Are you interested in volunteering to help a member of our community learn English? Join the Newton Free Library’s English Language Learning Program! The next information session will take place on Saturday, January 10 at 10AM on Zoom. It will be followed by training for new volunteers on Saturday mornings in January and February.…
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Award-winning singer-songwriter Halley Neal will perform with her back-up band of upright bass and fiddle in a house concert in Newton on Saturday, January 10 at 7PM. Doors open at 6:30PM. Location of the concert will be sent to those who register. All of the donations (suggested $35 per person)…
The Isabel Oliart Band – featuring Isabel Oliart, Anne Hooper, and Sammy Wetstein – presents an afternoon of Celtic fiddle music at the Newton Free Library on Sunday, January 11 at 2PM. Isabel Oliart is the current National Scottish fiddle champion and plays music from her CD of original tunes, ‘Late Evening’s Dram.’…
Please join State Representative Greg Schwartz for his monthly office hours on Monday, January 12 from 10AM-11:30AM at Newton City Hall (1000 Commonwealth Avenue) in Room 211. No appointment is necessary. For further information or to schedule a time to meet with Representative Schwartz outside of office hours, please contact…
The Harvest Fair returns to Newton Centre with a carnival on Saturday, October 18 from 10AM – 5PM and a full outdoor festival on Sunday, October 19 from 11AM to 5PM (carnival opens early at 10AM). Visit and shop unique hand-crafted goods and learn about local businesses. At Green Newton’s GreenEXPO, discover ways to…
On October 15, 5PM-9PM, Cabot’s Ice Cream & Restaurant (743 Washington Street, Newtonville) will donate a portion of its revenue for a fundraiser for the Friends of the Newton Free Library, to help enable the Friends to continue supporting programming at the library.
The award-winning, nationally recognized Newton South High School Jazz Ensemble and Honors Jazz Combo will present their Jazz Showcase on Wednesday, October 8 at 7PM in the high school’s Seasholes Auditorium.
The City is no longer delaying trash/recycling pickup on weeks that have these holidays: Residents should set out trash, recycling, and yard waste on regular trash day for these weeks. If you miss the collection, you’ll need to wait until the following week for pickup. Collection crews will not be…
Join Newton at Home on Tuesday, October 7 from 5:30-7:30PM at the Scandinavian Living Center, Nordic Hall (206 Waltham Street) for the book launch of Women of Courage and Conviction by Newton writer Dorothy Anger, along with four of the book’s women — also Newton residents — as they share…
The League of Women Voters of Newton invites all community members for a Topic Meeting on the proposed elimination of Newton’s winter overnight parking ban. It will be held on Tuesday, October 7 from 7-8:45PM in the Druker Auditorium, Newton Free Library (330 Homer Steet). Panelists from groups supporting “Yes” and…
Newton at Home will host a Senior Resource Fair at Sunrise of Newton (431 Washington Street, Newton) on October 9, 10AM-12PM. It’s a free community event designed to connect older adults and their families with a wide range of local resources that support aging with dignity and ease. Highlights include:…
Join West Newton Cinema (1296 Washington Street) on Thursday, October 9 from 6:30-8:30PM for I Know Where I’m Going. Film: A young Englishwoman goes to the Hebrides to marry her older, wealthier fiancé. When the weather keeps them separated on different islands, she begins to have second thoughts. Ty Burr’s…