The City of Newton invites Newton residents to bring documents for shredding and unused prescription medications to the Resource Recovery Center (115 Rumford Avenue, Auburndale) on Saturday, November 18, 8AM-Noon, by appointment only. This secure event will be overseen by the Newton Police Department and is drive-through service only. Residents…
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The Friends of Wellington Park are excited to invite the public to a ribbon-cutting grand opening of a new play structure — “The Sensory Dome” — at Wellington Park on Kilburn Road in West Newton on Sunday, November 19. Refreshments at 2:30PM, with ribbon cutting at 3PM. Made possible through…
Fourteen local businesses, including a Massachusetts farm, will be featured at a Thanksgiving Farmers’ Market at the Allen Center (35 Webster Street, West Newton) on November 21, Noon-4PM. There will be produce, Thanksgiving side dishes, fresh seafood, charcuterie and cheese boards, pies, French pastries, artisan chocolates, locally roasted coffee, honey,…
The Newton Free Library (330 Homer Street) will hold a Fix-It Clinic on Saturday, November 18, 10AM-1PM. Do you have a broken item in your home that you know you could fix with the right guidance? Fix-It Clinics empower folks to fix for themselves, and they are totally free! Bring…
The classical vocal group Cappella Clausura premieres music by women — this time Das Jahr (The Year), by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, sister of her more famous brother Felix. According to Amelia LeClair, Director of Cappella Clausura, Fanny Mendelsohn wrote a lot of music, “but her loving younger brother, despite his…
The City of Newton encourages residents, business owners and the workforce who live near or travel through Newton Corner to weigh in on a MassDOT project to deliver short- and medium-term improvements to the challenging Newton Corner intersection. On Tuesday, October 24, MassDOT held a public meeting (video) to share…
The First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton invites people of all faiths and identities to its annual vigil in memory of all those around the world whose lives were lost to violence due to their transgender identity. The ritual includes a litany of the names of those who were lost,…
Commonwealth Chorale‘s second season with Artistic Director Michael Driscoll includes these concerts: Commonwealth Chorale is a 70-member auditioned chorus of experienced singers from themetropolitan Boston area. Commonwealth Chorale is committed to performing the finestclassical music from all periods and from a wide cross-section of composers. Rehearsals are at First Baptist…
The Newton Conservators will host a free webinar — Rodenticides in Birds of Prey in Massachusetts –on November 2, 7PM-8:30PM. Some rodenticides (rodent poisons) have the ability to bioaccumulate in the food chain and can potentially affect a predator or scavenger that ingests an animal that consumed the poison bait.…
On November 3 at 7:30PM, the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (FUUSN) will present An Uncommon Education: The Allen School, a 40-minute documentary produced by Historic Newton about the educators, students, and legacy of the West Newton English and Classical School, better known as the Allen School (1854-1900). The event…