04 and 05
Saturday and Sunday, September 4 and 5, noon–5 pm
NEWTON COMMUNITY WEEKEND
Newton residents are invited to enjoy free admission to the museum.
NEWTON COMMUNITY WEEKENDNewton residents are invited to enjoy free admission to the museum.
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Saturday, September 11, 10 am-noon
NEWTON CULTURAL CENTER OPEN HOUSE
My Town, with Ellen Jackson, at 11:30 am
The Newton Cultural Center will host a morning of activities for the whole family. Enjoy concerts, storytelling, and activities as well as a visit at 11:30 am from Ellen Jackson who will talk about her town in the 1800s. This half-hour performance will be by Historic Newton educator Sarah Cole. At the Newton Cultural Center, 225 Nevada Street. Free.
Saturday, September 11, 10 am-noonNEWTON CULTURAL CENTER OPEN HOUSE
My Town, with Ellen Jackson, at 11:30 am
The Newton Cultural Center will host a morning of activities for the whole family. Enjoy concerts, storytelling, and activities as well as a visit at 11:30 am from Ellen Jackson who will talk about her town in the 1800s. This half-hour performance will be by Historic Newton educator Sarah Cole. At the Newton Cultural Center, 225 Nevada Street. Free.
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Sunday, September 12, 2 pm
HISTORIC NEWTON WALKS
City Hall: Inside and Out
City Clerk David Olson will lead a tour of City Hall inside and out. Learn about the Olmsted-designed landscape that surrounds the building, the multi-family homes that used to stand on the site, and fun facts about the building itself. Meet on the front steps of City Hall. Free.
HISTORIC NEWTON WALKSCity Hall: Inside and Out
City Clerk David Olson will lead a tour of City Hall inside and out. Learn about the Olmsted-designed landscape that surrounds the building, the multi-family homes that used to stand on the site, and fun facts about the building itself. Meet on the front steps of City Hall. Free.
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Tuesday, September 21, 7 pm
STORM WATER MANAGEMENT: PART ONE
The Flood Last Time – In Over Our Heads?STORM WATER MANAGEMENT: PART ONE
What caused the March 2010 floods? Why was sewage mixed into the water flowing in some basements? Where were the floods and why? Learn about Newton’s past decisions about wetlands, flooding, and water management and how they have influenced the situation today and in the future. A panel of specialists will answer questions about the Charles River, storm water pollution, and sewage. Co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Newton, Newton Free Library, Green Decade/Newton, Newton Conservators and Historic Newton. At the Newton Free Library, 330 Homer Street, Newton. Free.
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Wednesday, September 22, 7 pm
NEWTON ARCHAEOLOGY ROADSHOW
Interested in archaeology? The City of Newton has hired archaeologists to help locate areas in the City where archaeological sites may be present. They will discuss this archaeological survey and its goals, and request your help! Perhaps you found an artifact (pottery, stone tools, or other items) in your backyard while digging or know of a possible Native American or historic archaeological site? Then come to this archaeological roadshow! See artifacts already found, share your information, and bring items for archaeologists to identify. We would love to hear from you and have the public's help in this project. Free.
NEWTON ARCHAEOLOGY ROADSHOWInterested in archaeology? The City of Newton has hired archaeologists to help locate areas in the City where archaeological sites may be present. They will discuss this archaeological survey and its goals, and request your help! Perhaps you found an artifact (pottery, stone tools, or other items) in your backyard while digging or know of a possible Native American or historic archaeological site? Then come to this archaeological roadshow! See artifacts already found, share your information, and bring items for archaeologists to identify. We would love to hear from you and have the public's help in this project. Free.
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Thursday, September 23, 7:30 pm
HISTORY BOOK CLUB
For its next meeting, the Historic Newton Book Club has selected Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent. In this authoritative history of America's most puzzling era, Okrent describes how the odd bedfellows of the anti-liquor forces – suffragettes, Klu Klux Klansmen, Boston puritans and rural sharecroppers, among others – succeeded in making Prohibition the law of the land by a lopsided legislative majority representing a demographic minority. Okrent tells the very entertaining and instructive history of the disastrous and unintended consequences of America's "noble experiment." The book club is free and open to all.
