Rena Getz write-in campaign
I’m just back from Upper Falls Village Day. This being an election year, the event was swarming with candidates for City Council and School Committee – no surprise there. What was a surprise is that Rena Getz had a table and was working the crowd,...
Free! Nomad Story Slam at Hyde Bandstand – Sat
The Newton Nomadic Theater is closing out the final night of the summer long Summer in the Highlands Series with a FREE! Nomad Story Slam at the Hyde Bandstand on Lincoln St, this Saturday Sept 7 at 7 PM. Come and listen to great stories from your neighbors or throw...
VIDEO: Lemons to lemonade on Upper Falls Greenway
For the second year running the Upper Falls Greenway became an outdoor sculpture garden thanks to the N²Innovation District. In June sculptures went up all along the Greenway and in the next few days they’ll all be coming down. One sculpture unfortunately...
Story of the Week – Ken Green
The Newton Nomadic Theater regularly hosts nights of storytelling called the Nomad Story Slam. From time to time I dive into the archive of 100’s of stories that have been told at the Nomad Story Slam over the last six years and pull out one of my favorites.
In March 2018 the theme was “oops“. Here’s an ‘oops’ story from Ken Green about a curious childhood game called ‘Good Samaritan’
The next Nomad Story Slam is coming up on Sat Sept 7, 7 PM. It’s the final event of Summer in the Highlands, the amazing free summer long series of music, theater, movies at the Hyde Bandstand at Newton Highlands. The theme of the night will be ‘anticipation‘. So come tell your own ”anticipation’ story or just come listen to stories. For more info, or to join our mailing list go to NewtonNomadicTheater.org
Story of the Week – Andy North
I just finished reading all of the comments about public transit on the “Transit along Washington St” thread and it brought to mind this story. The Newton Nomadic Theater regularly runs events called the Nomad Story Slam. Anybody can come, throw their...
Fun in the sun at Hemlock Gorge Beach
Upper Falls neighbors kicked of this 4th of July with swimming, canoeing and fishing in the Charles River under Echo Bridge this morning. The Friends of Hemlock Gorge organized the event and it was a treat. With the summer upon us, I was thrilled to try out this...Is reducing 400 parking spaces enough?
At the June 18th Land Use Committee Meeting on the Needham Street Northland project, Councilors Auchincloss and others, proposed a reduction of 400 parking spaces, which Northland rejected. Is this because of a lack of confidence in the shuttle bus plan proposed (now...
It’s all happening in the Highlands this weekend
Newton Highlands is kicking off the summer with a bang this weekend. Tonight 6-8 PM the Summer in the Highlands series kicks off with a free concert at the Hyde Playground (Lincoln St) by the Studio 2 Beatles Band, followed by an outdoor movie. Every Friday night,...
Porchfest is back, bigger and better
This Saturday get out of your house, out of your car and go for a walk. Walk street to street, house to house and listen to 120+ bands of every flavor, style and genre. The 2nd annual Newton Porchfest is back in town. Last year’s inaugural Newton Porchfest was...
Zoning: How big is too big?
This is a guest blog post submitted by Newton resident Richard Rasala, a retired Professor and Associate Dean in the Khoury College of Computer and Information Science at Northeastern. Issues with the Washington Street Vision and Zoning Code Part 1: Scale of...
Help bring a mile of art to Newton
Plans are afoot once again to bring a mile long outdoor art exhibition to Newton this summer – but we need your help. Fundraising has begun for an outdoor two month sculpture exhibition along the Upper Falls Greenway in June. The show is the work of N2...