Newton Cultural Alliance

Historic Newton presents 2022 Newton House Tours
2022-05-15 | MA
See how design professionals have brought their singular vision into their own Newton homes in this exclusive video tour.

About this event

Our 2022 House Tour showcases four Newton homes owned by design professionals. In our exclusive videos, the owners show and explain highlights of their architecture, renovations, furnishings, and decor. Take an inside look at creative, original ways to make the most of Newton’s architectural treasures, including Greek Revival, Colonial, and modern homes. Tickets include tour videos and access to a Zoom panel discussion with the designers at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 15. All ticket proceeds benefit Historic Newton. Tickets are not refundable. Special thanks to the tour’s lead sponsor, The Village Bank.

New Rep presents Sunday Celebration
2022-05-15 16:00 (America/New_York) | The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts, Mosesian The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts info@mosesianarts.org 617-923-0100 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA, 02472
New Repertory Theatre presents its first Sunday Celebration featuring Valerie Stephens and Alexandria Danielle King on Sunday, May 15th at 4pm at the Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown.
This spicy, rhythmic celebration will feature the words of Nikki Giovanni, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison and a little Peggy Lee thrown in!
Tickets are $25 each and can be purchased through this link: Sunday Celebration One | New Rep

Cappella Clausura presents: Psalms and Requiems
2022-05-15 16:00 - 17:00 | MA
This year, we are proud to crack open the classical canon with a variety of new works by women. With vibrant performances of music spanning continents and centuries, Artistic Director Amelia LeClair will lead our ensemble in a celebration of live, in-person performances. Learn more about the four programs we have planned for this season.
Tickets for each concert will become available one month ahead of the opening performance.
Psalms and Requiems:
Lili Boulanger’s outstanding Psalm 130 with string orchestra and harp, plus works by Florence Price, Elena Ruehr, and Amelia LeClair.
May 14th @ 8 PM: Eliot Church in Newton
May 15th @ 4 PM: Emmanuel Church in Boston

Theatre Ink Proudly presents Mamma Mia!
2022-05-19 19:30 - 21:30, 2022-05-20 19:30 - 21:30, 2022-05-21 19:30 - 21:30, 2022-05-22 14:00 - 16:00 | Newton North High School, 457 Walnut St, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Mamma Mia!
May 19-21,2022 at 7:30PM
May 22 at 2:00 PM
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY Bjorn UlvaeusBjorn Ulvaeus
and Benny Andersson
BOOK BY Catherine Johnson Catherine Johnson
ABBA’s hits tell the hilarious story of a young woman’s search for her birth father. This sunny and funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother’s past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago. The story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs propels this enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship, creating an unforgettable show. A large cast, non-stop laughs and explosive dance numbers combine to make Mamma Mia! A mother. A daughter. Three possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget!

All Newton Music School presents Music in May
2022-05-21 09:00 - 17:00 | All Newton Music School, 321 Chestnut St, West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
Each May, our students are given an opportunity to perform in front of their families, friends, and community members at our annual music festival. For over 30 years, ANMS has held Music in May, an event that brings our community together to participate in classical music performances, musical theater shows, outdoor rock band concerts, and more. Let’s celebrate a year of learning and experience the joy of live music!
Q: What is Music in May?
A: Music in May is our annual all-day recital and performance festival. Students perform with their studio, class, chamber group, or rock band.
Q: What can we do at Music in May?
A: Music in May is full of fun events and performances:
-Watch your friends and neighbors perform pieces, musicals, and their favorite songs!
-Enjoy pizza, popcorn, and sweet treats at our food stand.
-Enter to win great prizes in our basket raffle.
-Shop for your favorite All Newton merchandise at our ANMS Music Marketplace.
-Participate in our 110 Year Anniversary Time Capsule – Write a message that will be sealed in our Donor’s Garden, a wonderful way to commemorate all of the hard work and creativity that kept the music going during extraordinary times.

