The Cooper Center for Active Living (345 Walnut St, Newtonville) will host Line Dancing 101 on Thursday, June 11 from 1:30PM – 2:30PM. Led by Paul Hughes. For those new to line dance, this beginner workshop will help you learn the basic step elements and terminology that are common to…
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A baseball-loving crowd packed into West Newton Cinema on April 26 for a screening of “The Natural” — and then stayed for a lively post-movie chat with 1970s Red Sox pitcher Bill “Spaceman” Lee and Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy. When Bill Lee talks, a “chat” can quickly turn…
On Sunday, April 26, Friends of the Newton Library, Trustees, Library staff and patrons, gathered in the lobby to celebrate the annual presentation of the Friends check, which helps to pay for the Library’s many services. In accepting the $12,000 check, Jean Notis-McConarty, President of the Library’s Board of Trustees,…
Grace Yang has won a Silver National Medal in the 2026 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for her work, How to Find Belief. A junior at Newton South HS and a former Fig City News intern, Yang was recently named co-Editor-in-Chief of the Newton South HS Lion’s Roar newspaper. Sangeet…
Join the Newton Free Library and WGBH for an Indie Lens Pop-Up! Hosted at the Library on Thursday, May 14 at 6:30pm, this event will feature a screening of the Independent Lens documentary The Grocery List Show, followed by a panel discussion about the many culinary traditions of Newton residents. Hosted by Top Chef…
In the children’s room of the Auburndale Community Library on a February afternoon, artist Mia Cross worked on a mural honoring Kirby Green Grochal, a beloved community member, daughter, and mother who died in May 2023. On Sunday, April 12, the community will gather for the grand opening of this…
Actress Sheryl Faye will portray Abigail Adams at the Cooper Center (345 Walnut Street, Newtonville) on Thursday, April 2 at 1:30PM. Abigail Adams is sometimes considered to have been a founder of the United States. She is one of the most documented first lady due to the many letters she…
Cherry Street Music presents A Scottish Cèilidh — an evening of Gaelic folk music and dance led by caller Summer McCall and her band — on Saturday, April 4 at 7PM at The Allen Center (35 Webster Street, West Newton). Pronounced “KAY-lee,” a cèilidh is a traditional Scottish (and Irish…
Bill Novak will tell some of his favorite jokes for and pertaining to older adults on Thursday, April 9, from 1:30-2:30PM at the Copper Center (345 Walnut Street, Newtonville). William Novak (born in 1948) is an American author and ghostwriter who has written or co-written around two dozen books, including…
Valerie & Friends presents Newton Community 2026 Spring Concert on Friday, April 10 from 7 – 8:30PM at the Jackson Walnut Park School (JWP) Student Center (200 Jackson Rd, Nonantum). Proceeds support the JWP Performing Arts Program. Hosted by a proud JWP alumna and Valerie Luxieo, the concert will feature…
The Naumburg Award–winning Lydian String Quartet will present an evening of exceptional chamber music on Friday, April 10 at 7:30PM at The Allen Center (35 Webster Street, West Newton). The program features Schubert’s Quartettsatz, Lembit Beecher’s Juniper and Birch (2024, commissioned by the Lydian String Quartet), and Benjamin Britten’s String…
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra welcomes conductor Paul Polivnick to lead a concert entitled Signs of Life on Sunday, April 12 at 3PM at the Second Church in Newton (60 Highland St, West Newton). Conductor Paul Polivnik returns to Pro Arte in April for a powerful program of music for string orchestra. Antonín Dvořák transformed an…