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New Art Center presents Teen Build Your Art Portfolio class
New Art Center presents Teen Build Your Art Portfolio class
Teen Build Your Art Portfolio class // All Levels // GR 8-12 // Mondays with Mattea Weinberg This all-levels class is perfect for teens looking to build strong skills and prepare a competitive portfolio for college art programs. Students will draw from life, experiment with materials, and create meaningful, finished pieces—all with the support and guidance…
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Newton Cemetery & Arboretum: Artist in Residence Program – Applications Now Open
The Friends of Newton Cemetery & Arboretum is delighted to announce that the application period for the 2026-27 Artist in Residence (AiR) Program is now open. This residency invites an artist to immerse themselves in the Cemetery’s historic landscape, its mission of remembrance, and its role as an accredited arboretum. The selected artist will have…
2 events,
New Art Center presents Teen Build Your Art Portfolio class
New Art Center presents Teen Build Your Art Portfolio class
Teen Build Your Art Portfolio class // All Levels // GR 8-12 // Mondays with Mattea Weinberg This all-levels class is perfect for teens looking to build strong skills and prepare a competitive portfolio for college art programs. Students will draw from life, experiment with materials, and create meaningful, finished pieces—all with the support and guidance…
2 events,
Commonwealth Chorale Auditions
Commonwealth Chorale Auditions
Commonwealth Chorale seeks singers of all voice types who have strong vocal and sight-reading skills. We are especially looking for tenors and basses. The 2025-2026 season marks Commonwealth Chorale’s 50th Anniversary and will be filled with special performances. In March, we will perform a new arrangement of Mozart’s beloved Requiem by English composer Howard Arman…
2 events,
West Newton Cinema presents Ty Burr’s Movie Club: Her
West Newton Cinema presents Ty Burr’s Movie Club: Her
TY BURR’S MOVIE CLUB is hosted by the nationally recognized film critic Ty Burr. Each month Ty presents and discusses one of his favorite films with the audience. His selections span the spectrum from classics that have stood the test of time to contemporary films that merit a second viewing. ABOUT THE FILM In the…
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Boston Ballet School presents Open Studio Week
January Open Studio Week Parents of children ages 16 months to 6 years* are invited to join us for Open Studio Week January 10–16 at our Boston, Brighton, Brookline, and Newton studios. You and your child can get a firsthand experience of our classes, connect with our faculty, learn more about our curriculum, and tour…
3 events,
New Art Center presents Teen Build Your Art Portfolio class
New Art Center presents Teen Build Your Art Portfolio class
Teen Build Your Art Portfolio class // All Levels // GR 8-12 // Mondays with Mattea Weinberg This all-levels class is perfect for teens looking to build strong skills and prepare a competitive portfolio for college art programs. Students will draw from life, experiment with materials, and create meaningful, finished pieces—all with the support and guidance…
3 events,
Commonwealth Chorale Auditions
Commonwealth Chorale Auditions
Commonwealth Chorale seeks singers of all voice types who have strong vocal and sight-reading skills. We are especially looking for tenors and basses. The 2025-2026 season marks Commonwealth Chorale’s 50th Anniversary and will be filled with special performances. In March, we will perform a new arrangement of Mozart’s beloved Requiem by English composer Howard Arman…
3 events,
NAA presents Rhythm of Color at The Allen Center
EXHIBITION & AWARD CEREMONY: The Allen Center, The Rhythm of Color Welcome to the RHYTHM of COLOR! End the year with a splash of color! Join the NAA for this annual Allen Center Expo! Let your creative side go wild. Explore your inner color any way you like. Exhibition: January 14 – February 26 Award Presentation:…
4 events,
Lydian String Quartet at The Allen Center
Lydian String Quartet at The Allen Center
An Open Rehearsal The Naumberg Award-winning Lydian String Quartet, recently named Ensemble in Residence at The Allen Center, will deliver the four open rehearsals with two Beethoven quartets framing contemporary works that demonstrate Beethoven’s lasting influence and providing new context for listening and understanding these canonical works in today’s world. Buy Tickets.
