Historic Newton will host an event, Dazzling Decades, for April vacation, where participants can travel back in time and immerse themselves in crafts and activities from different decades. These events will take place at the Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds (286 Waverley Avenue, Newton Corner). Tickets are $5 for kids, free…
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Newton Parks, Recreation and Culture will host lifeguarding courses where participants can learn skills to prevent and react to aquatic, breathing, and cardiac emergencies. Participants must be 15+ before the last scheduled session of their course. There will be two of these courses: one on February 17-20 and one on…
The Tanglewood Marionettes will return to Newton to perform Sleeping Beauty on Friday, April 25, 11AM-12PM at Newton City Hall’s War Memorial Auditorium (1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton Centre). Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door if seats are available. There are a limited number of tickets available…
The First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (FUUSN) will have its Folk Music Sunday service on April 27 at 10:15AM, featuring protest songs from past generations, along with contemporary songs that comment on current times. The FUUSN Band will play, joined by members of the FUUSN Choir. All are welcome.…
The Newton Family Singers pay tribute to the legendary Traveling Wilburys in a concert on May 4, at 4PM at the JCC (333 Nahanton Street, Newton). It will be an evening filled with timeless melodies and harmonious performances that will captivate audiences of all ages. This season’s concert will also…
Rock Voices Newton, a community rock chorus, will present a program of rock music on April 27, 5PM, at Charles E. Brown Middle School (125 Meadowbrook Road). Music by The Beatles, Guster, Eagles, Led Zeppelin, James Taylor, and more! Featuring a basket raffle to benefit Boston Health Care for the Homeless. Support…
Music Mondays will host a concert with the duo of tenor Fausto Miro and harpist Eduardo Betancourt. They will perform a beautiful program of mostly Spanish love songs and laments such as beloved classics like “Besame mucho”, “Quizas, quizas, quizas” and “No me queda mas” by the late Selena Quintanilla-Perez.…
The Newton Art Association (NAA) will host their biggest event of the year, the James King Bonner Exhibit, named after NAA’s founder. The exhibit will occur from Monday, March 3 until Wednesday, April 30 at the Morse Institute Library (14 East Central Street, Natick). There will also be a reception…
The Highland Glee Club will host a concert, Cream of American Folk, featuring 2025 Music Prize winner, high school senior, and classical pianist Henry Tushman. Participants are invited to bring a can of soup to give to the Newton Food Pantry. It will take place on Saturday, May 3 at…
Communities Without Borders (CWB) will host a benefit concert, Orchestra Without Borders: Dances and Meditations, as a fundraiser for CWB, which supports education for at-risk children in Zambia. It will take place on Saturday, May 3, 7:30PM at the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (1326 Washington Street, West Newton).…
New Philharmonia Orchestra will host a concert where they will perform Luke Blackburn’s Symphony No. 1 “Thalassa” and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade. It will take place on Saturday, May 3, 7:30PM and Sunday, May 4, 3PM at the Grace Episcopal Church (76 Eldredge Street, Newton Corner). Buy tickets online.
The first ever New England Ukulele Festival will commence, featuring lively performances from popular ukulele groups from across the region, a workshop and performance by award-winning ukulele virtuoso Victoria Vox, vendors, artisans, raffles, food for purchase, a cash bar, a community jam-along finale, and a live online auction. Limited-edition T-shirts…