The Walnut Street Minyan invites you to a Community Open House on Sunday, May 7 from 4PM to 6PM at 858 Walnut Street, Newton Centre. Visit our new home, meet our members, and find out what makes us who we are. Drop in anytime for a tour and light refreshments. Stay for…
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NewtonSERVES — a community-wide day of volunteering — will take place on May 7. Volunteers can sign up here for any of the 23 projects listed below — many of which are focused on cleaning and improving our parks, school grounds, open space areas, and conservation lands. Volunteers must be…
The Boss. The new Bob Dylan. The leader of the E Street band. Bruce Springsteen has earned these accolades and more for his high energy shows, socially conscious lyrics, and musical excellence. The Newton Family Singers will perform their favorite, family-friendly songs from throughout Springsteen’s career in a concert —…
The Newton Commission On Disability (COD) and the Elliot Clubhouse are celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month with a free concert by the Me2/ Orchestra on Sunday, May 7, at 3PM at Newton North High School. Everyone is welcome. The Me2/ Orchestra includes musicians who live with mental illness and those who…
The Fig City iOS app for the iPhone, iPad, and MacOS (silicon) has been updated to version 1.4 with improved look, feel, and functionality, along with adding several new features: Newton Restaurants In addition to letting you “spin” to be presented randomly with one of 126 restaurants in Newton, you…
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West Newton Cinema Foundation will host an in-person Community Information Meeting on Tuesday, April 11, 7PM-8:30PM at the Cinema (1296 Washington Street, West Newton). It’s free and open to the public. Register here. For more information, email [email protected].
Rep. Jake Auchincloss will host a virtual roundtable on April 11, 4PM-5PM, with Newton residents to share updates about the beginning of the 118th Congress in Washington, D.C. It’s an opportunity for you to meet your Congressional Representative, talk about issues important to you, and learn more about what he…
The Boston Globe reports that of the 171 artists and academics honored this year with prestigious Guggenheim fellowships, two live in Newton: Lasell University Provost Eric M. Turner has been named the tenth president of the University — and the first African-American leader of the school in its 172-year history.…
iPhone and iPad users have a new way to keep up with happenings in Newton. The Fig City News app, now available in the Apple iOS app store, brings all of the content of Fig City News — and more — to your device launch screen with a native iPhone/iPad interface.
Newton Centre iOS developer Jared Prior created the app for Fig City News. It currently runs on iOS 15.6 or later. An Android version is planned.
Current features include: News, Dine, Calendar, and Notifications:
Minyan Darchei Shalom wishes you a Chag Kasher v’Sameach! We invite you to join us for traditional Passover services April 6, 7, 12, and 13. All are welcome. Services begin at 9:30AM each day at Temple Shalom (175 Temple Street, Newton). See darcheishalom.org for more details.
Newton Theatre Company will present In the Time of the Butterflies at Saint John’s Episcopal Church(96 Otis Street, Newtonville) on April 13, 14, 15 at 8PM and April 15 at 2PM. It’s a powerful, moving, poignant play about family, love, and sacrifice. The story follows four sisters as they live through the dictatorial…