Category Archives: Events

Newton Heartbreak Hill Road Race & Walk

Spring is just around the corner (yes, the snow is melting!) – and it’s time to start dusting off those running (or walking) shoes! The 23rd annual Heartbreak Hill Road Race and Family Walk is a perfect way to shake off some of that cabin fever! Every runner receives an official digital-clock time, a race medallion, goody bag and a free ticket to the pre-race pasta party at Newton City Hall on Saturday, April 18th. The 1st, 2nd & 3rd place runners in each category win a trophy! There are free games and activities organized by Steve DeMasco’s Shaolin Studios of Wellesley and the Lasell College Special Events students.

Not a runner? Everyone can walk the course at 11:30 am. Register at www.newtoncommunitypride.org. The first 500 registrations receive a free t-shirt. For more information, contact 617-796-1540.

April 19th, Newton City Hall

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Water Rising: The Impact on Humanity

Women Working for Oceans (W2O), in partnership with the New England Aquarium, will present: Water Rising: The Impact on Humanity. This event includes a special lecture at 11:00 am in the Aquarium’s Simons IMAX® Theater followed by a ticketed limited seated luncheon.

National Geographic Photographer George Steinmetz will take the audience on a photographic look at how sea level rise affects coastal communities, rich and poor, around the world. Senior Analyst, Erika Spanger-Siegfried, from the Union of Concerned Scientists, will review the basic concepts behind warming oceans, rising sea levels and human’s contribution to this critical global issue.

Women Working for Oceans, (W2O) promotes healthy and sustainable oceans through education that inspires advocacy and action. The link to the event is:
http://womenworkingforoceans.org/event/water-rising-the-impact-on-humanity-3/?instance_id=152

April 9th. 11:00 am
New England Aquarium

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Seeking Street performers

Newton Highlands Village Day is a neighborhood street fair featuring live music, tasty food, rides, a fun run, prize drawings and a silent auction.  This year the Highlands Area Council is looking for a variety of local street performers to entertain event goers, including musicians/bands, dancers, jugglers, magicians, and more.

Parents, please forward to your talented teens!.   Applicants should send a description of their act along with any demo links to Steven Feinstein, sfeinstein@newtonma.gov.  Event date is June 14th from 11:00 am-3:00 pm.  Submissions due by April 17th.

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Kesher Newton Open House​!

Come learn about Kesher’s Hebrew and Judaics curriculum. Take a tour of Kesher and speak to Kesher parents. Special Passover craft for the kids! Please RSVP at www.keshernewton.eventbrite.com

Kesher is a pluralistic Jewish after school program for grades K-5 which emphasizes joyful, hands-on Jewish learning which includes Hebrew immersion, Judaic studies, and fun-filled electives. Kesher Newton is an independent pluralistic community that is welcoming to all. For more information, visit keshernewton.org, or call Ilana 617-244-5390, or email ilana@keshernewton.org.

Open house: March 29th, 10:30-11:30 am

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Seeking Practice Coordinator

Employment Opportunity- Practice Coordinator at The Wellness Room
An energetic and thriving group of 15 psychotherapists welcome the opportunity to fill a position that requires a unique combination of skills. The perfect candidate would possess:
• a sense of humor
• extreme organization
• dedication and flexibility
as well as be…
• personable, friendly and connective
• tenacious and unafraid

They’re looking for another “spoke in the wheel” in their mission to provide our community with an unparalleled therapeutic experience. This Practice Coordinator  must be proficient in Mac Computers, have excellent phone and email skills, and be familiar with on-line scheduling, accounting and health care insurance.

Please visit the website at TheWellnessRoomNewton.com to familiarize yourself with the mission, the therapists and the office.  To express interest or for additional information, please contct Haven Fyfe-Kiernan, at haven@thewellnessroomnewton.com.

