Sign-ups to perform at Newton PorchFest 2023 are now open until March 31. Porchfest will take place on Saturday, June 3 from 12PM – 6PM in Auburndale, Lower Falls, and Waban Center (rain date: Sunday, June 4). Newton PorchFest is an afternoon of free music performed outside of people’s homes.…
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Newton’s Jackson Walnut Park School is one of nine Catholic schools to be featured in the Central Suburban Education Expo on April 1, 9AM-noon, at Cambridge Matignon School (1 Matignon Way, Cambridge). Jackson School and Walnut Park Montessori are a collaborative, operating as a single institution for Grades K-6, welcoming children…
The John M. Barry Boys & Girls Club of Newton will host its EPIC Annual Gala on Saturday, April 1, 6PM-10PM. EPIC stands for the the Club’s values: Excellence, Pride, Integrity & Collaboration. The Newton business community, city leaders, and other friends and supporters of the Boys & Girls Club…
A Cappella April! is coming to Newton South High School on Saturday, April 1 at 7PM. This one-night only, all-ages event features R & B/Soul/Pop a cappella group Ball in the House, with special performances by Newton student groups: Bigelow Beats, Brown Middle School A Cappella, The Northern Lights, and The Melocotones.…
The First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (FUUSN) will host a fundraising concert — The ‘B’ees Knees: Folksy Romanticism of Babajanian, Bruch & Brahms — on April 2 at 2PM at FUUSN (1326 Washington Street, West Newton). The Eleuthera Trio (Francine Trester on violin, Julie Reimann on cello, and Lois…
Cherry Street Players will continue their Classical with a Twist series with a concert, Women in Time, on April 2 at The Allen Center (35 Webster Street, West Newton). The prelude at 3PM features Newton composers Francine Trester and Jackie Zhang. The concert at 4PM features compositions by Trester, Sarasate’s…
The City’s Planning and Development Department invites the public to an online information session regarding the Albemarle Road Traffic Calming Project on Monday, April 3 at 6PM (Zoom link; 646-558-8656, meeting id: 862 8523 9203). Learn about the project, offer comments, and ask questions! The City will present the proposed…
On Sunday, March 26 at 3PM, the public is invited to a Gala Jimmy Fund Benefit Concert featuring the world premieres of new music commissioned to honor the memory of Sarah Jane Boling. A long-time Newton resident, Sarah passed away March 24, 2022, after a year of battling Glioblastoma, a…
New York’s Broken Box Mime Theatre is coming to Newton for two shows this week. The Founding Artistic Director BKBX, Becky Baumwoll, grew up in Newton. Use the links below to make reservations for either show — one for families and one for ages 12+:
Dr. Erica Muhl will become the fourth president — and the first female president — of Berklee College of Music. Several events on April 3-4, free and open to the public upon registration, will celebrate her inauguration. Eric M. Turner, Provost and Professor of Business at Lasell University, has been…
With her permission, we edited Carolyn Gabbay’s letter to remove an error about the Charles River Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber has testified in a public hearing in support of Village Centers upzoning. At her request, we corrected MaryLee Belleville’s letter, in the second paragraph changing “is requiring of Newton”…
After months of intense debate, unofficial election results posted at City Hall show that Mayor Ruthanne Fuller’s two debt exclusion proposals passed by wide margins while the proposed operating override failed by a similar margin. The operating override failed by 1138 votes, and the debt exclusions for Countryside and Franklin…