Wellfleet Public Library

Timeless Tales, presented by Caravan Puppets, draws stories (usually four in a show) from their entire repertoire. A show can weave American children's literature with a Japanese folktale and/or a Greek myth. The commonalities in every Timeless Tale are Caravan's hand-crafted puppets and their heartfelt, humorous, sometimes interactive, always unique style of storytelling!

FREE

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

If chronic disease is a fire, high insulin is the gasoline that fuels it—but your kitchen holds the power to turn down the heat. Building on our first sessions, this two-part workshop moves from theory to the table, solving the dual challenge of keeping insulin low while hitting the high protein targets essential for healthy aging.

Join renowned local integrative health practitioner and registered dietitian Susan Baumgarten, RD, LDN, for these continuing sessions (3 and 4 of 6) in her popular series on optimizing health and lifespan through functional nutrition. Susan, who has presented engaging programs at the Wellfleet Adult Community Center before, returns with practical, evidence-based strategies tailored for real life—especially for solo cooks.

Past attendees love Susan’s blend of science, practicality, and inspiration. Participants will master the Glucose Shield, the Solo Protein Strategy, and clever Budget Swaps through easy, delicious 10-minute recipes designed specifically for one-person households. Expect hands-on ideas to support energy, longevity, blood sugar balance, muscle maintenance, and overall vitality as we age.Whether you're managing or preventing chronic conditions, boosting protein without spiking glucose, or simply wanting simpler, smarter meals, Susan’s approachable style delivers actionable tools you can use right away. Please RSVP by calling 774-801-8119.

Wellfleet Public Library

Discover the art of candle-making in a warm and welcoming atmosphere with Hand The Light. This midday workshop is all about warmth, relaxation, and creativity - the perfect way to enjoy a cozy winter afternoon while making a beautiful 8oz candle to take home or gift.

Open to children, teens, and adults. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Space in this workshop is limited; please call (508) 349-0310 or stop by the circulation desk to register.

Wellfleet Public Library

Ukulele Storytime with Julie Murray

Feb 21 at 11:00 am

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!

Recommended for Intermediate-to-Expert French speakers.

1st and 3rd Saturday of the month

2:30 PM-4:00

Wellfleet Public Library

Friends of the Wellfleet Library Winter Music Series presents The Kingless Trio

The Kingless Trio, comprising three alumni of the Tufts University Beelzebubs, came together a few months ago for the express purpose of getting Charlie off that train (explanation forthcoming at performance). Musically speaking, this leader- less triumvirate is out to prove that old is the new new - in essence, that the rock, folk and pop songs beloved by those born before 1970 made for better music than anything we've heard since. (And we say that with absolutely no bias.) Join Michael Miller, Andrew Cranin, and David Pratt as they imbue their favorite tunes of the era with rich three-part harmony, featuring one talented guy playing both guitar and piano (though rarely together).

Free

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

Bring your fiber arts project, whether it's knitting or embroidery or crocheting - all are welcome!

Free and open to all! No sign-up required!

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Sundays in Febuary: 2/8, 2/15, 2/22

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

Action-oriented event that will provide hands-on training and actual practice for high-impact activism that everyone of us can take NOW!

Presented by Indivisible Outer Cape, Nauset Citizens Alliance and Lower Cape Indivisible.

First Congregational Church of Wellfleet

Winter Waterfowl

Join us in our ongoing nature & spirituality walks.

Abby Archer will be leading a walk looking at winter waterfowl. The walk will begin at the First Congregational Church of Wellfleet and head down across Uncle Tim’s Bridge and along the waterfront of Duck Creek. This will be a relatively easy hike, and those with mobility impairments are invited to drive down to the town lot across from Adams Lodge following introductory remarks

Wellfleet Public Library

Want to learn a new craft? Sign up for our free lesson in cross- stitch embroidery, led by local tiber art enthusiast Kimberly Durham!

Kits of thread, fabric, and needles will be provided to those who register. The project of a summer flower, which is small enough to finish in a short time, will be used to demonstrate the craft and its uses. The finished project has many uses: a decoration on other items, a patch, jar cover, etc.

Register by calling the Library or at the Circulation Desk

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

Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay

There’s a lot happening at Mass Audubon this month! Please visit HERE for the complete schedule of the many events and programs offered at Wellfleet Bay this week.

February Highlights:

Nature Play Group and Storytime • Owl Prowl • Winter Birding at Wellfleet Bay • Fish Feeding Fun and Storytime • Exploring Coastal Cape Cod, Pamet Area Trail • Cheap Eats: Birding by Ear • Cape Cod YCLP Climate Action Summit

www.massaudubon.org

Wellfleet Public Library

Interreligious Book Discussion with James Kershner and Rev. Jon Elsensohn

Are you curious how different religions engage on topics such as love, understanding, mindfulness, compassion, and personal transformation?

Join James Kershner, a student of Thich Nhất Hạnh, and Rev. Jon Elsensohn, from First Congregational Church of Wellfleet, as they lead a discussion of Living Buddha, Living Christ by Buddhist teacher Thích Nhất Hạnh. The text explores the similarities and points of inflection between Christianity and Buddhism.

Monday’s January 26 - March 2: 2:00 - 3:30 PM

Registration is limited so as to allow for discussion. To register, please visit www.wellfleetchurch.org/events/book-discussion

Wellfleet Public Library

INTRODUCTION TO KRIPALU GENTLE YOGA WITH PATTY PIPERNOS

This class explores mindful movement, breath awareness and relaxation techniques to support strength, flexibility, balance, and self-awareness without judgment.

EVERY TUESDAY JANUARY 20-MARCH 3: 4:00 PM-5:00 PM

FREE CLASSES! PROVIDED BY WINTER WEDNESDAYS

Winter Wednesdays is a FREE program connecting community by offering free, interesting and dymanic classes to anyone on the Outer Cape. With our large diverse schedule and multiple locations on the Outer Cape, our goal is to provide a varying selection of winter programming throughout the week that is open, accessible and free to anyone within our community.

Register

Wellfleet Public Library

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!

Tuesdays 5:30 PM-8:00 PM

Wellfleet Public Library

Embrace your instincts - see that there is no failure in improvisation! In this communal workshop we will share inspirations and have tremendous fun!

