First Church in Chestnut Hill will host a Messiah Sing on Thursday, December 14 at 7PM. The event is free and open to the public. Bring your score, your friends, and sing along with our professional quartet as we bring Handel’s beloved music to life. All are welcome! First Church in Chestnut…
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The Upper Falls Area Council and Little Luke’s Café are hosting Carols, Cocoa & Cookies — a winter holiday celebration — in Pettee Square on December 15, 6PM-7:30PM. A winter sing-a-long will be led by retired Newton elementary school music teacher, Martha Holmes. Refreshments will be provided by Little Luke’s Café. Pettee…
Cherry Street Music will present Beethoven and Beatles, Part 1 on December 16 at 7:30PM at The Allen Center (35 Webster Street, West Newton). Tickets and information are available at the link above. The concert, part of Cherry Street’s Classics with a Twist season-long focus, explores the frequently noted connections…
West Newton’s Bay Colony Brass will present a free concert of Christmas classics at the Second Church in Newton (60 Highland Street, West Newton) on Saturday, December 16, at 7:30PM. The family-friendly program includes an array of Christmas chestnuts ranging from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker to modern favorites. The concert concludes…
Bake your cake (and win an award?) …and eat it, too! Registration is open now until November 26 for Newton Cultural Development’s first Gingerbread House Exhibit and Contest. Inspired by the Portsmouth (NH) Historical Society’s well known, annual Gingerbread House contest, Newton Cultural Development Program Manager Lisa Rucinski decided to bring…
Dancers from Newton North and South High Schools and beyond entertained a crowd gathered at City Hall on November 13 to celebrate Diwali, a national holiday in India known as the Festival of Lights. The five-day celebration, which this year began on November 12, “symbolizes new beginnings and the triumph…
West Newton Cinema Foundation aims to save the theatre The West Newton Cinema, 75-year-old movie theatre – and Newton’s last neighborhood theatre – was sold to Mark Development in 2022. David Bramante, who owned and managed the cinema, was forced to sell because of Covid’s negative impact on movie attendance.…
Bay Colony Brass (BCB), a twenty-member brass and percussion ensemble based in West Newton, will present a free concert celebrating military veterans in the main sanctuary of First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (1326 Washington Street, West Newton) on Saturday, November 11, at 7:30PM. (Ed Note: The location was changed…
Newton Community Pride will host “Meet the Maestro,” an intimate evening of conversation with acclaimed Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart, on November 8, 6:30PM-8:30PM, at the Showcase SuperLux Chestnut Hill. Jim Braude, co-host of Boston Public Radio, will interview Lockhart about his musical career, his experiences collaborating with a diverse…
The First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (1326 Washington Street, West Newton) will mark Veterans Day with a Music Sunday service on Sunday, November 12, at 10:15AM. The service will feature works by Vaughan Williams, Crosby Stills & Nash, Debussy, and more. Pianist Lois Shapiro and guitarist Bob MacWilliams will…