Newton Open Studios
2022-05-21 11:00 - 17:00, 2022-05-22 11:00 - 17:00 | MA
Newton Open Studios 2022!
May 21 & 22
Saturday and Sunday, 11am to 5pm, indoor and outdoor locations

The Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: SCREENING: OUT STEALING HORSES (2019)
2022-05-21 13:00 - 15:30 | Scandinavian Cultural Center, 206 Waltham St, Newton, MA, 02465, United States
SCREENING: OUT STEALING HORSES (2019)

November 1999: 67-year-old Trond (Stellan Skarsgård), lives in self-imposed isolation and looks forward to welcoming in the new millennium alone. As winter arrives he meets one of his few neighbors, Lars (Bjørn Floberg), and realizes he knew him back in the summer of 1948. 1948 – the year Trond turned 15. The summer Trond grew up. OUT STEALING HORSES is based on the bestselling novel by Norwegian author Per Petterson, which received several important international awards and was included in The New York Times ’10 Best Books of 2007 (Fiction)’. Petterson’s novels have been translated into more than 50 languages.
Saturday, May 21, 2022 | 1:00 pm | $5; $3 for SCC and Library Members | tickets
In Norwegian with English subtitles | 123 minutes

Newton Piano Summit 2022
2022-05-21 13:00 - 16:00 | Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, 02465, United States
May 21st, 1 pm. The Helen Sung Trio presents PUSH – Celebrating Women in Jazz
Simply put, Helen Sung is the most innovative, jaw-dropping new artist on the planet we have heard in years. She melds influences from jazz, classical, and Latin into astounding expeditions into new territories. Her latest album Quartet+ is breathtaking with incredibly tasteful, surprising, and dramatic new workings of some jazz standards, and inspiring original material. Currently residing in New York and touring major venues internationally, we are incredibly fortunate to have her make a stop in Newton on May 21st.
Helen is a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow. A native of Houston, Texas, and graduate of its High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA), she went on to become part of the inaugural class of the Thelonious Monk Institute (now the Herbie Hancock Institute) at the New England Conservatory of Music. Her recent releases Sung With Words (Stricker Street), a collaborative project with renowned poet Dana Gioia, and Anthem For A New Day (Concord Jazz) topped the jazz charts. Quartet+ (Sunnyside Records), her latest release, followed suit, garnering a 4.5-star DownBeat review and inclusion in its “Best of 2021 Albums” list and a JazzTimes cover story (January 2022 issue). Helen and her band have at performed at Newport, Monterey, Disney Hall, SFJAZZ, and Carnegie Hall. Internationally, her “NuGenerations” Project toured southern Africa as a U.S. State Department Jazz Ambassador, and recent engagements include debuts at the London Jazz Festival, Jazz at Lincoln Center Shanghai, Blue Note Beijing, and the Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival. She has performed with such luminaries as the late Clark Terry, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Wynton Marsalis (who named her as one of his “Who’s Got Next: Jazz Musicians to Watch!”), MacArthur Fellow Regina Carter, and Grammy-winning artists including Terri Lyne Carrington, Cecile McLorin Salvant, and the Mingus Big Band. Helen is a Steinway Artist and has served on the jazz faculties at Berklee College of Music, the Juilliard School, and Columbia University.
Her trio includes David Wong, bass and Kendrick Scott, drums
david wongDavid Wong was born and raised in New York City and is a graduate of the LaGuardia High School for Music and Art and the Performing Arts. In 2004, he graduated from the Juilliard School in classical music. He has studied classical bass with Orin O’Brien of the New York Philharmonic, and jazz bass with legends Ron Carter, Ben Wolfe, and John Clayton. From 2003 to 2004, as part of the Eric Reed Trio, he performed in Europse and the United States, and with Jazz at Lincoln Center. He is currently a member of Roy Haynes’ Fountain of Youth band as well as bassist with the Heath Brothers quartet, led by jazz legends Jimmy and Albert “Tootie” Heath. David has also beeen performing with singer Sachal Vasandani, and pianists Jeb Patton. and Dan Nimmer, among others.

