On Tuesday October 22nd at 7:30, the Channing School (UK) Chamber Choir and Orchestra will present a free concert. The Channing School from North London is well-known for its music program, and their advanced ensembles of girls ages 14-18 will be performing music of Benjamin Britten (in honor of the centenary of his birth), Bach, and others.
October 22nd, 7:30-8:30 pm
First Unitarian Society in Newton
1326 Washington St. West Newton
Each year the City of Newton assembles a list of pay-to-shovel and volunteer shovellers for Newton residents.
PAY TO SHOVEL: the student provides contact info and area they are available to shovel, the list provided to the resident includes first names only, phone numbers and people available in their area. NO e-mails are given out. The list is a referral list. The resident and student decide on the price.
VOLUNTEER LIST: the student provides contact info and area they are available to shovel, the student’s info is given to a Senior Center Staff person who matches up residents in need of a volunteer with available students.
Students can sign up on-line:
To be paid to shovel (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/987HSMK)
Watertown Children’s Theatre’s Black Box series presents Macbeth in the Black Box Theater at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown. Performers will bring to life all of the “Double, double toil and trouble” set forth in this unique adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies. Witches, a ghost, secrets, murder and lies push Macbeth towards the throne of Scotland. Will he succeed or will greed and guilt overcome him?
A cast of 6th-9th graders, including Newton’s own Liam Walsh explore the themes and words of Shakespeare in this adapted production. Come and experience the results of Macbeth’s gradual, insatiable descent into blind ambition. This production contains recorded gunfire, stage combat, and spooky imagery, and is not recommended for audience members under age 10.
General admission tickets are $10 and are now available on WCT’s website at www.watertownchildrenstheatre.org or by calling 1-800-838-3006. For more information, visit WCT’s website or call 617-926-ARTS.
October 25th at 7:00 pm, October 26th at 1:00 pm and 7:00 pm, and October 27th at 1:00 pm
The Newton CPC and Planning & Development Board will hold a joint public hearing on the Myrtle Village proposal for affordable housing (Curve Street, West Newton). Check the program website at www.newtonma.gov/cpa for the full agenda under “Committees & Meetings – Current CPC Meetings,” and the full text of the proposal under “Proposals & Projects – Pending.” Contact Alice Ingerson at 617-796-1144 or ai*******@******ma.gov for details.
November 4th, 7:30 pm
Newton Senior Center
345 Walnut St, Newtonville
Thank you to all of the families and individuals who supported the Newton Public Schools by honoring Newton’s amazing educators. The Newton Schools Foundation’s 2013 Honor Thy Teacher campaign raised $37,000 to help support innovation throughout Newton’s schools. Check out the October 23rd Newton Tab for a listing of the NPS teachers, staff and administrators who were recognized through this year’s Honor Thy Teacher campaign.
To donate to the Newton Schools Foundation or for more information, visit the NSF website at www.Newtonschoolsfoundation.org or call 617-559-6120.
THESE SHINING LIVES by Melanie Marnich. These Shining Lives chronicles the strength and determination of women considered expendable. It explores the true story of their employment at the Radium Dial company in the 1920’s, which cared more about profits than their employees’ safety. Catherine and her friends are dying, it’s true; but theirs is a story of survival in its most transcendent sense, as they refuse to allow the company that stole their health to kill their spirits—or endanger the lives of those who come after them.
Tickets $7.00 at http://theatreink.net, or Ad********@***********ma.us 617-559-6300
October 31st – November 3rd at 7:30
Performing Arts Center, Newton North HS
457 Walnut Street
As Election Day draws near, we are pleased to pass on links to a few taped debates between the candidates. If you missed them live or just want to see them again, click the links here:
Monster & Mummy Cupcakes: Tuesday, October 15, 4:00 pm Get creative on Tuesday, October 15 at 4:00 pm in the second floor Teen Area of the Newton Free Library where we’ll be decorating monster and mummy cupcakes for Halloween.
Teen Art Gallery opening Wednesday, October 16, 4-5 pm
Please join us for the opening reception for Photographs and Ceramics, a show featuring works by Newton North students, in the second floor teen area. The show will be on view until spring 2014. Entertainment will be provided by a chamber ensemble from the school.
Refreshments provided by Whole Foods Market. Framing courtesy of Abraxis Framing Company in Auburndale.
Newton at Home (www.newtonathome.org) has volunteer opportunities for youth to engage with Newton seniors in your neighborhood. Newton at Home is a non-profit, members’ driven, neighbor-to-neighbor organization serving our city’s residents 60 years of age and older.
Parents: Consider becoming a volunteer for Newton at Home. Drivers are needed to accompany members to appointments, shopping and trips to Logan Airport. As parents in Newton you know your way around! Be in touch to support a growing community of neighbors-helping-neighbors. Please call 617-795-2560 or email: vo******@**********me.org
From October 21st through November 2nd, SalonCapri in Newton Highlands will donate 10% of the cost of the service to the Newton public school of the client’s choice.
The owners of SalonCapri, Nick and Amy Penna, have been long-time residents of Newton and are raising their children in the Newton Public School System. They take pride in their community and want do what they can to give back.