts a half hour prior to the event. Snacks and beverages provided by the Friends of the Wellfleet Library.

Email Racine at racine.oxtoby@wellfleet-ma.gov with any questions!

Mass Audubon - Wellfleet Bay

The ever-changing coastline of Cape Cod is vibrant, diverse, and dynamic. Barrier beaches, salt marshes, tidal flats, coastal heathlands, and maritime forests are just some of the incredible systems we will explore in this series of hikes that celebrate these unique and essential habitats dotting our coastline.

For this hike, join us as we explore Great Island, Wellfleet. This glacial island chain offers opportunities to investigate a variety of habitats, including dunes, marshes, and maritime forests. During this hike we plan to make our way out to Jeremy Point, the remote tip. Conditions on this trail vary, and many portions include soft sand. This hike is 6mi round trip.

During the program, we make stops to enjoy birds, other wildlife, and the area's unique cultural history. We will also take water breaks and stop for lunch.

Register

Wellfleet Public Library

The Friends of the Wellfleet Library Presents

LONG TIME TRAVELING

Free. Seating is limited; please plan accordingly.

Wellfleet Public Library

Sunday Knitting Circle

February Dates: 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/2311:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Bring your current projects and questions. Free and open to all. No sign-up required.

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

The Wolff Sisters is fronted by three sisters -- Rebecca on acoustic guitar, Kat on keys, Rachael on electric guitar, and all three on lead vocals and harmonies. Raised on Bob Dylan, The Band, and Little Feat, the sisters crafted their sound around a honky tonk piano in the living room of their childhood home. Recently featured at Boston Calling and Guster on the Ocean Fest, and having shared bills with Leann Rimes and Jim Lauderdale, The Wolff Sisters are a rag tag group of hardworking individuals that bring a big sound to timeless songs.

TICKETS

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

Call the Center at 508-34-2800 for the film title

Kindly RSVP so we can set up the room

Wellfleet Public Library

Come join us and let's talk about our hopes, fears, dreams, frustrations, aging... and all that's on our minds and matters to us as women.

Because women wanna talk (and keep it real)! An inclusive group for Wellfleet residents co-led by Linda Schwarz and Beryl Meyer.

Light refreshment and laughter included.

Space is limited. Email racine.oxtoby@wellfleet-ma.gov to check availability.

Wellfleet Public Library

Free Spanish Language Lessons With Violeta Villamil

Join local educator Violeta Villamil for free Spanish classes for anyone who wants to learn basic Spanish or improve upon their existing conversational Spanish skills!

If interested, please contact the Library

Tuesdays 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

February Dates: 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25

Mean Burger Bar & Grill/Hog Island Surf Lodge

IRISH AND OLD-TIME MUSIC

SONGS! TUNES! DANCERS! FAMILY FRIENDLY!

PLEASE JOIN DENYA LEVINE, TIM DICKEY AND FRIENDS EVERY TUESDAY

6:30-8:30 pm

Wellfleet Public Library

Pleasures of the Script - a Playreading Group

Plays are meant to be heard out loud, but unless you have tickets to the theater, how often do you have a chance to hear one? Join our play-reading group, where we will read classic to contemporary plays out loud to better appreciate the language and cadence of the written dialogue! This will be a great opportunity to discover plays you may not be familiar with, or rediscover old favorites seen (or heard) in a newlight. Everyone is welcome to participate. Acting experience not required.

Hosted by Candace Perry and Racine Oxtoby.

PLAY: TBA

ACT ONE: WEDNESDAY, February 12 @ 4:00 PM

ACT TWO: WEDNESDAY, February 26 @4:00 PM

Mass Audubon - Wellfleet Bay

Join a Mass Audubon naturalist for this guided evening walk at the sanctuary. We'll look and listen for nocturnal wildlife, as we enjoy the sun setting over Cape Cod Bay and the full moon rising over the treetops to the east.

Register

Wellfleet Public Library

8th Annual Wellfleet Artists Exhibition

Feb 3 - 27

Reception: Friday, February 14th, 5:00 - 7:00 PM

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

Bring your loved one in to celebrate Valentine's Day, CERALDI style! As he does in his restaurant, Chef Michael Ceraldi will offer a spectacular 7-course menu based on current, fresh, local ingredients.

