Story Starters is a nonprofit inspiring racial justice action and helping parents and educators raise children to develop anti-racist values. It offers programs to support families and educators in discussing race and racism with young children in ages 3-8 — a development window when adults are poised to have a…
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Is your New Year’s resolution to eat healthier food and/or reduce your environmental impact? Let the UU Plant-Based Eating Club help! We are hosting a group read of The Engine 2 Seven-Day Rescue Diet: Eat Plants, Lose Weight, Save Your Health, by Rip Esselstyn. Available at the Newton Free Library, this…
Cappella Clausura is proud to bring you more beautiful music– selected by the people who know it best! Singers’ Choice features a diverse assortment of works by women, ranging from Renaissance hymnals to contemporary compositions. Guest Conducted by Dr. Carolina Flores, this eclectic program is sure to banish all your winter…
The New Art Center (61 Washington Park) will host a free celebration of the Lunar New Year with art, decorations, and performances on January 22, noon-3PM. More info and registration here.
Newton SEPAC will host an online presentation by Georgetown professor and disabilities studies scholar Jennifer Natalya Fink, author of All Our Families: Disability Lineage and the Future of Kinship, for a presentation about her book and work, with Q&A to follow. It will take place on January 22 at 7:30PM at…
The Newton Cultural Alliance will launch a free, hour-long program for families, Invitation to Imagine, at the Allen House (35 Webster Street) on December 11 (4PM), December 15 (3PM), January 22 (3PM), and January 26 (4PM). Families with children in Grades 3+ are invited to imagine and discover, traveling back…
This month the Newton Theatre Company will present Saint Joan — G.B. Shaw’s fast-paced, high-spirited play about the rise and fall of Joan of Arc, 15th century French mystic and soldier. This meta-historic epic has never felt more relevant. With intimate and unconventional staging, NTC welcomes all to witness an all-star, all-women…
Newton Community Pride (NCP) will host WinterFEST — a weekend of free and accessible outdoor family entertainment in Newton Highlands, Cold Spring Park, and Newton Centre on January 29-29: NCP and Welcome Home will also hold a blanket collection drive. Bring new or gently used full, queen or king blankets…
City of Newton Camp and Summer Program Fair will be held Sunday, January 29, noon-3PM in the cafeteria at Newton North High School. See the programs offered by the City of Newton this summer. Talk with representatives from Newton Parks, Recreation & Culture, Newton Public Schools including Newton Community Education…
Allison-Yoshie Eldredge, Artist-in-Residence of The Allen Center, will host another Classical With a Twist concert there (35 Webster Street) on January 29 with the Cherry Street Players. The concert –with Max Levinson on piano, Allison-Yoshie Eldredge on cello, and New England Conservatory Prep School prodigies — will start at 3PM…