Newton Cultural Alliance

The Tree Nursery on Nonantum Hill: A Durant-Kenrick Walking Tour
2024-08-06 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds, 286 Waverley Ave,, Newton, MA, 02458
Did you know Newton Corner was the site of one of New England’s first commercial nurseries? Put yourself back in time to when the Kenrick family cultivated fruit trees, ornamental trees, and shrubberies. Travel the original acreage of the nursery, see an 1882 Kenrick house, and visit the Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds. As nature allows, taste fruit from Durant-Kenrick’s own historic gardens.
Walking tours are $10 for members and $15 for non-members. Register at https://events.humanitix.com/durantkenrick2024walkingtour. For more information and a complete list of this year’s walking tours visit www.newtonma.gov/HNwalks.

Hyde Community Center presents Summer Series
2024-08-09 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-08-16 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-08-23 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-08-30 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-09-06 18:00 - 19:30 | Hyde Bandshell, 90 Lincoln Street, Newton, MA, 02461, United States
The Hyde Community Center is proud to host its annual summer series featuring family-friendly concerts, movies, theater productions, and cultural celebrations. The community is invited to attend this wide range of events at the Hyde Bandstand. An all-star band of blues/roots, The Charles River Reprobates, plays at 6 PM followed by the movie Luca. The Hyde programming will be back on Friday, July 12th with The Black Velvet Band followed at dusk by the movie “Rear Window.”

FUUSN Chime Concert
2024-08-10 17:00 - 18:00 | First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton, 1326 Washington St, Newton, MA, 02465, United States
FUUSN Chime Concert
Saturday, August 10, 5:00 pm
Forged by the McShane foundry in 1916, the FUUSN chime consists of eleven bells housed in the tower of the First Unitarian Universalist Society’s historic landmark building. The bells range in weight from 575 pounds to 3,350 pounds, with a combined weight just shy of seven tons. Musicians play the chime by pushing 11 wooden hand levers, each connected by cable and pulleys to the clapper of a bell. Listeners will be able to enjoy the music from throughout West Newton Square. The public is welcome to bring lawn chairs and blankets — as well as refreshments — to the church grounds at 1326 Washington Street.

Walking Tour: 100+ Years Ago in Auburndale
2024-08-14 18:00 - 19:00
Walking Tour: 100+ Years Ago in Auburndale
Wednesday, August 14, 6:00 pm
Did you know that Auburndale was almost called Pigeonville? Historic Newton’s newest tour takes you past sites of importance from the 18th through the early 20th century, telling you colorful stories about the people and institutions that shaped the village we know today. You’ll see one of Newton’s oldest homes, hear about student life at Lasell Female Seminary, and see where the families of missionaries once lived in between assignments abroad. Most tours last approximately 1 hour, with an easy pace, and typically cover ½ – 1 mile.

Lunchtime Pop-Ups
2024-08-21 11:30 - 14:30 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
Lunchtime Pop-Ups Are Back!
Wednesday, August 21st and 28th, 11:30 am – 2:30 pm

August 21 will feature Newton’s women-owned businesses, with lunch offered by two new entries on Newton’s food scene — Hungry Ninja (popular Vegan Sushi Salad Bowls) and NaisLee Catering (crowd-pleasing summery lunch menu). Pop-up shops of local women-owned businesses will offer bouquets of field-grown flowers, home accents, gifts, and women’s clothing.
August 28 will focus on families during the week between summer camps and school. It will feature a Kid Krawl scavenger hunt, Kidcasso craft station, and My Gym fitness activities — and lunch available from the new restaurant, Ninebark.Use this link to review lunch menus and order in advance, to help restaurants gauge and meet demand.

Commonwealth Chorale Auditions
2024-08-26 18:00 - 21:00, 2024-08-27 18:00 - 21:00, 2024-09-03 17:30 - 18:45, 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

Lunchtime Pop-Ups
2024-08-28 11:30 - 14:30 | The Allen Center, 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, 02465, United States
Next Wednesday falls right amid the dreaded end-of-summer week when camps are over and Newton’s public schools aren’t yet open. If you’re a Newton parent with kids at home, you may just want to head to the Allen Center on August 28. Enjoy an al fresco lunch on the patio and live music while kids are kept busy with scavenger hunts, art activities, and gymnastics.
Don’t have kids at home? The patio is still a perfect end-of-summer destination. New West Newton restaurant Ninebark is delivering lunch, artisanal ice cream from Ravenous, and pop-up shopping at Fulfilled Goods. The patio will be open from 11:30-2:30, rain or shine, with lunch arriving at noon.

ANMS presents All Newton Musical Memory Café
2024-08-28 13:00 - 14:00 | All Newton Music School, 321 Chestnut St, West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
All Newton’s Musical Memory Café is an informal social gathering for people with cognitive changes and their care partners. Guests are welcome regardless of diagnosis. Attendees can connect with fellow community members while enjoying a musical performance by some of All Newton Music School’s outstanding faculty.

This season’s inaugural event is hosted by board certified music therapist Cheyenne Mize and features husband and wife duo Kim & Ross Petot. Kim is a full-time instructor at the All Newton Music school, sings with Chorus pro Musica, works with Memory residents, and is an active church musician leading 3 handbell choirs. Ross is one of the Boston area’s busiest pianists and is well known to audiences throughout New England. Join us in making a joyful noise!

2024 Fall Village Concert Series
2024-09-08 17:00 - 18:00 | 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

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
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 | 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
