Newton Theatre Company Presents FUN HOME
2025-09-26 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-27 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-27 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-10-03 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-10-04 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-10-04 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Saint John’s Episcopal Church, 96 Otis Street, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Based on Alison Bechdel’s groundbreaking graphic memoir, Fun Home is a refreshingly honest, funny, and deeply moving musical about growing up, coming out, and discovering the secrets that shape our families. As Alison looks back on her childhood and her relationship with her enigmatic father, she unravels the moments—both big and small—that helped her find her voice. With its intimate storytelling and unforgettable score, Fun Home invites audiences on a journey of memory, identity, and self-discovery.
Fun Home will run for three weekends. Get your tickets now!
September 19th, 2025 at 8:00pm
September 20th, 2025 at 2:00pm
September 20th, 2025 at 8:00pm
September 26th, 2025 at 8:00pm
September 27th, 2025 at 2:00pm
September 27th, 2025 at 8:00pm
October 3rd, 2025 at 8:00pm
October 4th, 2025 at 2:00pm
October 4th, 2025 at 8:00pm
Seating is intimate and limited, so get your tickets now! Fun Home is recommended for ages 13+.
All performances are at:
St. John’s Episcopal Church, DiMauro Hall
​96 Otis Street, Newtonville, MA

A Taste of the Season at The Allen Center
2025-10-03 19:00 - 21:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
A Taste of the Season: Friday October 3rd, 7pm
The Allen Center’s Lucky 13th year’s musical season will open with A Taste of the Season, presenting vignette performances by several of the artists represented during the year including Karen Walwyn (Steinway Artist), Maxim Lubarsky, Allison Eldredge, and Julia Glenn (Lydian Quartet), as well as presenting the opening of mixed-media works by artist Laura Scheuerell including Steinway Series Reimagined. In celebration of the season ahead, a curated spread of food and drink will elevate the evening. Buy Tickets.

Explorations in Sound at The Allen Center
2025-10-04 19:30 - 21:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
Explorations in Sound: Saturday, October 4th, 7:30 pm
Internationally known jazz pianist Maxim Lubarsky and vocalist/ composer Gabriela Martina will perform works from their most recent CD release and collaboration, Explorations in Sound. Buy Tickets.

Steinway Alive at The Allen Center
2025-10-05 15:00 - 17:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
Welcoming Our New Steinway Concert Grand Piano
To complete our opening weekend celebration, renowned Steinway artists Max Levinson and Karen Walwyn will present works for piano to celebrate the new partnership between The Allen Center and M. Steinert & Sons, followed by a champagne reception. Buy Tickets.

Harvest and the Hunt
2025-10-18 15:00 - 16:30 | the allen center, 35 Webster Street, West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
Fall is in the air! Prepare to celebrate the extraordinary beauty of autumn with The Highland Glee Club Men’s Chorus. Warm tones of the season for mannercor, followed by an Oktoberfest-style reception complete with beer and pretzels! Gorgeous part-songs of Schumann, Brahms, Mendelssohn, and more, along with festive Czech folksongs celebrating the harvest. All in the wooded, intimate space of Newton’s Allen House. Don’t miss it. Info and tickets at www.highlandgleeclub.com

Parisian Colors: Between Line and Light
2025-10-18 19:00 - 20:00 | Newton Presbyterian Church, 75 Vernon St., Newton, MA, United States
Join 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 music with audiences of all demographics, infuses their performances with spontaneity, imagination, and storytelling. Poiema formed in the summer of 2023 at the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival after bonding over a shared affinity for folk traditions and improvisation and falling in love with making music together over many late night reading sessions. In their time together, they have performed and taught workshops across the eastern half of the US and are recipients of the 2024 Gold Medal Prize from the Ninth International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition. The vibrant members have backgrounds in historical performance, folk, jazz, and production, hold degrees from the Juilliard School and the Cleveland Institute of Music, and are currently working on arranging folk tunes for piano trio. Their name, “Poiema,” means poetry at the intersection of beauty and brokenness, a poignant reminder of an artist’s true calling.

