by Jerry Reilly | Jun 26, 2017 | Newton
In September 2016, the Newton Nomadic Theater held its 9th Nomad Story Slam – an outside event on the bandstand at the Hyde Playground in Newton Highlands. The theme of the night was “out of the blue” and these are the stories. Here are a dozen (belated) new...
by Jerry Reilly | Jun 21, 2017 | Newton |
Ward 6 City Council contender Brenda Noel campaign reports that her signatures have been submitted to the City Clerk and certified and she will indeed appear on the ballot in the upcoming election. I have no idea how her campaign is doing so far with voters but I do...
by Jerry Reilly | Jun 20, 2017 | Newton |
This Sunday is the 5th annual Feast of the Falls. It is an event that will boggle your mind. 400 guests will sit at one beautifully appointed 400 foot long table in Hemlock Gorge for a fabulous catered dinner. And you are invited! The food is always amazing. Chef... by Jerry Reilly | Jun 12, 2017 | Newton, The TAB |
The Newton TAB used to have a pretty good web site that mirrored all the news in the print version, though often a few days later. The web site today looks like they’ve just about thrown in the towel on the whole web enterprise. On the home page the lead story...
by Jerry Reilly | Jun 11, 2017 | Newton |
The 5th Annual Feast of the Falls is coming up soon on Sunday June 25. 400 Upper Falls residents will sit down at one very long table in Hemlock Gorge for a spectacular catered dinner with their neighbors. Once again Better Life Food, Dunn Gaherins Pub/Restaurant,...
by Jerry Reilly | Jun 5, 2017 | Newton |
The motto of our theater is “keep it simple, travel light, and move from place to place”. We took great pride that we transported our entire theater in a Honda Civic … but that just went out the window. For our new show we’ve got racks of...
by Jerry Reilly | Jun 1, 2017 | Newton
The Newton Theatre Company, Newton High School students, and Newton Youth Services will present The Monologue Project: Voices of Color, June 4, at 4pm in the Newton Cultural Center. Admission is free. They asked Newton high school students of color to submit...
by Jerry Reilly | May 22, 2017 | Newton |
The Newton Nomadic Theater has been on the go for three years. We’ve brought fabulous actors and plays to Newton over and over again. During that time we’ve only really heard one complaint – “When are you going to do a comedy?”...
by Jerry Reilly | May 21, 2017 | Candidate columns, School Committee |
This is a guest column from the candidate. All candidates are welcome to submit a single guest column between now and Aug 1 From Newtonville to Lower Falls, this campaign cycle has truly started off with a bang as I personally have knocked on over 1,000 doors across...
by Jerry Reilly | May 20, 2017 | Newton |
Great event tomorrow! Gather on the Newton Centre Green at 10 AM to join either a group of runners or a group of bicycle riders. Go for a leisurely ride or run to some of the street pianos for music along the way. The runner will visit four pianos and should be back...
by Jerry Reilly | May 19, 2017 | Newton |
The Newton Street Pianos are back! For the 2nd year running, as part of the month long Newton Festival of the Arts, street pianos have been installed all over the city. This year there is one for each of the13 villages (and here’s one for Village14). Each...
by Jerry Reilly | May 18, 2017 | Newton |
As part of the city’s effort to update it’s zoning regulations they have put together the Zoning Redesign Pattern Book. Here’s my favorite trivia tidbit: Percentage of property in Newton that is “non-conforming” to our current zoning...
