Newton Cultural Alliance

Newton Free Library presents: Shipwrecks of Cape Cod - Stories of Tragedy & Triumph
2021-06-02 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Cape Cod’s outer beach has always been known for its shipwrecks. Between 1626 and the mid-20th century, this solitary 40-mile stretch of beach and sandbars saw the demise of over 3,000 vessels. It’s been said that if all the wrecks were raised, one could walk from Provincetown to Chatham without getting his or her feet wet. Join Cape Cod historian Don Wilding, author of the upcoming book, Shipwrecks of Cape Cod: Stories of Tragedy & Triumph, for a look back at some of these disasters, ranging from the 1626 stranding of the Sparrow Hawk to the Eldia in 1984 and more.
Since the start of the millennium, Don Wilding has been telling stories of Cape Cod Outer Beach history. An award-winning writer and editor for Massachusetts newspapers since 1985, Don has contributed the Shore Lore history column for The Cape Codder newspaper of Orleans, and is the author of two other books, Henry Beston’s Cape Cod: How The Outermost House Inspired a National Seashore, and A Brief of History of Eastham: On the Outer Beach of Cape Cod.
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New Art Center presents: Glass Mosaic Jewelry Workshop
2021-06-04 14:00 - 16:00 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Using a wide selection of precut colored glass pieces, beads, iridized and dichroic glass, create a mini mosaic inside a pendant/necklace. Once the glass pieces are glued to the metal, grout your pendants with one of the many colored grouts available and clean your pieces. Voila! You’ll be provided a black leather cord necklace for each pendant. A $75.00 materials fee per student for 4 pendants is included in the tuition price.
Additional pendants: $ 15.00 each. The class is open to kids over 10 accompanied by a participating adult. Students must wear close-toed shoes and safety glasses or reading glasses.
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Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: Live and In Person - Oskar Stenmark
2021-06-05 13:00 | Scandinavian Cultural Center, 206 Waltham St, Newton, MA, 02465, United States
Oskar Stenmark and Alex Pryrodny met in New York City 2014 and formed a strong bond over improvisation, jazz and folk music. Now, they are taking their artistic collaboration to a new level by performing live for the first time since 2019. Their focus is now on classical music, paying homage to Scandinavian composers such as Grieg, Stenhammar, Sibelius and Nielsen. This is a project that Oskar originally planned for 2020 but the pandemic slowed down the process significantly, this will be their first time playing this music together so get ready for an intimate and meaningful concert.
This concert will happen outside on our front lawn. Please bring chairs and/or umbrellas if needed. Proper distancing and masks required.
Saturday, June 5th | 1pm | $15 for a single ticket, family tickets $45 for 2 adults and minor children; $7 for SCC members. Register here.

Suzuki School of Newton presents: June Solo Recitals
2021-06-05 15:00 - 18:00, 2021-06-06 15:00 - 18:00 | Zoom
Join the students of the Suzuki School of Newton on Zoom for the virtual June Solo Recitals! You can see the hard work the students put into polishing their pieces. They will be in three sessions on Saturday June 5th and Sunday June 6th — one at 3:15, 4:15 and 5:15. The Zoom link will be given out in our Friday Upbeats, or by request upon sending an email to email@suzukinewton.org.

New Rep Theatre presents: Listen to Sipu
2021-06-05 17:30, 2021-06-06 17:30, 2021-06-07 17:30, 2021-06-10 17:30, 2021-06-11 17:30, 2021-06-12 17:30, 2021-06-13 17:30, 2021-06-18 17:30 and 3 more dates | The Commander’s Mansion, 440 Talcott Avenue, Watertown, MA, 02472, United States
Listen to Sipu – A Watertown Historical Moving Play

By Morgan (Mwalim) J. Peters
Directed by Jaime Carrillo

Following the success of New Rep’s first Historical Moving Play, the Charles W. Experience, audiences were clamoring for more. Listen to Sipu answers the call with a captivating and powerful story that illuminates Watertown’s Indigenous history. Join in on a socially-distanced performance lead by a modern-day Tour Guide and meet Sipu, a quick-witted Indigenous woman who’s more than willing to correct misinformation when she hears it. Armed with facts, The Tour Guide begins describing Watertown’s local history only to find that the facts are missing a lot of truths. Sipu is ready to step in and set the record straight, as long as audiences are ready to listen. Click here to buy tickets.

