On Tuesday, January 6 at 10:30AM, Theresa Chaklos from the AARP Volunteer Speakers bureau will give a presentation in the Multipurpose Room at the Cooper Center (345 Walnut Street, Newtonville) on how we can best navigate constant change so that we can continue to enjoy our lives and our loved…
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Enjoy an upbeat musical program that includes pop, rock, and folk-rock songs primarily from the 1960s and early 1970s on Thursday, January 8 at 1:30PM in the Multipurpose Room at the Cooper Center (345 Walnut St, Newtonville). Led by singer, yodeler, and multi-instrumentalist, Roger Tincknell, the concert will feature many…
Join Ty Burr for a screening and post-screening discussion of “Her” on Thursday, January 8 at 6:30PM at the West Newton Cinema. Tickets are $20. About the film:Theodore is a lonely man in the final stages of his divorce. When he’s not working as a letter writer, his down time is…
There will be a UMass Mt Ida / Oak Hill Park community meeting on Friday, January 9 at 9AM on the UMass Amherst Charles River Campus (formerly Mt Ida campus), in the Campus Center Private dining room, which is just off the main dining hall.
State Rep. Amy Sangiolo (11th Middlesex District) will hold office hours on Friday, January 9, 11AM-12:30PM at Newton City Hall, Room 211. For answers to questions or to schedule a meeting with the Representative outside of these times, please contact Denise Chan, Legislative Aide, 617-722-2425 ext. 7317 or [email protected]. You can…
Are you interested in volunteering to help a member of our community learn English? Join the Newton Free Library’s English Language Learning Program! The next information session will take place on Saturday, January 10 at 10AM on Zoom. It will be followed by training for new volunteers on Saturday mornings in January and February.…
Award-winning singer-songwriter Halley Neal will perform with her back-up band of upright bass and fiddle in a house concert in Newton on Saturday, January 10 at 7PM. Doors open at 6:30PM. Location of the concert will be sent to those who register. All of the donations (suggested $35 per person)…
The Isabel Oliart Band – featuring Isabel Oliart, Anne Hooper, and Sammy Wetstein – presents an afternoon of Celtic fiddle music at the Newton Free Library on Sunday, January 11 at 2PM. Isabel Oliart is the current National Scottish fiddle champion and plays music from her CD of original tunes, ‘Late Evening’s Dram.’…
Please join State Representative Greg Schwartz for his monthly office hours on Monday, January 12 from 10AM-11:30AM at Newton City Hall (1000 Commonwealth Avenue) in Room 211. No appointment is necessary. For further information or to schedule a time to meet with Representative Schwartz outside of office hours, please contact…
We updated our October 28 article on the Star Market closure after the store reopened.
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Parks, Recreation & Culture hosted Halloween Window Painting for grades 3 to 8 throughout the villages on Saturday, October 25. See this year’s gallery at https://photos.figcitynews.com/2025/2025-Halloween-Window-Painting. Photos by Tessa Gordon and Bruce Henderson.