The Classical with a Twist series kicks off the 2024-25 season with a relevant and inspiring concert - Champions for Change. Featuring music honoring musical giant and staunch advocate of human rights, cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. This stirring concert will include music performed by Artist-in-Residence- Allison Eldredge, cello; with Max Levinson, piano; and Andres Guerra, guitar.…

Sheffield Chamber Players open Season 11 with two works—written almost 200 years apart and on different continents— that tap the deepest corners of your soul while lifting you out of the everyday and into the sublime. Shelley Washington’s 2019 String Quartet Middleground overlays rhythmic grooves with sweeping melodies passing between the four voices. Schubert’s transcendent cello…

Visual Art Exhibit: Bruce Hugh Wilson, Photographs Please join us for a very special event in honor of the photographer and friend, Bruce Huge Wilson. His photography work will be on display in our gallery from Sept 26- Oct 25th. There will be an opening Reception on Thursday, September 26th at 6:30 pm. More Info

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…