Community Listings for January 8

Call Y3K TUTOR IN YOUR HOME today, When schoolwork goes the wrong way!
Our many years of experience in teaching and educational consulting has developed the right way to motivate, the right way to teach, be understood, and be remembered. We tutor special ed. such as ADD, ADHD, Asperger’s, Autism, Emotional/Behavioral, and gifted. We also tutor regular ed. and test preparation. All subjects and ages are taught. Parents can now receive 25% off the first lesson. Call 781-492-8700 or log on to www.Y3KTutorInYourHome.com

Step -by- Step Dance Studio Annual Winter Show and Fundraiser: Saturday, January 23, 2010 from 6-11:30 p.m. at the American Legion Post 440 in Newton. The Step by Step Dance Studio is supporting the Steven T. Hill Stroke Foundation with its Annual Winter Show and Fundraiser. The group’s fundraising goal is $20,000. The evening will include a buffet dinner, dance performance by the Step-by-Step Dance Team, a raffle and Silent Auction as well as a DJ and dancing! For information about Steven Hill, the victim of a stroke at 32, please see www.STHstrokefoundation.org. Performance tickets are $35 for adult and $15 for children under 18 and can be purchased through the studio at 781-891-5678. You may also contact Donna Tartaglino-Fahey for tickets~ dtartaglinofahey@hotmail.com. The dance studio is currently accepting raffle and silent auction items. 50-50 raffle tickets are also on sale.

SCHOOL VACATION PROGRAM at the JCC!
WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS With Peter Sylvester, Monday, January 18 • 9am-3pm • Grades K-5
Kids will have fun playing team sports and other cooperative games like Wiffle Ball, Kickball and Capture the Flag.
Member: $75 Nonmember: $90. Register online at jccgb.org/vacations or call Ellen at 617-558-6456 for more information

Fight the Winter Blues-Come Enjoy the High Energy Sounds of Mamadou, Appetizers and Spectacular Auction-Friday, January 22nd. Dancing, food and amazing auction will be featured at the African dance party benefiting Nurturing Minds, a nonprofit organization that provides financial and technical support to programs improving education for girls in Tanzania. The event will take place on Friday, January 22nd from 7:30-11:30pm at the Harry Parker Boathouse, 20 Nonantum Road, Brighton, MA. Proceeds from the event will help to support the SEGA School funded by Nurturing Minds. For more information or to purchase tickets, go www.nurturingmindsinafrica.org

Baseball Clinics for 6-12 year olds: Feb. 6th and 13th. Sign up for one or all session at $50/session. Experienced Staff including Mik Aoki, Head Baseball Coach at BC. All phases of the game covered, including hitting, base running, throwing and fielding. All the kids will play in games, hone skills and have a great experience. Held at the Alumni Stadium Bubble. To register or for more information, go to the website at: http://bceagles.cstv.com/camps/bc-m-basebl-camps.html. Questions answered and more info: baseball@bc.edu or call 617-552-1132. Or: kaiserma@bc.edu.

The 42nd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Newton Community Celebration
Monday, January 18, 2010, 10:00 a.m. Our Lady Help of Christians 573 Washington Street Newton, MA 02458
Honored Guest: Mayor Setti Warren
Reflections by Newton School Students from Bigelow, F.A. Day and Newton North HS
Musical Selections by:
Newton All City Honors Chorus
Newton South High School’s Harambee Gospel Choir
Myrtle Baptist Church’s The Love Tones
Please bring non-perishable food items, which are being collected for Newton’s food pantries
Co-sponsored by the City of Newton, the Foundation for Racial, Ethnic and Religious Harmony, and the Newton Interfaith Clergy Association

All That Jazz Dance Studio: Start the new year right! New classes for kids and adults forming in January. Boys and Girls age 6-8 BreakDance/Hip Hop on Sundays 4-5pm. Creative Movement/Tap for age 2-4 Tuesdays 4-5pm. Adult Hip Hop Fridays 12:30-1:30. For age 12 and up – Lyrical Hip Hop workshop Sundays 3-4pm. Age 8-11 Tap Workshop Sundays 2-3pm. Boys and Girls age 6-8 BreakDance/Hip Hop on Sundays 4-5pm. Creative Movement/Tap for age 2-4 Tuesdays 4-5pm. Questions answered or to register: Contact Miss Deb Lifson Vogel at 617-641-0784 or missdeb@allthatjazznewton.com. www.allthatjazznewton.com. All That Jazz Dance Studio, 232 California Street, Newton.

CHILDRENS Auditions for the MUSICAL OLIVER at The Footlight Club in Jamaica Plain are being held on January 9 and 10, 2010.
The Footlight Club is the oldest community theater in the United States. Production dates are April 2,3,9,10,11,16 &17.
We are looking for boys and girls age 9 – 14. For more information, go to: www.footlight.org.

The Ancient Wanderers are a travel group led by Jack O’Connor. Jack teaches history at the Day Middle School. The trips are through a company out of Cambridge called EF tours. These trips really give students a chance to explore history in a different way. It is a true hands-on experience. There is nothing like seeing the ancient sites in person. It brings their studies to life. The group travels to sites covered the seventh grade history curriculum. The tours are primarily for seventh and eighth graders. It is nearly all-inclusive in cost (2 meals a day – hotels, flights and ground transportation are all included) and this makes it possible for students and families to travel at a minimal cost. Parent chaperons are welcome. Jack travels to these spots frequently and will act as guide for the students. In addition they will have professional guides provided by the EF tours. It is quite nice for the students to see the places they have studied in school. This summer the Ancient Wanderers will be traveling to Italy in late July and Egypt in early August. If you would like more information please contact ancientwanderers@hotmail.com

Help Keep Sidewalks Safe During the Winter! Many people in our community depend on being able to walk year round, including children walking to school or the bus, neighbors who can’t drive and mail carriers. The Bike/Pedestrian Task Force, Newton Safe Routes to School Task Force, League of Women Voters, and PTO Council are working together and need your help.
What you can do:
• Shovel your sidewalk to bare pavement
• Clear a three- to four-foot wide path
• Chop or melt ice
• Help neighbors who can’t shovel because they are elderly or have a disability
• Don’t put snow from driveways or walks onto the sidewalk — $25 fine!
We’re all in this together – Newton depends on neighbors to help neighbors! For answers to your snow-shoveling questions, a list of volunteers and commercial contractors, and maps of city-cleared routes, visit newtonma.gov/snow or call 617 796-1000. Interested in passing this information along to neighbors? Go to http://groups.google.com/group/srtsnewton/files for flyer. And remember, shoveling the sidewalk does not create a legal liability! Contact Lucia Dolan at luciadolan@rcn.com with any questions.