Category Archives: Community Notes

Josh & the Jamtones Concert March 3

Bring the little ones to listen and dance with one of the areas most popular bands for kids, Josh & the Jamtones. On March 3rd, from 4:00

– 5:00, Josh and his band will play at the Newton Highlands Congregational Church to benefit Weekday Nursery School’s tuition assistance fund. Tickets are $20/family in advance, or $25/family at the door.

Advance tickets may be purchased online at http://weekday.eventbrite.com or directly from Ann Brown, Director of Weekday Nursery School (we************@***il.com or 617-527-8895).

Waban Improvement Society Progressive Dinner

The Waban Improvement Society invites you to its TENTH annual village-wide Progressive Dinner, Saturday March 9. It’s a great way to see old friends and meet new neighbors. The evening will begin at 7:00 pm when you will join a small group of neighbors for appetizers in the home of your first hosts. You will then move to the home of your second hosts for the main course with a new group of neighbors. The evening culminates with all guests coming together for dessert in one home at 9:30 pm. We hope that you will be able to attend and will offer to host a course at your home.

Please RSVP by February 28 to Theresa Fitzpatrick at ta*****@***oo.com When you RSVP please let us know: 1. Name(s) of attendee(s) 2. Address, phone number and email 3. Which course you would like to host (appetizer or main course) or whether you can bring a side dish and beverage or dessert $15.00 per person for Waban Improvement Society Members $20.00 per person for non-members*

For more information check out our website at www.wabanimprovement.org * Proceeds to

benefit WIS neighborhood activities.

Tickets available for “The Pajama Game” at Watertown Children’s Theatre

Tickets are now on sale for the Watertown Children’s Theatre presentation of “The Pajama Game” in mid-March.  Tickets are $12 and are available through the WCT website or by calling 1-800-838-3006.

Performances: March 15 at 7 pm, March 16 at 2 pm and 7 pm, March 17 at 2 pm
Location: Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown.

A Broadway musical-comedy classic, featuring the hit musical numbers Steam Heat and Hernando’s Hideaway! Relations at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory are anything but peaceful, between bosses and workers. Everything comes to a head when the employees strike for a 7 1/2 cent pay increase, making sparks fly in the factory! A cast of 4th-9th graders including many from Newton, bring this musical comedy smash to life.

 

Feb. vacation program at Watertown Children’s Theatre

Watertown Children’s Theatre has a few openings remaining for a NEW half-day vacation program for middle schoolers.  Students will explore theatre and performance styles from Shakespearean Stage Combat to Commedia Clown Fighting!

 

Tuesday to Friday,

Feb. 19-22
1:00 – 4:00pm
Location: Arsenal Center for the Arts

Practicing conventions of theatre and performance through each style and learning how actors keep each other safe, students will ‘fight for applause’ in a final perfomance for family and friends.

More details and registration are online.

Family seeks after-school help

Oak Hill family is seeking after-school care

for grade-school girls (2nd and 6th graders). Perfect opportunity for teacher aides/student teachers who work mornings in NPS, drive & have own transportation. Hours are 2:30 to 5:30 or 6:00 M,W,Th,F and 12:30-5:00pm Tuesdays. Immediate start, commitment until end of academic semester needed. Please send qualifications or questions via email  or call 508-333-3500.

February Vacation programs at Newton Free Library

Comics & Cartooning Workshop, Tuesday, February 19, 3:30 pm
Born out of comic strips in the 1930s, comic books became increasingly popular with GI’s during WWII and have grown and developed in the 80+ years since they first appeared. Teens ages 13-17, come to a workshop on Tuesday, February 19 at 3:30 pm at the Newton Free Library to learn about the history of comics and cartooning, and participate in a how-to workshop/demonstration on techniques and tricks for storytelling. The program will be held in Druker Auditorium.

Teen Crafternoons, Wednesdays, February 20, 3:30 pm
Get creative on Wednesday,

February 20 at 3:30 pm in the second floor Teen Area of the Newton Free Library where we will be hanging out, working on crafts. This week we’ll be making candy sushi! Open to grades 6-12.

“Moonrise Kingdom” Movie Screening, Saturday, February 23, 2:00 pm
Set on an island off the coast of New England in 1965, “Moonrise Kingdom” tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact and run away together into the wilderness. The program is open to ages 13 and up and will be held at the Newton Free Library on Saturday, February 23 at 2:00 pm in Druker Auditorium. The movie is rated PG-13 and runs for 94 minutes.

Join Project Bread’s Walk for Hunger, May 5

Do you want to help feed hungry people in Massachusetts? Food insecurity is a very real problem – more than 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.

You have the ability to change the world, just by taking a few steps. Visitwww.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!

“Newton Has Talent” Competition Accepting Acts – Lots of Prize$!

Have you heard? The Rotary Club of Newton is putting on a talent competition with over $1,500 in prize money to be given away! If you think you have what it takes, upload a YouTube video of your act and fill out the Official Entry Form at www.newtonhastalent.com/useragree.php for a chance to be in the running. But hurry – all acts must be submitted by February 24th at midnight. If you or a friend has what it takes, then the Newton Has Talent producers want to meet you! Entering is simple:

  1. Log on to www.YouTube.com and upload your video using your Google account.
  2. Visit www.newtonhastalent.com/useragree.php and fill out the official entry form.
  3. Wait to hear back from the Newton Has Talent Producers to see if you’ll get your chance to show your stuff at the March 24th event at Newton North High School!

A panel of Judges will select the Top Twenty entries. Then, the public – YES! Your friends and family will get to vote for the top 10 finalists! Finalists will perform LIVE at the Newton Has Talent event on Sunday, March 24, 2013 at the Newton North High School Auditorium. That night, a panel of Local Celebrity Judges will determine the winners.

Moonrise Kingdom Movie Screening, Saturday, February 23, 2PM

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a movie about falling in love. Set on an island off the coast of New England in 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact and run away together into the wilderness. The program is open to ages 13 and up and will be held at the Newton Free Library on Saturday, February 23 at 2:00PM in Druker Auditorium. The movie is rated PG-13 and runs for 94 minutes.