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: ALMOST, MAINE BY JOHN CARIANI

ACT ONE: WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3 @ 4:00 PM

ACT TWO: WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 17

4:00 PM

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 Preservation Hall

Come experience the magic of the season with scenes from the Silberhuas' party and excerpts from the Land of The Sweets and a glimpse of The Sugar Plum Fairy!

The HeartStrings Dance Company will be performing excerpts of The Nutcracker. These 25 local dancers are from Reaching Heart School Of Ballet in West Harwich. We have several featured dancers from Wellfleet and we are all so excited to host Reaching Heart's first company show at Preservation Hall!

The show is at 6 pm on Thursday, December 4th and is free of charge and will last about one hour.

We hope to see you there!

Reaching Heart's full production of The Nutcracker will be at Monomoy Regional High School on December 13th at 1 pm and 6 pm and December 14th at 1 pm. Tickets are available at: buy.tututix.com/reachingheart

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

Join us for this timely and informative session where Don Reynolds will break down the key provisions of this major new tax initiative in plain, easy-to-understand language.

You will learn:

• Exactly what's in the bill

• How it could affect your household finances and retirement income

• Potential changes for retirees, near-retirees, and family financial planning

• Practical steps you may want to consider

Whether you're already retired, planning for retirement, or helping family members navigate their finances, this program will give you the clear, unbiased information you need — with plenty of time for your questions.

Please RSVP at 774-801-811

Wellfleet Chamber

Join us on the Town Hall lawn for this magical annual tradition with festive lights, music, and cheer.

This year, enjoy performances by Mr. Staker and the Wellfleet Elementary School students, along with local artist Jordan Renzi!

Let’s count down the Holiday Tree Lighting together and kick off the season in true Wellfleet spirit!

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 Preservation Hall

HOLIDAY BAZAAR

CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY SEASON WITH A THREE-DAY CRAFT FAIR FEATURING YOUR FAVORITE VENDORS!

PLUS FAMILY-FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES

Friday, 12/5 5:30- 8 PM

Start shopping after the town tree lighting!

Saturday, 12/6 & Sunday 12/7 11-4 pm

Over 20 vendors on both floors

Holiday Cocktail Bar • Snacks

Wellfleet Public Library

Ukulele Storytime with Julie Murray

Dec 5 at 10:30 am

First Congregational Church of Wellfleet

CHRISTMAS FAIR - SATURDAY, DEC 6TH, 10AM-2PM

at the First Congregational Church 200 Main Street, Wellfleet

Indulge in Homemade Delights and

Support Our Community

• Paul Kemprecos reading selections

• signing and book sales

• reading at 11 am

• cookies and other holiday treats

• non-profit bazaar

• handmade crafts

• cafe: soup and sandwiches

Wellfleet Chamber

The season of local cheer is here! Join us for Shop Wonderful Wellfleet — a festive day of shopping, community spirit, and holiday fun.

The first 10 shoppers to make a $25+ purchase at each participating store will receive a holiday gift and an entry to win the prized “delectable cookie tin,” filled with gift cards from participating shops.
Limit one per person per store.

⸻

How It Works
1. Visit any participating business on Saturday, December 6
2. Make a $25+ purchase
3. If you’re one of the first 10 shoppers, you’ll receive:
• A special holiday gift
• An entry into the Grand Prize Giveaway
4. Fill out your entry tag and leave it with the business
5. The Chamber will collect all entries for the big drawing!

⸻

Participating Businesses

Abiyoyo
Customs House
Drift
Isabel Souza Studios
Jeff Soderbergh Gallery
Jewelry Studio
Left Bank
Newcomb Hollow
Ragtime
Sailor
Shinglefish (at Preservation Hall Bazaar)
Sickday
Up Front
Wellfleet Marine Retail
Wellfleet Marketplace

Hosted by the Wellfleet Chamber of Commerce

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

HOLIDAY BAZAAR

CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY SEASON WITH A THREE-DAY CRAFT FAIR FEATURING YOUR FAVORITE VENDORS!

