The City of Newton is hiring poll workers for upcoming elections and is looking for individuals who are enthusiastic, energetic, passionate about civic involvement, registered to vote in Massachusetts, and available to work on these dates: August 27 – September 2 (Early Voting at City Hall) September 6 (State Primary)…
Posts published in August 2022
The Newton Cultural Alliance will launch its Friday Night Folk series at The Allen Center (35 Webster Street, West Newton) with a concert by The Black Feathers on September 9: refreshments outdoors at 6:30PM, concert indoors at 7:30PM. Tickets are $25.
The Newton South HS Girls Varsity Soccer team will hold its 21st Annual Charity Car Wash on Saturday, September 10, 11AM-2PM, in front of Newton South (140 Brandeis Road). Proceeds this year will be donated to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research and Compassionate Care ALS.
Newton Theatre Company kicks off its 10th season with a one-night-only event not to be missed, presented by the team behind Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. No Child… is a tour-de-force exploration of the New York City public school system, in which Regan Sims transforms with rapid-fire precision into the teachers, students, parents, janitors, security…
At 6PM on September 11, the Newton 9-11 Memorial Committee and the City of Newton will host Newton’s 21st annual Day of Remembrance of 9-11 at the City’s 9-11 Memorial on the front lawn of Fire Department headquarters, 1164 Centre Street. Donations to support the ongoing maintenance of the Memorial…
Hankus Netsky & Janice Octavia Allen will kick off Newton Community Pride’s Fall Concert Series on September 11 at 3PM with a free concert at the Austin Street Plaza in Newtonville. If you were wowed by their recent performance at the Linda Plaut Festival of the Arts — or if you missed it…
The bilingual Huaxin Chinese School at Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association (GBCCA) will begin its 2022 Fall term on September 11. Classes are held on Sunday mornings at 437 Cherry Street, West Newton for children and adults. Register here. For more information, email gbccahuaxinchineseschool@gmail.com. In the evenings, the GBCCA also offers a…
Cappella Clausura and the Shift Orchestra Project will present a multimedia musical experience — Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Mass for the Endangered — on September 11 at 5:30PM at Emmanuel Church (15 Newbury St, Boston). Mass for the Endangered is a moving composition for choir and orchestra in which vibrant images…
The Newton Free Library’s annual gala fundraiser, Spring Fling — postponed from April because of Covid — will be held in-person at the Library on Saturday, September 17 to benefit the Library’s award-winning English Language Learners Program. The ELL Program is open to people who want to improve their English…
No City Council meetings this week. Accuvote Ballot Machine Testing will begin on Monday, August 22, in preparation for the upcoming State Primary to be held on Tuesday, September 6. Testing of the machines will begin at 9:30AM and will take place in the Cafeteria at City Hall. Mail-in ballots…