Newton Free Library presents: Earth Matters - Folk Concert with the Barbara Cassidy Band
2021-06-08 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Join the Barbara Cassidy Band for a YouTube live concert of folk, pop and original songs about the earth, nature and natural resources.
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Newton Free Library presents: Create Your Own Comics
2021-06-09 18:30 - 19:30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
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: The Cooking Gene with Michael Twitty
2021-06-10 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
This program is presented in partnership with the Groton Public Library. Please register here.
For African American culinary historian Michael W. Twitty there was a giant hole in the story of American cooking as big as the one in the story of most African American families. Putting the microscope on himself, Michael decided to fully trace out his family history through the story of Southern and American food. Using genetic research, historic interpretation, nature study, heirloom gardening and interviews with contemporary voices in food, his journey led him back to his family’s origins in West and Central Africa and a front ring seat in the debate over race and food in American life. Join Michael W. Twitty for an engaging evening moderated by Chef Bill, a Massachusetts-based chef and author. You can follow Michael Twitty on his popular blog, Afroculinara.
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Mary Stuart: A Collaboration of Song and Text
2021-06-11 20:00 - 21:30, 2021-06-12 20:00 - 21:30, 2021-06-13 15:00 - 16:30 | Hyde Bandshell, 90 Lincoln Street, Newton, MA, 02461, United States
Two queens; one throne. Two women pitted against each other in a man’s world. Find out who wins this renaissance-style game of thrones in a sharp new adaptation of Schiller’s drama.
Starring Linda Goetz as Queen Elizabeth, Sarah Brooke Vanaman as Mary, Queen of Scots, and Tatiana Ramos as Lord Burleigh.
Music by Lady Mary Dering and Miss Abrams performed by the musicians of Cappella Clausura.
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Songs O' the Sea
2021-06-12 08:00 - 13:00 | Hyde Bandshell, 90 Lincoln Street, Newton, MA, 02461, United States
The Highland Glee Club is thrilled to present its first concert appearance since the pandemic began along with their new Music Director Sarah Telford. Songs of the Sea, performed at the Hyde Bandstand in Newton, will include seafaring shanties, an audience singalong, a Gilbert and Sullivan triptych featuring star “patter” baritone Tom Frates, and a tribute to families who have suffered losses due to the pandemic. Attendees are encouraged to bring chairs, sunhats, and picnics! Admission is free, but donations will be gratefully accepted. Voyage here for more details.

Newton Free Library presents: An American History of the Long Road to Freedom
2021-06-14 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Join Dr. Matthew Delmont for a program that will explore the origins and importance of Juneteenth – a celebration of the end of slavery in the U.S. – and of the generations of Black Americans who have fought for freedom and equality. Juneteenth was first celebrated in Texas to commemorate the date when U.S. Army troops and news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached the state on June 19, 1865. Today, nearly every state observes this date, including Massachusetts, which will celebrate Juneteenth as a state holiday for the first time this year. Juneteenth is a time for joy, for building community and for talking honestly about our nation’s history.
Dr. Matthew Delmont is the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History at Dartmouth College. An expert on African-American History and the history of Civil Rights, he is the author four books, including most recently, Black Quotidian: Everyday History in African American Newspapers. His next book, Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad, will be published by Viking Books in 2022. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Public Scholar Award to support this research. He regularly shares his research with media outlets, including the New York Times, NPR, The Atlantic and Washington Post. This program is cosponsored by the Newton Human Rights Commission.
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New Art Center presents: Media Musing
2021-06-16 16:00 - 18:00, 2021-06-23 16:00 - 18:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Join us for a 6-week come as you are mixed media mashup inspired by our Women in Abstraction exhibition! Students will use mixed media to explore collage and other forms of making. Perfect for making friends with the inner critic, connecting with inspiration, or connecting family and friends. We will center on playful discovery to create a series of work through mark-making, layering, materials, and prompts (music and readings). Students will be given a weekly (optional) assignment as well as a demonstration on how to approach the materials and surfaces suggested. Register here.

