NewtonSERVES — the City’s annual day of volunteering to clean and improve parks, school grounds, open space areas, and conservation lands — will be May 5. This year there are 24 project sites: Volunteers 18 years or older must register, and volunteers under 18 must be accompanied by a registered adult.
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The Newton Free Library and Newton Human Rights Commission will host a panel discussion, Let Freedom Read: Examining Book Banning Today, on April 29, 7PM-8:15PM, in the Library’s Druker Auditorium. Panelists include:
On its 28th anniversary, Newton Open Studios (NOS) will showcase art by about 130 artists in 34 venues — homes, studios, and group locations — throughout Newton on April 27-28, 11AM-5PM. Each venue will be marked by printed signs with red balloons. See the Newton Open Studios PDF map for…
Boston College (BC) and St. Columbkille Partnership School (STCPS) are hosting a fundraising event – race to educate – with a 5K Run/Walk for ages 12 and up, and a kids fun run for ages 11 and below. It will take place on April 27 and start at Boston College…
Help support local families who need diapers by donating to Newton Neighbor’s diaper drive through Wednesday, May 8. Sizes NB – 7 are accepted at the following locations: Or purchase diapers from the Newton Neighbors Amazon Wish List, and they will be shipped directly to a collection point. Open boxes are welcome,…
The League of Women Voters of Newton (LWVN) will be offering two $2,000 scholarships to students in the high school class of 2024. To be eligible for considerations, candidates must either reside or attend school in Newton, MA and be planning to pursue post-high school education. Successful applicants will have…
Empty Bowls is a grassroots movement around the world to raise money for food-related charities to care for and feed the hungry in their communities. The Boston College Public Health Club will host an Empty Bowls fundraiser for the Newton Food Pantry on April 24, 6PM-8PM at the Yawkey Athletic…
The Newton Senior Center will host a free book talk by Elizabeth Millane, author of Sixty Blades of Grass — “an intriguing and dramatic, yet personal, story about the Dutch resistance during the Second World War.” The talk will be on April 25, 1PM-2PM, at the Hyde Community Center (90…
Newton Parks, Recreation and Culture will offer a six-week course of exciting Cha Cha Cha and the passionate steps of the Rumba, for all to dance away to confidence and style. The course, held in partnership with Dance Stream Studio, will meet at the studio (54 Lincoln Street, Newton Highlands) on Thursdays, 6PM-7PM, April 25…
Mount Alvernia Academy will hold its Spring Open House on Friday, April 26, 8:30AM-11AM, at its campus (20 Manet Road, Chestnut Hill). Register here. Are you interested in an engaging, values-based education for your child? Mount Alvernia Academy is a two-time Blue Ribbon Awarded Preschool-Grade 6, co-ed school. Proudly rooted in the…