2024 Fall Village Concert Series
2024-09-08 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Trio Newton, 243 Walnut Street, Unit 213, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Newton Community Pride is pleased to announce our 2024 Fall Village Concert Series in Newtonville, Waban, and West Newton! The concerts will take place on three Sundays in September: September 8th, 15th, and 22nd.
All performances are free and accessible to all.

Sunday, September 8
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Newtonville
Trio Courtyard, 845 Washington Street
TRIOLOGY
Mixing Jazz and Latin in eclectic arrangements of old and new, famous and obscure, hot and cool, Triolgy plays a wide variety of material with international influences. Bassist Tal Shalom-Kobi, drummer Itai Meshorer, and singer/pianist Reed Cournoyer originate from different continents and each brings their own unique experience to the group. Experience and enjoy straight-ahead swing, explorations of Latin rhythms, odd-time signatures on Jazz tunes, standards, original compositions, folk melodies, and the occasional pop hit.
Register here

Commonwealth Chorale Auditions
2024-09-10 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. Auditions will be held by appointment on the evenings August 26 and 27 from 6:00 – 9:00 and September 3 and 10 from 5:30 – 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.
Our 2024-25 season includes works by Bach, Orff and Copland.
*NEW!* 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

Newton Theatre Company Presents "The Guys"
2024-09-13 20:00 - 21:45, 2024-09-14 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-09-14 14:00 - 15:45, 2024-09-20 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-09-21 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-09-21 14:00 - 15:45 | St John’s Episcopal Church, Newton, MA, 297 Lowell Avenue, Newtonville, MA, 02460
“We all travel in our track… after 9/11, all over the city, people were jumping tracks”. In post 9/11 New York City, Nick, a fire captain, and Joan, a writer, share their experiences and lean on each other as they write eight eulogies for fallen firefighters. These two strangers navigate their grief through humor, compassion, the written word – and the power of human connection. “We have no idea what wonders lie hidden in the people around us.”
Based on a true story, The Guys follows two individuals less than two weeks after the September 11 attacks – New Yorkers are still in shock. One of them, an editor named Joan, receives an unexpected phone call on behalf of Nick, a fire captain who has lost most of his men in the attack. He’s looking for a writer to help him with the eulogies he must present at their memorial services. Nick and Joan spend a long afternoon together, recalling the fallen men through recounting their virtues and their foibles, and fashioning the stories into memorials of words. In the process, Nick and Joan discover the possibilities of friendship in each other and their shared love for the unconquerable spirit of the city. As they make their way through the emotional landscape of grief, they draw on humor, tango, the appreciation of craft in all its forms-and the enduring bonds of common humanity.
First performed in a hit off-off-Broadway production starring Sigourney Weaver and Bill Murray, The Guys is a timeless drama about the surprising truths people can discover in ordinary lives, and the connections we make with others and ourselves in times of tragedy.
Directed by Newton Public Schools Theatre Teacher Olivia Moriarty, these performances feature NPS Theatre Teachers Paige Perkinson (Joan) and Jeff Knoedler (Nick). Special ticket pricing is available for teachers and first responders.

Walking Tour: Founding Newtonians in East Parish Burying Ground
2024-09-15 14:00 - 15:30 | MA
How does a burying ground tell our local story? Ramble through East Parish Burying Ground as we visit the grave sites of some of Newton’s early English settlers and the location of the 1630s meetinghouse. We’ll also reveal the hidden stories of the Indigenous Massachusett people and enslaved and free Black Newtonians who were not buried there, but whose experience is equally as important in understanding this time period. Please note that the majority of this walk will take place on unpaved, uneven terrain.
Walking tours are $10 for members and $15 for non-members. Register at https://events.humanitix.com/eastparish2024walkingtour. For more information and a complete list of this year’s walking tours visit www.newtonma.gov/HNwalks.

2024 Fall Village Concert Series
2024-09-15 15:00 - 16:00 | Suzuki School of Newton, 1615 Beacon St, Waban, MA, 02468, United States
2024 Fall Village Concert Series

Sunday, September 15
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Waban
Suzuki School of Newton
1615 Beacon Street
CROWES PASTURE
Join Monique Byrne and Andy Rogovin for a night of moving and inspirational songs. The duo, Crowes Pasture, intimately blends vocal harmonies with a unique instrumental style that is best described as “a banjo-guitar romance.” The soulful folk duo has released two EPs and three full-length albums in just six-years, and they are presently recording their third full length album. The origin of the group’s name, Crowes Pasture, comes from the salt marsh and tidal flats on the north side of Cape Cod. Register here

Suzuki School Open House
2024-09-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Suzuki School of Newton, 1615 Beacon St, Waban, MA, 02468, United States
Suzuki School Open House
Sunday, September 15th, 3:00 pm
Suzuki School of Newton hosts an Open House for its preschool program, promoting love and respect for music and learning in students of all ages through musical instrument instruction and preschool education using the philosophy of Dr. Shinichi Suzuki.

