A sure sign of spring: On April 14, Mass Wildlife delivered about 400 rainbow trout to their new home in Crystal Lake. With only about a half-hour notice of the event, City Councilors Martha Bixby and Alan Lobovits were on hand to welcome the new residents. Newton Recreation Manager Carol…
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The Newton Free Library will present a Piano Concert with local musician Mark L. West featuring solo piano works ranging from classical music by Chopin and Mozart to “turn of the century” ragtime by Scott Joplin and jazz standards by Duke Ellington, Hoagy Carmichael, and other artists. It will take…
Did you miss the 157th anniversary of The Great International Walking Match? What sets this event apart in literary and local history is the participation of the iconic English novelist, Charles Dickens, while in Newton, Massachusetts! This is the little known story of the brief visit in 1868 of Charles Dickens to the…
The Tanglewood Marionettes will return to Newton to perform Sleeping Beauty on Friday, April 25, 11AM-12PM at Newton City Hall’s War Memorial Auditorium (1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton Centre). Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door if seats are available. There are a limited number of tickets available…
There will be a Fix-It Clinic at the Newton Free Library (330 Homer Street, Newton Centre) on Saturday, April 26, 10AM-2PM, in the Druker Auditorium. If you have a broken household item in your home that you know you could fix with the right guidance, bring it to the clinic.…
The Highland Glee Club will host a concert, Cream of American Folk, featuring 2025 Music Prize winner, high school senior, and classical pianist Henry Tushman. Participants are invited to bring a can of soup to give to the Newton Food Pantry. It will take place on Saturday, May 3 at…
Bakes for Breasts will host a weeklong fundraiser where local restaurants, cafés, and bakeries across Massachusetts will be serving up desserts to raise funds for critical breast cancer research, with 100% of proceeds from select treats going to fighting breast cancer. To participate you can order the following from Newton…
Aljoša Jurinić, an internationally acclaimed concert pianist and laureate of the world’s most prestigious piano competitions, will present a recital at the Newton Free Library. Hailed as a “startlingly subtle and visionary pianist,” he will perform Chopin’s monumental and charming piano sonatas, which he recently released as a solo album.…
The City of Newton will host a Family FUNFEST with live performances, art, carnival rides, and more on Saturday, May 17, 10AM-4PM at Newton City Hall (1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton Centre).
The Linda Plaut Festival of the Arts (May 17 – June 29) will start with a Western-themed kickoff event featuring live music and instructed line dancing. It will take place on Saturday, May 17, 7PM-9PM at the War Memorial Auditorium at Newton City Hall (1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton Centre). Admission…
At noon on Saturday, March 15, more than 100 people appeared on Newton Centre Green with a variety of homemade signs, protesting the actions of the Trump Administration. The one-hour stand-outs –noon to 1PM — are the collaborative initiative of three Newton activists — Nadine Cohen, Susan Davidoff, and Lynn…
On Saturday, well more than 100 people came together in Newton Centre to protest the manyviolations of American democracy committed by the Donald Trump administration since January20, 2025. The DOGE czar was singled out for some of the most virulent criticism. The largeenthusiastic crowd gathered at the intersection of Centre…