Schubert Winterreise at The Allen Center
2025-10-19 15:00 - 17:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
Schubert Winterreise: Sunday October 19th, 3pm
Acclaimed baritone Philip Lima and pianist Tudor Bota will perform one of the most profound song cycles in the classical repertoire, Franz Schubert’s Winterreise. Buy Tickets

Folk/Americana House Concert - Reed Foehl and Putnam Murdock
2025-10-26 16:00 - 18:00 | House Of Play House Concerts, Newton, MA, 02461, United States
Street singer- turned songwriter- Reed Foehl’s music tells stories of the human condition with a lyric and voice that push the boundaries while paying homage to tradition. Dusty and patient his music is genuine Folk/Americana. He was nominated for a grammy for his song “Fly” which was covered by country legend “ Lee Ann Womack”. His five studio albums have put him on the map of the publishing world, garnering placements in both film and television.
“Reed has the ability to transport the soul, a true master. One of the great songwriters of our time.” Gregory Alan Isakov
“ From traditional folk ballads to barroom sing-alongs, this tunesmith’s emotional, deeply personal lyrics and indelibly infectious choruses…leave the listener with an overriding sense of optimism” (Glide Magazine) — something we could all use a little more of these days.”
“Reed’s songs hit you in the heart, and everything else falls away.” Anais Mitchell
www.reedfoehlmusic.com
$30 suggested minimum donation goes 100% directly to the musicians.

40th Anniversary Boston Jazz Voices Concert
2025-11-02 15:00 - 17:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
Join Boston Jazz Voices as we celebrate 40 years of making beautiful music together.
The group was founded in 1985 by a bunch of barbershoppers looking to expand their musicianship by singing the great arrangements of Gene Puerling, The Singers Unlimited, and The Hi-Los. This concert will include songs from each decade of our history.
Reception to follow.

Bay Colony Brass presents “Salute to Service: Honoring our Veterans”
2025-11-08 19:30 - 21:30 | Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
Bay Colony Brass presents “Salute to Service: Honoring our Veterans”
Saturday, November 8, 2025 – 7:30 pm
Second Church in Newton | 60 Highland Street | West Newton, MA
Music director Philip Sanborn leads Newton’s 20-member BAY COLONY BRASS in a free concert in honor of Veterans Day, featuring Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man” and John Williams’ “Hymn to the Fallen.” Through generous grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Newton Cultural Council, and other local cultural councils, the inaugural class of high school musicians in the Bay Colony Brass Youth Program will be featured in the performance.
FREE ADMISSION
Parking is available adjacent to the building at Second Church in Newton. Parking lots are accessible from either Highland Street or Chestnut Street.
Access for those with limited mobility is available immediately uphill from the sanctuary via the side driveway or drive-up entrance through the main doors to the sanctuary.
Learn more about Bay Colony Brass at www.baycolonybrass.org.

Lydian String Quartet at The Allen Center
2025-11-13 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-13 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-01-15 19:30 - 21:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
An Open Rehearsal
The Naumberg Award-winning Lydian String Quartet, recently named Ensemble in Residence at The Allen Center, will deliver the four open rehearsals with two Beethoven quartets framing contemporary works that demonstrate Beethoven’s lasting influence and providing new context for listening and understanding these canonical works in today’s world. Buy Tickets.

