West Newton Cinema (1296 Washington Street, West Newton) presents Director’s Spotlight: Drink and Be Merry on Thursday, December 18 at 7PM. A discussion and Q&A with the filmmaker Adam Volerich follows the screening. Drink and Be Merry is set at a struggling New York dive bar in the days approaching…
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People of all faiths — or none — are invited to join the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (1326 Washington St, West Newton) celebrate Christmas Eve on Wednesday December 24 at 7PM and 10PM. Enjoy choir music, brass and strings, carols, stories, and candle lighting. All are warmly welcome.
Join Ty Burr for a screening and post-screening discussion of “Her” on Thursday, January 8 at 6:30PM at the West Newton Cinema. Tickets are $20. About the film:Theodore is a lonely man in the final stages of his divorce. When he’s not working as a letter writer, his down time is…
Join Newton at Home on Tuesday, October 7 from 5:30-7:30PM at the Scandinavian Living Center, Nordic Hall (206 Waltham Street) for the book launch of Women of Courage and Conviction by Newton writer Dorothy Anger, along with four of the book’s women — also Newton residents — as they share…
Join West Newton Cinema (1296 Washington Street) on Thursday, October 9 from 6:30-8:30PM for I Know Where I’m Going. Film: A young Englishwoman goes to the Hebrides to marry her older, wealthier fiancé. When the weather keeps them separated on different islands, she begins to have second thoughts. Ty Burr’s…
Join Andrew Middleton of The Map Center in Pawtucket, RI for The Map Center Presents: How Maps Lie. Taking place on Friday, October 10 at 2PM at the Newton Free Library (330 Homer Street), this talk is a fun and informative exploration of how maps tell all sorts of stories. Learn…
Registration is now open for Halloween Window Painting for grades 3 to 8. Sign up to express your artistic side by painting a window of a participating merchant in one of seven Newton villages. Window painting takes place 10AM-4PM on Saturday, October 25 (rain date, October 26), but the registration deadline…
Join All Newton Music School (321 Chestnut Street) on Tuesday, October 14 from 1:30-3PM for All Newton’s Musical Memory Café, an informal social gathering for people with cognitive changes and their care partners. Guests are welcome regardless of diagnosis. Attendees can connect with fellow community members while enjoying a musical…
Join Historic Newton, Newton Cultural Alliance at the West Newton Cinema (1296 Washington Street) on Tuesday, October 14 at 6:30-7:45PM for a viewing of An Uncommon Education: The Allen School followed by a panel discussion. ABOUT THE FILMAt a time when slavery was still the law of the land and…
The Highland Glee Club Men’s Chorus will present Harvest and the Hunt: A Musical Celebration of Autumn on October 18, 3PM-5PM at The Allen House (35 Webster Street, West Newton). Fall is in the air! Prepare to celebrate the extraordinary beauty of autumn with warm tones of the season for…