Hankus Netsky & Janice Octavia Allen will kick off Newton Community Pride’s Fall Concert Series on September 11 at 3PM with a free concert at the Austin Street Plaza in Newtonville. If you were wowed by their recent performance at the Linda Plaut Festival of the Arts — or if you missed it…
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The bilingual Huaxin Chinese School at Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association (GBCCA) will begin its 2022 Fall term on September 11. Classes are held on Sunday mornings at 437 Cherry Street, West Newton for children and adults. Register here. For more information, email [email protected]. In the evenings, the GBCCA also offers a…
Cappella Clausura and the Shift Orchestra Project will present a multimedia musical experience — Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Mass for the Endangered — on September 11 at 5:30PM at Emmanuel Church (15 Newbury St, Boston). Mass for the Endangered is a moving composition for choir and orchestra in which vibrant images…
The Newton Free Library’s annual gala fundraiser, Spring Fling — postponed from April because of Covid — will be held in-person at the Library on Saturday, September 17 to benefit the Library’s award-winning English Language Learners Program. The ELL Program is open to people who want to improve their English…
Celebrate the end of the School Supplies Drive on August 18, 5PM-8PM, on the Green at the The Street in Chestnut Hill. Meet the Newton Neighbors team, make a donation to the drive, purchase a drink if you wish, and enjoy live entertainment, games, snacks, and more. Newton Neighbors is…
On August 18 at 6PM, Historic Newton will host a walking tour of the Mount Ida campus. Before this Oak Hill location became Mount Ida College and then a campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, it was the 19th century estate of William Sumner Appleton. Its next owner, Robert…
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation will hold a live, virtual public hearing about the project called Newton-Weston Bridge Bundle, Replacement and Rehabilitation at I-90/I-95, Including Ramp G on August 18, 6PM-8PM. Register here to receive the online link. MassDOT will present the design for the project and to solicit comments.
Sign up for Newton Community Farm’s Fruit Share program: $100 for eight weeks (August 24 – October 13) of fruit from Autumn Hills Orchard — 4-5 pounds of apples and sometimes other fruit. Registration deadline is noon on August 19.
The West Suburban YMCA is getting ready to open its new facility on Wells Avenue and is offering a Founding Member deal, open to everyone, including current members. The first 5 men and first 5 women who register and pay $1,000 will receive one locker rental at Wells Avenue and…
Minyan Darchei Shalom just celebrated its first anniversary, and we would love for you to join us! We are an independent minyan conducting fully lay-led, traditional, egalitarian services at Temple Shalom in Newton. Our next Shabbat service is August 20 at 9:30AM. Weather permitting, we gather outside under a tent. …
Holtzman Medical Group — which runs COVID-19 vaccination clinics for the City of Newton — seeks volunteers to assist in non-medical administrative tasks at the following Booster Clinics at the City Hall War Memorial Room: Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2:15-6:30PM Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2:15-6:30PM Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2:15-6:30PM Friday, Sept. 23,…
At 3PM each day, August 8-12, Louise Ting, a rising 2nd grader in Newton, will play a short concert of music by Mozart and Tchaikovsky at one of the Artful Pianos installed in various parks in Newton. Louise has just returned from a competition in Europe, and you can hear…