Blue Heron presents The Blue Heron Songbook
2024-09-15 15:00 - 17:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
SPECIAL BENEFIT EVENT · THE BLUE HERON SONGBOOK
Sunday, September 15 at 3 pm
at the historic Allen Center in West Newton, MA
Featuring Blue Heron singers Cody Bowers, Paul Guttry, Corey Dalton Hart, David McFerrin, Jason McStoots, Sonja Tengblad, and Sumner Thompson with Brian Moll, piano, and Scott Metcalfe, harp and fiddle.
Celebrate the start of the season and support Blue Heron’s mission at this special event!
The Blue Heron Songbook is an afternoon of early music and contemporary songs performed side by side on an intimate, festive program featuring the incredible broad talent of our Blue Heron singers. Come hear their favorite works from 15th-century Burgundy to Broadway and beyond while enjoying wine and refreshments alongside fellow fans and friends at the historic Allen Center in West Newton. All proceeds benefit Blue Heron’s 2024-25 season of innovative historically informed performances and community outreach efforts.
Capacity is limited—reserve your spot today! Order individual tickets now or sponsor a singer or concert for the season ahead and come as our guests! Your support at any level makes a difference and helps us make more music.

Artist Talk with Lou Jones
2024-09-17 19:00 - 20:30 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
Artist Talk with Lou Jones
Tuesday, September 17, 7:00 pm
The Allen Center is pleased to host an artist talk with Lou Jones, the photographer behind the exquisite exhibition hanging in The Allen Center’s ground-floor gallery space. The PanAFRICA Project aims to create a contemporary visual portrait of modern Africa, using photography and advanced technologies to establish a repository of images for all 54 countries. This collection avoids preconceived Western notions of conflict, pestilence, and poverty, instead documenting Africa’s highlights and inner workings as the most progressive continent of the 21st century. Attend this opportunity to hear directly from the artist about his work.

Capella Clausura presents Songs that Enchant
2024-09-21 16:00 - 19:00, 2024-09-22 16:00 - 19:00 | Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA, 02116, United States
Songs that Enchant
Join Capella Clausura for a concert-length ritual in music: Cappella Clausura’s first concert of the season presents music that transports the listener to a world that blurs the line between dreams and reality. In this magic world, mermaids lure innocent people to their deaths, people are haunted by the ghosts of their dead lovers, the wind carries countless messages, and the most interesting things happen at night. Let us be your guide through this dream-world, as you fall under this spell and emerge transformed by the end. World class pianist Lois Shapiro returns to join us in this magical program, reprising excerpts of Das Jahr, performing lieder with soloists from the choir, and more.
Featuring music by Clara Faisst, Alma Mahler, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Clara Schumann, and Julia Schwartz.
Buy Tickets: https://cappellaclausura.thundertix.com/

Songs that Enchant
2024-09-21 16:00 - 19:00 | Grace Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge Street, Newton, MA, 02458, United States
Songs that Enchant
Join us for a concert-length ritual in music: Cappella Clausura’s first concert of the season presents music that transports the listener to a world that blurs the line between dreams and reality. In this magic world, mermaids lure innocent people to their deaths, people are haunted by the ghosts of their dead lovers, the wind carries countless messages, and the most interesting things happen at night. Let us be your guide through this dream-world, as you fall under this spell and emerge transformed by the end. World class pianist Lois Shapiro returns to join us in this magical program, reprising excerpts of Das Jahr, performing lieder with soloists from the choir, and more.
Featuring music by Clara Faisst, Alma Mahler, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Clara Schumann, and Julia Schwartz.
Buy Tickets: https://cappellaclausura.thundertix.com/

2024 Fall Village Concert Series
2024-09-22 15:00 - 16:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
Newton Community Pride is pleased to announce our 2024 Fall Village Concert Series in Newtonville, Waban, and West Newton! The concerts will take place on three Sundays in September: September 8th, 15th, and 22nd.
All performances are free and accessible to all