Pro Arte's Spring Series: Salon 3
2021-06-17 20:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
The Spring 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.
Dance in Celebration and Reflection
Juneteenth marks the anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in the United States. We will come together in contemplation of the horrors of slavery and its lasting legacy, in celebration of emancipation, and in honor of the continuing work that must be done to eradicate white supremacy. We will share three works by African American composers, each of which has moments of dance and reflection. Florence Price’s String Quartet No. 2 in A minor weaves together her beautiful lyric writing and African American vernacular with daring chromaticism and vibrant movement. The third movement (of four) is a Juba, a dance developed by Africans brought to America against their will. Dorothy Rudd Moore’s Modes is a beautiful and compact three-movement work, which ends with an energetic, movement-inspiring finale. Wynton Marsalis’ At the Octoroon Balls is a set of scenes inspired by his early life in New Orleans. We will play three movements from this work – Creole Contradanzas, Blue Lights on the Bayou, and the Rampart Street Row House Rag.
Program:
PRICE String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
DOROTHY RUDD MOORE Modes
WYNTON MARSALIS At the Octoroon Balls
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Historic Newton presents: Juneteenth Celebration
2021-06-19 15:00 - 16:30 | Hyde Bandshell, 90 Lincoln Street, Newton, MA, 02461, United States
Celebrate Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, with Newton area speakers, musical performances, local artwork and a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation. Historic Newton will have a table with literature on the history Juneteenth. Masks and social distancing will be required.
Rain date, Saturday, June 26. Co-sponsored by the Newton Cultural Council, Newton Community Pride, FORJ, and the Harmony Foundation. Register here.

Newton Free Library presents: Matt Heaton Family Singalong - Live!
2021-06-23 11:00 - 11:30 | Hyde Bandshell, 90 Lincoln Street, Newton, MA, 02461, United States
Welcome to our first live event of the summer! Matt Heaton brings an infectious energy to his sing alongs. Peppered with well known classics and a few soon-to-be classics, and performed with panache on guitar & banjo, Matt makes music for parents and kids alike. This concert will take place at the Hyde Bandstand and Playground. Please register if you would like to receive a zoom link to the virtual performance in case of rain.This event is taking place on public grounds and does not require registration.
Your Friends’ membership made this program possible. Join us! friends@newtonfreelibrary.net.
A big thank you to the Hyde Community Center for helping organize this event and working with us to use the space. Additional thanks to The Newton Parks, Recreation and Culture Department.

New Art Center presents: Art Education as Self Care
2021-06-23 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Art education + creativity exercises + stress relief + group discussions = this workshop series! If you’re looking for intellectual stimulation that doesn’t feel hard, if you’re hoping for a burst of creativity in the middle of your workday, if you’re looking for the soothing effects of art — look no further. Join a small group of fellow art enthusiasts and/or new art lovers for a 2 month exploration into how a little bit of art education combined with reflection provides YOU with a refreshing and inspiring experience … all in one hour per week! Each session will consist of a facilitated discussion about a piece of art using Visual Thinking Strategies, after which the conversation segues into writing/reflective exercises, creativity prompts, and group investigations into self-analysis. Furthermore, you’ll improve your listening and communication skills as well as your ability to talk about art, its expression and interpretation. Give yourself the self-care you need in a creative way.
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