Every Tuesday, January 20 - March 3: 5:30 PM-7:00 PM

FREE CLASSES! PROVIDED BY WINTER WEDNESDAYS

Winter Wednesdays is a FREE program connecting community by offering free, interesting and dymanic classes to anyone on the Outer Cape. With our large diverse schedule and multiple locations on the Outer Cape, our goal is to provide a varying selection of winter programming throughout the week that is open, accessible and free to anyone within our community.

Register

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

Join this free community event presented by Sharing Kindness and OC Wellness Collaborative.

The impact of a death loss creates ripples through families, friends, and communities.

This gentle, informative presentation explores the nature of grief from stigmatized deaths like opioid use disorder (OUD), common myths and misconceptions, and ways we can support one another with compassion and understanding. Together, we’ll learn how healing begins when we create spaces of empathy, connection, and hope.

REGISTER

Wellfleet Public Library

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 new light. Everyone is welcome to participate. Acting experience not required.

Hosted by Candace Perry and Racine Oxtoby.

PLAY: "Purlie Victorious" by Ossie Davis

ACT ONE: WEDNESDAY, FEB 11, 4:00 PM

ACT TWO: WEDNESDAY, FEB 25, 4:00 PM

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

The Winter Table

Join us at the table this winter season for a community dinner! We will be serving salads, soups and desserts. Every dinner is free and all are welcome. There will be music, games, activities for kids, lots of familiar faces and new friends joining this year. Bring your appetite!

(Beer, wine and soft drinks available for purchase.)

WEDNESDAYS IN WINTER 1/14, 1/28, 2/11, 2/25, 3/11, 3/25, 4/8

Wellfleet Public Library

FIRST PLACE PRIZE! SNACKS AND BEVERAGES PROVIDED BY THE

FRIENDS OF THE WELLFLEET PUBLIC LIBRARY!

FREE TO ENTER!

Wellfleet Public Library

Winter Crafternoon

It's that time of year when we all need to be a little more cozy.

Welcome to Potholders in the Afternoon in the Children's Room!

Looms and loops provided, plus tea and hot chocolate.

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

Join us for a live painting and live music with singer/songwriter Gabriella Simpkins and expressionist painter Susan Overstreet.

Seeing the Music is a collaborative presentation hosted by Gabriella Simpkins, a local singer-songwriter and composer, and Susan Overstreet, a local artist and educator. Over the course of one hour, Susan will be creating a new work in reaction to Gabriella's music, engaging in a dynamic creative exchange and showcasing the magic that emerges from interdisciplinary collaboration. The final painting will be available for purchase via a silent auction that will conclude at the end of the performance. These artists look forward to collaborating not just with each other, but with the audience as well in this presentation of the creative process in real time.

Gabriella Simpkins is an award-winning singer-songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist hailing from Cape Cod, MA. Informed by her vast experiences across genres and performance settings, her music exists at the intersections of folk, classical, jazz, and indie rock. Her work explores the nuances of interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships, as well as how those interactions can shape the world around us. She values music as a tool for community connection, conversation, and activation. She performs her singer-songwriter material regularly in the Boston area, leads workshops and classes, teaches private lessons, and hopes to establish herself further as a freelance composer in the coming years.

Susan Overstreet’s creative process of weaving vibrant colors with a technique of palette knife and brushwork captures a visual tapestry between abstract imagery and representation. Overstreet’s bold expressive style is driven by unique natural elements found in nature that offer an evolving kaleidoscope of color. She paints en plein air and in the studio, inspired by both landscape and the human figure.

Susan completed studio work at George Washington University, and continued studying fine arts at the Corcoran School of Art and the Art League School of Alexandria. Her work was accepted in many juried competitions in Virginia and now New England. Susan has taught at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, Milford Arts Council, the Cultural Center of Cape Cod (where she served as artist in residence and learning coordinator), the Creative Arts Center of Chatham, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, and the Plymouth Center for the Arts. She has led sketching tours to Scotland, France and New Mexico. She is represented by Tracy Lindholm Nee, 780 Main Street in Dennis, MA. SusanOverstreet.com.

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

If chronic disease is a fire, high insulin is the gasoline that fuels it—but your kitchen holds the power to turn down the heat. Building on our first sessions, this two-part workshop moves from theory to the table, solving the dual challenge of keeping insulin low while hitting the high protein targets essential for healthy aging.

Join renowned local integrative health practitioner and registered dietitian Susan Baumgarten, RD, LDN, for these continuing sessions (3 and 4 of 6) in her popular series on optimizing health and lifespan through functional nutrition. Susan, who has presented engaging programs at the Wellfleet Adult Community Center before, returns with practical, evidence-based strategies tailored for real life—especially for solo cooks.

Past attendees love Susan’s blend of science, practicality, and inspiration. Participants will master the Glucose Shield, the Solo Protein Strategy, and clever Budget Swaps through easy, delicious 10-minute recipes designed specifically for one-person households. Expect hands-on ideas to support energy, longevity, blood sugar balance, muscle maintenance, and overall vitality as we age.Whether you're managing or preventing chronic conditions, boosting protein without spiking glucose, or simply wanting simpler, smarter meals, Susan’s approachable style delivers actionable tools you can use right away. Please RSVP by calling 774-801-8119.

Wellfleet Public Library

Every Friday at 11:30 am

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

Wellfleet Public Library

Bring your fiber arts project, whether it's knitting or embroidery or crocheting - all are welcome!

Free and open to all! No sign-up required!

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Every Sunday in March

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

On Exhibit: March 1 - 28

Artist Reception: March 1st - 3:00 - 5:00 PM

Currated by Robert Rindler

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

My aim in this exhibit is to bring to attention the beauty and fragility of our Outer Cape environment, which all who come here and live here, fall in love with.  I have been painting this precious part of Cape Cod since first arriving in 1977, mainly with a focus on plein-air watercolor. 

 Ranging around the dunes, the ponds, and beaches in all seasons, my footsteps have traced pathways that in many cases are no longer accessible.  Most early mornings, what a joy to be out in my canoe, carrying all my painting gear, on the glacial kettle ponds with herons and hawks as my companions.

My pastel artwork is also done plein-air; over-laden color-boxes soon outgrew my ability to transport them!  Over the years, I have noticed a rising interest in plein-air painting here, and I am sure those artists too have a strong interest in bringing us messages from our endangered world.

