Sailing into Song House Concerts presents Shanna in a Dress on Sunday, May 3 at 2PM. To receive an invitation with the location, send your name to [email protected]. Suggested donation: $25 — all proceeds go directly to the performer. Shanna in a Dress is your quirky best friend who refuses to wear pants.…
Posts published in March 2026
Enjoy an Indian lunch from a local restaurant on Mondays starting with a kick-off event on Monday, May 4 from 12-2PM in the Multipurpose Room at the Cooper Center (345 Walnut Street, Newtonville). $5 per person. Pre-registration and payment required at the Cooper Center Concierge Desk by noon on the…
Join Professor Nataliya Kosmyna of the MIT Media Lab at the Newton Free Library (330 Homer Street, Newton Centre) on Monday, May 4 at 7PM for Your Brain on ChatGPT, a discussion of AI – and the scientific and ethical questions it raises in today’s world. Registration is required. For millions of years, human…
On Tuesday, May 5 at 6:30PM, the Newton Free Library (330 Homer Street, Newton Centre) will host Threads That Bind: Weaving as a Practice of Storytelling with Joshua Kurtz. Registration is required. Participants will have the opportunity to weave small textiles inspired by the stories from their lives and communities. Across thousands…
If you can walk, you can belly dance! Give belly dancing a try at the Cooper Center (345 Walnut Street, Newtonville) on Wednesday, May 6 at 2PM. Belly dance is a fun way to get fit. The class works on posture, balance, grace, dance movements, and overall fitness, as you listen…
Concert by the Newton Senior Chamber Ensemble on Wednesday, May 6, 2:30-3:30PM at the Cooper Center (345 Walnut Street, Newtonville). The chamber ensemble will present:— Three Ricercari, by Andrea Gabrieli — Symphony No. 16 Finale, by Frank Joseph Haydn— Enigma Variations, by Nimrod Edward Elgar— The Planets, Jupiter, by Gustav Holst Founded by Gwendoline Thornblade…
The Woman’s Club of Newton Highlands (the “Newton Women’s Club”) invites all women who live in or near Newton to come to its Open House on Wednesday, May 6, anytime from noon until about 2:30PM, in the Club’s charming Art Deco building at 72 Columbus Street in Newton Highlands. There…
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…
Would you love to know more about the fashion in Downton Abbey? If so, join Karen Antonowicz at the Cooper Center (345 Walnut Street, Newtonville) on Thursday, May 7 from 1:30-2:30PM. She’ll start with the styles of 1912, featured in Season 1, and continue through later seasons of the show,…
Take a Pond Fish Tour through the Newton Cemetery & Arboretum (791 Walnut Street, Newton Centre) with Bob Mallard of the Native Fish Coalition on Friday, May 8 at 10AM and 1:30PM. Learn about Cold Spring Brook, the four ponds and two lagoons on the property, and the aquatic life…
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…
The Newton Family Singers invites you to join them on Saturday, May 9 at 4PM to celebrate the music of R.E.M. and the Indigo Girls, two decade-defining bands who came out of Athens, Georgia. This season they’re performing at the Newton Community Stage at the Lincoln-Eliot School (15 Walnut Park,…