Wellesley's Wonderful Weekend Schedule of Event - May 17 - May 19th

Visit Wellesley's Wonderful Weekend Website - click here  Friday - May 17th

3:00p.m. - 6:00p.m. Annual Hunnewell Fun Fair*  — Hunnewell School PTO Hunnewell Elementary School, 28 Cameron Street, Rides, games, crafts

Saturday - May 18th

7:00a.m.—2:30p.m. Pancake Festival* at the Wellesley Middle School — Rotary Club of Wellesley   7:00a.m.—2:30p.m. Free Eye Exams at the Needham Lions Club Eye Mobile at the Wellesley Middle School — Needham Lions Club Saturday—Sunday (decamp after parade) 18th Century Military Encampment at Town Hall Grounds The Royal Irish Artillery, Tours all day, Cannon Firing on the half hour on Saturday   All Weekend Display of Korean War Materials at the Wellesley Free Library530 Washington Street   All Weekend Wellesley Historical Society "Wellesley Then and Now" exhibitFaber Rug Company, 9 Central Street 9:00a.m.—10:00a.m. Town Forest Walk — Wellesley Trails Committee  Longfellow Pond parking lot (left side of Oakland Street 0.9 miles south of Rt. 9)   9:00a.m.—10:30a.m. Guided Walk “How Transportation Shaped Wellesley”* —Wellesley Historical SocietyDadmun/McNamara House, 229 Washington Street (East corner of Route 9)   9:00a.m.—3:00p.m. Wellesley Community Center Wheels of Wellesley219 Washington Street Exotic and Antique Cars, Motorcycles, and Bicycles   9:00a.m.—3:00p.m. Art in the Park — Wellesley Community Art Project & Wellesley Women ArtisansSimon’s  Park (Corner of Washington & Brook Street, left of the Library) 10:00a.m.—11:30a.m. Dog Contest*Wellesley Board of Health, & Wellesley Animal ControlWarren School Field, 90 Washington Street (Route 16)  Prizes awarded in various categories including "shaggiest", "best grooomed", "best tricks", "wiggliest", and many more!    11:00a.m.— 1:00p.m. Open House at Wellesley Historical Society — The Stanwood House, 323 Washington Street 11:00a.m.— 3:00p.m. Open House at Wellesley Police Station — 485 Washington Street 11:00a.m.— 3:00p.m. Open House at Wellesley Main Fire Station #2 — 457 Worcester Street (Route 9)   11:00a.m.— 3:00p.m. Open House at Wellesley Municipal Light Plant — 2 Municipal Way (455 Worcester Street, Route 9)   11:00a.m.— 3:00p.m. Open House at Wellesley Department of Public Works — 20 Municipal Way (455 Worcester Street, Route 9) 1:00p.m. — 3:00p.m. Build Your Own Woodland Troll & Fairy House — Wellesley Conservation CouncilCochituate Aqueduct, Russell Road / Kendall Road (for elementary school kids) 4:00p.m. Veterans’ Ecumenical Memorial Mass at Saint Paul Church Wellesley Veterans’ Council502 Washington Street

Sunday - May 19th

9:00a.m.—3:30p.m. Gardeners' Fair at Elm Bank — Mass Horticultural Society  Elm Bank Horticulture Center, 900 Washington Street 1:00p.m.—3:00p.m. 45th Annual Wellesley Veterans’ Parade 2013 Theme: 60th Anniversary of the end of the Korean WarWellesley Celebrations’ Committee Bring a food item to the parade for the Wellesley Food Pantry - Look for the World of Wellesley (WOW) Float The parade starts at the intersection of Route 16 (Washington Street) and Route 9 and continues westbound along Route 16 to Wellesley Square. The reviewing stand is in Wellesley Square.   4:00p.m.—5:30p.m. Grace Knight Babson Fund for Religious Education — 54rd Annual Program Knight Auditorium, Babson College Campus, Wellesley Avenue 5:00p.m. — DUSK Picnic in the Park at Hunnewell Field Food*, drinks*,kid’s rides*, crafts, games & other fun Food by Charles River Rotary and others 6:30p.m. Main Attraction Concert for Wellesley at Hunnewell Field Featuring the Reminisants DUSK Fireworks —the Biggest Ever! at Hunnewell Field Sponsors: Roche Brothers/Sudbury Farms and Wellesley Dental Group, Drs Ali and Ali *Please note, asterisk indicates a small fee may be charged.