by Chuck Tanowitz | Jul 2, 2015 | Newton |
Feeling Newton Awe – Welcome to the first installment of my Making Newton Home Roadmap, here on Villlage14. As I shared last week, I have come to believe my local history explorations have grounded me to my beautiful community and helped me nurture a sense of...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 28, 2015 | Newton
The Summer in the Highlands program continues tonight with a **FREE ** performance of A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream by the New Repertory Theater at the Hyde Center on Lincoln St in Newton Highlands is at 7 PM, not 8 PM as I posted earlier. Good stuff free...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 24, 2015 | Newton |
… and now for something completely different – A while back we encouraged Village14 readers to send us guest posts. Kathleen Maguire took us up on the offer and here’s her contribution. Thanks Kathleen At a recent Nomad Theater Story Slam, a...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 24, 2015 | Newton |
All the food supplies for this Sunday’s Feast of the Falls needed to be ordered today. We’ve been watching the weather all week but had to make a decision this afternoon. It’s always a bit dicey predicting the weather days ahead of time but...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 21, 2015 | Newton
The Newton Theatre Company presents “The Imaginary Invalid” FREE tonight at 7 PM at the Hyde Center in Newton Highlights. If things dry out by then it will be outside on the bandstand, if not it will be inside the Hyde Center. This family friendly...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 20, 2015 | Newton |
Sunday’s Tour de Newton is being rescheduled. We’ve been watching the weather forecasts all week and they’ve just grown worse and worse and worse. At this point the predictions are for rain all Sunday morning from start to finish. Much as it pains...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 15, 2015 | Newton |
Last call for registering for this Sunday’s Tour de Newton! A few of the villages have already been filled up but we’re still taking new registrations in many of them. The 20 mile, 13 village leisurely bike ride has a stop in all 13 villages where...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 14, 2015 | Newton |
At exactly 5 PM tonight, we pushed a button and made Feast of Falls tickets available to Upper Falls residents. About 15 seconds later, a spreadsheet automatically began filling up and the free tickets for Upper Falls resident began flying out the door. Now...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 12, 2015 | Newton |
On Sunday afternoon, I’ll be leading a free Historic Newton Walking Tour of a curious corner of the city, and you’re all invited too. In 1889 it was described this way: “Riverside is a charmingly picturesque point, where the Auburndale plateau bends...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 11, 2015 | Newton
From the start of the Newton Nomadic Theater, Scott Gregorian and Gregorian Rugs have been among our biggest supporters. They’ve been host to all three of our productions as well as the regular Nomad Story Slams. Our most recent production of The Beauty Queen...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 9, 2015 | Newton |
This year’s Tour de Newton, on Sunday June 21, will encompass three different rides. The standard leisurely 20 mile, 13 village loop. The same loop running in the opposite direction for more experienced rides who’d like to ride at a faster pace (The...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jun 9, 2015 | Newton |
48 years ago (1967) a Newton South science teacher started a summer day camp for teenagers that focuses on getting kids out into nature and teaching them all about it. The Environmental Science Program of Newton is a month long program aimed at kids entering grades 7...