Newton Cultural Alliance

An online series on the history & nature of Jewish choral music
2021-02-14, 2021-02-13, 2021-02-12, 2021-02-11, 2021-02-10, 2021-02-09, 2021-02-08, 2021-02-07 and 6 more dates | 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

Newton Art Association's High School Senior Art Scholarship
2021-02-13, 2021-02-12, 2021-02-11, 2021-02-10, 2021-02-09, 2021-02-08
For more than 30 years the Newton Art Association (NAA) has recognized art students through the NAA High School Senior Scholarship Program. NAA strongly believes that talented students deserve to be acknowledged for their artistic accomplishments.
Senior students who go to high school in Newton or are residents of Newton are eligible to apply for the scholarships. Consistently, the submitted artworks reveal an extensive range of creativity across all media, including painting, drawing, collage/mixed media, photography, jewelry, fabric art and 3D works.
Awards are based on an overall assessment of the senior’s creativity, artistic expression, technical skills, and personal statement. The recipients share $3,000 in scholarship money.
Eligible students can apply online from February 8 through March 30, 2021. A virtual award ceremony will be held May 5. Details about the program and online application process can be found on the NAA website. If you know a talented high school senior, encourage them to apply.

New Art Center presents: Valentine's Day Wine & Serenade
2021-02-12
Are you looking for a unique gift for Valentine’s Day? Let us send your special someone a video Valentine serenade from award-winning actor and beloved New Art drama instructor, Danny Bolton along with a bottle of wine and chocolate pairing from Flora’s Wine Bar! Choose from 2015 Guerrieri Rizzardi Tachetto Bardolino Classico or 2017 Diego Conterno Nascetta, with chocolate.
Flora’s Wine Bar will deliver wine and chocolate to your Valentine’s door, and New Art will email a personalized message with a linked recording on Friday, February 12. Delivery is available for Newton residents only. If your Valentine lives outside of Newton, you may pick up the wine and chocolate from Flora’s Wine Bar for hand-delivery. Click here for more info.

Newton Free Library presents: The System, Who Rigged It, How We Fix It
2021-02-11 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Millions of Americans have lost confidence in our political and economic system. With the characteristic clarity and passion that has made him a central civil voice, Robert B. Reich shows how wealth and power have interacted to install an elite oligarchy, eviscerate the middle class and undermine democracy. Join us for an engaging conversation with Mr. Reich on his latest book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It.
Christopher Lydon, host of the original podcast, Open Source, heard in Boston on WBUR, will moderate.
Robert B. Reich is chancellor’s professor of public policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations and has written fifteen books, including The Work of Nations, which has been translated into twenty-two languages, and the bestsellers The Common Good, Saving Capitalism, Supercapitalism and Locked in the Cabinet.
Space is limited, please register here. Login information will be sent the day of the event. Please note, registration closes two hours before the event start time.
If you’d like to borrow, The System, from the library please reserve it here. If you would like to own a copy, they are available at Newtonville Books.

Newton Free Library presents: Create Your Own Comics
2021-02-10 18:30 - 19:30, 2021-02-03 18:30 - 19:30
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: Ilana Zaks on Violin
2021-02-08 19:00 - 20:00
Jewish-American violinist, Ilana Zaks, has been described as “fearless, refreshing and commanding…she has all the requisites of technique, confidence and sensibility for a major career.” (Boston Music Intelligencer) Ilana graduated from New England Conservatory where she studied with Donald Weilerstein. Since summer of 2013 Ilana has been a member of the Perlman Music Program, where she studies with the legendary Itzhak Perlman. Details on the repertoire will follow.

The YouTube link to the concert will be posted here a couple of days before the event.

Newton Art Association presents: Painting with Cold Wax Medium - Demo with Debra Claffey
2021-02-07 14:00 - 16:00
An introduction to cold wax medium and techniques to use it in painting and mixed media work. We will cover all the basics so that you will understand how and, more importantly why, you might incorporate using cold wax medium into your artistic practice. Click here for more information.

Pro Arte's Winter Salon Series: Salon 2
2021-02-04 20:00
The Winter 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.
Thursday, February 4th: “Ravel and Dohnányi”
PROGRAM:
RAVEL Sonata for Violin and Cello
DOHNÁNY Serenade for String Trio, op.10
Coleridge-Taylor PERKINSON Movement for String Trio

MUSICIANS:
Julia Cash, violin
Aron Zelkowicz, cello

Newton Free Library presents: 'Legacy of Love' virtual screening
2021-02-04 19:00
Join Writer, Producer and Director, Roberto Mighty, for a virtual screening of his new documentary, Legacy of Love, as recently seen on WGBH-TV. The film, hosted by EMMY award winning newscaster and Pastor Reverend Liz Walker, reveals the mostly unknown story of Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott’s formative years in 1950’s Boston – where they met as students, fell in love, and started on the road to becoming worldwide leaders and iconic symbols for the rights of oppressed people all over the world. The half hour documentary also highlights the influence of Coretta Scott’s leftist politics on their mutual trajectories. Taking stylistic cues from narrative filmmaking, this documentary explores their romantic relationship and their dreams for a life of activism and family. In terms of storytelling, Legacy of Love utilizes living witnesses, historical dramatizations, music and original illustrations.
A Q and A with Mr. Mighty will follow. Cosponsored by the Newton Human Rights Commission.
The Zoom login information will be sent the afternoon of the program. Registration closes two hours prior to the event start time.

New Art Center presents: Artist Talk with Sophy Tuttle
2021-02-04 17:30 - 18:30
Join us on Zoom for our winter Artist Talk Series featuring contemporary artists whose work examines climate and the environment.
Sophy Tuttle is an interdisciplinary artist based in Lowell, MA. Her work is focused on the natural world, our place in it, and the conflicts and collaborations we find ourselves in everyday with nature. Her science-based murals and paintings use natural imagery to bring humans closer to their wild neighbors and highlight important environmental and social justice issues.
In this lecture, Sophy will speak about her work as a muralist and installation artist, as well as about other artists who are working with the same themes of nature, research, and environmental activism within art.
Click here for more information.

Newton Free Library presents: Kamala's Way - An American Life
2021-02-02 19:00 - 20:00
Join Dan Morain, author of the new biography, Kamala’s Way: An American Life, for a discussion of America’s new Vice President, Kamala Harris. During his time as a reporter with the Los Angeles Times and editorial editor with the Sacramento Bee, Morain covered Kamala Harris’s rise to power as a deputy district attorney in Alameda County to District Attorney to California Attorney General to U.S. Senator to the first Black, South Asian and female Vice President in our country’s history. Learn how the daughter of two immigrants of color in segregated California became one of America’s most effective power players. Morain will be joined in conversation by Liz Goodwin, deputy bureau chief for The Boston Globe in Washington, DC.
If you’d like to borrow the book from the library you can reserve it here.
Autographed copies of Kamala’s Way will be available for sale before and during the event from our bookstore partner Wellesley Books. Contact them here. 10% of the proceeds from your sale will be donated to the host library of your choice.
Registration will end two hours before the event start time. Zoom login information will be sent the evening of the program.
