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Extra Time for Partners Classes

Would you like to find a fun place to play, make an art project, sing a song – with your toddler?  Time for Partners is offering extra days in June.

You don’t have to be registered in the program currently to participate. For children 18 months to 3 ½ years, with an adult, the class is $20.00 for the first child, all others are free. Bring a friend, and enjoy a morning in Newton City Hall, and make new friends!

The art teachers are Terry Curtin and Paula Gannon and the music teacher is David Polansky. Email lplaut@newtonma.gov to sign up, or call 617-796-1540 for more information.

The dates are: June 8th, June 14th, June 15th, June 16th, June 20th, June 21st, and  June 22nd,  9:30 – 11:15 am at the Newton Cultural Center at Newton City Hall.

Six comedies, four actors, one night

The acclaimed Newton Nomadic Theater is back. All in the Timing is David Ives’ uproarious series of one-act comedies. Four actors, six plays, a loosely interconnected series of ridiculous sketches that will have you howling.

For this show, the entire cast are Newton Nomadic veterans. Billy Meleady (Faith Healer, Turn of the Screw, Molly Sweeney), Noni Lewis (title character in Molly Sweeney), Sarah Morrisette (young nun in Doubt), and Matt Winberg (priest in Doubt).

Directors Billy Meleady and Nicole Galland promise us an over-the-top, side splitting, 70’s drenched acid flashback of a show. This weekend’s shows are in a barn in Newton Highlands.

Friday and Saturday, 7:30 pm and Sunday, 3:00 pm – Three weeks only June 2nd -18th.  Tickets and info at NewtonNomadicTheater.org.

Classic Rock Meets the Blues with James Montgomery & Friends

James Montgomery has been one of the leading blues performers of a generation and he’s coming to Newton as part of the 3rd annual Festival of the Arts! Don’t miss James along with his 10 piece “Super Group” featuring Jimmy Vivino of The Conan O’Brien show “Basic Cable” Band!

Throughout his illustrious career, Montgomery has toured with many artists, including Aerosmith, The J. Geils Band, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, The Allman Brothers, The Steve Miller Band, The Johnny Winter Band, The Blues Brothers with (Jim Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) and others. Jimmy Vivino serves as the Music Director on the TBS late night show CONAN and has been a member of the “Basic Cable” Band since originally formed in 1993 by Bruce Springsteen’s drummer Max Weinberg.

Since 2001, Montgomery has found another home with “The Friends” a band formed by Newton resident Peter Hackel after the 9/11 attacks to help deal with a deep personal loss. Hackel lost his stepmother Paige Farley-Hackel on American Flight #11 and this performance at Newton City Hall marks the group’s 16th Anniversary of giving back to those in need, remembering the hero’s and victims of 9/11 and honoring musical legends “Gone Too Soon”.

Tickets $25.00 at www.newtoncommunitypride.org/festival and www.givemelive.com  or $30.00 at the door.

June 2nd, 7:00 pm – Meet & Greet and cash bar, 8:00 pm – Show followed by CD signing and after party

Newton Cultural Center at City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue

 

Book Drive

Burr School is partnering with PA Shaw Elementary in Dorchester to help them stock their library with much-needed books!! The school’s library collection is only a third of the size it should be. Let’s help this school build the library its kids truly deserve.

The Burr School PTO will be holding a book drive on June 4th from 3:00 – 5:00 pm in the Burr School parking lot. Please go through your bookshelves and see if there are some gems we can pass along to this local school in need. Please pass this information along to anyone who might be willing to donate some books! Hope to see you next Sunday at the book drop-off!

For more info: http://shoutout.wix.com/so/1Lmt7rLu#/main

Upcoming Library Programs for Grades 5-7

LEGO WeDo: May 24th, 7:30 pm, second floor Computer Center: Awaken kids’ curiosity and interest in problem solving! Kids build LEGO models and then program them to move and react. Grades 5-7. Space is limited. Pick up a ticket in the Children’s room 15 minutes before the program begins.

Pizza & Speed Book Dating: June 7th, 7:00 pm, second floor Teen Area: Have a book you are dying to talk about? Bring a great book with you and eat pizza, hang out and chat. Grades 5-7. Register online.

Tween Crafternoons,  June 13th, 3:30 pm, second floor Teen Area: Let’s meet on the second Tuesday of every month to make crafts and eat snacks. This month: shrinky dinks! Grades 5-7.

Are you a parent of a Mason-Rice Alum?

Please join in celebrating the retirement of Maureen Cahoon, beloved crossing guard of 40+ years! On June 9th at the Newton Marriott, the community will honor Maureen’s service with an evening of music, dancing and great food and drink.

For tickets, additional event details and information on how to lend your support, please visit the Mason-Rice page by clicking here. If you have been lucky enough to know Maureen during the last 40 years, then you know it will mean the world to her to see you there!

First Lego League (FLL) and Junior FLL Info Night

The Newton LigerBots are hosting a First Lego League (FLL) and Junior FLL Info Night.

FLL is the FIRST LEGO robotics competition for fourth through eighth graders. In addition to building and programming LEGO robots, each year’s themed FLL challenge includes a project for which team members brainstorm and present creative solutions to real life problems. This event is aimed at parents and students.

Junior FLL is a project based program for grades K-3. At FLL Info Night parents can learn more about the FLL program and students can participate in fun activities. Current LigerBots students and coaches who have participated in FLL in the past will lead a presentation with general information on FLL as well as on how to start your own team. There will be demonstrations of EV3 robots and people to answer any questions you may have.

Email fll@ligerbots.com for more information or see the fliers here: FLL

May 30th,  7:00 – 9:00 pm at the Newton North High School, Film Lecture Hall (just off the front entrance at Tiger Drive)

Newton Community Preservation Committee meeting May 31st

The agenda for the CPC’s next meeting includes a public hearing and possible funding vote on affordable housing and historic preservation on Auburn Street in Auburndale and a pre-proposal for a historic railing in Newton Cemetery in Newton Centre. For details, see the program website at www.newtonma.gov/cpa or contact Alice Ingerson at aingerson@newtonma.gov or 617-796-1144.

May 31st, 7:00 pm
Newton Senior Center, 345 Walnut Street

The Dominoes Benefit Concert June 3rd

Save the date for the Dominoes Benefit Concert for 2017 AIDS Walk & Run Boston.

Come for a picnic dinner and a concert at the Hyde Community Center Bandstand. Join The Dominoes, 8th graders Abby Matthews, Alexa Firkusny, Ben Baines, Jacob Trokel and Owen Beaver from Brown Middle School, hosting their first benefit concert to support their school’s fundraising effort and participation in the 32nd AIDS Walk & Run Boston.

Pack a picnic dinner, meet new neighbors and join in at a great concert and make a difference. The Dominoes perform classic rock, current pop songs, jazz and oldies. They will also be joined by performers from The Conservatory in the Highlands. Click on this link for more information: http://action.aac.org/site/TR/Events/AWB08?px=2055452&pg=personal&fr_id=1210

June 3rd,  6:00 – 8:00 pm
Hyde Park, Newton Highlands

The Dominoes will also be performing at The Hatch on June 4th at 10:30 am to open the post-party for the 2017 AIDS Walk & Run Boston event.