Sunday, May 3
Paws in the Park Dog-Friendly Family Festival Longfellow’s Wayside Inn
(72 Wayside Inn Road, Sudbury)
The 26th annual Paws in the Park will be held (rain or shine) in the fields at Longfellow’s Wayside Inn. This dog-friendly, family-friendly event features contests and fun activities with your pup like trying an agility course, a fetch competition, littermate reunions, doggy dress-up relay or bobbing for hot dogs. Delicious food trucks will be on site (even a doggy treat truck). Plus over 50 vendors including 15 rescue organizations. At noon there is a parade of adoptable dogs from various shelters in the area. It is a great family outing with a dog. $5-15.
12–4 p.m.
Still Standing Wayland Historic House tours Wayland Museum
(12 Cochituate Road)
The Wayland Museum & Historical Society and Wayland Rev250 invite you to join us for a rare self-guided tour of five privately owned Revolutionary homes, part of Massachusetts’s statewide celebration of the 250th anniversary of American independence. $40.
1–3 p.m.
Sunday Slice and Bingo Social Council on Aging (8 Andrew Ave.)
Sunday Slice & Bingo Social is designed as an easy, low-stress Sunday gathering that blends food, fun, and community into one relaxed afternoon. Hosted by the Wayland Post, the event invites families, kids, and older adults alike to come together for a casual, social experience built around shared tables, simple entertainment, and a welcoming atmosphere. The concept is straightforward: no cooking, no pressure, just show up and enjoy. Pizza, popcorn, drinks, and a mix of beer and wine are available, creating a laid-back “Sunday reset” where people can unwind, connect, and spend time with friends or meet new ones. $15 for single, $45 for family.
Tuesday, May 5 1–3 p.m.
Local and Global Discussion Group May Meeting Weston Public Library
(87 School St., Weston)
Global Warming, Extinctions, Evolutions The Local and Global Discussion Group of the Weston Public Library will welcome Dr. Alan Rice in the Community Room for a lively presentation. Since the Cambrian Period some 530 million years ago, there have been five mass extinctions of life on the planet. Free.
Friday, May 8 5–7 p.m.
Cradles to Crayons Wayland Sorting Event Loker Elementary School
(47 Loker St.)
Join us at Loker Elementary to sort Cradles to Crayons donations from all Wayland collection locations. Sign up at tinyurl.com/cradles-form and bring the family to help sort donations. It’s a fun and easy service project, and we’ll have pizza and cupcakes for volunteers.
Wednesday, May 13 7–8:30 p.m.
Forgotten Fighters: Chinese Soldiers in the Civil War Council on Aging (8 Andrew Ave.)
Explore the largely untold history of Chinese participation on both sides of the American Civil War, on land and at sea — as well as collective Chinese American struggles for freedom, citizenship, civil rights, and belonging in the adopted country they called home — never to be forgotten again. The speaker will be joining us via Zoom for an in-person event at the Wayland Community Center/Council on Aging. Free.
Friday, May 15 12–2 p.m.
Puzzle Swap Wayland Free Public Library
(5 Concord Road)
Bring your gently used puzzles (300 to 1,500 pieces) and swap them for new-to-you puzzles. Please make sure that any puzzle you bring has all of its pieces so the next person can see the complete picture.
6:30–9 p.m.
Make a Mosaic Frame or Piece of Jewelry Arts Wayland (35 Andrew Ave.)
Saturday, May 16 9 a.m.–12 p.m.
Wayland Garden Club’s Annual Plant Sale Rear of Town Building
(41 Cochituate Road)
Join us for the Wayland Garden Club’s annual plant sale featuring perennials, vegetables, herbs, some annuals and a large assortment of native plants both straight species and culitvars. Many of the plants come from our members’ own gardens who want to share their successes with you.
9 a.m.–1 p.m.
Bike Collection Wayland Home and Design/
Ace Hardware (70 Andrew Ave.)
Bring your old, tired, or just unneeded bike to be delivered to the Lowell Bike Connector. The bikes will be fixed up and then distributed to kids and adults in need of low-cost, local transportation. (Please take severely rusted bikes that have been left outside to your local metal recycling bins.) The Bike Connector’s mission is to provide the Greater Lowell Community with safe and affordable bicycles. Free.
Sunday, May 31 3–4 p.m.
Jane Mecom: Widow to Witness to Revolution Wayland Free Public Library
(5 Concord Road)
Learn about the American Revolution through the life of someone who was living on the fringes of society, struggling to make ends meet. Jane Mecom was born in Boston in 1712 and experienced the changing political climate while enduring turmoil in her personal life, including, living in poverty, her husband’s death, and the loss of her children. Through surviving letters, we know that she experienced these trials in tandem.
