Newton Cultural Alliance

Newton Presbyterian Church presents A Christmas Carol
2025-12-11 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Newton Presbyterian Church, 75 Vernon St., Newton, MA, United States
Neil McGarry returns to Newton Presbyterian Church for his 12th season performing “A Christmas Carol.” Join us this holiday season in exploring Charles Dickens’ immortal classic. A tale of tragedy, of ghosts, of the audacity of hope and the true spirit of Christmas.
This one-man tour de force is an IRNE-award-winning performance, and not to be missed!
Drinks and light refreshments will be provided.
Tickets Available Here
Newton Presbyterian Church, 75 Vernon Street in Newton, MA

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!

New Art Center presents Teen Build Your Art Portfolio class
2025-12-15 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-12-22 17:30 - 19:30, 2025-12-29 17:30 - 19:30, 2026-01-05 17:30 - 19:30, 2026-01-12 17:30 - 19:30, 2026-01-19 17:30 - 19:30, 2026-01-26 17:30 - 19:30, 2026-02-02 17:30 - 19:30 and 16 more dates | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Teen Build Your Art Portfolio class // All Levels // GR 8-12 // Mondays with Mattea Weinberg
This all-levels class is perfect for teens looking to build strong skills and prepare a competitive portfolio for college art programs. Students will draw from life, experiment with materials, and create meaningful, finished pieces—all with the support and guidance of an experienced instructor. Whether applying to art school or simply wanting to grow as an artist, this class offers the structure and feedback teens need to succeed.

West Newton Cinema presents Director's Spotlight: Drink and Be Merry
2025-12-18 19:00 - 20:30 | West Newton Cinema, 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
ABOUT THE FILM
Set at a struggling New York dive bar in the days approaching Christmas, 2019, Chet (Jefferson White), a beleaguered bartender in a state of extended arrested development, must balance taking care of his difficult regulars, who have nowhere else to go, and rely on him for far more than pouring drinks, with his naive desire to muster some Christmas Spirit.
Q&A FOLLOWS THE SCREENING
ADAM VOLERICH
Filmmaker and Podcast Producer
The set is his natural habitat and the crew his family. His films have screened and been awarded at festivals worldwide. His latest short film, MISPRINT, premiered on Omeleto, and his feature directing debut, DRINK AND BE MERRY, is available to rent or buy.
Adam is also the co-creator of the hit film podcast EYE OF THE DUCK on the Morbid Podcast Network for SiriusXM. He also produced and developed the Signal Award Winning and Ambie and Webby Nominated narrative fiction podcasts AMERICAN HOSTAGE (Amazon Originals), starring Jon Hamm (soon to be a TV Show from Shawn Ryan and MGM+), and THE FOXES OF HYDESVILLE (QCODE), starring Carey Mulligan, for Criminal Content.
ETHAN WARREN
Author
Ethan Warren is the author of The Cinema of Paul Thomas Anderson: American Apocrypha, and the forthcoming When I Paint My Masterpiece: The Cinematic Dylan.

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