Since graduating from Berklee in 2002, Kendrick Scott has performed with a variety of name artists including the Jazz Crusaders, guitarist Pat Metheny, saxophonists Joe Lovano and Kenny Garrett, vocalists Dianne Reeves, Lizz Wright, Gretchen Parlato and trumpeter Terence Blanchard, to name a few. Scott’s debut recording with his group Oracle recorded The Source in 2006, including pianists Aaron Parks and Robert Glasper, guitarist Lionel Loueke, vocalist Gretchen Parlato, and others. Scott also performed with the Terence Blanchard Quintet on the album A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina) (2007), which was nominated for two Grammy Awards for 2008. Kendrick was a member of the band that accompanied Terence Blanchard to the Monterey Jazz Festival’s 50th anniversary in 2007, and Scott embarked on the 22-state tour, starting in January, 2008 with the 50th Anniversary MJF All-Star Band. It featured the leaders of the past, present and future with Terence Blanchard on trumpet, James Moody on saxophone, Benny Green on piano, Derrick Hodge on bass, and jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon. Scott also currently plays with the Charles Lloyd Quartet, featuring alongside Reuben Rogers on bass, and Gerald Clayton on piano.

New Rep presents New Voices Theatre Festival
2022-05-21 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-05-22 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-05-26 19:30 - 20:30, 2022-05-27 19:30 - 20:30, 2022-05-28 21:00 - 22:00 | The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts, Mosesian The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts info@mosesianarts.org 617-923-0100 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA, 02472
New Rep’s first New Voices Theatre Festival will feature three twenty-minute plays directed by Jaime Carrillo, Inés De La Cruz, and Naomi Ibasitas. Each two-person cast will bring these stories to life in the intimate Black Box Theater at the Mosesian Center for the Arts.
Play summaries:
AURORA by Ramón Esquivel
The play takes place on an Autumn Night on the Aurora Bridge in Seattle in 2010. Kai has come here to end their life, and Halen tries to stop the attempt. We learn that Halen committed suicide in the same spot two years earlier, and has reappeared to support Kai in this time of crisis. This play employs magical realism in an ultimately uplifting story about depression, grief, metaphysics, and the transcendent nature of love.
ORGANIC by Jenna Jane
In a future where everyone is enhancing their bodies with the latest tech, 81-year-old Donna Goldman is an anomaly – she’s 100 percent organic. But now, there’s a problem: She’s dying. And a bionic body part is the only cure. Will cyborg Dr. Flores persuade her to abandon her sense of self to survive? This sci-fi drama explores the relationship between the body and the self.
BY ANY OTHER NAME by Erin Lerch
The play takes place in the age of space travel. In the aftermath of the disaster that destroyed her home, sole survivor Amaranth must decide who and how she needs to be in order to survive beneath the weight of others’ expectations.
Tickets are $25 for Adults, and $10 for students and can be purchased at Calendar | New Rep

The Scandi Cultural Center presents THE FANTASTIC ART OF PAPER CUTTING
2022-05-22 13:00 - 15:00 | MA
THE FANTASTIC ART OF PAPER CUTTING

Learn to create wonderful paper-cut beings with Danish artist, Torben Jarlstrøm Clausen, via Zoom.
Join celebrated Danish paper cutting artist Torben Jarlstrøm Clausen who has had several paper cut workshops in Denmark, Japan, and the US. The paper-cut universe of Torben Jarlstrøm Clausen is inhabited by beings who have previously been confined inside the paper. At that time the beings were weighed down by their own and ambient limitations.
In this online workshop, the participants can experience the very best of cutting paper – namely the moment when the paper is unfolded and the magic occurs – that is when the happy paper cut being emerges. Participants will also be exploring the paper cut artwork of renowned storyteller Hans Christian Andersen, and hear about Torben Jarlstrøm Clausen’s own journey to becoming a paper cutting artist.
Sunday, May 22nd, 2022 | 1pm EST | $30; $25 for SCC Members | Register here
Students should supply their own materials so they can cut along with Torben:

A sharp pair of scissors.
Paper that is approximately the same thickness as printer paper.
Approximately 5 pieces of paper that are approximately 4 x 4 inches.
Approximately 5 pieces of paper that are approximately 1 x 2 inches.
Color according to students’ own wishes.