Still, it is always an adventure to seek areas that invite me with their beauty, challenge me with their fragile complexity, and become my intimates for as long as I stand before them interpreting their lights and shadows. I hope some of that joyful feeling is conveyed in these paintings. 

ARTIST’S BIO

 Artist Walter Dorrell began his painting career in the 1960’s primarily using oil paints, but later discovered that watercolor more perfectly captured his impressions when he moved to Cape Cod.  A year-round resident for close to 50 years, he still enjoys plein air painting the Outer Cape's inspiring landscape.  In recent years, he has also explored pastel, acrylic, and oil stick media, finding them very well-suited to his chosen subject matter and expressing his love of drawing.

Upon graduation from Amherst College in 1955, Walter entered the Air Force to become a jet pilot instructor.  After serving his country, he pursued a business career in New York City. During this period, his life-long interest in and practice of art emerged as the driving force in his life.  Though largely self-taught, he also studied at the Art Students League in New York, and briefly with noted watercolorist Charles Reid.  Travel in Europe and a year-long residency in Urbino, Italy, challenged his eye and broadened his palette. He later settled on Cape Cod with his wife and daughter, and soon opened the Kendall Art Gallery and Frame shop in Wellfleet (1983 – 2015), and devoted his primary efforts to painting and exhibiting his work. 

Dorrell has painted the landscape on location as often as weather allowed, venturing out on Outer Cape ponds, inlets, and the Herring River, to paint from his wooden canoe, his "floating studio" built in 1985 by local boat-builder Walter Baron.

During the winter he works in his Wellfleet studio, where the controlled environment allows him to arrange, draw, and paint larger still-life watercolors for which he is especially noted. He has long been an admirer of Asian arts, and a collector of Japanese prints and Netsuke, some of which make their appearance in his own work or influence his use of perspective. Having Asian artist friends has also been creatively meaningful. 

Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay

There’s a lot happening at Mass Audubon this month! Please visit HERE for the complete schedule of the many events and programs offered at Wellfleet Bay this week.

March Highlights:

Full Moon Exploration • Nature Play Group and Storytime • Owl Prowl • Winter Birding at Wellfleet Bay • Fish Feeding Fun and Storytime • Feeder Focus • Exploring Coastal Cape Cod • Cheap Eats • Woodcock Walks

www.massaudubon.org

Wellfleet Public Library

Interreligious Book Discussion with James Kershner and Rev. Jon Elsensohn

Are you curious how different religions engage on topics such as love, understanding, mindfulness, compassion, and personal transformation?

Join James Kershner, a student of Thich Nhất Hạnh, and Rev. Jon Elsensohn, from First Congregational Church of Wellfleet, as they lead a discussion of Living Buddha, Living Christ by Buddhist teacher Thích Nhất Hạnh. The text explores the similarities and points of inflection between Christianity and Buddhism.

Monday’s January 26 - March 2: 2:00 - 3:30 PM

Registration is limited so as to allow for discussion. To register, please visit www.wellfleetchurch.org/events/book-discussion

Wellfleet Public Library

Wellfleet’s Community Resource Navigator, Olivia Hayden, will be holding office hours at the library. Stop by and hear what services the Navigator program has to offer.

Monday, March 2 @ 3:00 PM

Outermost Toast at Wellfleet Preservation Hall

Who Are We?
We are Outermost Toast Toastmasters Club #1329712.

Our club meets twice a month to practice our public speaking skills in a relaxed, supportive, and fun environment.

All members are encouraged to participate at every meeting. This may be giving a speech, evaluating another club member's speech, or answering an impromptu question.

We strive to provide valuable, effective and supportive feedback that will help all of our members grow as speakers and as confident individuals.

But most important, we have FUN! Anyone is welcome to attend any of our meetings as a guest. In fact, it's encouraged!

We Meet: The 1st and 3rd Monday of EVERY Month at 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Questions?
Email Martha at megorman57@comcast.net for more information or visit
Outermost Toast Toastmasters Club (toastmastersclubs.org)

Wellfleet Public Library

INTRODUCTION TO KRIPALU GENTLE YOGA WITH PATTY PIPERNOS

This class explores mindful movement, breath awareness and relaxation techniques to support strength, flexibility, balance, and self-awareness without judgment.

EVERY TUESDAY JANUARY 20-MARCH 3: 4:00 PM-5:00 PM

FREE CLASSES! PROVIDED BY WINTER WEDNESDAYS

Winter Wednesdays is a FREE program connecting community by offering free, interesting and dymanic classes to anyone on the Outer Cape. With our large diverse schedule and multiple locations on the Outer Cape, our goal is to provide a varying selection of winter programming throughout the week that is open, accessible and free to anyone within our community.

Register

Wellfleet Public Library

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!

Tuesdays 5:30 PM-8:00 PM

Wellfleet Public Library

Embrace your instincts - see that there is no failure in improvisation! In this communal workshop we will share inspirations and have tremendous fun!

Every Tuesday, January 20 - March 3: 5:30 PM-7:00 PM

FREE CLASSES! PROVIDED BY WINTER WEDNESDAYS

Winter Wednesdays is a FREE program connecting community by offering free, interesting and dymanic classes to anyone on the Outer Cape. With our large diverse schedule and multiple locations on the Outer Cape, our goal is to provide a varying selection of winter programming throughout the week that is open, accessible and free to anyone within our community.

Register

Wellfleet Public Library

JOIN US IN THE CHILDREN'S READING ROOM FOR AN EASY BAKING TUTORIAL!

CHILDREN WILL MIX INGREDIENTS AND STIR THEM TOGETHER BEFORE WE PUT THE BATTER IN THE OVEN. THEN AFTER THE BROWNIES BAKE, THEY CAN BE EATEN RIGHT AWAY OR SAVED FOR LATER.

Wellfleet Public Library

Issues of race exist on Cape Cod as they do in the rest of the country. Ne gather in a collegial, supportive environment with Panchetc Peterson and others as tacilitators 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!

Wellfleet Public Library

Ann Schiffenhaus, Wellfleet Housing Coordinator, will hold open office hours in the conference room on select Thursdays for community members who have questions, comments, and ideas about housing in Wellfleet.

