All Over Newton has once again curated a set of themed activities for residents of Newton and beyond to enjoy the season and support local businesses. On Saturday, December 14, it’s the first-ever Newton Craft Crawl offering a range of fun crafting activities in various locations across Newton at times…
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It’s easy to see why Kasey Kaufman describes many of her paintings as “dreamscapes,” since they’re filled with flowing waves, graceful clouds, and abstract buildings, among other elements. If her name rings a bell, it’s because Kaufman was well known on Boston TV as an award-winning reporter at WBZ. A…
While many people associate the December holidays with gift-giving, over the December 8-9 weekend children learned that they do not always have to buy a soon-forgotten “thing” for someone – they can create a heartfelt present instead. “Crafting means a lot more than going to the store and buying,” said…
The inaugural Newton Children’s Book Festival will be held on December 14, 10AM-2PM at the New Art Center (61 Washington Park, Newtonville). Meet children’s book authors and illustrators. (See Fig City News article.)
Highland Glee Club‘s holiday concert this year is A Holiday Feast of Song, on Saturday, December 7, at 3PM at Grace Church (76 Eldredge Street, Newton Corner). Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, 18 and younger free. Featuring traditional carols; a world premiere composition for Chanukah by Dan…
Music director Philip Sanborn will lead Newton’s 20-member Bay Colony Brass in a free, family-friendly Christmas concert on Saturday, December 7 at 7:30PM at Second Church (60 Highland Street, West Newton). The concert will include Christmas favorites ranging from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker to modern favorites — and will feature an audience…
Newton Theatre Company will host Broken Box Mime Theatre performing Small Talk: A Show About How (And Why!) We Tell Stories in Mime on one night only — December 7 at 7PM at St. John’s Episcopal Church (96 Otis Street, Newtonville).
Cherry Street Music (CSM) is presenting a concert — Classical with a Twist — I’ve Got Rhythm — which features Gershwin favorites such as Rhapsody in Blue, and Brahms’ G minor Piano Quartet. It will be performed by Alex Velinzon on the violin, Cathy Basrak on the viola, CSM Director…
The Newton Free Library will present a webinar, Revitalization and Reconstruction of the Taino Language, on Monday, December 16 at 7PM on Zoom. Kasike Jorge Baracutay Estevez will speak on the challenges of reviving the Indigenous Taino Arawak language/s of the Caribbean, as well as his work on Hiwatahia: Hekexi Taino…
Music Mondays will present its end-of-year concert featuring violist Caitlyn Lynch and cellist Raphael Popper-Keizer, who are members of the nationally acclaimed conductor-less string ensemble A Far Cry. They will perform an eclectic program of gems for viola and cello by Ludwig van Beethoven, Rebecca Clarke, Joseph Dall’Abaco, Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti, Witold…