The Newton Singers Chorus will present its Spring Concert on March 10, 2PM-3PM, at Elevation Chapel (150 Lowell Street, Newtonville). The event is free and sponsored by Newton Community Pride. The group’s repertoire includes jazz, American Songbook, Show Tunes, Folk Songs and more. Some of this year’s featured songs: Georgia…
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West Suburban YMCA (WSYMCA) is hosting a day of coffee and board games. It will take place on March 15, 5:30AM-10PM in the lobbies of both West Suburban YMCA locations (276 Church Street, Newton Corner) and (135 Wells Ave, Oak Hill).
Newton Community Pride is running a selfie station design competition for Picture Us!, an upcoming public art initiative providing lively, inviting locations for residents to take selfies and candid photos that will be shared via Newton Community Pride’s online community photo album with the hashtag #PictureUs!Newton. NCP is currently seeking creative…
Haiku Newton, a project sponsored by Newton Community Pride (NCP), is accepting poetry for its spring 2024 public art initiative — bringing poems on lawn-style signs to various locations throughout Newton. Go to poetrynewton.com for more information and to submit your work by March 20. Now in its third year,…
The Highland Glee Club, one of the longest running men’s singing groups in the country, will be singing the most beautiful melodies of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales — on March 16 at 3PM in the War Memorial Auditorium of Newton City Hall (1000 Commonwealth Avenue). Special guest will be Daniel…
Bay Colony Brass will present a free concert, Respighi and Friends: An Italian Affair, on March 16 at 7:30PM at Second Church in Newton (60 Highland Street, West Newton). Music director Philip Sanborn leads Newton’s 20-member Bay Colony Brass in a free concert of Italian music arranged for brass including works…
The First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (FUUSN) will present its annual Music Sunday service on March 17, 10:15AM. This service presents music about transformation and change, both personal, healing transformation and being a force for change in the world. There will be a wide variety of songs, including The Times They…
Pascale Delache Feldman and Emmanuel Feldman each have impressive professional resumes individually, but married people everywhere will admire the creativity they produce as a couple when they perform as Duo Cello e Basso. Pascale plays the bass, Emmanuel plays the cello, and on their latest album, Let’s Tango!, they are joined…
Commonwealth Chorale seeks singers of all voice types who have strong vocal and sight-reading skills — especially those singing tenor and bass. Auditions will be held by appointment on the evenings of March 12 and 19 between 5:45 and 6:30PM. Apply here. Auditions are at the group’s new rehearsal location at First Baptist Church…
The Empty Bowls club at Lasell University, which makes art to fight hunger in the community, will host the 7th annual Empty Bowls event on Friday, March 22, 5PM-7PM at Lasell’s de Witt Hall (80 Maple Street, Auburndale). Over 300 handmade ceramic bowls will be for sale. Dinner will be…
The Quinobequin Quilters Guild will hold its annual Quilt Show on March 22-23, 10AM-5PM each day, at the Norfolk Masonic Lodge (1101 Highland Avenue, Needham). Several Newton residents will have their work among the 100 quilts on display — small art quilts to large traditional quilts and everything in between. Visitors…
Singer/songwriter Ethan Koss-Smith (NSHS 2016) will perform Birth-Dues — a musical tribute to the poet Robinson Jeffers — at the Old South Church in Boston on March 30 at 6PM. Tickets are free. Donations are appreciated. Questions? Text 781-325-3817.