by Jerry Reilly | Mar 14, 2022 | Newton |
Once again, Newton Community Pride has come up with a wonderful and whimsical way to enliven the city, support local artists, and surprise and delight random passersby – “Sit and Let Your Spirits Soar” It all started when Boston Chinese Evangelical...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 14, 2022 | Newton
It’s been two years since Covid hit. It’s been a long two years. One weekend the Newton Nomadic Theater had just opened a fabulous new production of No Exit and a few days later a news story took over our lives. The whole world changed and everything...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 13, 2022 | Newton |
Four years ago Seana Gaherin had one more ridiculous idea and now it’s a Newton tradition. After a two year Covid absence, its back. This Saturday March 19 at 11 AM, Dunn Gaherins Pub and Better Life Food in Upper Falls will be hosting the 3rd annual St...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 13, 2022 | Newton
The Newton Nomadic Theater has been hosting Nomad Story Slams for the last eight years. These are nights when anyone can show up, throw their name in a hat, and tell a five minute true story connected to the the topic of the night. Periodically I reach back in to the... by Jerry Reilly | Mar 10, 2022 | Newton |
The Boston Globe reports that the Newton School department budget has reached a financial crisis point. Despite falling enrollment (down 1000 in five years), and even though the city has increased school funding this year by $8.9 million, the school department budget...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 7, 2022 | Newton |
NewTV is Newton’s public access cable TV station. Individuals can become members for $25/years and that membership entitles you to take any of their classes that cover all aspects of video production. It also entitles you to use all of their equipment. Unlike...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 7, 2022 | Newton |
After a long Covid absence, we’re bringing The Nomad Story Slam back this Saturday and holding it for the first time at the beautiful historic Nathaniel Allen House in West Newton. The Nomad Story Slam is a great night of true stories, modeled on the Moth Radio...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 3, 2022 | Newton |
Tuesday night’s School Committee discussed the recommendations of the Medical Advisory Group to move to an optional mask policy within the schools. At the meeting the committee took an informal straw vote that was unanimous in accepting the recommendations. ...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 3, 2022 | Newton |
Bruce Henderson just forwarded me this wonderfully obscure historic artifact. It’s a copy of a 570 page book published in 1854 by Francis Jackson about the early settlement of what is now Newton (then part of Cambridge). It covers the period 1639 –...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 2, 2022 | Newton |
Join Newton Porchfest 2022. Sign-ups are open! Spring is just around the corner and we are getting ready for Newton Porchfest 2022! PorchFest is an afternoon of free music performed outside of people’s homes. We welcome you to a community event to share the joy of...
by Jerry Reilly | Mar 2, 2022 | Newton
Join Green Newton on Thursday, March 3 at 7pm to learn all about insulating your home. The City of Newton’s Energy Coach, Liora Silkes, and an insulation expert from CLEAResult will discuss the comfort, cost, and climate benefits of insulating and air sealing our...
by Jerry Reilly | Feb 27, 2022 | Newton |
A flock of 150 or so birds descended on Spring St today. My friend Lynda Johnson runs a kids theater camp. This past summer one of the activities she had the kids do when they weren’t rehearsing/performing was making colorful origami birds. At the end of the...
