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 Arts Center presents: Outdoor Landscape Painting
New Arts Center presents: Outdoor Landscape Painting
This class for acrylic and/or oil painters will explore the unique challenges of landscape painting and provide students with the skills to render space two-dimensionally. We will be working outdoors,…
Newton Free Library presents: Exploring the Universe Part 2 – Caught in the Cosmic Web
Newton Free Library presents: Exploring the Universe Part 2 – Caught in the Cosmic Web
Join Margaret Geller for a journey through the universe - part two of our Exploring the Universe series. Throughout her career, she has been caught in the cosmic web, the…
Historic Newton presents: Virtual Paddle Tour of the Charles River
Historic Newton presents: Virtual Paddle Tour of the Charles River
From the 1880s through the 1920s, summer weekends brought thousands of boats to the “Lakes District” of the Charles River between Newton Lower Falls and Waltham. Follow along as we…
New Art Center presents: Art Education as Self Care
New Art Center presents: Art Education as Self Care
Art education + creativity exercises + stress relief + group discussions = this workshop series! If you’re looking for intellectual stimulation that doesn’t feel hard, if you’re hoping for a…
Newton Free Library presents: Make a Pollinator Hotel
Newton Free Library presents: Make a Pollinator Hotel
Join us at the library for our first in-person MakerSpace program! We’ll use materials like paper, branches, and other natural objects to create unique pollinator hotels. These hotels will hopefully…
Historic Newton presents: Book Launch – An Evening at Norumbega Park
Historic Newton presents: Book Launch – An Evening at Norumbega Park
A nostalgic return to the fun-loving days of historic Norumbega Park and the Totem Pole Ballroom to celebrate Historic Newton's new book! From its Grand Opening in 1897 to when…
