The Cooper Center is delighted to welcome Tamara Jokic back to the Newton Free Library (330 Homer Street) on Thursday, October 23 from 1-2PM. If you attended her program last spring, they invite you to explore new musical traditions at this performance lecture. If you haven’t had a chance to hear Tamara’s…
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Mason-Rice Elementary School presents Spooktacular, Saturday October 25, 4-7PM. Tickets at the door, but skip the line and purchase pre-sale tickets by midnight Friday, October 24. All proceeds benefit the fifth grade’s graduation. Walk from room to room in the haunted hallways of Mason-Rice. Each room has been decorated by fifth graders…
Drop your clean, gently used costumes to either Fulfilled Goods location — 612 Washington Street in Newtonville or 1280 Centre Street in Newton Centre. Come in and swap or “shop” something new to you! Note that the “swap” will just take place at Newton Center. Costume Guidelines:
Join Bike Newton for a Light Brigade on Thursday October 30 from 4-6PM at the Washington Street Bike Lane, at the Walker Street Dog Park. There will be give-aways, and cruising up and down the new Washington St. Bike Lane. They will be making sure you are all set for…
This Halloween — Friday, October 31 — turn fear into fashion at the Indivisible MAGA Magazine Fall Preview Fashion Show & Parade at the Newton Centre Common from 4-6PM. The event is a satirical runway event bringing together creativity, costume, and civic awareness. Wear a costume that dramatizes a scary consequence of…
Green your Halloween at the City of Newton’s 6th annual Pumpkin Smash on Saturday, November 1 from 1-4PM at the Newton City Hall War Memorial Circle (1000 Commonwealth Ave). Stop by to smash your pumpkin, touch-a-truck, donate unwanted candy or costumes, and grab a bite from a local food truck…
Historic Newton will host a tour of Newton’s oldest burying ground – East Parish Burying Ground (Centre and Cotton Streets) on Sunday, November 2 from 1-2PM. Learn about a significant collection of colonial-era headstones, funerary customs in New England, gravestone art, along with changing attitudes toward death and remembrance, from…
Join Historic Newton at Newton Cemetery (791 Walnut St, Newton) for a walking tour on Sunday, November 9, from 2-3PM. Experience Newton Cemetery — an important example of 19th-century rural cemetery design. Learn about the art and culture of mourning in the Victorian Era. See a variety of elaborate funeral…
Cross Street will play a free concert in Newton Centre Bowl, August 10, 6PM-7:30PM, down the hill from the Tyler Terrace hut and a short walk from Newton Centre. Free open-air seating for families, friends, and groups large and small. Bring along a blanket, a chair, and maybe a picnic…
The Newton 9-11 Memorial Committee and the City of Newton cordially invite all to the annual 9-11 Commemoration on Thursday, September 11, 2025, at 6PM at the Newton 9-11 Memorial, on the front lawn of the Fire Department Headquarters (1164 Centre Street, Newton Centre). In case of rain, the event…
Join All Over Newton, Newtonville Books, Newton Centre restaurants, and local authors Tova Mirvis and Annie Hartnett on Thursday, September 18, 5:30-7PM on the new Newton Centre Pilot Plaza for an outdoor evening of food and literature. Order from a Newton Centre restaurant and get together with others for a community dinner while Tova Mirvis and…
The Friends of the Newton Free Library will sponsor a dining event hosted by Johnny’s Luncheonette (30 Langley Road, Newton Centre) on Thursday, September 18 from 4PM-8 PM. Johnny’s will very generously be donating a portion of its proceeds to the Friends. All money raised goes directly to the Newton…