Join West Newton Cinema (1296 Washington Street) on Monday, September 29 at 7PM for this special screening. Everyone knows Disney’s classic animated film Snow White (1937), but few are aware that a teenage Walt Disney growing up in Kansas City saw the original silent movie of the fairy tale, and…
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Join The Allen Center (35 Webster Street) for a fabulous party on Friday, October 3 at 7PM to welcome in the Fall 2025 season. A feast for the senses, the evening includes vignette performances by several of the artists represented during the year, a revealing of mixed-media works by Laura Scheuerell including Steinway…
Join The Allen Center (35 Webster Street) on Saturday, October 4 at 7:30PM for Explorations in Sound. Gabriela Martina and Maxim Lubarsky have collaborated musically since 2009 and officially formed their duo in 2019. Their project, Explorations in Sound, blends spontaneous composition, deep improvisation, and genre-defying creativity, drawing from sources like…
West Newton Cinema will present a “Behind the Screen” film and panel discussion for Jane Austen Wrecked My Life — on Sunday, October 5 at 4-6:30PM at the theatre (1296 Washington Street). Film Screening: Agathe (Camille Rutherford) works in the legendary Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris, where she dreams…
The Allen Center is celebrating a business partnership with M. Steinert & Sons, New England’s exclusive authorized Steinway Piano dealer, whereby The Allen Center will have on loan for the next year a beautiful, 9-foot Steinway “D” Concert Piano for its programs and for visiting artists, providing a beautiful musical…
The UU Plant-Based Eating Club is hosting a large potluck at the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (FUUSN; 1326 Washington Street) on Sunday, October 5, at 6PM. All who are curious about Plant-Based eating, or just want to have a great plant-based meal and chat with other people, are invited.…
Music Mondays will host a concert on Monday, October 6 from 2-3PM at Scandinavian Center’s Nordic Hall (206 Waltham Street) with Sophie et Adam, a duo inspired by the many singing traditions they have crossed paths with on their musical journey: Pub Songs from England, Cabaret chansons from 1940s Paris,…
Join West Newton Cinema (1296 Washington Street) on Thursday, October 16 at 6:30PM for a special screening of The Bostonians, now in stunning 4K restoration, with an opening discussion of both the film and the novel led by Sierra Eckert and David Kurnick and moderated by John Plotz. This screening…
Cora Bayes, 5, was delighted with the free picture book she recently picked up, especially since it came with complimentary popcorn. She found her treasure at The Book Ladies’ Book Swap – a monthly event held upstairs at the West Newton Cinema, where bibliophiles can trade or simply take books,…
Cherry Street Music brings another budget-friendly concert to The Allen Center with its Tuesday Evening Concert Series, continuing July 22 at 7PM with “Summer Lite.” Experience Irish music by Fiddler Isabel Oliart, along with Jazz Quartet, Chris Pitts and Friends, in The Allen Center’s cozy performance venue (35 Webster Street,…