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Newton Free Library presents: Exploring the Universe Part 2 – Caught in the Cosmic Web
Newton Free Library presents: Exploring the Universe Part 2 – Caught in the Cosmic Web
Join 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…
New Arts Center presents: Outdoor Landscape Painting
New Arts Center presents: Outdoor Landscape Painting
This class for acrylic and/or oil painters will explore the unique challenges of landscape painting and provide students with the skills to render space two-dimensionally. We will be working outdoors, or if the weather is bad, working indoors using photographs and books. Students will learn composition, light, and shading, and the effects of light on…
Historic Newton presents: Virtual Paddle Tour of the Charles River
Historic Newton presents: Virtual Paddle Tour of the Charles River
From 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…
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Newton Free Library presents: Make a Pollinator Hotel
Newton Free Library presents: Make a Pollinator Hotel
Join 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…
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New Arts Center presents: Outdoor Landscape Painting
New Arts Center presents: Outdoor Landscape Painting
This class for acrylic and/or oil painters will explore the unique challenges of landscape painting and provide students with the skills to render space two-dimensionally. We will be working outdoors, or if the weather is bad, working indoors using photographs and books. Students will learn composition, light, and shading, and the effects of light on…
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Historic Newton presents: That’s Entertainment – Norumbega Park’s History of Fun
Historic Newton presents: That’s Entertainment – Norumbega Park’s History of Fun
Learn about popular American entertainment by following Norumbega Park from its start as a “trolley park” at the end of the Commonwealth Avenue streetcar line through its heyday as an escape for young people to explore independence and love at the Totem Pole Ballroom. Images from "Norumbega Park and the Totem Pole Ballroom," a book…
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New Arts Center presents: Outdoor Landscape Painting
New Arts Center presents: Outdoor Landscape Painting
This class for acrylic and/or oil painters will explore the unique challenges of landscape painting and provide students with the skills to render space two-dimensionally. We will be working outdoors, or if the weather is bad, working indoors using photographs and books. Students will learn composition, light, and shading, and the effects of light on…
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Boston Ballet’s Back-to-School Open Houses
Children 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…
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Newton Free Library presents: Ed Popielarczyk – Magic Show
Newton Free Library presents: Ed Popielarczyk – Magic Show
Bring the whole family together for an afternoon filled with magic and wonder! Ed Popielarczyk is a professional magician, balloon sculptor, and storyteller who has been entertaining children and family audiences for over 35 years. His magic show uses a lot of audience participation so don't miss out on this opportunity to join in the…
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New Arts Center presents: Outdoor Landscape Painting
New Arts Center presents: Outdoor Landscape Painting
This class for acrylic and/or oil painters will explore the unique challenges of landscape painting and provide students with the skills to render space two-dimensionally. We will be working outdoors, or if the weather is bad, working indoors using photographs and books. Students will learn composition, light, and shading, and the effects of light on…
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New Arts Center presents: Outdoor Landscape Painting
New Arts Center presents: Outdoor Landscape Painting
This class for acrylic and/or oil painters will explore the unique challenges of landscape painting and provide students with the skills to render space two-dimensionally. We will be working outdoors, or if the weather is bad, working indoors using photographs and books. Students will learn composition, light, and shading, and the effects of light on…
Newton Free Library presents: Graphic Novel Trivia for Kids and Families
Newton Free Library presents: Graphic Novel Trivia for Kids and Families
Can't get enough of Dogman, Lunch Lady, or Narwhal and Jelly? Come to our Graphic Novel Trivia night just for kids and their families! No restrictions on team size. One registration per team. A reminder email and the Zoom link will be sent out the day before the event. Registration is required and will close…
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NewTV presents Cones ‘n Cars Ice Cream Social
NewTV presents Cones ‘n Cars Ice Cream Social
NewTV will host an end-of-summer Ice Cream Social. Dust off your saddle shoes and iron the poodle skirt for Cones 'n Cars, a 1950s-themed ice cream social and classic car show! Enjoy a scoop or two from Cabot's and the RCN Ice Cream Truck, or try some baked goods while you peruse some souped-up rods provided by the Boston…
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Newton Free Library presents: Coral Reef Canvas Painting
Newton Free Library presents: Coral Reef Canvas Painting
Paint a coral reef and sea life on a canvas! Looking up from the bottom of the sea we will create a painting using dramatic silhouettes of coral reef and sea life in black paint. Using different tones of blue mixed with white, your eye will be drawn to the starburst of sunlight above. This…
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Newton Free Library presents: Twisted Sisters – Killer Hurricanes of the 1950s
Newton Free Library presents: Twisted Sisters – Killer Hurricanes of the 1950s
Join Eamon McCarthy Earls for a wild ride as he dives into the history of the Twisted Sisters, four storms – Carol, Edna, Connie and Diane – that hammered New England and the Northeast all in a period of 12 months during the 1950s. These storms brought devastating winds, pounding waves, record tidal surges and…