CERALDI aspires to tell a story through food that pays homage to what they value—love, family, food, friendship and nature. With deep roots in food, family, and tradition, Ceraldi brings this interpretation of time and place to plate. Not just dinner, but a full on experience!

The menu has yet to be determined but rest assured, it will be fresh, local, prepared with love, and undoubtedly delicious! Chef Ceraldi can cater to diners with allergies or specific dietary preferences. Please email us at the Hall if you have dietary restriction, and we will send you a form to complete. The information on that form will be communicated to CERALDI.

Doors open at 6pm.

Email: kate@wellfleetpreservationahall.org for the dietary restriction form.

Wellfleet Public Library

Fix-It Clinic!

Bring your small household items in need of repair, and learn how to fix or repurpose them (rather than throwing them away)! Please email Naomi at naomi.robbins@wellfleet-ma.gov and let us know what items) you are bringing and how it is broken so we can better prepare to help you! We welcome small appliances, toys, sewing machines, lamps, wooden items, jewelry, and more!

Saturday, February 15-1:00- 4:00

Wellfleet Public Library

Sunday Knitting Circle

February Dates: 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/2311:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Bring your current projects and questions. Free and open to all. No sign-up required.

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

Call the Center at 508-34-2800 for the film title

Kindly RSVP so we can set up the room

Wellfleet Public Library

Free Spanish Language Lessons With Violeta Villamil

Join local educator Violeta Villamil for free Spanish classes for anyone who wants to learn basic Spanish or improve upon their existing conversational Spanish skills!

If interested, please contact the Library

Tuesdays 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

February Dates: 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25

Mean Burger Bar & Grill/Hog Island Surf Lodge

IRISH AND OLD-TIME MUSIC

SONGS! TUNES! DANCERS! FAMILY FRIENDLY!

PLEASE JOIN DENYA LEVINE, TIM DICKEY AND FRIENDS EVERY TUESDAY

6:30-8:30 pm

Wellfleet Public Library

Beginners Guide to Growing Hydrangeas With Linda Coven

Linda is the owner of Strictly Hydrangeas, specializing in the expert care of hydrangeas. She wil discuss little-known facts about hydrangeas with an emphasis on pruning techniques for each of the hydrangea species, along with a demonstration using proper tools for easy care. She will tell us about native pollinator-friendly hydrangeas that are guaranteed to bloom and will showus how to use hydrangeas in containers.

Presented by the Wellfleet Gardeners

Wellfleet Public Library

MINI GOLF MADNESS! With Mobile-MiniGolf

Join us for indoor mini golf at the library!

It's perfect for the whole family!

Wellfleet Public Library

Come meet Bethany from Amazing Animal Ambassadors as she shows off some of her favorite animal friends!

Presented by the Friends of the Wellfleet Library

Wellfleet Public Library

Explore outer space and discover your inner astronomer from the comfort of the library!

1:00, 2:00 and 3:00 session. No sign up required.

Presented by the Friends of the Wellfleet Library

Mass Audubon - Wellfleet Bay

Dusk is a great time to enjoy Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. Join an experienced birder and naturalist as we listen for the calls of owls, including Great Horned Owls and Eastern Screech Owls. We will also look for other nighttime sights and sounds of nature and while our guides know the best spots, please remember that wildlife sightings are never guaranteed.

Register

Mass Audubon - Wellfleet Bay

The ever-changing coastline of Cape Cod is vibrant, diverse, and dynamic. Barrier beaches, salt marshes, tidal flats, coastal heathlands, and maritime forests are just some of the incredible systems we will explore in this series of hikes that celebrate these unique and essential habitats dotting our coastline.

Join us as we explore the varied landscapes north of the Pamet River. This exploration will include quiet pine woods, dramatic bluffs, hills and valleys, peeks of the Atlantic Ocean, and time on the Outer Beach. This hike is 4-5mi in length.

During the program, we make stops to enjoy birds, other wildlife, and the area's unique cultural history. We will also take water breaks and stop for lunch.

Register

Wellfleet Public Library

Sunday Knitting Circle

February Dates: 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/2311:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Bring your current projects and questions. Free and open to all. No sign-up required.

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

POP-UP MARKET

WELLFLEET PRESERVATION HALL SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD 11AM-2PM

Locally Made Crafts

Bloody Marys

Mimosas

Fresh Produce & Food

Bakery Treats

Jewelry & Accessories

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

Call the Center at 508-34-2800 for the film title

Kindly RSVP so we can set up the room

Wellfleet Public Library

Come join us and let's talk about our hopes, fears, dreams, frustrations, aging... and all that's on our minds and matters to us as women.

