Newton at Home will host a Senior Resource Fair at Sunrise of Newton (431 Washington Street, Newton) on October 9, 10AM-12PM. It’s a free community event designed to connect older adults and their families with a wide range of local resources that support aging with dignity and ease. Highlights include:…
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The Newton Conservators will host a webinar, Phenology Shows the Biological Effects of Climate Change, at 7PM on Thursday, October 9. Register here. The most sensitive biological indicator of climate change is phenology, the timing of events. As a result of a warming climate, plants and animals are now active earlier in…
Join West Newton Cinema (1296 Washington Street) on Thursday, October 9 from 6:30-8:30PM for I Know Where I’m Going. Film: A young Englishwoman goes to the Hebrides to marry her older, wealthier fiancé. When the weather keeps them separated on different islands, she begins to have second thoughts. Ty Burr’s…
Please join Parks, Recreation & Culture and the culinary students at Newton North High School at Tiger’s Loft Restaurant (457 Walnut Street) on Wednesday, October 29th from 12-1:15PM for a delicious Senior Luncheon with entertainment for Newton seniors. The menu will be minestrone soup, baked haddock, mixed vegetables and roasted…
Join Andrew Middleton of The Map Center in Pawtucket, RI for The Map Center Presents: How Maps Lie. Taking place on Friday, October 10 at 2PM at the Newton Free Library (330 Homer Street), this talk is a fun and informative exploration of how maps tell all sorts of stories. Learn…
Registration is now open for Halloween Window Painting for grades 3 to 8. Sign up to express your artistic side by painting a window of a participating merchant in one of seven Newton villages. Window painting takes place 10AM-4PM on Saturday, October 25 (rain date, October 26), but the registration deadline…
Second Church in Newton, UCC (60 Highland Street, West Newton) will host a symposium– Engaging Christian Nationalism — on October 10-12 with this schedule: Friday, October 10: Doors open at 6:30PM. At 7PM, the documentary film, Armor of Light, followed by Q&A with Rev. Dr. Rob Schenck, who is featured…
The West Suburban YMCA, in partnership with MGB Newton-Wellesley Hospital, will hold a Flu Vaccine Clinic on Friday, October 10, from 8AM to 12PM at the Wells Avenue YMCA (135 Wells Avenue). This free Community Clinic will provide flu shots for anyone 18 and over, with no appointment or insurance…
Follow outdoor enthusiast and naturalist Jeff Adams on Saturday, October 11, from 10AM to 12:30PM, for a guided nature walk at Newton’s Kennard Park sponsored by the Newton Conservators. This walk is mostly the same as the Kennard Park #1 guided walk. Walk participants will learn how to identify a…
Nahanton Park offers one of the best birding spots in Newton for fall migrants and resident species. On Sunday, October 12, from 8AM to 10:30AM, lifelong birder Haynes Miller will lead new and experienced birders on a search for fall sparrows—timed for their peak migration—and other avians in this gently…
On Monday October 13, all are welcome to join the Annual Rolling Parade through the streets of Newton to celebrate Columbus Day! The parade will be followed by an Italian Heritage Celebration at the American Legion Post 440. 9AM Assembly at 100 Walnut Street parking lot. Rolling at 10AM. Finishing at rally at American Legion Post…
Newton’s 5th annual Ceremonial Celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day will be held on Monday, October 13 from 11AM to 5PM — NOT at Albemarle Field but at NEWTON NORTH HIGH SCHOOL (due to expected inclement weather). Dedicated this year to the drum — the heartbeat of Indigenous Nations and Mother…