Town beach concert series opens as museum, arts groups roll out summer lineup

**Wednesday evening** — Wayland's Sunset Concert Series kicked off at Town Beach, giving residents a new weekly summer music option through the Recreation Department, per Wayland Patch, which reported the series "Begins" this week (https://patch.com/massachusetts/wayland/wayland-town-beach-sunset-concert-series-begins).

**Wednesday, July 8** — The town posted a road closure and construction notice for Glezen Lane, alerting residents to ongoing work in that area.

**Wednesday, July 8** — The Wayland Free Public Library noted that support for older Kindle models purchased before 2012 is ending, meaning those devices will no longer be able to download or borrow library ebooks now that Amazon has ended support.

**Thursday, July 9** — Arts Wayland's members' July-August art exhibit remains on view, alongside the "Echoes of Liberty" exhibit presented jointly with the Wayland Museum & Historical Society, running through July 31 at the museum.

**Thursday, July 9** — The Wayland Museum & Historical Society's "Walk, Wonder, and Discover!" nature-and-history walk series continues, with the next outing set for July 26 at 9 a.m. at Alpine Field and Castle Hill Trail.

**Friday, July 10** — Patch reports Wayland is "In Line For $500K In State Economic Development Funding," with the town set to receive money under a major economic development bond bill approved by the Massachusetts Legislature, according to Wayland Patch (https://patch.com/massachusetts/wayland/wayland-line-500k-state-economic-development-funding).

**Thursday, July 16** — Arts Wayland hosts "Macho Mocha," a coffee-and-connection gathering for men, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

**Friday, July 24 through Saturday, August 8** — The Vokes Players open their production of "Over the River and Through the Woods," Joe DiPietro's comedy directed by David Berti, at Beatrice Herford's Vokes Theatre.

**Thursday, July 23 through Sunday, July 26** — The Wayland Museum & Historical Society hosts the Slave Dwelling Project's "Tracing Liberty" program, free to attend, with further details to be announced.

**Monday, July 27** — Arts Wayland presents "The Songwriter's Woodshed" at 7:30 p.m.

**Thursday, August 6** — Arts Wayland's Art Circle meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Separately, Wayland Patch reported this week that a new cafe, retail shop and event venue is nearing its debut in Wayland, part of the Terrain Events/URBN development coming to Wayland Village next month, according to Patch (https://patch.com/massachusetts/wayland/new-cafe-event-space-nears-opening-wayland).