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…
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Opera Americana will be presented at First Church in Chestnut Hill (26 Suffolk Road, Chestnut Hill on October 30, 7PM-9PM. Experience opera arias by Barber, Bernstein, Copland, Menotti among others with the talented Kathryn Rosenbach and the quartet of Christina Grandy de Oliveira, Nicole Plummer, MinSun Im, and Guanghao Yu.…
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…
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra presents the debut of Sarah Ioannides with the ensemble Uncommon Gems on Sunday November 2 at 3PM at The Second Church in Newton (60 Highland Street, West Newton). Ioannides has curated a program designed to surprise and delight, spotlighting rarely performed works that reveal unexpected brilliance and character.…
The First Church in Chestnut Hill will be showing The Sound of Music at their family movie night on Wednesday, November 5 at 7PM. All are welcome. The event is free and snacks will be provided. The First Church in Chestnut Hill is located at 26 Suffolk Road, steps from…
Cherry Street Music will transform its intimate concert hall into a cozy jazz club on Friday, November 7 at 7:30PM with The Casey Scheuerell Quintet at The Allen Center (35 Webster Street, West Newton). A legend among drummers, Casey Scheuerell has performed around the world with artists including Jean-Luc Ponty, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock,…
The West Newton Cinema Foundation is presenting a special screening of the internationally acclaimed documentary There Was, There Was Not on Friday, November 7 at 7PM at the West Newton Cinema (1296 Washington Street). Following the screening, the film’s writer and director Emily Mkrtichian will participate in the Director’s Spotlight.…
Mount Alvernia Academy will host an Open House on November 7 from 8:30–10:30AM. As a two-time National Blue Ribbon School with a rich history spanning 98 years, the school is proud to offer a tradition of academic excellence in a nurturing and supportive environment. The Open House is an opportunity to…
The Book Ladies’ Book Swap is held monthly at West Newton Cinema (1296 Washington Street, West Newton). The next Book Swap at the Cinema will be on Saturday, November 8, 12:30PM-3PM. Find future dates on The Book Ladies’ Facebook page. A bit of history… Nancy Brown and Annette Seaward started…
Music director Philip Sanborn leads Newton’s 20-member Bay Colony Brass in Salute to Service: Honoring Our Veterans, Saturday, November 8, 7:30PM at the Second Church in Newton United Church of Christ (60 Highland Street, Newton MA). Admission is free. The salute will feature Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man”…