Sam Farmer will be hosting an author talk for his book, A Long Walk Down a Winding Road – Small Steps, Challenges, & Triumphs Through an Autistic Lens, which aims to inspire and empower the reader. It will take place on Wednesday, September 18, 7-8PM at the Druker Auditorium in…
Posts published in August 2024
Green Newton will host its annual Environmental Leadership Awards Celebration on September 19, 6:30PM-9PM, at Hibernian Hall (151 Watertown Street). The event will celebrate the important work of environmental community members with the presentation of the 2024 Louise Bruyn Environmental Leadership Awards to six who have made significant contributions to…
Newton Parks, Recreation and Culture is presenting Art in Bloom Newton, a workshop where guests interpret artwork by creating a floral design using local flowers and foraged accents, under the guidance of Susan Margolin. It will take place on Thursday, September 19, 6-8:30PM at 1294 Centre Street, Newton Centre. Registration…
The Music at the Redeemer series will present a classical music concert — Wagner & Elgar — on Friday, September 20 at 7PM at the Church of the Redeemer (379 Hammond Street, Chestnut Hill), featuring Sarah Rose Taylor (Mezzo Soprano) and Nigel Potts (Organist). The program includes Wagner’s Wesendonck-Lieder, Prelude to…
The Newton Conservators will lead a FREE walk through upland woods and wetlands, and by old stone fences and dramatic puddingstone outcroppings, at Saw-Mill Brook Conservation Area on Saturday, September 21 from 8:30 AM to 10AM. The walk will go from Vine Street to Marla Circle and return back along the…
Newton Baroque’s Hapsburg Hootenanny: Music by Biber, Pachelbel, Schmelzer, and Buonemente, Sept. 21
Newton Baroque’s Hapsburg Hootenanny: Music by Biber, Pachelbel, Schmelzer, and Buonemente, Sept. 21
Newton Baroque will present a capricious romp with chamber music from 17th Century Austria featuring music for two and three violins by Franz Biber, Johann Schmelzer, Giovanni Buonemente, and Johann Pachelbel. Not only will you hear Pachelbel’s celebrated Kanon, in which three violins play in canon over an ostinato bass,…
The United Parish of Auburndale (64 Hancock Street, Auburndale) will present Drag Extravaganza — a kid-friendly drag show — on September 21, 4PM-5:30PM as a fundraiser for the Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth (BAGLY). The program includes performances in the sanctuary, story times with children in…
The First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (FUUSN) will host a discussion of earth-based spirituality and paganism at FUUSN (1326 Washington Street, West Newton) on Sunday, September 22, from 8:30AM to 10AM. Coffee and tea will be provided, and participants are welcome to bring their own breakfast. Participants will deepen…
The First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (FUUSN) is hosting a Community Expo to showcase the many groups and activities within the FUUSN community. It takes place on Sunday, September 22 during coffee hour (11:30AM – 1PM), just after the Sunday service at FUUSN (1326 Washington Street, West Newton). Find…
Join over 300 Newton youth basketball players in the Metrowest Basketball program. For over 25 years, the program has stressed basketball skills and sportsmanship in a fun, competitive environment. Girls and boys in Grades 4-8 who live in Newton or attend Newton schools through the METCO program are eligible. New players are welcome. Volunteer adult coaches are…