Category Archives: Events

TeenLife Community Service Fair & Expo, March 3

The TeenLifeLIVE! Community Service Fair & Expo will be held Sunday, March 3, from 12 to 4 p.m. at The Mall at Chestnut Hill.

Meet face-to-face with local non-profit representatives who are actively seeking teen volunteers. Meet representatives from various programs and services catered to college-bound teens such as tutoring and test prep companies, summer programs, and gap year opportunities. The first 500 students to register will receive a TeenLife swag bag at the door.

Register online and see the organizations scheduled to take part at the TeenLife website. 

 

Join Project Bread’s Walk For Hunger – Sunday, May 5

Do you want to help feed hungry people in Massachusetts? Food insecurity is a very real problem – over 750,000 people (many of them children and elders) experienced some kind of hunger in Massachusetts last year. Project Bread works with 430 community food programs to provide more than 61 millions meals a year to hungry people. Project Bread is also working to improve the quality and sustainability of Massachusetts food programs, especially in schools, so that a healthy and nutritious lifestyle can be available to everyone. Because Project Bread believes that the opposite of hungry isn’t full, it’s healthy.

But what can you do? You have the ability to change the world, just by taking a few steps. Visit www.projectbread.org/walk to get more information, register an individual or a team of walkers, or sign up to volunteer. Join over 40,000 people on Sunday, May 5 as we walk 20 miles around Boston, raising almost $4 million to help feed hungry people throughout Massachusetts. We can’t do it without you!

Help plan the 2nd Newton Youth Summit

Following the first successful Mayor’s Newton Youth Summit in October, 2012, teens and adults who are interested in participating in an “Action Group” are encouraged to attend one or both of the two upcoming meetings in preparation for the Second Newton Youth Summit on March 20, 2013.
The Academic Stress & Time Management Action Group will be meeting on Tuesday, February 5 @ 6-7:30pm  at the John M. Barry Boys & Girls Club (upstairs boardroom).
The Youth & Adult Conversation/Collaboration Action Group will be meeting on Thursday, February 7  @ 6-7:30pm at the YMCA (Wellness Room).
This is a great opportunity to have a positive impact on well-being of youth in our City. For more information please contact Jenny O’Leary, City of Newton Youth Services Director, at jo*****@******ma.gov.

Marathon Reading of the Bestseller “Wonder” – March 16

You are invited to the first ever staged marathon reading of the book, Wonder, on Saturday, March 16 from 9:00am- 7:30pm, at the Newton Cultural Center, 225 Nevada Street. Come for the entire reading or for parts that you particularly want to hear.

R.J. Palacio’s bestseller Wonder is the story of an ordinary 10-year-old boy, born with an extraordinary face, which explores themes of bullying, empathy, kindness and ultimately acceptance. The cast is comprised of 14 actors and 55 community readers. Taking the lead role of Auggie is Chapin Galowitz, a 6th grader at Oak Hill, appearing with his parents, Pamela and Adam Galowitz who play Auggie’s parents.  8th grade Oak Hill student Abby Lass will play the role of Via, and Zervas teacher Michael Stern will play Mr. Browne. The cast includes retired Zervas Principal Steve Griffin and Adam Brown, Chair of Newton North High School’s Theatre Ink.

Children are invited to submit a Wonder-inspired drawing, painting, or collage that embrace the themes of inclusiveness, kindness, courage and friendship for an art exhibition which will be on display all day. Artwork should be dropped off to the Newton Cultural Center no later than Wednesday, March 13.

More info is available at the Newton Youth Players website or by calling 617-796-1540.

The event is supported by the Newton Mayor’s Office for Cultural Affairs, Understanding Our Differences, and Newton Community Pride. A grant from the Newton Cultural Council underwrites the event.

A City Of Villages – The 2013 Newton History Series – Oak Hill Park – A “Local Utopia” – Thursday, February 7 @ 7PM

In 1995, Boston Globe architecture critic Robert Campbell wrote, “The greenbelt system is what’s unique about Oak Hill Park. There’s nothing else like it in Massachusetts. And it’s still intact. Even in today’s privatized world, nobody has chopped the Oak Hill Park greenways into private, fenced barbecue patios.” Join resident Paul Eldrenkamp for a discussion of the origins and evolution of this little-known corner of Newton, a planned community built by a public-private partnership to provide inexpensive housing for veterans returning from WWII. Discover what Campbell found so appealing about this close-knit neighborhood, and learn what’s changed in the years since Campbell wrote so compellingly of its charms. Co-Sponsored by Historic Newton and the Newton Free Library. Thursday, February 7, @ 7PM at the Newton Free Library, 330 Homer Street. Free.

Ask The Archivist at Jackson Homestead – Sunday, February 10, noon-5PM

Need help organizing or preserving your family photos and papers? Drop in for a brief, on-the-spot consultation with Archivist/Curator Sara Goldberg. Sara will provide advice and resources that will help keep your precious collections alive and well. (Please feel free to bring samples, but NOT whole collections of what you’d like help with.) Free and open to the public. At the Jackson Homestead, 527 Washington Street, Newton.

KIDS ON THE FARM – THEN AND NOW – A Vacation Week Family Program – Thursday, February 21, 2:00-4:00PM

Want to know what life on a farm would have been like for kids in Newton in past centuries? Using real artifacts from the Museum’s collection and real stories from the Angino family who lived on what is now the Newton Community Farm, we’ll explore how kids would have helped on the farm. Then we will plant some seeds which will be transplanted into our garden in the spring. Cost: $30 per family (4 people max, 1 adult required) $25 for members of HN or NCF. Includes museum admission, materials, and snack. Prepaid registration is required, limit 25; call 617-796-1450 to register. Co-sponsored by Historic Newton and Newton Community Farm. At the Jackson Homestead, 527 Washington Street, Newton.

Food Allergy: Treatment Update

Learn about the latest thinking and innovative approaches to living safely with food allergies. Speaker: allergist Jessica Savage, MD, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Zervas parent. Metro-Boston Allergy and Asthma Educational Support Group is FREE and open to the public. Pre-registration is not required.

February 12,  7:00 p.m.
Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Bowles #1; second floor
2014 Washington St., Newton

Sponsored by Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America – New England Chapter,  781-444-7778.

Marionette Show

For a delightful school-vacation treat, see the Tanglewood Marionettes’ production of “The Dragon King” on February 24th at the Newton Cultural Center.  In this underwater fantasy, an intrepid Grandmother journeys to the bottom of the sea to seek the Dragon King, the Ruler of the waters, and the answers to why he has forsaken the land above. With colorful sea creatures, this exciting adventure is a heart-warming tale that will thrill young and old alike.

Please bring a non-perishable item for the Newton Food Pantries. Tickets are $8 in advance at  http://www.newtoncommunitypride.org/puppetshow-form.php or $10 at the door.

For more information, please visit www.newtoncommunitypride.org/puppetshows.html

Newton Cultural Center
225 Nevada Street
Newtonville