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FUUSN Christmas Tree Sale!

Christmas Trees! Stop by FUUSN in West Newton to pick out your Christmas tree. Choose from Fraser, Canaan, and Balsam firs. The lot is open… …until December 22 or until we run out of trees! First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (1326 Washington Street, West Newton). 

Saving the Cinema

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.…

New opportunities for affordable housing

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:

Pre-order for Thanksgiving Farmers’ Market at Allen Center, Nov. 21

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,…

Das Jahr (The Year) by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel — performed by Cappella Clausura and Lois Shapiro at FUUSN, Nov. 18

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…

Halloween Window Painting – 2023

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:

Music Mondays: Kemp Harris, Nov. 6

Music Mondays — a women-run nonprofit presenting frequent, live music concerts — will present a solo performance by Kemp Harris on November 6, 2PM-3PM, both in-person at the Scandinavian Cultural Center’s Nordic Hall (206 Waltham Road, West Newton) and online (Zoom link Meeting ID: 849 5360 9563, Passcode: story). Admission is free…

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