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Do you have a child that loves to sing?

Join VOICES Boston children’s chorus for the 2017-2018 season! With singing at its core and training in dance and drama, VOICES Boston changes the lives of children, building confidence, discipline, leadership and a love of music that will last a lifetime.

They have ensembles for singers grades K-8 and rehearse at the William H Lincoln School in Brookline. VOICES singers perform a wide range of repertoire, from classical to world music, gospel to new music and present an opera every year.

To sign up or just learn more about the program, visit www.voicesboston.org or contact Kathryn DiMaria at 857-366-0034 or kdimaria@voicesboston.org.

Trombone and Low Brass Music Lessons

Looking for a private instructor for you or your child in Trombone, Euphonium/Baritone Horn, or Tuba lessons? Mitchel Wong is available to teach these instruments. An alumnus of Angier, Brown, and South, he graduated from Ithaca College with a Bachelors in Music.

Mitchel is certified in MA and has experience teaching and working with students of all ages, whether just starting in 4th grade or seniors in high school working on auditions. If you’re interested, please contact him at mitchelwong93@gmail.com

In-home Academic Coaching

Since 2009 Next Level Up has been helping Newton families and their students improve and succeed. At Next Level Up, academic coaches are ready and looking forward to another great school year, eager to assist in subjects ranging from Reading & Writing, to all levels of Math, to Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.

Their big picture, processed based approach will also help all students establish solid organizational, time management, and study skills. Get a head start on the year. Contact Next Level Up for a free initial meeting at info@nextleveluptutoring.com or 781-540-1123. Visit the website www.nextleveluptutoring.com.

Wellesley Theatre Project

Wellesley Theatre Project is a nonprofit children’s theatre company for students 4 years old to 12th grade. Join this fall for fun events, classes, and productions!

Fall classes:
Acting
Musical Theatre
Musical Theatre Dance
Design and Production
Improv
Stage Combat
Productions

Production Classes:
Students will explore their creativity and expand their acting, singing, and dancing skills. From audition preparation to Opening Night, all students will learn what it takes to produce a stage show.

You can find more information by clicking here.

Grand Opening! Galit’s Treats Café & Bakery

Recently opened in Newton Center. Specializes in authentic Israeli pastries and desserts. Great coffee and welcoming, warm atmosphere. Grand Opening on September 4th, Noon – 4:00 pm featuring Music and balloon twisting!

Galit’s Treats
749 Beacon Street, Newton

Place your Challah Bread and dessert orders for Rosh Hashana now, call 617-244-2411.

“Soul of a Legend – paying tribute to those gone too soon…”

On September 11, 2001, the Hackel family of Newton lost Paige Farley-Hackel along with Paige’s best friend Ruth McCourt Clifford and four year old daughter Juliana on two separate flights out of Logan airport.

To honor Paige following the attacks, Peter Hackel formed what is now the Super-Group “Soul of a Legend” with this year marking the band’s 16th Anniversary remembering the hero’s and victims of 9/11, and honoring musical legends “Gone Too Soon”. Their annual performance at Newton’s First Baptist Church is designed to “Never Forget” while raising awareness and support for the Paige Farley-Hackel Memorial Playground in Dorchester. Sixteen years turning tragedy into triumph!

The concert will host an extraordinary collection of musicians: James Montgomery, Jon Butcher, Fly Amero (Orleans), Jerry Velez (Jimi Hendrix), Jeff Levine (Hall & Oates), David Hull (Joe Cocker), Pete Hackel , Chris Martin, John Sullivan, Hirsh Gardner, Kevin Graham, Mike Lamm, Joe Maffei, Leah Hinton and Christine Moser, paying tribute to past musical legends : Lennon, Harrison, Hendrix, Morrison, Bowie, Cocker, Prince, Bonham, Mercury, Joplin & Allman and the victims of 9/11.

Tickets are available at the door for a suggested $20.00 donation or can be purchased at www.GimmeLive.com. Thanks to the sponsorship of First Commons Bank, all are welcome regardless of ability to pay. Beer and Wine will be available for purchase, plus don’t miss the special meet and greet gathering with the evening’s performers immediately following the show!

