Chamber Music for Your Cause…

The Allen Center 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, United States

Chamber Music for Your Cause… Sunday, November 3, 4:00 pm The Allen Center hosts a concert as part of the Chamber Music For Your Cause concert series. This event is organized by Paulette Bowes featuring Brahms' dynamic Clarinet Quintet and benefitting Shelter Music Boston.

Boston Baroque presents The X-tet

The Allen Center 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, United States

Join Boston Baroque for an intimate concert with the X-tet, Boston Baroque's premier period chamber ensemble, in the Great Hall at The Allen Center in Newton, MA. Prepare to be captivated by a diverse selection of works by many rarely-heard female composers of the 17th century. Featuring Soprano Sonja DuToit Tengblad. This program will also include…

Cherry Street Music Presents Toe-Tapping Snappy Hot Jazz.

The Allen Center 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, United States

440- The Gypsy Jazz Quartet takes over the Allen Center with Toe-Tapping Snappy Hot Jazz. Led by “The Jazzy Violinist” Tomoko Iwamoto, with Jack Clark, clarinet; Jack Soref, guitar; and Gregory Toro, bass; 440 performs their own original tunes as well as those of their inspiration, Django Rheinhart. Join the fun for an evening that…

Create The Vote: Candidate Forum

The Allen Center 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, United States

Create The Vote: Candidate Forum Thursday, October 10th On October 10th at 6:30 pm join arts supporters, advocates, and community change-makers for a candidate forum. Hosted at The Allen Center in partnership with the New Art Center and Newton Cultural Alliance in collaboration with MASSCreative, this forum brings together candidates from the 11th & 12th…

Classical with a Twist – Champions for Change

The Allen Center 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, United States

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 presents Open Arms, Open Hearts

The Allen Center 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, United States

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…

Cherry Street Music Presents Oded Tzúr

The Allen Center 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, United States

Monday, September 30 at 7:00 pm New York saxophonist Oded Tzúr performs for one night only at The Allen Center. Tzúr is known for giving his instrument a whole new voice — one that is described by The Guardian as a “unique tenor sax whisper.” Get your tickets for an intimate performance with music from…

Visual Art Exhibit: Bruce Hugh Wilson, Photographs

The Allen Center 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, United States

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

2024 Fall Village Concert Series

The Allen Center 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, United States

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

The Allen Center 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, United States

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…