Newton Cultural Alliance

Newton Piano Summit 2023
2023-05-13 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-05-07 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-05-06 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
The Newton Piano Summit 2023 season is on with 8 concerts running for two consecutive weekends in May. This season will feature Classical, Latin, Jazz, and more at Second Church in Newton. Admission is free and donations are welcome.

Class: Capturing Your Voice with Podcasting
2023-05-13 13:00 - 15:00 | NewTV, 23 Needham St, Newton, MA, 02461, United States
Next up in NewTV’s in-person class schedule is Capturing Your Voice with Podcasting!
In this course taught by Lena Chehaiber, students will learn how to set up, edit, and submit their very own podcast. We will review podcasting techniques, as well as fundamentals of the ins-and-outs of running your own podcast show.
Join us on Saturday, May 13th at 1:00PM for this class. There are only 7 seats available per class session, so don’t wait!
Classes are free and open to all NewTV Members. Not a member? Not a problem! Visit https://newtv.org/join to learn about all the perks of an affordable NewTV membership.

All Newton Music School presents Music in May
2023-05-08 09:00 - 15:00 | All Newton Music School, 321 Chestnut St, West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
Music in May
Saturday, May 21, 9:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Each May, All Newton Music School students are given an opportunity to perform in front of their families, friends, and community members at this annual music festival. For over 30 years, ANMS has held Music in May, an event that brings the ANMS community together to participate in classical music performances, musical theater shows, outdoor rock band concerts, and more.

Cappella Clausura presents Three Women
2023-05-07 16:00 - 17:00
Three Women, Historic Season Finale!

For the final program of our 2022-2023 season, we are honored to present a 20th-anniversary celebration of the Boston Women’s Memorial.
Join us for this landmark event as we present world-premiere compositions inspired by the memorial’s subjects and learn about the history of the sculpture from the artists and activists who made it happen!

WORLD PREMIERE MUSIC BY
MELIKA FITZHUGH, EMILY LAU, & INES VELASCO

PRESENTATIONS BY
MEREDITH BERGMANN, SCULPTOR
& SUSAN WILSON, PUBLIC HISTORIAN

Presented by Cappella Clausura, with Suffrage100MA, Boston Women’s Heritage Trail, Sculptor Meredith Bergmann, and Historian Susan Wilson

Newton Family Singers Concert
2023-05-07 16:00 - 17:00
Spring 2023 Concert: Bruce Springsteen
Please join us Sunday, May 7, 4:00 pm for the next Newton Family Singers concert! This season we will be performing the music of one of the greatest songwriters of all time, iconic “rock ‘n’ roll poet”, Bruce Springsteen!
More details coming soon, but for now save-the-date!

Newton Art Association: Opening Reception
2023-05-07 13:00 - 15:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States

Paul Rishell & Annie Raines
2023-05-06 19:30
The Allen Center / Cherry Street Music presents a fabulous Americana duo!
For 30 years Paul Rishell & Annie Raines have been hailed as one of the world’s best blues duos. They have recorded 6 albums together including the W.C. Handy Award-winning Moving to the Country (2000), and received numerous award nominations from the Blues Foundation. They have performed and recorded with John Sebastian, Susan Tedeschi, Pinetop Perkins, and Rory Block. They have opened for Ray Charles, Dr. John, and Little Feat, and performed on international radio and TV shows including Late Night with Conan O’Brien and A Prairie Home Companion. They continue to perform American roots music and their own compositions at festivals, concert halls, and clubs all over the world.
Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 at the door.
Read more at https://paulandannie.com/

Andromeda Belly Dance presents The Spring Hafla
2023-05-06 19:00
Saturday, May 6, 7:00 pm
Andromeda Belly Dance presents The Spring Hafla (Arabic word for party), a bi-annual multicultural showcase of dance ranging from MENAHT (Middle Eastern, North African, Hellenic, Turkish) to Asian, Balkan, and Eastern European styles.

First Church in Chestnut Hill presents On Broadway
2023-05-04 19:00 - 21:00
First Church in Chestnut Hill presents “On Broadway”. Our professional pianist and quartet will perform selections from Rent, Hamilton, My Fair Lady, Carousel, Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables and more. The concert is free and open to the public. All are welcome to enjoy a night of broadway fun!

