New Art Center is hosting a Dia de los Muertos Community Cultural Day with music, dance, and art-making. The event will take place on October 29, 12PM-4PM, at New Art Center (61 Washington Park, Newtonville). Entry is free, and you may reserve your spot in advance.
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The forecasted almost-gale-force winds stayed away. The sun came out periodically. And the crowds again gathered in Newton Centre Green & Parking Lot for a terrific Newton Harvest Fair. Fig City News offered Fig Newton cookies to our booth visitors — and most importantly, in bulk to the Newton Neighbors “Drive for Five” Food Drive. Of their five requested items, we had no beans/rice, soaps, pasta, or cooking oil, but we did have individually wrapped snacks!
The weather was fine, the people were friendly, the cake was delicious. Here are some quick photos of Newtonville Village Day, 2023.
We updated Public Safety and Transportation votes 7-0 to deny repeal of overnight parking ban to include the results of the October 4 meeting of the Public Safety and Transportation committee.
Newton Singers is a community chorus for people of all ages, sponsored by Newton Community Pride with repertoire of jazz, show tunes, madrigals, folk songs, and much more. Open rehearsals are on Tuesdays, 7PM-8:30PM at the Elevation Chapel (150 Lowell Avenue, Newtonville). New members are invited to drop in or…
The third annual Italian Heritage Month flag raising ceremony will be held on Wednesday, October 4 at 5:30PM at the flagpole near the War Memorial Auditorium at Newton City Hall, to celebrate and honor Italian-American contributions to the community.
Newton Parks, Recreation and Culture (Newton PRC) hosts line dancing for anyone over the age of 45. It takes place every Thursday, 1PM-3PM, at The American Legion Nonantum Post 440 (295 California St, Nonantum). Registration is required, but free.
Newton Neighbors has seven members on its board, each of whom has been involved since 2020. It now seeks to recruit up to three new members who can bring new ideas and ways to contribute its mission of facilitating community connection, mutual aid, and access to resources and supports for…
It indeed takes two days — September 29-30 — to complete All Over Newton‘s second annual Bakery Crawl, featuring almost two dozen bakeries in Newton. It’s a free, do-it-yourself event: Scan through the list of bakeries on the Bakery Crawl site to see which ones are participating on which days.…
The Newton Free Library will host its second annual Plant Swap on September 23, 3PM-4PM. Bring house plants you no longer want. Take home a plant for each one you bring …or wait until the end and take home any left-over plants. See details at the link above.
The City Council’s Zoning and Planning Committee (ZAP) will hold a public hearing on the proposed Village Center Overlay District – Version 3.0 (maps and text) on Tuesday, September 26 at 7PM. Version 3.0 incorporates updates and refinements that ZAP approved over the last few months. The public hearing will be…
Pathway to Possible, a Newton-based nonprofit serving adults with developmental disabilities, will hold its Autumn Auction fundraiser on September 28, 6PM-8PM at Brae Burn Country Club (326 Fullter Street, Waban). This cocktail-style event features live entertainment, raffles, and auctions both live and silent.