Newton Cultural Alliance

Friday Figure Draw
2022-11-18 19:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
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 and a great model. No photography allowed. No instruction. For artists 21+, ID required. Bring your own art supplies (no oils); easels/chairs provided.

Faculty Concert, Suzuki School of Newton
2022-11-19 18:30 - 19:30 | Newton Presbyterian Church, 75 Vernon St., Newton, MA, United States
Faculty members of the Suzuki School of Newton will perform chamber music by Clara Schumann, Kenji Bunch, Chen Gang, Manuel de Falla and others, in a concert benefitting the school’s scholarship fund. In-person tickets are available in advance at suzukinewton.org/events. There will also be a Livestream via our Facebook page.

Commonwealth Chorale Concert presents Celebrating Harmony in Troubled Times
2022-11-19 20:00 - 22:00 | Church of the Holy Name, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury, MA, 02132, United States
Celebrating Harmony in Troubled Times
John Rutter (b. 1945): Requiem
Florence Price (1887-1953): Praise the Lord and selections from Communion Service in F
With organ and professional orchestra
For our final concert, we celebrate harmony with John Rutter’s belovedRequiem and selections from works by Florence Price. We are delighted to bring you Rutter’s modern Requiem which incorporates parts of the Latin Requiem with added psalms and biblical verses in English. An undeservedly overlooked and significant American composer, Florence Price’s beautifully written Praise the Lord and selections from the Communion Service in F are settings of familiar texts that reflect both her European influenced training at New England Conservatory and her Southern roots. Price was the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer. Commonwealth Chorale is pleased and excited to introduce our audience to music by this talented composer.

New Phil presents Classics I: Latin and Slavic Colors
2022-11-20 15:00 - 17:00 | Newton North High School, 457 Walnut St, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Join us for a performance of the New Philharmonia Orchestra with Zaira Meneses, performing works by Marquez, Dvorak, Villa-Lobos, and Ginastera!
Marquez Danzon #2
Dvorak Symphony No. 7
Villa-Lobos Guitar Concerto
Zaira Meneses, guitar soloist
Ginastera Estancia

Zaira Meneses has been acclaimed by the international press as a major performing artist of the classical guitar (New York Times: “an arresting performer full of colorful touches”). In 2018 awarded by the Boston Foundation to bring for the first time in Massachusetts authentic “ Son Jarocho music ” with Jaranas and requintos from Veracruz. The same year, she performed “Elegiaco Concerto” under the baton of world famous Cuban composer, guitarist and conductor: Leo Brouwer. In 2019 Meneses was selected among classical guitarists to perform in Leo Brouwer’s documentary: “El origen de la Sombra” filmed in Havana, Cuba. 6 preludios by Leo Brouwer dedicated to Zaira Meneses, supported by Augustine Foundation and Davoli & McDonagh’s foundation. Meneses is the creator and president of non-profit organization : Eliot Fisk Guitar Academy (EFGA) , a new platform to bring music education worldwide. Her Sold out independent CD “Latina” led to a new recording with Centaur Records, a 45 mins program of J.S.Bach with her own arrangements . Director and founder of Latin American Music Festival, Co Director of Boston Guitar Festival for eighteen years consecutively. She continues performing Guitar concertos with Orchestra , solo recitals and chamber music career while managing the various events of EFGA.

Newton Artists Selling Art to Support "Facing Cancer Together"
2022-11-22 - 2022-12-31 | Newton Art Association, Newton, MA
Art Works for Good to Support Facing Cancer Together
Newton Art Association (NAA) is relaunching Art Works for Good, to make a difference to
those in need. This year, NAA members are donating proceeds to Facing Cancer Together
(FCT), an organization that provides care to cancer survivors and their families who can’t afford
or access to essential support services.
NAA’s fundraiser is an opportunity to purchase original artwork while helping cancer survivors in our community. Enjoy browsing NAA’s Art Works for Good online (Newtonartassociation.com) art exhibition from November 16 through December 31, 2022. Thirty nine artists are participating in the exhibit which features 140 paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photographs. Half of all proceeds go to FCT and the other half to the artists. Many NAA artists are donating all the sale price to FCT. If you are interested in purchasing art, visit the NAA website (Newtonartassociation.com).
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Facing Cancer Together depends solely upon donations. They are one of the free-standing, nonhospital-based cancer support organizations in the state of Massachusetts that provides free,
online psychological support, in addition to person services. For more information, please visit
FCT’s website, facing-cancer.org. Make a difference improving the lives of people with cancer, and enjoy an original work of art!