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Newton Theatre Company Presents: OUR TOWN
Newton Theatre Company Presents: OUR TOWN
Experience this beloved classic up close with our exceptional professional cast in an intimate venue where every seat brings you into the heart of Grover's Corners. Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning play is a profound meditation on love, loss, and the precious ordinary moments that define our lives told in Newton Theatre Company's signature style—immediate, personal,…
4 events,
Newton Theatre Company Presents: OUR TOWN
Newton Theatre Company Presents: OUR TOWN
Experience this beloved classic up close with our exceptional professional cast in an intimate venue where every seat brings you into the heart of Grover's Corners. Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning play is a profound meditation on love, loss, and the precious ordinary moments that define our lives told in Newton Theatre Company's signature style—immediate, personal,…
Newton Theatre Company Presents: OUR TOWN
Newton Theatre Company Presents: OUR TOWN
Experience this beloved classic up close with our exceptional professional cast in an intimate venue where every seat brings you into the heart of Grover's Corners. Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning play is a profound meditation on love, loss, and the precious ordinary moments that define our lives told in Newton Theatre Company's signature style—immediate, personal,…
3 events,
A Musical Menagerie
A Musical Menagerie
This January, conductor Conner Gray Covington leads your family on a thrilling trip to our musical zoo! Things get buzzing with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s zippy Flight of the Bumblebee. In Camille Saint-Saëns’s humorous Carnival of the Animals, clucking chickens, lumbering elephants, and braying donkeys all make their appearance. Works by Modest Mussorgsky, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and…
3 events,
New Art Center presents Teen Build Your Art Portfolio class
New Art Center presents Teen Build Your Art Portfolio class
Teen Build Your Art Portfolio class // All Levels // GR 8-12 // Mondays with Mattea Weinberg This all-levels class is perfect for teens looking to build strong skills and prepare a competitive portfolio for college art programs. Students will draw from life, experiment with materials, and create meaningful, finished pieces—all with the support and guidance…
4 events,
Spark Newton presents Winterfest
A fun-filled weekend of wintery events runs Friday through Sunday. Find the whole lineup of family adventures to enjoy from music, storytelling, arts and crafts, an interactive light show, and the beloved annual soup social. https://sparknewton.org/happenings/winterfest-2026/
Newton Theatre Company Presents: OUR TOWN
Newton Theatre Company Presents: OUR TOWN
Experience this beloved classic up close with our exceptional professional cast in an intimate venue where every seat brings you into the heart of Grover's Corners. Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning play is a profound meditation on love, loss, and the precious ordinary moments that define our lives told in Newton Theatre Company's signature style—immediate, personal,…
6 events,
Newton Theatre Company Presents: OUR TOWN
Newton Theatre Company Presents: OUR TOWN
Experience this beloved classic up close with our exceptional professional cast in an intimate venue where every seat brings you into the heart of Grover's Corners. Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning play is a profound meditation on love, loss, and the precious ordinary moments that define our lives told in Newton Theatre Company's signature style—immediate, personal,…
Newton Theatre Company Presents: OUR TOWN
Newton Theatre Company Presents: OUR TOWN
Experience this beloved classic up close with our exceptional professional cast in an intimate venue where every seat brings you into the heart of Grover's Corners. Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning play is a profound meditation on love, loss, and the precious ordinary moments that define our lives told in Newton Theatre Company's signature style—immediate, personal,…
Capella Clausura presents “‘in tongues’: Ruehr’s “Cassandra”
Capella Clausura presents “‘in tongues’: Ruehr’s “Cassandra”
Magic spells, prophecies, secrets, prayers; what happens when words mean more than what they say? Speech has the power to persuade, clarify, distort, and to move. It can even affect the way we remember things, the ways our minds encode memories. This program, centered around Elena Ruehr’s magnificent choral opera “Cassandra”, considers these questions. The…
4 events,
West Newton Cinema presents Keaton and Chaplin: Live Music Accompaniment
West Newton Cinema presents Keaton and Chaplin: Live Music Accompaniment
Join us for screenings of Buster Keaton's, THE GENERAL (1926), and Charlie Chaplin's, THE IMMIGRANT (1917) with live musical accompaniment. ABOUT THE FILMS: THE GENERAL, Buster Keaton- After being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is…
3 events,
New Art Center presents Teen Build Your Art Portfolio class
New Art Center presents Teen Build Your Art Portfolio class
Teen Build Your Art Portfolio class // All Levels // GR 8-12 // Mondays with Mattea Weinberg This all-levels class is perfect for teens looking to build strong skills and prepare a competitive portfolio for college art programs. Students will draw from life, experiment with materials, and create meaningful, finished pieces—all with the support and guidance…
3 events,
West Newton Cinema presents Among Neighbors
West Newton Cinema presents Among Neighbors
AMONG NEIGHBORS 2026 Special Event DCP with Filmmaker Q&A intended for screenings on or around International Holocaust Remembrance Day | January 27, 2026 ABOUT THE SPECIAL EVENT The Special Event Q&A includes a brief pre-recorded introduction by filmmaker Yoav Potash, and an in-depth post-film Q&A compilation that reveals the fascinating making-of stories –– as well…
3 events,
Newton Theatre Company Presents: OUR TOWN
Newton Theatre Company Presents: OUR TOWN
Experience this beloved classic up close with our exceptional professional cast in an intimate venue where every seat brings you into the heart of Grover's Corners. Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning play is a profound meditation on love, loss, and the precious ordinary moments that define our lives told in Newton Theatre Company's signature style—immediate, personal,…
4 events,
Newton Theatre Company Presents: OUR TOWN
Newton Theatre Company Presents: OUR TOWN
Experience this beloved classic up close with our exceptional professional cast in an intimate venue where every seat brings you into the heart of Grover's Corners. Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning play is a profound meditation on love, loss, and the precious ordinary moments that define our lives told in Newton Theatre Company's signature style—immediate, personal,…
Newton Theatre Company Presents: OUR TOWN
Newton Theatre Company Presents: OUR TOWN
Experience this beloved classic up close with our exceptional professional cast in an intimate venue where every seat brings you into the heart of Grover's Corners. Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning play is a profound meditation on love, loss, and the precious ordinary moments that define our lives told in Newton Theatre Company's signature style—immediate, personal,…
3 events,
West Newton Cinema presents Behind the Screen: The Testament of Ann Lee
West Newton Cinema presents Behind the Screen: The Testament of Ann Lee
ABOUT THE FILM: From award-winning writer-director Mona Fastvold (The World to Come, The Brutalist) comes the extraordinary true legend of Ann Lee, founder of the devotional sect known as the Shakers. Academy Award nominee Amanda Seyfried stars as the Shaker's irrepressible leader, who preached gender and social equality and was revered by her followers. The…