First Church in Chestnut Hill presents "On Broadway"
2023-05-04 19:00 - 21:00

Spring Winds!
2023-04-30 15:00 - 16:30 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
The members of Pro Arte’s wind section perform a colorful, exciting program perfect for a spring day.
PROGRAM
György LIGETI Sechs Bagatellen für Bläserquintett
Karl GOEPFART Quartet, Op. 93
Louise FARRENC Sextett in c-moll, Op. 40
Ann Bobo, flute
Nancy Dimock, oboe
Ian Greitzer, clarinet
Robert Marlatt, horn
Ron Haroutunian, bassoon
Rebecca Plummer, piano

All Newton Music School presents Borrowed Melodies
2023-04-30 14:00 - 15:00 | All Newton Music School, 321 Chestnut St, West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
Title: Borrowed Melodies: An afternoon of piano music not written for piano.

Description: Piano Faculty, Alex Thomas, performs works by Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Bach and Stravinsky which have been adapted for piano. Explore the rich history of piano transcription and the colorful stories behind the music.

🎟️: FREE
🗓️: Sunday, April 30, 2023
Time: 2:00 PM

TICKETS/RSVP

PROGRAM:
Liszt/Mozart
“Lacrymosa” from Requiem in D minor
Liszt/Schubert
“Der Wanderer” from 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert
Liszt/Schumann
“Widmung” from Myrthen, Op. 25, No. 1

Bach/Busoni
“Chaconne” from Partita No. 2 in D minor

Thomas/Purcell
“Dido’s Lament” from Dido and Aeneas

Liszt/Wagner
“Isolde’s Liebestod” from Tristan and Isolde

Agosti/Stravinsky
The Firebird Suite

Danse infernale du roi Katchei

Bercueus

Finale

Newton Open Studios
2023-04-30 11:00 - 17:00, 2023-04-29 11:00 - 17:00
Newton Open Studios 2023!
April 29 & 30
Saturday and Sunday, 11am to 5pm, indoor and outdoor locations.
Bring a mask to wear indoors as needed – many indoor locations will require them. Please honor artist preferences; follow any posted COVID precautions while you are guests in each location. Thank you!

Newton Free Library: Spring Fling
2023-04-29 18:30 - 20:30 | Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
The Board of Library Trustees invite the community to their annual Spring Fling Fundraising Gala on Saturday, April 29th 6:30pm at the Newton Free Library. This special in-person event will feature:

MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES & LIBRARY APPEAL
Christa Delcamp

HONORED GUEST AUTHORS
Tom Perrotta & Robert Waldinger, M.D.

Tickets on sale now! Buy here!

Food by Bakers’ Best Catering and beverages by Dion’s Fine Wine

Faculty Concert & Reception, Suzuki School of Newton
2023-04-29 18:00 - 20:00 | Newton Presbyterian Church, 75 Vernon St., Newton, MA, United States
Suzuki School of Newton presents our popular Faculty Concert, followed by a reception for all. Featuring a variety of musical selections of diverse genres and on various instruments. Tickets benefit the James Thornblade Memorial scholarship fund. In-person event and online viewing also available via Facebook livestream.

Newton Open Studios
2023-04-29 08:00 - 2023-04-30 17:00
Save the Date for Newton Open Studios

All Newton Music School presents Up Close & Musical
2023-04-28 18:30 - 19:30 | All Newton Music School, 321 Chestnut St, West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
Listening to your teachers perform chamber music together enhances the music lesson experience. These concerts are one hour in length and presented in a relaxed setting.

All Newton Music School presents Up Close and Musical : Faculty Concert
2023-04-28 18:30 - 19:30 | All Newton Music School, 321 Chestnut St, West Newton, MA, 02465, United States

Newton Community Chorus presents Brahms German Requiem
2023-04-26 08:00 - 17:00 | Eliot Church of Newton, 474 Centre St, Newton, MA, 02458, United States
NCC’s spring concert with guest soloists and full orchestra.
Eliot Church of Newton474 Centre S t.Newton Corner
Saturday, May 13 – 8:00 pm
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Tickets are now on sale on our Concerts page.
You won’t want to miss the glory and majesty of this magnificent piece – and help us celebrate 41 years of our Newton chorus.