How can we help?

• Are you looking for year-round housing?

• Do you have a home you are considering as a year-round rental?

• Do you need information on rental assistance, help with home repairs, or assistance in applying for a residential tax exemption?

Stop by to discuss your housing needs and learn about available resources. No appointment necessary!

Thursdays ~ 1:00 PM-3:00 PM

January 8 ~ February 5 ~ March 5 ~ April 2 ~ May 7 ~ June

Wellfleet Public Library

Join Youth Services Librarian Anna Nielsen for toys, jungle gyms, creative movement, and general play!

For children ages 0-4 with a supervising adult

FRIDAY MORNINGS IN MARCH

Wellfleet Public Library

Every Friday at 11:30 am

Wellfleet Public Library

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

Come to our Open Mic Night at the library!

Teens and adults welcome! 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!

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!

Recommended for Intermediate-to-Expert French speakers.

1st and 3rd Saturday of the month

2:30 PM-4:00

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

The Hall welcomes Áine Minogue back to the stage for an afternoon of beautiful music!

Born and raised in Borrisokane, County Tipperary, Ireland, Áine Minogue is an award-winning harpist, singer, arranger and composer who has entertained Presidents and Prime Ministers, and has traveled extensively to perform at concerts across the United States and around the world.

With a dozen solo album recordings to her credit, Áine has been nominated for several awards for her work as a record producer. Her music, in varying styles including Celtic, World, Folk, Spiritual and acoustic, has appeared on compilations for industry labels such as BMG, Decca, Universal, Sony, Virgin Records, Windham Hill and Putumayo. Many of these albums have topped Billboard Magazine’s World, New Age and Classical Charts for months at a time. In addition, she has completed extensive soundtrack work for PBS, NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, and MTV. You can find her music on all major streaming services.

Wellfleet Public Library

Bring your fiber arts project, whether it's knitting or embroidery or crocheting - all are welcome!

Free and open to all! No sign-up required!

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Every Sunday in March

Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay

There’s a lot happening at Mass Audubon this month! Please visit HERE for the complete schedule of the many events and programs offered at Wellfleet Bay this week.

March Highlights:

Full Moon Exploration • Nature Play Group and Storytime • Owl Prowl • Winter Birding at Wellfleet Bay • Fish Feeding Fun and Storytime • Feeder Focus • Exploring Coastal Cape Cod • Cheap Eats • Woodcock Walks

www.massaudubon.org

Wellfleet Public Library

Interreligious Book Discussion with James Kershner and Rev. Jon Elsensohn

Are you curious how different religions engage on topics such as love, understanding, mindfulness, compassion, and personal transformation?

Join James Kershner, a student of Thich Nhất Hạnh, and Rev. Jon Elsensohn, from First Congregational Church of Wellfleet, as they lead a discussion of Living Buddha, Living Christ by Buddhist teacher Thích Nhất Hạnh. The text explores the similarities and points of inflection between Christianity and Buddhism.

Monday’s January 26 - March 2: 2:00 - 3:30 PM

Registration is limited so as to allow for discussion. To register, please visit www.wellfleetchurch.org/events/book-discussion

Wellfleet Public Library

Women's Grief Group

A Space for Women to Connect Through Loss

Sharing Kindness is offering a clinician-led peer grief support group where women of any age can meet, share their feelings and connect through the experience of loss.

Tuesdays 6:00 PM-7:30 PM

March 10 & 24, April 7 & 21, May 5 & 19

If you are interested in joining our Women's Grief Group, please submit the registration form and demographic survey at www.sharingkindness.org/womens-grief-group/

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

The Winter Table

Join us at the table this winter season for a community dinner! We will be serving salads, soups and desserts. Every dinner is free and all are welcome. There will be music, games, activities for kids, lots of familiar faces and new friends joining this year. Bring your appetite!

(Beer, wine and soft drinks available for purchase.)

WEDNESDAYS IN WINTER 1/14, 1/28, 2/11, 2/25, 3/11, 3/25, 4/8

Wellfleet Public Library

A captivating one-man show that compresses Shakespeare's greatest tragedy into one hour of theatrical magic!

Thursday, March 12 @ 3:00 PM

The Wicked Oyster

Enjoy an evening with Antonio Abate, a Juilliard School graduate acclaimed for his diction and multilingual proficiency. His operatic credits include the title roles in Faust and Offenbach's Orphée aux enfers, as well as Sam in Street Scene, Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Basilio in Le nozze di Figaro, Tamino in The Magic Flute, Andrew Johnson in The Mother of Us All, and the Student Servant in the world premiere of Stephen Paulus' Heloise and Abelard. Antonio’s powerful voice, paired with the comfort food provided by The Wicked Oyster, offers the perfect evening out at the cabaret.

Wellfleet Public Library

Join Youth Services Librarian Anna Nielsen for toys, jungle gyms, creative movement, and general play!

For children ages 0-4 with a supervising adult

FRIDAY MORNINGS IN MARCH

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

Join Dr. Michael Pregot as he discusses his book, Slavery and Abolitionism on Cape Cod: A Massachusetts Incongruity.

The presentation will be in the Lower Hall and run approximately an hour and a half. It is a free event, but registration is kindly requested for planning purposes.

REGISTER

More about Dr. Pregot's work:

From the era of the Puritans right through to the end of the Revolutionary War, Boston was a central hub for the slave trade. Slaves were brought on board ships from the African coast with regularity, often mastered by Cape Cod Sea captains. The number of slaves per household was much smaller in the Northeast as compared to the South, yet nonetheless, a much-needed labor force was desired, reaching its zenith when our nation first officially started.

After Massachusetts legally prohibited its practice in 1780, sea captains became engaged in a variety of ways within its continuance. There were some captains who brought slaves in surreptitiously, while others enhanced the slave market in other indirect ways. Polarizing lines were drawn up. The commonwealth’s maritime industry became quite divided with some fighting for the cause of abolitionism while other captains wishing only to witness a very slow demise of this profitable endeavor.

The book discusses religious views, political platforms, economic factors, and social movements that existed during the pre-Civil War period. We gain an insight into the thinking of the day. Sharing several profiles of notable Black slaves living in Massachusetts demonstrates the enormous contributions made to the overall growth of our country.

