5 Things To Do This Week – 07/19/23
5 Things To Do This Week – 07/19/23
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*Every week a different Newton restaurant is popping up at The Allen Center’s gorgeous patio, bringing new tastes, cuisines, and cultures to West Newton. On Thursday, July 20th from 11:30-2:30 pm All Over Newton brings another Lunch-Time Pop-Up to The Allen Center. This week will feature Super Dough Pizza! Some of the best pizza in Newton isn’t made in a high-end wood-fired oven, it’s created in a trailer fitted out as a mobile kitchen. If you love pizza and haven’t tried Super Dough Pizza yet, you won’t want to miss this Allen Center Pop-Up. Market vendors this week include Creation Station- Newtonville’s creative arts programs for kids, Motion Study- Newton Highland’s welcoming Barre Studio, Nothing Bundt Cakes- Serving festive and personal-sized bundtlet cakes, Blondie Salon- A full-service Newton Centre salon, and Lotus & Lettuce- A hyper-local sustainable florist. Lunch ordering instructions and more info about the vendors are found at All Over Newton here.
* The Hyde Community Center hosts Summer In the Highlands, an outdoor summer family concert and movie series on Friday nights. This weekend The 8th annual Linda Plaut Newton Festival of the Arts features 10+ performances over 2 days. The event kicks off at 6:30 pm with a pops-style concert from The NewPhil Orchestra featuring vocalist Kemp Harris. Then on Saturday, there will be something for everyone to enjoy all day – musical performances, visual arts, vendor/craft booths, and more! All festival performances are free and open for all to enjoy. Other upcoming events on the Summer in the Highlands stage include Seth Hanson on July 24th and Roger Tincknell on July 27th. Check out the online schedule for full information and weather updates.
*The 8th Annual Linda Plaut Newton Festival of the Arts is back with a two-day event in partnership with the Hyde Community Center. This year, the festival will be held on Friday & Saturday, July 21st & 22nd in the Hyde Playground in Newton Highlands. The New Phil Orchestra will kick off the weekend on Friday at 6:30 pm with a performance including Kemp Harris. Then on Saturday Newton Baroque will grace the stage. All festival performances are free and open for all to enjoy. Check Newton Community Pride’s website for a detailed schedule of performers.
*FUUSN’s Summer Chime Concerts continue on Sunday, July 23rd at 5:00 pm. All are invited to bring blankets or lawn chairs to FUUSN’s front lawn for a casual chime concert. During this 1-hour summer series, chimers will include veteran Cornell University chimes masters Bob Feldman, and Cathy Longley-Cook, as well as Paul Antonucci, Jenny Xia, and quite likely others. The next date in the series is August 19th. More info about the Summer Chime Concert Series can be found here.
*Historic Newton will be at the Newton Farmers’ Market on Tuesday, July 25th at 1:30 pm. Stop by Cold Spring Park to visit Historic Newton’s table and play with historic toys and pick up literature about upcoming events. The calendar and event info is available here.