Newton Nomadic Theater will present several nights of rollicking short-form theater and music. Come enjoy a grab bag of entertainment including short plays, improv, musical spoofs, Shakespeare, film scenes, and monologues. Tickets ($20) on sale for five performances at three venues: Twelve short pieces feature a great cast of actors: Stephen…
Posts published in April 2023
The Over 60s group at the First Unitarian Society in Newton will present a webinar, Aging with Wisdom, on Sunday, April 16, 12PM-1:30PM. Ms. Olivia Hoblitzelle, psychologist, author, and former Associative Director of Benson-Henry Mind/Body Institute will present, inviting participants into ancient wisdom and practical pointers in living, the cultivation…
On March 29, the Newton Public School District released a proposed school budget that includes removing strings and orchestra from the elementary schools. We support a strong music program that includes strings and orchestra in Newton’s elementary schools. The lifelong and transferable skills that playing a musical instrument cultivates in…
Tuesday’s School Committee meeting did not have a public comment period, and began with a typical update from Interim Superintendent Kathy Smith. After Dr. Smith spoke, Committee member Cove Davis (Ward 8) requested that the Superintendent address concerns in the community about low Advanced Placement Math test pass rates for…
The City Council will be meeting virtually (Zoom link) as a Committee of the Whole on Thursday, April 6 at 8AM. The agenda will be solely focused on the following: See Statement to the Retirement Board and Materials provided to the Mayor and the Retirement Board. .
First elected to Congress in 2020, Jake Auchincloss represents Newton and the rest of the Massachusetts Fourth Congressional District, which stretches from Newton and Brookline to Fall River, Taunton, and Attleboro. Before he was elected to Congress, Rep. Auchincloss served in the Newton City Council. He lives in Newton with his wife…
Update: West Newton Cinema Foundatiowill host an in-person Community Information Meeting on Tuesday, April 11, 7PM-8:30PM at the Cinema (1296 Washington Street, West Newton). It’s open to the public. Register here. West Newton residents recently learned that Mark Development has applied for a demolition permit for the West Newton Cinema…
Understanding our Differences has a 45-year history of providing unique, hands–on disability awareness programs to 3rd–5th graders. By exposing young children to what it’s like for a person to live with a disability, UOD creates the beginnings of compassion that lasts a lifetime. As a person with a disability, I…
Set to take the reins at the Newton Public Schools on July 1, Dr. Anna Nolin will be the first permanent female superintendent in the city, overseeing a district of 11,717 students that is still getting back to a place of normalcy since the Covid pandemic. She begins her job…
Making connections is what Angela Pitter does, professionally as CEO of the LiveWire Collaborative and as a community activist. She is the founder and CEO of a digital marketing consulting firm, a former six-year member of the Newton School Committee, and a member of the board of the Charles River…
Mark Development, the company building the now-paused massive mixed-use project at the Riverside Station on Grove Street and I-95 in Newton Lower Falls, is exploring the possibility of repurposing the former Hotel Indigo on the site into a temporary shelter for homeless families. The hotel and restaurant were closed and…
At a special meeting on March 28, the Newton School Committee heard hours of testimony in a public hearing, after which all nine members of the Committee voted to reject a petition to establish an Academic Principles Advisory Committee. Two-hundred-fifty people had signed up to address the Committee in-person and…