Newton Theatre Company presents In the Time of the Butterflies
2023-04-15 20:00 - 21:00, 2023-04-15 14:00 - 15:00, 2023-04-14 20:00 - 21:00, 2023-04-13 20:00 - 21:00 | Saint John’s Episcopal Church, 96 Otis Street, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
In the Time of the Butterflies by Caridad Svich

Based on the novel by Julia Alvarez
Directed by Carla Mirabal Rodríguez
April 13th at 8pm
April 14th at 8pm
April 15th at 2pm
April 15th at 8pm
Join us at Saint John’s Episcopal Church
96 Otis Street, Newtonville MA
Caridad Svich’s adaptation of Julia Álvarez’s 1994 novel In The Time of the Butterflies follows four sisters known as the “Mariposas” (Butterflies), Patria, Dedé, Minerva, and Mate as they live through the dictatorial regime of Gen. Rafael Leónidas Trujillo in the Dominican Republic in the early 20th century. The sisters were real historical figures, and while this is a fictionalized account of their lives, in actuality they inspired resistance cells throughout the country.
As the play unfolds, audiences journey through time, and experience the interior lives of the activist sisters from the beginning of the dictatorship, to decades later as their story is being told by an older Dedé to an American Journalist.
In The Time of the Butterflies is a powerful, beautiful, poignant play about family, love, and fighting for freedom.

Highland Glee Club presents A Spring Romance
2023-04-15 15:00 - 17:00 | War Memorial Auditorium, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton, 02459, United States
The men of the Highland Glee Club usher in the spring! Songs of Schubert, Romberg, Gershwin and Porter. Sarah Robinson Seeber conducting.

Amherst Early Music Classes
2023-04-15 08:00 - 2023-04-16 16:30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Weekend Classes April 15 & 16

All Things Hurdy And Gurdy, with Kevin Devine

1:00 – 2:30 pm, 15 April 2023

Kevin
Devine
harpsichord

Class Description

From its origins in early medieval Europe, the hurdy-gurdy has captured the imaginations of musicians, audiences and artists. This curious and compelling instrument has worn many mantles over the centuries: solemn fixture in sacred rituals, staple at the courts of kingdoms of legend, rabble rouser at raucous parties and companion of genteel ladies and blind beggars. Discussion topics include the timeline of the instrument and where one may have found it throughout history, the repertoire and where to source it, and contemporary communities and marketplaces for hurdy-gurdies. Participants with their own hurdy-gurdies will be encouraged to demonstrate their instruments in class. Open to all.

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Contrapuntal Quandries for Two, with Alison Melville, recorder

3:00 – 4:30 pm, 15 April 2023

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Three’s Company: Trios for Viols from the Tudor and Stuart Eras, with Lawrence Lipnik and Rosamund Morley

3:00 – 4:30 pm, 16 April 2023

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Scandinavian Cultural Center presents Lecture on Anders Zorn
2023-04-11 19:00 - 20:00
Lecture on Anders Zorn
Tuesday, April 11, 7:00 pm
The Scandinavian Cultural Center will host a lecture with Dr. Johan Cederlund, Museum Director at the Zorn Museum. His presentation will focus on the works, life, and legacy of Anders Zorn, a Swedish master painter who attained international success as a painter, sculptor, and etching artist.

Newton Nomadic Theatre Presents: Theatre Cabaret Mashup
2023-04-08 19:30 - 21:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
Come enjoy a grab bag of all sorts of short form entertainment – short plays, improv, musical spoofs, film scenes, and monologues!
We’ve put together a fun program of twelve short pieces featuring a great cast of ten actors:
Stephen Cooper, Valerie David, Eliza Epstein, Sam Fleishman, Nicole Galland, Ned Gulley, Megan Henderson, Lori Korn, Luke Olivier, and Sofia Pjura.
Directed by Nicole Galland
Featuring pre-show live music by Will Baird!
April 8th, 7:30 PM

Venue information:
The Allen Center
35 Webster Street
Newton, MA 02465
Buy your tickets here!
