The New Art Center‘s exhibition, Recollecting Afterimages: Portrait of Surviors, is on display through August 31: In-person at The New Art Corridor (at Trio, 245 Walnut Street, Newton) Online in the New Art Center’s Virtual Gallery. Part of the NAC’s Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Curatorial Program, this…
Posts published in July 2022
Newton Community Farm seeks field-work volunteers for Saturday mornings — ages 12+, and ages 12-15 must be accompanied by an adult. Sign up here at least 24 hours before your shift. For other opportunities — weeding on Thursday mornings or running the farm stand — email volunteers@newtoncommunityfarm.org.
Commonwealth Chorale, an auditioned chorus in the metropolitan Boston area, seeks experienced choral singers of all voice types who have strong vocal and sight-reading skills. Under new Artistic Director Michael Driscoll, the 2022-2023 season celebrates a diverse program of composers new and familiar, with all three programs featuring works by…
The Linda Plaut Newton Festival of the Arts is this weekend, July 22-24, offering a wide variety of arts, culture, and music ranging from baroque to blues, R&B to classical guitar, and jazz to opera. There will be 20+ performances and 4 venues over the course of 3 days, all…
Family-run West Newton Cinema has announced that it has reached agreement to sell to Mark Development the property where the theatre is located and is seeking new owners for the theatre’s business. After more than 40 years in West Newton, the Bramante family will continue to operate the theatre in…
This year’s St. Mary of Carmen Festival, six-year-old Quinten Mazzola, follows a long line of flying angels in his family. On Sunday, July 17, accompanied by his father Lewis, Quentin rose up in a cherry picker and threw rosebuds over the Statue of St. Mary of Carmen as she returned…
Massachusetts Senate Majority Leader Cynthia Creem has secured, as part of the $10 billion Transportation Bond Bill, $85 million to upgrade Newton’s three commuter rail stations in Auburndale, West Newton, and Newtonville. After these upgrades, the three Newton stations on the Framingham/Worcester line will be in compliance with the Americans…
Single-family and multi-family buildings with four or fewer units may be eligible to participate in a new pilot program, Decarbonization Pathways Pilot, being launched by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC). MassCEC seeks homeowners interested in decarbonizing their homes to test a new assessment protocol that it will use to…
The Massachusetts Legislature has extended permission for governmental bodies to hold remote and hybrid public meetings through March 31, effective immediately. According to the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Open Meeting Law website, this extends the ability of public bodies to hold meetings remotely without a quorum of the public body physically…
The Newton Rotary Club will be holding its monthly Clothing Drive at the Scandinavian Living Center (206 Waltham Street, West Newton) on Saturday, July 23 from 9AM to noon. Rotary is working with Helpsy, which accepts clothing and textiles in any clean condition (see details) and makes a donation to…