Cherry Street Music will present Beethoven and Beatles, Part 1 on December 16 at 7:30PM at The Allen Center (35 Webster Street, West Newton). Tickets and information are available at the link above. The concert, part of Cherry Street’s Classics with a Twist season-long focus, explores the frequently noted connections…
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The Nonantum Children’s Christmas Parade will take place on Sunday, December 17 at 12 noon. The parade will take Santa and friends all over Nonantum to bring holiday cheer to children and families. Santa and friends will end the parade with a 45-minute visit at Coletti-Magni Park for photos. The…
West Newton Cinema Foundation aims to save the theatre The West Newton Cinema, 75-year-old movie theatre – and Newton’s last neighborhood theatre – was sold to Mark Development in 2022. David Bramante, who owned and managed the cinema, was forced to sell because of Covid’s negative impact on movie attendance.…
Chestnut Hill Square is collecting much needed food and personal care items to benefit The Newton Food Pantry now through November 19, 2023. Items collected will be used to stock the shelves of the food pantry and support their goal of alleviating food insecurity in Newton by providing supplemental food…
Applications are being accepted for home ownership opportunity for 74 Webster Park Unit B, a 3-bedroom, 1.5-bath condominium in West Newton. Newton Community Development Foundation is accepting applications for waiting lists for two locations:
On November 18, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church (258 Concord St., Newton Lower Falls) will host two beautiful events: The concert is free with a suggested donation of $30 to benefit Newton Food Pantry.. If you cannot attend and want to support the event, you may make a donation. For more information, email Ann Bonner-Stewart…
Fourteen local businesses, including a Massachusetts farm, will be featured at a Thanksgiving Farmers’ Market at the Allen Center (35 Webster Street, West Newton) on November 21, Noon-4PM. There will be produce, Thanksgiving side dishes, fresh seafood, charcuterie and cheese boards, pies, French pastries, artisan chocolates, locally roasted coffee, honey,…
The classical vocal group Cappella Clausura premieres music by women — this time Das Jahr (The Year), by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, sister of her more famous brother Felix. According to Amelia LeClair, Director of Cappella Clausura, Fanny Mendelsohn wrote a lot of music, “but her loving younger brother, despite his…
The City of Newton encourages residents, business owners and the workforce who live near or travel through Newton Corner to weigh in on a MassDOT project to deliver short- and medium-term improvements to the challenging Newton Corner intersection. On Tuesday, October 24, MassDOT held a public meeting (video) to share…
On October 16, Ward 1 City Councilors Alison Leary and Maria Scibeli Greenberg, and Zoning and Planning (ZAP) Committee Chair Councilor Deb Crossley, docketed an item for the October 26 ZAP meeting to allow the current Nonantum VCOD plan to be removed from consideration. Instead, the plan would be referred…
Experience Pride and Prejudice, as reimagined by Newton Theatre Company in its tradition of offering refreshing takes on beloved classics. Under the direction of Melissa Bernstein, an all-woman ensemble brings to life Jane Austen’s timeless characters in this loving and irreverent adaptation by Claire Wittman. Romance, wit, and societal antics…
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: