All Newton Music School (ANMS) will host a concert, Kevin McGinty — Piano Recital, where ANMS faculty and pianist Kevin McGinty will bring all 24 major and minor keys to life. Participants can experience the full range of Rachmaninoff’s emotional depth and his ability to capture mood and color. It…
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Hadassah Boston’s largest grassroots fundraiser, Not Your Bubbe’s Seder, will be held on March 30 at 1:30PM at Temple Beth Avodah (45 Puddingstone Lane, Newton). The Seder’s theme is “Shed a little light – Jewish humor through the ages,” and the headliner will be comedian, writer and NPR host Ophira Eisenberg. Ms. Eisenberg…
Music Mondays will host a concert with the Inaugural String Quartet featuring Isaac Krauss and Jason Sundram (violins), Elaine Leisinger (viola) and Josh Packard (cello). They will be performing two favorite string quartets by Franz Joseph Haydn, the “Father of the String Quartet”, on the occasion of Haydn’s 293rd birthday. It will take place on Monday,…
All Newton’s Musical Memory Café will be held on April 1, 1:30 – 2:30PM, at All Newton Music School. It’s an informal social gathering for people with cognitive changes and their care partners. Guests are welcome regardless of diagnosis. Attendees can connect with fellow community members while enjoying a musical…
Students and families are invited to participate in Fessenden School’s Bikes Not Bombs Bike Drive, a community service initiative on Saturday, April 5, from 10:30AM to 2:30PM at the Bernon Loop at The Fessenden School (250 Waltham St, West Newton). This student-led initiative aims to collect used, old, or broken bicycles for…
Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices will host a reading and launch of the spring issue of their magazine. It will take place on Saturday, April 5, 2-4PM at the Newtonville Books (10 Langley Road, Newton Centre).
Newton’s JourneySongs is an interfaith choir committed to singing for people with hospice services and their caregivers, as well as at memorial services and celebrations of life. We rehearse on Sundays, twice a month, in Newton, MA and sing in surrounding communities. JourneySongs uses the gift of song to provide both comfort…
The Walnut Street Minyan (WSM) warmly invites all to its annual Community Shabbat on April 5. Whether you are new to the Boston area, looking to explore another community, or just interested in experiencing an independent traditional lay-led egalitarian service, please come for services, starting at 9:30AM (Torah reading at 10:30), followed…
On its 29th anniversary, Newton Open Studios will showcase art by 93 artists in 26 venues — in homes, studios, and group locations — throughout Newton on April 5&6, 11AM-5PM each day. Each venue will be marked by printed signs with red balloons. To help visitors navigate among artists and locations, Newton…
The Newton Conservators will host a Vernal Pool BioBlitz on Sunday, April 6, 10AM-12PM, to help people of all ages to explore the plants and wildlife of Webster Woods (450 Hammond Pond Parkway, Chestnut Hill) and improve plant identification skills. This event is FREE. Register here. Vernal pools are small wetlands that are important…