Newton Nomadic Theater will present several nights of rollicking short-form theater and music. Come enjoy a grab bag of entertainment including short plays, improv, musical spoofs, Shakespeare, film scenes, and monologues. Tickets ($20) on sale for five performances at three venues: Twelve short pieces feature a great cast of actors: Stephen…
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Update: West Newton Cinema Foundatiowill host an in-person Community Information Meeting on Tuesday, April 11, 7PM-8:30PM at the Cinema (1296 Washington Street, West Newton). It’s open to the public. Register here. West Newton residents recently learned that Mark Development has applied for a demolition permit for the West Newton Cinema…
Waban resident Chris Pitts will present the 7th annual Newton Piano Summit next month: Eight concerts spanning two weekends — May 6 & 7 and May 13 & 14 — at the Second Church in Newton (60 Highland Street, West Newton). All of the concerts are free — through the…
Newton resident Erica Muhl began making history at Berklee College of Music twenty months ago, when she became its first woman president. Since then, the distinguished conductor-composer has continued to expand musical horizons for Berklee students and graduates. Her inauguration ceremony, long delated by Covid, took place on Tuesday morning…
All Newton students in grades 6-12 are invited to apply by March 28 to participate in SHINE, a temporary art installation to be displayed in Newton parks and playgrounds, May-October. SHINE will show six student-designed 4’x8’ horizontal murals painted onto plywood and grouped in small clusters throughout the city. The…
Sign-ups to perform at Newton PorchFest 2023 are now open until March 31. Porchfest will take place on Saturday, June 3 from 12PM – 6PM in Auburndale, Lower Falls, and Waban Center (rain date: Sunday, June 4). Newton PorchFest is an afternoon of free music performed outside of people’s homes.…
A Cappella April! is coming to Newton South High School on Saturday, April 1 at 7PM. This one-night only, all-ages event features R & B/Soul/Pop a cappella group Ball in the House, with special performances by Newton student groups: Bigelow Beats, Brown Middle School A Cappella, The Northern Lights, and The Melocotones.…
The First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (FUUSN) will host a fundraising concert — The ‘B’ees Knees: Folksy Romanticism of Babajanian, Bruch & Brahms — on April 2 at 2PM at FUUSN (1326 Washington Street, West Newton). The Eleuthera Trio (Francine Trester on violin, Julie Reimann on cello, and Lois…
Cherry Street Players will continue their Classical with a Twist series with a concert, Women in Time, on April 2 at The Allen Center (35 Webster Street, West Newton). The prelude at 3PM features Newton composers Francine Trester and Jackie Zhang. The concert at 4PM features compositions by Trester, Sarasate’s…
On Sunday, March 26 at 3PM, the public is invited to a Gala Jimmy Fund Benefit Concert featuring the world premieres of new music commissioned to honor the memory of Sarah Jane Boling. A long-time Newton resident, Sarah passed away March 24, 2022, after a year of battling Glioblastoma, a…