Over the weekend of October 24-26, West Newton Cinema will celebrate the centennial of the birth of Academy Award-winning actor and Newton native, Jack Lemmon. The three-day celebration will feature screenings of Jack Lemmon’s most acclaimed films, a commemorative reception, and a special conversation with members of the Lemmon family.…
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The West Suburban YMCA (WSYMCA) invites the community to dust off their boots and saddle up for its 2025 Annual Gala: Country for a Cause – An Evening of Western Charm on Saturday, October 25, at 6PM at the Wells Avenue YMCA (135 Wells Avenue). The Y’s biggest fundraising event…
Turtle Studios — a nonprofit, democratic artist community — will swing open its doors to the public for its semiannual Open Studios art exhibition and sale at 213 California Street, Nonantum on Saturday and Sunday, October 25-26, 12PM-5PM. Turtle Studios has an exciting and eclectic mix of members who keep…
Newton Cultural Development is presenting a free Halloween Family Concert on Sunday, October 26 at 4PM at the brand-new Newton Community Stage at Lincoln-Eliot School (15 Walnut Park). Come early for the ribbon cutting of the new Newton Community Stage at 3.45PM. Get ready for a spooktacular concert filled with Halloween tunes, then stick around…
The United Parish of Auburndale (UPA) 18th annual Pumpkin Patch is open now through October 31. There are pumpkins and gourds of all shapes and sizes — and a bake sale and the chance to win one of several sumptuous raffle baskets. The Pumpkin Patch and PumpkinFest on October 26 take place at…
The Charles River Wind Ensemble will present a concert, When Dawn Lights the Sky, on October 26 at 3PM at 300 Hammond Pond Parkway, Chestnut Hill. Admission is free. Program: Founded in 1998 by Louis Sinoff, the Charles River Wind Ensemble (CRWE) is a music group with the mission of…
All Newton Music School (321 Chestnut Street, West Newton) presents String Chamber Concert on Sunday, October 26 at 3PM. General admission is $35 / $10 youth. Experience chamber music at its finest, featuring ANMS favorites Hsin-Lin Tsai, violin, and Miguel Pérez-Espejo, violin. Joining them are two members of the Boston…
On Sunday, October 26 at 2PM at the Newton Free Library, the Kalliope Reed Quintet presents Música de México y Memorias, a program featuring works by Mexican composers Nubia Jaime Donjuan, Arturo Marquez, and Diana Syrse, while exploring the topics of memory and remembrance. The concert also includes Kalliope’s most recent…
Pam Weeks of the New England Quilt Museum will present New England Quilts and the Stories They Tell on Monday, October 27 at 2PM at the Newton Free Library (330 Homer Street). Quilts tell stories, and quilt history is full of myths and misinformation as well as heart-warming tales of service and tradition.…
On Tuesday, October 28 at 7PM, the Newton Free Library will host Literary Monsters by Shadow, Sound, Spectacle. Part concert, part puppet show, part ghost story, this 45-minute multimedia performance reimagines classic literary monsters through queer, musical shadow theater. Join ensemble Shadow, Sound, Spectacle for a fresh perspective on the works of…
Opera Americana will be presented at First Church in Chestnut Hill (26 Suffolk Road, Chestnut Hill on October 30, 7PM-9PM. Experience opera arias by Barber, Bernstein, Copland, Menotti among others with the talented Kathryn Rosenbach and the quartet of Christina Grandy de Oliveira, Nicole Plummer, MinSun Im, and Guanghao Yu.…
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra presents the debut of Sarah Ioannides with the ensemble Uncommon Gems on Sunday November 2 at 3PM at The Second Church in Newton (60 Highland Street, West Newton). Ioannides has curated a program designed to surprise and delight, spotlighting rarely performed works that reveal unexpected brilliance and character.…