Film: "Return to Norumbega"

Name: Film: "Return to Norumbega"
Start: July 23, 2015
End: 2015-09-13
Location: Historic Newton

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FILM: RETURN TO NORUMBEGA
Norumbega Park (1897-1963) was located in Newton’s Auburndale neighborhood. During its heyday, the park was one of New England’s prime recreational sites, drawing thousands of visitors each weekend in season. Beginning in 1930, Norumbega Park, also the home of the Totem Pole Ballroom, was known to big band and swing music lovers everywhere as “America’s Most Beautiful Ballroom.” Co-produced by Historic Newton, Return to Norumbega is a history of Norumbega Park based on the work of the late Bob Pollock, who grew up near the park, worked there as a teenager, and spent more than fifteen years collecting Norumbega photographs and memorabilia.

Join Joe Hunter for the film screening, followed by a Q and A. Co-sponsored by Historic Newton and the Newton Free Library.

Free.

The library is wheelchair accessible. The Newton Free Library is committed to providing easy access, assistive technology, and other resources to individuals with disabilities.

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Newton Free Library
330 Homer Street
Newton, MA 02459

Directions/Transportation/Parking

The library is across the street at the corner of Homer and Walnut Streets. Turn right onto Homer Street and drive past the library to the large adjacent parking lot on the left.

By Car:

FROM NORTH, SOUTH, WEST: Route 128 to Exit 24 (Route 30/ Commonwealth Avenue). At the end of the exit ramp, turn right onto Route 30 and go EAST towards Newton and Boston. Proceed on Route 30 for 3.1 miles and bear right at the traffic light onto Homer Street.

FROM EAST: Mass Pike or Commonwealth Avenue west towards Newton. Leave the Mass Pike at Exit 17 (Newton-Watertown). Stay in the middle lane at the end of the exit ramp and go straight ahead onto Washington Street. Continue on Washington Street for 1.3 miles to Walnut Street. Turn left onto Walnut Street and drive 1.1 miles to Homer Street. Turn right onto Homer Street and drive past the Library to the adjacent parking lot on the left.
If you take Commonwealth Avenue, continue west from Boston or Brookline through Newton until you reach Walnut Street (about 2 miles into Newton). Turn left onto Walnut Street and drive one block to Homer Street.

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Historic Newton

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http://www.historicnewton.org