The Walnut Street Minyan invites all for a family Hanukkah celebration on Shabbat morning, December 28, 10:30AM to12PM at 858 Walnut Street, Newton. Special activities and treats for children in celebration of Hanukkah. All are welcome. Register in advance here so each child — and their parents — can be made to feel…
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Newton’s Health and Human Services (HHS) will offer a free training session on the administration of Naloxone (Narcan) to prevent opioid death. The training will be on January 6, 6PM-7PM in the Newton Free Library’s Druker Auditorium (330 Homer Street). Registration is not required. Opioid rescue kits containing Naloxone (Narcan)…
The public is invited to the Newton Free Library’s Druker Auditorium on January 7 at 7PM to learn about the 109-page report — Aging in Newton: A Community Needs Assessment — commissioned by the City to assist strategic planning in preparation for the opening of the Cooper Center for Active Living. The…
Are you interested in helping a member of the Newton community learn English? Join the Newton Free Library’s English Language Learning Program! An hour a week (in person or online) can make a real difference in the life of an English learner. Training is provided to new volunteers, and no…
On Sunday, January 12 at 3PM, the All Newton Music School (321 Chestnut Street, West Newton) will host String Trio – -an afternoon with Boston Symphony Orchestra musicians Sophie Wang, violin, Leonardo Vásquez Chacón, viola, and ANMS Faculty Kelly Knox, cello. They have prepared a captivating string trio performance with pieces from Beethoven, Rebecca Clarke, and…
Newton-based composer Ruth Hertzman-Miller has created Composite Chamber Players (CCP) to bring new music by living composers to the metropolitan Boston community. CCP will present a post-holiday concert, Explorations, on January 12 at 7PM in the Keller Room at Jordan Hall (30 Gainsborough Street, Boston). The concert by four local…
UPDATE: This event has been rescheduled to January 13, due to illness.Newton for Everyone will host a hybrid discussion — What would it take to build 100% affordable housing in Newton? — on January 13 at 7PM, at the Congregation Dorshei Tzedek/Second Church (60 Highland Street, West Newton) and on Zoom.…
The Newton Free Library will host a Community Song Circle with local singers Julie Crosson and Shruti Mandana on Monday, January 13, 7:30PM-8:30PM. Lyrics for folk and rock favorites will be provided, and all are invited to come together in community to sing songs new and old. No knowledge of music or…
Historic Newton will offer a hands-on embroidery workshop on January 14 at 7PM, at the Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds (286 Waverley Avenue). Participants will recreate a design inspired by an object from the museum’s collection. This beginner-friendly session is open to all skill levels, from first-time stitchers to experienced embroiderers.…
Historic Newton will present a free lecture — 18th Century Media Literacy and Bias — at the Newton Free Library’s Druker Auditorium on January 16 at 7PM. The presenter will be Michele Gabrielson, a local history teacher and historic interpreter of the 18th century. She will analyze perspective, language, and…