storytelling
Hyde Community Center: Storytelling at Hyde Bandstand
Hyde Community Center 90 Lincoln St, Newton Highlands, MA, United StatesCome listen to great stories, or, maybe get inspired and put your name in the hat to tell your personal, true 5-minute story (e.g. Moth style) on the theme: Summer is Over. Ten names will be drawn from the hat! Now Listen Here is bringing its storytelling open-mic to the outdoor stage at the Hyde…
Theatre Ink presents: Lost and Found – The Untold Stories of People of Color
ZoomTime and time again, the stories of people of color are swept under the rug and lost. It is about time we found them. What is Lost and Found? Lost and Found is about sharing the stories of people of color and amplifying their voices through the performing arts. From hardships to celebrations, people of…
Theatre Ink presents: Lost and Found – The Untold Stories of People of Color
ZoomTime and time again, the stories of people of color are swept under the rug and lost. It is about time we found them. What is Lost and Found? Lost and Found is about sharing the stories of people of color and amplifying their voices through the performing arts. From hardships to celebrations, people of…
Historic Newton presents: Reading Frederick Douglass Together
Jackson Homestead and Museum 527 Washington St, Newton, MA, United StatesCome and hear a public reading of the famous Frederick Douglass address, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" The museum will be open special hours that day from noon to 5 p.m. with free admission. Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy on the back lawn of the Homestead. Funded by a grant…
Festival of the Arts: Newton Nomadic Theatre’s Story Slam
Hyde Bandshell 90 Lincoln Street, Newton, MA, United StatesAs part of the 6th Annual Newton Festival of the Arts, the Newton Nomadic Theatre presents their next Story Slam. NNT Story Slams have become legendary in Newton featuring everyone from celebrities, politicians, to next door neighbors. They provide the light, you provide the face and the story. The idea is simple - a…
Storied Nights – Open-Mic Storytelling at the Hyde Bandshell
Hyde Bandshell 90 Lincoln Street, Newton, MA, United StatesCome listen to great stories, or, put your name in the hat to tell your own, true, 5-minute story. Bring your friends, a picnic and libations. Come enjoy the outdoors while we can! Story Theme: "Fall" Tell us about a time when you took a fall (literal or otherwise); or when you fell in love,…
The Tree Nursery on Nonantum Hill: A Durant-Kenrick Walking Tour
Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds 286 Waverley Ave,, Newton, MADid 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,…
Walking Tour: Founding Newtonians in East Parish Burying Ground
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…