Newton Theatre Company kicks off its 10th season with a one-night-only event not to be missed, presented by the team behind Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. No Child… is a tour-de-force exploration of the New York City public school system, in which Regan Sims transforms with rapid-fire precision into the teachers, students, parents, janitors, security…
Posts published in “Arts & Culture”
Hankus Netsky & Janice Octavia Allen will kick off Newton Community Pride’s Fall Concert Series on September 11 at 3PM with a free concert at the Austin Street Plaza in Newtonville. If you were wowed by their recent performance at the Linda Plaut Festival of the Arts — or if you missed it…
The bilingual Huaxin Chinese School at Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association (GBCCA) will begin its 2022 Fall term on September 11. Classes are held on Sunday mornings at 437 Cherry Street, West Newton for children and adults. Register here. For more information, email [email protected]. In the evenings, the GBCCA also offers a…
Cappella Clausura and the Shift Orchestra Project will present a multimedia musical experience — Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Mass for the Endangered — on September 11 at 5:30PM at Emmanuel Church (15 Newbury St, Boston). Mass for the Endangered is a moving composition for choir and orchestra in which vibrant images…
The Newton Free Library’s annual gala fundraiser, Spring Fling — postponed from April because of Covid — will be held in-person at the Library on Saturday, September 17 to benefit the Library’s award-winning English Language Learners Program. The ELL Program is open to people who want to improve their English…
The arts are having a resurgence in the city post-pandemic. Murals and other public art are popping up in village centers, and live music can be heard in parks and courtyards. Several organizations bring the arts alive in the city of Newton. Here is a brief guide to the larger umbrella organizations. In the future,…
Last Sunday, the Love Dogs rock band was the final act in Newton’s series of six summer concerts on Sunday evenings in Newton Centre. An enthusiastic audience of 300 — the largest audience in the series — attended this concert. Paula Gannon, Director of Newton Cultural Affairs, noted that the first four…
At 3PM each day, August 8-12, Louise Ting, a rising 2nd grader in Newton, will play a short concert of music by Mozart and Tchaikovsky at one of the Artful Pianos installed in various parks in Newton. Louise has just returned from a competition in Europe, and you can hear…
Last weekend’s three-day Linda Plaut Festival of the Arts was an amazing success, despite the summer heat. Everyone who attended — regardless of which venues and performances — is invited to provide feedback to Newton Community Pride via this short survey to help prepare for next year’s festival. Many thanks…
The Newton Free Library will celebrate the opening of its new, expanded Children’s Room on August 4 with events throughout the day: Ribbon-cutting at 9:30AM A scavenger hunt throughout the day Storytime for ages 0-4 and their caregivers at 10:30AM or 11:15AM Face painting, balloon twisting, and cake and ice…
A group of volunteers in the Indian American Community of Newton will host a free event, the second annual India Day in Newton, to celebrate and share Indian culture and heritage at the Hyde Community Center playground (90 Lincoln Street, Newton Highlands) on August 13, 5PM-7:30PM (rain date: August 21).…
The New Art Center‘s exhibition, Recollecting Afterimages: Portrait of Surviors, is on display through August 31: In-person at The New Art Corridor (at Trio, 245 Walnut Street, Newton) Online in the New Art Center’s Virtual Gallery. Part of the NAC’s Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Curatorial Program, this…