Sharon High School is hosting a Summer Opportunities Fair on Sunday, Dec. 9, from 1:00 – 3:30pm. There will be directors from overnight camps as well as Teen programs, from Community Service trips to Language Immersion and so much more.

This is a great opportunity for students and parents to explore options for the upcoming summer.

Kick off the holiday season with a fun race for a great cause! Hosted by The Boys & Girls Club of Newton, Holiday Hustle is a 5K (3.1 mile) road race with fun for the entire family.

Race includes a 5K run on a certified, flat course through the neighborhood of West Newton, professional chip timing by RaceWire, guaranteed shirts to the first 200 runners, sports bottles for all, prizes to top finishers, and post-race festivities!

Sunday, December 2
8:00a.m. registration; 9:00a.m. start
Location: John M. Barry Boys & Girls Club of Newton, 675 Watertown Street, Newton

Costumes, ugly sweaters, and festive attire encouraged. More information & registration available online.

Newton North’s award-winning theatre program, Theatre Ink, presents Coastal Disturbances by Tina Howe.

Set on a private beach in Massachusetts, Coastal Disturbances explores love in its many different forms and provides pure comedic entertainment as emotions run wild along the shore. This show sends the endearing and profound message that, with proper sacrifice and dedication, true love reigns supreme.

December 5, 6, 7, & 8 at 7:30 pm.
Little Theatre at Newton North HS, 457 Walnut St.
Tickets $7.00. Seating is general admission

Directed by Jack Reibstein and Nick Rodriguez. More information on the website or box office phone, 617-559-6406.

The Newton Family Singers invite you to “Celebrating the Music of Carole King and Joni Mitchell,” on Sunday, December 9, at 4pm at the Memorial-Spaulding Elementary School Auditorium, 250 Brookline Street.

Come enjoy the enduring hits of Carole King, the Brooklyn-born earth mother, and Joni Mitchell, the poet from the Canadian prairie. And we hope you’ll sing along!!

The Newton Family Singers are an intergenerational chorus and band celebrating family, community and American folk music. For tickets, and more information about NFS and other upcoming events, please visit our website.

Celebrate Newton, Newton’s own holiday crafts fair, is around the corner! It’s running this year on Sunday December 2 at Newton South High School, from 10am-4pm. There’s live music, a kids crafts table, food, and most importantly, a host of fabulous artists and craftspeople, most of whom are your Newton neighbors. Come see their work, and shop for one-of-a-kind gifts for yourself and/or friends and family.

Please visit our website at www.celebratenewton.com to learn more about the fair. The fair is sponsored by Newton Community Education; your admission fee of $3 will help us expand our program and grow our scholarship fund. (Kids under 12 are free.) Get a sneak peak at NCE’s winter Kids & Teens class offerings at the fair too.

Newton’s first Winter Farmer’ Market runs every Tuesday through June (except Christmas and New Year’s Day) at the Hyde Community Center, 90 Lincoln Street, in Newton Highlands.

More than 20 vendors on hand weekly offering a variety of goods from fresh produce, soups, meats, baked goods, etc.  For more info, contact Newton Department of Parks and Recreation: 617-796-1500.