Tonight
Wakefield’s Town Council will hold a hybrid meeting at 7 p.m. with members in the studio.
Tuesday
At 6pm, the School Committee will hold an Executive Session in WCAT’s conference room. At 7:30 p.m., the committee will meet in a hybrid setting with members in the studio.
Wednesday
WCAT’s Ryan Boyd, Executive Director, will interview members of the First Baptist Church to discuss their plans to rebuild the church. The Friends of Lake Quannapowitt will hold their monthly meeting in WCAT’s conference room.
Wednesday at 3 p.m., Colleen Getty, Founder of The Room to Write and WCAT board member, will hold a video podcast (vodcast) with Valerie Bolling from New York who will be participating remotely.
Bolling became picture book author after being inspired by a visit from her nieces in December 2016. She wrote two stories in which each of them was the protagonist. Shortly after, she decided to pursue becoming a published author. In June of 2017, Bolling started writing query letters to agents and editors and began to participate in Twitter pitches. In June 2018, an editor at Boyds Mills & Kane, and less than two weeks later, she received the news that her book had been accepted for publication.
In addition to writing picture books, Bolling has written a Monthly Memo for teachers that is published on Twitter and she has been published in The National Writing Project’s Quarterly and NESCBWI News.
Bolling has a B.A. in English from Tufts University and from Columbia University, Teachers College, an M.A. in Elementary and Middle School Education.
Movies by the Lake leads off with “Encanto.”
To view the weekly programing schedule on the government and public channels go to Schedules – Wakefield Community Access TV (wcatwakefield.org)
“Movies by the Lake”
WCAT’s “Movies by the Lake” returns for its seventh year starting this week on July 14. Additional movie dates are July 21 and 28, and August 4 with a rain date of August 11. At these movies you’ll be charmed, and you can sing, too. You’ll find out who to call in the afterlife and, if it’s your day off, you can twist and shout.
Please contact Studio Administrator Barbara Worley at Barbara.worley@wcat.tv or 781-224-0300 for information about the movies.
Sponsors include Major Sponsors The Savings Bank (four movies) and Rebirth Body Transformation Center (four movies) and Supporting Sponsors The Boys & Girls Clubs of Stoneham and Wakefield, Gingerbread Construction Co., Dockside Wakefield, Wakefield Rotary, Wakefield Recreation, and Tarpey Insurance, Tufts Medicine/MelroseWakefield Healthcare, and Loan Depot Laer Realty (one movie each).
Sponsors are getting ready with giveaways and activities that will start at 6 p.m. before each movie.
WCAT is always seeking new member relationships and reminds the public that WCAT is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization for those who are considering membership.
On WCAT’s website (www.wcatwakefield.org) you can learn about all aspects of the station, review membership benefits, and evaluate sponsorship opportunities for your business. You can also search for WCATWakefield on YouTube. www.youtube.com/user/wcatwakefield to subscribe, view past meetings, public service announcements, and sporting events.
Also, if you do not have cable, you can get the government and public channels live streamed if you have Roku (for example) and add the WCAT app.
For more information about volunteering, membership, podcasts, or sponsor opportunities please call 781-224-0300 or email info@wcat.tv.
WCAT programming can viewed on RCN (channel 3 – public and channel 13 – government), RCN HD (channel 613 – public and channel 614 – government), Comcast (channel 3 – public and channel 22 – government), and Verizon (channel 40 – public and channel 42 – government).
