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The Veterans Services Office provided the following information:
On Sunday Nov. 11, 2018, The Private Charles J. Shutt Detachment Marine Corps League located at 215 Mt. Auburn St. Watertown, MA 02472 will be hosting a Veterans Day breakfast followed by a Ceremonial Observance. The Breakfast will begin at 10 a.m. and the Ceremony will begin at 11:00am.
The following information was provided by Advocates for Home Education in Massachusetts:
The AHEM Homelearners’ Fall Fair, featuring handmade crafts, entertainment, and delicious baked goods, will be held on Saturday, Nov. 3, for three action-packed hours: 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., at First Parish of Watertown, 35 Church St., Watertown, MA. Admission is free. For information visit www.ahem.info. This lively fair provides a great opportunity to buy inexpensive, homemade gifts for the holidays, sample tasty baked goods, be entertained by a variety of talents, and enjoy networking and conversation with other homeschoolers — also a great way to introduce people to the homeschooling concept.
The following information was provided by the Watertown Free Public Library:
The Watertown Library will host a free self-defense class on Saturday, Oct. 20 at 12:30 p.m. in the Watertown Savings Bank Room. The class is and open to the public. Registration required. We’ll cover some basic self-defense skills, how to lower your victim profile and increase your situational awareness.
The following information was provided by First Parish of Watertown:
The First Parish of Watertown, located at 35 Church Street in Watertown Square, is hosting their first Harvest Art & Crafts Show on Saturday, Oct. 27 from 10 am to 3 p.m.
The show is includes a wide variety of art and crafts including paintings, photographs, jewelry, ceramics, as well as quilts, bees wax, knitware, and woven items. It’s free to enter so stop in and enjoy the art. First Parish is fully accessible when entering via the Summer Street (parking lot) entrance. The current list of artist are: Gwen Chasan, Ellen Hurley, Mary Hulse, Judy Kamm,
Carole Katz, Carole Smith Berney, Monica Fairbairn, Lora McLaughlin, Kim Katz,
Judy Noonan, Sheri Kennedy, Nora Neale, Missy Shay, Marianne Collins, and Kathy Warren. Baked goods will also be sold.
An internationally renowned world music and dance ensemble will perform in Watertown as part of the Tremedal Coffeehouse series. The group — Libana — illuminates the creativity, vision and spirit of women worldwide, according to organizers. Their performances have been described as “riveting, transformational and soul stirring, Libana takes audiences on a musical journey reflecting the universal human experience uniting us all.” Libana will peform on Oct. 20, 2018 at 8 p.m. at the First Parish Unitarian Church of Watertown, 35 Church St., Watertown.
Changes to sections of Mt. Auburn Street will go into effect early next week which will change the traffic patters for drivers, bus riders and bicyclists. The Town of Watertown and City of Cambridge have teamed up to create a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) pilot with the goal to create faster and more reliable bus service for more than 12,000 daily MBTA bus riders and shuttle passengers and improve traffic flow for all users of Mt. Auburn Street. The pilot is being funded with a grant from the Barr Foundation and is being done in conjunction with the MBTA and the Department of Conservation and Recreation.
The following announcement came from the Department of Public Works:
The Town Council Public Works Committee has scheduled two meetings for a Mount Auburn Street project update. Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018 and Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018. Ask questions and review plans with the project team starting at 6:00 p.m. Each Committee meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. at Town Hall, Administration Building Richard E. Mastrangelo Council Chamber, 149 Main Street, Watertown.
Watertown-based Improbable Players will be presenting a show at the Mosesian Center for the Arts showing how people got started using opioids. The Improbable Players provided the following information:
Improbable Players Presents: A Re-Staging of End of the Line on Wednesday, Oct. 17, at 7 p.m. at The MainStage in The Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown, MA 02472 (Getting to the MCA). For tickets click here https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/999504
Program contains talk of drug use. In 2014 Improbable Players created a theatre piece to show how people got started with opioids.