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater

The best of British theatre, captured live and shown on screen at WHAT

Dr. Strangelove

TICKETS

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater

The gripping account of a group of brave and visionary women who demanded peace for Liberia, a nation torn to shreds by a decades old civil war. The women’s historic, yet unsung achievement finds voice in a narrative that intersperses contemporary interviews, archival images, and scenes of present-day Liberia together to recount the experiences and memories of the women who were instrumental in bringing lasting peace to their country.

Tickets

Wellfleet Public Library

Bring your fiber arts project, whether it's knitting or embroidery or crocheting - all are welcome!

Free and open to all! No sign-up required!

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Every Sundays in March

Wellfleet Public Library

Women In Science Series

Largely considered wastelands prior to the environmental movement of the mid-twentieth century, the incredibly dynamic and productive ecosystems known as wetlands today are wasting away in a state of chronic stasis, afflicted by coastal squeeze, sediment starvation, vegetation die-off, and increased vulnerability to acute natural events. Historic motivations for hydrologic modifications impacting these systems led to leveeing, ditching, tiling, channelizing, and more. Join this field ecologist for an overview of the why, how, and what now of a selection of modern wetlands both near and far.

Kyrsten Boswell's passion for coastal ecology began in the towering dunes of Lake Michigan and deepened in the vast wetlands of coastal Louisiana. She studied salt marsh erosion dynamics and barge-driven sediment movement during her graduate studies in Louisiana before relocating to Wellfleet for work in 2024.

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

A Drop-in Donation Based Dance Class

Fleet Movement Explorations is a structured improvisational dance class in which we play spontaneously with forces, shapes, feelings, images, and ideas rather than with specific dance technique. Drop in donation basis.

The class is basically informal, challenging, and fun, and a good movement workout. All are welcome.

Required: contact Becky Burrill ( Rebecca.burrill@aol.com) to be added to the class email listserv for notifications about class.

Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay

There’s a lot happening at Mass Audubon this month! Please visit HERE for the complete schedule of the many events and programs offered at Wellfleet Bay this week.

March Highlights:

Full Moon Exploration • Nature Play Group and Storytime • Owl Prowl • Winter Birding at Wellfleet Bay • Fish Feeding Fun and Storytime • Feeder Focus • Exploring Coastal Cape Cod • Cheap Eats • Woodcock Walks

www.massaudubon.org

Outermost Toast at Wellfleet Preservation Hall

Who Are We?
We are Outermost Toast Toastmasters Club #1329712.

Our club meets twice a month to practice our public speaking skills in a relaxed, supportive, and fun environment.

All members are encouraged to participate at every meeting. This may be giving a speech, evaluating another club member's speech, or answering an impromptu question.

We strive to provide valuable, effective and supportive feedback that will help all of our members grow as speakers and as confident individuals.

But most important, we have FUN! Anyone is welcome to attend any of our meetings as a guest. In fact, it's encouraged!

We Meet: The 1st and 3rd Monday of EVERY Month at 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Questions?
Email Martha at megorman57@comcast.net for more information or visit
Outermost Toast Toastmasters Club (toastmastersclubs.org)

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater

A free reading of a new play by Paige O’Connor, directed by Ali Green

High school senior Joan’s car is a death trap, college admissions aren’t calling, and her well-meaning parents’ only advice is to “pray on it.” So she does. And then Joan of Arc shows up. Yup, that one: saint, warrior, and deeply unimpressed spiritual guide. She delivers human Joan’s divine calling–not to lead an army or save a nation, but to rescue the gilled residents of her pet store job: betta fish.

What begins with confusion, doubt, and frantic Googling (“are betta fish important?”) spirals into a full-blown sit-in protest as Joan tries to save the oppressed aquatic creatures from their terrible pet store conditions, all while tackling the idea that purpose only matters if it’s big/impressive/profitable. With Joan of Arc at her side, she learns to trust her instincts, stand her ground, and defend a calling no one else takes seriously.

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Wellfleet Public Library

Evan is a co-founder of Trifecta Farms in western MA and an experienced hydroponic grower. He will cover basic principles of hydroponic plant nutrition, substrate options like rockwool or moving water, and simple systems for home applications.

Wellfleet Public Library

Evan is a co-founder of Trifecta Farms in western MA and an experienced hydroponic grower. He will cover basic principles of hydroponic plant nutrition, substrate options like rockwool or moving water, and simple systems for home applications.

Presented by the Wellfleet Gardeners~ Free to the Public

Wellfleet Public Library

Issues of race exist on Cape Cod as they do in the rest of the country. Ne gather in a collegial, supportive environment with Panchetc Peterson and others as tacilitators 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!

Wellfleet Public Library

Join Youth Services Librarian Anna Nielsen for toys, jungle gyms, creative movement, and general play!

For children ages 0-4 with a supervising adult

FRIDAY MORNINGS IN MARCH

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater

Tristan und Isolde

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 Sun-Ly Pierce 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.

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Wellfleet Preservation Hall

Join us for a very special night as Wellfleet-based singer-songwriter Jordan Renzi celebrates the release of her highly anticipated new album, On Your Side. Hosted at the intimate and acoustically stunning Wellfleet Preservation Hall, this concert promises to be an unforgettable evening of heartfelt music in one of the Cape’s most beloved listening rooms.

Renzi’s music is a fusion of high-lonesome folk and contemporary soul, delivered with a voice that is both powerful and disarmingly tender. She has shared the stage with iconic artists including Kate Taylor, Paula Cole, Patty Larkin, and Marc Cohn, earning her reputation as one of the Cape’s most compelling young artists.

Her accolades include the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod’s 2017 Fellowship in Performing Arts and multiple songwriting awards, but it’s her ability to connect with audiences through raw honesty and poetic lyricism that makes her performances truly shine.

Why you won’t want to miss this:
Be the first to hear songs from On Your Side performed live.
Experience Jordan Renzi’s soulful artistry in a beautiful, intimate venue with phenomenal acoustics.
Celebrate a milestone moment with one of Cape Cod’s rising stars.

Seating is limited—reserve your tickets now for an unforgettable evening of live music, community, and celebration.