HISTORY BOOK CLUB
For its next meeting, the Historic Newton Book Club has selected Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent. In this authoritative history of America's most puzzling era, Okrent describes how the odd bedfellows of the anti-liquor forces – suffragettes, Klu Klux Klansmen, Boston puritans and rural sharecroppers, among others – succeeded in making Prohibition the law of the land by a lopsided legislative majority representing a demographic minority. Okrent tells the very entertaining and instructive history of the disastrous and unintended consequences of America's "noble experiment." The book club is free and open to all.
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Saturday, September 25, 11 am–5 pm
NEWTON JAZZ FESTIVAL
Come out for a free-and-easy afternoon of some of the area’s best jazz presented by the Newton Jazz & Wine Festival in association with Historic Newton. Bring your blankets, lawn chairs and picnic lunches – it’s sure to be a swingin’ time! The lineup will include The Nate Aronow Nextet, award winning vocalist Patrice Williamson, and the Rusty Scott Organ Group - Hammond B3 Jazz. Rain date Sunday Sept 26th noon–5 pm. Free. Visit the festival website for more info.
NEWTON JAZZ FESTIVALCome out for a free-and-easy afternoon of some of the area’s best jazz presented by the Newton Jazz & Wine Festival in association with Historic Newton. Bring your blankets, lawn chairs and picnic lunches – it’s sure to be a swingin’ time! The lineup will include The Nate Aronow Nextet, award winning vocalist Patrice Williamson, and the Rusty Scott Organ Group - Hammond B3 Jazz. Rain date Sunday Sept 26th noon–5 pm. Free. Visit the festival website for more info.
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Sunday, September 26, 2 pm
HISTORIC NEWTON WALKS
A Remarkable Woman: Mrs. Annie Cobb, Architect and Builder in the Late 1800s
Throughout history men have largely occupied the fields of construction and architecture. Annie M. Cobb, a Victorian woman of some means but with no traditional education, managed to develop skills as both an architect and builder in the newly emerging suburb of Newton Highlands. Come and learn about Mrs. Cobb, who is Massachusetts’ first woman architect, and her houses, which date from 1877 to 1903 from local resident Laura Fitzmaurice. Meet at the corner of Forest and Chester Streets. Free.
HISTORIC NEWTON WALKSA Remarkable Woman: Mrs. Annie Cobb, Architect and Builder in the Late 1800s
Throughout history men have largely occupied the fields of construction and architecture. Annie M. Cobb, a Victorian woman of some means but with no traditional education, managed to develop skills as both an architect and builder in the newly emerging suburb of Newton Highlands. Come and learn about Mrs. Cobb, who is Massachusetts’ first woman architect, and her houses, which date from 1877 to 1903 from local resident Laura Fitzmaurice. Meet at the corner of Forest and Chester Streets. Free.
02 and 03
Saturday and Sunday, October 2 and 3, noon–5 pm
NEWTON COMMUNITY WEEKEND
Newton residents are invited to enjoy free admission to the museum.
NEWTON COMMUNITY WEEKENDNewton residents are invited to enjoy free admission to the museum.
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Saturday, October 2, noon–5 pm (rain date Sunday October 3)
HOMESTEAD HAYFEST
Join us for a family-friendly outdoor festival in celebration of the Jackson Homestead. Travel back in time to the 19th century: learn to weave wool into cloth, make your own butter, press your own cider, and more! Learn through hands-on activities how Newton families lived in the 1800s. Rain date Sunday October 3. Free.
HOMESTEAD HAYFEST
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Thursday, October 7, 7 pm
ENCOUNTERING SLAVERY AND RACE IN NEW ENGLAND
The Royall House and Slave Quarters of MedfordENCOUNTERING SLAVERY AND RACE IN NEW ENGLAND
Tom Lincoln, Executive Director of the Royall House, will present an illustrated talk on this National Historic Landmark and highlight the oft-neglected history of colonial slavery in Massachusetts through archaeological artifacts, architecture and narrative. The Royall House and the slave-owning families that lived there were the focus of the book Ten Hills Farm, whose author spoke as part of last spring’s lecture series on the same subject. At Myrtle Baptist Church, 21 Curve Street, West Newton. Free.
