Newton Cultural Alliance

New Rep Theatre presents: Listen to Sipu
2021-06-12 17:30, 2021-06-11 17:30, 2021-06-10 17:30, 2021-06-07 17:30, 2021-06-06 17:30, 2021-06-05 17:30 (America/New_York) | The Commander’s Mansion, 440 Talcott Avenue, Watertown, MA, 02472, United States
Listen to Sipu – A Watertown Historical Moving Play

By Morgan (Mwalim) J. Peters
Directed by Jaime Carrillo

Following the success of New Rep’s first Historical Moving Play, the Charles W. Experience, audiences were clamoring for more. Listen to Sipu answers the call with a captivating and powerful story that illuminates Watertown’s Indigenous history. Join in on a socially-distanced performance lead by a modern-day Tour Guide and meet Sipu, a quick-witted Indigenous woman who’s more than willing to correct misinformation when she hears it. Armed with facts, The Tour Guide begins describing Watertown’s local history only to find that the facts are missing a lot of truths. Sipu is ready to step in and set the record straight, as long as audiences are ready to listen. Click here to buy tickets.

Songs O' the Sea
2021-06-12 08:00 - 13:00 | Hyde Bandshell, 90 Lincoln Street, Newton, MA, 02461, United States
The Highland Glee Club is thrilled to present its first concert appearance since the pandemic began along with their new Music Director Sarah Telford. Songs of the Sea, performed at the Hyde Bandstand in Newton, will include seafaring shanties, an audience singalong, a Gilbert and Sullivan triptych featuring star “patter” baritone Tom Frates, and a tribute to families who have suffered losses due to the pandemic. Attendees are encouraged to bring chairs, sunhats, and picnics! Admission is free, but donations will be gratefully accepted. Voyage here for more details.

Mary Stuart: A Collaboration of Song and Text
2021-06-11 20:00 - 21:30 | Hyde Bandshell, 90 Lincoln Street, Newton, MA, 02461, United States
Two queens; one throne. Two women pitted against each other in a man’s world. Find out who wins this renaissance-style game of thrones in a sharp new adaptation of Schiller’s drama.
Starring Linda Goetz as Queen Elizabeth, Sarah Brooke Vanaman as Mary, Queen of Scots, and Tatiana Ramos as Lord Burleigh.
Music by Lady Mary Dering and Miss Abrams performed by the musicians of Cappella Clausura.
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Newton Free Library presents: The Cooking Gene with Michael Twitty
2021-06-10 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
This program is presented in partnership with the Groton Public Library. Please register here.
For African American culinary historian Michael W. Twitty there was a giant hole in the story of American cooking as big as the one in the story of most African American families. Putting the microscope on himself, Michael decided to fully trace out his family history through the story of Southern and American food. Using genetic research, historic interpretation, nature study, heirloom gardening and interviews with contemporary voices in food, his journey led him back to his family’s origins in West and Central Africa and a front ring seat in the debate over race and food in American life. Join Michael W. Twitty for an engaging evening moderated by Chef Bill, a Massachusetts-based chef and author. You can follow Michael Twitty on his popular blog, Afroculinara.
Registration for this program will end two hours before the start time. The login information will be sent just after registration closes. Please be sure to check your spam folder in case it lands there.

Newton Free Library presents: Create Your Own Comics
2021-06-09 18:30 - 19:30, 2021-06-02 18:30 - 19:30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Do you like Dogman, Narwhal & Jelly or the Babysitters Club? Come learn about how to make your own comics! We will meet on the first two Wednesdays evenings: February through June. Learn about the ways you can make your comics go KA-POW! as we write, draw, and share. Join us for this beginner’s creative writing workshop for children in third and fourth grade. A reminder email and zoom link will be sent out prior to the first session.
Online registration is required and begins Wednesday, January 20 at 6:30pm.
When you register, you register for ALL 10 sessions: 2/3, 2/10, 3/3, 3/10, 4/7, 4/14, 5/5, 5/12, 6/2, and 6/9.

Newton Free Library presents: Earth Matters - Folk Concert with the Barbara Cassidy Band
2021-06-08 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Join the Barbara Cassidy Band for a YouTube live concert of folk, pop and original songs about the earth, nature and natural resources.
Registration for this program will end two hours before the start time. The login information will be sent just after registration closes. Please be sure to check your spam folder in case it lands there.

Suzuki School of Newton presents: June Solo Recitals
2021-06-06 15:00 - 18:00, 2021-06-05 15:00 - 18:00 | Zoom
Join the students of the Suzuki School of Newton on Zoom for the virtual June Solo Recitals! You can see the hard work the students put into polishing their pieces. They will be in three sessions on Saturday June 5th and Sunday June 6th — one at 3:15, 4:15 and 5:15. The Zoom link will be given out in our Friday Upbeats, or by request upon sending an email to email@suzukinewton.org.

Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: Live and In Person - Oskar Stenmark
2021-06-05 13:00 | Scandinavian Cultural Center, 206 Waltham St, Newton, MA, 02465, United States
Oskar Stenmark and Alex Pryrodny met in New York City 2014 and formed a strong bond over improvisation, jazz and folk music. Now, they are taking their artistic collaboration to a new level by performing live for the first time since 2019. Their focus is now on classical music, paying homage to Scandinavian composers such as Grieg, Stenhammar, Sibelius and Nielsen. This is a project that Oskar originally planned for 2020 but the pandemic slowed down the process significantly, this will be their first time playing this music together so get ready for an intimate and meaningful concert.
This concert will happen outside on our front lawn. Please bring chairs and/or umbrellas if needed. Proper distancing and masks required.
Saturday, June 5th | 1pm | $15 for a single ticket, family tickets $45 for 2 adults and minor children; $7 for SCC members. Register here.

New Art Center presents: Glass Mosaic Jewelry Workshop
2021-06-04 14:00 - 16:00 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Using a wide selection of precut colored glass pieces, beads, iridized and dichroic glass, create a mini mosaic inside a pendant/necklace. Once the glass pieces are glued to the metal, grout your pendants with one of the many colored grouts available and clean your pieces. Voila! You’ll be provided a black leather cord necklace for each pendant. A $75.00 materials fee per student for 4 pendants is included in the tuition price.
Additional pendants: $ 15.00 each. The class is open to kids over 10 accompanied by a participating adult. Students must wear close-toed shoes and safety glasses or reading glasses.
Register here.

Newton Free Library presents: Shipwrecks of Cape Cod - Stories of Tragedy & Triumph
2021-06-02 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Cape Cod’s outer beach has always been known for its shipwrecks. Between 1626 and the mid-20th century, this solitary 40-mile stretch of beach and sandbars saw the demise of over 3,000 vessels. It’s been said that if all the wrecks were raised, one could walk from Provincetown to Chatham without getting his or her feet wet. Join Cape Cod historian Don Wilding, author of the upcoming book, Shipwrecks of Cape Cod: Stories of Tragedy & Triumph, for a look back at some of these disasters, ranging from the 1626 stranding of the Sparrow Hawk to the Eldia in 1984 and more.
Since the start of the millennium, Don Wilding has been telling stories of Cape Cod Outer Beach history. An award-winning writer and editor for Massachusetts newspapers since 1985, Don has contributed the Shore Lore history column for The Cape Codder newspaper of Orleans, and is the author of two other books, Henry Beston’s Cape Cod: How The Outermost House Inspired a National Seashore, and A Brief of History of Eastham: On the Outer Beach of Cape Cod.
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Amherst Early Music presents: Memorial Day Weekend Workshop
2021-05-30, 2021-05-29 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Amherst Early Music will hold their online Memorial Day Weekend Workshop on May 29 & 30, directed by Valerie Horst. There are 10 classes to choose from and a free talk with Eric Haas. REGISTER NOW!

West Suburban YMCA presents: Kids Night Out
2021-05-28 18:00 - 21:00 | WSYMCA, 276 Church St, Newton, MA, 02458, United States
Kids Night Out is back! Drop your kids off (grades K-8) at the Y from 6:00-9:00 PM for pizza, a movie, games, arts and crafts, and more. The cost is $30 per child and is open to both members and nonmembers. Call the Welcome Center (617-244-6050) to register.

Newton Free Library presents: Cook Along with Chef Bill
2021-05-26 17:00 - 18:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Cook along or watch as Chef Bill prepares a different dish live on Zoom each month! Formerly a chef at the original Ritz-Carlton/Boston, Chef Bill worked at Harbor Sweets, makers of handmade chocolates in Salem, MA. Now a personal chef, he has provided cooking demonstrations and lessons for Whole Foods, Stonewall Kitchen, Reader to Reader, Monitor Group, and numerous businesses, schools and non-profit organizations.
This month Chef Bill will show us how to prepare Shakshuka, the popular Middle Eastern breakfast/brunch/dinner tomato and egg dish. The list of ingredients and instructions can be found here.
Registration for this program will end two hours before the start time. The Zoom login information will be sent just after registration closes. Please be sure to check your spam folder in case it lands there.

Zamir Chorale presents: Kolot Nashim - Jewish Music by Women Composers
2021-05-25 19:30 - 21:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
For many centuries, the world of professional music making had been an exclusively male bastion in Western civilization. Female composers and public performers were a rarity in Europe and America and it was nearly impossible for them to have their works published or heard on concert stages. Kol ishah – the voice of a woman – was suppressed. Now we are presenting kolot nashim – the voices of many women, restoring them to their deserved position.
“Kolot Nashim,” a year-long program celebrating the many roles of women in Jewish music, is dedicated to the memory of Linda Plaut, the City of Newton’s longtime Director of Cultural Affairs and founder of the Newton Festival of the Arts. The November program, hosted by Josh Jacobson and Lidiya Yankovskaya, commemorated the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote and paid tribute to late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Part II of “Kolot Nashim” is hosted by Josh Jacobson and Amy Lieberman. Register here.
Kolot Nashim’s May program includes

Interviews with composers Benjie Ellen Schiller, with a performance of her “Harninu” (Psalm 81); Elena Kats- Chernin (Sydney, Australia), with a U.S. premiere performance of her Psalm 23; Kirsten and Ken Lampl (Canberra, Australia), with a performance of their “Dirshu.”
A discussion about Naomi Shemer and performance of her “Shirat Hasavim.”
An interview with Achinoam Nini (aka Noa), with a new performance of her and Mira Awad’s “There Must Be Another Way.”