Because women wanna talk (and keep it real)! An inclusive group for Wellfleet residents co-led by Linda Schwarz and Beryl Meyer.

Light refreshment and laughter included.

Space is limited. Email racine.oxtoby@wellfleet-ma.gov to check availability.

Wellfleet Public Library

Free Spanish Language Lessons With Violeta Villamil

Join local educator Violeta Villamil for free Spanish classes for anyone who wants to learn basic Spanish or improve upon their existing conversational Spanish skills!

If interested, please contact the Library

Tuesdays 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

February Dates: 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25

Mean Burger Bar & Grill/Hog Island Surf Lodge

IRISH AND OLD-TIME MUSIC

SONGS! TUNES! DANCERS! FAMILY FRIENDLY!

PLEASE JOIN DENYA LEVINE, TIM DICKEY AND FRIENDS EVERY TUESDAY

6:30-8:30 pm

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

Improv Comedy with Improvincetown, featuring Katie Pentedemos, Cody Sullivan & Nick Wilson

Jan 28, Feb 25, March 25, April 29. All shows start at 7:00 PM

$15

Wellfleet Public Library

Pleasures of the Script - a Playreading Group

Plays are meant to be heard out loud, but unless you have tickets to the theater, how often do you have a chance to hear one? Join our play-reading group, where we will read classic to contemporary plays out loud to better appreciate the language and cadence of the written dialogue! This will be a great opportunity to discover plays you may not be familiar with, or rediscover old favorites seen (or heard) in a newlight. Everyone is welcome to participate. Acting experience not required.

Hosted by Candace Perry and Racine Oxtoby.

PLAY: TBA

ACT ONE: WEDNESDAY, February 12 @ 4:00 PM

ACT TWO: WEDNESDAY, February 26 @4:00 PM

Wellfleet Public Library

FIRST PLACE PRIZE! SNACKS AND BEVERAGES PROVIDED BY THE FRIENDS OF THE WELLFLEET PUBLIC LIBRARY!

FREE TO ENTER!

Wellfleet Public Library

Community Read of The Five Invitations, Presented by the Lily House

Cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project and renowned teacher of compassionate caregiving, Frank Ostaseski believes that our awareness of death can be a valuable companion on the road to living well. In his book The Five Invitations, he offers an evocative and inspiring guide to forging a rich and meaningful life. From January through May, we will gather on five Wednesday evenings, considering one invitation per gathering. Come for all five or drop in when you can. Let's be together for this powerful and uplifting exploration!

Led by Kim Crawford, board member of the The Lily House and Senior Minister Emerita of Arlington Street Church (UU), Boston.

January 30: Chapters 1-4

February 27: Chapters 5-7

March 13: Chapters 8-11

April 24: Chapters 12-14

May 29: Chapters 15-17

Wellfleet Chamber of Commerce at Preservation Hall

The Community Development Partnership is offering free in-person meetings at Wellfleet Preservation Hall during their Coffee Bar hours (10-12pm) on select dates below.

CDP small business programs include:

• Creating and adjusting your business strategy and cash flow projections

• Providing training or answers related to QuickBooks, business plan development, sales and marketing, and financial management.

• Serving as an "accountability partner", someone to work with on setting goals and accomplishing them

• Discussing whether a microloan is right for you.

• Exploring other small business resources

Friday, Jan 24, 10-12pm

Friday, Feb 28, 10-12pm

Friday, March 21, 10-12pm

Wellfleet Public Library

LOVE TO SING?

The DOWN-TO-THE-WIRE CHOIR invites singers of all ages and abilities to join in singing out for the pure fun of it!

We will share songs we know by heart, including: Folk Songs, Kids' Songs, Freedom Songs, Love Songs, Silly Songs, Protest Songs, Shanties, Beatles, Standards, Rounds, Union Songs, Gospel, and more!

Music is good medicine - especially when YOU help create the vibes!

FOURTH FRIDAY OF THE MONTH, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM

FREE TO JOIN!

Interested in leading a song? Please bring song-sheets or be prepared to lead without them. (It helps to have familiar or easy-to-learn refrains.)