Thanksgiving Holiday Market
2022-11-22 12:00 - 16:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
The Newton Cultural Alliance will host the first Newton Thanksgiving Market on Tuesday, November 22nd from 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm at The Allen Center. Organized by All Over Newton, the event will bring specialty vendors from Newton’s farmers’ markets together for holiday shopping. From locally grown, farm-fresh produce, to pop-in-the-oven hors d’oeuvres, desserts, locally roasted coffee, honey, jams, hostess gifts, and more, you’ll be able to pick up exactly what you need, at one easy location. Find out who will be there in person, who requires pre-orders, and order cut-off dates here.

Pro Arte presents Salon 1
2022-11-30 20:00 - 22:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
Salon 1
Join members of Pro Arte’s brass section for what has become a new annual tradition featuring festive favorites to kick off the holiday season.

All Newton Music School presents Up Close and Musical : Faculty Concert
2022-12-02 18:30 - 19:30, 2023-01-20 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.

Highland Glee Club presents Holiday Songfest Winter Concert
2022-12-03 15:00 - 17:00 | Christ Episcopal Church, 1132 Highland Ave., Needham Heights, MA, 02494, United States
Holiday Songfest Winter Concert

Saturday, December 3, 2022, 3 PM: Christ Episcopal Church, Needham

Carols and songs for Christmas and Hanukah, in a variety of styles

Highland Glee Club presents A Holiday Songfest
2022-12-03 15:00 - 17:00 | Christ Episcopal Church, 1132 Highland Ave., Needham Heights, MA, 02494, United States
The men of the Highland Glee Club usher in the holidays with songs for Christmas and Chanukah in a variety of styles. Reception to follow.

Celebrate Newton Holiday Craft Fair 2022
2022-12-04 10:00 - 16:00 | Newton South High School, 140 Brandeis Rd, Newton, MA, 02459
Celebrate Newton is back at Newton South High School, 140 Brandeis Road. Come shop for unique handmade items from up to 50 local artisans. You’ll find something for everyone on your holiday gift list including jewelry, textiles, ceramics, woodwork, framed art, and more. There will be no shipping delays or empty retail shelves to deal with while you stroll the wide aisles of the well-ventilated Newton South High School cafeteria. Admission is $5. Celebrate Newton is produced by the Newton Cultural Alliance, an advocacy non-profit supporting over 30 local arts and culture organizations.

Christmas Carol Sing
2022-12-04 16:00 - 17:00 | Newton Highlands Congregational Church, 54 Lincoln Street, Newton, MA, 02461, United States
Come welcome in the season at a Christmas Carol Sing on December 4th at 4pm at Newton Highlands Congregational Church in the heart of the Highlands. Join in singing traditional and popular family friendly Christmas Tunes accompanied by piano and organ. Free to all. Parking available on the street and in the Hartford Street parking lot.

Holiday Concert - Celebrations!
2022-12-11 15:00 - 17:00
The New Philharmonia Orchestra joins the Boston Ballet School for an afternoon of lively holiday music! Featuring excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, this kid-friendly program is sure to put everyone into the holiday spirit.
Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students (under 25). Tickets can be bought here: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=nphil

Purchase Art Works - to Support Cancer Survivors
2022-12-14 - 2023-01-14 | Newton Art Association, Newton, MA
Newton Art Association (NAA) members are donating original art to raise funds for Facing Cancer Together (FCT), an organization that provides care to cancer survivors and their families who can’t afford or access to essential support services. NAA’s fundraiser is online through January 14, 2023. Thirty nine artists are participating in the exhibit which features 140 paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photographs. Half of all proceeds go to FCT and the other half to the artists. Many NAA artists are donating all the sale price to FCT. If you are interested in purchasing art, visit the NAA website (www.newtonartassociation.com).

