On Sunday, October 26 at 2PM at the Newton Free Library, the Kalliope Reed Quintet presents Música de México y Memorias, a program featuring works by Mexican composers Nubia Jaime Donjuan, Arturo Marquez, and Diana Syrse, while exploring the topics of memory and remembrance. The concert also includes Kalliope’s most recent…
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Green Newton is running an Online Auction as part of it’s 35th anniversary celebration. This is a chance to bid on exciting items while supporting local climate action. Every bid you place helps cut greenhouse gas emissions and build a healthier future for Newton. The auction runs until 10PM on…
Pam Weeks of the New England Quilt Museum will present New England Quilts and the Stories They Tell on Monday, October 27 at 2PM at the Newton Free Library (330 Homer Street). Quilts tell stories, and quilt history is full of myths and misinformation as well as heart-warming tales of service and tradition.…
Drop your clean, gently used costumes to either Fulfilled Goods location — 612 Washington Street in Newtonville or 1280 Centre Street in Newton Centre. Come in and swap or “shop” something new to you! Note that the “swap” will just take place at Newton Center. Costume Guidelines:
On Tuesday, October 28 at 7PM, the Newton Free Library will host Literary Monsters by Shadow, Sound, Spectacle. Part concert, part puppet show, part ghost story, this 45-minute multimedia performance reimagines classic literary monsters through queer, musical shadow theater. Join ensemble Shadow, Sound, Spectacle for a fresh perspective on the works of…
Join Bike Newton for a Light Brigade on Thursday October 30 from 4-6PM at the Washington Street Bike Lane, at the Walker Street Dog Park. There will be give-aways, and cruising up and down the new Washington St. Bike Lane. They will be making sure you are all set for…
Opera Americana will be presented at First Church in Chestnut Hill (26 Suffolk Road, Chestnut Hill on October 30, 7PM-9PM. Experience opera arias by Barber, Bernstein, Copland, Menotti among others with the talented Kathryn Rosenbach and the quartet of Christina Grandy de Oliveira, Nicole Plummer, MinSun Im, and Guanghao Yu.…
This Halloween — Friday, October 31 — turn fear into fashion at the Indivisible MAGA Magazine Fall Preview Fashion Show & Parade at the Newton Centre Common from 4-6PM. The event is a satirical runway event bringing together creativity, costume, and civic awareness. Wear a costume that dramatizes a scary consequence of…
Jackson Walnut Park School is having an Open House Saturday, November 1, 10:30AM – 11:30AM. Meet at the Student Center (55 Walnut Park, Newton). Please feel free to bring your kids!
Green your Halloween at the City of Newton’s 6th annual Pumpkin Smash on Saturday, November 1 from 1-4PM at the Newton City Hall War Memorial Circle (1000 Commonwealth Ave). Stop by to smash your pumpkin, touch-a-truck, donate unwanted candy or costumes, and grab a bite from a local food truck…
Jackson Walnut School presents Fall Family Fest on Saturday November 1, 11AM – 2PM. The Fall Fest is an opportunity for prospective families and enrolled student community to enjoy a day of fun, food trucks, and snacks. Meet at the Student Center (55 Walnut Park, Newton) at 10:30AM for school tours. The Fall Fest will begin…
Historic Newton will host a tour of Newton’s oldest burying ground – East Parish Burying Ground (Centre and Cotton Streets) on Sunday, November 2 from 1-2PM. Learn about a significant collection of colonial-era headstones, funerary customs in New England, gravestone art, along with changing attitudes toward death and remembrance, from…