Newton For Everyone will screen a short film, Does “Luxury” Housing Help or Hurt the Unhoused?, on Thursday, January 29 at 7PM in the Nordic Hall of the Scandinavian Living Center (206 Waltham Street, West Newton). With popcorn! Register here. We often talk about the need for housing that is…
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Enjoy a recital by cello faculty Sara Wilkins and Aaron Packard, violin on Sunday, February 1 at 3PM at the All Newton Music School (321 Chestnut Street, West Newton). Hear the interwoven voices of violin and cello with works by Benjamin Godard, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Augusta Read Thomas, and Erwin Schulhoff.…
West Newton Cinema will be screening “The Testament of Ann Lee” on Sunday, February 1 at 1PM at the West Newton Cinema (1296 Washington Street, West Newton). A panel discussion will follow. Tickets are $20 and include the screening and discussion. From award-winning writer-director Mona Fastvold (The World to Come,…
Join the West Newton Cinema for screenings of Buster Keaton’s, The General (1926), and Charlie Chaplin’s, The Immigrant (1917) with live musical accompaniment on Sunday, February 1 at 5PM. Tickets are $20. ABOUT THE FILMS:The General, Buster Keaton-After being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to…
Get ready to be blown away by the incredible harmonies and vocal talents of Colgate 13 A Cappella at The Allen Center (35 Webster Street, West Newton) on Friday, February 6 at 7:30PM. Seating capacity is limited. Registration is required for this FREE event. The Colgate 13 is Colgate University’s…
West Newton Cinema Presents iconic filmmaker John Sayles reading from and discussing his new novel The Crucible along with his classic film, City of Hope, with Here & Now’s Robin Young on Saturday, February 7 from 4-6:30PM. Tickets are $20/person and include the screening, reading, book signing, and Q&A. Sayles…
West Newton Cinema and Spark Newton present “Sinners” on Sunday, February 8 at 1PM at the West Newton Cinema (1296 Washington Street, West Newton). A panel discussion will follow the screening. Tickets are $12. “Sinners” is a genre-defying period horror drama written and directed by Ryan Coogler, set in 1932…
Music Mondays is thrilled to present a romantic program of Beethoven and Franck on Monday, February 16 from 2-3PM at the Scandinavian Center (206 Waltham Street, Newton). Newton native Constantine Finehouse is a virtuoso pianist who has performed extensively in the U.S. and abroad, including Salzburg, Trieste, London, Ghent, Moscow, St.…
The Naumberg Award-winning Lydian String Quartet, recently named Ensemble in Residence at The Allen Center (35 Webster Street, West Newton), will deliver the third of four interactive open rehearsals taking place throughout the year on Thursday, February 19 at 7:30PM. Tickets are $30. Currently rehearsing music from Beethoven String Quartets Opus 59 #3…
Moviegoers packed West Newton Cinema to watch Hamnet, a reimagining of William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes as they confront the love and loss that inspired Hamlet. Shakespeare scholar Michelle Ephraim sat down with historian, writer, and Newton native Stephen Greenblatt to unpack the film and its place within modern…