Uniting Culture and Community in Newton
Newton Cultural Alliance
The Newton Cultural Alliance is a nonprofit arts & culture umbrella organization in Newton, MA, supporting more than 30 member organizations. Our mission is to promote, enhance, and sustain arts & culture through advocacy, economic development, and collaborative facilities with community creative programming.
Arts & Culture Highlights
Zamir Chorale Shares a Virtual Concert
Zamir Chorale of Boston has shared their virtual concert and conversation Kolot Nashim: Jewish Music By Women Composers, a year-long program celebrating the many roles of women in Jewish music. Part I can be watched here. Part II includes interviews with composers Achinoam Nini (aka Noa), with a new performance of her and Mira Awad’s “There Must Be Another Way”; Elena Kats-Chernin (Sydney, Australia), with a US premiere performance of her Psalm 23; and more beautiful music.
Nathaniel T. Allen House named 2021 Preservation Award recipient
Preservation Massachusetts has announced that Newton’s Nathaniel T. Allen House project of the Newton Cultural Alliance has been named one of its 2021 Paul & Niki Tsongas Preservation Award recipients. Since 1988, Preservation Massachusetts’ highest honor, the Paul & Niki Tsongas Award, has recognized the very best in historic preservation efforts, individuals, and achievements across the Commonwealth.
NCA Adds New Membership Levels
Now is the perfect time to join NCA! Along with our NCA Nonprofit Organization Membership, we are now offering two new membership levels: Individual Creative Membership and Business Arts & Culture Partner. NCA is Newton's key advocate for arts & culture in the city of Newton. An NCA membership is your door to accessing an array of benefits, increasing your presence in the community, and making connections with organizations, individuals, and local businesses that support arts & culture in Newton. Join us!
Upcoming Events
Week of Events
New Art Center presents: Pastel Landscapes
New Art Center presents: Pastel Landscapes
Capture the beauty of the seasons with the immediacy of dry pastel in this Zoom class. Working from photos, explore how to build a landscape using many layers of colors.…
Newton Theatre Kids presents: Fall Classes – Charlotte’s Web
Newton Theatre Kids presents: Fall Classes – Charlotte’s Web
Join lovable pig Wilbur and his best friend, Charlotte the spider, in this fun, heartwarming re-telling of E.B. White's classic story, Charlotte’s Web. We've got dancing, acting, scenery-making, and parts…
New Art Center presents: Let’s Put On A Play! – GR 3-5
New Art Center presents: Let’s Put On A Play! – GR 3-5
Children will explore theater games, stories and shorter character pieces, using imagination and creative skills, in this exciting class. Have fun as you develop self confidence and showmanship while working…
New Art Center presents: Site Specific Dance – For All Movers, Artists, and Dancers
New Art Center presents: Site Specific Dance – For All Movers, Artists, and Dancers
Improvise and make dances (all levels are invited) live, and, in-person, inspired by the world around you: your kitchen, your car, a skyscraper, a park bench. You will receive prompts…
Newton Theatre Kids presents: Fall Classes – Charlotte’s Web
Newton Theatre Kids presents: Fall Classes – Charlotte’s Web
Join lovable pig Wilbur and his best friend, Charlotte the spider, in this fun, heartwarming re-telling of E.B. White's classic story, Charlotte’s Web. We've got dancing, acting, scenery-making, and parts…
Newton Theatre Kids presents: Fall Classes – Charlotte’s Web
Newton Theatre Kids presents: Fall Classes – Charlotte’s Web
Join lovable pig Wilbur and his best friend, Charlotte the spider, in this fun, heartwarming re-telling of E.B. White's classic story, Charlotte’s Web. We've got dancing, acting, scenery-making, and parts…
Newton Theatre Kids presents: Fall Classes – Devising Ensemble
Newton Theatre Kids presents: Fall Classes – Devising Ensemble
Join NTK’s all new Devising Ensemble! Our first program for middle schoolers gives participants the opportunity to explore new forms of performance and hone their artistic skills, all while creating…
Postponed-Newton Free Library presents: You Came Through The Ruins – Tagore’s Songs and Poems of Life and Renewal
Postponed-Newton Free Library presents: You Came Through The Ruins – Tagore’s Songs and Poems of Life and Renewal
Join Maitreyee Chakraborty and friends for a special concert that will focus on the works of the Bengali poet, Rabindranath Tagore. He was a writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer…
New Art Center presents: Xscape Into Comix
New Art Center presents: Xscape Into Comix
Craft your reality in the world of comics and sequential storytelling with cartoonist LJ-Baptiste! Learn the tools of the trade for making your own cast of characters, stories, and gags!…
Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: Snapshots – Traveling with the Poet Hans Christian Andersen
Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: Snapshots – Traveling with the Poet Hans Christian Andersen
“To travel is to live,” said Danish fairytale author, H.C. Andersen. See his words come to life in “Snapshots,” an art exhibition by Danish artist, Susanne Thea. H.C. Andersen is…
