Around Town

First Parish Church of Watertown Dedicates New Progress Pride Flag

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First Parish ChurchWill Twombly raises the new Progress Pride Flag at First Parish Church of Watertown. The following piece was provided by First Parish Church of Watertown:

The flag mounted outside of First Parish on Church Street was frayed and torn. It was a “Progress Pride” flag, a colorful multi-colored banner symbolizing the church’s commitment to welcoming people of all sexual orientations and gender identities. But it had been worn out by the winds, rain, sun and snow of New England weather. It definitely needed to be replaced.

Entertainment

Survey Seeks Feedback from Watertown Artists About Workspace Needs

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The following information was provided by the City of Watertown:

If you are an artist, musician, or creative in any field that lives or works in Watertown — or would like to — Watertown Public Arts & Culture wants your feedback! The Community Development & Planning Office is collecting feedback from individual artists to understand their workspace needs. We would like to know what sort of workspace local artists need to be successful in their chosen fields. The “Artist Workspace Survey” is completely anonymous unless artists would like to be contacted for a follow-up conversation. Survey answers will help us develop artist workspace in the city. The survey takes an average of 7 minutes to complete. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to learn more.

Government

State Rep. Owens Hosting Office Hours Weekly in June

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State Rep. Steve Owens. The following announcement was provided by the office of State Rep. Steve Owens:

State Representative Steve Owens will be hosting office hours throughout the month of June for residents of the 29th Middlesex District. The Representative is looking forward to hearing from constituents on state-related legislative or personal matters. The sessions will be at the following times and locations:

Friday, June 3rd10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.La Saison Bakery407 Concord Avenue, Cambridge MA

Friday, June 10th10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.Watertown Free Public Library123 Main Street, Watertown MA

Saturday, June 18th10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.Intelligentsia Coffee810 Mount Auburn Street, Watertown MA

Friday, June 24th10:00 a.m.m – 12:00 p.m.Cambridge Public Library – Collins Branch64 Aberdeen Avenue, Cambridge MA

College

LETTER: Third Grader Writes Why College Should be More Affordable

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(The following letter was originally written as an assignment where students were asked to write about a subject that is important to them, according to Hosmer Elementary School teacher Christine Fletcher. It is the unedited version of the essay.)

Have you ever wanted to be an astronaut or a doctor or an architect? If you want to be one of these jobs when you’re grown up you have to go to college. 

College is a school you can go to after high school. Some people go there to learn more things. And how you can do a job and to learn skills.

Around Town

Watertown Cable Wins Two Hometown Media Awards

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WCA-TV is excited to announce that we have received two Hometown Media Awards from the Alliance for Community Media Foundation. The awards program was established to honor and promote community media, community radio, and local cable programs that are distributed on Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) access cable television channels. Proceeds go to the ACM Foundation which is exclusively used for facilitating, preserving and promoting education in community media. WCA-TV news producer, Dan Hogan, has won the Community Event Activism/Rallies award for his coverage of the 2021 Unity Breakfast. This award recognizes excellence in coverage of community events such as rallies or other events that are intended to bring about social or political change.

Entertainment

Small Saves Makes a Visit to the Doctor in This Week’s Comic

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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.”

Around Town

Free Financial Wellness Event at the Watertown Library

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The following announcement was provided by the Watertown Social Services Resources Specialist:

The Watertown Free Public Library and Watertown Social Services Resources Specialist (SSRS) Program invite you to a financial literacy presentation and resource clinic. The event is Wednesday, May 25th, 6:30 pm to 8 pm in the Watertown Savings Bank Meeting Room of the Library, 123 Main St. Financial Literacy Presentation (6:30-7 pm):Representatives from the East Savings Bank and Arsenal Financial will share financial literacy basics, such as building credit and avoiding financial scams.Financial Resource Clinic (7-8 pm):Following the presentation, representatives from local banks and financial advisors will be available to meet one-on-one with attendees to advise on financial needs such as budgeting, dealing with debt, taking out loans and paying for college, etc. There will be pizza for all, translation services, a gift card raffle, and coloring pages for kids. Registration is recommended.

Celebration of Spring

Perkins School & Revels Present 21st Annual Celebration of Spring on Facebook Live

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RevelsRevels singers and the Perkins School for the Blind will put on a musical Celebration of Spring. The following information was provided by Revels:

Join us for our 21st annual springtime collaboration with the talented Perkins School community! 

There are many harbingers of Spring in the Revels calendar but for us, the annual Spring concert that we perform with our friends at Perkins School for the Blind is a special favorite. Traditionally our Revels chorus pairs up with the Perkins students one-on-one and we sing and dance the season in. This year, like last, will be a virtual event, but that will not stop the dancing or the singing! We will be filming on-site at Perkins for this special Facebook Live event and we are looking forward to the amazing alchemy that always accompanies this musical collaboration. As a bonus, members of Boston’s Chorus pro Musica will be adding their voices to the celebration. Join us at home in this decades-old tradition!  

Revels and Perkins School for the Blind began collaborating on springtime music programs over two decades ago, and over time, the event has blossomed into an annual tradition and one of the most memorable and rewarding events of the year for our organizations and the audiences we serve.  This year’s production serves upold songs through new technology as our combined choruses present A Celebration of Spring, a joyful program of seasonal music, dance, poetry and song!