The Newton Highlands Neighborhood Area Council is hosting a virtual Winter Cheer Photo Contest to help spread community cheer in these frigid—and isolated—weeks.
Share your cheer-worthy photos via email, they will share them on Instagram, and enter all participants into a bi-weekly drawing for gift cards to local businesses. Please see additional rules and information on how to submit at this link Winter Cheer.
Make your plan now for the Winter Walk & Roll Week celebration from February 8th – 12th. Walk or roll around your neighborhood or house, or to school or a park.
Brought to you by Newton Safe Routes to School.
A global pandemic, a civil rights crisis, and a divided country. We’re trapped in quarantine, isolated from our friends. So many of us feel like we’re gasping for air.
Blending live theater with recorded performances, Breathe is a series of original monologues, musical pieces, scenes, dances, and spoken word poems that explore our experiences of the past year. From the chaotic beginning of the pandemic, to the social justice outcries of the summer, right up to the inauguration, Breathe captures the darkness and the light, dwelling in our desire to connect, to transform, and, ultimately, to heal.
In the spirit of helping our community heal through performance, they will donate ALL of the proceeds from the performance to Bridge Over Troubled Waters, an organization that supports runaway, homeless, and at-risk youth.
Ticket $10.00 for a Single Viewer or $25.00 for Family (three or more). Tickets available at SouthStage.org
February 5th, 7:30 pm via livestream
Newton Inspires: Broadway Babies! The Newton Schools Foundation invites you to join in a free, virtual event featuring Newton Public School alumni Zachary Baer, producer, live and digital entertainment; Skylar Fox, director, playwright and theatrical designer; Ryan Vona, actor and singer-songwriter, and Tess Primack, actress and founder of Broadway from Home in a live and engaging conversation about life in the theater.
For more details and to register visit https://newtonschoolsfoundation.org/nsf_news/our-next-newton-inspires-speakers-tuesday-feb-9/
Special guest Adam Brown, director of Theatre Ink at NNHS, will moderate. This event is part of NSF’s Newton Inspires speaker series—notable Newtonians sharing their passions with the community.
February 9th at 7:00 pm
Winter Programming
Don’t miss the start of the Winter Program Part 2 at the John M. Barry Boys & Girls Club of Newton next week. The program features an all new set of opportunities for young people in the areas of Athletics, The Arts, STEM, and Leadership at rates that are affordable to all.
Most programs meet once per week and run February through the end of March. They follow the strictest Covid-19 health protocols so members can have fun in a safe environment. Groups size is guaranteed to be 10 or fewer with dedicated workspaces for each student. Register Today
February Vacation 3 Day Experience
Get your kids out of the house and into something new during the February Vacation break. Carefully chosen socially distant activities will get your child engaged and exercising in a small cohort of their peers. Sign up for this three day oasis featuring all the fun of summer camp day in the middle of the winter!
Register Today
The All-Skills + Tryout Prep volleyball clinics will offer skill acquisition and improvement through drills and game-play with continual feedback and instruction from the coaching staff. Skills covered include attacking, blocking, serving, passing, setting, defense, transition, and tryout tips.
The grade 6-8 group will focus on building strong fundamentals and building confidence in 2v2, 4v4, and 6v6 situations and the grade 9-12 group will be geared toward players looking to tune up and advance their skills ahead of high school team tryouts.
The coaching staff provides instruction, feedback, and direction in a positive, safe, and supportive environment. Covid safety is the priority, please see additional info at the bottom of this page.
For more information and to sign up visit Clinics
February 15th – 18th, 3:00 – 5:30 pm
Boston Sports Club Complex, 140 Great Plain Ave, Wellesley
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Newton home for rent available August 1st. Walking distance to Mason Rice Elementary, Newton North High School, short drive to Brown Middle School. Superbly maintained 5br 3,160 square ft home.
For more information or to arrange showing of property contact Larry Sheftel at 617-448- 8380 or larrysheftel@gmail.com.