Community Event
6th Annual Linda Plaut Newton Festival of the Arts
Celebrate Newton’s talented musicians, singers, bands, poets, story tellers & more! Free and accessible to all Outdoors at The Hyde Bandstand, 90 Lincoln Street, Newton Highlands Outdoors at Suzuki School of Newton, 1615 Beacon Street, Waban Inside at The Allen House Center for the Arts, 35 Webster Street, West Newton Performance Schedule SATURDAY, JULY 10, 2021 Suzuki…
Festival of the Arts: Newton Baroque
Allen Center for the Arts 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, United StatesAs part of the 6th Annual Newton Festival of the Arts, enjoy a concert from Newton Baroque. Newton Baroque took a spectacular leap onto the national stage in May 2014 when they performed three exciting innovative programs as a featured ensemble at the American Bach Society annual convention at Kenyon College in Ohio, garnering an overwhelming…
Festival of the Arts: Pro Arte Quartet
Allen Center for the Arts 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, United StatesAs part of the 6th Annual Newton Festival of the Arts, enjoy a concert from Pro Arte's Quartet. Juneteenth marks the anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in the United States. The quartet will share three works by African American composers, each of which has moments of dance and reflection. Wynton Marsalis' At the Octoroon Balls…
New Rep Theatre presents: Listen to Sipu
The Commander’s Mansion 440 Talcott Avenue, Watertown, MA, United StatesListen to Sipu - A Watertown Historical Moving Play By Morgan (Mwalim) J. Peters Directed by Jaime Carrillo Following the success of New Rep’s first Historical Moving Play, the Charles W. Experience, audiences were clamoring for more. Listen to Sipu answers the call with a captivating and powerful story that illuminates Watertown’s Indigenous history. Join in on a…
Newton Free Library presents: Exploring the Universe Part 1 – Pluto Strikes Back
ONLINE United KingdomJoin Scott Kenyon for a visit to Pluto - the outcast - and only binary planet in the Solar System. Dr. Kenyon will guide a tour of the moons of Pluto and show how this system formed early in the history of the Solar System. This is part one of a two-part series which will continue…
Newton Free Library presents: Prohibition Wine
ONLINE United KingdomJoin us for an author talk with TAB columnist and community activist, Marian Leah Knapp. Her new book, Prohibition Wine: A True Story of One Woman’s Daring in Twentieth-Century America, tells the story of how Marian's grandmother, Rebecca Goldberg—a Jewish immigrant from the Russian Empire living in rural Massachusetts―lost her husband to a railroad accident. The tragedy…
Boston Ballet’s Back-to-School Open Houses
Boston Ballet School 153 Needham St, Suite N101, Newton Highlands, MA, United StatesChildren ages 16 months-7 years old are invited to experience a free sample class led by expert Boston Ballet School faculty, learn more about school year programming, and take a tour of the studios. Register here. Saturday, July 24 Newton Studio – 153 Needham Street 10 am: 16 months-age 2 11 am: Ages 3-4 12…
Newton Free Library presents: Exploring the Universe Part 2 – Caught in the Cosmic Web
ONLINE United KingdomJoin 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 largest pattern we know in nature. She will describe her role in discovering these patterns in the nearby universe and her ongoing work to map…
Historic Newton presents: Virtual Paddle Tour of the Charles River
ONLINE United KingdomFrom 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 paddle past sites of historic interest in this area, including the former Norumbega Park, now the subject of Historic Newton’s new book. Also step into…
Newton Free Library presents: Make a Pollinator Hotel
Newton Free Library 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, United StatesJoin 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 attract local solitary bees and other helpful critters to your yard! We’ll have tools and supplies at the library, but we encourage you to bring…