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…
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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…
We corrected total fundraising in ‘Vote Yes for Newton’ raises $40K; ‘No Override Newton’ fails to file. For the total ‘Vote Yes for Newton’ fundraising, we had incorrectly used the 2022 carry-forward number of $12,593.83, for a total of $39,858. The article now uses the 2022 gross fundraising of $16,236,…
Ellie Goldberg has updated her op-ed, A Future WithOut Gas and for Clean Heat, with an additional paragraph to reflect the February 21 vote of the City Council on this topic.
Music Mondays is a women-run nonprofit presenting frequent, live music concerts in the Scandinavian Living Center’s Nordic Hall to audiences of mostly senior citizens. On February 20, 2PM-3PM, Music Mondays will present The Why — a chamber jazz quartet featuring Berklee jazz cellist Catherine Bent, along with composer and pianist Bert Seager, upright…
Historic Newton and the Newton Free Library will host a presentation by Stephen Whitfield, Brandeis Professor of American Studies (emeritus), speaking about the work of a striking group of mostly white, Jewish, male attorneys — including Barney Frank — who mounted a campaign against the Jim Crow laws in the South…