Performance in the Park - The New Phil Strings
2020-07-26 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | MA
Newton Cultural Development along with Village Bank and Newton Community Pride, bring you Newton Performances in the Park!

A small ensemble of string players from New Philharmonia Orchestra presents – Americana Potpourri – a “pops” style presentation will feature sights and sounds of America with touches of our melting pot heritage and will include short works of Sousa, Joplin, Beethoven and Strauss along with colorful Americana favorites and much more!
Tickets are free, but limited and you MUST register in advance to attend. Please bring your ticket with you (electronic or hard copy). Click here to register.
*Performance will be canceled in the event of rain. There will be no rain dates.
COVID SAFETY:
All performers will maintain a 25 foot distance from audience. The grounds will be marked for social distancing and safety of all attending. Audience members are encouraged to maintain a 6 foot distance and wear a face covering. No restrooms will be made available to the public.

SCC Virtual Screening - The Nobel Snowflake
2020-07-27, 2020-07-28, 2020-07-29, 2020-07-30, 2020-07-31, 2020-08-01 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Join the Scandinavian Cultural Center for an online screening of The Nobel Snowflake, presented as part of Boston Design Week 2020. This film will be available online at xerb.tv, from July 26th to August 1st. It is 59 minutes long and is presented in Swedish with English subtitles. Tickets are $5. Click here for more information and to register.
This film captures the competition for the head offices of the Nobel Centre in Stockholm, presented as a nail-biting thriller. Nobel Snowflake follows the Swedish architect Gert Wingårdh on his quest to find the ultimate design, in the shape of a snowflake. Eleven of the 175 teams are selected to take part, among them Wingårdh. That’s when the problems really start. Kajsa Andersö’s film shows all the tragic and amusing aspects of the prestigious competition, with an unexpected ending. An entertaining peek behind the scenes.

Newton Free Library presents: Tales from a Reluctant World Traveler
2020-07-29 19:00 - 21:00 | Zoom
Sixteen weeks, four continents, three bungee jumps, and Randy Ross couldn’t come home soon enough. This is the story of how a Boston homebody turned a solo trip around the globe into a comedy novel and an acclaimed one-man show. The 1.5-hour, multimedia Zoom event includes a humorous travel slide show, readings from his novel God Bless Cambodia and more. Click here for more info.

NCA presents: "The Hi Note Project" by Arjana Vizulis and Ivan Danylets
2020-07-29 20:00 | Facebook Live, United States
Join us on Facebook at 8 pm on Wednesday, July 29 for a great performance by Newton’s own Arjana Vizulis and her fiancé Ivan Danylets, a wonderful acoustic duo of voice and piano, in their “Hi Note Project.”

The “Hi Note Project” is a musical greeting card; a collection of livestream concerts by Arjana and Ivan in collaboration with venues across the world for the purpose of reaching out in the spirit of love and positivity to share music and show support for communities and small businesses. 100% of donations from each concert will go directly in support of the host venue.
Visit their website arjanaandivan.com to learn more, and follow them on Facebook at facebook.com/arjanaandivan.

Pro Arte presents: Summer Salon Series
2020-07-30 19:00 | Facebook Live, United States
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston brings its Salon Series into the summer for the first time. These chamber music concerts will be live every other Thursday on our Facebook page at 7PM starting on July 2nd. Click here for Facebook link and donation page. (Suggested donation $25.)
On Thursday, July 30, the program will feature works by Beethoven and Vivaldi, along with arrangements of hymn tunes and ragtime duets.
MUSICIANS:
Barbara Englesberg, violin
Jodi Hagen, violin

Anne Hooper Webb, violin

Jamie Hillman, piano

SCC Virtual Screening - Women's Shorts
2020-08-01 13:00 - 14:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
The Scandinavian Cultural Center are pleased to be co-presenters for the Women’s Shorts, part of Wicked Queer, the 36th Annual LBGTQ+ Film Festival being shown virtually between July 4th and August 2nd. For more information and to buy tickets, click here.
Included is Sweden’s My World in Yours (Min värld i din). Shams and Stella are in love. Shams hasn’t told Stella that she seeks asylum, nor about Hanine who’s still in Palestine waiting for Shams to help her come to Sweden. Stella works at the Migration office. When Shams has her interview with Swedish Migration Board, Stella shows up as the assistant judge. Shams has to tell the truth to get asylum. This film is 30 minutes long and will be shown on August 1st, at 1:00 PM on Xerb.tv.
See full list of shorts here.

Performances in the Park - Women in World Jazz
2020-08-02 18:30 - 19:30 | Newton Centre Playground, 81 Tyler Terrace, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Newton Cultural Development along with Village Bank and Newton Community Pride, bring you Newton Performances in the Park!

