April Vacation Week: Eager Engineers

Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds 286 Waverley Ave,, Newton, MA

Calling all kid engineers! Spend your spring break completing hands-on design challenges and crafts, each around a different daily theme. Build a boat that can float, design a transit system, construct a working Ferris wheel, invent something totally new, and more! Come to one or more sessions: each day will be different. Suitable for kids…

Free – $6

April Vacation Week: Eager Engineers

Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds 286 Waverley Ave,, Newton, MA

Calling all kid engineers! Spend your spring break completing hands-on design challenges and crafts, each around a different daily theme. Build a boat that can float, design a transit system, construct a working Ferris wheel, invent something totally new, and more! Come to one or more sessions: each day will be different. Suitable for kids…

Free – $6

Book Talk: Abelardo Morell

Allen Center for the Arts 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, United States

Abelardo Morell will speak about his new book, an examination of the photographs he created over the past twenty-five years. Suggested Donation: $20

April Vacation Week: Eager Engineers

Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds 286 Waverley Ave,, Newton, MA

Calling all kid engineers! Spend your spring break completing hands-on design challenges and crafts, each around a different daily theme. Build a boat that can float, design a transit system, construct a working Ferris wheel, invent something totally new, and more! Come to one or more sessions: each day will be different. Suitable for kids…

Free – $6

Newton Theatre Company presents KINDERTRANSPORT

Saint John's Episcopal Church 96 Otis Street, Newton, MA, United States

KINDERTRANSPORT by Diane Samuels Directed by Melissa Bernstein Between 1938 and the outbreak of war, almost 10,000 children, most of them Jewish, were sent by their parents from Germany to Britain. Nine-year-old Eva ends up in Manchester. Over forty years later, she has changed her name to Evelyn and denied her roots. It is only…

Newton Theatre Company presents KINDERTRANSPORT

Saint John's Episcopal Church 96 Otis Street, Newton, MA, United States

KINDERTRANSPORT by Diane Samuels Directed by Melissa Bernstein Between 1938 and the outbreak of war, almost 10,000 children, most of them Jewish, were sent by their parents from Germany to Britain. Nine-year-old Eva ends up in Manchester. Over forty years later, she has changed her name to Evelyn and denied her roots. It is only…

Newton Theatre Company presents KINDERTRANSPORT

Saint John's Episcopal Church 96 Otis Street, Newton, MA, United States

KINDERTRANSPORT by Diane Samuels Directed by Melissa Bernstein Between 1938 and the outbreak of war, almost 10,000 children, most of them Jewish, were sent by their parents from Germany to Britain. Nine-year-old Eva ends up in Manchester. Over forty years later, she has changed her name to Evelyn and denied her roots. It is only…

Newton Baroque presents Harmonic Joys for Musical Friends

Allen Center for the Arts 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, United States

Harmonic Joys for Musical Friends Friday, May 3, 7:30 pm Newton Baroque performs arias presumed to be surviving remnants from the many German-language operas Erlebach composed at the court in Thuringen. Sadly all of the operas were destroyed in a fire. These gems leave us wondering what we could have enjoyed. The concert at The Allen Center…

Linda Plaut Festival of the Arts at The Allen Center

Allen Center for the Arts 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, United States

The 9th Annual Linda Plaut Newton Festival of the Arts is back. The Festival will be a three-day event with The Allen Center hosting the 2nd day on May 18th. The Festival held from May 17-19th will have tons of styles of music with something for everyone to enjoy! All festival performances are free, accessible and…

Sofia Talvik – Concert at Scandinavian Cultural Center

Scandinavian Cultural Center 206 Waltham St, Newton, MA, United States

Mark your calendars for an enchanting evening in West Newton! Folk/Americana artist Sofia Talvik is set to perform at the Scandinavian Cultural Center on Thursday, April 25th, 2024. This special concert will be an excellent showcase of Sofia's evocative melodies and rich storytelling, all within a venue that celebrates her Swedish heritage. Born and raised…

$20