Skill Level: Beginner level and beyond
Meet your instructor, Torben Jarlstrøm Clausen
Torben Jarlstrøm Clausen started as a paper cut artist in 2004. Since then he has exhibited over 110 places in the U.S., Japan, and Denmark and has held numerous workshops in the same countries. He is 57 years old and lives in Odense in Denmark. Odense is where world-famous fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen was born. Andersen was also a very skilled paper cut artist several hundred years ago. Torben Jarlstrøm Clausen seeks with his paper cuts to maintain and renew this old paper cut tradition.
Torben Jarlstrøm Clausen lives in Odense, Denmark, which is the town where the world-famous fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen was born. Besides writing fairy tales, Hans Christian Andersen was also a very skilled paper cut artist. Torben Jarlstrøm Clausen humbly tries with his paper cuts to keep the paper-cutting tradition alive today, which Hans Christian Andersen was an exponent of almost 200 years ago.
See more about Torben Jarlstrøm Clausen:
www.facebook.com/JarlstroemPaperArt
www.JarlstroemPaperArt.dk
Twitter: @JarlstroemPaper
Instagram: @JarlstroemPaperArt
E-shop: www.etsy.com/shop/JarlstroemPaperArt

New Philharmonia Orchestra presents: Classics IV
2022-05-22 15:00 | MA
The New Philharmonia Orchestra wraps up its exciting 27th season filled with celebratory spirit, incredible music, and exciting guest performances. Join them for their Classics IV program featuring works by Jose Elizondo and Tchaikovsky. Tickets are $10-$50. For more information visit newphil.org.

Boston Artists For Ukraine Fundraiser
2022-05-22 16:00 - 19:30 | Lasell University, 47 Myrtle Ave, Newton, MA
Art Exhibition – Fundraiser – Speakers – Live Music
Free Entrance. Donations can be made during the evening.
Wedeman Gallery @ Lasell University
The exhibit will feature 30 local area artists of different origins and backgrounds, currently residing in the Greater Boston area. For the theme of the exhibition, the artists were asked to present pieces that reflect their thoughts about the ongoing war in Ukraine, as well as their reflections on ideas of hope, peace, compassion, and solidarity. The money raised from the sales of the artwork will be going to help the people in Ukraine and the refugees.
During the reception, there will be a speaker and music event featuring local and national nonprofit, grassroots organizations that are doing humanitarian and medical work in Ukraine and at the border – Cash for Refugees, Global Disaster Relief Team, and Ukraine TrustChain, among others. The organizers and volunteers will be sharing their stories and experiences, as well as providing information on how the visitors can contribute and donate to their mission in Ukraine.

Newton Free Library presents Asian Americans in Newton: Reflection and Reimagination
2022-05-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
In honor of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, all are welcome to join us for a panel discussion with some of Newton’s Asian American residents. This program is part of the Overdue: Confronting Race and Racism in Newton series.

Newton Art Association presents New Member Show
2022-05-26 00:00 - 2022-06-26 00:00 | Scandinavian Cultural Center, 206 Waltham St, Newton, MA, 02465, United States
The Nordic Hall will once again host the Newton Art Association‘s New Member Show during the month of June. Contact Kerry for viewing hours!
The opening reception will be on Saturday, June 4th, 2022 | 2-4:30 Admission is free. Register here to let us know you’re coming.
About the Newton Art Association:
“The Newton Art Association seeks to encourage the appreciation and expression of fine arts to our membership and the Newton community. We are an organization of over 200 active artists and art enthusiasts, representing all branches of the visual arts, from drawing to sculpture. The majority of members live in Newton, nearby cities, and elsewhere in New England. The Newton Art Association was founded in 1949 by the late James King Bonnar and a small group of artists who felt that artists needed the support of each other to share ideas, techniques, and opportunities to paint together.”

Zamir Chorale of Boston presents: A Better World: A concert honoring Larry and Jill Sandberg
2022-05-26 19:30 | Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Thursday, May 26, 2022 • 7:30 pm • Temple Emanuel, Newton, MA
A Better World: A concert honoring Larry and Jill SandbergMusic affords us a vision of a harmonious world even in times of conflict and uncertainty—a world filled with compassion, logic, beauty, and resolution. For our spring concert, in honor of longtime Zamir members Larry and Jill Sandberg, we present “A Better World,” featuring a wide-ranging program of uplifting music, including Thompson’s The Peaceable Kingdom and the U.S. premiere of Yehezkel Braun’s “Vehayah Be’akharit Ha-yamim” (In Days to Come). Come dream with us!
Please note that there is no charge for online tributes (see link below); sponsorship opportunities are available by clicking on the “Be a Sponsor” button below; tickets will go on sale by the end of March.