Invitation to Imagine at The Allen Center
2022-12-15 16:00 - 17:00, 2023-01-22 15:00 - 17:00, 2023-01-26 16:00 - 17:00 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
This visit invites children and their families to travel 150 years back in time to imagine what it would have been like to live and learn at the Allen home and this historic school.
This historic house was once the home of Nathaniel Allen, founder of The West Newton English and Classical School. Nathaniel Allen was a progressive educator who provided equal opportunities for girls and boys in racially mixed classrooms even before the Civil War. His curriculum was innovative, and students came from all over the world to attend his school.
Guests will explore the parlor, a classroom, and even the bowling alley as we learn about the family, the students, the school, and the unique curriculum. Our visit will finish in the barn, where you will have the opportunity to try some of the games and activities that children enjoyed at this time.
We hope you can join us to learn about the history of this newly renovated Newton treasure! Each visit will run approximately one hour. Free event, 3rd grade and up, registration required (see button below).

Dates

Sunday, December 11 3:00-4:00 PM
Thursday, December 15 4:00-5:00 PM
Sunday, January 22 3:00-4:00 PM
Thursday, January 26 4:00-5:00 PM

Amherst Early Music Classes
2022-12-31 13:00 - 14:30
Weekend Classes: October 15 & 16
Playing Music from the iPad with Tish Berlin
3:00 – 4:30 pm, 15 October 2022
Letitia Berlin recorder
Exploring the GAMUT with Tabea Schwartz
1:00 – 2:30 pm, 16 October 2022
Vincenzo Ruffo’s Capricci in musica with Rainer Beckmann
3:00 – 4:30 pm, 16 October 2022
Rainer Beckmann ** recorder
Weekend Classes October 29 & 30
Time for trio sonatas! with Na’ama Lion and Sarah Freiberg
3:00 – 4:30 pm, 29 October 2022
Music for Halloween and All Souls Day with Shira Kammen
1:00 – 2:30 pm, 30 October 2022
Shira Kammen vielle
MONOPHONY – chants, songs, and dances with Daphna Mor
3:00 – 4:30 pm, 30 October 2022
Daphna Mor recorder
Online Class
1:00 – 2:30 pm, 31 December 2023

Auditions for Commonwealth Chorale
2023-01-03 17:30 | Eliot Church of Newton, 474 Centre St, Newton, MA, 02458, United States
Commonwealth Chorale is an auditioned chorus that attracts singers from the metropolitan Boston area. For our 2022-2023 season, we seek experienced choral singers of all voice types who have strong vocal and sight-reading skills. Under new Artistic Director Michael Driscoll, the 2022-2023 season celebrates a diverse program of composers new and familiar, including works by Mozart and John Rutter. The season also includes major works by women: Marianna Martines, a contemporary of Mozart and Haydn; Florence Price, the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer, and Carol Barnett’s The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass.
Auditions will be held by appointment on the evenings of Tuesday, January 3, 2023 from 5:30-6:45 pm, and Tuesday, January 10th from 5:30pm-6:45pm at Eliot Church, 474 Center St., Newton MA. For audition information and to sign up for an audition, please visit https://commonwealthchorale.com/join-us.

Amherst Early Music Classes
2023-01-07 08:00 - 2023-01-08 17:00
Tunes from Tudor Times with Myo Aoki, recorder

1:00 – 2:30 pm, 7 January 2023

Miyo
Aoki
recorder

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25.00 USD

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The Big Bang: Playing Percussion in Medieval and Renaissance Music with Peter Maund

3:00 – 4:30 pm, 7 January 2023

Peter
Maund
percussion

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Recreating a Medieval Hammered Clavisimbalum – The Road Less Taken, with Paul Poletti

