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Spring & Summer programs at Newton Community Farm

Newton Community Farm has announced its 2013 spring and summer education programs for youth and families.

  • Offerings include vacation week programs and other classes during the spring.
  • Summer programs for children (pre-school through grade 9) include popular offerings such as Farm Sprouts, Little Diggers, Farmer in Training, and Socially Aware Young (SAY) Farmers.
  • High school students interested

    in farming and working outdoors should consider serving as a volunteer intern with the Farm Manager.

  • Adults and older teens can learn about gardening, cooking, or raising chickens!

For more information about all of these programs, visit the Newton Community Farm’s website and download the Spring Education Brochure and 2013 Summer Programs flyer.

 

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.

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.

 

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.

Family seeks after-school help

Oak Hill family is seeking after-school care

for grade-school girls (2nd and 6th graders). Perfect opportunity for teacher aides/student teachers who work mornings in NPS, drive & have own transportation. Hours are 2:30 to 5:30 or 6:00 M,W,Th,F and 12:30-5:00pm Tuesdays. Immediate start, commitment until end of academic semester needed. Please send qualifications or questions via email  or call 508-333-3500.

February Vacation programs at Newton Free Library

Comics & Cartooning Workshop, Tuesday, February 19, 3:30 pm
Born out of comic strips in the 1930s, comic books became increasingly popular with GI’s during WWII and have grown and developed in the 80+ years since they first appeared. Teens ages 13-17, come to a workshop on Tuesday, February 19 at 3:30 pm at the Newton Free Library to learn about the history of comics and cartooning, and participate in a how-to workshop/demonstration on techniques and tricks for storytelling. The program will be held in Druker Auditorium.

Teen Crafternoons, Wednesdays, February 20, 3:30 pm
Get creative on Wednesday,

February 20 at 3:30 pm in the second floor Teen Area of the Newton Free Library where we will be hanging out, working on crafts. This week we’ll be making candy sushi! Open to grades 6-12.

“Moonrise Kingdom” Movie Screening, Saturday, February 23, 2:00 pm
Set on an island off the coast of New England in 1965, “Moonrise Kingdom” tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact and run away together into the wilderness. The program is open to ages 13 and up and will be held at the Newton Free Library on Saturday, February 23 at 2:00 pm in Druker Auditorium. The movie is rated PG-13 and runs for 94 minutes.