Newton Cultural Alliance

All Newton Music School: Broadway Bound Online Class
2020-11-21 13:45 - 14:30, 2020-11-21 13:00 - 13:45, 2020-11-19 17:00 - 17:45 (America/New_York) | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Actors will spend the Semester creating and exploring imaginative characters, learning choreography, and proper singing technique with director, composer, and playwright Kelvyn Koning; an experienced musical theatre educator.
Broadway Bound will allow each actor to sing, dance, deliver lines, and be part of a virtual theatrical ensemble which builds presence and self-confidence.
Creative and engaging instructor Mr. Kelvyn will work with the young actors ideas to compose original music and scenes for each class as they prepare a virtual world premiere production!
Before filming, the student will be provided with a Broadway Bound “Backstage” Box with all the costume pieces and props needed to film their scenes, songs, and choreography with flair!
Click here for registration.
Ages 5-7 years
Sept. 12 to Jan. 16 – Saturdays: 1:00 – 1:45 pm
Ages 8-10 years
Sept. 10 to Jan. 7 – Thursday: 5:00 – 5:45 pm
Sept. 12 to Jan. 16 – Saturday: 1:45 – 2:30 pm

New Art Center online: The Collaged Landscape Workshop
2020-11-21 13:00 - 16:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.

Using collage can really improve your design and understanding of the landscape. It is also a wonderful way of creating a beautiful work of art using unconventional materials. Working online live with Jill Pottle, one week will focus on drawn and painted forests, and the other on collaged cities. In this 2-session workshop, students will use found materials (magazines, decorative papers and old books, etc.) for shape, value, color, and texture as they create a work of art. In addition, students will make their own collage materials to use. This class will be freeing, expressive, and fun. All levels are welcome. See website for materials list.

Newton Theatre Kids presents: Fall Workshop Series
2020-11-21 08:00 - 17:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Newton Theatre Kids is proud to present our Fall Workshop Series! These one-time-only virtual workshops are the perfect opportunity for the young performers in your life to experiment with new types of theatre, connect with peers, and flex their creative muscles. With topics ranging from Shakespeare to Musical Theatre to 10 Minute Plays and classes available for students in grades 2-12, we are thrilled to continue providing a variety of outlets to engage your children!
To learn more about each workshop and to register, click here.

SCC Virtual Screening: When the Raven Flies
2020-11-21, 2020-11-20, 2020-11-19, 2020-11-18 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Hrafn Gunnlaugsson‘s first Viking film, where he presents a new concept of the Viking era, destroying the stereotype Hollywood image. Set in the middle Ages, the film tells the story of the revenge of Gestur, an Irishman who as a child witnessed the murder of his parents by two Norwegian Vikings, the foster-brothers Thór and Erik, and the taking of his sister as a slave. Gest follows their trail to Iceland and incites their mutual distrust and hatred. His sister stands between two men: the one who once ravished her, the father of her beloved son, and her brother, whom she has also learned to love, and who now wants to rescue her and to avenge their parents’ death.
Film followed by a Q & A with writer and director Hrafn Gunnlaugsson. Interviewed by author of Norse Mythology for Bostonians: A Transcription of the Impudent Edda, Rowdy Geirsson and author illustrator of Barbarian Lord, Matt Smith.
The film is 109 minutes with English subtitles, and will be available to watch online from Sunday, November 15th until Tuesday, November 15th. Cost is $15 ; $7 for SCC Members. Click here to watch trailer and learn more.

SCC Virtual Screening: Pelle the Conqueror
2020-11-21, 2020-11-20, 2020-11-19, 2020-11-18 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Join us for a 30th anniversary remastered version screening of Pelle the Conqueror. The film won the Palme d’Or at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival The film also won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, 1988; it was submitted to the Academy by the Danish government, giving Denmark its second consecutive win after Babette’s Feast.
Lasse, an elderly and widowed farmer, and his young son Pelle, join a boat-load of immigrants to escape from impoverished rural Sweden to Denmark’s Baltic island of Bornholm. They are employed at a large farm in Denmark, where they are treated as the lowest of the low. It is ultimately their loving relationship which sustains them through a difficult year.
The film is 150 minutes, and will be available to watch online from Friday, November 13th until Friday, December 11th. Click here to watch the film’s trailer and learn more about how to watch.

Boston Ballet presents: Forsythe Elements
2020-11-21, 2020-11-20, 2020-11-19 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
From new choreographic voices to narratives you know by heart, enjoy live dance like you have never seen it before. Dance where you are with Boston Ballet’s first-ever virtual season BB@YourHome; six programs that feature fresh creations, signature works, and classical ballet favorites captured live in-studio and streamed directly to you. A digital subscription allows you to enjoy each production with your entire household. With each subscription, you support our dancers, fuel new art-making, and invest in Boston Ballet’s future. Subscribe today, or click here to learn more about virtual performances.
Forsythe Elements
November 19 – 29
Join choreographic genius William Forsythe for an in-depth look at his incredible work, past and present. With live-captured excerpts from our studio, Forsythe personally leads a conversation on dance, music, form, and function with Boston Ballet dancers, encouraging us all to think physically.

An online series on the history & nature of Jewish choral music
2020-11-21, 2020-11-20, 2020-11-19, 2020-11-18 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
These audio and video podcasts, presented by Zamir Chorale of Boston, can serve as an introduction to the field of Jewish Choral Music. But caveat lector, these are not comprehensive; they provide only an introduction to the field. Readers may follow up with the many texts and websites that are listed elsewhere in this website: https://www.jewishchoralmusic.com/podcasts

New Art Center online: Drawing, Painting, Collage GR 6-8
2020-11-20 16:30 - 18:00 | Zoom
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.

