News, events, children’s activities in Newton, MA.
Getting nostalgic and want to have a keepsake of these memories? You are in luck! Click here to purchase.
This gorgeous coffee table book that depicts the old Newton North High School is $85 and was lovingly photographed by Newton photographer, Sharon Schindler.
She also has more images available. Here’s a sampling:
Old Newton North High School Posters
Old Newton North High School 9 Piece Canvas
Old Newton North High School Demolition
Old Newton North High School Mosaic Tiles
Please join us for Slow Flow Vinyasa in the upstairs secret room at L’Aroma Cafe in West Newton (behind the movie theater).
When: Mondays, 9:30-10:45
Session 1: January 9-March 26 (no class 1/16 and 2/20)
Session 2: April 2-June 11 (no class 4/16 and 5/28)
Cost: $150 for the session, $48 for 3 Pass
Bea Abascal, CYT, RYT provides a warm and playful environment for your practice. Alignment, breath and core work are the primary focus, along with a soothing energy to refuel you for the day. You will be nurtured and challenged. And then stay for tea … or espresso.
Beginners welcome … this is a small class setting so you can get extra attention if you want it.
For more info on Bea, please visit her website or her blog.
This new Funnel Ball makes shooting baskets much easier. You just aim for the big funnel at the top. This was the Class Gift from Peirce’s Class of 2011 5th Graders and was recently installed.
Beth Kurson has been a jewelry designer for a number of years and just this past year she decided to combine her love of designing jewelry and high end designer clothes and opened Kiki D. Design & Consign on 214 Sumner Street in Newton Centre. This lovely shop has designer clothes beautifully displayed and in fantastic condition. Recent finds: Chanel jacket, Malo cashmere sweater, Louis Vuitton and Coach bags in perfect condition. Beth is meticulous and also has a great eye. Have a designer item in your closet that is getting no wear? Bring it by and have Beth look it over. You will most likely leave with a new addition to your wardrobe! Ask her to put together a new look for you – she can work with existing pieces and really pull an outfit together.
From the website:
At Kiki D. Design & Consign, owner Beth Kurson has filled her store with a fantastic array of consigned high end designer clothing, handbags and accessories for women. Bottega Veneta – Prada – Girbaud – Marni – Jimmy Choo – Louis Vuitton and so much more is waiting for you when you walk in the door!
The shop also houses Beth’s own line of jewelry, Kiki D. Design. The line includes an eclectic mix of vintage and new elements, creating at once, classic and contemporary designs for today’s fashionable woman. You will find her layering one-of-a-kind pieces that mix rough cut pave diamond beads or pendants with vintage watch chains and findings, pearls mixed with antiqued sterling silver chain and even a stingray cuff with a vintage rhinestone shoe buckle.
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10am-5pm
All major credit cards, debit cards, checks and cash accepted.
Kiki D. Design & Consign is conveniently located in Newton Centre at 214 Sumner St. right next to Lee’s Burgers and across the street from Home on Sumner and the old post office.
There is a group of really dedicated women who have taken it upon themselves to find local charities who need a boost or, if you will, a step up. They focus on small, local non-profits that do not have huge marketing budgets but that are doing good work. It is an informal gathering of women (sorry, guys – you can send a check, though!) and the suggested donation is only $35. It is a really nice way to connect within your community, socialize a little and make a difference. I encourage you to go (it is fun), get involved and do some good. I wrote about my experience here and they liked it so much they asked to put it on their website.
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Wegmans Food Markets Inc. said Monday it plans to bring a smaller urban concept store to Newton, Mass.
The Rochester, N.Y. family-owned supermarket chain, which opened a full-scale store in Northborough in October, plans to build a 70,000-square-foot food store at the Chestnut Hill Square development on Route 9 (Boylston Street), directly across from The Mall at Chestnut Hill in Newton. The company does not have a construction schedule or opening date planned, however, according to a press release.
“Though smaller in size, this store will have almost everything customers have come to expect from Wegmans, including a Market Café,” says Bill Congdon, vice president and New England division manager, in a press release. “We are thrilled with the success of our Northborough store, which broke every previous grand opening record set by our company.
“We’re delighted that Wegmans will be part of our Chestnut Hill Square development,” said Douglass Karp, executive vice president of New England Development, in the release. “We’ve always wanted to have a grocery store as part of this development – a sentiment that has been expressed both by Newton residents and by prospective retailers. Wegmans, with its emphasis on customer service, quality, value pricing, and community outreach, is the ideal grocery store for this location.”
Founded in 1916, Wegmans Food Market is a 79-store supermarket chain with stores in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland and Massachusetts.
p.s. This exciting news is via my mom friend Nathalie and The Boston Business Journal.
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They will be hiring for the new store and CNNMoney voted Wegmans #3 for Best Companies to Work For.
