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  • Cook Cooks for Charity

    Cook Cooks for Charity

    Cook Restaurant Kicks Off Month-Long Fundraiser for Boston Children’s Hospital with Ben and Tonya Mezrich

    Cook for Charity

    WHAT:

    Cook, the award-winning restaurant located in Newton, MA is kicking off its annual month-long holiday fundraiser for Boston Children’s Hospital with a special “Cook for Charity” event featuring New York Times best-selling author Ben Mezrich and fashion designer Tonya Mezrich. On Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014 from 6:00PM – 8:00PM the husband and wife duo will roll up their sleeves and get cooking with Executive Chef/Owner Paul Turano where they’ll be serving up flatbreads for the nonprofit all evening long.

    In addition to Cook’s signature menu items, the restaurant will be serving “The Mezrich” special, a Hawaiian flatbread with house smoked ham, bacon, pineapple, tomato sauce and mozzarella designed by The Mezrichs themselves. 100% of sales from each $15 “The Mezrich” flatbread will be donated to the Patient and Family Resource Room, a program that helps provide services to families whose children are being treated at Boston Children’s Hospital Oncology and Hematology Center.

    Ben Mezrich has authored twelve books, including the wildly successful “Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions,” which spent sixty-three weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, and sold over 2 million copies in fifteen languages. The book was adapted into the movie The Social Network –written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by David Fincher – and Golden Globes for best picture, best director, best adapted screenplay, best score, and was nominated for 8 Oscars, winning 3 including best Adapted Screenplay. Ben will have signed copies of his latest book,“SEVEN WONDERS,” available for purchase the evening of the event.

    Tonya Mezrich is co-fashion designer for mike&ton, jewelry designer for her own label Jewel Design By Tonya and NECN‘s fashion expert. The Mezrichs have two small children and are regular supporters of Boston Children’s Hospital to which the event will help raise money and awareness.

    Mike and Ton

    The regular menu will also be available on the night.

    WHEN:             December 2nd, 2014. Appearance by The Mezrichs from 6:00PM – 8:00PM. Dinner served from 4:30PM to 10:00PM. 

    WHERE:           Cook Newton | 825 Washington Street | Newton, MA |02467

    RSVP:              Reservations highly recommended by calling 617-964-2665.

  • Celebrate Newton Holiday Craft Show!

    Celebrate Newton Holiday Craft Show!

    Celebrate Newton
    Celebrate Newton Holiday Craft Show!
     
    December 7, 2014
    10am – 4pm
    Newton South High School
     
    Come celebrate with Newton Artisans at Celebrate Newton Holiday Craft Show!
    Food, Live Music, Kids’ Crafts Table
    Proceeds benefit the Newton Community Education Scholarship Fund
    Celebrate Newton Holiday Craft Show! Celebrate Newton Holiday Craft Show!
  • Dec Vacation Art for Kids at Arsenal Center for Arts

    Dec Vacation Art for Kids at Arsenal Center for Arts

    ​The Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown offers great December Vacation art workshops for kids as well as ​ Winter Classes for Adults and Children.

    VACATION FUN!

    Art for Kids at Arsenal Center for Arts

    Arsenal Center Offers December Vacation Art Workshops for Children

    Art for Kids at Arsenal Center for Arts

    Watertown’s Arsenal Center for the Arts has December Vacation covered with Vacation Art Workshops for children in grades K-6.

    The Great Artists (Grades K-6) December 29 – 30.  Children can find inspiration in the works of famous artists, then make their own masterpiece.  Sign up for morning and/or afternoon classes as different projects are offered each time.

    Try It! (Grades K – 6) December 31.  This fun, one-day workshop gives kids a chance to try out a variety of media and learn new skills.  Sign up for the morning and/or afternoon session as different projects are offered each time.

    Children will be divided into groups by age.  Supervised Lunchtime is available for those who stay all day.

    Art for Kids at Arsenal Center for Arts

    The Arsenal Center for the Arts begins the new year with an exciting program of winter art classes and workshops for adults and children beginning the week of January 12, 2014.

