February Events at Historic Newton, Jackson Homestead

WEAVING WORKSHOP
A Vacation Week Family Program
February 19, 2:00 PM

Have you ever wondered how people made cloth at home before store-bought cloth was available? Want to try weaving your own cloth? Join Beth Guertin, a weaver and teacher of weaving for over twenty-five years, in this hands-on workshop. Watch a demonstration of loom-weaving techniques, and then give it a try yourself!

Cost: $25 per family ($20 for members) includes museum admission and materials. Prepaid registration is required, limit 25; call 617.796.1450 to register. At the Jackson Homestead, 527 Washington Street.

TELLING STORIES THROUGH STAINED GLASS
A Vacation Week Family Program
Thursday, February 20, 2:00 PM

Stained glass has been around for over a thousand years as a striking medium for telling stories. Join us in our beautiful exhibit about local stained glass artist Charles J. Connick’s work to explore ways that this art form can tell stories, then create your own stories and make a stained glass craft to take home.

Cost: $25 per family ($20 for members) includes museum admission and materials. Prepaid registration is required, limit 25; call 617.796.1450 to register. At the Jackson Homestead, 527 Washington Street.

A CITY OF VILLAGES-THE 2014 NEWTON HISTORY SERIES
Voices of Newtonville: A Village History
February 27, 7:00 PM

Come explore the history of Newtonville from its rural beginnings, through its suburban development as a railroad stop, to the changes brought by the construction of the Mass Pike. Harvard graduate student and Historic Newton educator Tracy Lindboe will lead us through the development of Newtonville using historic images and narratives from past Newtonville residents. Co-Sponsored by Historic Newton and the Newton Free Library. At the Newton Free Library, 330 Homer Street. Free.