On Thursday, October 26 at 7PM, First Church in Chestnut Hill will host An Evening of Italian Opera featuring its professional quartet and music director performing selections from operas by Gluck, Handel, Mozart, Donizetti, Bellini, and Verdi, among others. The concert is free and open to the public. All are…
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Newton Parks, Recreation & Cultural Development is again hosting Halloween Window Painting for Newton students in Grades 3-8. It will take place on October 28, 10AM at various participating merchants’ windows in Auburndale, Newton Centre, Newton Highlands, Newtonville, Nonantum, and West Newton. Register for each village individually by October 15.
Newton-based Don’t Forget Your Art! produces a series of events showcasing local artists, musicians, writers, and poets with a portion of proceeds benefiting a good cause. The next DFYA! event will be on Saturday, October 28 at The United Parish of Auburndale (64 Hancock Street, Auburndale). Doors open at 6:30PM…
The Yale Whiffenpoofs — America’s oldest collegiate a cappella group — will perform at Eliot Church (474 Centre Street, Newton Corner) on October 28, 5:30PM-7PM. The concert will have two 40-minute sets and will feature Newton’s own Whiffenpoof, Ethan Kopf (Newton South HS ’20). Tickets are $20 ($10 for children…
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra has announced its 2023-24 season, and tickets and information are available online for these events: Ensemble Series concerts: Salon Series concerts:
New Art Center is hosting a Dia de los Muertos Community Cultural Day with music, dance, and art-making. The event will take place on October 29, 12PM-4PM, at New Art Center (61 Washington Park, Newtonville). Entry is free, and you may reserve your spot in advance.
The forecasted almost-gale-force winds stayed away. The sun came out periodically. And the crowds again gathered in Newton Centre Green & Parking Lot for a terrific Newton Harvest Fair. Fig City News offered Fig Newton cookies to our booth visitors — and most importantly, in bulk to the Newton Neighbors “Drive for Five” Food Drive. Of their five requested items, we had no beans/rice, soaps, pasta, or cooking oil, but we did have individually wrapped snacks!
Cows haven’t been seen roaming the Garden City since the 17th century — at least not until one recently showed up outside Bill Joyce’s Newtonville home. At the corner of Newtonville Avenue and Harvard Street, the colorful bovine beast stands on a patch of grass, gazing at passersby. Named “Commit,”…
At 3:45PM on October 15, the bells will ring — safely and brilliantly — in the newly restored bell tower of Grace Episcopal Church in celebration of the preservation of this historic bell tower. Everyone is invited to join the party on the lawn of the church (76 Eldredge Street, Newton…
On September 28, members of the Newton Cultural Council (NCC) gathered in the War Memorial Auditorium at City Hall with members of the public and City officials — including Mayor Ruthanne Fuller; Parks, Recreation and Culture Commissioner Nicole Banks; and Director of Cultural Development Paula Gannon — to celebrate and…