Faculty Concert at Suzuki School of Newton, March 3

The Suzuki School of Newton is pleased to announce its Spring Faculty Concert on Sunday, March 3 at 4 pm in the Wilson Chapel of Andover Newton Theological School, 210 Herrick Rd, Newton Centre, featuring an array of classical chamber music.

Come

hear an enjoyable afternoon of classical music including a movement of a Beethoven trio, a Schumann Piano Quintet, and Popper’s Requiem for Three Cellos and Piano.

This concert is part of SSN’s Community Concert Series and is a great introduction to classical music. For tickets: 617-964-4522 ($2 off advance purchase) or visit the school’s website.  All proceeds will support the school’s scholarship fund.

 

Magic Flutes Concert at the Waban Library Center, March 9

Magic Flutes is an ensemble of young flutists from Newton who study flute and ensemble performance with longtime Waban resident, Deborah Charness.

On March 9 at 11am, they will present their 4th annual concert at Waban Library Center located at 1608 Beacon Street. They will be joined by flutists Lynne Krayer-Luke, and Mindy Scharlin.

Magic Flutes is named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Opera of the same

name. The ensemble has performed at such venues as the Cartoon Festival in Symphony Hall, Boston, The Newton Free Library, Cabot Park Village, Russell’s Garden Center, and Whole Foods Market. Suggested donation is $5 per person, or $10 per family. All proceeds benefit the Waban Library Center (WLC). The WLC is staffed completely by volunteers and funded solely by private donations.

Etiquette Academy offers classes for kids

The Etiquette Academy of New England is currently enrolling students who are seeking to perfect their etiquette skills.

  • Mind Your Manners: Beyond Please and Thank You (Grades 2-4)
  • Etiquette for Middle Schoolers: (Grades 5-8)
  • Etiquette for Young Adults: (High Schoolers)

Spots are expected to fill quickly. Registration is online at the Etiquette Academy’s website.

13th Annual Midwinter (early spring!) Coffeehouse: April 6

Better late than never! The Midwinter Coffeehouse returns just in time for early spring on April 6, 2013 at the First Unitarian Society in Newton for a fun evening of live folk and acoustic music.

This year’s show will feature award winning singer/songwriter Oen Kennedy, emcee Eric Moore, Rob Siegel, Barb Cassidy, and other Day Middle School community members and friends.

Beer, wine, and soft drinks will be available for sale along with light refreshments. Profits benefit the F.A. Day Middle School.

Tickets are $20 in advance through the Day cheap auto insurance PTO website or $25 at the door if available (Adults over 21 only, please). Doors open at 6:30, music starts at 7.

More information is available on the Day PTO website or via email.

March 12th Override

Thanks to many of you for responding to the recent survey about whether or not the Bigelow PTO should endorse the override. Eighty-one percent of respondents were in support of endorsing the override. Marina Kvitnitsky is Bigelow’s liaison to the school committee for the override and is organizing efforts to inform residents about the March 12 election. Much help is needed. Please contact Marina at mkvitnitsky@yahoo.com if you can do any of the following: 

– post a lawn sign

– host a neighborhood coffee

– canvass in Newton neighborhoods.

For more information and see the mayor’s website at http://www.newtonma.gov/gov/executive/override.asp.

Thank you.

 

Tickets available for “The Pajama Game” at Watertown Children’s Theatre

Tickets are now on sale for the Watertown Children’s Theatre presentation of “The Pajama Game” in mid-March.  Tickets are $12 and are available through the WCT website or by calling 1-800-838-3006.

Performances: March 15 at 7 pm, March 16 at 2 pm and 7 pm, March 17 at 2 pm
Location: Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown.

A Broadway musical-comedy classic, featuring the hit musical numbers Steam Heat and Hernando’s Hideaway! Relations at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory are anything but peaceful, between bosses and workers. Everything comes to a head when the employees strike for a 7 1/2 cent pay increase, making sparks fly in the factory! A cast of 4th-9th graders including many from Newton, bring this musical comedy smash to life.

 

February vacation program at Jackson Homestead

Newton Community Farm and the Jackson Homestead are teaming up to offer a Kids on the Farm-Then and Now, Vacation Week Program Feb. 21, 2 – 4 pm 

Want to know what life on a farm would have been like for kids in Newton in past centuries? Using real artifacts from the Museum’s collection and real stories from the Angino family who lived on what is now the Newton Community Farm, we will explore how kids would have helped on the farm. Participants will also plant some seeds which will then be transplanted into our garden in the spring. Location: Jackson Homestead, 527 Washington Street, Newton

Co-sponsor: Jackson Homestead, Cost Per Family (4 people maximum, 1 adult required)  $30 general public, $20 Friend of Farm or Historic Newton member

Visit the farm’s website for more details and to register.

 

Feb. vacation program at Watertown Children’s Theatre

Watertown Children’s Theatre has a few openings remaining for a NEW half-day vacation program for middle schoolers.  Students will explore theatre and performance styles from Shakespearean Stage Combat to Commedia Clown Fighting!

 

Tuesday to Friday,

Feb. 19-22
1:00 – 4:00pm
Location: Arsenal Center for the Arts

Practicing conventions of theatre and performance through each style and learning how actors keep each other safe, students will ‘fight for applause’ in a final perfomance for family and friends.

More details and registration are online.