This week, the City of Newton joins communities across the country and the world in mourning the victims of the tragic shooting last week in Newtown, CT. All residents are cordially invited to join us this Wednesday, December 19th at 6:00 pm in the War Memorial of Newton City Hall for a vigil in remembrance of those whose lives were lost. The service will feature remarks from community leaders, readings from an interfaith representation of Newton clergy members, and musical performances. As part of the event, we are asking participants to bring letters or notes to members of the Newtown community. The letters will be collected and sent at the end of the week. A collection box will be inside the main entrance to Newton City Hall, where letters can be dropped off through the end of the day this Friday, December 21st. We hope that you can join us for this important community event.
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Newton Youth Wrestling program
If your child is interested in wrestling, there is a new wrestling program available for new wrestlers and seasoned veterans alike. Esposito’s Wrestling Program will fine-tune their abilities.
Joe Esposito and Alex Greenfield have designed an effective wrestling program for optimal learning and continual progress. This wrestling program includes a planned instructional sequence, conditioning, unique drills and review sessions.
Class size is limited. Equipment needed is: Sweat pants, long sleeve t-shirt, and sneakers or wrestling sneakers. Alex is presently assisting in the Special Education Department at Bigelow Middle School, in Newton, and is a graduate researcher and student in Special Education at UMASS Boston.
Details: Saturdays, January 5th through March 30th 9:00 – 10:30 am
Cost: $250
Ages: 7 – 15
For information or to enroll: 617-965-1329
December Recess Sewing Camp
Spring 2013 Programs at Brookline Music School January 29 – June 17, 2013
Brookline Music School’s Term II (Spring) programs begin January 29, 2013, offering a variety of classes and private instruction for all ages and abilities. Term II runs for 15 weeks. Brookline Music School (BMS) welcomes students ages 4 years to adult to study private music lessons on a number of instruments. The school introduced a folk music program that offers group classes for adults and family jams. Music for iPad classes include Garageband for iPad and iPad Band! Jazz/Rock, and Chamber Ensembles are offered year-round for kids, teens and adults. Ensembles provide a unique opportunity to experience the joys of music making with others. Brookline Music School has a wide array of ensembles for all ages and abilities – with multiple performance opportunities – catering to a variety of musical abilities and interests.
Brookline Music School is located at 25 Kennard Road, Brookline, MA 02445 and offers private instruction in the Brookline Public Schools. For more information about Brookline Music School’s Term II (Spring) January 29-June 17, 2013 programs, classes, private instruction, workshops, policies, tuition, faculty, scholarship program, or for a schedule of recitals, concerts, community outreach events, school calendar, registration forms and more visit www.bmsmusic.org or call (617) 277-4593.
Newton Community Ed Winter Term – Registration is Open
High school kids, sign up for SAT prep or Driver’s Ed classes through Newton Community Ed this winter. New ACT prep classes are coming this spring, in addition to more SAT prep classes and prep for the Chemistry and Biology SAT subject tests too. NCE has classes for the whole family: for younger kids we offer enrichment classes in all areas, from art to technology; from science to poetry. We have some great winter family classes, including Ductivities, Glass Mosaic, and more. Adults looking to learn something new should check out our complete online catalog at www.newtoncommunityed.org, where you’ll find classes in every category from computers to crafts. Call our office at 617-559-6999 for more information. Newton Community Ed is part of the Newton Public Schools; when you support our program, you support our schools.
Champlain College Young Writers’ Conference, May 24-26
Calling All Intrepid Troubadours of the Word Road: we have released the hounds and are shouting out from the mountaintops. You are once again cordially invited to attend a weekend of writing workshops, craft sessions, and open mic at the Champlain College Young Writers’ Conference, May 24-26. Now in our thirteenth year, our doors are open to high school students who wish to share their passion for story, drama, and song with their writerly brothers and sisters – and with celebrated New England authors. We offer three days of readings, improv, Moth storytelling, poetry slams, literary jazz/blues fusion, and extended friendship on the hillside campus of Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. The postmark DEADLINE OF FEBRUARY 15 is fast approaching and our search lights are on. If you have a tale to spin, or a story to share, please download an application (or cover letter & brochure) from our website.
OUR 2013 KEYNOTE SPEAKER, POET AND ESSAYIST, WESLEY MCNAIR, is the Poet Laureate of Maine and the author of nineteen books, including poetry, nonfiction, and edited anthologies. Often featured on Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac, McNair has received numerous honors including two Rockefeller Fellowships, two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, a Guggenheim, the Theodore Roethke Prize, and the Jane Kenyon Award for Outstanding Book of Poetry.
Next Level Up: in-home tutoring & music lessons
Next Level Up provides a unique service that offers many choices for the parents and students of local communities. Next Level Up has highly qualified, compassionate, dedicated tutors to assist students of all ages in a wide ranging array of subjects from Writing to Math to Foreign Languages.
We also believe that music education can increase students’ levels of confidence throughout school. That’s why we also have music teachers from Berklee College of Music, Longy School of Music, and New England Conservatory of Music who offer in-home music lessons in piano, guitar, voice, violin, and many other instruments.
For more information, visit our website, call us at (781) 540-1123, or send an email.
Open mic night & flute workshop from Brookline Music School
Brookline Music School faculty Scott Pittman hosts a weekly Open Mic Night at Café Nicholas, 1632 Beacon Street, Brookline in Washington Square from 7:00 to 9:00pm for FREE. Brookline Music School provides a full drum set, amplifiers for bass, guitar and keyboard, and two microphones for the evening. All ages and skill levels are welcome to attend and perform. This is a great opportunity to showcase your talent without the intimidating atmosphere.
BMS will hold its 9th Annual Suzuki Flute Workshop on Sunday, January 20 and Monday, January 21, from 9:00am to 5:00pm at 25 Kennard Road in Brookline. This two-day workshop features a master class, group class and ensemble or reading class each day, and ends with an informal concert. Non-Suzuki flute students are welcome to join in the fun but should be familiar with some of the repertoire from the Suzuki Method. Workshop tuition is $120, with additional class fees of $20. Info & registration available online.
New Year’s Open House at Newton City Hall, Dec. 31
Times Square isn’t the only fun place to spend New Year’s Eve…the New Year’s Open House at Newton City Hall has free live entertainment, face painting, refreshments and balloon animals!
From 1:30 to 3:30 on December 31st, there are four
different continuous live performances, so you can catch them all:
the Joanne Langione Dance Studio dancers, the ever-popular Newton Family Singers, the hilarious Big Joe the Storyteller, and
puppets and songs with Diana Kane.
Kids can get their faces painted and get a balloon animal to take home. The “price” of admission is a non-perishable food item for the Newton Food Pantries, or a child’s book or winter clothing item for Cradles to Crayons. Visit the Newton Community Pride website
for more information, or call 617-527-8283.
Winter Workshop Fest at Watertown Children’s Theatre, Jan. 21
The Watertown Children’s Theatre, arsenalARTS and New Repertory Theatre are teaming up to provide a fun-filled day of theatre, visual art and more at the Arsenal Center on January 21, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!
Students in grades K-5 can explore the worlds of both theatre and visual arts with WCT and the ACA, while students in grades 6-9 can experience intensive performance workshops with WCT and New Rep!
Register for the morning session (9:30 am – 12:45 pm) or the afternoon session (1:15 pm – 4:30 pm) or both! Students enrolled in both programs may bring a nut-free lunch and will be supervised during the lunch break.
More information is available on the WCT website.