Schools

Art of Problem Solving Academy Hosting Open House at Nearby Center

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The following announcement was provided by AoPS Academy Lexington:

Is your advanced student looking to get ahead this year? AoPS Academy Lexington is opening the doors for in-person learning for the first time! AoPS Academy trains the innovative thinkers of tomorrow, combining a world-class math and language arts curriculum with small class sizes to help advanced students build critical problem-solving skills early. After successfully running online classes for a year, we can’t wait to meet our problem-solving community.  

To show off our learning center, we’re holding an open house event on Tuesday, August 31st from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm at 1088 Lexington Street, Waltham, MA 02451. During the event, families can meet the Director team, discuss our courses, and more! We require that all attendees please wear a mask and practice social distancing while indoors, as children under the age of 12 are still not able to be vaccinated at this time.   

Visit lexington.aopsacademy.org to see our course catalog and learn more. You can contact us with questions at 781-472-1200 or lexington@aopsacademy.org. 

Comics

Comics: Trouble Gets the Rules of the House, Small Saves Plans a Picnic

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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.” DeMarco recently added “Here’s Trouble” to his cartooning lineup, inspired by drawings he did in the 1980s when he was in high school.

Around Town

Watertown Library Will Start Requiring Masks for In-Person Visits

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Watertown LibraryThe Watertown Free Public Library. The Watertown Library sent out the following information:

Beginning Monday, August 9, face masks will be required for all people ages two and older inside the Library. Current Library Hours:

Monday – Thursday: 9 AM – 9 PMFriday: 9 AM – 7 PMSaturday: 9 AM – 5 PMSunday: 1 PM – 5 PM

You are required to:

Wear a mask while using the children’s room, regardless of vaccination status. Follow CDC and Massachusetts mask and social distancing guidance for unvaccinated people.Beginning Monday, 8/9/21, masks will be required for all people ages two and older in the Library. 

Available Services

Library services have resumed. Library programming will be offered via Zoom and in-person outdoors through the summer. Meeting and study rooms are available for public use.

Arts

Singers of All Ages Can Try Out for 51st Annual Christmas Revels

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Roger IdeChristmas Revels chorus performs in 2009 at the Sanders Theater in Cambridge. Watertown-based Revels sent out the following announcement:

September Chorus Auditions announced as The Christmas Revels returns to Harvard University’s Sanders Theatre in Cambridge for its 51st annual Winter Solstice Celebration! Audition for The Christmas Revels, one of the region’s most popular holiday entertainments! WHEN:  Sunday, September 12 &  Monday, September 13, 2021

(4-6 pm children ages 7-12) (7-9:30 pm adults)

WHERE:  Belmont-Watertown UMC, 80 Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown, MA 

(By Appointment Only)

Revels seeks a diverse and talented volunteer chorus of adults and children to join us onstage for 15 performances of The Christmas Revels at Harvard University’s Sanders Theatre in Cambridge, MA.

Entertainment

Lit Squad Invites Writers, Poets to Join Them at Watertown Arts Market

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The following announcement was provided by the Lit Squad:

Please join the Lit Squad as part of the Watertown Arts Market on August 21, 12:00-5:00 PM, at Arsenal Park. We are a newly gathered group of published and amateur writers, young and forever-young, who want to encourage and foster poetry and all literary arts here in this diverse community. Join us to market your work, perform your work, enjoy the work of others … and meet other writers during the course of the day. We will have a commission-free sales table for your books and related wares. We will have featured 10-minute readings by established Watertown poets, followed by 3-5-minute open-mike readings by all comers, with a PA system and chairs, at 1:00 and 3:00 PM.

Around Town

Summer Concert Postponed, Farmers Market Open

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Anaïs MarkwoodThe Watertown Farmers Market at Saltonstall Park is open on Aug. 4. The Town of Watertown sent out the following announcement:

The Compaq Big Band concert and free dance lesson with Ballroom of Boston scheduled for tonight, Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at Saltonstall Park is postponed due to potential storms later today. We will let you know when it has been rescheduled. The Watertown Farmers’ Market is OPEN today rain or shine in Saltonstall Park from 2:30-6:30pm.

Around Town

Watertown Group Holding Vigil to Remember Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Oppose Nuclear Weapons

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Watertown CitizensCandleboats float on the Charles River in Watertown in memory of those who died in the nuclear bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The following announcement was provided by Watertown Citizens for Peace Justice & the Environment:

Watertown Citizens for Peace Justice & the Environment is holding a commemoration of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Sunday, August 8 from 7:30 PM until 9:00 PM. at Watertown Square and MDCR Dock. 7:30 PM – Silent Vigil – Watertown Square

8:00 PM – Music and Testimonials

8:30 PM – Launching of the Candle boats on the Charles River

NEVER AGAIN – NO MORE HIROSHIMA and NAGASAKI – NO MORE VICTIMS – ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS

“Why do we stand in silence and float candle boats?” • To remember the more than 210,000 killed, and many more injured, by the U.S. nuclear attackon the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9 in 1945.

Around Town

Charles River Group Releases New Flooding Model for Communities Along River

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Charlie BreitroseThe Watertown Dam near Watertown Square slows the flow of the Charles River. The following announcement was provided by the Charles River Watershed Association:

The Town of Watertown, in partnership with the Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) and 14 other communities in the upper and middle Charles River watershed, is excited to announce the release of the Charles River Flood Model (CRFM). Funded by the MA Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs FY21 MVP Action Grant Program, and developed by Weston & Sampson, this flood model can help communities protect vulnerable populations and property from flooding. The Charles River Flood Model visualizes the impacts of increasingly severe storm events that will become more common with climate change, then shows what happens if we invest in nature based solutions such as land conservation, green stormwater infrastructure, and/or reducing impervious surfaces. This model comes at an important time.