Schools

Musicians Wanted to Perform at 11th Annual Watertown MusicFest

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The following announcement was provided by the Friends of Watertown Music:

Friends of Watertown Music invites you to attend our 11th Annual MusicFest, on Friday, March 15, 2024, from 5:30 to 9:00 pm, at the Watertown Middle School. MusicFest is a fun community event, offering something for everyone with over 40 performances, across 3 stages. The variety of performers often includes student musicians, Watertown Public School teachers, local rock bands, established musicians, a vignette of musical theater, and more. Performances run from 5 to 20 minutes, so attendees have the chance to go around and see as many acts as they wish. Calling all musicians: registration is open through March 5th !

Around Town

Tonight: Health and Human Services Community Forum

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The following announcement was provided by the City of Watertown:

This is a reminder about the Health & Human Services Community Forum happening on Monday, January 29, 2024 in the Watertown Free Public Library! This event will begin at 6:00pm and all residents are encouraged to attend and participate! This event is hosted by the City of Watertown and will be facilitated by the consultancy group, Health Management Associates. As part of the City’s on-going health and human services study, this forum looks to give residents the opportunity to share their perspectives into the health and human services offered here in Watertown, all with the goal of identifying how to make the city a healthier, more resourceful community for all! We encourage all residents to attend and participate in what we anticipate being a great event!

Around Town

Feast on Art Exhibit at Mosesian Center for the Arts Focusing on Food

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Judy Haberl’s Baby Cakes 5 is part of the Mosesian Center for the Arts exhibit “Feast: Food Represented in the Visual Arts.” (Courtesy of MCA)

The following announcement was provided buy the Mosesian Center for the Arts:

The Mosesian Center for the Arts is excited to present an exhibition that finds inspiration in food. Depictions of food have been around since antiquity. In mosaics and frescos from Roman times, wine, fruit, bread, and grains have been depicted in private houses and temples. In later centuries, paintings portraying both religious and secular themes often incorporated food and drinks.

Schools

Watertown Students from 7 Colleges Earn Academic Honors

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Fifteen students from Watertown earned academic honors for the Fall 2023 semester from Regis College, James Madison University, Nichols College, University of Alabama, University of Rhode Island, Boston University and Lasell University. The following announcements were provided by the colleges and universities. Regis College

Regis College proudly announces the university’s Fall 2023 Dean’s List recognizing their outstanding academic achievements. “Being named to the Dean’s List is a recognition of a students’ semester-long unwavering commitment to their academic program,” said Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Mary Erina Driscoll, PhD. “Regis is committed to building students’ character and confidence as they are intellectually prepared for a life and career of meaning through an inclusive and innovative environment.

Entertainment

See This Week’s Small Saves Cartoon

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James DeMarco grew up in Watertown and became a goaltender at age 5. It’s his life’s passion to stand between the pipes and keep the puck out of the net. Combining this with the love of cartooning Small Saves emerged in 1991 and took on a life of his own. “To play goal – then come home and draw Small Saves — is my ideal definition of a good day.”

Police/Fire

Police Log: Wallet Stolen Out of Car, Counterfeit Bills Used at Target

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Jan. 16, 1 p.m.: A Riverside Street resident moved her husband’s vehicle onto the street at 8:30 a.m. and left it running and unlocked. She came back out a half hour later and her wallet was missing out of the purse she left on the front passenger seat. It contained credit cards and her driver’s license.

Schools

LETTER: Parent Opposes Holding Lockdown Drills at School

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Dear Superintendent Galdston and School Committee,

I read with alarm in Watertown News that our schools are planning to conduct lockdown/ALICE/active shooter drills. Please reconsider this decision. I understand that there have been issues with false alarms, but it is extremely unclear how past false alarms should have any effect on whether we conduct these terrifying and dubiously effective drills. There is zero research to suggest that these drills do anything other than terrify students. In fact, your own announcement said “Sometimes it is too frightening for children,” and that you had decided not to do ALICE drills at elementary schools in the last few years for that reason.