Newton SEPAC will host an online presentation by Georgetown professor and disabilities studies scholar Jennifer Natalya Fink, author of All Our Families: Disability Lineage and the Future of Kinship, for a presentation about her book and work, with Q&A to follow. It will take place on January 22 at 7:30PM at…
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The Newton Cultural Alliance will launch a free, hour-long program for families, Invitation to Imagine, at the Allen House (35 Webster Street) on December 11 (4PM), December 15 (3PM), January 22 (3PM), and January 26 (4PM). Families with children in Grades 3+ are invited to imagine and discover, traveling back…
This month the Newton Theatre Company will present Saint Joan — G.B. Shaw’s fast-paced, high-spirited play about the rise and fall of Joan of Arc, 15th century French mystic and soldier. This meta-historic epic has never felt more relevant. With intimate and unconventional staging, NTC welcomes all to witness an all-star, all-women…
Newton Community Pride (NCP) will host WinterFEST — a weekend of free and accessible outdoor family entertainment in Newton Highlands, Cold Spring Park, and Newton Centre on January 29-29: NCP and Welcome Home will also hold a blanket collection drive. Bring new or gently used full, queen or king blankets…
City of Newton Camp and Summer Program Fair will be held Sunday, January 29, noon-3PM in the cafeteria at Newton North High School. See the programs offered by the City of Newton this summer. Talk with representatives from Newton Parks, Recreation & Culture, Newton Public Schools including Newton Community Education…
Allison-Yoshie Eldredge, Artist-in-Residence of The Allen Center, will host another Classical With a Twist concert there (35 Webster Street) on January 29 with the Cherry Street Players. The concert –with Max Levinson on piano, Allison-Yoshie Eldredge on cello, and New England Conservatory Prep School prodigies — will start at 3PM…
Newton’s Parkinson’s Support Group is reaching out to all Newton residents who have Parkinson’s Disease (PD) — as well as to their caregivers, family members, and friends. We provide emotional support to each other by sharing tips from our personal experiences about handling the many life challenges that come with…
Directors of the Senior Citizens Fund of Newton (an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization) and the Council on Aging invite you to join them at an Open House reception honoring Jayne Colino on her retirement after 32 years of outstanding leadership as Newton’s Director of Senior Services. The event will be…
The City’s Health & Human Services Department and Holtzman Medical Group are hosting clinics at the Newton Free Library for the updated, bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine. These clinics are open by appointment to anyone ages 6 months and older. Get more information and register here for appointments during these clinic…
Newton Community Pride is inviting artists to submit designs for its Celebrate Newton banner initiative, to be launched this spring to enliven and brighten the city, inspire civic pride, and introduce art to more public spaces. The initiative will display banners with creative, bold, and vibrant designs on about 100…
The Rebecca Pomroy Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2023 grant funding cycle. The foundation seeks to assist charitable organizations that provide health-building, educational, and recreational opportunities for people of all ages, with a special preference to organizations in Newton that provide training, education, and counseling to girls and women in need. It…
On February 2 at 6PM, Newton photographer Tira Khan and Laura Weinstein, Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, will discuss Khan’s series, A Place I Never Knew, about a city in India that is also the artist’s ancestral home. The discussion will…