    Art for Kids at Arsenal Center for Arts

    Adult offerings include a range of media and techniques for both beginning and more advanced students, with both morning and evening classes: Art Sampler, Acrylics, Expressive Watercolor, Monoprints, Ceramics, Drawing, Folk Assemblage, Poetry through the Four Seasons, Jewelry-Crafting and more.

    Children’s classes (offered for four age ranges through teens) include Clay for Kids, Let’s Paint, Mixed-Media, Comics & Cartoons, Wheelthrowing, Intensive Drawing and more. Fun Parent/Child workshops for ages 2+ are also available.

     

    To register online, go here or call 617-923–0100, ext. 8309.

    Classes are held at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street in Watertown, with free parking and access to public transportation.  Scholarships and Member discounts are available.  

  • NNHS Mindset Parenting Workshop

    NNHS Mindset Parenting Workshop

    Getting up to speed on the growth mindset

    Parent/guardian workshop

    Wednesday, December 3

    7:00-8:30 p.m.

    Newton North High School cafeteria

    Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck

    World-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, in decades of research on achievement and success, has discovered a truly groundbreaking idea–the power of our mindset.

    Dweck explains why it’s not just our abilities and talent that bring us success–but whether we approach them with a fixed or growth mindset. She makes clear why praising intelligence and ability doesn’t foster self-esteem and lead to accomplishment, but may actually jeopardize success. With the right mindset, we can motivate our kids and help them to raise their grades, as well as reach our own goals–personal and professional. Dweck reveals what all great parents, teachers, CEOs, and athletes already know: how a simple idea about the brain can create a love of learning and a resilience that is the basis of great accomplishment in every area.

    Have you heard that Newton Public Schools is asking teachers and staff to explore how encouraging a “growth mindset” can motivate students to learn? Do you know that the research-based growth mindset is useful for all ages and in all settings-school, home, work, athletics?

    Newton North School Council and PTSO invite ALL parents/guardians to a fun and engaging evening exploring the growth mindset. AsPrincipal Jen Price shows you how Newton Public Schools faculty are being trained in the use of the growth mindset, you’ll learn

    • Effective ways to give praise
    • Useful methods for encouraging children and teens to try new things and accept challenges
    • Constructive ways to respond to failure
    • Successful strategies for creating a parent-teacher dialogue about students’ development

    You will also have a chance to apply the growth mindset during an interactive challenge.

    To learn more about the growth mindset, read about Mindset or view this  Ted Talk by Angela Duckworth.

    Newton North School Council and PTSO look forward to seeing you on December 3!

  • Lady Eagles Girls’ Winter Soccer Clinic

    Lady Eagles Girls’ Winter Soccer Clinic

    Lady Eagles Winter Soccer Clinic

    at Boston College

    Lady Eagles Girls' Winter Soccer Clinic

    Dates: Mon Dec 29 – Thurs Jan 1

    Time: 8.30am –  2.30pm

    Ages: 6-14 years

    Location: Alumni Stadium Bubble

    Cost:

    4 day option $295

    3 day (Dec 29/30/31) $225

    2015 Winter camp brochure.pdf

    More specific information on the clinics, including information on how to register, can be found on our website.

    If you have any questions,or would like more information, please see contact information below.

    EMAIL: soccer.clinic@bc.edu

    PHONE: 617-552-0982

     

  • Jim Guttmann’s Klezmer Concert

    Jim Guttmann’s Klezmer Concert

    Saturday
    November 22, 8:00 PM

    Homegrown Coffeehouse, Needham, MA

    Jim Guttmann's Klezmer Concert

    On Saturday evening, November 22, Homegrown Coffeehouse will present bassist Jim Guttmann’s Bessarabian Breakdown, an exciting, eclectic excursion through klezmer music that ranges from traditional performances to fusions that stay true to their idioms.