PLUS FAMILY-FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES

Friday, 12/5 5:30- 8 PM

Start shopping after the town tree lighting!

Saturday, 12/6 & Sunday 12/7 11-4 pm

Over 20 vendors on both floors

Holiday Cocktail Bar • Snacks

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

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 Preservation Hall

HOLIDAY

BAZAAR

CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY SEASON WITH A THREE-DAY CRAFT FAIR FEATURING YOUR FAVORITE VENDORS!

PLUS FAMILY-FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES

Sunday 12/7 11-4 pm

Over 20 vendors on both floors

Holiday Cocktail Bar • Snacks

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.

December Highlights:

Sea Turtle Patrol • Early Bird Walk • In Search of Winter Waterfowl • Owl Prowl • Fish Feeding Fun • Nature Play Group • Children's Storytime • Full Moon Exploration • Still Life Studio • Exploring Coastal Cape Cod - Great Island

www.massaudubon.org

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

You're invited to a delicious complimentary lunch as we officially launch the Family Table Collaborative's new Nourish Our Neighbors Soup Program - hot, nutritious meals that create lasting change on Cape Cod. Join us for good food and great company as representatives from the Family Table Collaborative, Wellfleet Food Pantry, 246 Kitchen, and the Mustard Seed share how their collaborative efforts bring healthy meals to Wellfleet tables all year long. Space is limited, please RSVP before December 5, 2025 by calling 774-801-8119 or 508-349-2800. Come hungry, leave inspired, and help us cheer on our community's Souper Heroes!

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

September 23-December 9 (No class on November 11)

Wellfleet Public Library

DROP IN AND DECORATE!

KIDS' HOLIDAY COOKIE FUN!

STOP BY THE CHILDREN'S READING ROOM FOR COOKIE DECORATING! WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10 - 4:00 PM-3:00 PM

WELLFLEET PUBLIC COBRARY

Wellfleet Public Library

Join us in the Children's Room for the Holiday Free Book Table!

A new book for every child and teen!

Wrapping paper provided!

First Congregational Church of Wellfleet

Epicurious Café

Want to shake off the late Winter blues and learn some new tips and tricks for the kitchen?

Thursday, December 11th, at 5pm at the First Congregational Church, 200 Main St, Wellfleet,

Denice and Chris from Poor Boy Fisheries (the dynamic duo behind our Scallop Dinners) will provide a shucking demonstration as well as teach participants how to prepare and serve Oysters Rockefeller.

This all-ages event is free to all, due to generous funding by a Wellfleet WELLFLEET

CULTURAL COUNCIL Cultural Council grant.

Space is limited, and pre-registration is required.

Register online at wellfleetchurch.org/events

NOTE - Date on previous flyer was incorrect - this is the correct date

Wellfleet Adult Community Center

Santa Claus Oyster Ornament Workshop

with local artist Amy Ramsdell

DECEMBER 12 - 11:00AM - 1:00PM

COST IS $5

Wellfleet Public Library

Join us in the Children's Room for the Holiday Free Book Table!

A new book for every child and teen!

Wrapping paper provided!

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

On Exhibit December 2nd through January 2nd

RECEPTION DECEMBER 12TH 5-7 PM

Over 35 Artists Featured! Over 70 works on display!

Wellfleet Public Library

W. A. Mozart - Sonata in B flat major, K. 333

Frédéric Chopin - Nocturnes in B flat minor, 0p. 9#1, and E minor, Op. post.