This week, an international ensemble of all-female performers will showcase music from around the world. Audiences will get a taste of different cultures from around the globe through the expression of music and dance.
Tickets are free, but limited and you MUST register in advance to attend. Please bring your ticket with you (electronic or hard copy).
Click here to register.
COVID SAFETY:
All performers will maintain a 25 foot distance from audience. The grounds will be marked for social distancing and safety of all attending. Audience members are encouraged to maintain a 6 foot distance and wear a face covering. No restrooms will be made available to the public.

Performances in the Park - George Russell Jr. Trio
2020-08-09 18:30 - 19:30 | Newton Centre Playground, 81 Tyler Terrace, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Newton Cultural Development along with Village Bank and Newton Community Pride, bring you Newton Performances in the Park!

Join us this week with an inspirational jazz concert by the George Russell, Jr. Trio – a groove oriented band with a fresh sound that honors the traditional Jazz trio, and also includes elements from more modern musical genres.
Tickets are free, but limited and you MUST register in advance to attend. Please bring your ticket with you (electronic or hard copy).
Click here to register.
COVID SAFETY:
All performers will maintain a 25 foot distance from audience. The grounds will be marked for social distancing and safety of all attending. Audience members are encouraged to maintain a 6 foot distance and wear a face covering. No restrooms will be made available to the public.

Newton Free Library presents: A Conversation with Ibram X. Kendi
2020-08-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Zoom
Join the Newton Free Library for a virtual conversation with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, followed by a discussion about race and racism in Newton. Professor Kendi is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, professor of history and international studies, and the Director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. This event will be moderated by Dr. Brandon T. Crowley (Pastor of Myrtle Baptist Church). Closed captioning will be provided.

We encourage you to read Professor Kendi’s book, How to Be an Antiracist. This book is part of the Overdue: Confronting Race and Racism in Newton city-wide read which will include a series of events and conversations about race and racism. The book is available from the Library in print, eBook and eAudiobook formats.
Click here to register.

Pro Arte presents: Summer Salon Series
2020-08-13 19:00 | Facebook Live, United States
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston brings its Salon Series into the summer for the first time. These chamber music concerts will be live every other Thursday on our Facebook page at 7PM starting on July 2nd. Click here for Facebook link and donation page. (Suggested donation $25.)
On Thursday, August 13, the program will feature:

BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, op. 18
BEETHOVEN Eyeglasses Duo
BACH Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
BACEWICZ Polish Capriccio
MUSICIANS
Colin Davis, violin
Lisa Goddard, violin
Anne Black, viola
Steve Laven, cello

Newton Free Library presents: Raising Anti-Racists Kids
2020-08-25 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Register (required) here. An email with a link for the webinar will be sent out prior to the event.

Join Newton Free Library for the first in a multi-part educational series on being an anti-racist. Cosponsored by the FORJ (Families Organizing for Racial Justice), Harmony Foundation and Newton Human Rights Commission. The panelists will be:
David A. Fleishman, Superintendent of Schools will moderate
Ellie Axe, Director, Story Starters
Michele Leong, Newton North High School Office of Human Rights
Kathy Lopes, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Newton Public Schools
Henry Turner, Principal, Newton North High School
This program is part of Overdue: Confronting Race and Racism in Newton, a city-wide read and series of events and conversations on race and racism. Join the community by reading either How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi or So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo and watch the library’s homepage for details on upcoming events.

Pro Arte presents: Summer Salon Series
2020-08-27 19:00 | Facebook Live, United States
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston brings its Salon Series into the summer for the first time. These chamber music concerts will be live every other Thursday on our Facebook page at 7PM starting on July 2nd. Click here for Facebook link and donation page. (Suggested donation $25.)
On Thursday, August 27, the program will feature works by Mozart.
MUSICIANS:
Julia Cash, violin
Donna Jerome, viola
Jolene Kessler, cello

Newton Free Library presents: Celebrating Beethoven's 250th Birthday
2020-08-27 19:00 - 20:00 | Facebook Live, United States
On August 27th at 7:00PM, login here to attend this Facebook Live event where Paul-André Bempéchat will perform a selection of sonatas in honor of Beethoven’s 250th birthday. (You do not need to have a Facebook account to attend.)
Paul-André Bempéchat is Music Fellow at Harvard’s Cabot House. A Juilliard and Sorbonne graduate, he has enjoyed a forty-year performing and teaching career on both sides of the Atlantic, having performed at venues as prestigious as Berlin’s Konzerthaus, the Vienna Festival, Jordan Hall and Alice Tully Hall.

NTC's Zoom Radio Hour: "The Mrs."
2020-08-29 20:00 | Zoom
Join the Newton Theatre Company on August 29th at 8:00 PM, for their next Zoom Radio Hour The Mrs., a new play by Maggie Kearnan.
The wealthy and mysterious M arrives at her spacious lake house with her young assistant Joseline in tow. As Joseline starts to wonder if she will ever leave, a power-play unfolds. Are the women friends or foes, and will they ever leave the house? Join us for this exciting new thriller by Newton Theatre Company’s own up and coming playwright Maggie Kearnan.
Join us at 7:45 for original music by Naomi Li.
Click here to purchase tickets.