The Wellness Room
617-552-5116
288 Walnut Street, Suite 220
Newtonville

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Reigning Cats and Dogs presented by Watertown Children’s Theatre

Come to the world premiere of Reigning Cats and Dogs presented by Watertown Children’s Theatre. Book by Steven Bergman and Amy White Graves, Music and Lyrics by Steven Bergman. Reigning Cats and Dogs is part of WCT’s initiative to support the growth of new works in children’s theatre.

Reigning Cats & Dogs is a new musical about acceptance, personal identity, friendship and loyalty. Chou-Chou has a problem: she’s a royal dog, but she’s always felt like a cat on the inside. Whether it’s a mouse infestation at the castle, or trying to get a performance slot at the Club Kit Kat, she wants everything to be “Purr-fect!” How can she and her feline friends make the kingdom an accepting society? A cast of K-6th graders including Newton residents Brandon Baskin, Maggie Brousal-Glaser, Alexandra Danis, Samuel Danis, Alexandra Giunta, Katherine Grabowski, Nisha Jha, Amir LaGasse, Alison McPherson, Caleb McPherson, Henry McPherson, Sadie Mulligan, Cliodhna O’Dwyer, Jacob Resnick, and Maya Ullman will sing, dance and perform and bring these cats, dogs, and mice to life!

Tickets are $14.00 and are now on sale on the website: watertownchildrenstheatre.org or by calling Brown Paper Tickets 1-800-838-3006. For more information, visit WCT’s website or call 617-926-ARTS.

March 20th at 7:00 pm, March 21st at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm, March 22nd at 2:00 pm.
Charles Mosesian Theater, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown

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CPR/ AED TRAINING

Anyone can learn CPR – and everyone should! Sadly, 70 percent of Americans may feel helpless to act during a cardiac emergency because they either do not know how to administer CPR or their training has significantly lapsed. This alarming statistic could hit close to home, because home is exactly where 88 percent of cardiac arrests occur. Put very simply: The life you save with CPR is mostly likely to be someone you love.

Don’t be afraid; your actions can only help. If you see an unresponsive adult who is not breathing or not breathing normally, call 911 and push hard and fast on the center of the chest.

For more information, please contact joannekazarian@gmail.com

March 15th, 1:00 – 2:30 pm. $45.00
Red Cross Certified
TEMPLE EMANUEL
385 Ward Street

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Free Wellness Expo

A wellness expo with interactive exhibits and demonstrations for children and adults will be held at the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center.

Co-sponsored by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital – Needham, the expo will include MYCHIP child identification kits, nutritional counseling, body massages, balance testing, running advice, Beth Israel Hospital’s “Ask the doctor,” and make-your-own smoothies.

Activities for children include inflatable moonwalks, nut-free toddler snacks, and a visit from Boston Red Sox mascot Wally the Green Monster and Olympic swimming gold medalist Lenny Krayzelburg. There will also be giveaways, food samples, raffles and wellness product discounts.

The event is free and open to the public. Call 617-558-6459 for details.

March 22nd,  1:00 -4:00 pm
JCC, 333 Nahanton Street

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Notices

Notice of Public Hearing – Special Permit – Turtle Lane
March 10th, 7:00 pm, Newton City Hall, Aldermanic Chambers

Petition to rezone from Multi-Residence 1 to Mixed- Use 4 and to restore and expand an existing structure known as the Turtle Lane Playhouse to provide a mix of uses including preserving the theater use, adding a street-level restaurant with office space above, and constructing a separate 23-unit multi-family structure with a below grade parking garage for 30 cars at 283 Melrose Street, Ward 4, Auburndale

Notice of Community Workshop/Traffic Signal Improvements in Auburndale
March 12th, 7:00 pm, Newton City Hall, Aldermanic Chambers

Specific improvements may include traffic signal upgrades at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Lexington Street, Commonwealth Avenue and Melrose Avenue, Lexington Street and Wolcott Street; new traffic signals at the intersection of Lexington Street and Auburndale Avenue; geometric improvements at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Lexington Street, installation of new granite curb, minor stormwater improvements, driveway and sidewalk reconstruction and other miscellaneous items of work.

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