Vacation Week Family Movies
The Newton Parks & Recreation Department in conjunction with West Newton Cinema will be offering vacation week movie days on Wednesday, April 20th and Thursday, April 21st.
The Jungle Book, Zootopia and Kung Fu Panda 3 will be showing both days at 11:00 am. Special $8.00 price includes a movie, popcorn and drink. Tickets sales, cash only, begin at 10:00 am on both days at West Newton Cinema.
Vacation Week Family Movies
The Newton Parks & Recreation Department in conjunction with West Newton Cinema will be offering vacation week movie days on Wednesday, April 20th and Thursday, April 21st.
The Jungle Book, Zootopia and Kung Fu Panda 3 will be showing both days at 11:00 am. Special $8.00 price includes a movie, popcorn and drink. Tickets sales, cash only, begin at 10:00 am on both days at West Newton Cinema.
Newton Has Talent is a major fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Newton. Funds go to programs such as annual scholarships to graduating seniors, grants to local organizations, recognizing a “Student of the Month” each month, collection of food and toiletries for our food pantries, camperships for kids who need some help with their summer plans, and a variety of hands-on service projects that help the Newton community.
Please check out the Flyer or their website http://www.rotarynewton.org/.
Auditions are open until April 15th.
Throughout the month of April, WALNUT MARKET, at 20 Lincoln Street in Newton Highlands, will give 10% of its sales to Newton South High School’s theater department when you mention “SOUTH STAGE!”
Walnut Market sells international groceries, local free trade, fresh breads, fine wines, craft beers, and custom gift baskets. This is a wonderful opportunity to buy hard-to-find, artisanal foods and beverages AND support the Newton South theater department. You don’t have to have a student in South Stage to participate – anyone can chip in! Please remember, you must mention that you’re shopping for Newton South High School’s South Stage for them to donate 10% to our theater program!
Walnut Market
Open Tuesdays-Fridays from 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
Saturdays and Mondays from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm
Calling all 3rd-8th grade Newton Girls to come play pick up, 3v3, a game of horse, knockout, or just practice your shooting.
Friday nights at Oak Hill Middle School from 7:30 – 8:45, starting April 1st and running for 9 weeks. To register and for more information please visit the website bostonemeraldsbasketball.com. If you have any questions please contact Michael Cassidy
at 617-877-0432.
The Newton Community Preservation Committee will hear a report on a CPA-funded citywide survey of historic architecture and discuss a pre-proposal for surveying a potential new local historic district in Newton Highlands. If the CPC agrees to consider a full proposal for the new district, that proposal would be due in September 2016.
Full information is online from www.newtonma.gov/cpa. For assistance, contact Program Manager Alice Ingerson at 617-796-1144 or aingerson@newtonma.gov.
April 14th, 7:00 pm
City Hall Room 204
Parents of children of varying ages will lead a panel discussion on adapting to life with food allergies and asthma The program is free and open to the public. All are welcome and pre-registration is not required.
For info, call the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, New England Chapter at 781-444-7778 or visit www.asthmaandallergies.org.
April 13th, 7:00 pm
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
It’s time to start dusting off those running (or walking) shoes! The 24th 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 16th.
The 1st, 2nd & 3rd place runners in each category win a trophy. The first 500 registrations receive a free t-shirt. There are free activities for kids organized by the Lasell College Special Events students. Not a runner? Everyone can walk the course at 11:30. Register at www.newtoncommunitypride.org.
April 17th
Newton City Hall
The documentary Slavery by Another Name shows how systems of involuntary servitude affected African-Americans long after the end of slavery in America. Watch excerpts and discuss the legacy of this history with Daunasia Yancey of Black Lives Matter and James DeWolf Perry of the Center for Reconciliation.
The series of programs, Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle, is made possible through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, as part of its Bridging Cultures initiative, in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Free.
April 14th, 7:00 pm
Durant-Kenrick House, 286 Waverley Avenue
Support Historic Newton by becoming a member today! http://www.newtonma.gov/gov/historic/support/member.asp
New memberships or renewals at the $100 level come with North American Reciprocal Museum Program (NARM) membership. NARM’s 800 museums offer reciprocal membership benefits of free/member admission, etc. Area museums include the deCordova, Peabody Essex, & Harvard’s art museums.
You are invited to Temple Ohabei Shalom’s TOS Talks Speaker series where great thinkers share their big ideas from the fields of art, culture, ethics, health, religion, science, and politics, followed by provocative Q & A’s led by Temple Ohabei Shalom’s Rabbi Sonia Saltzman. Stretch your mind this Spring.
The first talk, on April 13th, features Loretta Claiborne. Loretta is a World Class Athlete who happens also to be a Special Olympics Athlete and a person who has an intellectual disability. She will speak about her journey from Anger to Inspiration.
On May 18th, bestselling author Ron Lieber will explore the connection between values and money—Ron is a wonderful speaker, especially appealing to parents of children of all ages looking for guidance in this area!
Complimentary light refreshment follows each speaker. Tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite at: www.tos-talks-16.eventbrite.com. More information can be found on the website: www.ohabei.org.