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Newton Inspires November 9th

Bestselling Authors, Seafood Entrepreneur, Worldwide Travel Executive, Business Startup Guru, and Fundraising Visionary top the Newton Inspires speaker list.

Newton Schools Foundation will present the fifth annual Newton Inspires: An Evening of Ideas and Community. Since 2011, Newton Inspires has been uniting Newton residents for an evening of discussion with some of Newton’s brightest, most accomplished and most interesting community members.

This year’s program features headliners, Anita Diamant, author; John Harthorne, founder and CEO, MassChallenge; Billy Starr, founder and executive director, Pan-Mass Challenge; Stephen Kaufer, president and CEO, TripAdvisor; Roger Berkowitz, president and CEO, Legal Sea Foods; and Neil Swidey, journalist and author.

The program will take place November 9th, 7:00 – 9:45 pm at Newton South High School. It is FREE for Newton residents, $15 for non-residents, and this year high school seniors are welcome to attend. Space is limited, so advance registration is highly recommended. For more information on the program and to register, go to www.NewtonSchoolsFoundation.org

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Building Healthy Communities

Building Healthy Communities: Moving Beyond Domestic Violence

Everyone in our community is affected by domestic violence, but it can be invisible and hard to fight. Join this free, informative event for adults, with speakers and panelists from Second Step, Journey to Safety, the Domestic Violence Program, and the Newton Police Department.

Attendees are asked to bring donations of toiletries, gas cards, food cards or linens for Second Step. Coffee and dessert will be served. For more information, contact Ba*************@***il.com.

October 22nd, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Temple Shalom of Newton, Room 101
175 Temple Street, West Newton

“Magnet The Event”

Event Photography service / open air photo booth.

A unique open air photo booth. whether you are planning Bar/Bat Mitzvah, school, corporate event or any other social event.  Magnet The Event will provide your party with a quality-made special design instant photo magnet for your guests to take home as a party favor.

Check these links:  www.magnethevent.com and  www.facebook.com/magnethevent and call today:  617-935-9834.

Take the stress out of the college essay writing process

A branding expert and former editor with nearly ten years of admissions consulting experience is available to help guide high school seniors through the college essay writing process. ML Admissions works with students to create differentiated essays that highlight their strengths and resonate with admissions committees. ML Admission’s unique and personalized approach makes the essay writing process less stressful and more enjoyable for students and parents alike. For more information please email: in**@**********ns.com.

Free voice workshops

Get to Know Your Voice: an exploration for singers, non-singers, and instrumentalists, ages 16 – Adults.

Every time you speak, you are skillfully playing one of the most complex instruments in the world – the one that lives inside your body! So why do so many of us believe we “can’t sing”? Come explore what your voice is capable of in a free, low-pressure hour of music-making at the All Newton Music School.  Instructor: Rachel Rynick

Sign up here:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1YqIjtkhVPalKOIXkENbt5FemdE36lKjyoBKW_jc6_e0/viewform

Workshop dates:
October 29th
November 18th
December 1st
7:00 – 8:00 pm

All Newton Music School

Upcoming Programs at the Newton Free Library

Chess Club, Mondays, October 5th and 26th, 7:15 – 8:00 pm, second floor Teen Area: Introducing a new chess club for teens! Have fun playing chess the first and fourth Monday of the month with general instruction and open play. All levels welcome. Chess sets, puzzles and strategy will all be provided. For ages 10-13. Space is limited.

Helping Your Child Navigate Life after High School, Tuesday, October 6th, 7:00 pm, Druker Auditorium: Help your child navigate the challenging landscape of life after high school. Nanci Ginty Butler, LICSW, Assistant Director, School and Community Services at Riverside Community Care and Heather Byrns, LMHC, Clinical Supervisor, MSPP INTERFACE Referral Service at Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (MSPP) will facilitate. Intended for parents. Sponsored by Newton Youth Services.

Linux for Teens, Wednesdays, October 14th, 21st, 28th and November 4th and 18th, 7:00 pm, second floor Computer Center: This series, for grades 6-12, is an introduction to GNU/Linux operating system. It will cover: the UNIX shell, creating a document, networking, email and encryption, operating system components (memory management, the file system, devices, the kernel), etc. In addition, the class will address the free software philosophy, privacy and data security concerns, and ways to protect personal data and other sensitive information. Assignments will include programming which takes advantages of the operating system features. Register online.

School Assignments: How Parents Can Help, Thursday, October 22nd, 7:00 pm, Druker Auditorium: Professional writers have editors who read their words before their work is shared. Student writers should have the same opportunity before submitting their work to teachers. Jane Hirschhorn will facilitate a program designed to help parents learn how to help their children with writing assignments in a way that is productive, respects the child’s ownership of his or her work and avoids some common pitfalls. Ms. Hirschhorn, of JBH Tutoring, a professional writing tutor with more than two decades of experience working with Boston-area students in both classroom and one-on-one settings, tutored writing at the Mount Ida College Writing Center where she was also a supervisor. She holds a Master of Arts in Teaching from Tufts University. This program is for parents.

PTOs and Political Involvement

Since PTOs are, at heart, groups of parents and teachers who are interested in supporting education, many situations arise in which the group, or members of the group, may wish to use the organization in support of a particular purpose. Because PTOs are also non-profit organizations and represent all the parents and staff of a particular school, however, it is very important to observe certain distinctions between allowable activities that generally “support education,” and activities that are just plain political, and therefore unallowable.

For more information about how to navigate this complicated subject, please go to PTOs and Political Involvement.

Municipal Elections 2015

Voter Registration Deadline for the November 3, 2015 Election is
October 14, 2015 at 8:00 pm

If you are not already registered to vote and would like to vote in November, please keep in mind that the last day to register to vote is Wednesday, October 14, 2015. You can register to vote or change your address at the City Clerk’s Office at Newton City Hall or go on-line to the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s web page to register at this link:
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/

  • The General Municipal Election will be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2015.
  • The question of forming a Charter Commission and electing its members will be on the November 3, 2015 municipal ballot (A Charter Commission, if approved by the voters, will review Newton’s City Charter and suggest changes that will be presented to Newton voters for approval at the Municipal Election in 2017.)
  • Newton Highlands Neighborhood Area Council Election will be held on November 3, 2015
  • Newton Upper Falls Neighborhood Area Council Election will be held on November 3, 2015.
  • Waban Neighborhood Area Council Election will be held on November 3, 2015.

Don’t know where your polling place is? Click here to view Precinct locations

Newton Cultural Alliance Online Auction

The Newton Cultural Alliance is having an online auction in advance of their All That Jazz event on October 17th at the Windsor Club. There are items from tons of great local businesses – please take a look! https://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/auctionhome.action?auctionId=245590554

Proceeds from the auction will benefit the restoration of the historic Nathaniel Allen House in West Newton into a thriving cultural center. For more information about NCA, please visit the website http://www.newtonculture.org/