Boston Jazz Voices will present a free concert on Sunday, June 8 at 3:30PM, at the Newton War Memorial Auditorium in City Hall. This event is sponsored by the Village Bank and Newton Community Pride in partnership with the City of Newton’s Cultural Development Department as part of the Linda Plaut…
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Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston will present Serenade for Spring, a concert featuring cellist Aron Zelkowicz. This performance will take place on Sunday, June 8, 3PM at the Second Church in Newton (60 Highland Street, West Newton). Tickets available online. Works performed will include Luigi Boccherini’s Cello Concerto in G…
The Cooper Center for Active Living in Newton, in collaboration with the Newton Free Library, is hosting monthly LGBTQIA+ socials for meeting, socializing, and celebrating community connections. Bring your dinner, invite a friend. We will discuss a different theme or engage in a fun activity each month. Snacks and beverages…
The Newton Free Library and Haiku Newton will present a Celebratory Reading of the 30 winning submissions from a pool of 232 haiku poems, as well as talk about the Haiku Newton project, now in its fourth year, and the evolution of haiku. It will take place on Monday, June…
The Steve Rudolph Trio will present a concert on June 10, 1PM-2PM, at the Newton Free Library’s Druker Auditorium, paying homage to some of the greatest bands to ever grace a bandstand: Glenn Miller, the Dorsey Brothers, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, and more. The Steve Rudolph Trio is…
The Zamir Chorale of Boston will perform a concert, Zamir in the Round: An Immersive Experience, the dynamic “surround-sound” to break down the invisible wall that often separates performers from their audience. Listeners will be placed right inside a circle of singers for an evening of offerings by George Gershwin,…
Newton Parks, Recreation and Culture (Newton PRC) will host summer swim lessons and memberships during the summer. YOUTH SWIMMING LESSONS: Held outdoors at either either the new Gath Pool (256 Albemarle Road, Nonantum) and Crystal Lake (30 Rogers Street, Newton Centre). Lessons are organized into two-week sessions. Classes are held…
The Newton Free Library and the History Project will host an event, Improper Bostonians: An LGBTQ+ History of Massachusetts, with a presentation and conversation exploring the history of LGBTQ+ people, community, organizing, and change in Massachusetts drawing on sources like court cases, diaries, letters, photographs, videos, oral histories, and more.…
As part of Newton’s Greening the Houses of Worship series, the Creation Care Team of the Eliot Church of Newton will host a plant-based potluck supper to hear from Urban Larson on the topic of “Sustainable Investment” on June 11 at 7PM at the Eliot Church (474 Center Street, Newton…
Preston Settles Memorial Fund (PSMF) will host PS3 Casino Night, a fundraising event on Wednesday, June 11, 6PM-11PM at the Cyclorama in Boston. It will be a fun-filled, purposeful evening of casino games, music, dancing, delicious food headlined by chefs Lydia Shire and Douglass Williams, auction items, and more—all in support of increasing…
Way over the line! I am horrified by the Gestapo-like actions of the guys dressed up like ICE and Homeland Security officials who attacked and kidnapped two men on the streets of Newton or Watertown. Christine KingNewtonville
The City of Newton will host Strummin’ Up To Boston with ukulele instructors and performers sharing the enjoyment and beauty of the instrument. It will take place on Saturday, June 14, 11AM-4PM at Newton City Hall (1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton Centre). This entertaining and fun-loving ukulele festival includes live musical…