Culture and Education
Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: Push (2019) screening
Scandinavian Cultural Center 206 Waltham St, Newton, MA, United StatesWHY CAN’T WE AFFORD TO LIVE IN OUR CITIES? PUSH is a new documentary from award-winning Swedish director Fredrik Gertten, investigating why we can’t afford to live in our own cities anymore. Housing is a fundamental human right, a precondition to a safe and healthy life. But in cities all around the world, having a place…
Newton Art Association presents: Demo with Irena Roman – Watercolor
Newton Art Association Newton, MAIrena Roman is a signature member of The American Watercolor Society, The Transparent Watercolor Society of America, The Watercolor USA Honor Society and The New England Watercolor Society. A recipient of The American Watercolor Society’s High Winds Medal of Honor and the Ralph Smith Memorial Award Irena has also twice received the Watercolor West Award…
Newton Theatre Company presents Macbeth
The Woman's Club of Newton Highlands 72 Columbus St, Newton, MA, United StatesThis winter, Newton Theatre Company will bring you one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies– with a twist! Macbeth By William Shakespeare January 21-23 The Woman's Club of Newton Highlands 72 Columbus St, Newton, MA 02461 An all-woman ensemble takes on Shakespeare's tragedy about the infamous Scottish king and queen and the dark consequences of their murderous…
Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: “Men of Terror” Book Talk
Scandinavian Cultural Center 206 Waltham St, Newton, MA, United StatesBOOK TALK: MEN OF TERROR – A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF VIKING COMBAT A lecture by Dr. William R. Short Viking society revolved around violence, as seen in their myths, poetry, law codes, pictures, and even in their house architecture. One Viking, a man named Fraði, was memorialized on a runestone raised 1000 years ago and…
Newton Theatre Company presents Macbeth
The Woman's Club of Newton Highlands 72 Columbus St, Newton, MA, United StatesThis winter, Newton Theatre Company will bring you one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies– with a twist! Macbeth By William Shakespeare January 21-23 The Woman's Club of Newton Highlands 72 Columbus St, Newton, MA 02461 An all-woman ensemble takes on Shakespeare's tragedy about the infamous Scottish king and queen and the dark consequences of their murderous…
Newton Theatre Company presents Macbeth
The Woman's Club of Newton Highlands 72 Columbus St, Newton, MA, United StatesThis winter, Newton Theatre Company will bring you one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies– with a twist! Macbeth By William Shakespeare January 21-23 The Woman's Club of Newton Highlands 72 Columbus St, Newton, MA 02461 An all-woman ensemble takes on Shakespeare's tragedy about the infamous Scottish king and queen and the dark consequences of their murderous…
Newton Theatre Company presents Macbeth
The Woman's Club of Newton Highlands 72 Columbus St, Newton, MA, United StatesThis winter, Newton Theatre Company will bring you one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies– with a twist! Macbeth By William Shakespeare January 21-23 The Woman's Club of Newton Highlands 72 Columbus St, Newton, MA 02461 An all-woman ensemble takes on Shakespeare's tragedy about the infamous Scottish king and queen and the dark consequences of their murderous…
Historic Newton presents: Boston’s Great Innovations
ONLINE United KingdomWhat makes Boston one of the world's top innovation centers? Join Robert Krim and Alan Earls, co-authors of Boston Made: From Revolution to Robotics-Innovations that Changed the World, as they reinterpret Boston history through the lens of innovation. Trace four centuries of this history to learn about scientific discoveries, groundbreaking social policies, and other innovations -…
Newton Art Association presents: Demo with YoAhn Han
ZoomPaper cutting (YUPO) with a concept of “Negative and Positive” space and paper collages with diaphanous patterns YoAhn Han is a Korean painter based in Boston whose work is a visual dialogue between suppression and desire, a duality which speaks to both his experience of cerebral arteriovenous malformation and to his bifurcated cultural identity. He…
Historic Newton presents: Half American – The Epic Story of Black Americans Fighting WWII
ONLINE United KingdomFor Black Americans World War II was about not only America’s standing in the world but also about how much actual freedom would exist in the United States. Black troops fought bravely in combat and they formed the backbone of the U.S. military’s supply effort, all while fighting in a segregated military. Black veterans returned…