Join Spark Newton and the Newton Cultural Alliance as they present The Black Feathers, made up of Ray Hughes and Sian Chandler, at the Allen Center (35 Webster St, West Newton) on June 6 at 7:30PM. Americana, Folk, and Acoustic Indie Rock sensibilities coexist comfortably in The Black Feather’s musical world, with…
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A baseball-loving crowd packed into West Newton Cinema on April 26 for a screening of “The Natural” — and then stayed for a lively post-movie chat with 1970s Red Sox pitcher Bill “Spaceman” Lee and Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy. When Bill Lee talks, a “chat” can quickly turn…
Cherry Street Music presents A Scottish Cèilidh — an evening of Gaelic folk music and dance led by caller Summer McCall and her band — on Saturday, April 4 at 7PM at The Allen Center (35 Webster Street, West Newton). Pronounced “KAY-lee,” a cèilidh is a traditional Scottish (and Irish…
The Naumburg Award–winning Lydian String Quartet will present an evening of exceptional chamber music on Friday, April 10 at 7:30PM at The Allen Center (35 Webster Street, West Newton). The program features Schubert’s Quartettsatz, Lembit Beecher’s Juniper and Birch (2024, commissioned by the Lydian String Quartet), and Benjamin Britten’s String…
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra welcomes conductor Paul Polivnick to lead a concert entitled Signs of Life on Sunday, April 12 at 3PM at the Second Church in Newton (60 Highland St, West Newton). Conductor Paul Polivnik returns to Pro Arte in April for a powerful program of music for string orchestra. Antonín Dvořák transformed an…
The First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (1326 Washington St, West Newton) presents We Can Mend the Sky — a service that expresses defiant and hope-filled joy through music, dance, and readings — on Sunday, April 12 at 10:15AM. Music by Runestad, Jason Robert Brown, Beethoven, and more.
Music Mondays at The Scandinavian Cultural Center (206 Waltham Street, West Newton) will host Jazz Tapestry on Monday, April 13 from 2PM-3PM. (The Aryaloka String Quartet, originally scheduled, is not available due to illness.) Jazz Tapestry is a trio featuring Billy Novick, clarinet /vocal, Tomoko Iwamoto, violin and Greg Toro, double bass. Both…
On Tuesday, April 14, 2026 from 3-10PM, The Bluebird Bar and Grill (1293 Washington St, West Newton) will be donating a portion of its sales to The Friends of the Newton Free Library.
The Scandinavian Cultural Center (206 Waltham Street, West Newton) is pleased to welcome photographer and board member Magnus Snorrason to Nordic Hall with his exhibition Animals Amongst Us, on view through April. Email for viewing times. ARTIST STATEMENT: Animals Amongst Us documents the non-human residents of our concrete landscape. From the domestic companions…
Join West Newton Cinema (1296 Washington Street, West Newton) for its Global Spotlight screening of Bending the Arc on Friday, April 17 at 5PM. In the 1980s, Dr. Paul Farmer and his co-founders launched Partners In Health (PIH), creating a community-based model that has saved millions of lives and advanced the fight for global…
Skylark returns with Re-Imaginings, a program that places familiar music in unexpected forms, inviting listeners to hear it again from a different vantage point. See them perform on Friday, April 24 at 7PM at Church of the Redeemer (379 Hammond St, Chestnut Hill). Mozart, Bach, Debussy, and Mahler appear alongside…
Help support families in need of diapers by donating to the Newton Neighbors Diaper Drive through April 30th. All sizes including pull-ups accepted. Last year, with the help of generous neighbors and the support of partner organizations, Newton Neighbors was able to distribute an astounding 53,000 diapers to community members in need!…