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Make your shopping merrier with the Arts Stroll & Shop: Dec 13th – 15th

NCA’s Arts Stroll & Shop is back for its third year and they’ve expanded to three villages over three days. Enjoy spontaneous performances and pop-up galleries while you shop and dine in Chestnut Hill, Newton Centre and West Newton this December 13th – 15th.

December 13th from 6:00 pm-9:00 pm: Kickoff Event at THE STREET (Chestnut Hill)

December 14th from Noon-6:00 pm THE STREET at WEST NEWTON SQUARE

December 15th from Noon-6:00 pm NEWTON CENTRE at THE STREET

Don’t miss the special discounts, giveaways, exclusive items, and, of course, the arts and culture that the Stroll brings to town! You’ll feel great after you Shop Local. Eat Local. Art Local. Click here http://www.artsstrollandshop.com/ to access the new Stroll website with detailed participant and schedule information.

Yoga for all

Down Under Yoga provides an environment in which children learn to exercise their minds as they move their bodies. Winter class offerings include yoga for ages 3-6, 5-7, 8-11, families, tween, and teens. Young yogis are taught practices to calm and strengthen their bodies, balance stress, and respect the needs of themselves and others. These are skills to last a lifetime which can be applied to any aspect of their daily lives. Series classes offered throughout the year. Drop-ins are welcome!

For more information see the website: www.downunderyoga.com   or call 617-244-9642.

NewtonPAC Evening Meeting: Stepping Up: Transitions to Middle and High School

The NewtonPAC will hold an evening presentation on December 10th on the topic of Stepping Up: What Parents Need to Know to Prepare for the Transition from Elementary to Middle School and Middle to High School.

Representatives from Bigelow and Brown Middle Schools and Newton North and Newton South High Schools will present on the issues involved in transitions, from the first planning IEP meetings to navigating the new social environment.  The meeting is free and open to all, and will be held in room 210 of the Education Center at 100 Walnut Street, Newtonville.   If you have any questions, please contact Eileen Sandberg at eileen.sandberg.newtonpac@gmail.com.

Networking and refreshments will begin at 7:15 pm., and the meeting will begin with the Elementary to Middle School portion from 7:30-8:15 pm.  The Middle to High School portion will follow from 8:15-9:00 pm .

NewtonPAC Open Board Meeting December 5th

The first NewtonPAC open board meeting of the school year with Judy Levin-Charns, Assistant Superintendent for Student Services, will be this Thursday, December 5th, 9:00 am -10:00 am.

The meeting is open to the public and all are welcome.  The topic on the agenda is the role of the new Team Specialists at the elementary schools.   If you have any questions. please contact Eileen Sandberg at eileen.sandberg.newtonpac@gmail.com.

Room 216, Education Center
100 Walnut Street, Newtonville

Holiday Singing at the Waban Tree Lighting Festivities

It’s that time of year when the Waban Improvement Society is gearing up for its annual holiday tree lighting festivities to take place on December 8th, at 4:30 pm right in front of Starbucks in Waban Square. As part of the festivities, the Newton Family Singers will lead the community in singing some great holiday songs. Please join the fun!!!

In addition, they will hold an open community rehearsal on Wednesday, December 4th at 7:00 pm, at the Waban Library Center. The rehearsal and the event are free and open to all ages and experience levels! If you have any questions, please email newfamilysingers@gmail.com. RSVPs are appreciated but not required.

Happy Holidays!!

Celebrate Newton crafts fair, Dec. 8

Celebrate Newton, Newton’s own holiday crafts fair, is around the corner!

Sunday, December 8th, at Newton South High School
10:00 am-4:00 pm
$3 admission (free for children under 12)

There’s live music, a kids crafts table, food, and most importantly, a host of fabulous artists and craftspeople, most of whom are your Newton neighbors. Come see their work, and shop for one-of-a-kind gifts for yourself and/or friends and family. Please visit our website to learn more about the fair. The fair is sponsored by Newton Community Education; your admission fee of $3 will help us expand our program and grow our scholarship fund. (Kids under 12 are free.)

Get a sneak peak at NCE’s winter Kids class offerings at the fair, too.

Community Christmas Carol Sing-Along

The United Parish of Auburndale invites you and your family to come to a community holiday sing-along. After your errands are done but before dinner, come and get into the holiday groove by singing your favorite carols and holiday songs.

All are welcome.

United Parish of Auburndale
64 Hancock Street, Auburndale.
Sunday, December 8th, 4:30 – 5:30 pm

Theatre Ink presents: BAD SEED

Theatre Ink presents: BAD SEED by Maxwell Anderson, from William March’s 1954 novel. In a small Southern town Little Rhoda Penmark rules the roost. On the surface she is sweet, charming, loved by her parents, and admired by all her elders. But Rhoda’s mother has an uneasy feeling when one of Rhoda’s schoolmates is mysteriously drowned. Ezra Dulit-Greenberg and Simon Wolfe direct this psychological thriller.

December 11th -14th at 7:30 pm in the Little Theatre, Newton North High School 457 Walnut Street, Nortonville, MA 02460. Tickets $7.00 at theatreink.net . For questions, please email Adam_Brown@Newton.k12.ma.us

 

The Village Bank partners with City for 6th Annual Holiday Gift Drive

For the sixth consecutive year, The Village Bank will partner with the City of Newton Department of Health and Human Services for the annual Holiday Gift Drive, to help brighten the holidays for deserving Newton children.

The Bank and the City are encouraging local residents, businesses and organizations to play an active role in the Holiday Gift Drive through donations of gift certificates and new, unwrapped gifts for children ages newborn to 10.

The Village Bank’s Newton branches in Auburndale, Newtonville, Nonantum, Newton Highlands, Waban and West Newton will serve as Holiday Gift Drive collection sites. Donations will be accepted from November 25 through December 17.
Suggested gifts include age-appropriate books, CDs and DVDs, clothing, games, sporting goods, and toys. The donation of gift certificates purchased from local merchants will also benefit businesses in the community.

According to Kenneth C. Brennan, president and CEO of The Village Bank, last year’s Holiday Gift Drive touched more than 200 local families. “We are always happy to do what we can to help others,” said Brennan, “but it is the overwhelming support of the community that makes this particular campaign so rewarding each year. That really makes all the difference.”

Meghan Kennedy, community social worker for the City of Newton, said that every income-eligible family who applied last year was provided with age- and gender-appropriate gifts for the children in their family, thanks to the generosity of others.

Joint Bazaar day to provide spectacular holiday shopping

Two gift-laden church bazaars will be held in West Newton Square within a block of one another: at the First Unitarian Society (1326 Washington St.) and Second Church, UCC (60 Highland St.) where the Bazaar opens a half hour early, at 9 am.

Both the Unitarian Fair and the Second Church Bazaar will offer a wide variety of merchandise for holiday shopping, including jewelry, seasonal items, books, toys, small furniture and household goods.There will be homemade sweet treats and decorated wreaths. Both churches will feature a Silent Auction. Hot lunches are available at either site, plan to enjoy a lunch at one of the churches. Free parking is available for all patrons in Second Church’s Highland and Chestnut Street lots.

For more information, please contact either church:
First Unitarian Society of Newton, Second Church in Newton, UCC

December  7th,  9:30 am – 3:00 pm