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

Monthly exhibit of Outer Cape Contemporary Artists

March - Laura Shabott

Curated by Robert Rindler

Mean Burger Bar & Grill/Hog Island Surf Lodge

IRISH AND OLD-TIME MUSIC

SONGS! TUNES! DANCERS! FAMILY FRIENDLY!

PLEASE JOIN DENYA LEVINE, TIM DICKEY AND FRIENDS EVERY TUESDAY

6:30-8:30 pm

Wellfleet Public Library

Community Read of The Five Invitations, Presented by the Lily House

Cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project and renowned teacher of compassionate caregiving, Frank Ostaseski believes that our awareness of death can be a valuable companion on the road to living well. In his book The Five Invitations, he offers an evocative and inspiring guide to forging a rich and meaningful life. From January through May, we will gather on five Wednesday evenings, considering one invitation per gathering. Come for all five or drop in when you can. Let's be together for this powerful and uplifting exploration!

Led by Kim Crawford, board member of the The Lily House and Senior Minister Emerita of Arlington Street Church (UU), Boston.

January 30: Chapters 1-4

February 27: Chapters 5-7

March 13: Chapters 8-11

April 24: Chapters 12-14

May 29: Chapters 15-17

Metropolitan Opera Live in HD at WHAT

Fidelio

Following a string of awe-inspiring Met performances, soprano Lise Davidsen stars as Leonore, who risks everything to save her husband from the clutches of tyranny. Tenor David Butt Philip is the political prisoner Florestan, sharing the stage with bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny as the villainous Don Pizarro, veteran bass René Pape as the jailer Rocco, and soprano Ying Fang and tenor Magnus Dietrich, in his company debut, as the young Marzelline and Jaquino. Bass Stephen Milling sings the principled Don Fernando, and Susanna Mälkki conducts the Met’s striking production, which finds modern-day parallels in Beethoven’s stirring paean to freedom. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.

TICKETS

Wellfleet Public Library

2025 Herring Counters - Wellfleet

Attention all returning and new volunteer Herring Counters for Herring River, Wellfleet.

Everyone, regardless of whether a volunteer or not, is welcome to attend an informative and fun workshop to prepare for the annual herring run. Save the date for the workshop:

Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:30 am- 12:30 pm - Wellfleet Public Library

Speaker: Abigail Archer, Fisheries and Aquaculture Specialist, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension. Abby will talk about the life history of River Herring and juveniles, including information on stock assessments and how herring count data is used on Cape Cod.

She's also likely to pilot a few herring-themed games. Join us!

Learn more information at the Herring Monitor Hub, Association Preservation Cape Cod (APCC). APCC collects the count data across the Cape. More updates ahead.

Wellfleet Chamber of Commerce at Preservation Hall

The Community Development Partnership is offering free in-person meetings at Wellfleet Preservation Hall during their Coffee Bar hours (10-12pm) on select dates below.

CDP small business programs include:

• Creating and adjusting your business strategy and cash flow projections

• Providing training or answers related to QuickBooks, business plan development, sales and marketing, and financial management.

• Serving as an "accountability partner", someone to work with on setting goals and accomplishing them

• Discussing whether a microloan is right for you.

• Exploring other small business resources

Friday, Jan 24, 10-12pm

Friday, Feb 28, 10-12pm

Friday, March 21, 10-12pm

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

Improv Comedy with Improvincetown, featuring Katie Pentedemos, Cody Sullivan & Nick Wilson

Jan 28, Feb 25, March 25, April 29. All shows start at 7:00 PM

$15

Wellfleet Public Library

LOVE TO SING?

The DOWN-TO-THE-WIRE CHOIR invites singers of all ages and abilities to join in singing out for the pure fun of it!

We will share songs we know by heart, including: Folk Songs, Kids' Songs, Freedom Songs, Love Songs, Silly Songs, Protest Songs, Shanties, Beatles, Standards, Rounds, Union Songs, Gospel, and more!

Music is good medicine - especially when YOU help create the vibes!

FOURTH FRIDAY OF THE MONTH, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM

FREE TO JOIN!

Interested in leading a song? Please bring song-sheets or be prepared to lead without them. (It helps to have familiar or easy-to-learn refrains.)

