Are you interested in volunteering to help a member of our community learn English? Join the Newton Free Library’s English Language Learning Program! An hour per week (in person or online) can make a real difference in the life of an English learner. Training is provided to new volunteers, and…
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On September 16, from 5PM to 7PM, the Newton Cultural Council will host its annual tribute honoring the recipients of the grants awarded by the City of Newton and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. This event at the War Memorial Auditorium in Newton City Hall will include musical performances and a tribute to Mayor Ruthanne…
Fashion lovers, bargain hunters, and conscious consumers can mark their calendars for Fall into Something New to You, a high-end, pre-loved women’s clothing and accessories sale hosted by the Newton-based nonprofit ThreadED: Fashion for a Future. The event takes place Friday, September 18 from 4PM–7PM and Saturday & Sunday, September 19…
Join Cub Scouts Pack 210 (Friends of Hemlock Gorge) for boys and girls in grades K-5 for their kickoff meeting with Reptiles of New England and frozen treats on Thursday, September 18 from 6-7:30PM at the Carroll Center for the Blind (770 Centre Street). Pack 210 has an exciting year…
Join West Newton Cinema (1296 Washington Street) on Thursday, September 18 at 4PM for the first movie (The Pursuit of Happyness) in a monthly curated subscription series — The American Dream & The Movies. Throughout the past century, Hollywood movies have been a major force in embedding the notion of…
Join WSYMCA at Buff’s Pub (317 Washington Street) on Thursday, September 18 at 8 PM to watch the Buffalo Bills play the Miami Dolphins. Wings to share included! This event is 21+ and FREE for WSYMCA members and $10 for nonmembers. The Y Not? Club is a social group for WSYMCA members…
Join West Newton Cinema (1296 Washington Street) on Thursday & Friday, September 18-19 at 7PM for Hello Beautiful, centering on Willow’s world, once defined by beauty and success, now upended as she confronts the physical and emotional toll of her illness. Stripped of the very attributes that shaped her identity,…
“In a time of turbulence, tumult, and uncertainty, it is critical for everyone to take concrete action to mobilize for peace,” says Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries, which has planned and organized the Boston-area celebration of the United Nations International Day of Peace each year since 2010. This year’s theme is “Act…
On Sunday, September 28 at 2PM at the Newton Free Library (330 Homer Street), Boston Opera & Zarzuela will present Zarzuela in Newton – A Hispanic Heritage Celebration, a classical lyric concert featuring solos and ensembles of the most well-known Zarzuelas of all time. Zarzuela is a traditional Spanish musical genre that originated in…
Join West Newton Cinema (1296 Washington Street) on Sunday, September 28 at 1PM for a special, opening-weekend screening of Paul Thomas Anderson’s big-budget, shrouded-in-mystery, action-adventure-indie-dystopian-satire, One Battle After Another, based largely, or loosely, on Thomas Pynchon’s love-it-or-hate-it 1990 novel Vineland, followed by a free-form, focused, off-the-cuff, expertly improvised (recorded) conversation…
Join West Newton Cinema (1296 Washington Street) on Monday, September 29 at 7PM for this special screening. Everyone knows Disney’s classic animated film Snow White (1937), but few are aware that a teenage Walt Disney growing up in Kansas City saw the original silent movie of the fairy tale, and…
Newton at Home (NaH) is experiencing an uptick in service requests from its members — due to members’ needs increasing as they age, as well as new members coming with higher needs. The nonprofit organization is especially in need of volunteers who can help with transportation to and from doctor…