At 3PM each day, August 8-12, Louise Ting, a rising 2nd grader in Newton, will play a short concert of music by Mozart and Tchaikovsky at one of the Artful Pianos installed in various parks in Newton. Louise has just returned from a competition in Europe, and you can hear…
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The Newton Conservators are calling on all of us to watch out for Black Swallow Wort, a non-native plant that reduces biodiversity, degrades the environment, and is fatal to Monarch butterflies. This vine has blue-green, glossy leaves, small purple flowers, and large seed pods that hang like pea pods. Dig…
The Newton Highlands Area Council will meet on August 4 at 7PM — in-person at the Brigham House (20 Hartford Street, Newton Highlands) with remote participation by Zoom as well. The agenda includes updates on Zoning Redesign and a proposed expansion of the Hyde veteran memorial. The Council may be…
With many donors on vacation, our local hospitals are facing urgent needs for donations of both blood and blood platelets. You can donate blood in Newton on Friday, July 29, when the blood mobile operated by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital will be at Brae Burn Country…
A Funeral Mass will be held for Andrew J. Magni, lifelong Newton resident and founder of Magni Funeral Home, on Saturday, July 30 at 10:30AM in Our Lady’s Church, 573 Washington St, Newton.
With its Beyond Mobility Vision for Transportation survey, the Mass. Dept of Transportation seeks to hear from everyone for input to its Beyond Mobility 2050 long-range plan. Whether you walk, bike, ride the T or commuter rail, or take a ferry, you are invited to take the MassDOT survey —…
On July 30 (rain date: July 31) at 2PM, Historic Newton will host a fun, leisurely-paced ride to explore some of Newton’s recreation areas: Crystal Lake, Newton Centre Playground, and the Chestnut Hill Reservoir, once a popular destination for 19th century bicyclists. The six-mile loop starts and ends at Landry’s…
Metro West Collaborative Development and Civico Development — the developers that will convert the West Newton Armory into affordable housing — will hold an open house on August 1, 4PM-6PM to explain the project to the public. The project is at 1135 Washington Street in West Newton. There will be…
The Friends of Hemlock Gorge will hold their Annual Picnic on August 2, from 5PM until dusk, at the Stone Building at the northeast corner of the park. The group will provide a grill, chairs, picnic benches, and music. At 6PM, there will be a belated dedication of the new…
The Newton Police Department will host a free community-building event, National Night Out, on August 2, 5PM-8PM at Captain John Ryan Park, adjacent to Police Headquarters (corner of Washington and Cherry Streets in West Newton). It’s part of a nationwide network of events on the first Tuesday of August each…
The Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum and Revolution 250 are partnering with Historic Newton to place a commemorative marker at the grave of Boston Tea Party participant Obadiah Curtis in the East Parish Burying Ground. This event is part of an initiative to place a commemorative marker at the…
This event has been postponed to a date not yet set. Historic Newton had planned an event on August 5 to celebrate the Big Band days of Norumbega’s Totem Pole Ballroom with Dan Gabel and The Abletones, an authentic 18-piece Big Band, featuring vocalist Elise Roth. Enjoy a cocktail reception,…