Entertainment

Call for Local Artists to Be Part of the 2025 Watertown Arts Market

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The following announcement was provided by the Watertown Arts Market Committee:

The Watertown Business Coalition is excited to announce the fifth annual Watertown Arts Market will take place on Saturday, August 9, 2025, from 12:00 – 5:00pm at Arsenal Park. This celebratory event brings together an abundance of artists, arts and cultural organizations, and arts- and culture-related businesses based in or serving Watertown. More information is available at www.watertownartsmarket.com. 

Calling All Local Artists

We would love to have you join us for this event! Local artists of all media, nonprofit arts and culture organizations, and arts and culture businesses are invited to host a table at the Watertown Arts Market from 12:00 – 5:00pm on Saturday, August 9, 2025. The Watertown Arts Market is committed to including a diverse range of arts and culture offerings across mediums and cultures.

Government

Councilor Lisa Feltner Holding Annual Public Meeting

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Lisa Feltner seeks re-election as District B Town Councilor. All City Councilors must have an annual meeting to meet with the public according to the recent changes to the City Charter. District B City Councilor Lisa Feltner announced the date of her meeting. See info below. Please join City Councilor Lisa Feltner at her Annual City Councilor Meeting on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at 5:30 PM at the Parker Annex at124 Watertown Street, 3rd floor IT Conference Training Room 3H.

Around Town

Watertown Recreation Has Options for April Break

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The Watertown Recreation Department has programs for children each day during the April School Break. See more information in the announcement sent out by the Recreation Department. April Break is Coming Soon! Check Out Your Options for the Week! Watertown Recreation Programming-Daily programming from 4/22-4/25;  including trips to Urban Air and Charlestown. FC Film Academy-Create fun, collaborative and exciting projects at the WCATVKnucklebones Skateboarding-An intro to skateboarding class at Arsenal ParkTrip to Fenway Park-Join the Recreation Staff on a trip tosee the Red Sox play at Fenway

See the Complete 2025 Spring/Summer Brochure here

Register for All Programs here!

Around Town

DPW Earth Day Event Will Include Styrofoam & Mattress Recycling, Paper Shredding & Get a Sapling

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The following information was provided by the Department of Public Works:

Watertown Public Works will be hosting an Earth Day Event on Saturday April 19, 2025, from 10:00am – 2:00pm at the Jewish Community Day School Parking Lot – 57 Stanley Ave, for Watertown residents only (bring your ID). The event includes paper shredding, $25 mattress recycling, free dehumidifier turn in, styrofoam collection, a clothing drive, finished compost/soil give away, and baby oak trees giveaway. Mattress Recycling

HandUp, a mattress recycler, will be offering a discount on mattress and box spring recycling. Each unit will be $25 (and the City will pay the other $25). This is a first come, first serve option, until the truck is full.

Letters

LETTER: People Should be Shouting About Federal Agents Taking People Off the Street

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Dear Editor,

Jews lived with Arabs Comfortably in the United States. Arabs lived with Jews Comfortably in the United States. Since coming down his golden escalator at Trump Tower on June 16, 2015, Trump has been fomenting hatred. Can you believe this has been going on for almost a decade? First it was All Muslims and Mexicans. Following the Unite the Right, president Donald Trump’s remarks about the rally generated negative responses.

Entertainment

Small Saves Makes Vacation Plans 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.”

Entertainment

Turtle Studios Participating in Newton Open Studios & Art Sale

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The following information was provided by Turtle Studios:

Turtle Studios will participate for the third consecutive year in the Newton Open Studios art exhibition and sale on the weekend of April 5 & 6, 2025, at 213 California Street, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Turtle Studios has a dynamic and eclectic mix of members, including several Watertown residents, whose art pursuits enrich their lives and community, who share the joy of artmaking in a supportive community that values the creative process, experimentation, and self-expression,” and will be joined by a handful of guest artists who will also display and sell. The Turtle Studios site will showcase 15 artists selling paintings, prints, textiles, jewelry, book arts, collages, and more. 

Newton Open Studios is free, open to the public, and family-friendly. Gourmet gift baskets will be raffled off, with proceeds benefiting Turtle Studios, a non-profit 501(c)(3), and its Scholarship Fund. Vendors handle their sales, and typically accept cash or credit through Venmo, Square or PayPal. 

Art celebrates diversity, tells our stories, and deepens our world understanding. Support local artists and share the gift of art!