The Waban Library Center (WLC) is happy to be serving Newton and beyond since 2009 — with current fiction and nonfiction books, Story Hours, Family Game Day, author talks, concerts, and more. On Saturday, February 8, the WLC will have two fun events to beat the winter doldrums: The WLC…
Posts published in February 2025
Newton Baroque is presenting a concert, In the Salon of Fanny von Arnstein, with music by C.P.E. Bach, Mozart and Schubert performed by tenor Jason McStoots and fortepianist Andrus Madsen in two salon venues. The event will take place on Saturday, February 8, 7:30-9:30PM at the Allen Center (35 Webster…
All Newton Music School is hosting Rock-Away-Café: The ANMS Musical Lounge where viewers can experience a showcase of Pop, Rock, Jazz, and Folk in a club-like atmosphere. The event will take place on Saturday, February 8, 4PM at All Newton Music School (321 Chestnut Street, West Newton). Registration is $10.
The First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (FUUSN) hosts a monthly free lunch with a different social-action speaker each month at FUUSN (1326 Washington Street, West Newton). At noon on February 9, the speaker will be Yael Yaaloz, Program Director at Communities for Restorative Justice (C4RJ). From FUUSN: Yael Yaaloz will speak…
Newtonville Books (10 Langley Road, Newton Centre) will host an afternoon of storytelling on February 9, 2PM-3PM with authors Lisa Stringfellow (author of A Comb of Wishes and Kingdom of Dust) and Phoebe Sinclair (author of Confessions of a Candy Snatcher) will read from their books and discuss the process of creating engaging stories…
Historic Newton will host Winter Craft Series: Vintage Valentines where participants can craft personalized valentines using materials inspired by vintage Valentine’s cards. It will take place on Wednesday, February 12, 7-9PM at the Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds (286 Waverley Avenue, Newton Corner). Registration is $15 for members, $10 for non-members.
Each movement and flutter of the vibrant, pink fans mesmerized the audience on February 2, as members of the Boston Korean Dance Academy performed several routines during the New Art Center’s celebration of the Lunar New Year. After a few quick costume changes, the all-female group also spun and glided…
The TEDx Club at Newton North High School is organizing its second annual TEDx Youth event — “an evening of inspiration and community” — on Wednesday, February 12, 6PM-8PM in Newton North’s Little Theatre. Ten local speakers will talk on the theme of “the “The Power of Passion”: Registration is required…
The Newton Free Library will present a book talk where Historian Hasia Diner will discuss her most recent book, Opening Doors: The Unlikely Alliance Between the Irish and the Jews in America, which discusses how Irish-Americans helped Jewish immigrants to integrate into American society. It will take place on Thursday, February…
Newton Conservators will be hosting a webinar, Animals Looking for Love on Valentine’s Day, It’s Not Just Humans. Participants will join Barbara Bates for a look at some of Newton’s larger animals looking for love in February and the myths that surround their quests. They will cover owls, groundhogs, skunks,…