ALEXANDER XHOJA TRIO
Alexander Xhoja is a recent Newton South High School graduate and currently attends Berklee College of Music. Alexander is a talented Jazz pianist and received a “Most Valuable Player” award by the Massachusetts Association of Jazz Education in 2023. He has won many state and regional awards for his musicianship and plans to continue developing his craft while studying at Berklee. Joining him for this concert are bassist Lucy Southan and drummer, Harshit Upadhyaya Register here

Museum Makerdays
2024-09-26 11:00 - 15:00 | Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds, 286 Waverley Ave,, Newton, MA, 02458
The school day is over early, and the museum is open! On Newton Public School’s special early release days, stop by Durant-Kenrick House & Grounds to try out a handicraft and make something new to take home with you. This month’s theme is beadwork! Explore the history of the craft and make your own beaded keychain or bracelet to keep. In addition to the craft, you can explore the exhibits and gardens, build with Legos, and play outdoor games.
$5 per person, kids 5 and under are free. Suitable for kids ages 5-15, younger and older siblings welcome. Registration not required; drop in any time during the event. Adults must remain with their child during the program. Let us know you’re interested at: https://form-usa.keela.co/2425EarlyRelease
This is a series, taking place each special early release day in school year 2024-2025, according to the Newton Public School calendar.

Visual Art Exhibit: Bruce Hugh Wilson, Photographs
2024-09-26 18:30 - 20:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
Visual Art Exhibit: Bruce Hugh Wilson, Photographs
Please join us for a very special event in honor of the photographer and friend, Bruce Huge Wilson. His photography work will be on display in our gallery from Sept 26- Oct 25th. There will be an opening Reception on Thursday, September 26th at 6:30 pm.
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Cherry Street Music Presents Oded Tzúr
2024-09-30 19:00 - 20:30 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
Monday, September 30 at 7:00 pm
New York saxophonist Oded Tzúr performs for one night only at The Allen Center. Tzúr is known for giving his instrument a whole new voice — one that is described by The Guardian as a “unique tenor sax whisper.” Get your tickets for an intimate performance with music from Oded Tzúr’s newly released album, My Prophet. Tickets are $25, available here.

Sheffield Chamber Players presents Open Arms, Open Hearts
2024-10-04 19:00 - 21:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
Sheffield Chamber Players open Season 11 with two works—written almost 200 years apart and on different continents— that tap the deepest corners of your soul while lifting you out of the everyday and into the sublime. Shelley Washington’s 2019 String Quartet Middleground overlays rhythmic grooves with sweeping melodies passing between the four voices. Schubert’s transcendent cello quintet shares some compositional DNA with the Washington, particularly an incredible emotional sincerity, and the ability to lift the listener onto beautiful waves as though being carried through the twists and turns of life. Schubert wrote this work in the late summer and early fall of 1828, and it reflects the freedom and joy of summer, alongside autumnal melancholy that perhaps hints at Schubert’s all too short life coming to an end. ~ Sasha Callahan
Tickets Are Available Here

Amherst Early Music Classes
2024-10-05 08:00 - 17:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
AEM ONLINE Oct. 5 & 6
Sign up now for classes with Sarah Jeffery, Arthur Haas, Martha McGaughey, Marilyn Boenau, and Na’ama Lion!
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/news/aem-online-oct-5-6

FUUSN presents Eleuthera Trio
2024-10-05 15:00 - 17:00 | First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton, 1326 Washington St, Newton, MA, 02465, United States
Eleuthera Trio to Perform Concert to Benefit the Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Foundation – The Eleuthera Trio, a Newton-based piano trio (Lois Shapiro, piano, Francine Trester, violin & Julie Reimann, cello), will perform at 3 pm on Saturday October 5th, 2024, at First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton. The concert benefits the PKD Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to finding treatments and a cure for polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a genetic disorder that results in kidney failure requiring transplant for survival. This concert is in memory of Trio member Lois Shapiro’s brother Paul Steven Shapiro (1947-1981), who died from PKD. We hope you will join us for an afternoon of music and community.
Tickets and Details – The program includes the Poulenc Trio, Mozart Kegelstatt Trio, and Dvorak Dumky Trio. Admission is free, although donations to the PKD Foundation are gratefully accepted and can be made to reserve tickets online (https://support.pkdcure.org/fundraiser/5642935) or at the door.

