The Celebrate Newton! Holiday Craft Fair will celebrate its 20th anniversary on Sunday, December 3, 10AM-4PM at Newton South High School (140 Brandeis Road). It features live music and over 50 local artists and vendors — including new ones this year — selling jewelry, scarves, mugs, and unique gifts. Admission is $7,…
Posts published in November 2023
The Newton Family Singers will celebrate the music of an Americana superstar with their concert, Keep Your Heart Young: The Songs of Brandi Carlile, on December 3 at 4PM in the Eleanor Welch Casey Theatre at Regis College (235 Wellesley Street, Weston). Tickets are on sale at a discount ($15 for…
The Waban Improvement Society invites all to its Waban Lights and Family Sing-Along event on Sunday, December 3 at 4:45PM the grounds of the Waban Library Center (1608 Beacon Street, Waban). Before lighting up the beloved Waban Library Center building and surrounding grounds — creating a wonderland of light throughout…
City Council Finance meeting scheduled for Monday, November 27 has been canceled. Zoning and Planning will meet on Monday: Finance and Programs and Services will meet jointly on Tuesday: Public Facilities and Finance will meet jointly on Tuesday: Special City Council meeting on Wednesday to continue discussion and debate on…
Finance Committee‘s meeting scheduled for Monday, November 27 has been canceled (see Meeting Cancellation Notice) and rescheduled for Tuesday, November 28 (see below). Zoning and Planning will meet in person (Room 204) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, November 27 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: Finance and Programs…
Library Trustees Finance Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, November 27 at 4PM. The agenda includes the following: Newton Cultural Council will meet in person (1294 Centre Street) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, November 27 at 5:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Newton Retirement Board will meet…
The following potential projects/proposals are scheduled to meet with the Development Review Team (DRT) this week (see DRT Snapshot):
In January 2020, after seeing how many families were struggling financially, Grace Rodrigue and her two sisters — Olivia and Simone — wanted to do something to help. They created Kids Backing Kids (KBK), a 501(c)(3) non-profit to provide items for those in need and opportunities to teach youth about…
Julie Cohen’s recent article about the cow sculpture Bill Joyce is displaying in his Newtonville yard (tosupport the Jimmy Fund) reminded me of a few more “cow facts” Newton residents might not know butthat are well-documented in the collections held by Historic Newton: Farming, including dairy farming, survived on the…
Fredrik Wanger will offer a program of piano music of Mozart, Brahms, Chopin and Gershwin on Sunday, November 26, 2PM-3:30PM in the Druker Auditorium of the Newton Free Library. Admission is free. Fredrik Wanger was educated at Oberlin College, Peabody Conservatory, the Vienna Academy (as a Fulbright scholar), and Boston…