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I Remember Wellfleet, the Arts
Oct
18
7:00 PM19:00
Speaker Series

I Remember Wellfleet, the Arts

I Remember Wellfleet
The Arts

October 18th, 7 pm at the Wellfleet Public Library

For many years painting, singing, writing poetry, playing music, and acting have been deeply embedded in Wellfleet culture. Everyone has memories of music teachers, instruments played, their first time acting in a school play, and neighbors of exceptional artistry. 

Added to home grown talent, visitors have carved their niche in Wellfleet’s culture. Drawn by both a majestic ocean and the solitude of a cottage in the woods allowing for uninterrupted creativity, artists, writers, musicians, and actors found Wellfleet a place offering escape and community.

Come and share your stories as WHS&M Board Member Dwight Estey guides us through another hour of I Remember Wellfleet. 

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Ropeless Buoy: Whales, Lobsters & Fishing
Oct
16
6:00 PM18:00
Speaker Series

Ropeless Buoy: Whales, Lobsters & Fishing

The postponed Ropeless Buoy talk is now scheduled for October 16 th at 6pm at the Library.

Join Henry Milliken, NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole, and Regina Asmutis-Silvia, Executive Director of the Whale and Dolphin Conservation’s North American office, in Plymouth for a discussion of the ropeless buoy. This event will be held at 6:00PM at the Wellfleet Library and is free of charge with donations welcome.

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Aug
16
7:00 PM19:00
Speaker Series

Ropeless Buoy: Whales, Lobsters & Fishing (postponed, new date TBD)

Our permanent maritime exhibit, which examines Wellfleet’s seafaring past, looks to the present and future with a new addition: a model and video of a ropeless lobster buoy, designed to save marine animals from deadly entanglements. See how new technology can help conservationists and those in the fishing industry work together to save the whales.

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I Remember Wellfleet
Oct
19
7:00 PM19:00
Speaker Series

I Remember Wellfleet

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Everyday Life in Wellfleet

Life is what happens every single day. So, what was Wellfleet daily life like in the 40’s, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s.
What did kids do to pass the time? School could be a chapter all on its own. What did a day of school look like for kids and teens? Who were the teachers that made you feel good or made you want to play hooky?
And if you played hooky, who joined you and where did you go?

There were still Blue Laws, so Sunday had to be different - or was it? And what of the difference between tourist season and off-season, or do you even notice when you’re ten years old? What was grocery shopping like? Dances, fishing, bike riding. Were did you find freedom or get into mischief? Something as simple as buying shoes, going to the hardware store or hanging out by pier has a story.

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