Historic Newton presents: Great Inventions Virtual Walking Tour
2020-09-09 17:00 | ZOOM
Find out who invented the microwave oven, the flat-bottomed paper bag, a bread machine, and many more items both useful and fanciful at our tour focusing on the lives of clever individuals whose final resting place is at Newton Cemetery.
Suggested donation: $5.00 for members, $10.00 for non-members. http://www.newtonma.gov/gov/historic/support/donate.asp

Pro Arte presents: Summer Salon Series
2020-09-10 19:00 | Facebook Live, United States
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston brings its Salon Series into the summer for the first time. These chamber music concerts will be live every other Thursday on our Facebook page at 7PM starting on July 2nd. Click here for Facebook link and donation page. (Suggested donation $25.)
On Thursday, September 10th, the program will feature:
MOZART String Duo No. 2 in B-flat Major, K. 424
MILHAUD Duo for Two Violins, op. 258

GRAINGER Arrival Platform Humlet for solo viola
OWENS Soliloquy for solo viola

MUSICIANS:
Diane Pettipaw, violin
Anne Black, viola

New Art Center online: Contemporary Explorations
2020-09-15 09:30 - 12:30, 2020-09-22 09:30 - 12:30, 2020-09-29 09:30 - 12:30 | MA
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
This course for advanced painters offers the chance to develop individual work within a group context. Individual painting and drawing development is facilitated through one-on-one discussions with the instructor and group critiques. No oil paint or oil paint products are allowed for this class. See website for materials list.
Dates: Sep 15 – Dec 1
Details: Tuesdays, 12 Sessions
Times: 9:30AM – 12:30PM
Venue: Live Online Learning (Zoom)

New Art Center online: Painting Believable Light - "Glow"
2020-09-15 13:00 - 17:00, 2020-09-22 13:00 - 17:00, 2020-09-29 13:00 - 17:00 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
What makes a painting “glow?” What is the glowing quality that appears in the work of many master painters? How does an artist make this happen? To communicate a feeling of believable light in a painting, and to make a painting glow, artists must make certain decisions early in the painting process. This class includes a comprehensive exploration of the “glow factor.” Topics will include texture, transparency, color, and discussions about the creative process challenges. For intermediate and advanced painters. See website for materials list.
Dates: Sep 15 – Dec 1
Details: Tuesdays, 12 Sessions
Times: 1:00PM – 5:00PM
Venue: Washington Park

Newton Free Library presents: Don’t Take the Bait – Helping You Identify Misinformation
2020-09-22 11:00 - 12:30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Join the Newton Free Library for this online discussion on Tuesday, September 22nd. Misinformation is everywhere these days. In this class we will offer strategies to help you sift through what is exaggerated, misleading or completely false to find more accurate online information and become better digital consumers.
Click here to register.

NewTV's Virtual Red Carpet Awards Ceremony
2020-09-24 18:00 - 19:30 | ZOOM
Join NewTV on Thursday, September 24 at 6:00 p.m. on Zoom for a virtual Red Carpet Awards ceremony.
Due to the pandemic, NewTV had to cancel their Annual Meeting + Red Carpet Awards this past March. They still want to honor the hard work of their producers and members from 2019, so they’ll be celebrating virtually next Thursday.
Please RSVP with Brian Hebert at brianh@newtv.org, if you plan to attend the Zoom ceremony.

Pro Arte's Fall Salon Series: Salon 1
2020-09-24 20:00 - 22:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
The Fall Salon Series takes place entirely online. Each of these six concerts premieres at 8pm on Thursday night and will be available to watch through the following Sunday. On the night of the premiere, the performance will also be followed by a live Q&A session with that night’s musicians. Tickets for each performance are $20 for an individual or $35 for families. Click here to purchase tickets.

Salon 1:
Lyrical, tender, charming, warm, majestic… These are a just a few words that apply equally to Florence Price’s String Quartet in G Major and Beethoven’s Opus 127 Quartet in E Flat Major. Though separated by a century, each groundbreaking genius overcame adversity to create these two works which express profound humanity and beauty. Beethoven struggled to compose his Op. 127 through illness and complete deafness; Price (perhaps the most notable African American women composers of the early 20th Century) composed her gorgeous G Major Quartet despite enduring systemic racial disadvantages. Through these works, both artists show us a roadmap to beauty, triumph, and our better selves.

Florence PRICE, String Quartet in G Major

BEETHOVEN String Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 127

MUSICIANS
Liana Zaretsky, violin
Julia Cash, violin
Emily Rome, viola
Leo Eguchi, cello