    WHAT IS KLEZMER MUSIC?
    Klezmer music is the party music of the eastern European Jews, the folk music behind Broadway’s Fiddler on the Roof. The music developed hundreds of years ago and has traveled with the Jews of eastern Europe throughout Europe and to the New World. Wherever they went, the Jewish musicians – known as klezmorim – would pick up the musical styles of the host culture and integrate it with their own klezmer music. In America the klezmorim fell in love with jazz and Latin dance music.  Jim Guttmann’s Bessarabian Breakdown continues that tradition, blending traditional klezmer with various jazz styles, salsa and rhythm & blues.WHO IS JIM GUTTMANN?
    Bassist Jim Guttmann’s career has taken him from smoky dives to Carnegie Hall, performing with the Klezmer Conservatory Band, violinist Itzhak Perlman, Broadway star Joel Grey,  jazz singers Eartha Kitt and Mark Murphy, the legendary Boston string band Cheap Trills, blues masters Johnny Shines and James Cotton, Texas Swing legend Tiny Moore, guitar virtuoso Russ Barenberg, jazz & bluegrass violin wizard Matt Glaser, the Artie Shaw Orchestra and the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. Whether he’s swinging a jazz tune, holding down the tumbao in an Afro-Cuban song or nailing a lively sirba with a klezmer band, he plays with warmth, sophistication and flawless time. The music in this program showcases his versatility as both a soloist and an ensemble player, and in each fusion new aspects of the original song provides him and his band mates with musical challenges that are fun and entertaining for the audience.WHO’S IN THE BAND?
    The band is made up of some of Boston’s finest ethnic, jazz and improvising musicians including violinist Mimi Rabson, clarinet and sax man Ted Casher, Tom Hall on baritone sax, several current Klezmer Conservatory Band members including drummer Grant Smith, trombonist Mark Hamilton and cornetists Mark Berney & Gary Bohan. Percussion virtuoso Ernesto Diaz, jazz guitarist extraordinaire Jon Damian and pianist/accordionist Joe “Sonny” Barbato fill out the rhythm section. Truly a killer band.

    ABOUT THE HOMEGROWN COFFEEHOUSE
    The Homegrown Coffeehouse, celebrating 30 years at First Parish UU in Needham, is llocated just off the Needham town square at 23 Dedham Avenue (route 135).

    The new space is a treat, visually and acoustically, so come on down for this great show!

    Shows starts at  8:00 pm; doors open at 7:30 om. Tickets for all shows will be available online (see TICKET INFO below). Remaining tickets are sold at the door beginning about 7:30 p.m.

     

    For more information about the show:

    Tel:   (781) 444-7478

    E-mail:  homegrownneedham@gmail.com

    Twitter:  @Homegrown02492

    Web page here

    TICKET INFO
    Tickets for the show are $20, $15 for students and seniors and can be purchased in advance here.

  • 38th Annual Wellesley Marketplace!

    38th Annual Wellesley Marketplace!

    Wellesley Marketplace38th Annual Wellesley Marketplace!
     
    Wellesley Marketplace
    November 22, 2014
    9am – 4pm
    Wellesley Middle School
     
    Join over 175 of New England’s Finest Artisans for the 38th Annual Wellesley Marketplace. Photographer Sharon Schindler will be there and many other artisans from Newton!
    38th Annual Wellesley Marketplace!
    Zoe Forbes of Fleuri Designs will be there too!
    Fleuri Designs
  • NNHS Coach Cap to be Honored at Rotary Luncheon

    NNHS Coach Cap to be Honored at Rotary Luncheon

    NEWTON NORTH “COACH CAP” PETER CAPODILUPO

    TO BE HONORED AT

    30TH ROTARY ANNUAL FOOTBALL LUNCHEON

     
    NNHS Coach Cap Honored at Rotary Luncheon

    Newton North’s “Coach Cap” Peter Capodiluo, who is retiring at the end of this season, will be honored at the Rotary Clubs of Newton & Brookline 30th Annual Football Luncheon on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at noon at the Braeburn Country Club.  Boston Globe sportwriter Dan Shaughnessy will give the keynote address.

