VOICES BOSTON (formerly PALS Children’s Chorus) is currently holding auditions for its 25th season! Students in grades K-12 are welcome to audition for the chorus, which offers vocal training and music literacy in a strong and caring community of peers and teachers. The oldest students also receive training in drama and dance, and have opportunities to participate in tours. Children will gain experience and confidence in this friendly, supportive group as they prepare for and perform multiple concerts a year. For more information and to sign up for an audition, please visit the website at http://www.voicesboston.org.
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Preschool openings
Longfellow Laboratory Preschool at Mount Ida College invites you to schedule a visit to their school. Nurturing children since 1969, Longfellow is inspired by the Reggio Emilia Approach, designed to spark your child’s innate creativity and curiosity in a wide variety of curriculum opportunities. Limited spaces still available for fall 2014. For more information call 617-928-4530 or visit www.mountida.edu/Longfellow.
Bicycle Update
Discover what has changed and what changes are coming for cyclists in Newton! The third-annual Bicycle Update will feature presentations from Transportation Director Bill Paille, Traffic Sgt. Jay Babcock, and others actively involved in improving bicycle safety in Newton.
Learn about new and planned bike lanes and other street improvements, two-wheeled events like the Tour de Newton, bikes at schools, counts and crash numbers, enforcement of the bicycle laws, and more. Give input or bring questions!
For more information, please call Lois Levin: 617- 283-5077 or email John Pelletier: john.f.pelletier@gmail.com
All are welcome.
Monday, September 15th, 6:30 pm
War Memorial, City Hall
Child Passenger Safety Week
Child Passenger Safety Week is September 14th – 20th and September 20th is National Seat Check Saturday. In Honor of this day the Car Seat Technicians from the Newton Police Department will be performing installations and inspections for all parents, grandparents etc., who would like their child carseat inspected.
There is no fee and there will also be a handful of free carseats available for families in need. The Installations and Inspections will be performed on Saturday from 8:00 am -11:00 am at the War Memorial Drive located at Newton’s City Hall.
National Child Seat Check Saturday:
Date: Saturday September 20th
Time: 8:00 am – 11:00 am
Where: Newton City Hall, War Memorial Drive
Touch a Truck Day
Bring the kids to Touch a truck including Fire trucks, diggers, ambulance, tractors, and more. RAIN or SHINE. See http://thenewtonpartnership.org/touch-a-truck/
Sunday, September 21st, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Newton South High School
140 Brandeis Road
Indian Folk Festival and Bazaar
Gourmet Indian Food, Arts, Crafts, Music, Dance, DJ, Henna, Cricket,
Carrom, Traditional Clothing, Kite flying and more!!!
September 21st, 12noon – 4.30 pm
On the back Lawns of Newton Cultural Center at City Hall
1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton.
(Rain Location inside)
Women’s Doubles Tennis Open
2nd Annual Forgirlsake Women’s Doubles Tennis Open : Have fun playing tennis while supporting a worthwhile cause! Saturday September 27th at the Newton North High School Tennis Courts.
Welcoming all women’s doubles players in the 3.0/3.5/4.0 play range; enter with or without a partner (organizers will match up single entrants). Register here: http://forgirlsake.org/tennis.html to benefit Forgirlsake.org, a Newton-based 501(c)3.
Runners/walkers wanted
The Get Real Campaign is heading up a team for the 16th Annual Samaritans 5K Run/Walk for Someone Else’s Life and Family Fun Festival to be held on September 27th in Brighton, MA.
The Campaign hopes to get a strong showing from Newton. There is a $25 per person registration fee but there is no fundraising minimum. It’s more of an awareness event. They have t-shirts available for the first 30 or so participants and could make more if needed. The link for the Get Real Campaign team is
http://give.samaritanshope.org/site/TR/Events/General?pg=team&fr_id=1040&team_id=2230
New Theatre Company
A brand new theater company has just been started in Newton. The Newton Nomadic Theater’s mission is to bring high quality, simply staged, reasonably priced, theater productions to unusual performance spaces in all the villages of Newton. The first production, Faith Healer by Brian Friel, will open on September 26th and 27th in Carriage House Violins in Upper Falls. The following weekend (October 43rd and 4th) the production will move to Lower Falls for two nights at Gregorian Rugs. The final weekend (October 10th and 11th) it will move to the chapel of the First Baptist Church in Newton Centre. All tickets are $20.00
For more information or to purchase tickets go to http://NewtonNomadicTheater.org. Please join them for a night of wonderful live theater … and please tell your friends.
Parenting your teen through a Jewish lens
Parenting Your Teen Through a Jewish Lens at Congregation Mishkan Tefila this Fall!
This eight-week program brings together caring parents and expert facilitators. Conversations around Jewish texts lead to explorations of your vital role as a parent. Parents from all backgrounds welcome.
Starting November 5th, meets Wednesdays, 7:30 – 9 pm. For more information visit www.hebrewcollege.edu/parenting or email parenting@hebrewcollege.edu.