Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra welcomes conductor Paul Polivnick to lead a concert entitled Signs of Life on Sunday, April 12 at 3PM at the Second Church in Newton (60 Highland St, West Newton). Conductor Paul Polivnik returns to Pro Arte in April for a powerful program of music for string orchestra. Antonín Dvořák transformed an…
Posts published in January 2026
Join the Newton Free Library (330 Homer Street, Newton Centre) on Wednesday, April 22 at 7PM for an evening with Heather Treseler, author of Auguries & Divinations, winner of the 2025 Massachusetts Book Award in Poetry. Auguries & Divinations brings together poems written with a painterly attention to desire, longing,…
Development Review Team (DRT) will meet this week regarding the following potential project/proposal (see DRT Snapshot):
Congressman Jake Auchincloss, drawing a direct line to the American Revolution, said Friday he supports using the Massachusetts National Guard to counter federal immigration enforcement operations if they escalate in the state. “250 years ago, we refused to quarter the King’s troops,” Auchincloss said in a Fig City News Podcast…
On January 28, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro spoke to a packed house of over 400 at the Newton JCC’s Riemer Goldstein Theater about his new book, Where We Keep the Light: Stories From a Life of Service. Shapiro is an influential governor widely speculated to be preparing a 2028 run…
Full transcript of Fig City News podcast interview with Rep. Jake Auchincloss in his Newton District Office on Friday, January 30, 2026.
The West Suburban YMCA is excited to host Healthy Kids Day, a free community event designed to inspire kids to be healthy, active, and engaged. Join them on Saturday, May 2, from 2-4PM at the Church St Y (276 Church St, Newton Corner) for an afternoon packed with fun and enriching activities! Don’t miss this popular community…
As part of its Spring Guided Walk Series, Newton Conservators is hosting a guided walk in Hammond Woods led by Richard Primack, professor of plant ecology at Boston University, on Sunday, May 3 from 2PM to 3:30PM. Registration is required and limited to 30 people. Richard will discuss the conservation area’s various…
Get ready for an amazing evening of Broadway hits on Thursday, May 7 at 7PM at First Church (26 Suffolk Rd, Chestnut Hill). It’s a perfect chance to catch great music and have a blast with friends and family. Don’t miss out on this fun, uplifting night filled with incredible…
Newton Conservators invites you to bird watch with longtime avian enthusiasts Ian Buzby, Michael Hanley, and Ted Kuklinski (a past president of Newton Conservators) on Saturday, May 9 from 8 – 10AM, at Dolan Pond Conservation Area, a local birding hotspot. Meet near 76 Webster Park, West Newton, and park…