Tina Davidson Two Short Pieces: "In the Hammock of Her Skirt" and "Behind Closed Bamboo"

Andrew Stiller - "The Water is Wide, Daisy Bell" (1987)

Igor Stravinsky - Piano Sonata in C (1924)

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater

Andrea Chénier

Giordano’s passionate tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the French Revolution. Following their celebrated recent partnership in Giordano’s Fedora in the 2022–23 Live in HD season, Beczała reunites with soprano Sonya Yoncheva as Chénier’s aristocratic lover, Maddalena di Coigny, with baritone Igor Golovatenko as Carlo Gérard, the agent of the Reign of Terror who seals their fates. Met Principal Guest Conductor Daniele Rustioni takes the podium to lead Nicolas Joël’s gripping staging, which will be transmitted live from the Met stage to cinemas on December 13. 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

Join us in the Children's Room for the Holiday Free Book Table!

A new book for every child and teen!

Wrapping paper provided!

Yule for Fuel

Yule for Fuel returns this December with your favorite Cape Cod performers, writers, and musicians in an evening of music, merriment, and mirth, all in support of Lower Cape Outreach Council’s Fuel Assistance Program.  Hosted by Stephen Russell.

December 13 and 20, 2025 at 7:00 pm

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 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.

December Highlights:

Sea Turtle Patrol • Early Bird Walk • In Search of Winter Waterfowl • Owl Prowl • Fish Feeding Fun • Nature Play Group • Children's Storytime • Full Moon Exploration • Still Life Studio • Exploring Coastal Cape Cod - Great Island

www.massaudubon.org

Wellfleet Public Library

Step into the holiday spirit with a festive afternoon of soap-making at the library!

Space is limited in this workshop, and pre-registration is required - please call (508) 349-0310 or stop by the circulation desk to sign up!

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

October 21, November 4, 18, December 2, 16, January 6, 2026

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/

Irish, Folk & Old Time Music with Denya Lavine, Tim Dicky & Friends

Tuesdays, December 16, & 30 : 6:30 - 8:30 pm

Mean Burgers - 842 RTE 6, Wellfleet

Questions: www.denya.us

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: ALMOST, MAINE BY JOHN CARIANI

ACT ONE: WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3 @ 4:00 PM

ACT TWO: WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 17

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

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 us in the Children's Room for the Holiday Free Book Table!

A new book for every child and teen!

Wrapping paper provided!

Wicked Oyster

Ella Mae Dixon will be performing at The Wicked Oyster this December!

At just 19 years old, Ella Mae made her New York City headlining debut to a sold-out crowd at Birdland Jazz Club. Since then, she has sold out concert Venus, has been a guest artist with the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra, and has headlined some of the most prestigious nightclubs in America and abroad! Limited tickets are available in the dining room, so guests are encouraged to book ahead by calling 508-349-3455. A $20 ticket price will be added to each seat reservation.

When: Friday, December 19th at 7:00PM

No ticketing website - just call for reservations and the ticket price will be added. 

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

Actor Neil McGarry will be touring his award-winning, solo performance of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol for the twelfth year, touring across the U.S. in December 2025. Directed by Ross MacDonald, McGarry’s performance was named “Best Of Boston” by critic Jules Becker and won "Best Solo Performance” from the Independent Reviewers of New England in 2014.

Armed only with a bare stage, a few props, and Dickens’ glorious words, McGarry delivers the perennial holiday classic in a tour de force that has left audiences riveted from Boston to Prague. Joyous, captivating, and witty, A Christmas Carol is a fully staged, full-throated leap into Dickens’ most famous story, delivered with a simplicity that disarms and touches the heart.

Wellfleet Public Library

Join us in the Children's Room for the Holiday Free Book Table!

A new book for every child and teen!

Wrapping paper provided!

Wellfleet Public Library

WELLFLEET COMMUNITY FIBER ARTS SHOW

OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2025 - 5:00 PM-7:00 PM

ON DISPLAY: DECEMBER 7, 2025 - JANUARY 10, 2026

First Congregational Church of Wellfleet

Come share a song or a poem or come listen to your friends & neighbors.

