Category Archives: Events

Theatre Ink proudly presents: Cabaret Troupe’s Neverland

Cabaret Troupe is a group of dedicated performers who tell stories through the unique medium of contemporary musical theatre. This year they are showcasing a balance of comedic and dramatic numbers, and fostering vibrant acting performances through song. Directed by Will Champion and Jonathan Gomolka. Musical Direction by Alex Shames.

January 9th and 10th at 7:30 pm in the Performing Arts Center, Newton North High School, 457 Walnut Street.

Tickets $7.00 at http.www.threatreink.net . For more information, please contact Ad********@***********ma.us or 617- 559-6306.

Upcoming Teen Programs @ the Newton Free Library

The Lone Ranger Movie Screening
Johnny Depp hits the big screen in The Lone Ranger. Come to the Newton Free Library on Saturday, December 21st at 2:00 pm to watch a screening of the film. Open to ages 13 and up. Rated PG-13, runtime 149 min.

Family Game Night
Staying around town for the holiday season? Get in on a little friendly competition at Family Game Night on Monday, December 30th at 7:00 pm at the Newton Free Library. Join us in Druker Auditorium, where we will be playing board games and eating pizza. Open to all ages.

Luke’s Lights

Please join us on December 20th for the Second Annual Community Celebration of Luke’s Lights from 6:00 pm-11:00 pm for a Family Pot-Luck Dinner, Kids Activities, Great Live Music, and DJ at the Windsor Club, 1601 Beacon Street, Waban, MA.

For each ticket, two lights get to someone who cannot yet imagine how his/her life will change. Tickets and information are available at http://www.lukeslights.org and food sign-up at: www.signupgenius.com/go/5080D4CA4A7238-lukes1

“Luke’s Lights” was born of a wish by Luke Voss-Kernan’s friends and family to spread his light far and wide. All proceeds go towards a nonprofit “Unite-to-Light” to bring solar lights to communities in developing countries that live off the electrical grid. Since Luke’s Lights was started over a year ago, more than 5,000 lights have been sent to light homes in Kenya, Haiti, India, and just this month, two Mason-Rice families delivered 50 solar lights to an orphanage in Tanzania so the children could read and do their homework in the evening. In the United States, Luke’s Lights helped to brightened homes in New Jersey and New York after Hurricane Sandy left them in darkness.

Luke was a 2010 graduate of Newton South High School, and an alum of Brown Middle School and Mason-Rice Elementary School. To learn more about Luke and the good this program is already doing, please take a moment and visit http://lukeslights.org/shine.html

Greening Our Community Series

Kristi Marsh is the founder of ChooseWiser.com, the author of Little Changes, a breast cancer survivor, and an advocate for safer products. Kristi was a happily married mom of 3 children when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She learned how little she knew about the hidden dangers in her personal care products and she began a journey to become an educated consumer with the help of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, the Environmental Working Group, and the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow. Now she is a nationally celebrated speaker, inspiring others to join the movement for healthier homes and safer communities.

Elizabeth Saunders, Director of Clean Water Action/MA and Coordinator of the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow will join the Q&A. A book signing will follow the program.

January 6th, 7:00 pm
Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St.

Theatre Ink presents: BAD SEED, Dec. 11-14

Newton North’s award-winning theatre troupe, Theatre Ink, presents: BAD SEED by Maxwell Anderson, from William March’s 1954 novel.

In a small Southern town Little Rhoda Penmark rules the roost. On the surface she is sweet, charming, loved by her parents, and admired by all her elders. But Rhoda’s mother has an uneasy feeling when one of Rhoda’s schoolmates is mysteriously drowned. Ezra Dulit-Greenberg and Simon Wolfe direct this psychological thriller.

December 11th -14th at 7:30 pm
Little Theatre, Newton North High School 457 Walnut Street, Nortonville

Tickets $7.00 are available on the Theatre Ink website. For questions, please email Adam_Brown <at> Newton <dot> k12 <dot> ma <dot>us

Boys & Girls Club Annual Holiday Party

Monday, December 16
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Biltmore Bar & Grille
1205 Chestnut Street, Newton Upper Falls

Join us as we ring in the holidays at the Biltmore Bar & Grille’s 2nd Annual Holiday Party to benefit the John M. Barry Boys & Girls Club!

Tickets are $20 and include food, open bar, raffles and more!

We have a few tickets left, and welcome you to stop by the Club to purchase yours. Please see Diane or Piper in the administrative offices or call 617.630.2066.

OurNewton.org is new source for Newton community news

Run by volunteers, OurNewton.org is “one-stop shopping” for Newton community news. OurNewton.org lists not-for-profit events around Newton: concerts, plays, festivals, sports clinics, lectures, workshops, classes, volunteer opportunities, walks, bike rides, and more.

Check out some of this week’s events in Newton:

12/9 Mother-Daughter book group at Newton Free Library
12/10 Irish Christmas concert at Boston College
12/10 Reading and discussion with Ari Shavit, author of My Promised Land
12/12 Handbell ringers concert at Newton Free Library

Winter Solstice Celebration, Dec. 21

All are invited to the Iranian Association of Boston’s special event celebrating Yalda Night, the longest night of the year.

Saturday, December 21
7 p.m.
Watertown Middle School, 68 Waverley Avenue, Watertown

Come see Persian dances, hear live music, a choral recital, and poetry readings from Hafez.

Admission fee for online tickets is $20 for adult, student and senior members; $25 for non-members; and kids 3 – 12 years of age are $10 each. Additional $5 per ticket at the door. Please visit the event website to learn more.

Any questions, please email Newton South parent Susan Ghafouri.

A conversation about teens, parents and media use for parents of middle schoolers

A conversation about teens, parents and media use featuring: Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics and  David Luis Ortega, Private Practice, Cambridge, MA,  moderated by Nancy Baym, Microsoft Research New England.

This event will bring experts and the community together to discuss many of the concerns parents and teens have about media use. Discussions will bring research evidence and practical advice to bear on understanding questions like: What realistic risks may teens face with their media use? How can teens benefit most from digital media? How can parents create and enforce appropriate boundaries for their teens’ media use to best balance risks and opportunities?

The session will conclude with a half hour for parents to mix and mingle and compare strategies and experiences. Parents from all of the Newton middle schools are welcome.

Wednesday. December 11th, 7:00 pm
Auditorium, F.A. Day Middle School

Make your shopping merrier with the Arts Stroll & Shop: Dec 13th – 15th

NCA’s Arts Stroll & Shop is back for its third year and they’ve expanded to three villages over three days. Enjoy spontaneous performances and pop-up galleries while you shop and dine in Chestnut Hill, Newton Centre and West Newton this December 13th – 15th.

December 13th from 6:00 pm-9:00 pm: Kickoff Event at THE STREET (Chestnut Hill)

December 14th from Noon-6:00 pm THE STREET at WEST NEWTON SQUARE

December 15th from Noon-6:00 pm NEWTON CENTRE at THE STREET

Don’t miss the special discounts, giveaways, exclusive items, and, of course, the arts and culture that the Stroll brings to town! You’ll feel great after you Shop Local. Eat Local. Art Local. Click here http://www.artsstrollandshop.com/ to access the new Stroll website with detailed participant and schedule information.