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Monday, October 11
MUSEUM CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAY
MUSEUM CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAY
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Sunday, October 17, 11 am–5 pm
ELLEN JACKSON AT THE NEWTON HARVEST FAIR
Come visit the Jackson Homestead’s table at the Harvest Fair on the Newton Centre Green! Stop by and play games with Ellen Jackson, who will be answering questions about life in the 19th Century. Free.
Sunday, October 17, 11 am–5 pmELLEN JACKSON AT THE NEWTON HARVEST FAIR
Come visit the Jackson Homestead’s table at the Harvest Fair on the Newton Centre Green! Stop by and play games with Ellen Jackson, who will be answering questions about life in the 19th Century. Free.
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Tuesday, October 19, 7 pm
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN NEWTON
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN NEWTON
Come hear a presentation on archaeology in Newton. Archaeologists hired by the City have preliminary results of an archaeological survey of Newton including information gathered from a ground-penetrating radar survey of the East Parish Burying Ground. Information about the archaeological sites found in the City will be presented. The archaeologists will discuss the archaeological heritage of Newton including Native American occupation, European American settlement, and the City’s historic industrial sites. You will have the opportunity to learn about Newton's past from the material people left behind. Free.
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Thursday, October 21, 7 pm
ENCOUNTERING SLAVERY AND RACE IN NEW ENGLAND
The Worm in the Apple: Slavery, Emancipation, and Race in New England
Joanne Pope Melish, Associate Professor of History at the University of Kentucky, will speak about the history of slavery and emancipation in New England. She will address the amnesia New Englanders experience about slavery in their own region and its consequences for the development of racial ideologies. At Myrtle Baptist Church, 21 Curve Street, West Newton. Free.
ENCOUNTERING SLAVERY AND RACE IN NEW ENGLANDThe Worm in the Apple: Slavery, Emancipation, and Race in New England
Joanne Pope Melish, Associate Professor of History at the University of Kentucky, will speak about the history of slavery and emancipation in New England. She will address the amnesia New Englanders experience about slavery in their own region and its consequences for the development of racial ideologies. At Myrtle Baptist Church, 21 Curve Street, West Newton. Free.
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Saturday, October 23, 2 pm
DIGGING FOR EVIDENCE: AN ARCHAEOLOGY FAMILY PROGRAM
Learn the basic methods of archaeology by taking part in a mock dig in the backyard of the Jackson Homestead. Bring the whole family to see what archaeology can teach us about the Native American people who flourished in this area before European settlement. This program is appropriate for families with children ages 8 and up. Cost: $15 per family ($10 for members) includes museum admission and materials. Prepaid registration is required, limit 25; call 617.796.1450 to register.
Saturday, October 23, 2 pmDIGGING FOR EVIDENCE: AN ARCHAEOLOGY FAMILY PROGRAM
Learn the basic methods of archaeology by taking part in a mock dig in the backyard of the Jackson Homestead. Bring the whole family to see what archaeology can teach us about the Native American people who flourished in this area before European settlement. This program is appropriate for families with children ages 8 and up. Cost: $15 per family ($10 for members) includes museum admission and materials. Prepaid registration is required, limit 25; call 617.796.1450 to register.
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Tuesday, October 26, 7 pm
STORM WATER MANAGEMENT: PART TWO
The Flood Next Time – Do We Need an Ark?
As climate change increases the likelihood of extreme weather, what can Newton do to prevent loss of property? Can future floods be mitigated? Learn about Newton’s past decisions about wetlands, flooding, and water management and how they have influenced the situation today and in the future. A panel of specialists will answer questions about new EPA regulations, the need for regional cooperation, and low-impact development practices. Co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Newton, Newton Free Library, Green Decade/Newton, Newton Conservators, and Historic Newton. At the Newton Free Library, 330 Homer Street, Newton. Free.
STORM WATER MANAGEMENT: PART TWO
The Flood Next Time – Do We Need an Ark?
As climate change increases the likelihood of extreme weather, what can Newton do to prevent loss of property? Can future floods be mitigated? Learn about Newton’s past decisions about wetlands, flooding, and water management and how they have influenced the situation today and in the future. A panel of specialists will answer questions about new EPA regulations, the need for regional cooperation, and low-impact development practices. Co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Newton, Newton Free Library, Green Decade/Newton, Newton Conservators, and Historic Newton. At the Newton Free Library, 330 Homer Street, Newton. Free.
If you need special assistance for any of these programs, please call 617.796.1450.
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