The First Church in Chestnut Hill will be showing The Muppet Christmas Carol on Wednesday, Dec. 17 at 7PM. The holiday classic stars Kermit the Frog in the role of Bob Cratchit and Michael Caine as Ebenezer Scrooge. The event is free and pizza will be provided. The First Church…
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Glittering skirts swirled and swooped as dancers young and old joyfully entertained the crowd during the Indian American Community of Newton’s (IAC Newton) Diwali celebration on November 1. “Celebrating the fifth anniversary of this event is truly special for us,” said Heena Bhatt, who co-hosted the event with Sumana Hatwar.…
Internationally acclaimed violinist Stefan Jackiw—hailed for performances with orchestras including Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco—leads an evening of chamber music on Thursday, December 18 at 7:30PM at The Allen Center (35 Webster Street, West Newton). He will be joined by pianist Kevin Ahfat, a core member of the…
West Newton Cinema (1296 Washington Street, West Newton) presents Director’s Spotlight: Drink and Be Merry on Thursday, December 18 at 7PM. A discussion and Q&A with the filmmaker Adam Volerich follows the screening. Drink and Be Merry is set at a struggling New York dive bar in the days approaching…
Join the award winning Newton South Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Combo along with the Newton South Alumni (NSHS, Seasholes Auditorium) on Monday, December 22 at 7PM for a night of fun, festive Jazz! Free and open to the public – donations welcome.
Newton’s Department of Public Works hosted Newton’s now-annual Pumpkin Smash outside City Hall on Saturday, November 1, with many inventive and powerful ways to smash post-Halloween jack o’ lanterns. Also available were environmentally themed exhibits about composting and managing food waste, Touch-a-Truck opportunities, food trucks, and ways to donate Halloween…
Join Ty Burr for a screening and post-screening discussion of “Her” on Thursday, January 8 at 6:30PM at the West Newton Cinema. Tickets are $20. About the film:Theodore is a lonely man in the final stages of his divorce. When he’s not working as a letter writer, his down time is…
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.’…
Fourteen-year-old Ted Lahey has turned his family’s front yard on Pine Ridge Road into a Halloween face-off between a life-sized pirate ship and castle. Ted, a freshman at Newton South High School, has been designing and building the elaborate display largely from scratch since last year. The first thing he…
A hundred years after Newton native Jack Lemmon entered the world, the West Newton Cinema celebrated the award-winning actor by screening four of his classic movies and hosting his family over the weekend. West Newton Cinema Foundation president Elizabeth Heilig said the idea originated with Jack’s daughter, Courtney Lemmon, who…
Parks, Recreation & Culture hosted Halloween Window Painting for grades 3 to 8 throughout the villages on Saturday, October 25. See this year’s gallery at https://photos.figcitynews.com/2025/2025-Halloween-Window-Painting. Photos by Tessa Gordon and Bruce Henderson.