by Chuck Tanowitz | Apr 1, 2015 | Newton |
I ran down to the hastily called press conference at City Hall this morning. In a very brief statement Mayor Setti Warren announced that he will be stepping down from his office, effective May 1, to take the post of Ambassador to Israel. While the announcement took...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Apr 1, 2015 | Newton |
The Newton Tab delivers its newspaper to homes for free – but not all homes. I think they claim 80% home delivery. Their delivery policy focuses on the low hanging fruit – the bigger streets and easier to get to homes. Those who don’t get it...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Mar 24, 2015 | Newton |
Current Newton police chief Howard Mintz was appointed two years ago, first as interim chief, and later as permanent chief in the aftermath of a lot of turmoil in the city’s police department. Back in 2012, in a very tumultuous year for the department, former...
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by Chuck Tanowitz | Mar 21, 2015 | Newton |
I’ve been so relentlessly promoting Newton Nomadic Theater productions on Village 14 in recent months, that you’re excused if you didn’t know that there is also another new theater in town – The New Theatre Company (NTC). Tickets just went on...
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by Chuck Tanowitz | Mar 15, 2015 | Newton |
Tonight is the closing night’s performance of the Newton Nomadic Theater’s acclaimed production of The Turn of The Screw at Dunn Gaherin’s Pub in Upper Falls. At the moment, there are still a few tickets left. Doors open at 6:30, show at 7:30. ...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Mar 10, 2015 | Newton |
Jim Morrison wrote an article in this past week’s Newton Tab about the last remaining building connected with Newton’s Almshouses. Local resident Mike Clarke has compiled a fascinating 40 page history about Newton’s almshouses. I knew the word...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Mar 6, 2015 | Newton |
The Newton Nomadic Theater tried something new tonight. We moved our current production of The Turn of The Screw to a private home. Steve Siegel and Theresa St. John-Siegel opened up their Waban house to the troupe for two public performances. The venue was perfect...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Mar 6, 2015 | Newton |
UPDATE: TAB story here My wife reported that the shortcut through Clark’s parking lot, that everyone in the Upper Falls neighborhood uses to get from Oak St to Tower Rd (Baza) was blocked by a police line last night. We were wondering what was going. I just saw...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Mar 5, 2015 | Newton
The multi-generational Newton Family Singers will be singing/playing The Beatles at Newton South on Sat March 29. Tickets ($10, $8 for kids) are available here. If you want to really support this great group, consider buying a Family Sponsorship – you get four...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Mar 3, 2015 | Newton |
Here’s a slide show of Newton from days of yore complete with a Blind Faith retro soundtrack. It was all before my time here but I still loved seeing all the period details. Newton trivia question – What’s that promotional photo of 1970’s TV...
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by Chuck Tanowitz | Mar 1, 2015 | Newton |
The Newton Nomadic Theater’s five week run of “The Turn of the Screw”, an eerie, powerful, classic ghost story, is coming to a close. This weekend’s shows were all out of town, with two fabulous performances in a barn in Sudbury and tonight...
by Chuck Tanowitz | Feb 23, 2015 | Newton |
Here are 16 new stories for your viewing/listening pleasure. About a month ago, the Newton Nomadic Theater held its 2nd 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...
