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Public Meeting on Intergenerational Walking Path at Clay Pit Pond
The Belmont Conservation Commission is sponsoring a public, interactive meeting with BETA Group to review initial design for Intergenerational Walking Path at Clay Pit Pond. BETA Group, the landscape architects selected to create the phased Master Plan will be attending the meeting. The meeting is open to the public. This is a great opportunity to work with a professional design team and help create a community park at Clay Pit Pond. The Community Preservation Act has funded this project to…
Find out more »2014 Belmont Open Sings: Carl Orff’s ‘Carmina Burana’
Celebrate the Powers Music School's 50th anniversary by participating in the season's first Open Sings: "Carmina Burana" by Carl Orff. The chorus will be accompanied by two pianos and percussion with feature singers from Musica Sacra and area choirs. The sing takes place on Sunday, Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the First Church in Belmont, Unitarian Universalist, 404 Concord Ave. Tickets: $10 per person; No reservations needed.
Find out more »Belmont Historical Society presents ‘The Belmont Uplands: A History of Changing Use of Land and Water’
The Belmont Historical Society presents an illustrated history by Anne-Marie Lambert; "The Belmont Uplands: A History of the Changing Use of Land and Water," on Sunday, Oct. 6 from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Belmont Public Library's Assembly Room. The Belmont Uplands' transition from marsh island, to farm, to forest tells a local story of changing boundaries between nature and man, and between land and water. As demands for both human and wildlife habitat rise, and as climate change threatens, the story is not over.…
Find out more »Precinct Meeting on Future of Belmont Incinerator Site
The Board of Selectmen will be hosting an informational Precinct Meeting to discuss the future of the former Concord Avenue Incinerator Site. Please direct questions to the Office of the Board of Selectmen at (617) 993-2610 or e-mail: selectmen@belmont-ma.gov
Find out more »Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus’ “NOT-QUITE-WINTER CONCERT”
The Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus under conductor Barry Singer presents NOT-QUITE-WINTER CONCERT on Sunday, Dec. 7, beginning at 3 p.m. at Payson Park Church, Trapleo Road. Mass of Six Centuries: Sato: Kyrie (21st c.) di Lasso: Gloria (16th c.) Mozart: Credo (18th c.) Brahms: Sanctus (19th c.) Monteverdi Benedictus (17th c.) Persichetti: Agnus Dei (20th c.) Five Centuries of Poets: Hawley: Ode a Cassandre (P. Ronsard, 16th c.) Vaughan Williams: Sweet Day (G. Herbert, 17th c.) Nestor: Ca' the Yowes (R. Burns, 18th c.) Nestor: My Luve…
Find out more »Planning Your Vegetable Garden at the Library
Spend the shortest day of the year planning for warmer weather with Belmont native and farmer/educator Rose Cherneff. In "Planning Your Vegetable Garden," Rose will talk you through setting goals for your garden that match your lifestyle and priorities, including how much seed to order, seed sources, how to create a planting timeline, how far apart and where to plant things, what crops do well in this climate, and how to increase the health of your soil. This class is sponsored…
Find out more »Affordable Housing in Belmont: What’s the Plan?
The Belmont League of Women Voters will hold a brown bag lunch in the Belmont Public Library’s Flett Room with Judie Feins, long-time member of the Belmont Housing Trust and the League, who will present a slide show on the draft Belmont Housing Production Plan, which was developed over the past 2 years. This same slide show was presented to the Planning Board on Dec. 16, 2014.
Find out more »Belmont High School AP Art Show
The AP art class at Belmont High School is hosting an art show on March 28, from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Beth El Temple, 2 Concord Ave. The show is the only event that promotes the students works outside the school. Its completely free, there will be food and music and kid friendly.
Find out more »‘Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents: How to Stop the Worry Cycle’ at Belmont Day
Belmont Day School presents "ANXIOUS Kids ANXIOUS Parents: How to Stop the Worry Cycle," with social worker and author Lynn Lyons on Thursday, April 2 at 6 p.m. at the Belmont Day School, 55 Day School Lane. Lyons will discuss concrete strategies to manage worry and prevent the development of anxiety and depression. This event is part of the Ko Family and Wellesley Toyota Speaker Series and is free and open to the public. For more information, call Belmont Day School, 617-484-3078, or visit the website; www.belmontday.org/events/ko-family-and-wellesley-toyota-speaker-lynn-lyons
Find out more »The Belmont Historical Society: “Frederick Law Olmsted, Passages in the Life of an Unpractical Man
The Belmont Historical Society Presents "Frederick Law Olmsted, Passages in the Life of an Unpractical Man," a one-man play by Gerry Wright. on Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at 7:30 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the Belmont Public Library. Free and open to the public; refreshments will be served Frederick Law Olmsted (1822–1903) had a multi-faceted career as a journalist and critic of slavery; as an appointee of Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War; and as the landscape architect for Boston’s Emerald Necklace, New York…
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