Panel: How the Car You Drive Impacts the Oceans, Oct. 23

Women Working for the Oceans and the New England Aquarium are hosting a Climate Change event, “Roadside Assistance: Driving Change on our Streets and in the Oceans.”

The panel, moderated by Emmy award winning journalist Lisa Hughes and featuring some of New England’s best known, car-savvy professionals will inform, debate and educate about car emissions and what you can think about when making your next car purchase to insure that you have made the decision that will help protect our oceans and our health.

11:30am – 1:30pm, Tuesday, October 23
Cost: $50 per person

W20: Women Working for the Oceans: W20 is a nonprofit working with the NE Aquarium in order to raise women’s awareness of and involvement in saving our oceans.

THANKS FOR MAKING THE SOUP STROLL SO GREAT!

We would like to thank everyone who participated in this year’s soup stroll! It was a fabulous evening and an enormous success. The money raised will go towards our creative arts and sciences programs as well as technology. A big thank you to the hosts who generously volunteered their homes and who took great care and time to prepare special meals.  Thanks to all of you who participated – for your generous donations and for your terrific community spirit.  As much as the Soup Stroll is a fundraiser, it is a wonderful opportunity for families to connect, meet one another and form new friendships. 
 
A special thank you to all of those who provided a dining experience…

Ernie and Michelle  Gonzalez
Megan Campbell Risen and Udi Meirav
Michele and David  Baxter
Beth Gunning
Beth Porter and Peter Richmond
Kathy Setlzer and Ellen Shub
Lauri and David Perry
Veronique and Ivan Kugener
 
 
And our DESSERT host and hostess:
Julia and Einer Elhauge

Interested in hosting NEXT YEAR? It’s not too early to be put on the host list…let me know.
 
Happy Fall!
 
Becky Manley and Anna LeBlanc, Event Chairs

Shoo Flu: Get the flu vaccine at school, not the flu!

Seasonal flu vaccination clinics will be held during the school day at the Newton Public Schools in October and November. Students in Kindergarten through grade 12 may receive vaccine.

The Bigelow Middle School clinic will be on Thursday October 25th. Each student to be vaccinated must have a parent/guardian complete two forms: a consent/screening form and an insurance/administration record. Forms are available in the school nurse’s office, or may be downloaded at www.newtonma.gov/flu. Forms are due to the School Nurse Tuesday October 23rd. Continue reading →

Election Day Bake Sale – November 6th

We are looking for someone to organize and oversee the election day bake sale.  All money raised goes to support the PTO.   The chair person is responsible for putting a Google docs up and coordinating shifts. They also make sure everything is clearly labeled. Polls open at 7 and the bake sale is right outside the Bigelow gym.  People are in line at 6am so shifts start at 6am and end late afternoon (or till we run out of food). There are already some people are signed up to bake and work shifts.  We have a good helping community, so it should be easy to get additional volunteers.

“And Then There Were None” at Watertown Children’s Theatre

The Watertown Children’s Theatre presents “And Then There Were None,” October 26 (7pm), 27 (1pm) and 28 (1pm).

Enjoy Agatha Christie’s classic about a group of weekend guests who are summoned to a private island, only to discover their eccentric millionaire host is nowhere to be found. The guests each have a wicked past they’re unwilling to reveal – and a secret that will seal their fate.

Ticket information is available on the WCT website.

Open House and Instrument “Petting Zoo” Oct. 21

Join Brookline Music School on Sunday, October 21, for this interactive and fun day of sampling several different instruments and enjoying live music by a world-renown faculty and outstanding students during the Lincoln School “Pumpkinfest.”

At our Instrument Petting Zoos (1:00-3:00pm at Brookline Music School), children and adults are given the opportunity to listen to and play a wide range of instruments, including woodwinds, brass, strings, guitar, piano, drums, percussion, harp and accordion. Students and faculty will perform during Pumpkinfest (12:30-4:00pm at Lincoln School). Free.

Brookline Music School faculty artists series, Oct. 20

The Brookline Music School (BMS) kicks off its Faculty Artists Series with “Sempre Schubert” by the Thoreau Piano Trio with BMS faculty Paul Jacobs on piano, guest artists Susan Jensen on violin and Darry Dolezal on cello, both members of Esterhazy Quartet. Admission is free.

Saturday, Oct. 20, at 7:30pm. The concert will present a mix of chamber works by Franz Schubert (1797-1828). The BMS is located at 25 Kennard Road, Brookline.

The Faculty Artist Series features a colorful spectrum of musical backgrounds to include jazz, folk, classical and ethnic styles. More details on the BMS website.