Child and student discounts available—contact rchwastiak@capesymphony.org for details

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Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater

Tianna Esperanza is a singular songstress — her contralto lilting across genres and generations. Poised between classic and contemporary, she conjures a timeless sensibility within an ever-evolving sound. With new work forthcoming, the independent artist is claiming her own stage — one defined by gravitas and glamour.

“Esperanza reimagines the past in ways that feel almost futuristic — beyond categories, beyond eras. She makes her own space.” – Ann Powers, NPR

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Wellfleet Public Library

Bring your fiber arts project, whether it's knitting or embroidery or crocheting - all are welcome!

Free and open to all! No sign-up required!

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Every Sunday in March

Wellfleet Public Library

Women in Science Series

IFAW's Marine Mammal Rescue (MMR) Team is the responding agency for live and dead stranded marine mammals, including dolphins, porpoises, whales, and seals, on Cape Cod down to the Southeastern border of Massachusetts, covering 750+ miles of coastline. Cape Cod has the highest frequency of small cetacean mass strandings in the world, driven primarily by the gently sloping sand flats, large tidal fluctuations, close proximity to fertile feeding grounds, social nature of the species that strand, and the hook-like shape of the Cape itself. Wellfleet specifically is a hotspot within a hotspot for these strandings. IFAW's veterinarians and biologists perform an in-field health assessment on every live stranded cetacean and those that are deemed sufficiently healthy are immediately released back to the ocean. Learn more about the critical work that IFAW's MMR team does right here in your own backyard!

Michaela grew up in Massachusetts- not too far from Cape Cod, where she loved to visit and spend as much time at the beach as she could. After graduating from the University of Rhode Island with a degree in Marine Biology, she began her career doing internships rehabilitating sick/injured seals and sea turtles. She then moved to the Cape and joined IFAW's Marine Mammal Rescue team, where she is now a full-time stranding technician. For the past six years, she has also worked seasonally at Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary on their cold-stun sea turtle rescue team. When not at work, Michaela enjoys exploring all of the nature that Cape Cod has to offer!

Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay

There’s a lot happening at Mass Audubon this month! Please visit HERE for the complete schedule of the many events and programs offered at Wellfleet Bay this week.

March Highlights:

Full Moon Exploration • Nature Play Group and Storytime • Owl Prowl • Winter Birding at Wellfleet Bay • Fish Feeding Fun and Storytime • Feeder Focus • Exploring Coastal Cape Cod • Cheap Eats • Woodcock Walks

www.massaudubon.org

Wellfleet Public Library

FRIENDS OF HERRING RIVER ANNUAL HERRING COUNTERS WORKSHOP

Mike Palmer, Restoration Ecologist with Association to Preserve Cape Cod, will give a brief overview of APCC's Cape Cod river herring monitoring program and share a snapshot of recent results - what we are seeing across runs and why the data matter. The workshop includes a review of the counting process and volunteer sign-up for the 2026 count schedule.

Free to the public.

Everyone is welcome, including returning and new volunteer counters. Please email info@herringriver.org with questions or to receive additional information.

Wellfleet Public Library

Women's Grief Group

A Space for Women to Connect Through Loss

Sharing Kindness is offering a clinician-led peer grief support group where women of any age can meet, share their feelings and connect through the experience of loss.

Tuesdays 6:00 PM-7:30 PM

March 10 & 24, April 7 & 21, May 5 & 19

If you are interested in joining our Women's Grief Group, please submit the registration form and demographic survey at www.sharingkindness.org/womens-grief-group/

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

The Winter Table

Join us at the table this winter season for a community dinner! We will be serving salads, soups and desserts. Every dinner is free and all are welcome. There will be music, games, activities for kids, lots of familiar faces and new friends joining this year. Bring your appetite!

(Beer, wine and soft drinks available for purchase.)

WEDNESDAYS IN WINTER 1/14, 1/28, 2/11, 2/25, 3/11, 3/25, 4/8

Wellfleet Public Library

FIRST PLACE PRIZE! SNACKS AND BEVERAGES PROVIDED BY THE

FRIENDS OF THE WELLFLEET PUBLIC LIBRARY!

FREE TO ENTER!

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater

The Trailblazing Life of Susan Dimock, M.D., with Author & Historian Susan Wilson

In a world overwhelmingly dominated by male doctors, Susan Dimock was a 19th century trailblazer: as Resident Physician of a unique Boston hospital where women doctors treated women patients, Dr. Dimock executed complex surgeries, trained America’s first professional nurses, and became one of the most beloved physicians in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Dimock’s life tale, intertwined with the Civil War and the fight for women’s rights, reads like an adventure story, ably told by her biographer Susan Wilson in this riveting PowerPoint lecture.

Susan Wilson is the official House Historian of the Omni Parker House in Boston, an Alumna Scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center of Brandeis University, and an Honorary Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society.  She is the author of Women and Children First: The Trailblazing Life of Susan Dimock, M.D. published in 2023.

Free - Reservation not required

Wellfleet Public Library

Join Youth Services Librarian Anna Nielsen for toys, jungle gyms, creative movement, and general play!

For children ages 0-4 with a supervising adult

FRIDAY MORNINGS IN MARCH

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

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater

Isolated in an analogous Martian base (Mars Desert Research Station – MDRS) in the desert of Utah, USA, an all-female crew alternate between simulation missions outside (with radios, helmets, suits and astronaut protocols) and the development of their research at the base, all aimed at contributing to the mission to make inhabiting Mars a possibility in the not-too-distant future.

It’s estimated that we will be on Mars in 20 years, but the energy, protection and power challenges for this goal are gigantic. The Hypatia I crew intent, among other things, to grow fish and plants on Mars, to demonstrate that some single-celled living organisms can adapt to Martian radiation, or to manufacture a low-cost Martian GPS. The crew also hope to act as clear references to inspire girls and young women to pursue scientific careers and explore the universe. At a time when only 30% of the world’s scientific research is conducted by women and only 20% of space research, there’s a real need for more women scientists.

Tickets

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater

The best of British theatre, captured live and shown on screen at WHAT

A Streetcar Named Desire

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Wellfleet Public Library

Bring your fiber arts project, whether it's knitting or embroidery or crocheting - all are welcome!

Free and open to all! No sign-up required!

