Spark Newton and the Newton Theatre Company present The Monologue Project: Voices of the Blind, Deaf, and Physically Disabled on Sunday, May 31 at 4PM at the Cooper Center (345 Walnut St, Newtonville). Experience powerful monologues that bring to life the unique stories of members of our Newton community. It’s…
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The Newton Human Rights Commission is pleased to partner this year with the Celebration of Queer Culture (CQC) Planning Committee to host a shared Pride Month event in Newton on Wednesday, June 3 at 5-7:30PM at Newton City Hall (1000 Commonwealth Ave, Newton Centre). Free and open to all. That first gathering…
On April 9, more than 200 high school girls joined Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan and her special guests in Newton City Hall’s War Memorial for her annual Empowering Girls event. The program brings girls together to hear from women who are innovators and pioneers in a wide range…
Ron Mitchell, President, CEO, and Publisher of the Bay State Banner, will speak in Cabot Park Village’s Black History Lecture Series on Wednesday, April 14 at 3PM in the Community Room of Cabot Park Village (280 Newtonville Avenue, Newtonville). Ron Mitchell has spent more than 35 years in the New England media market…
Producer and Director Mark Vikram Purushotham will speak in Cabot Park Village’s Black History Lecture Series on Wednesday, April 15 at 10AM in the Community Room of Cabot Park Village (280 Newtonville Avenue, Newtonville). Mark Vikram Purushotham is the Producer and Director of the production entity, Mercy Pictures. Starting in 2021, he…
This month, Fig City News profiles two particularly generous members of our community – Josephine McNeil and Lionel Porter – in celebration of Black History Month. Josephine McNeil Josephine McNeil is the founder and executive director of the Citizens for Affordable Housing in Newton Development Organization (CAN-DO), a community-based, nonprofit…
Sharon Stout, President MA Electors and Chair of the Newton Democratic City Committee and Emerge MA, will speak in Cabot Park Village’s Black History Lecture Series on Friday, February 27 at 3PM in the Community Room of Cabot Park Village (280 Newtonville Avenue, Newtonville). Cabot Park Village’s Black History Lecture…
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Kimberly S. Budd will speak in Cabot Park Village’s Black History Lecture Series on Wednesday, March 1 at 4PM in the Community Room of Cabot Park Village (280 Newtonville Avenue, Newtonville). Chief Justice Budd will speak on the topic of “Behind the Curtain of the Supreme…
Allison Pagliaro, Education Director of Historic Newton, will speak in Cabot Park Village’s Black History Lecture Series on Wednesday, March 4 at 2:45PM in the Community Room of Cabot Park Village (280 Newtonville Avenue, Newtonville). Black History has always been an integral part of Newton History. Learn from a historic…
Join the Harmony Foundation, its event partners and sponsors, and other community members, Monday, January 19 at 9AM at First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (1326 Washington Street, West Newton) for reflection, music, student voices, children’s programming with Story Starters, followed by a reception and community resource fair. This year’s program theme…
An interfaith gathering for the Transgender Day of Remembrance will be held at the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (1326 Washington Street, West Newton) on Thursday, November 20 at 7PM. It will be an opportunity to come together in love, resilience, and solidarity — to remember, resist, and rise. …
Midway through its first year of renovations, the West Newton Cinema completed the installation of a variety of accessibility features – audio enhancement, descriptive audio, and closed captioning devices – so more people can enjoy the theatre. Jesse Cerrotti, theater manager at the West Newton Cinema, said these features are available upon…