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Yoga Studio Teams Up with Recreation Dept. to Offer Youth, Senior Classes

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Artemis Yoga is very pleased be a part of the Watertown Recreation Department’s initiative to offer a variety of wellness programs across age groups. We are offering two new yoga classes for youth on Mondays and a Tuesday morning gentle yoga class for adults over 55. Register at Watertown Recreation Online Payments for both classes

Yoga for Youth – Monday Evenings – March 7 to April 11. Only $40 for the six week series! Time: Grades 3-5, 6–7 p.m.

Time: Grades 6-8, 7–8 p.m.

Gentle Yoga – Over 55 – Tuesday Mornings – March 8 to April 12. Only $50 for the six week series!

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Autism Expert Coming to Speak About Role of Inflammation of the Brain

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On Saturday, March 12, Talk About Curing Autism (TACA) will host a free discussion event with Dr. Theo Theoharides, world renowned expert in the field of immunopharmacology and the impact of inflammation in individuals with autism and other related disorders. Talk About Curing Autism (TACA), Massachusetts Chapter announces A Discussion with Dr. Theoharis C. Theoharides BA, MS, MPhil, PhD, MD, FAAAAI on Saturday, March 12 beginning at 2 p.m. Location: Watertown Public Library – 123 Main St., Watertown. FREE: All members and guests are welcome. Dr. Theoharides is Professor of Pharmacology, Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, as well as Director of Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery at Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston. He first showed that mast cells, known for causing allergic reactions, are critical for inflammation, especially in the brain, and most recently in the pathogenesis of autism.

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Contest for Name, Logo for Cable Show by Overcoming Addiction Groups

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Watertown Overcoming Addiction and Belmont Overcoming Addiction need your help! We have teamed together to help raise more awareness, education, support and hope for those suffering from Substance Use Disorder and for their loved ones. We will bring these efforts forward with a new cable show addressing this crisis. We are asking Belmont and Watertown High School students to come up with 1) a name for the show; and 2) a logo for the show. Both should communicate the challenges of Substance Use Disorder and recovery for the individual and their loved ones.

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Academy Award Winner to Play Watertown Police Officer in ‘Patriots Day’

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Watertown Police Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese, one of the heroes of the Watertown Shootout, will be played by Oscar winner J.K. Simmons in the upcoming film “Patriots Day.” The film, being made by CBS Films and Lionsgate, will chronicle the events around the Boston Marathon Bombings, including the shootout in Watertown in which Watertown Police faced the Tsarnaev brothers. Pugliese had just gotten off duty on the night of the shootout, but raced to the scene in his family’s minivan and flanked the Tsarnaevs. He helped capture Tamerlan, who later died at hospital.

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LETTER: Resident Opposes Filming Recreation of Watertown Shootout

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Dear Mr. Driscoll and Councilors Sideris, Dattoli, Falkoff, Palomba, Kounelis, Feltner, Piccirilli, Woodland, and Dushku,

I am writing to oppose the re-creation and filming of gun battle scenes for the movie “Patriots Day” on Laurel Street in Watertown. I live near-by on Boylston Street — close enough that my husband heard the sound of the shootout as it happened, close enough to be woken by the sounds of helicopters over my house that night. When I learned that the five nights of filming planned on Laurel Street within ear shot of my home would be loud, including gunshots until midnight, I felt angry and anxious. I wondered — who would allow this to happen in our town?! As I learned more, I felt the tears fill my eyes.

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Town Manager Releases Statement on Filming at Scene of Watertown Shootout

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Town Manager Michael Driscoll reacted to the proposal to shoot a film in Watertown recreating the events of the Boston Marathon Bombings, including at the site of the Watertown Shootout. Representatives from CBS Films met with residents of Laurel Street on Feb. 12, and shared the proposed schedule. The filming included night action where the sounds of gunshots would be used to recreate the firefight between Watertown Police and the Tsarnaev brothers. Word that the dramatic events would be replayed in the same area where they occurred was met with an outpouring of emotional responses from Watertown residents, a majority of whom opposed the idea.

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Job, Self-Advocate Training for Disabled Coming Up in Watertown

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Massachusetts Advocates Standing Strong and Beaverbrook STEP will host a basic self advocacy training for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. 

Beaverbrook sent out the following information:

We are self-advocates in Massachusetts working together to empower ourselves through education so we can make choices to improve and enrich our lives. “Nothing About Us Without Us.” Basic Self Advocacy training, Awareness and Action: Educating Persons with Disabilities to Starting and Maintaining a Self-Advocacy Group, Self-Advocacy Leadership Training (MDDC), Recognize, Report and respond to Abuse (with BPI), Legislative Advocacy. Explore, Prepare, Act Basic skills to get a job. The next meeting is at the BBS Main Office, 85 Main St, Watertown, MA 02472, on March 17, 6-8 p.m.

Any question please send Keith Miller in email at keith.mass.metro@gmail.com

Thank you so much and hope to see you there!!!!

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Emotional Responses to News of Filming at Site of Watertown Shootout

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News that Watertown that film producers want to shoot a re-enactment of the Watertown Shootout on the same streets where it happened, complete with late night simulated gunshots, was met with an outpouring of emotions from town residents – mostly negative but some strongly backing it. This month, CBS Films has been meeting with residents of Laurel Street about the filming of “Patriots Day,” a film starring Mark Wahlberg which would recreate the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings, including the shootout with the bombers in Watertown. The schedule calls for closing off Laurel Street for a few days, including three nights when the filming would include re-enactments complete with gunfire as late as midnight. Watertown residents reacted on the Watertown News Facebook page, and on the comment section of Monday’s story. Many reactions on Facebook were negative, such as, “Who wants to relive this.