School of Rock Boston in Watertown is now accepting enrollments for February Break & April Break Rock Star Performance Boot Camps.
Seeking singers, guitarists, bassists, drummers, and keyboardists between the ages of 8-18 for the weeks of Feb. 18-22 and April 15-20.
Being in a band, record an EP, play a rock show all within a 5-day span! Call 617-923-3434 or email for an application packet.
Meet New Art Center teachers and learn about our art classes and programs for children, teens and adults, at an Open House on Sunday, Dec. 9, from 1:00-4:00pm.
There will be children’s activities in our studios and art galleries as well as a crafts fair, ceramics demonstration and building tour.
61 Washington Park St. Newtonville, MA 02472
A Step Ahead basketball is holding a school vacation basketball clinic December 26-29 for boys and girls, ages 8-15. This clinic will be held in Newton Centre at the Mackenzie Center (1321 Centre St) and runs from 9:00AM – 1:00PM.
For more information please visit our website or contact Coach Smith by email or phone 617-909-5990.
Watertown Children’s Theatre (WCT) is currently enrolling for its winter production of The Pajama Game, the Tony-award winning musical-comedy. In today’s challenging economic climate, enjoy this romantic comedy that centers around the battle between labor and management over an all important seven-and-a-half cent raise for the workers of the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory!
From retro-costuming, classic vocal numbers and Broadway-based choreography, this production is sure to educate, enlighten, and entertain.
Open to Grades 5-9, this musical features familiar songs like “Hernando’s Hideaway” and dance numbers like “Steam Heat” that will bring parents and audience members back to the Golden Age of musicals. A strong ensemble cast ensures that there will be fun for everyone who participates in this classic show, recently revived on Broadway. Orientation begins December 2, so register your child now for a winter full of musical theatre fun!
For more information and registration details, visit the WCT website.
Join us in the teen area for our bi-monthly Mother-Daughter Book Club. This month we’re discussing Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys. For daughters ages 12-15 and mothers of any age.
Wednesday, November 28
7:30 pm
Newton Free Library Teen Area, 2nd floor
To sign-up please call Liz, the Teen Librarian, at 614-796-1389 or send an email letting her know you’ll attend. If you can’t attend this week, ask to be put on the email list for future gatherings.
Mad Dog Wrestling Club is a non-profit youth wrestling club. Our practices are held on Monday & Wednesday nights from 6:30 – 8 pm at the Fessenden School athletic center.
The club is open to any athlete (grades 2 – 12) who wants to learn the fundamentals of collegiate style (Folkstyle) wrestling and/or fine tune skills so they can move to the next level.
Our winter program runs from November 26 – February 13 and includes practices, tournaments, scrimmages, guest clinicians & dual meet series.
For more information visit our website, send an email or call Kevin Randall at 617-592-9579.
Family Daycare Setting has openings now for children 2 years old to pre-school, Tuesday and Thursday, 9am-1pm (follows the Newton Public School 2012-2013 calendar).
Warm, loving, caring, energetic, licensed provider. CPR and first aid certified. Convenient location in Newton Centre, off Comm Ave between Centre and Walnut Streets.
Bright, sunny indoor space – 1st floor family room with lots of windows. Great outdoor space – fenced yard with swing set, climbing structure, large digging area, etc. Opportunity for children to develop skills needed for pre-school and being a friend.
Contact Lynda Goldberg for more information – by email or phone, 617.527.2117
You are invited to attend the fifth annual Newton Preservation Awards! Help celebrate individuals and projects that have chosen preservation as a sustainable reinvestment in the Newton community.
Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 6:30pm
Boston College Alumni House, 825 Centre Street.
Light refreshments will be served.The event is free but registration is required. Please RSVP by phone, 617-796-1450, or by email.
Join us for a discussion of the next selection of Historic Newton’s book club, American Colossus by H. W. Brands.
Thursday, Nov. 19, 7:30pm
Jackson Homestead & Museum, 527 Washington St., Newton
In his story of the economic transformation of American society after the Civil War, Brands provides a rounded and largely fair portrait of the capitalists and the world they made. As a New York Times review observed: “Brands, a terrific writer who commands his material, handles this sprawling, complicated story with authority and panache… as close as serious history gets to a page turner.”
The book club is free and new members are always welcome.
“What Can Be Funded?” a public question-and-answer session for Newton’s new Community Preservation Act grant guidelines, will be held Thursday November 29, 7 pm, at the Newton Free Library.
Come find out if your project idea is eligible under the recently amended Community Preservation Act & the new Funding Guidelines just adopted by Newton’s Community Preservation Committee.
We’ll also have birthday cake and historic maps & photos from our year of “Happy 10th, Newton CPA!” neighborhood birthday parties. For event details & the full new funding guidelines, visit the Newton Community Preservation Committee’s home page or contact Community Preservation Program Manager Alice Ingerson via email.