    NNHS Coach Cap Honored at Rotary Luncheon

    The luncheon, which began in 1984 and brings together Thanksgiving football “rivals”, is a time honored tradition attended by coaches, players and educators from both the Newton and Brookline school systems, along with many elected officials and other dignitaries and community leaders.  All are welcome to attend!

     

    To help honor Coach Cap, community members are invited attend the luncheon and also to write personal tribute messages which will appear in the luncheon program book.  By purchasing a “tribute”, we will include your message in the program book and make a donation to the charity of Coach Cap’s choice.

     

    To purchase luncheon tickets and/or to include your special message to Coach Cap, please visit our Eventbrite page at http:.

    About Rotary

    Rotary brings together a global network of volunteer leaders dedicated to tackling the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges. Rotary connects 1.2 million members of more than 34,000 Rotary clubs in over 200 countries and geographical areas. Their work impacts lives at both the local and international levels, from helping families in need in their own communities to working toward a polio-free world. For more information, visit RotaryNewton.org.

  • Children’s Book Events at New Art Center

    Children’s Book Events at New Art Center

    An Interactive Afternoon
    with Jarrett Krosoczka
    & Jef Czekaj 
    at The New Art Center
    Jarrett Kroscozka at The New Art Center
    Sunday, November 23
    3-5 pm
        New Art Center
        61 Washington Park
        Newtonville, MA 02460
    What’s Happening
    Participate in two interactive workshops:

    From Brain to Book with Jef Czejak

    Graphic Novel Writing Workshop with Jarrett

     

    What to Bring

    Bring paper, pencils and your imagination!

    What Else

    Book sale and signing following the program.

    Suitable for children in grades 2-6.
    Children need a ticket (click below).
    Accompanying adult is complimentary.
    Sign up here.
    Wondermore cultivates children’s curiosity, creativity and academic achievement by igniting in them a love of good books. We bring acclaimed children’s book authors and illustrators into K-8 schools in under-served Boston neighborhoods for visits and writing workshops.

    All proceeds will directly benefit Wondermore’s programming.

    For more information on Wondermore please visit www.wondermoreboston.org
  • Holiday Events at the Prudential Center

    Holiday Events at the Prudential Center

    THE SHOPS AT PRUDENTIAL CENTER ANNOUNCES 2014 HOLIDAY EVENT SCHEDULE

    Gifts & Glam, Thursday, November 20 5pm – 8pm

    gifts and glam at the prudential center

    Get a jumpstart on the holiday season with a glamorous shopping event at The Shops at Prudential Center on Nov. 20 from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. From seasonal decorations to festive party outfits to gifts for friends and family,A Night of Gifts + Glam has something for everyone. The event will feature exclusive shopping discounts, styling tips and makeovers, sips and snacks stations, holiday entertainment and more. Attendees will also have the opportunity to enter to win a $500 Holiday Party Makeover sweepstakes. The event is free and open to the public.

     

    Santa in the City

    Meet Santa at the Prudential

    Come see Boston’s Best Santa in Belvidere Pavilion. Santa will arrive at The Shops at Prudential Center on Saturday,


    Extended hours begin     December 12.  Check the website for details.

     

    November 21. Capture the magic of the holiday season and bring the kids for a special photo with Santa in his Winter Wonderland located in Belvidere Arcade. A variety of photo packages are available, starting at $19.99.

    Santa’s hours:
    Monday-Friday 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
    Saturdays 10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
    Sundays 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

    Take a Ride on the Polar Express

    Polar Express Story Hour, featuring readings by “The Conductor”, hot chocolate, cookies and gifts for the children in attendance.  Kids are encouraged to dress in their pajamas and visit The Shops at Prudential Center Food Court for a Polar Express Story Hour on Dec. 6 and Dec. 13. Following the readings, kids are invited to stay for a special musical performance

    put on by local Boston children’s performers. The Dec. 6 and Dec. 13performances will be announced soon. Both concerts will take place from 12:45 -1:45 p.m.

    All activities will take place in the Food Court at The Shops at Prudential Center.

    The Shops at Prudential Center, 800 Boylston Street, Boston