September 9th, 6:00 pm: cocktails, 7:00 pm: show
First Baptist Church, 848 Beacon Street, Newton

Middle School Yoga

Specifically geared for busy middle schoolers, this class will become your welcome respite and a space to learn how yoga can both build strength of body and mind in a supportive, fun environment. You’ll develop healthy strategies to use your breath and mind to calm nerves and quiet active minds. This class will safely test your agility while becoming stronger, more flexible and toned. Class will end with a relaxation period that will leave you feeling rejuvenated and refreshed.

For students in Grades 5-8. Strengthen your body. Build confidence. Have fun! Register at: http://www.artemisyoga.com/classes/kids-teen-classes/

Tuesdays – 4:00 – 5:00 pm
Starts September 12th
Artemis Yoga in Watertown

Better Family Photos class at Newton Community Ed

Do you want to take better photos of your children or extended family? Do you see a great shot, but your photos don’t turn out the way you intended? Bring in your family photographs that you don’t like, and the ones you do, and learn about how to approach photography to get better results. We will look at your work in the second session. All cameras welcome.

Instructor Tira Khan is a Newton South mom and photographer who documents people and their spaces. Her photo series on her three daughters has been exhibited in group shows in New York and New England. Her images have also appeared in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times Lens Blog. Visit her website at TiraKhan.com.

Two Mondays, September 18th and 25th,  7:00 – 9:00 pm.
For more information: https://registration.xenegrade.com/nce/courseDisplay.cfm?schID=10255.

Newton CPC Meeting Agenda

Agenda includes Historic Property at 1615 Beacon Street, Waban

The agenda for the CPC’s next meeting includes discussion of the Suzuki School of Newton’s $600,000 pre-proposal for 1615 Beacon Street / Staples-Craft-Wiswall Farm and Historic Newton’s request to apply already appropriated CPA funds to new work at the Historic Burying Grounds.

For details see the program website www.newtonma.gov/cpa, or contact Alice Ingerson at aingerson@newtonma.gov or 617-796-1144.

September 14th, 7:00 pm
Newton City Hall, Room 204

Upcoming Programs at the Library

Mayor’s Summer Reading Ice Cream Celebration

Join Mayor Warren in celebrating the accomplishments of our summer readers at a special ice cream celebration courtesy of Cabot’s! Mayor Warren will congratulate all readers. There will be an interactive concert for kids of all ages from 3:00-4:00 pm by Roger Tincknell, Songs for a Better World Family Concert and temporary henna tattoos for tweens and teens by Noureen Design 2:00 – 4:00 pm.

Festivities will be held at the Homer Street Entrance of the Newton Free Library (or in Druker Auditorum in case of rain) and will include activities for children, tweens, teens and adults, so bring the whole family.

September 9th, 2:00 – 4:00 pm

Writing College Essays that Make a Difference

Get some great strategies for writing a college application essay that can make the difference between a “Yes” and a “Maybe.” You’ll look at case studies of successful essays, and students will have the opportunity for Dr. Schwartz to assess their essays. Adam Schwartz taught writing at Harvard and Wellesley for twenty-five years. His service on the Board of Admissions at Wellesley College has provided him with an insider’s knowledge of the college application process. His stories have been published in The New Yorker and he is an award-winning novelist.

For teens and families. Please register online: http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/ekform.cfm?curOrg=NEWTON&curID=294702.
Please email teens@newtonfreelibrary.net with your essay as an attachment by September 10 if you want Dr. Schwartz to look over it.

September 13th, 7:00 pm

Team Hope Walk

Our Newton Reads selection this year is Inside the O’Briens by Lisa Genova, which tells the story of the O’Brien family. Joe O’Brien is a Boston cop who finds out he has Huntington’s Disease and that each of his four children have a 50/50 chance of inheriting the disease.

There is currently no cure for this disease. Walk with us, as part of our Newton Reads program, to support the mission of Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA) to improve the lives of everyone with Huntington’s disease . Join and/or donate to the Newton Free Library Team effort. If you’d like to walk, just register as part of our team online. Donations are not required. Check-in will be between 9:00 – 10:00 am at the Tewksbury Hospital Saunders Building, 365 East St, Tewksbury

September 16th, 10:00 am