Lift your voice and sing! Eliot Church’s historic Chancel Choir seeks new singers. It’s no-audition, free choir with no commitment that sings a mix of classic repertoire and hymns. We have professional section leaders for all sections. Rehearsals are on Thursday evenings, 7PM-8PM and Sunday mornings during the church service.…
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The Newton Conservators will host its third annual Newton Monarch Festival on September 9 (rain date September 10), 9AM-11AM at Wellington Park in West Newton, a few blocks north of West Newton Square. It’s free. Learn about local efforts to help monarch butterflies, which were classified as endangered last year by…
Newton Youth Lacrosse has partnered with Scoops Lacrosse to host sessions for boys and girls ages 3 to 8 — over six weeks this fall, on Sundays, 10AM-11AM starting September 10. This is a fun way to expose kids to the game of lacrosse. Scoops Clinics are designed for kids…
The ALS Therapy Development Institute is hosting a fundraising event — Walk For Research — to raise money to create a cure for ALS, a progressive neurodegenerative disease. The walk will take place on September 10, 10AM at Zervas Elementary School (30 Beethoven Avenue, Waban). Register here. For more information,…
Eliot Church welcomes all for Summer Fest on September 10, 11:30AM-1PM, at 474 Centre Street. There will be a bounce house, potluck lunch, hot dogs, and lawn games. For more information, email [email protected].
Minyan Darchei Shalom wishes everyone a happy and healthy New Year! All are invited for traditional, egalitarian, lay-led services — on both days of Rosh HaShanah, Kol Nidre, and Yom Kippur. For free tickets or information, email [email protected].
Music Mondays is a women-run nonprofit presenting frequent, live music concerts in the Scandinavian Living Center’s Nordic Hall (206 Waltham Street, West Newton) to audiences of mostly senior citizens. On September 11, 2PM-3PM, it will present a free concert by Afternoon Concerts Boston, a Boston-based group that has performed chamber, vocal, and Japanese Traditional music…
At 6PM on September 11, the Newton 9-11 Memorial Committee and the City of Newton will host Newton’s 22nd annual Day of Remembrance of 9-11 at the City’s 9-11 Memorial on the front lawn of Fire Department headquarters, 1164 Centre Street. Donations to support the ongoing maintenance of the Memorial may be…
The Newton Conservators will host a webinar on September 13 at 7PM about how to use the iNaturalist app to identify plants and animals. Sign up here. iNaturalist is a web-based tool for natural history learning and biodiversity tracking. Users can take a few pictures of an interesting butterfly and post…
The Charles River Regional Chamber invites all to a preentation, Engaging your nonprofit board, on September 14, Noon-1PM. Nanette Fridman, MPP, of Fridman Strategies will talk about what should happen before, during, and after nonprofit board meetings to optimize engagement. Free for members, $10 for non-members.
Eliot Church will host Queer Eye Bible Study — reading the Bible through the “queer lens” — at The Eliot Church of Newton Chapel (474 Centre Street) on Thursdays, 7PM-8PM, starting September 14. Read and discuss biblical passages of the Bible that actively affirm LGBTQ+ lives. The group will be…
Citizens For Affordable Housing In Newton (CAN-DO) — Newton’s affordable housing developer and service provider — has opened a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site in Newton. VITA is the federal program established by the IRS to provide free tax assistance to low-moderate income families. Even though tax season is…