Politics, Foreign Policy and Media Discussed Under a Familiar Roof

A near capacity crowd turned out to last night’s panel discussion on foreign policy as part of Turn Out The Lights.

Politics, foreign regimes and the state of the media were just a few of the topics discussed by adults last night in the same place where they learned about those topics as teenagers. As part of the Turn Out The Lights commemoration of the closing of the old Wellesley High School building, four accomplished WHS alums served as panelists for a discussion entitled “U.S. Foreign Policy: Making it, Executing It, Analyzing It and Covering It.” Nicholas Burns, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School, Sean Carberry, foreign desk producer for National Public Radio, Jeffrey Fager, chairman of CBS News, and Aneesh Raman, speech writer for President Barak Obama, rounded out the panel, whose …

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Billy Squier Right at Home in Wellesley

Squier, WHS class of 1968, will perform as part of the Turn Out The Lights artist showcase.

Tonight, rock musician Billy Squier will perform at his high school alma mater to a sold out crowd. Squier, Wellesley High School class of 1968, signed on as part of the Performing Arts Showcase which is part of the town's "Turn Out the Lights" celebration. Squier began playing piano and guitar at an early age. In an e-mail interview Squier said, "I began taking piano lessons ages 9 through 11. Guitar lessons followed shortly thereafter. Even as a young boy, I always liked music. I knew from the moment I heard John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton (1966) that this is what I would be doing with my life." A Wellesley Hills native, Squier would visit sporadically while out on the road. He said, "As I got bigger, the town seemed …

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Amy Nachbar

11:54 pm on Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Hey David ~ Billy will be in Wellesley, his home town on Saturday to perform. You shoud come! Amy   more ›

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5 Things You Need to Know Today: Nov. 18

Your daily roundup of news and events.

Wellesley Patch wants to know if you have an opinion on a possible switch to full-day kindergarten? Speaking of school, the Turn Out The Lights festival begins next week. …Meet next Tuesday's alumni panelists. It’s going to be seasonably cold but sunny today, according to the National Weather Service. Get tickets to the Thanksgiving Day football game at The Linden Store and other locations to get the $2 discount.

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Meet the ‘Turn Out The Lights’ Alumni Panel

The Wellesley High School alumni panel discussion will take place Tuesday, Nov. 22.

As part of Wellesley Celebrates Educations’ “Turn Out The Lights” week of festivities, four Wellesley High School alumni will return to participate in a panel discussion Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the school’s auditorium. Here’s some more information about the panelists and the moderator, as provided by Wellesley Celebrates Education: The panel discussion is part of the week-long…celebration of the existing Wellesley High School building which will bring alumni back to the building to say good bye before it closes in February to make way for a new school. Retired Wellesley High School English teacher, Jeanie Goddard, commented on the panel, “Imagine the delight and the pride of retired WHS teachers when these distinguished panelists…

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Schedule of Events for ‘Turn Out The Lights’

The Turn Out The Lights Festival will takes place between Nov. 20 and Nov. 26.

To commemorate the closing of the 74-year old Wellesley High School building next year, the town is hosting Turn Out The Lights, a week-long series of consortiums, sports events and music. The series, which kicks off in two weeks, is sponsored by the Wellesley Education Foundation, Wellesley High School’s Parent Teacher Organization, The Fund for Wellesley and Wellesley Parents of Performing Students. The schedule: Sunday, Nov. 20: Video premier: “Architectural History of the Old WHS Building” Wakelin Room, Wellesley Library, 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22: Panel Discussion: “U.S. Foreign Policy: Making It, Executing It, Analyzing It and Covering It” Wellesley High School Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. This event will feature members of several past …

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