Sign-up starts 1/2 an hour prior to event

Light refreshments provided

First Congregational Church of Wellfleet

Come share a song or a poem or come listen to your friends & neighbors.

Sign-up starts 1/2 an hour prior to event

Light refreshments provided

Wicked Oyster

Ella Mae Dixon will be performing at The Wicked Oyster this December!

At just 19 years old, Ella Mae made her New York City headlining debut to a sold-out crowd at Birdland Jazz Club. Since then, she has sold out concert Venus, has been a guest artist with the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra, and has headlined some of the most prestigious nightclubs in America and abroad! Limited tickets are available in the dining room, so guests are encouraged to book ahead by calling 508-349-3455. A $20 ticket price will be added to each seat reservation.

When: Friday, December 19th at 7:00PM

No ticketing website - just call for reservations and the ticket price will be added. 

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater

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

Hamlet

TICKETS

Wellfleet Public Library

Join us in the Children's Room for the Holiday Free Book Table!

A new book for every child and teen!

Wrapping paper provided!

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

Join Eleanor Dubinsky and Dario Acosta Teich as they perform festive international favorites alongside music from their new album "Just the Three of Us".

When charismatic NYC-based duo Eleanor Dubinsky and Dario Acosta Teich perform together, they connect — to each other, to audiences, to diverse traditions that become surprisingly familiar, and to the deeper reaches of human emotion. Their joyful concerts of jazz, Latin, French and original songs invite audiences to travel the world while discovering underground tributaries that connect us in our shared human experience.

This holiday season Preservation Hall concert will include festive international favorites and highligh the release of Eleanor and Dario’s new album, Just The Three of Us.

More about Eleanor and Dario:

Eleanor is a St. Louis, MO-born vocalist and multi-instrumentalist with musical roots in classical cello. Dario is a virtuoso guitarist from Tucumán, Argentina, a South American center of folk music and indigenous culture. Their shared, ever-evolving creative paths have taken them to respected stages across five continents, including The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, Lincoln Center’s La Casita, Bebop Jazz in Buenos Aires, the Guggenheim Museum, City Winery NYC, Joe’s Pub and International Jazz Day in Luanda, Angola. Eleanor and Dario also serve as cultural ambassadors for the U.S. State Department, performing and leading educational programs for U.S. Embassies in Latin America and on the African continent.

Yule for Fuel

Yule for Fuel returns this December with your favorite Cape Cod performers, writers, and musicians in an evening of music, merriment, and mirth, all in support of Lower Cape Outreach Council’s Fuel Assistance Program.  Hosted by Stephen Russell.

December 13 and 20, 2025 at 7:00 pm

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 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.

First Congregational Church of Wellfleet

Blue Christmas

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21 - 5 PM

Are the holidays a difficult time?

Do you find yourself missing someone?

Grieving a loss? Not where you would hope to be?

If the jolly tunes of the season don't land easily on your ear, we invite you to join us for our Longest Night (Blue Christmas) service.

On the night of the Winter solstice - the longest night of the year-we gather for a time of prayer and reflection, as we move from darkness into light.

First Congregational Church, 200 MAIN STREET, WELLFLEET

wellfleetchurch.org

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.

December Highlights:

Sea Turtle Patrol • Early Bird Walk • In Search of Winter Waterfowl • Owl Prowl • Fish Feeding Fun • Nature Play Group • Children's Storytime • Full Moon Exploration • Still Life Studio • Exploring Coastal Cape Cod - Great Island

www.massaudubon.org

Wellfleet Public Library

Kripalu Gentle Yoga

Tuesdays 4:00 PM-5:00 PM

12/23/25, 12/30/25, 1/6/26, 1/13/26

Guided by Patty Pipernos

Wellfleet Library, Multi-media room

55 W Main St., Wellfleet, MA 02667

If you can, bring a mat, blocks, & yoga strap • Limited mats/ props available

All classes "pay as you wish" ($0-15 suggested) • All proceeds to be donated to the Wellfleet Food Pantry.

