Music Mondays — a women-run nonprofit presenting frequent, live music concerts — will present Beethoven and Brahms for Double-Bass and Piano on December 4, 2PM-3PM, both in-person at the Scandinavian Cultural Center’s Nordic Hall (206 Waltham Road, West Newton) and online (Zoom link). It will be performed by Yung-chiao Wei of Baton Rouge…
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The Highland Glee Club, established in 1908 in Newton Highlands, will present a Holiday Feast of Song on Saturday, December 9, 3PM-4:30PM at Christ Episcopal Church (1132 Highland Avenue, Needham Heights). This four-part men’s chorus, directed by Sarah Robinson Seeber, will sing classical and traditional selections for Christmas and Hanukah…
Newton’s New Philharmonia Orchestra will present its holiday tradition family concert, Celebrations! — featuring music and dances from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite with live choreography by Boston Ballet School, as well as Miller’s Let There Be Peace On Earth — on December 10 at 3PM at Brown Middle School (125 Meadowbrook Road). Tickets are $20 for adults…
Miracle of Lights: a Holiday Family Festival — will take place at Newton City Hall on December 10, 3PM-5PM. Doors will open at 2:30PM. It’s a charitable festival celebrating Hanukkah and benefiting displaced children in Israel and Ukraine. It’s sponsored by Center Makor and Music, Arts & Fashion Productions. Tickets…
First Church in Chestnut Hill will host a Messiah Sing on Thursday, December 14 at 7PM. The event is free and open to the public. Bring your score, your friends, and sing along with our professional quartet as we bring Handel’s beloved music to life. All are welcome! First Church in Chestnut…
The Upper Falls Area Council and Little Luke’s Café are hosting Carols, Cocoa & Cookies — a winter holiday celebration — in Pettee Square on December 15, 6PM-7:30PM. A winter sing-a-long will be led by retired Newton elementary school music teacher, Martha Holmes. Refreshments will be provided by Little Luke’s Café. Pettee…
Cherry Street Music will present Beethoven and Beatles, Part 1 on December 16 at 7:30PM at The Allen Center (35 Webster Street, West Newton). Tickets and information are available at the link above. The concert, part of Cherry Street’s Classics with a Twist season-long focus, explores the frequently noted connections…
West Newton’s Bay Colony Brass will present a free concert of Christmas classics at the Second Church in Newton (60 Highland Street, West Newton) on Saturday, December 16, at 7:30PM. The family-friendly program includes an array of Christmas chestnuts ranging from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker to modern favorites. The concert concludes…
Bake your cake (and win an award?) …and eat it, too! Registration is open now until November 26 for Newton Cultural Development’s first Gingerbread House Exhibit and Contest. Inspired by the Portsmouth (NH) Historical Society’s well known, annual Gingerbread House contest, Newton Cultural Development Program Manager Lisa Rucinski decided to bring…
Dancers from Newton North and South High Schools and beyond entertained a crowd gathered at City Hall on November 13 to celebrate Diwali, a national holiday in India known as the Festival of Lights. The five-day celebration, which this year began on November 12, “symbolizes new beginnings and the triumph…
West Newton Cinema Foundation aims to save the theatre The West Newton Cinema, 75-year-old movie theatre – and Newton’s last neighborhood theatre – was sold to Mark Development in 2022. David Bramante, who owned and managed the cinema, was forced to sell because of Covid’s negative impact on movie attendance.…
Bay Colony Brass (BCB), a twenty-member brass and percussion ensemble based in West Newton, will present a free concert celebrating military veterans in the main sanctuary of First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (1326 Washington Street, West Newton) on Saturday, November 11, at 7:30PM. (Ed Note: The location was changed…