Arts

History brought to life through floral design

Wareham Garden Club members have brought moments from Wareham’s history to life through flower arrangements for a special exhibition in the library, open Friday and Saturday from 10 to 4. A hurricane, gas explosion, the War of 1812, and Captain John...

Wareham Public Schools to host a traveling art show

Wareham Public Schools has planned an art show that will travel around town from June 7 to June 15. The show will feature art created by students in third through seventh grade. Residents are invited to drive or walk by artwork, which will be...
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Summer of Love, Music at Land’s End concerts set for this summer

Live music will be back in Wareham this summer with the return of two popular concert series: The Summer of Love in Onset and Music from Land’s End Wareham. The Summer of Love Concerts will be held each Wednesday at the Onset VFW from 6:30 to 9 p.m...

‘She’s Dead!’: Students perform original murder mystery comedy play

A small, distanced crowd gathered in the parking lot by the high school’s softball field on Saturday night for the premier of a new play written and directed by two Wareham High School students. James Fitzgerald and Colby Flanigan wrote “She’s Dead...

Author brings humor, heart to series of locally-inspired books

A Wareham woman has written four books set largely in and around Onset and Wareham, and she’ll be hosting a book signing at ECHO on Saturday, May 1, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Elizabeth Butts’ books “Singleish,” “Secondhand Purses,” “Thirty Happens” and...

Golden Retriever helps author find love

Daniel Perdios, a soon-to-be Wareham resident and two-time author, described himself succinctly: “I’m the Golden Retriever guy.” He recently released his second book, titled “A Golden Retriever & His Two Dads: An Adventure on Cape Cod.” The book...

Artist brightens Onset VFW with murals honoring military service

Wareham veterans who frequent the Dudley Brown VFW in Onset might have noticed a new, eye-catching tribute to their service on the walls — and it’s all thanks to a young artist with ties to the organization. Shaez Gomes has spent months volunteering...

The industrious beaver

Reader George B. Emmons of Fairhaven contributes occasional essays about the wildlife of Wareham. As a Wareham Week reader and coastal resident, you may not see many beavers in your travels unless you go back inland to where their dams...

A class act: Student stars in new, locally-filmed TV show

Wareham native Charlie Tacker was bitten by the acting bug — or radioactive spider, perhaps — after he watched all of the Spider-Man movies when he was around age 4 or 5. “I was really fascinated with it. My mom thought I was going to end up jumping...