Historic Newton presents Hayfest
2024-10-06 12:00 - 16:00 | Jackson Homestead and Museum, 527 Washington St, Newton, MA, 02458, United States
Join us for a free, family-friendly day of fall fun! At Historic Newton’s Hayfest, travel back in time to 19th century Newton as you dip candles, press apples, churn butter, play games, and more. Learn more at www.newtonma.gov/hayfest
Interested in volunteering to help make Hayfest great? Sign up here: https://form-usa.keela.co/VolunteerHayfest2024

Classical with a Twist - Champions for Change
2024-10-06 15:00 - 17:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
The Classical with a Twist series kicks off the 2024-25 season with a relevant and inspiring concert – Champions for Change. Featuring music honoring musical giant and staunch advocate of human rights, cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. This stirring concert will include music performed by Artist-in-Residence- Allison Eldredge, cello; with Max Levinson, piano; and Andres Guerra, guitar. Champions for Change includes music from Prokofiev (Sonata for Cello and Piano in C major, op. 119) who was said to have placed an epigraph on the first page which quoted Maxim Gorky: “Mankind—that has a proud sound.” The Sonata was written in the shadow of Stalinist Soviet Union for Rostropovich and pianist Max Richter. Other works by champion changemakers include Chopin, and film composers Maurice Jarre (Dr. Zhivago) and John Williams (Memoirs of a Geisha).

Create The Vote: Candidate Forum
2024-10-10 18:30 - 19:30 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
Create The Vote: Candidate Forum
Thursday, October 10th
On October 10th at 6:30 pm join arts supporters, advocates, and community change-makers for a candidate forum. Hosted at The Allen Center in partnership with the New Art Center and Newton Cultural Alliance in collaboration with MASSCreative, this forum brings together candidates from the 11th & 12th Middlesex State House Districts. This event is an opportunity to hear from candidates running to represent the 11th and 12th Middlesex Districts in the State Legislature, participate in discussions, and help ensure that the arts remain a vital part of the policy conversation. Light refreshments will be served.
Please fill out the form if you plan to attend.

Oktoberfest: A Concert of Drinking Songs for Men’s Choir
2024-10-26 15:00 - 16:30 | Grace Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge Street, Newton, MA, 02458, United States
On offer will be a selection of rousing drinking songs for men’s choir, spanning time, place, and genre including Mendelssohn’s Opus 50 song cycle.
With a special guest appearance by operatic baritone Junhan Choi who will join the men in Schubert’s Trinklied D. 75 and sing a set of themed arias. To add to the fun he has been persuaded to sing Rossini’s famous “Figaro” aria. The concert will be followed by a special beer garden reception courtesy of
The Highland Glee Club and the Mighty Squirrel. It’s going to be WICKED FUN. But also extremely classy.

ANMS presents The Lovestruck Balladeers: Wolf Benefit Concert
2024-10-26 16:00 - 17:00 | All Newton Music School, 321 Chestnut St, West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
Revel in a nostalgic musical journey with ANMS alumnus, Dennis Lichtman and his quintet, as they explore ragtime, jazz, and beautiful songs from around the world.

Cherry Street Music Presents Toe-Tapping Snappy Hot Jazz.
2024-10-26 19:00 - 20:30 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
440- The Gypsy Jazz Quartet takes over the Allen Center with Toe-Tapping Snappy Hot Jazz. Led by “The Jazzy Violinist” Tomoko Iwamoto, with Jack Clark, clarinet; Jack Soref, guitar; and Gregory Toro, bass; 440 performs their own original tunes as well as those of their inspiration, Django Rheinhart. Join the fun for an evening that will transport you to an intimate nightclub where you’ll be tempted to dance the night away.
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Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra presents Treasures of Youth and Age
2024-10-27 15:00 - 17:00 | Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
Pro Arte’s 47th season opens with Louisville-based conductor Gabriel Lefkowitz leading an expressive program for the strings, principal clarinetist Ian Greitzer, and principal bassoonist Ronald Haroutunian. In her Canyons, from 2018, Tanner Porter paints nature at its most jagged, imposing, and majestic. A work like no other, Richard Strauss’s vibrant Duett-Concertino features writing so organic, its solo clarinet and bassoon seem to become living, breathing characters. Although Josef Suk’s warm Serenade was a departure from his melancholy style, it won him early critical acclaim from Johannes Brahms and positioned him as the successor to his teacher Antonín Dvořák, and it brings this first concert to an elegant close.
