Category Archives: Events

Thursday, February 16, 5:30 – 7:30 PM
EXHIBIT OPENING
Confronting Our Legacy: Slavery and Anti-Slavery in the North
Be the first to crawl inside our slave ship container, stand atop the legendary well, and learn more about the enslaved people who used to live in Newton. Join us for the exciting unveiling of our completely renovated and expanded exhibition about Slavery, Abolition, and the Underground Railroad.  Enjoy light refreshments and experience the exhibit’s new hands-on interactives, audio elements, and content. Free.

Tuesday, February 21, 2:00 PM
THE MASSACHUSETTS 54th: A BLACK REGIMENT IN THE CIVIL WAR
A Vacation Week Family Program
Did you know that Massachusetts raised one of the first black regiments of the Civil War, led by a man who grew up in Newton?  Come learn about their stories, and make a popular civil-war era toy to take home.  Cost: $20 per family ($15 for members) includes museum admission, snack, and materials. Prepaid registration is required, limit 25; call 617.796.1450 to register.

Thursday, February 23, 2:00 PM
FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM
A Vacation Week Family Program
Learn about slavery in New England and what people did to fight against it.  Hear stories of escapes on the Underground Railroad, and then explore our brand new, hands-on exhibit, Confronting Our Legacy: Slavery and Anti-Slavery in the North. Cost: $20 per family ($15 for members) includes museum admission, snack, and materials. Prepaid registration is required, limit 25; call 617.796.1450 to register.

The Waban Library Center (WLC) welcomes the Magic Flutes, directed by Deborah Charness, March 3rd at 11am.  They will be accompanied by Cello Friends, directed by Nancy Hair, and pianist Jennifer Baverstam.  The Magic Flutes are a flute ensemble of nine Newton youngsters who have performed at the WCRB Cartoon Festival in Symphony Hall Boston, Cabot Park Village in Newton, Russell’s Garden Center in Wayland, and the Angier School Multicultural Festival.  Coffee and pastries will be served compliments of Starbucks Coffee.  The event is open to the public; suggested donation of $5 per person/$10 per family.  The WLC is a non-profit organization, staffed solely by volunteers, and relies entirely on private donations.  See www.wabanlibrarycenter.org.  The WLC is located at 1608 Beacon Street in Newton, a short walking distance from the Waban T stop on the greenline.

Watertown Children’s Theatre presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, a blend of fairy tale, musical comedy and of course, magic!  WCT’s production features a cast of 4^th through 8^th graders, along with 1^st and 2^nd grade Junior Players, including Newton’s own Charlie Booth, Caroline Hoban, Nadia Huber, Amelia Kane, Ava Lyons, Rachel Manning, Sara Manning, Brenai Rosa, Katrina Secinaro, and Anna Weylman-Farwell,  directed by Meghan Kenny.  Performances are March 16, 7 pm, March 17, 2 pm and 7 pm, and March 18, 2 pm, in the Charles Mosesian Theater at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown.  Tickets are $12 and will be available beginning February 14th through WCT’s website at www.watertownchildrenstheatre.org or at 1-800-838-3006.  For more information, visit WCT’s website or call 617-926-ARTS.

• Sunday February 12, 2PM, Lasell College, Winslow Academic Center, 80 Maple St Newton
• Wednesday February 15, 7PM, Oak Hill Middle School Cafeteria, 130 Wheeler Rd Newton

Join Mayor Warren and Superintendent of Schools, David Fleishman to discuss our capital and financial needs. Our finances are back on track because of our zero base budgeting approach and the 100 million dollars we will save over the next 5 years thanks to our recently negotiated union contracts. For the first time in our city’s history we have a capital assessment of all of our infrastructure needs- aided by revolutionary software that allows us to evaluate our needs on a risked based assessment. Although we have done tremendous work there is still more we need to do. We will discuss ways to address our capital needs, growth in the schools and continuing to make Newton one of the safest cities to live. The Mayor and Superintendent want to hear from you on the decisions we need to make going forward. We hope you can join us for one of these very important meetings.

