The Celebrate Newton! Holiday Craft Fair will celebrate its 20th anniversary on Sunday, December 3, 10AM-4PM at Newton South High School (140 Brandeis Road). It features live music and over 50 local artists and vendors — including new ones this year — selling jewelry, scarves, mugs, and unique gifts. Admission is $7,…
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The Newton Family Singers will celebrate the music of an Americana superstar with their concert, Keep Your Heart Young: The Songs of Brandi Carlile, on December 3 at 4PM in the Eleanor Welch Casey Theatre at Regis College (235 Wellesley Street, Weston). Tickets are on sale at a discount ($15 for…
The Waban Improvement Society invites all to its Waban Lights and Family Sing-Along event on Sunday, December 3 at 4:45PM the grounds of the Waban Library Center (1608 Beacon Street, Waban). Before lighting up the beloved Waban Library Center building and surrounding grounds — creating a wonderland of light throughout…
Fredrik Wanger will offer a program of piano music of Mozart, Brahms, Chopin and Gershwin on Sunday, November 26, 2PM-3:30PM in the Druker Auditorium of the Newton Free Library. Admission is free. Fredrik Wanger was educated at Oberlin College, Peabody Conservatory, the Vienna Academy (as a Fulbright scholar), and Boston…
Apply to exhibit your art at the Newton Free Library! The Library is currently accepting proposals for exhibits July-December 2024. As one of the busiest public library buildings in Massachusetts, the Library’s galleries are highly sought after and well-loved by library patrons. The Library welcomes applications from New England region…
A memorable scene in the 2021 film C’mon C’mon features Joaquin Phoenix’s character reading to his 9-year-old nephew from Star Child, a book by highly regarded Newton Highlands children’s book author and illustrator Claire A. Nivola. About a flame of vapor that travels to earth to experience human life as…
Music Mondays — a women-run nonprofit presenting frequent, live music concerts — will present Beethoven and Brahms for Double-Bass and Piano on December 4, 2PM-3PM, both in-person at the Scandinavian Cultural Center’s Nordic Hall (206 Waltham Road, West Newton) and online (Zoom link). It will be performed by Yung-chiao Wei of Baton Rouge…
The Highland Glee Club, established in 1908 in Newton Highlands, will present a Holiday Feast of Song on Saturday, December 9, 3PM-4:30PM at Christ Episcopal Church (1132 Highland Avenue, Needham Heights). This four-part men’s chorus, directed by Sarah Robinson Seeber, will sing classical and traditional selections for Christmas and Hanukah…
Newton’s New Philharmonia Orchestra will present its holiday tradition family concert, Celebrations! — featuring music and dances from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite with live choreography by Boston Ballet School, as well as Miller’s Let There Be Peace On Earth — on December 10 at 3PM at Brown Middle School (125 Meadowbrook Road). Tickets are $20 for adults…
Miracle of Lights: a Holiday Family Festival — will take place at Newton City Hall on December 10, 3PM-5PM. Doors will open at 2:30PM. It’s a charitable festival celebrating Hanukkah and benefiting displaced children in Israel and Ukraine. It’s sponsored by Center Makor and Music, Arts & Fashion Productions. Tickets…