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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…
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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…
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West Newton Cinema presents An Evening with John Sayles
West Newton Cinema presents An Evening with John Sayles
West Newton Cinema Reads & Newtonville Books present: The iconic filmmaker John Sayles reading from and discussing his new novel, The Crucible, along with his classic film, City of Hope, with Here & Now’s Robin Young. Join director John Sayles as he reads from his new novel, The Crucible, following a screening of his riveting…
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West Newton presents Behind the Screen: Sinners
West Newton presents Behind the Screen: Sinners
SINNERS is a genre-defying period horror drama written and directed by Ryan Coogler, set in 1932 Mississippi during the Jim Crow era. The story follows twin brothers Elijah “Smoke” Moore and Elias “Stack” Moore, portrayed by Michael B. Jordan in dual roles, who return to their hometown to open a juke joint for the local…
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West Newton Cinema presents Night Fight
West Newton Cinema presents Night Fight
Night Fight is a hybrid documentary, nonfiction framed with creative, cinematic storytelling directed and edited by Khary Saeed Jones. The film emerges from a harrowing incident in 2017 when Jones was followed by a racist vigilante along back roads in rural Canada. Over time, that encounter cast a long shadow over his life, prompting a…