Haiku Newton, a project sponsored by Newton Community Pride (NCP), is accepting poetry for its spring 2024 public art initiative — bringing poems on lawn-style signs to various locations throughout Newton. Go to poetrynewton.com for more information and to submit your work by March 20. Now in its third year,…
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Newton Neighbors, Newton’s mutual aid network, is asking residents to help send students to Summer Camp. The campaign is now 82% toward its goal of $10,000 to fill the gap between the camp scholarships awarded to students and the donation their families must pay in order to attend. Many Newton school…
Spring is just around the corner and we are getting ready for Newton PorchFest 2024! PorchFest is an afternoon of free music performed outside of people’s homes. We welcome you to a community event to share the joy of playing and listening to music. Newton PorchFest 2024 is scheduled for Saturday,…
The Rotary Club of Newton is seeking nominations for high school sophomores to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) this summer, June 21-23. Once a sophomore is nominated, the club will send them an application. The club will cover the cost of attending the conference for 5 students who are selected…
The Highland Glee Club, one of the longest running men’s singing groups in the country, will be singing the most beautiful melodies of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales — on March 16 at 3PM in the War Memorial Auditorium of Newton City Hall (1000 Commonwealth Avenue). Special guest will be Daniel…
Bay Colony Brass will present a free concert, Respighi and Friends: An Italian Affair, on March 16 at 7:30PM at Second Church in Newton (60 Highland Street, West Newton). Music director Philip Sanborn leads Newton’s 20-member Bay Colony Brass in a free concert of Italian music arranged for brass including works…
The First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (FUUSN) will present its annual Music Sunday service on March 17, 10:15AM. This service presents music about transformation and change, both personal, healing transformation and being a force for change in the world. There will be a wide variety of songs, including The Times They…
Recent honors, appointments, and arrivals for people who live or work in Newton…
City Councilors Alan Lobovits and Rena Getz — the two new at-large Councilors this year — have launched a Listening Tour across all eight wards of the city. Since the focus of these meetings is on their listening, these City Councilors (and other elected officials who attend) will not be…
Commonwealth Chorale seeks singers of all voice types who have strong vocal and sight-reading skills — especially those singing tenor and bass. Auditions will be held by appointment on the evenings of March 12 and 19 between 5:45 and 6:30PM. Apply here. Auditions are at the group’s new rehearsal location at First Baptist Church…
The Empty Bowls club at Lasell University, which makes art to fight hunger in the community, will host the 7th annual Empty Bowls event on Friday, March 22, 5PM-7PM at Lasell’s de Witt Hall (80 Maple Street, Auburndale). Over 300 handmade ceramic bowls will be for sale. Dinner will be…
The Village Bank announced that the Auburndale Community Charitable Foundation will award 17 scholarships students graduating from high school this year: Deadline extended: Apply by April 8. Rules, requirements, and application forms are available online at village-bank.com. The Auburndale Community Charitable Foundation has invested more than $1 million in education since…