3:00 – 4:30 pm, 8 January 2023

Paul
Poletti
harpsichord

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Pro Arte presents VOLCANIC!
2023-01-08 15:00 - 17:00 | Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Join Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra and conductor Gisèle Ben-Dor as she returns to lead Pro Arte in a sweeping program featuring American violinist Lucia Lin—a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a professor at Boston University. Ludwig van Beethoven’s Octet is a playful suite in the tradition of wind band music popular in Austria at the time. A century later, the Venezuelan-American composer Teresa Carreño wrote a Romantic take on the Classical suite during a stay in the Alps. Her intoxicating Serenade for strings conveys all the charm of the Austrian lakeside village where it was written. In the music of the contemporary composer J.P. Jofre, one hears the tango of his native Argentina alongside the jazz of New York City, where he now lives. His violin concerto Mauna Loa, co-commissioned by Lucia Lin (and performed in its US premiere by Pro Arte in March 2022), is a vibrant work capturing the immense power of the world’s largest active volcano.

Highland Glee Club presents Open Rehearsals
2023-01-10 19:00 - 21:30 | Christ Episcopal Church, 1132 Highland Ave., Needham Heights, MA, 02494, United States
The Highland Glee Club, established in 1908, is seeking men’s voices.
These will be at 7:00 pm at the Christ Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge St, Newton, MA
on Tuesday January 10 and 17.

Newton Art Association: Watercolor Artist Demo
2023-01-12 19:00 - 21:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
International watercolorist, Soon Y Warren, will demonstrate the process of painting layer by layer as she applies the colors to create a finished painting. Her work has been featured in art magazines including Splash, where she was named one of the top US 15 watercolorists in the past 20 years. She is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, American Watercolor Society, Southern Watercolor Society, and others.

Highland Glee Club presents Open Rehearsals
2023-01-17 08:00 - 17:00 | Christ Episcopal Church, 1132 Highland Ave., Needham Heights, MA, 02494, United States
The Highland Glee Club, established in 1908, is seeking men’s voices.
These will be at 7:00 pm at the Christ Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge St, Newton, MA
on Tuesday, January 10 and 17.

Newton Community Chorus Concert
2023-01-21 20:00 | Eliot Church of Newton, 474 Centre St, Newton, MA, 02458, United States
The Newton Community Chorus is thrilled to announce its first live concert in two years at The Eliot Church of Newton. Enjoy a show of music by Johann Sebastian Bach with soloists and an orchestra.

Cappella Clausura presents Singers' Choice
2023-01-21 20:00 - 21:30 | War Memorial Auditorium, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton, 02459, United States
This January, Cappella Clausura is proud to bring you more beautiful music– selected by the people who know it best! Singers’ Choice features a diverse assortment of works by women, ranging from Renaissance hymnals to contemporary compositions. Guest Conducted by Dr. Carolina Flores, this eclectic program is sure to banish all your winter woes!
Singers’ Choice
January 21st at 8 PM | The War Memorial Auditorium at Newton City Hall
January 22nd at 4 PM | Emmanuel Church in Boston
Tickets are available here: https://www.clausura.org/tickets

New Art Center presents Lunar New Year Celebration
2023-01-22 12:00 - 15:00 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Join us at the New Art Center for our Lunar New Year Community Cultural Day in collaboration with the Korean Cultural Society of Boston.
It’s the year of the rabbit! The sign of the Rabbit is a symbol of longevity, peace, and prosperity.
Art educators will lead participants through make-and-take activities: Hapjukseon (paper fans), rabbit origami, air dry clay rabbits, and Korean calligraphy bookmarks.
Hanna Lee, a traditional Korean dancer, performs at 12:15 pm. Kyungsun Kim, a gayageum player, performs at 1:30 pm.
The event is free and open to the public. The event is from 12 to 3 PM on January 22, 2023, at the New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA 02460. Doors open 15 minutes beforehand.

Cappella Clausura presents Singers Choice
2023-01-22 16:00 - 17:30 | War Memorial Auditorium, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton, 02459, United States

Theater Ink presents Nitrous Oxide
2023-01-25 08:00 - 17:00 | Newton North High School, 457 Walnut St, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Nitrous Oxide
Thursday-Saturday, February 9-11
Theater Ink presents an evening of sketch comedy. Written, directed, and performed by students and guaranteed to knock your socks off, or your money back! *you will not be getting your money back or your socks.
