The Mayor’s Community Breakfast is hosted annually by the Harmony Foundation and sponsored by The Village Bank and other partners. This year marks the 51st annual event in the series. Participants can register, or sponsor the event. It will be held on Wednesday, May 28, 7:30-9:30AM, on the UMass Amherst…
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The City of Newton will host a Pride Flag Raising Ceremony to honor Hattie Kerwin Derrick and mark the start of Pride Month. The flag raising ceremony will be followed by a resource fair and ice cream. It will take place on Tuesday, June 3, 5:30-6:30PM at Newton City Hall…
The Newton Cultural Alliance will host the 11th annual Strawberry Festival on Thursday, May 29, 6:30PM at The Allen Center (35 Webster Street, West Newton). A celebration deeply rooted in the community, the Strawberry Festival will include a rich harvest of local music, visual art, and cherished time with friends and neighbors. Enjoy a…
The Cooper Center for Active Living will present an event, Minis with a Mission, to provide opportunities for all people to receive the therapeutic and joyful benefits of interacting with miniature equines. The minis will bring healing, comfort, and delight through connecting hands, hearts, and hooves. It will take place…
The Cooper Center for Active Living is hosting a community survey until May 31 to gather ideas for offerings following the opening of the Center in the fall. The Center will offer a variety of programs, including arts, culture, fitness, and recreational activities, alongside services and drop-in opportunities like billiards…
The Newton Theatre Company (NTC) will dedicate its May 31 Monologue Project production to remembering the members of the Goldstein family who were so involved in NTC productions over the years and who died tragically on December 25 (see Fig City News article) This free event will take place on…
The Carroll Center for the Blind‘s 13th annual Walk for Independence will take place on the Mt. Ida campus of UMass Amherst in Newton (100 Carlson Avenue, Oak Hill) on Saturday, May 31. Register as an individual or part of a team. The Walk kick-off is at 9:00 AM, with…
Music, Arts & Fashion Productions will host a show, A Night of Oscar-Winning Songs, featuring Spain’s Got Talent & Ukraine’s Got Talent sensation Sofia Shkidchenko, Carnegie Hall’s famous soprano Olga Lisovska, and award-winning baritone Afanasy. The event will also feature music, dance, fashion, and culinary artistry. It will take place…
The 14th annual Nonantum Village Day will be celebrated on Sunday, June 1, 11:30AM-3PM at the Coletti-Magni Park (389 Watertown Street, Nonantum). Nonantum Village Day features music by Watch City Cadillacs, a trackless train, face painting, puppets, Nonantum Boxing Exhibition, and more. Food is available, at cost, by Nonantum Press,…
The Jameson Singers will host a Concert of Choral Gems featuring favorite choral works spanning six centuries. With a program including composers from Bruckner to Beach and Palestrina to Paulus, everyone will find something to love! This event is part of the Linda Plaut Festival of the Arts. It will…