Community Event
Historic Newton presents: House Tour Enore Presentation & Panel
ONLINE United KingdomThrough talent, fearlessness, and marketing genius Maud Howard Brodrick built hundreds of homes in Newton and Wellesley in the 1920s and 1930s, when few women worked in the field. Due to popular demand, we are once again showing video tours that take you inside homes she designed. Tickets also include access to a Zoom panel…
Newton Free Library presents: COVID-19 and Structural Racism
ONLINE United KingdomThe COVID19 pandemic has laid bare the deep racial and economic inequities that persist in U.S. society, providing a crucial opportunity for reflection, reckoning and repair. Structural racism continues to permeate all institutions, including the U.S. healthcare system, which has led to inequitable rates of COVID19 infection and death among low-income people and communities of…
Zamir Chorale presents: Kolot Nashim – Jewish Music by Women Composers
ONLINE United KingdomFor many centuries, the world of professional music making had been an exclusively male bastion in Western civilization. Female composers and public performers were a rarity in Europe and America and it was nearly impossible for them to have their works published or heard on concert stages. Kol ishah – the voice of a woman – was…
Newton Free Library presents: Cook Along with Chef Bill
ONLINE United KingdomCook along or watch as Chef Bill prepares a different dish live on Zoom each month! Formerly a chef at the original Ritz-Carlton/Boston, Chef Bill worked at Harbor Sweets, makers of handmade chocolates in Salem, MA. Now a personal chef, he has provided cooking demonstrations and lessons for Whole Foods, Stonewall Kitchen, Reader to Reader, Monitor Group, and numerous…
West Suburban YMCA presents: Kids Night Out
WSYMCA 276 Church St, Newton, MA, United StatesKids Night Out is back! Drop your kids off (grades K-8) at the Y from 6:00-9:00 PM for pizza, a movie, games, arts and crafts, and more. The cost is $30 per child and is open to both members and nonmembers. Call the Welcome Center (617-244-6050) to register.
Newton Free Library presents: Shipwrecks of Cape Cod – Stories of Tragedy & Triumph
ONLINE United KingdomCape Cod’s outer beach has always been known for its shipwrecks. Between 1626 and the mid-20th century, this solitary 40-mile stretch of beach and sandbars saw the demise of over 3,000 vessels. It’s been said that if all the wrecks were raised, one could walk from Provincetown to Chatham without getting his or her feet…
Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: Live and In Person – Oskar Stenmark
Scandinavian Cultural Center 206 Waltham St, Newton, MA, United StatesOskar Stenmark and Alex Pryrodny met in New York City 2014 and formed a strong bond over improvisation, jazz and folk music. Now, they are taking their artistic collaboration to a new level by performing live for the first time since 2019. Their focus is now on classical music, paying homage to Scandinavian composers such as Grieg, Stenhammar,…
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…
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…
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…