Starting Monday, June 2, residents can donate donate their clothing, household goods, and other items at a new, attended Donation Center in the parking lot of American Legion Post #440 (295 California Street, Nonanum). All donations benefit Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries. The Newton Donation Center will be open and staffed…
Posts published in May 2025
Turtle Studios offers its Spring Drop-In Workshop Series — a weekly hands-on event inviting the community to learn and create alongside four local artists in a vibrant studio environment. Hosted at Turtle Studios’ shared space at 213 California Street in Nonantum, the series runs Thursdays from May 15 through June…
Newton PorchFest will be held on Saturday, June 7, 12-6PM, with free music by over 110 performaners playing in over 60 locations across Auburndale, Lower Falls, Waban, and West Newton. All events are free and open to the public. View the schedule and map here. Newton Porchfest is sponsored by…
The Walnut Street Minyan will host its next Family Shabbat, with special activities and treats for children, on June 7 from 10:15AM to 12:30PM at 858 Walnut Street, Newton. RSVP here by June 4 so each child — and their parents — will feel welcome. Email for more info.
The Newton Conservators will host a Edmands Park Pollinator Bioblitz on Saturday, June 7, 10:30AM-12:30PM, to help people of all ages to explore the plants and wildlife of Edmands Park (63 Blake Street, Newtonville) and improve plant identification skills. Registration is free. Come explore the pollinators of Edmands Park and improve insect identification…
The 48th annual Newton Highlands Village Day will be held on Sunday, June 8, 11AM-4PM on Lincoln Street in Newton Highlands. Face painting, caricature drawings, live music, vendors, and food. Free pony rides, 12PM – 2PM. Presented by the Newton Highlands Neighborhood Area Council and sponsored by Village Bank, Brookline…
Cub Scout Pack 210 invites alumni and community members to help celebrate its 25th anniversary at a special Blue & Gold Picnic on Sunday, June 8, from 11AM to 1PM at Auburndale Cove. For a quarter century, Pack 210 has been a cornerstone of local youth development, helping generations of…
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, a charity that has been assisting people in Newton for over 100 years, will hold its semi-annual Clothing and Book Drive on June 8, 8AM-12PM and 4PM-6PM The drive gives everyone a chance to clean out their closets and bookshelves while providing for…
The Newton Free Library will host a concert, No One Is Alone, featuring tenor David Won and pianist Konstantinos Papadakis. This concert will explore the ideas that wherever our life journey is now, our lives are interwoven and bound together, and that we can work with each other and handle…
The Charles River Wind Ensemble will perform a free concert, Ambiguity of Love. Works performed will include Nitescence crépusculaire by Alexandre Kosmicki, Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble by Frank Ticheli, and Glimpses of Love by Christopher Marshall. It will take place on Sunday, June 8, 3PM at 300 Hammond…
Boston Jazz Voices will present a free concert on Sunday, June 8 at 3:30PM, at the Newton War Memorial Auditorium in City Hall. This event is sponsored by the Village Bank and Newton Community Pride in partnership with the City of Newton’s Cultural Development Department as part of the Linda Plaut…
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston will present Serenade for Spring, a concert featuring cellist Aron Zelkowicz. This performance will take place on Sunday, June 8, 3PM at the Second Church in Newton (60 Highland Street, West Newton). Tickets available online. Works performed will include Luigi Boccherini’s Cello Concerto in G…