Newton Free Library presents: COVID-19 and Structural Racism
2021-05-25 19:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
The COVID19 pandemic has laid bare the deep racial and economic inequities that persist in U.S. society, providing a crucial opportunity for reflection, reckoning and repair. Structural racism continues to permeate all institutions, including the U.S. healthcare system, which has led to inequitable rates of COVID19 infection and death among low-income people and communities of color, grossly hindering efforts to end the pandemic.
Through a discussion of how racism intersects with housing instability and other structural forces to magnify COVID-related risks both locally and at the national level, Dr. Jen Brody, MD, MPH and Sonja Spears JD, Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer for Boston Health Care for the Homeless, will challenge participants to consider how structural racism threatens the health of all.
This program is part of Overdue: Confronting Race and Racism in Newton.
Please register here. Registration for this program will end two hours before the start time. The Zoom login information will be sent just after registration closes. Please be sure to check your spam folder in case it lands there.

Historic Newton presents: House Tour Enore Presentation & Panel
2021-05-23 09:00 - 17:00, 2021-05-22 09:00 - 17:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Through talent, fearlessness, and marketing genius Maud Howard Brodrick built hundreds of homes in Newton and Wellesley in the 1920s and 1930s, when few women worked in the field. Due to popular demand, we are once again showing video tours that take you inside homes she designed. Tickets also include access to a Zoom panel discussion, “Groundbreaking Women of Newton,” featuring special guests who do innovative work in Newton, on Sunday, May 23 at 3 p.m. Presenting sponsors are The Village Bank and S+H Construction. Purchase tickets ($20 for member, $25 non-member) by clicking here.

New Art Center presents: Cubism Workshop
2021-05-22 14:00 - 17:00 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
At about the same time as the invention of Cubism, Einstein was publishing his early papers on relativity; masks, artifacts and ritual objects from Africa were first exhibited in Paris, and the Eiffel Tower was new. Cubism was invented, in part, as a way of examining and painting stationary objects to incorporate what the object looks like as you move around it, i.e. from different perspectives. Cubism sought to incorporate time as the fourth dimension in the arts.
We’ll start with drawing still-lifes with charcoal, pencil, pen and ink, working from life rather than from Cubist drawings and paintings. Then we’ll begin the painting process using the earth tones of those early cubist paintings for the same reasons. First working out the structure with shapes and values, then bringing colors to it as we progress, much as the Cubists developed their plans. In the last session, we’ll work from a model, and we highlight painting in planes, breaking down curves into prism-like flat sides.
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All Newton Music School presents: Music in May
2021-05-22 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Music in May is our annual all-day recital and performance festival. Students perform with their teacher-specific recital or class. Everyone has a chance to buy tickets to win great prizes in our basket raffle.
This year, on Saturday, May 22nd, the ANMS website will transform into our Virtual Music in May featuring recitals, music theater performances, raffles, and our Emerging Artists Ceremony. Click here for more information.

Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: Swedish Coaster Making with Pat Olski
2021-05-21 19:00 - 19:30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Join us for a virtual workshop with needlecraft expert Pat Olski.

Learn to make a daisy coaster design made especially for the SCC by Pat. Perfect for your midsummer celebration! Fabric, thread and needle included in the workshop fee.
Friday, May 21st | 7pm | $25; $15 for Members. Register here.
ABOUT PAT: Pat Olski is a professional needlecraft designer, lecturer, and instructor. Her designs and articles, which span an array of topics from traditional needlework techniques to current knitwear trends, have appeared in many books and magazines including Piecework, Vogue Knitting, Knit Simple, and Australia’s Inspirations.

New Art Center presents: Fabric Dyeing and Printing - A Mask Workshop
2021-05-21 11:00 - 14:00 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
We have all been wearing masks for a year now, but is your mask a beautiful handmade work of art? Design and create a fabric mask in this three-day workshop. In session one, students will explore dyeing techniques such as tie-dye and Japanese Shibori. Once students have chosen the colors for their fabrics, they will add patterns designs using carved linoleum stamps in session two. In session three, students will construct and sew their fabric into wearable works of art.
Click here to learn more and register.

Pro Arte's Spring Series: Salon 2
2021-05-20 20:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
The Spring Salon Series takes place entirely online. Concerts premiere at 8pm on Thursday night and are available to watch through the following Sunday. On the night of the premiere, the performance will also be followed by a live Q&A session with that night’s musicians. Tickets for each performance are $20 for an individual or $35 for families. Click here to purchase tickets.
Program:
BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in B-flat Major, op. 11
BRAHMS Clarinet Trio in A minor, op. 114
