Music Mondays will offer a concert on Monday, June 3, 2PM-3PM — both in-person at the Scandinavian Center (206 Waltham Street, West Newton) and live streamed via Zoom. The concert will feature piano masterworks by Faure, Barber, and Debussy performed by husband and wife piano duo and award winning pianists Victor…
Posts published in April 2024
Historic Newton is hosting a walking tour – Literary Newton – where you will learn about where famous authors have visited in Newton, see the work of authors stamped in sidewalks, listen to poems and more. The tour will take place on June 4, 6-7PM and the meeting point will…
Starting off Pride Month, the City will host the Pride Flag Raising on the South Lawn of City Hall on June 4, 5:30PM-6:30PM. Ceremony, resource fair, and ice cream!
Indigenous Peoples Day Newton (IDPN) is hosting Powwow and the People Who Bring It to Life, an exhibit on Native American powwows with pictures taken of powwows by local photographers. It will take place on June 6-7, 5-9PM and June 8, 11AM-2PM at the New Art Corridor (245 Walnut Street,…
As part of Summer 2024 in the Highlands!, the Hyde Community Center (90 Lincoln Street, Newton Highlands) will host a concert (Studio Two — a Beatles tribute band) at 6PM followed by a movie (Migration) at dusk. All free, thanks to The Village Bank. Outside if the weather’s good, otherwise…
Newton Cultural Alliance (NCA) is hosting their 10th annual Strawberry Festival with food, drinks, and music. The event will take place on Saturday, June 8, 6:30PM at The Allen Center (35 Webster Street, West Newton). Tickets are $200.
The Charles River Watershed Association will host the annual Watertown Dam Herring Festival on June 8, 2PM-4PM at the Watertown Dam (64 Pleasant Street, Watertown). Celebrate the annual migration of Alewife, Blueback Herring, and American Shad from the ocean into the Charles River. This free event will feature live music,…
Join Newton Conservators and Friends of Hemlock Gorge on Sunday, June 9, 10AM-Noon, for an Exploring Hemlock Gorge tour of this gem of a park, “hidden” at the intersection of Route 9 and I-95, once a Sunday destination for thousands of Boston city dwellers, and designed by Charles Eliot of…
All are welcome to the 47th Newton Highlands Village Day — and the 50th anniversary of the Newton Highlands Area Council — on Sunday, June 9, on Lincoln Street in Newton Highlands . Come for fun, delicious food, live music, kids activities, craft and event booths and much more! Thanks…
Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries (CMM) is hosting a lecture by Rev. Dr. Matthew Ichihashi Potts on themes from his still timely book, Forgiveness: An Alternative Account, and a reception to follow. It will be held on Sunday, June 9, 3-4:30PM at the Eliot Church of Newton UCC (474 Centre St, Newton…
Eight ukulele ensembles(!) — including Newton’s own City Hall Strummers — will gather on June 9, 11AM-4PM indoors at Newton City Hall for Strummin’ Up to Boston, a free music festival celebrating all things ukulele. Food trucks, vendor booths, and a group musical strum-along led by local ukulele personality Danno…
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston is performing Strings of Light, a concert featuring songs by Vivaldi, Vasks, Esmail and Beethoven all played on Pro Arte’s strings. It will take place on June 9, 3PM at Second Church in Newton (60 Highland St, West Newton). Tickets available online.