Singer-songwriter Antje Duvekot at House Of Play House Concerts
2025-11-14 19:00 - 21:00 | House Of Play House Concerts, Newton, MA, 02461, United States
Antje has extensive touring experience, criss-crossing the US and Europe many times. She has performed at The Newport Folk Festival, Mountain Stage, and The Philadelphia and Kerrville Festivals. Internationally, she’s headlined The Celtic Connections Festival in Scotland and the Tonder Festival in Denmark. She’s the winner of the three top prizes in the singer-songwriter world: The Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition, the prestigious Kerrville (TX) “Best New Folk Award” and The Boston Music Award for “Outstanding Folk Act”.
“This is a brilliant, brilliant album. I have had this reaction once in the last 10 years and that was the first time I heard Patty Griffin.”
– Rolling Stone music editor Dave Marsh
“Duvekot has gotten hotter, faster than any local songwriter in recent memory. Her songs feel at once fresh faced and firmly rooted, driven by the whispery sensuality of her voice. She believes in the redemptive power of the shared secret; and is utterly unafraid to mine the darkest corners of her life for songs that turn fear into resilience and isolation into community.” The Boston Globe
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Come join us for our next house concert in this up close and intimate setting. Drinks, snacks, and plenty of joy provided. You must register in advance at the website below or at houseconcertsnewton@gmail.com with your name and phone number. A confirmation and address with then be sent to you. This concert will sell out!

CONCERT BY CHAMBER MUSIC FOR YOUR CAUSE
2025-11-16 15:00 - 17:00 | Scandinavian Cultural Center, 206 Waltham St, Newton, MA, 02465, United States
Join us for a one-hour concert presenting music by Johannes Brahms, Max Bruch, Leonard Bernstein, and John Williams. Musicians are Paulette Bowes, clarinet; Scott Woolweaver, viola; Dennis Alves, tenor, and Rita Moerschel, piano.
Refreshments to be served following the performance.
“Chamber Music for YOUR Cause” was created by Paulette Bowes, former Executive Director of the All-Newton Music School, to use music as a way to support non-profit organizations in Newton. All ticket sale revenue goes directly to supporting the services and programs of Newton at Home.

Pro Arte presents Brahms Second Sextet
2025-11-23 15:00 - 16:30 | Grace Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge Street, Newton, MA, 02458, United States
Join members of Pro Arte’s string players for Brahms’ String Sextet No. 2. Brahms masterpiece is a complex and ethereal work known for its rich counterpoint and emotional depth, which moves from gloom to transcendence. Tickets and info at proarte.org/concerts/brahms-second-sextet.

Boston's Brilliance at The Allen Center
2025-11-23 15:00 - 17:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
Boston’s Brilliance: Friday, November 23rd, 3 pm
A virtuoso ensemble of celebrated artists, including BSO violinist Alexander Velinzon, BSO violist Cathy Basrak, cellist Allison Eldredge, and Steinway pianist Max Levinson, returns to The Allen Center for an evening of chamber music to include Robert Schumann’s breathtaking Piano Quartet. Buy Tickets.

Suzuki School of Newton Faculty Concert
2025-11-23 16:00 - 17:00 | Newton Presbyterian Church, 75 Vernon St., Newton, MA, United States
Event: Suzuki School of Newton Faculty Recital
Description: Faculty performing classical favorites!

Sunday, Nov. 23rd, 4-5 PM

Newton Presbyterian Church
75 Vernon St. Newton, MA 02458

Tickets:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/ssn-faculty-concert

Highland Glee Club presents Holiday Angelsong
2025-12-06 15:00 - 16:30 | Christ Episcopal Church, 1132 Highland Ave., Needham Heights, MA, 02494, United States
Warm and brighten up your holiday season this year with The Highland Glee Club Men’s Chorus! We proudly present Holiday Angelsong, a program of some of the most beautiful music ever written for the holidays. Palestrina, Franck, Schubert, Praetorius, Mendelssohn, Rubinstein, and our own Dan Wulf! With star tenor Connor Vigeant and special guests mezzo soprano Jessica Erving and violinist Eleanor Markey(2023 HGC Music Award winner). Reasonably priced at $20 in advance ($25 at the door) with children attending free. Plenty of free, easy parking. What’s not to love? Get your tickets today.
Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 3 pm. at Christ Episcopal Church 1132 Highland Ave. Needham, MA
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/angelsong

Newton Presbyterian Church presents ArsNova Concert (Yagmur Soydemir)
2025-12-06 19:00 - 20:30 | Newton Presbyterian Church, 75 Vernon St., Newton, MA, United States
Newton Presbyterian Church
December 6, 2025 @ 7:00 pm
Newton Presbyterian Church 75 Vernon St, Newton Corner, MA 02458, United States

Come and join Turkish flutist Yagmur Soydemir for an inspiring evening of her original compositions!