Longer class! Explore techniques of drawing, painting and collage. The focus this semester will be on form and space – learning to make your work look 3-D and to show distance. Experiment with color, shape and composition, and learn how to use different art materials individually and together to create more sophisticated artworks. This class is excellent for all levels of experience.
Dates: Sep 25 – Dec 18
Details: Fridays, 10 Sessions
Times: 4:30PM – 6:00PM
Venue: Live Online Learning (Zoom)
Notes: No class 11/27

Newton Free Library presents: ELL Twentieth Century Women - Bridging Cultures/Breaking Barriers
2020-11-20 13:00 - 14:30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
ELL Twentieth Century Women: Bridging Cultures/Breaking Barriers is a free conversation group on Zoom for high intermediate to advanced adult English learners. In this class, we will examine and discuss the lives of 20th (and 21st) century women who challenged societal barriers in their pursuit of careers in fields as varied as athletics, business, government and law, humanities, medicine, and the sciences.
The group meets on 8 Friday afternoons, beginning on October 2, 2020.
Limited to 8 students. Online registration (required) begins September 10 at 9:00 am.
When you register, you sign up for all 8 Friday afternoon sessions.
Click here to register.

New Art Center: Glass Fusing - Sushi Set
2020-11-20 10:00 - 12:30 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Learn the basics of glass fusing techniques and play with colored glass pieces, glass powders and frits, stringers and glass beads. After a series of fun exercises, you’ll design and create two 4” x 4” plates and one 4″ x 13″ channel plate. All materials provided. Safety note: wear closed toe shoes; safety glasses provided. Visit website to register.

Pro Arte's Fall Salon Series: Salon 5
2020-11-19 20:00 - 22:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
The Fall Salon Series takes place entirely online. Each of these six concerts premieres at 8pm on Thursday night and will be 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.
Salon 5: Program details coming soon.

Historic Newton: History Book Club
2020-11-19 19:30 | Zoom
Historic Newton’s History Book Club meets regularly to discuss books about history. Meetings are free and open to all. Simply read the designated book in advance and come prepared to discuss it at the meeting. Click here to learn more about the club.
The History Book Club of Historic Newton meets to discuss The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher Clark. In its review the New York Times wrote: “Clark gives us a thoroughly comprehensible and highly readable account of the polarization of the continent.” Read the book in advance and join us for the discussion, which is free and open to all. To be added to the History Book Club mailing list to receive the Zoom link, email social@historicnewton.org.

Newton Art Association: Don't negate your own creativity!
2020-11-19 19:00 - 20:30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Join Beacon Gallery owner and International Society of Appraisers member Christine O’Donnell for this second of four workshops.

Come and learn from Christine O’Donnell, through her knowledge as a gallery owner and appraiser, in how to ensure that your creative enterprises do not go to (physical or digital) waste. From disorganized spaces on and offline, poorly framed works, acid burns on paper, to poorly shot digital photographs, this workshop will discuss it all: best practices in framing and hanging, how to maintain artwork for the long run, and best practices for your digital photographs and records (with a focus on those who are not adept with digital photography – this is not a workshop for those who know photoshop!). Bring questions, conundrums and ideas! Click here to register.

New Art Center: Gesture, Color, Painting
2020-11-19 18:30 - 20:30 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
This exciting class will bridge the methods of gesture drawing with abstract painting. Students will investigate intuitive mark-making as the base for an abstract painting, and explore ways that color heightens the work. They will explore the relationship between line, shape and color, and look at art from the present and past to better understand the possibilities. Students will use both drawing materials and acrylic paint to create a series of works on canvas. See website for materials list.

Kolot Nashim: Jewish Music by Women Composers
2020-11-17 19:30 - 20:30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
For many centuries the world of professional music-making had been an exclusive 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.
The first of a two-part concert and conversation series, Kolot Nashim: Jewish Music by Women Composers, 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. We also will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote and pay tribute to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Each program will be co-hosted by Zamir’s Artistic Director, Joshua Jacobson, and conductor and Zamir alumna, Lidiya Yankovskaya. Our November event will feature composers Nurit Hirsh, Alice Parker, and Meira Warshauer, as well as performances of their music.

Newton Free Library online: "The Color of Law" Author Richard Rothstein
2020-11-17 18:30 - 20:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
In, The Color of Law, A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, author Richard Rothstein argues with exacting precision and fascinating insight how segregation in America is the byproduct of explicit government policies at the local, state and federal levels. Join us for a virtual session with Mr. Rothstein. The talk will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by FORJ, the program cosponsor. Attendees will come away with a deeper understanding of the systemic issues that contribute to housing inequities, particularly as Newton engages in a comprehensive review of its zoning codes.
Registration is required. Please register here.
In preparation for this event, attendees are encouraged to watch the the 17-minute video, Segregated by Design, which was written and narrated by Richard Rothstein and directed by Mark Lopez.
This program is part of Overdue: Confronting Race and Racism in Newton, a city-wide read and series of events and conversations on race and racism and is cosponsored by the League of Women Voters/Newton.
Check out this guide for more anti-racism resources. You can order a copy of The Color of Law from Newtonville Books.

New Art Center online: Painting Believable Light - "Glow"
2020-11-17 13:00 - 17:00 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
What makes a painting “glow?” What is the glowing quality that appears in the work of many master painters? How does an artist make this happen? To communicate a feeling of believable light in a painting, and to make a painting glow, artists must make certain decisions early in the painting process. This class includes a comprehensive exploration of the “glow factor.” Topics will include texture, transparency, color, and discussions about the creative process challenges. For intermediate and advanced painters. See website for materials list.
Dates: Sep 15 – Dec 1
Details: Tuesdays, 12 Sessions
Times: 1:00PM – 5:00PM
Venue: Washington Park