New Rep presents New Voices Theatre Festival
2022-05-28 19:00 - 20:00 | The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts, Mosesian The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts info@mosesianarts.org 617-923-0100 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA, 02472
New Rep’s first New Voices Theatre Festival will feature three twenty-minute plays directed by Jaime Carrillo, Inés De La Cruz, and Naomi Ibasitas. Each two-person cast will bring these stories to life in the intimate Black Box Theater at the Mosesian Center for the Arts.
Play summaries:
AURORA by Ramón Esquivel
The play takes place on an Autumn Night on the Aurora Bridge in Seattle in 2010. Kai has come here to end their life, and Halen tries to stop the attempt. We learn that Halen committed suicide in the same spot two years earlier, and has reappeared to support Kai in this time of crisis. This play employs magical realism in an ultimately uplifting story about depression, grief, metaphysics, and the transcendent nature of love.
ORGANIC by Jenna Jane
In a future where everyone is enhancing their bodies with the latest tech, 81-year-old Donna Goldman is an anomaly – she’s 100 percent organic. But now, there’s a problem: She’s dying. And a bionic body part is the only cure. Will cyborg Dr. Flores persuade her to abandon her sense of self to survive? This sci-fi drama explores the relationship between the body and the self.
BY ANY OTHER NAME by Erin Lerch
The play takes place in the age of space travel. In the aftermath of the disaster that destroyed her home, sole survivor Amaranth must decide who and how she needs to be in order to survive beneath the weight of others’ expectations.
Tickets are $25 for Adults, and $10 for students and can be purchased at Calendar | New Rep
Join New Rep for a reception in the Mbar at 8 pm after the 7 pm performance on May 28.

Amherst Early Music presents Early Notation with Annette Bauer
2022-06-01 17:30 - 18:45, 2022-06-06 17:30 - 18:45, 2022-06-08 17:30 - 18:45 | MA
“Back to Basics / Review / New Intro” Wednesdays 5:30-6:45pm EST: June 1, 8, 15 & 22
Open to all instrumentalists and singers! Pitch: A=440.
After a year of focused work on 15th-century notation topics, we close our current season before the summer break with a 4-week online series featuring a “casual” selection of shorter pieces from late 15th and early 16th century sources. This series is designed for both ongoing students to review some of the basic concepts of mensural notation, to deepen and enjoy the fluency gained over the past few months of studies, and for new students to join in for a first practical experience with mensural notation… $100 for four sessions, recordings of each class are available during the week after class… See the complete description for these classes, and sign up here!
https://www.amherstearlymusic.org/online/early-notation-annette-bauer-back-basics-review-new-intro

Newton Theatre Company presents: Iphigenia Among the Taurians
2022-06-03 - 2022-06-05 | MA
​Euripides’ Greek tragedy/melodrama about the chance meeting of Iphigenia and her long lost brother, Orestes, and the siblings’ escape from the wild shores of Tauris.

Newton Free Library presents Lesbian Life in Boston: 1910-1920
2022-06-09 19:00 - 20:00 | MA
What was it like to be a lesbian in a world that was not ready to deal with differences? How did lesbians deal with isolation and ostracism? And what was it like to live through the years when men fought to keep women from having the right to vote? Author, Ellen Levy, will speak to these experiences in an interactive program that is based on the extensive research she did for her historic novel series.

Ellen Levy’s books, Romance at Stonegate, Struggles in a Boston Marriage and Chosen Family reflect her passion as a Lesbian and a Jew in researching and writing about the struggles Lesbian women in the early 1900s faced. From the suffrage movement to immigration of Eastern European Jews and the creation of settlement houses, her novels bring to light this important and often overlooked part of the history of the women’s movement.

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Theatre Ink Proudly Presents The 15th Annual Playwrights Festival
2022-06-09 19:30 - 21:00 | Newton North High School, 457 Walnut St, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Performed Live in The Little Theatre at Newton North High School
or Live Streamed at home!
In-Person Tickets June 9,10, 11 at 7:30 PM
Tickets will also be sold at the door if available