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 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 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.

December Highlights:

Sea Turtle Patrol • Early Bird Walk • In Search of Winter Waterfowl • Owl Prowl • Fish Feeding Fun • Nature Play Group • Children's Storytime • Full Moon Exploration • Still Life Studio • Exploring Coastal Cape Cod - Great Island

www.massaudubon.org

Wellfleet Public Library

Holiday Movie Matinee

The Muppet Christmas Carol

There is nothing that brings people together more during the holidays than the Muppets! The classic Dickens holiday tale is retold with Kermit the Frog playing Bob Cratchit, the put-upon clerk of stingy Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine in the role of a lifetime). Other Muppets - Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie Bear, and Sam the Eagle - weave in and out of the story, while Scrooge receives visits from spirits of three Christmases - past, present and future. They show him the error of his self- serving ways, but the miserable old man seems to be past any hope of redemption and happiness.

85 minutes. Rated G

Wellfleet Public Library

Kripalu Gentle Yoga

Tuesdays 4:00 PM-5:00 PM

12/23/25, 12/30/25, 1/6/26, 1/13/26

Guided by Patty Pipernos

Wellfleet Library, Multi-media room

55 W Main St., Wellfleet, MA 02667

If you can, bring a mat, blocks, & yoga strap • Limited mats/ props available

All classes "pay as you wish" ($0-15 suggested) • All proceeds to be donated to the Wellfleet Food Pantry.

Irish, Folk & Old Time Music with Denya Lavine, Tim Dicky & Friends

Tuesdays, December 16, & 30 : 6:30 - 8:30 pm

Mean Burgers - 842 RTE 6, Wellfleet

Questions: www.denya.us

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 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 January:

1/4, 1/18, 1/25

Wellfleet Public Library

MLK COMMUNITY ART BUILD WITH ARTPEACEMAKERS

ArtPeaceMakers present a Community Art Build for all ages at the Wellfleet Public Library. Come one, come all to make a sign to carry or wear in the Wellfleet MLK Walk on MLK Day (January 19). Art supplies provided. Please bring cardboard and/or poster-board.

SUNDAY JANUARY 4 ~ 2:00 PM-4:00 PM

First Congregational Church of Wellfleet

Monday, January 5th - Noon to 1:00pm (or until soup runs out)

Soup, bread, salad and dessert. Everyone is welcome!

First Congregational Church of Wellfleet, 200 Main Street, Wellfleet

508-349-6877

www.wellfleetchurch.org

Wellfleet Public Library

Kripalu Gentle Yoga

Tuesdays 4:00 PM-5:00 PM

12/23/25, 12/30/25, 1/6/26, 1/13/26

Guided by Patty Pipernos

Wellfleet Library, Multi-media room

55 W Main St., Wellfleet, MA 02667

If you can, bring a mat, blocks, & yoga strap • Limited mats/ props available

All classes "pay as you wish" ($0-15 suggested) • All proceeds to be donated to the Wellfleet Food Pantry.

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

October 21, November 4, 18, December 2, 16, January 6, 2026

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

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

Ukulele Storytime with Julie Murray

January 8 at 10:30 am

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater

I Puritani

For gorgeous melody, spellbinding coloratura, and virtuoso vocal fireworks, IPuritani has few equals. On January 10, the first new Met production of Bellini’s final masterpiece in nearly 50 years—a striking staging by Charles Edwards, who makes his company directorial debut after many successes as a set designer—arrives in cinemas worldwide. The Met has assembled a world-beating quartet of stars, conducted by Marco Armiliato, for the demanding principal roles. Soprano Lisette Oropesa and tenor Lawrence Brownlee are Elvira and Arturo, brought together by love and torn apart by the political rifts of the English Civil War, with baritone Artur Ruciński as Riccardo, betrothed to Elvira against her will, and bass-baritone Christian Van Horn as Elvira’s sympathetic uncle, Giorgio. 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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Kripalu Gentle Yoga

Tuesdays 4:00 PM-5:00 PM

12/23/25, 12/30/25, 1/6/26, 1/13/26

Guided by Patty Pipernos

Wellfleet Library, Multi-media room

55 W Main St., Wellfleet, MA 02667

If you can, bring a mat, blocks, & yoga strap • Limited mats/ props available

All classes "pay as you wish" ($0-15 suggested) • All proceeds to be donated to the Wellfleet Food Pantry.

