Boston Ballet presents: The Nutcracker
Citizens Bank Opera House 539 Washington St, Boston, MA, United StatesLet your dreams come to life Take time for joy with your family and friends at New England's most beloved holiday tradition. With brave toy soldiers, dancing snowflakes, and a tree that grows to the sky, The Nutcracker conjures the childlike wonder in us all. Slip away into the warm drawing room of the Silberhaus…
Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: Push (2019) screening
Scandinavian Cultural Center 206 Waltham St, Newton, MA, United StatesWHY CAN’T WE AFFORD TO LIVE IN OUR CITIES? PUSH is a new documentary from award-winning Swedish director Fredrik Gertten, investigating why we can’t afford to live in our own cities anymore. Housing is a fundamental human right, a precondition to a safe and healthy life. But in cities all around the world, having a place…
Newton Art Association presents: Demo with Irena Roman – Watercolor
Newton Art Association Newton, MAIrena Roman is a signature member of The American Watercolor Society, The Transparent Watercolor Society of America, The Watercolor USA Honor Society and The New England Watercolor Society. A recipient of The American Watercolor Society’s High Winds Medal of Honor and the Ralph Smith Memorial Award Irena has also twice received the Watercolor West Award…
Community Food Pantry Drive
Scandinavian Cultural Center 206 Waltham St, Newton, MA, United States*Please consider participating in the Community Food Pantry Drive now through January 15th in honor of MLK Day. Sponsored by The Rotary Club of Newton and The Village Bank, canned items and other essentials are being collected to benefit Newton Food Pantry, Newton Centre Food Pantry, and the Arabic Baptist Food Pantry. For donation details…
Newton Free Library presents: A Night in the Amazon with Erica Ferencik
ONLINE United KingdomJoin Erica Ferencik for a night in the Amazon! Thirty-foot anacondas; puppy-sized spiders; SUV-length electric eels that can kill you with a glancing blow – these are some of the creatures that Erica encountered on her month-long journey of survival in the Peruvian rainforest while researching her book, Into the Jungle. Her incredible story is sure to thrill all!…
New Art Center Presents: Friday Figure Draw
New Art Center 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, United StatesDetails: Friday, 1 Session Times: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM Enjoy a life drawing open studio with a live model, beginning with quick poses, and ending with an hour pose. The evening will be relaxed but professional, with music, a great model, and the opportunity to purchase wine or beer. No photography allowed. No instruction. For artists…
54th Annual Martin Luther King Day Celebration
*The City of Newton presents a webinar event in honor of the 54th Annual Martin Luther King Day Celebration. The live virtual program is inspired by MLK Jr's. book "Where Do We Go From Here: Community or Chaos." The event will include remarks by Mayor Ruthanne Fuller, David Fleishman, and Kathy Lopes, a sermon by…
Newton Free Library presents: Creating Public TV Shows with Roberto Mighty
ONLINE United KingdomJoin filmmaker, Roberto Mighty, for a session in which he will talk about the process of creating and producing his three new TV shows that are airing nationwide on public television. Learn why World’s Greatest Cemeteries, getting dot OLDER and Legacy of Love are all labors of love for this former college professor who is a former Newton resident!…
Newton Theatre Company presents Macbeth
The Woman's Club of Newton Highlands 72 Columbus St, Newton, MA, United StatesThis winter, Newton Theatre Company will bring you one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies– with a twist! Macbeth By William Shakespeare January 21-23 The Woman's Club of Newton Highlands 72 Columbus St, Newton, MA 02461 An all-woman ensemble takes on Shakespeare's tragedy about the infamous Scottish king and queen and the dark consequences of their murderous…
Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: “Men of Terror” Book Talk
Scandinavian Cultural Center 206 Waltham St, Newton, MA, United StatesBOOK TALK: MEN OF TERROR – A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF VIKING COMBAT A lecture by Dr. William R. Short Viking society revolved around violence, as seen in their myths, poetry, law codes, pictures, and even in their house architecture. One Viking, a man named Fraði, was memorialized on a runestone raised 1000 years ago and…