The Hyde Community Center presents Hurry Sundown on the Hyde Bandstand at Hyde Community Center (90 Lincoln St, Newton Highlands) on Friday, September 11 from 6PM – 8PM. Hurry Sundown is a Boston-area band that’s been playing country like rock — and rock like country — and earning a devoted following. The band’s repertoire…
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The Hyde Community Center screens School of Rock on the Hyde Bandstand at Hyde Community Center (90 Lincoln St, Newton Highlands) on Friday, September 11 from 8PM – 10PM. Jack Black stars as struggling rock guitarist Dewey Finn, who is fired from his band and subsequently works as a substitute teacher at a prestigious…
Don’t Forget Your Art! takes place at United Parish of Auburndale’s Betty Meyer Gallery (64 Hancock St, Auburndale) on Saturday, September 26 at 6:30PM. Don’t Forget Your Art! returns to the stage with a great show on the way! In addition, poet Matthew Sisson returns, as does storyteller Anne L.…
With exuberant dance performances, Double Dutch demonstrations, and a variety of vendors and information booths, the sixth annual Newton Juneteenth Celebration on June 19 was a joyous, multifaceted event. However, the most touching part was the community’s heartfelt goodbye to beloved Newton North High School Principal, Dr. Henry Turner. After…
Amid the festivities of Newton Highlands Village Day on Sunday, June 14, City officials, arts leaders, and community members gathered outside the historic Brigham House to celebrate its next chapter as the Linda Plaut Arts and Culture Center at Brigham House. With the sun illuminating the Victorian-era home, originally built…
Pony rides, inflatable attractions, local vendors, environmental advocates, and eager residents filled Lincoln Street on Sunday, June 14 as Newton Highlands Village Day returned for its 49th year, bringing together businesses, organizations, and families from across the city. Organized by the Newton Highlands Neighborhood Area Council (NHNAC), the annual event…
A $100,000 matching challenge ending June 30 could help secure the future of some of the New Art Center’s most impactful programs. The Newton-based nonprofit arts organization has launched an emergency fundraising campaign to raise $200,000 to replace expiring pandemic-era relief funding that has left the nearly 50-year-old institution facing…
Audrey Welstead (NNHS ’26) has received the Emerging Scholar Award from the MassCPAs Educational Foundation’s 2026 Scholarship Program. She is one of 50 students in Massachusetts selected this year to receive scholarships to inspire and support the next generation of CPAs in Massachusetts. Welstead is also a Mass CPAs High School Student Ambassador.…
Despite heavy rain and wind on May 30, roughly 300 participants visited the War Memorial Auditorium at Newton City Hall for Newton’s first-ever public Eid-ul-Adha festival — a milestone event celebrating Muslim traditions, hospitality, and community. Originally planning to have an outdoor festival, the organizers quickly moved the entire event…
Over the last 30 years, Newton Open Studios (NOS) has grown from 28 participating artists to 110 exhibiting and selling their original pieces over the May 30-31 weekend throughout the city. The organization is “a nonprofit arts initiative dedicated to fostering meaningful connections between artists and the public,” according to…
Neighbors and friends gathered under umbrellas on Saturday, May 30 to celebrate the reopening of a fountain on West Newton hill, following eight months of repairs. The bronze sculpture, titled Child with Calla Lily Leaves, was first installed on the small traffic island at the corner of Chestnut and Highland Streets…
What started as a grassroots effort to promote poetry in the city will be marking its fifth anniversary this year as a public art project that honors local haiku writers by placing decorative signs featuring their work throughout Newton. “I think it’s important to bring poetry out of the book…