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater

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

Mrs. Warren’s Profession

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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

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 January:

1/4, 1/18, 1/25

Wellfleet Preservation Hall

This documentary film screening is a benefit for Latinx in Action presented by Night Owl and Art for the Border. Tickets $5.

A derelict American city finds grace & success hosting a flood of refugees - from Burma, Sudan, Bosnia, Ukraine, Gaza, Vietnam, Cambodia, Somalia, Laos and Nepal.

"This is a town that loves refugees, that was made and remade by refugees.""Everything in this film, the slices of everyday life, the intimacy - details a people and a community who found each other... and together gained salvation."

Utica, New York was once a hub of the U.S. textile industry but had become a city of abandoned factories and condemned housing, where for many the best hope was represented by a lottery ticket. Then, the refugees began to arrive. From Bosnia, Burma, Sudan, people with only the clothes on their backs, people who’d never seen snow. The influx of outsiders was frightening to many, but Utica opened its arms and discovered that those who have “only the clothes on their backs” also have skills and talents, a resilience honed through years of struggle, an enviable work ethic, and values many of us can learn from. • Utica : The Last Refuge follows a family through their first year in Utica, which has returned to life, attracted new business, and become “a showcase for how a town turns itself around economically,” a showcase for values of family and community that can seem lost in this grievous era, a model for a kind of economic development that promises much more than wealth.

LATINX IN ACTION is an immigrant-led nonprofit that helps Cape Cod immigrants with language skills, food aid, resource and legal referrals, and support groups. As government immigration policy has turned to persecution, LIA has begun developing advocacy and legal resources as well. People who donate $50 or more to the Latinx in Action GoFundMe may choose a gift at the event of original art contributed by local artists.

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Viburnums have been cultivated tor centuries and are a popular plant in many commercial and residential American gardens. Vincent will describe a wide selection of viburnums, both popular and underutilized, and introduce us to new variates of this genus including deciduous, evergreen, tree, and shrub forms. He will discuss their ecological and landscape value, cultural adaptability, and use in both natural and cultivated landscape settings. Soil and light preferences and pest management will be covered.

Wednesday, January 21 ~ 10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Presented by the Wellfleet Gardeners

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Join us in the Children's Reading Room for some vegetable pickling!

Learn how pickles are made and bring home your own jar of delicious, briny snacks!

For children ages 4+! Presented by the Friends of the Wellfleet Library

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

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 January:

1/4, 1/18, 1/25

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: WATCH ON THE RHINE BY LILLIAN HELLMAN

ACT ONE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 4:00 PM

ACT TWO: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 4:00 PM

4:00 PM

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

FREE TO ENTER!

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Join photographer and seaman Craig Dickson as he shares images of the deep submersible vehicle ALVIN, which was originally on RV Lulu up to 1983, then on the Atlantis Il from 1984-96, and has been on the Atlantis since 1997. His photos share a unique view into what it was like for scientists and seamen who worked with ALVIN every day for many years, documenting how things worked while at sea and what changes were made as development of ALVIN progressed. For this presentation, the photos he will share are entirely from his time at sea, showing the varied conditions over the years in many oceans.

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater

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

The Importance of Being Earnest

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Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater

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

Life of Pi

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

Dr. Strangelove

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

A Streetcar Named Desire

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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.

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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.

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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

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