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

Monthly exhibit of Outer Cape Contemporary Artists

April - Sian Robertson

Curated by Robert Rindler

Wellfleet Public Library

Community Read of The Five Invitations, Presented by the Lily House

Cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project and renowned teacher of compassionate caregiving, Frank Ostaseski believes that our awareness of death can be a valuable companion on the road to living well. In his book The Five Invitations, he offers an evocative and inspiring guide to forging a rich and meaningful life. From January through May, we will gather on five Wednesday evenings, considering one invitation per gathering. Come for all five or drop in when you can. Let's be together for this powerful and uplifting exploration!

Led by Kim Crawford, board member of the The Lily House and Senior Minister Emerita of Arlington Street Church (UU), Boston.

January 30: Chapters 1-4

February 27: Chapters 5-7

March 13: Chapters 8-11

April 24: Chapters 12-14

May 29: Chapters 15-17

Metropolitan Opera Live in HD at WHAT

Le Nozze di Figaro

Conductor Joana Mallwitz makes her Met debut leading an extraordinary cast in Mozart’s comic masterpiece. Bass-baritone Michael Sumuel stars as the clever valet Figaro, opposite soprano Olga Kulchynska as his betrothed, the wily maid Susanna. Baritone Joshua Hopkins is the skirt-chasing Count, with soprano Federica Lombardi as his anguished wife and mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa as the adolescent page Cherubino. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.

TICKETS

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

CARA BRINDISI

SATURDAY 4/26 7:00PM - 9:00PM

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

A Wellfleet Cultural Council-supported event

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

Improv Comedy with Improvincetown, featuring Katie Pentedemos, Cody Sullivan & Nick Wilson

Jan 28, Feb 25, March 25, April 29. All shows start at 7:00 PM

$15

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

Monthly exhibit of Outer Cape Contemporary Artists

May - Aylette Jenness

Curated by Robert Rindler

Metropolitan Opera Live in HD at WHAT

Salome

Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts his first Met performances of Strauss’s white-hot one-act tragedy, which receives its first new production at the company in 20 years. Claus Guth, one of Europe’s leading opera directors, gives the biblical story—already filtered through the beautiful and strange imagination of Oscar Wilde’s play—a psychologically perceptive, Victorian-era setting rich in symbolism and subtle shades of darkness and light. Headlining the new staging is soprano Elza van den Heever as the abused and unhinged antiheroine, who demands the head of Jochanaan, sung by celebrated baritone Peter Mattei. Tenor Gerhard Siegel is Salome’s lecherous stepfather, King Herod, with mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung as his wife, Herodias, and tenor Piotr Buszewski as Narraboth. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.

TICKETS

Wellfleet Public Library

Community Read of The Five Invitations, Presented by the Lily House

Cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project and renowned teacher of compassionate caregiving, Frank Ostaseski believes that our awareness of death can be a valuable companion on the road to living well. In his book The Five Invitations, he offers an evocative and inspiring guide to forging a rich and meaningful life. From January through May, we will gather on five Wednesday evenings, considering one invitation per gathering. Come for all five or drop in when you can. Let's be together for this powerful and uplifting exploration!

Led by Kim Crawford, board member of the The Lily House and Senior Minister Emerita of Arlington Street Church (UU), Boston.

January 30: Chapters 1-4

February 27: Chapters 5-7

March 13: Chapters 8-11

April 24: Chapters 12-14

May 29: Chapters 15-17

Metropolitan Opera Live in HD at WHAT

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Rossini’s effervescent comedy retakes the stage in Bartlett Sher’s madcap production. Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside high-flying tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the titular barber of Seville, with bass-baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.

TICKETS

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

Monthly exhibit of Outer Cape Contemporary Artists

June - Jane Paradise

Curated by Robert Rindler

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

Monthly exhibit of Outer Cape Contemporary Artists

July - Phyllis Ewen

Curated by Robert Rindler

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

Monthly exhibit of Outer Cape Contemporary Artists

August - Dan Iel Ranalli

Curated by Robert Rindler

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

Monthly exhibit of Outer Cape Contemporary Artists

September - Catherine Hess

Curated by Robert Rindler

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

Monthly exhibit of Outer Cape Contemporary Artists

October - Donna Pomponio

Curated by Robert Rindler

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

Monthly exhibit of Outer Cape Contemporary Artists

November - Joe Diggs

Curated by Robert Rindler

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

Monthly exhibit of Outer Cape Contemporary Artists

December - Sky Power

Curated by Robert Rindler