Culture and Education
New TV presents Future Forward Gala
Boston Marriott Newton 2345 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton, MA, United StatesNewTV is pleased to announce their inaugural Future Forward Gala on September 30, 2025 beginning at 6:00PM. The Gala will take place at the Boston Marriott Newton, located at 2345 Commonwealth Avenue. Like most community media centers, NewTV is funded primarily by a surcharge on the cable bill of local cable subscribers. With more and…
Film Screening of An Uncommon Education: The Allen School
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesHistoric Newton, West Newton Cinema, and Newton Cultural Alliance are excited to present a showing and panel discussion of the film "An Uncommon Education: The Allen School"! Join us on Tuesday, October 14 to view the original film (released in 2023) followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with the filmmakers. Tickets are $20 and…
West Newton Cinema Reads: The Bostonians
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesIn Boston, in the aftermath of the Civil War, Verena Tarrant (Madeleine Potter), a gifted young orator, has attracted the attention of Olive Chancellor (Vanessa Redgrave), who wishes to nurture Verena as an inspirational force for the Women’s Movement. Ranged against her is Basil Ransom (Christopher Reeve), a handsome male chauvinist, who wants Verena as…
Parisian Colors: Between Line and Light
Newton Presbyterian Church 75 Vernon St., Newton, MA, United StatesJoin the award-winning Poiema Trio for an evening of French chamber music where elegance meets daring. From Ravel’s shimmering Trio to Boulanger’s radiant D’un matin de printemps and Fauré’s lyrical late Trio, discover the vibrant palette of sound that defined Paris in the early 20th century. Poiema Trio, dedicated to sharing the joy of chamber…
Jack Lemmon: A Centennial Tribute!
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesOur hottest event of the season, West Newton Cinema will present the Jack Lemmon 100th Anniversary Celebration from October 24–26, 2025, marking the centenary of the birth of one of Hollywood’s most celebrated actors and Newton’s own native son. One of the most beloved actors in movie history, Jack Lemmon (1925–2001) was born John Uhler…
West Newton Cinema presents There Was, There Was Not
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesIn THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOT, myth and reality intertwine to reveal the lives of four Armenian women facing the loss of their homeland. What began as a quiet observation of their daily lives became, after the war in Artsakh, an urgent chronicle of survival — a cinematic act of memory and resistance. The film…
West Newton Cinema presents Behind the Screen: Nouvelle Vague
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesNOUVELLE VAGUE is Richard Linklater’s love letter to the magic of French New Wave cinema, as he reimagines the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless (1960), the film that established Godard’s signature place in the history of cinema. The film is about a young and impulsive criminal in Paris and his American girlfriend. In Nouvelle Vague…
Sy Montgomery & E.B. Bartels: A Turtle Celebration
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesWest Newton Cinema Reads and Newtonville Books present: Famed naturalist Sy Montgomery, author of THE TRUE AND LUCKY LIFE OF A TURTLE, and E. B. Bartels, author of GOOD GRIEF, together for a talk and book signing to benefit the Turtle Survival Alliance! Our day begins with a turtle meet and greet. Sy and E.B.…
Behind the Screen: It Was Just an Accident
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesIT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT marks another remarkable act of defiance by Jafar Panahi, one of the most courageous filmmakers of our time. Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, the film is a tense, darkly humorous thriller about Vahid, a mechanic who believes he has reencountered Eghbal, the intelligence officer…
West Newton Cinema presents Producers Circle: Nine
West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United StatesJoin us for a special evening with filmmakers Jeremy S. Levine and Rachael DeCruz as they share a rough cut and discuss the making of their documentary, "Nine". In this contemplative, immersive documentary, we see two men’s parallel lives unfold, separated by generations and bound together by experience. In Act I, Nine interweaves the lives…