The Waban Improvement Society will host Waban Village Day on Sunday, May 21, 10AM-2PM in Waban Center (Woodward and Beacon Streets). The event starts with a Family Fun Run at 10AM, followed by rides and amusements for kids of all ages, vendor tables, music, food, and ice cream. At 11AM,…
Posts published in May 2023
Historic Newton will hold its 40th annual House Tour on May 21, noon to 5PM, highlighting historic spaces modernized for family life. Homes on this in-person tour include a Queen Anne Victorian with a turret and a former mill worker’s cottage. See how homeowners have made creative renovations, and come…
The Newton South Booster Club will host its second annual Lions 5K, a road race and fundraiser to support Newton South High School athletics and boost overall school and community spirit. It takes place on May 21, and the race starts at 9AM. Last year’s event drew 400 participants, including students,…
The New Philharmonia Orchestra will present May There Be Peace on May 21, 3PM-5PM at Brown Middle School (125 Meadowbrook Road). Buy tickets here. The program includes: .
Music Mondays is a women-run nonprofit presenting frequent, live music concerts in the Scandinavian Living Center’s Nordic Hall to audiences of mostly senior citizens. On May 22, 2PM-3PM, the concert will feature the Aryaloka String Quartet of Boston — Beth Welty and Mark Latham, violins; Noralee Walker, viola, and Sandi-Jo Malmon, cello —…
SEB Housing is working with Allee on the Charles and MassHousing to provide an affordable rental opportunity at 15 Riverdale Avenue in Newton. Lottery applications are being accepted until 2PM on May 23. See the Information Packet. For more information, call 617-782-2300 x207.
The 49th annual Theodore D. Mann Mayor’s Community Breakfast — “Embracing CommUnity” — will be held on May 24, 7:30AM-9:30AM, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Mount Ida Campus, outdoors under a tent on Trustee Field (#10 on map) in front of Shaw Hall. Speakers include Mayor Ruthanne Fuller and…
The Newton Conservators will hold its First-Ever Outdoor Annual Dinner Meeting on Wednesday, May 24, starting at 5PM with hors d’oeuvres and cash bar, followed at 6:30PM by dinner, business meeting, awards ceremony, and keynote speaker. This outdoor event will take place under a tent on the University of Massachusetts,…
Rob Schwartz, son of Morrie Schwartz — the beloved subject of the classic bestseller, Tuesdays with Morrie — will be at the Newton Free Library on May 30, 7PM-8PM, to talk about his recently released book, The Wisdom of Morrie. Before becoming ill with ALS, Morrie wrote a poignant manuscript on aging joyfully and…
Mayor Ruthanne Fuller and Newton’s Human Rights Commission will mark the start of Pride Month by raising the Pride flag on the ceremonial flagpole on the South Lawn of City Hall on June 1 at 5:30PM. It will fly throughout June as a symbol of inclusivity, pride, unity, and celebration…