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…
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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…
The City Council voted unanimously on November 17 to award $1.97 million in Community Preservation Act funds to West Newton Cinema Foundation for 50% of the cost of the first of four phases to repair and renovate the historic West Newton Cinema, built in 1937. The Foundation is committed to…
Hilliards Chocolates, the century-old Massachusetts candy company, cut the ribbon on Friday, November 21, on its new West Newton store, turning the former Bank of America building on Chestnut Street into a warm, bright chocolate shop – just in time for the holiday season. Homecoming The opening marked a return…
The Naumburg Award–winning Lydian String Quartet launches its first of four open rehearsals on Thursday, November 13 at 7:30PM at The Allen Center (35 Webster Street, West Newton). The session will include movements from Beethoven’s String Quartets, Op. 18 No. 4 and Op. 127. Founded in 1980, the Quartet—Clara Lyon and…
In partnership with Chamber Music For Your Cause, Newton at Home will be hosting a benefit concert on Sunday, November 16 from 3-5PM at the Scandinavian Living Center (206 Waltham Street, West Newton). The concert will feature music by Johannes Brahms, Max Bruch, Leonard Bernstein, and John Williams. Musicians will…
The First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (FUUSN) will hold its fall Music Sunday service — Can you See? — on Sunday, November 16 at 10:15AM at FUUSN (1326 Washington Street, West Newton). Can You See? will reflect on the heaviness of these times with music expressing our resilience, our…
Shalom After School, located at Temple Shalom in West Newton, launched September of this year and they are actively recruiting new families to enroll. At Shalom After School, your child will be welcomed into a nurturing environment where they learn and grow everyday. Guided by Jewish values, your child will…
An interfaith gathering for the Transgender Day of Remembrance will be held at the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (1326 Washington Street, West Newton) on Thursday, November 20 at 7PM. It will be an opportunity to come together in love, resilience, and solidarity — to remember, resist, and rise. …