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Every Sundays in March

Wellfleet Public Library

Did you know that today, women earn more than 40% of all doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics? It's a remarkable change from generations past-yet the story is far from simple. In this talk, we'll take a friendly and accessible look at how women's roles in science and technology have evolved over time. We'll explore the social changes, cultural shifts, and personal stories that have shaped these journeys-no technical background required. Whether you've always loved science or simply enjoy learning how society changes over time, you'll find something to spark your curiosity. Come join the conversation as we reflect on where we've been, where we are now, and what the future might hold.

Catherine A. Roberts grew up in Chatham and as a theater girl who loved reading and the beach, never would have guessed she would end up as a mathematician! She is a professor of mathematics and environmental studies at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester. Her research is in modeling natural resources. Her biggest project involved a model to help the national park service manage white water rafting in the Grand Canyon so that vacationers could enjoy a wilderness experience while simultaneously protecting this natural resource. She has several firsts --first in her family to earn a doctorate,first woman in her department to earn the rank of Professor, first woman to serve as Executive Director of the American Mathematical Society. In 2021, she was named a fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics 2021, in part for promoting women in mathematics at every career stage, both by mentoring individuals to become strong and confident mathematicians and by working for systemic change. Catherine loves the Cape, the WooSox, and spending time outdoors!

Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay

There’s a lot happening at Mass Audubon this month! Please visit HERE for the complete schedule of the many events and programs offered at Wellfleet Bay this week.

March Highlights:

Full Moon Exploration • Nature Play Group and Storytime • Owl Prowl • Winter Birding at Wellfleet Bay • Fish Feeding Fun and Storytime • Feeder Focus • Exploring Coastal Cape Cod • Cheap Eats • Woodcock Walks

www.massaudubon.org

Wellfleet Public Library

Issues of race exist on Cape Cod as they do in the rest of the country. Ne gather in a collegial, supportive environment with Panchetc Peterson and others as tacilitators 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!

Wellfleet Public Library

Ann Schiffenhaus, Wellfleet Housing Coordinator, will hold open office hours in the conference room on select Thursdays for community members who have questions, comments, and ideas about housing in Wellfleet.

How can we help?

• Are you looking for year-round housing?

• Do you have a home you are considering as a year-round rental?

• Do you need information on rental assistance, help with home repairs, or assistance in applying for a residential tax exemption?

Stop by to discuss your housing needs and learn about available resources. No appointment necessary!

Thursdays ~ 1:00 PM-3:00 PM

January 5 ~ February 5 ~ March 5 ~ April 2 ~ May 7 ~ June

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

From India to North Africa—one stage, infinite grooves.

🌍✨ Sawaari – A Borderless Journey in Rhythm & Sound (with special guest Mal Barsamian) ✨🌍

Prepare to be transported. Sawaari brings together the worlds of Indian taals, Arabic maqams, and trance grooves from North Africa and Italy, weaving them into an exhilarating soundscape that knows no borders. With an emphasis on rhythm and improvisation, their music flows from meditative calm to fiery complexity—always keeping the listener on the edge of discovery.

This performance features a special guest appearance by oud/clarinet virtuoso Mal Barsamian, whose artistry adds another layer of depth and brilliance to the ensemble’s already rich sonic palette.

The Band:

• Fabio Pirozzolo – vocals & percussion

• Jussi Reijonen – oud

• Mike Rivard – sintir & double bass

• Andy Bergman – saxophone & clarinet

• Amit Kavthekar – tabla

• Special Guest: Mal Barsamian – oud & clarinet

✨ Why this concert is unmissable:

• A world-class ensemble blending traditions from India, the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond.

• Special guest Mal Barsamian, a celebrated virtuoso whose performances captivate audiences worldwide.

• A live experience that moves from sparse tranquility to rhythm-driven ecstasy in an instant.

Presented by Secret Planet Cape Cod (a co-production of Cape Symphony Presents & Narrowland Music), this series brings extraordinary global artists to our community, celebrating music that connects cultures and ignites new traditions.

🎟️ Seating is limited—grab your tickets now for this rare night of global rhythms and transcendent sound!

👉 Child and student discounts available—contact rchwastiak@capesymphony.org for details.

TICKETS

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

Prepare to be transported. Sawaari  brings together the worlds of Indian taals, Arabic maqams, and trance grooves from North Africa and Italy, weaving them into an exhilarating soundscape that knows no borders. With an emphasis on rhythm and improvisation, their music flows from meditative calm to fiery complexity—always keeping the listener on the edge of discovery.

This performance features a special guest appearance by oud/clarinet virtuoso Mal Barsamian, whose artistry adds another layer of depth and brilliance to the ensemble’s already rich sonic palette.

The Band:

• Fabio Pirozzolo – vocals & percussion

• Jussi Reijonen – oud

• Mike Rivard – sintir & double bass

• Andy Bergman – saxophone & clarinet

• Amit Kavthekar – tabla

• Special Guest: Mal Barsamian – oud & clarinet

✨ Why this concert is unmissable:

• A world-class ensemble blending traditions from India, the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond.

• Special guest Mal Barsamian, a celebrated virtuoso whose performances captivate audiences worldwide.

• A live experience that moves from sparse tranquility to rhythm-driven ecstasy in an instant.

Presented by Secret Planet Cape Cod (a co-production of Cape Symphony Presents & Narrowland Music), this series brings extraordinary global artists to our community, celebrating music that connects cultures and ignites new traditions.

A Wellfleet Cultural Council supported event

TICKETS

Wellfleet Public Library

Join Youth Services Librarian Anna Nielsen for toys, jungle gyms, creative movement, and general play!

For children ages 0-4 with a supervising adult

FRIDAY MORNINGS IN APRIL

Wellfleet Public Library

Women's Grief Group

A Space for Women to Connect Through Loss

Sharing Kindness is offering a clinician-led peer grief support group where women of any age can meet, share their feelings and connect through the experience of loss.

Tuesdays 6:00 PM-7:30 PM

March 10 & 24, April 7 & 21, May 5 & 19

If you are interested in joining our Women's Grief Group, please submit the registration form and demographic survey at www.sharingkindness.org/womens-grief-group/

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

The Winter Table

Join us at the table this winter season for a community dinner! We will be serving salads, soups and desserts. Every dinner is free and all are welcome. There will be music, games, activities for kids, lots of familiar faces and new friends joining this year. Bring your appetite!

