Community Event
New Art Center presents: “Half the History” Film Screening
ONLINE United KingdomJoin filmmaker and Tufts Professor of the Practice Jennifer Burton for a screening and discussion about her latest project Half the History, a short film series about under-explored stories of women in American history. This evening’s films will explore groundbreaking figures including Belinda Sutton, considered the first person to receive reparations for enslaved labor, and…
Newton Art Association’s High School Senior Art Scholarship
ONLINE United KingdomFor more than 30 years the Newton Art Association (NAA) has recognized art students through the NAA High School Senior Scholarship Program. NAA strongly believes that talented students deserve to be acknowledged for their artistic accomplishments. Senior students who go to high school in Newton or are residents of Newton are eligible to apply for the…
Newton Theatre Company presents: A Medal for Willie
ONLINE United KingdomJoin us for a virtual production of William Branch’s A Medal for Willie, a powerful play which examines the intersection of segregation and racism during a time when both were permitted to flourish. Set in a small town during the Jim Crow era with eerily contemporary parallels, A Medal for Willie serves as a reminder that bias and…
Newton Art Association’s High School Senior Art Scholarship
ONLINE United KingdomFor more than 30 years the Newton Art Association (NAA) has recognized art students through the NAA High School Senior Scholarship Program. NAA strongly believes that talented students deserve to be acknowledged for their artistic accomplishments. Senior students who go to high school in Newton or are residents of Newton are eligible to apply for the…
Newton Art Association’s High School Senior Art Scholarship
ONLINE United KingdomFor more than 30 years the Newton Art Association (NAA) has recognized art students through the NAA High School Senior Scholarship Program. NAA strongly believes that talented students deserve to be acknowledged for their artistic accomplishments. Senior students who go to high school in Newton or are residents of Newton are eligible to apply for the…
Newton Art Association’s High School Senior Art Scholarship
ONLINE United KingdomFor more than 30 years the Newton Art Association (NAA) has recognized art students through the NAA High School Senior Scholarship Program. NAA strongly believes that talented students deserve to be acknowledged for their artistic accomplishments. Senior students who go to high school in Newton or are residents of Newton are eligible to apply for the…
Newton Free Library presents: Communicating in a Diverse World
ONLINE United KingdomJoin Attorney Frederick Golder, a mediator and arbitrator with more than 20 years of experience, for a session in which you will learn how to communicate effectively in a diverse world. Expressing opposing viewpoints can be dangerous. Attendees will come to understand the differences in core values, gender, race, culture, religion, age and sexual orientation.…
Zamir Chorale presents: “Zoominar” on Zamir Documentary
ONLINE United KingdomZamir is delighted to offer free "Zoominars" on various musical topics taught by members of the musical staff and guests. Join us on Tuesday, March 2, 7:30-9:00 pm EST, when Josh Jacobson, filmmaker Rob Cooper, and tour manager Heather Zacker, discuss scenes from the film “Zamir: Jewish Voices Return to Poland,” a PBS documentary about our 1999 trip to Eastern Europe. Register here. Want…
Newton Art Association’s High School Senior Art Scholarship
ONLINE United KingdomFor more than 30 years the Newton Art Association (NAA) has recognized art students through the NAA High School Senior Scholarship Program. NAA strongly believes that talented students deserve to be acknowledged for their artistic accomplishments. Senior students who go to high school in Newton or are residents of Newton are eligible to apply for the…
Historic Newton presents: Activism and ‘Redeeming Uncle Tom’
ONLINE United KingdomHarriet Beecher Stowe’s 1852 novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, galvanized anti-slavery forces. Yet activism for human rights was growing in the early 19th century. Our screening of “Redeeming Uncle Tom,” a film about Josiah Henson, whose life story inspired Stowe, informs our discussion afterwards. Learn how Henson fits into the beginning of an organized movement for abolition,…