by Chuck Tanowitz | Sep 20, 2015 | Newton |
The Newton Nomadic Theater’s newest production, “The Compass Rose” by Ronan Noone will open this Friday, Sept 25 at 7:30 in the home of Chris Steele and Emily Prenner in Waban. Each performance will feature a real world Newton couple celebrating...
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by Chuck Tanowitz | Sep 15, 2015 | Newton |
The Newton Nomadic Theater is ramping up for it’s next production – the New England premier of “The Compass Rose” by renown playwright Ronan Noone. It opens on Sept 25 and runs to Oct 25 at locations all around Newton. Tickets here Regular...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Sep 13, 2015 | Newton |
What I most love about the Tour de Newton as an event is that it’s a great fun, unifying event for the whole city with widespread participation by both riders and volunteers. Today the ride itself went off with barely a hitch. But in Newton nothing is ever...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Sep 12, 2015 | Newton |
If you’re out and about on Sunday morning you’re likely to see groups of 25 or 30 brightly clad bicyclists all over the city. It’s the 3rd annual Tour de Newton! This year it’s the biggest yet. We bumped the number of riders up to 750. Added...
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by Chuck Tanowitz | Aug 31, 2015 | Newton |
This past June, the 3rd annual Tour de Newton was rained out. It’s been rescheduled for Sunday Sept 13, starting at 9:30 AM. We need your help as a Village Greeter. The Tour de Newton is a very relaxed 20 mile bike ride through all 13 villages of Newton. It...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Aug 28, 2015 | Newton |
A while back we encouraged Village14 readers to send us guest posts. Kathleen Maguire took us up on the offer and has periodically been contributing posts she calls Finding Newton Awe. Thanks Kathleen When Reverend Howard Haywood encouraged me to explore Cheesecake...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Aug 28, 2015 | Newton |
The Tzu Chi Foundation moved into the old Methodist Church in Upper Falls about 5 or 6 years ago. Since then they’ve become great neighbors. They’ve recruited volunteers for the twice a year Hemlock Gorge cleanups and they’ve been sponsors of the...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Aug 18, 2015 | Newton |
The Newton Nomadic Theater in association with NotloB Music will be putting together regular music events at Gregorian Rugs in Lower Falls in the coming months. First up on Thursday Sept 10 is David Greely, Cajun fiddler extraordinaire. He was the founding fiddler in...
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by Chuck Tanowitz | Jul 20, 2015 | Newton |
The next Nomad Story Slam community story telling event, loosely based on NPR’s MOTH Radio Hour, will be held this Sunday, July 26, 8 PM at the Hyde Bandstand/Playground on Lincoln St in Newton Highlands. Bring a blanket and/or chair for this FREE evening of...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jul 14, 2015 | Newton |
Sorry for the double post on the same topic – and thank you Kathleen Maguire – but I couldn’t help myself. Sometimes, a few people get together and create something amazing. In the last year I got involved with a theater for the first time and saw...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jul 13, 2015 | Newton |
With Robert Frost’s “good fences make good neighbors” adage relatively fresh in my mind from Charles Connick’s stained glass interpretation of “The Mending Wall” in the Newton Senior Center, I walked across Echo Bridge last night. There are no fences to mark the...
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by Chuck Tanowitz | Jul 3, 2015 | Newton
Here are 18 new stories (below) for your viewing/listening pleasure. Back in April, the Newton Nomadic Theater held its 3rd Nomad Story Slam one Friday night at Gregorian Rugs. We invited anyone who wanted to come tell a five minute true story, about something that...