Join Us To Meet The
Most Celebrated Israeli Artists Of New England Art Exhibition

Saturday, March 10th, 2012
8:30pm–11:30pm.
384 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA

This event is free and open to the public – please bring your friends! The Artwork wll be available for sale.

For more information visit www.israeliartistsexhibit.com

Friday, February 10  – Comedy Night: For the Love of Laughter!

Saturday, March 10 - Fight Night

Monday, May 21, 29th Annual Golf Tournament

2012 Boston Marathon!

Comedy Night: For the Love of Laughter!
Friday, February 10 (THIS WEEK!)
6:30pm Dinner; 8:00pm Show
American Legion Post 440, 
295 California St.

Tickets: $50 Dinner

Featuring Steve Sweeney musical guests, The Reminisants, and serving up a delicious Italian dinner, this is the perfect Valentine’s Day treat! Buy your tickets online!

Fight Night
Saturday, March 10 
5:30pm VIP Dinner; 7:00pm General
Trinity Catholic, 575 Washington St. 
Tickets: $50 VIP Dinner; $20 General

In partnership with the Nonantum Boxing Club (yes, the ol’ one-two combo!) we’re offering a fight card of over five bouts between amateur fighters, a sumptuous dinner for VIP guests, prizes and more! 

Calling all BIG shots – ask about our Heavy Hitters package!

29th Annual Golf Tournament
Monday, May 21
1:00pm Tee-Off
Charles River Country Club, 483 Dedham St.
Foursome: $1,200

Play on the host course of the 2013 U.S. Amateur Championship! Individual and twosome spots also available! 

2012 Boston Marathon!

Join our 2012 Boston Marathon Team and raise $4,000 for the Boys & Girls Club. Only a few spots left and will be filled in two weeks!

Confirm Your Support Today! 
Diane Marangoly
Events Coordinator
617-630-2066 ext.111
dmarangoly@newtonbgc.com

Rock music lovers of all ages are invited down to the All Asia, 334 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, MA, on Saturday, 2/11 from 2-6 PM to witness School of Rock Boston’s Show Team cranking out some classic and alternative rock hits. The Show Team is comprised of students ages 10-16 and will be sharing the stage with a School of Rock spinoff band, Mudface, and industrial rock outfit [ZeroNegative]. Tickets are $5 at the door or $10 for a family 4-pk by emailing boston@schoolofrock.com

A-Cappalooza is a fabulous a cappella concert held at Newton South auditorium on March 3 at 7:30pm, featuring Newton South’s “Newtones,” Newton North’s “Forte,” and two professional groups: Berklee College of Music’s “Pitch Slapped” and “Redline,” a Boston-based all-male group. All proceeds go to the Countryside Elementary School PTO. Tickets can be purchased at www.seatyourself.biz/countrysidepto.  This show sells out every year, so act quickly.

“BIG LOVE” by Charles Mee, directed by Caleb Bromberg and Katherine Norris, runs in Newton North’s Little Theatre.  Based on the tragedy by Aeschylus, the play takes an ancient plot and updates it. In the process, Mee forces us to reconsider our definitions of love, gender and happiness in an explosively theatrical hybrid. In this conflict between tradition and progression, honor and freedom, the characters struggle to make their voices heard on what it means to be a man or a woman.

“Big Love” runs February 1, 2, 3, 4 at 7:30PM. Tickets are $7 at www.theatreink.net.
For Mature Audiences

Celebrate winter through music! Featuring a narrated telling of the Iroquois legend, How Bear Lost His Tail, by local composer Pasquale Tassone, and a side-by-side performance with Newton’s All-City Orchestra directed by Greg Livingston.

Our instrument “petting zoo” will follow the performance!

Concert is at 3:00pm on Sunday, Jan. 29, at the First Baptist Church, 848 Centre St. in Newton Center. Tickets ($10 students, $15 adults) can be purchased online.