A group of Newton North HS students have formed Newton Youth Energizers to encourage more climate-friendly behavior and household technology. As part of Mass Energize’s Youth Climate Solutions Challenge, the team seeks to perform home-energy assessments for 100 Newton households by the end of April. To schedule a free Home-Energy Assessment, complete this form or…
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If you own a single-family home in Newton, please take this 5-minute survey to help local environmental groups identify non-electric appliance use and better understand residents’ concerns. Newton, just like Massachusetts, has a long-term climate goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. Since electricity is the only large-scale power supply that can…
The Scandinavian Cultural Center (206 Waltham Street, West Newton) welcomes the Aryaloka String Quartet (Mark Latham and Beth Welty, violins, Noralee Walker, viola, Sandi-Jo Malmon, cello) back to Music Mondays on April 13 from 2-3PM. The quartet will perform a thoughtful new program by the early 20th century French composer…
Ward 2 Councilor David Micley will hold an office hour on Monday, April 13 from 4PM to 5PM at the Cooper Center (375 Walnut Street, Newtonville), in the first-floor reception room.
Applications are now open for Newton Community Farm’s Summer High School Field Crew Internship Program. NCF field interns are crucial members of the farm team during the summer. Interns gain hand-on experience with all kinds of farm work including planting, harvesting, and packing produce while learning about our greater food system. The…
Newton Community Education is now enrolling for its 5-week Summer Theater Program and Stagehands: Counselor-in-Training (CIT) Program, held at Newton North High School from July 7 to August 8, Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM. This year’s Summer Theater Program will stage Anastasia, giving young performers the opportunity to build skills…
Frank King will deliver a lecture on the one and only Patsy Kline at the Cooper Center (345 Walnut Street, Newtonville) on Thursday, April 16 from 1:30-2:30PM. King will focus on the gorgeous recordings and tragic life of Patsy Cline, considered to possess one of the most beautiful voices of…
Newton Theater Company presents Oh to be Pure Again! at St. John’s Episcopal Church, DiMauro Hall (96 Otis Street, Newtonville) on Apr17-18 and Apr 24-25. Seating is intimate and limited, so get your tickets soon!
Bill Novak will tell some of his favorite jokes for and pertaining to older adults on Thursday, April 9, from 1:30-2:30PM at the Copper Center (345 Walnut Street, Newtonville). William Novak (born in 1948) is an American author and ghostwriter who has written or co-written around two dozen books, including…
Join the Newton Free Library (330 Homer Street, Newton Centre) on Wednesday, April 22 at 7PM for an evening with Heather Treseler, author of Auguries & Divinations, winner of the 2025 Massachusetts Book Award in Poetry. Auguries & Divinations brings together poems written with a painterly attention to desire, longing,…