Newton PorchFest 2026 will be on Saturday, June 6th, 12 – 6 PM. There is no alternate raindate. PorchFest is an afternoon of free music performed outside of people’s homes in four of Newton’s villages. Sign up to participate or to learn more about Newton PorchFest 2026. Participate in Newton PorchFest…
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Join artist Patty Rosenblatt and her co-presenter Kathryn Brodie at the New Art Center (61 Washington Park, Newtonville) on Saturday, April 25 from 2-4PM for a special artist talk that explores the evolution of Hands to Earth and the environmental concerns that shape it. In Hands to Earth, Rosenblatt encourages…
Tanglewood Marionettes presents Cinderella on Saturday, April 25 at 11AM at the Newton City Hall War Memorial Auditorium (1000 Commonwealth Ave, Newton Centre). Set in the 18th century and featuring a dozen lavishly costumed 30” marionettes, this production of Cinderella is a showpiece. The story unfolds as the pages of a giant book…
The Photographic History Society of New England (PHSNE) will hold its annual Photographica Show at Newton North High School (475 Walnut Street) on Saturday, April 25, 9AM-4PM, followed by a camera auction at 4:30PM. The show will have photographic dealers buying and selling all manner of photographic equipment, primarily film cameras, as well as…
Rock Voices Newton, the community’s only rock choir, will present a program of rock music on Saturday, April 25 at 7 PM at Newton South High School (140 Brandeis Rd, Oak Hill). Come celebrate spring as 100+ singers and a professional live band perform hits by your favorite artists: The…
Andromeda of Boston presents a showcase of dance ranging from MENAHT (Middle Eastern, North African, Hellenic, Turkish) to Asian, Balkan, and Eastern European inspired styles on Saturday, April 25 at Grace Episcopal Church, (76 Eldredge St, Newton Corner) from 6:30-8:30PM. Show usually runs from 60 to 90 minutes. There will…
The Book Ladies’ Book Swap is held monthly at West Newton Cinema (1296 Washington Street, West Newton). The next Book Swap at the Cinema will be on Saturday, April 25, 12:30PM-3PM. Find future dates on The Book Ladies’ Facebook page. A bit of history… Nancy Brown and Annette Seaward started…
Join Green Newton, Friends of Cold Spring Park and Newton Conservators for a guided walk through Cold Spring Park in Newton on Saturday, April 25 from 1:30-3PM. Meet at the kiosk at the back of the Cold Spring Park parking lot off Beacon Street. You’ll explore wooded trails and wetlands, discover hidden natural…
Join the Newton Community Chorus for a powerful performance of the great Mozart Requiem on Sunday, April 26 at 3PM at Grace Episcopal Church (76 Eldredge St. Newton Corner). Composed in the final days of his life, Mozart’s Requiem is a work of profound intensity and mystery—left unfinished at the time of his death…
Arcadis will host a public-information drop-in session in the Pellegrini Park Gym (11 Hawthorn Street) on Sunday, April 26, from 1PM-3 PM regarding its environmental assessment activities in Nonantum including drilling and testing for TCE in groundwater. Trichlorcethylene (TCE) is a colorless, volatile, and toxic chemical that has been used as…
On Monday, April 27th, from 2 – 3PM, the Scandinavian Cultural Center (206 Waltham Street, West Newton) will present the masterful piano duo of Leslie Amper and Randall Hodgkinson. Appearing together for Music Mondays for the first time, they will perform Romantic masterpieces for piano four hands — Franz Schubert’s…
Come join Newton Conservators and Newton Parks, Recreation & Culture on Monday, April 27 at 7PM at the Newton Free Library’s Druker Auditorium (330 Homer St, Newton Centre) for a lively free presentation on Newton’s Spring Birding Migration and what birds you might expect to see locally in the coming…