The Newton Family Singers Present “Dancin' on Sunshine: An inter-generational sing-along dance party”
2025-12-07 16:00 - 18:30 | Regis College’s Casey Theatre, 235 Wellesley St, Weston, MA, 02493, United States
What the world needs now is joy, movement, inspiration and some sunshine! And NFS is bringing it with this season’s fun and uplifting show “Dancin’ on Sunshine” featuring music by the Bee Gees, Avicii, Kygo and Whitney Houston including such hits as “We Are Family” and “Walking on Sunshine” to “Vivir Mi Vida” and “Vogue.”
This season we are partnering with our sister choir, Arlington’s Family Folk Chorale, for TWO big shows! We will perform this show twice, so you have double the opportunity get your groove on!
In this time of global uncertainty and upheaval, our goal is to create moments of joy and inspiration for our communities!
Each show will feature both choruses performing together — over one hundred singers together, with you, in unison, dancing, sharing joyful and uplifting music.
Family Folk Chorale show: November 23rd, 2025 4:00pm: Arlington Town Hall, 30 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, MA
Newton Family Singers show: December 7th, 2025 4:00pm: Regis College, Casey Theater, 235 Wellesley St, Weston, MA
Get your tickets now at https://www.newtonfamilysingers.org/events.html

Suzuki School of Newton presents Violin & Viola Concert
2025-12-13 17:00 - 18:30 | newton community stage, 15 Walnut Park, Newton, M, 02458, United States
Suzuki School of Newton violin & viola students and faculty present a concert of Suzuki, classical repertoire!

Stefan Jackiw & Friends at The Allen Center
2025-12-18 19:30 - 21:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
Stefan Jackiw & Friends: Thursday December 18th, 7:30pm
Violinist Stefan Jackiw with pianist Kevin Ahfat, will present the Prokofiev Violin Sonata in D and duos with clarinetist Yoonah Kim by Schubert and Mozart. Allison Eldredge and Kevin Ahfat will join Jackiw and Kim in the Walter Rabl Piano Quartet. Buy Tickets.

Commonwealth Chorale Auditions
2026-01-06 17:30 - 18:45, 2026-01-13 17:30 - 18:45 | First Baptist Church in Newton, 848 Beacon St, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Commonwealth Chorale seeks singers of all voice types who have strong vocal and sight-reading skills. We are especially looking for tenors and basses. The 2025-2026 season marks Commonwealth Chorale’s 50th Anniversary and will be filled with special performances.
In March, we will perform a new arrangement of Mozart’s beloved Requiem by English composer Howard Arman along with two Psalm settings by 19th-century Brazilian composer Jose Maricio Nunes Garcia. In May, we conclude our celebration with Martín Palmeri’s tango-influenced Misa a Buenos Aires (“Misatango”). The program will also feature tango works with tango orchestra and tango dancers! We conclude with Argentinian Alberto Ginastera’s Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah, written while Ginastera was living in the USA after being targeted by the Perón regime for supporting civil liberties.
Auditions will be held by appointment on January 6th and 13th from 5:30 to 6:45. Auditions are held at our rehearsal location at First Baptist Church, 848 Beacon Street in Newton Center, a few minutes’ walk from the Newton Center stop on the “D” Green Line. There is also plenty of parking behind the church and on adjacent streets.
We have scholarships to reduce costs for singers 30 and under! See website for details: https://commonwealthchorale.com
To apply for an audition, click here: https://commonwealthchorale.com/join-us