(Beer, wine and soft drinks available for purchase.)

WEDNESDAYS IN WINTER 1/14, 1/28, 2/11, 2/25, 3/11, 3/25, 4/8

Wellfleet Public Library

Join Youth Services Librarian Anna Nielsen for toys, jungle gyms, creative movement, and general play!

For children ages 0-4 with a supervising adult

FRIDAY MORNINGS IN APRIL

Wellfleet Public Library

Issues of race exist on Cape Cod as they do in the rest of the country. Ne gather in a collegial, supportive environment with Panchetc Peterson and others as tacilitators 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!

Wellfleet Public Library

Join Youth Services Librarian Anna Nielsen for toys, jungle gyms, creative movement, and general play!

For children ages 0-4 with a supervising adult

FRIDAY MORNINGS IN APRIL

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

A Drop-in Donation Based Dance Class

Fleet Movement Explorations is a structured improvisational dance class in which we play spontaneously with forces, shapes, feelings, images, and ideas rather than with specific dance technique. Drop in donation basis.

The class is basically informal, challenging, and fun, and a good movement workout. All are welcome.

Required: contact Becky Burrill ( Rebecca.burrill@aol.com) to be added to the class email listserv for notifications about class.

Wellfleet Public Library

Women's Grief Group

A Space for Women to Connect Through Loss

Sharing Kindness is offering a clinician-led peer grief support group where women of any age can meet, share their feelings and connect through the experience of loss.

Tuesdays 6:00 PM-7:30 PM

March 10 & 24, April 7 & 21, May 5 & 19

If you are interested in joining our Women's Grief Group, please submit the registration form and demographic survey at www.sharingkindness.org/womens-grief-group/

Wellfleet Public Library

Join Youth Services Librarian Anna Nielsen for toys, jungle gyms, creative movement, and general play!

For children ages 0-4 with a supervising adult

FRIDAY MORNINGS IN APRIL

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater

Eugene Onegin

Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin, which will be transmitted live from the Metropolitan Opera stage to cinemas worldwide on May 2. Baritone Igor Golovatenko is the urbane Onegin, who realizes his affection for her all too late. The Met’s evocative production, directed by Tony Award–winner Deborah Warner, “offers a beautifully detailed reading of … Tchaikovsky’s lyrical romance” (The Telegraph). 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

Women's Grief Group

A Space for Women to Connect Through Loss

Sharing Kindness is offering a clinician-led peer grief support group where women of any age can meet, share their feelings and connect through the experience of loss.

Tuesdays 6:00 PM-7:30 PM

March 10 & 24, April 7 & 21, May 5 & 19

If you are interested in joining our Women's Grief Group, please submit the registration form and demographic survey at www.sharingkindness.org/womens-grief-group/

Wellfleet Public Library

Ann Schiffenhaus, Wellfleet Housing Coordinator, will hold open office hours in the conference room on select Thursdays for community members who have questions, comments, and ideas about housing in Wellfleet.

How can we help?

• Are you looking for year-round housing?

• Do you have a home you are considering as a year-round rental?

• Do you need information on rental assistance, help with home repairs, or assistance in applying for a residential tax exemption?

Stop by to discuss your housing needs and learn about available resources. No appointment necessary!

Thursdays ~ 1:00 PM-3:00 PM

January 5 ~ February 5 ~ March 5 ~ April 2 ~ May 7 ~ June

Wellfleet Public Library

Women's Grief Group

A Space for Women to Connect Through Loss

Sharing Kindness is offering a clinician-led peer grief support group where women of any age can meet, share their feelings and connect through the experience of loss.

Tuesdays 6:00 PM-7:30 PM

March 10 & 24, April 7 & 21, May 5 & 19

If you are interested in joining our Women's Grief Group, please submit the registration form and demographic survey at www.sharingkindness.org/womens-grief-group/

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater

El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego

On May 30, the Metropolitan Opera’s 2025–26 Live in HD season comes to a close with a live transmission of American composer Gabriela Lena Frank’s first opera, a magical-realist portrait of Mexico’s painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, with libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Nilo Cruz. Fashioned as a reversal of the Orpheus and Euridice myth, the story depicts Frida, sung by leading mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead and reuniting with Diego, portrayed by baritone Carlos Álvarez. The famously feuding pair briefly relive their tumultuous love, embracing both the passion and the pain before bidding the land of the living a final farewell. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Met-premiere staging of Frank’s opera, a “confident, richly imagined score” (The New Yorker) that “bursts with color and fresh individuality” (Los Angeles Times). The vibrant new production, taking enthusiastic inspiration from Frida and Diego’s paintings, is directed and choreographed by Deborah Colker. 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

Ann Schiffenhaus, Wellfleet Housing Coordinator, will hold open office hours in the conference room on select Thursdays for community members who have questions, comments, and ideas about housing in Wellfleet.

How can we help?

• Are you looking for year-round housing?

• Do you have a home you are considering as a year-round rental?

• Do you need information on rental assistance, help with home repairs, or assistance in applying for a residential tax exemption?

Stop by to discuss your housing needs and learn about available resources. No appointment necessary!

Thursdays ~ 1:00 PM-3:00 PM

January 5 ~ February 5 ~ March 5 ~ April 2 ~ May 7 ~ June 4

Wellfleet Sprint Triathlon

June 6, 2026

1/4 mile Swim - 10 mile Bike - 5k Run

About the Course

The swim takes place in one of Wellfleet's many kettle ponds. Water is always calm and one of the first to warm up in the season. The bike course consists of two 5-mile loops through one of the most beautiful areas you will ride all year. The run is an out-and-back course that turns right near the famed Beachcomber Restaurant, where athletes will catch ocean views before turning at the halfway point (when we say it's all downhill from here, we mean it!).

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Race Information

Transition Opens: 7:00am, Long Pond, Wellfleet

Race Start Time: 8:00am

Start/Finish Line: Long Pond, Wellfleet

Parking: First Congregational Church

REGISTER

Wellfleet Historical Society

JULY 26, 2026 | 11 AM - 4 PM

More Info Coming Soon

Wellfleet Oyster Alliance

Tickets go on sale in August

Wellfleet Oyster Alliance

Tickets go on sale in August