Newton Theatre Company will present We’re Gonna Die on two evenings — at 7PM on May 31 and June 1 — at the Hyde Bandshell outside the Hyde Community Center (90 Lincoln Street, Newton Highlands). Tickets are $25 ($15 students). The show is “a captivating mix of music and story-telling…
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As part of Summer 2024 in the Highlands!, the Hyde Community Center (90 Lincoln Street, Newton Highlands) will host a concert (Studio Two — a Beatles tribute band) at 6PM followed by a movie (Migration) at dusk. All free, thanks to The Village Bank. Outside if the weather’s good, otherwise…
All are welcome to the 47th Newton Highlands Village Day — and the 50th anniversary of the Newton Highlands Area Council — on Sunday, June 9, on Lincoln Street in Newton Highlands . Come for fun, delicious food, live music, kids activities, craft and event booths and much more! Thanks…
For the first time in four years, the Charles River Regional Chamber (CRRC) will host Spring Seasonings: A Taste of Our Towns in person at the Newton Marriott Hotel, on April 8, 5:30-8PM. The event will feature offerings from local restaurants, caterers, and beverage providers in Needham, Newton, Watertown, and…
For the last few weeks (at least), residents of Newton have had an opportunity to take a wok in Cold Spring Park. Regarding the cookware available near the Beacon Street entrance to the park — across the parking lot from the new Pollinator Garden — Alan Nogee, President of the…
An alert Fig City News reader noticed that the utility box at the corner of Centre and Walnut Streets in Newton Highlands was recently wrapped with a “Nonantum” wrap. A City of Newton official contacted about the error on February 20 asked Fig City News to thank the reader for…
Newton Highlands Congregational Church (NHCC) is hosting an Organ Celebration featuring organist Yevgenia Semeina, the NHCC Choir, and the NHCC soloists on February 24, 7PM at the Newton Highlands Congregational Church (54 Lincoln St, Newton Highlands). It is free and open to the public, and there is a $50 suggested…
Soon after being sworn in by Mayor Fuller on January 4, the Newton Highlands Area Council elected officers for the new term: Jeremy Freudberg, President; Barbara Darnell, Vice-President; Groot Gregory, Treasurer; and Srdjan Nedeljkovic, Secretary. City Councilors Bixby, Farrell, Getz, Lobovits, Lucas, and Wright attended the meeting. The Area Council…
In a major project to eliminate slow zones on the Green Line, the MBTA has closed rail service between Riverside and Kenmore stations on the Riverside ‘D’ line, December 11-20. The MBTA’s alternative travel options during the closure include: Contractors are working around the clock to repair the tracks while…
A memorable scene in the 2021 film C’mon C’mon features Joaquin Phoenix’s character reading to his 9-year-old nephew from Star Child, a book by highly regarded Newton Highlands children’s book author and illustrator Claire A. Nivola. About a flame of vapor that travels to earth to experience human life as…
On Saturday, October 28, hundreds of Newton’s student painters gathered to decorate windows at business storefronts in six villages and also the Newton Free Library, painting Halloween-themed images for Newton’s 24th annual Halloween Window Painting event. Browse the photos taken by John and Amy Sangiolo in each of the locations:
Newton Parks, Recreation & Cultural Development is again hosting Halloween Window Painting for Newton students in Grades 3-8. It will take place on October 28, 10AM at various participating merchants’ windows in Auburndale, Newton Centre, Newton Highlands, Newtonville, Nonantum, and West Newton. Register for each village individually by October 15.