Rank: 3 (Previous rank: 3)
Headquarters:
1500 Brooks Avenue
2009 revenue ($ millions): 5,193
Website: www.wegmans.com
My real estate agent pointed out this house to us a decade ago when we were looking at houses. I’ve always loved this house with its vibrant colors and I’m happy that it’s stayed colorful. This is what the house says to me:
1. I am not afraid of color.
2. Happy people live here.
3. We have a really good house painter.
4. Our city has no ordinances about house color.
5. I am not trying to blend in.
6. I may be on the Historical Society list of houses, but I am not Traditional.
7. I invite feedback.
8. I am in my happy place.
9. I bring the sun.
10. I influence neighbors because…
Meet my next door neighbor! …
and this house says…
1. I really like my neighbor.
2. We use the same house painter.
3. I own a paint company/I am a house painter.
4. We are thinking of adding pink flamingos to the yard.
5. We make a statement.
6. I thought of this first. (No, I did.) (You painted first, but I thought of it first — remember, we talked about it?). (Oh yeah!) (But I thought of the pink flamingos.)
7. Pink flamingos are a good idea.
8. You can never have too much color.
9. Happy people live here.
10. We are not afraid of color.
What do you think these houses say? Please share!
It’s gone, but you can still see it here!
Please join us for the Opening Reception of a photograph exhibit on the old but beloved Newton North High School. Photography is by local acclaimed photographer Sharon Schindler.
Opening Reception: Wednesday, December 7th from 6:00-8:30 pm
Location: New Art Center, Main Gallery, 61 Washington Park
Exhibit Timeframe: December 7 -14, 2011. Holzwasser Gallery Hours: M-F 9-5, Sat 1-5
Join Best Women’s Travel Writing 2011 editor Lavinia Spalding and contributors Marcia DeSanctis, Abbie Kozolchyk and Newton’s own Carol Reichert for an evening of sharing true travel stories from around the world at Newtonville Books this Monday, November 11th, at 7 pm.
Any woman whose passport has been stamped a few times knows the surest method of keeping her travel fire alive: by reading and telling tales from the road, passing them along like a torch in a relay race.
From Travelers’ Tales comes The Best Women’s Travel Writing 2011: True Stories from Around the World –the seventh collection in the annual best-selling, award-winning series that invites readers to ride shotgun alongside intrepid female nomads as they travel the world to discover new places, people, and facets of themselves. The stories in this year’s edition are as diverse as the geographic locations, the common thread being fresh, compelling storytelling from a woman’s perspective aimed at making readers laugh, weep, wish they were there, or be glad they weren’t.
In The Best Women’s Travel Writing 2011, readers will:
* Have lunch with a mobster in Japan and drinks with an IRA member in Ireland
* Learn the secrets of flamenco in Spain and the magic of samba in Brazil
* Deliver a trophy for best testicles in a small town in rural Serbia
* Fall in love while riding a camel through the Syrian Desert
* Ski a first descent of over 5,000 feet in Northern India
* Discover the joy of getting naked in South Korea
* Leave it all behind to slop pigs on a farm in Ecuador…and more.
Editor Lavinia Spalding, author of Writing Away: A Creative Guide to Awakening the Journal-Writing Traveler (named one of the best travel books of 2009 by the L.A. Times) and With a Measure of Grace: The Story and Recipes of a Small Town Restaurant, has put together a collection of tales in The Best Women’s Travel Writing that speaks to the reasons why we embark on a journey, and the many reasons why we keep doing it.
Here’s an excerpt of Carol Reichert’s piece and I highly recommend that you hear her reading. It’s a treat for your senses!
There are a lot of professional athletes who have lived or currently live in Newton. I hear urban tales all the times of Red Sox players spotting at the local Supercuts. Invariably, our Newton athletes are gracious about giving out autographs or posing for a photo opp. Thank you! You all make lovely neighbors! Who have you run into? Please leave a comment and your story.
p.s. This list is from Wikipedia. Who did I leave out? Can you please help me out with a comment and I’ll add to the list. Thank you!
The following current and former players of the Boston Red Sox:Matt Clement, (former)
Jim Corsi, (former player of the Boston Red Sox, Florida Marlins, Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, and Houston Astros)
JD Drew, (current)
Mark Loretta, (former)
Doug Mirabelli, (former)
Trot Nixon, (former)
David Ortiz, (current)
Wily Mo Peña, (former)
Jimmy Piersall, (former)
Jason Varitek, (current)
Ted Williams, (former)
Basketball
Danny Ainge, Boston Celtics
Larry Bird, former Boston Celtics basketball player
Tom “Satch” Sanders, Boston Celtics
Jo Jo White, Boston Celtics
Figure skating
Jennifer Kirk
Motor racing
Pete Hamilton former American NASCAR racer
Soccer
Daouda Kante (former) New England Revolution player
Taylor Twellman (current) New England Revolution player
