The New Art Center will host their Annual Auction & Gala with an exclusive art auction featuring works from local and regional artists. This is a fundraising event, and proceeds will benefit the New Art Center. It will take place on Saturday, May 17, 7PM-10PM at Garage B (1420 Soldiers…
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Newton Community Farm will be hosting their Annual Seedling Sale with over 90 varieties of vegetable, herb, and flower seedlings for sale, along with Vermont Compost Company potting soil and soil amendments. Gardening experts will be on hand to answer all your gardening questions. It will take place on Saturday,…
The Cooper Center for Active Living will host a patriotic concert with the lyrics to traditional patriotic songs. Feel free to wear red, white, and blue, and bring a flag! You’re welcome to watch or sing! It will take place on Tuesday, May 20, 1:30-2:30PM at Newton City Hall (1000…
The annual Newton South HS Pops Concert will take place on May 22 at 7:00PM in the Van Seasholes Auditorium at Newton South (140 Brandeis Rd). Admission is free. The concert will feature performances by all Newton South performing arts ensembles, including jazz, Symphonic Band, and String Orchestra ensembles, as…
Wearing shimmering, vibrantly colored outfits and intricate jewelry, young dancers performed complex routines, impressing the large audience at the New Art Center during the nonprofit’s Holi celebration on Sunday. “Holi, widely known as the Hindu festival of colors, is a joyful annual celebration at the advent of spring with cultural…
Leila Novak Mostaghimi, who plays clarinet, has been chosen by Carnegie Hall as one of 89 young musicians selected from across the country for NYO2, an intensive summer orchestral training program for outstanding American instrumentalists, ages 14–17. NYO2 will play at Carnegie Hall on uly 27 and will debut as a resident…
Newton Theatre Company will present Doubt: A Parable over two weekends, March 28-29 and April 4-5, at St. John’s Episcopal Church (96 Otis Street, Newtonville). Doubt: A Parable is a powerful drama by John Patrick Shanley set in a 1960s Catholic school, where suspicion and morality collide. When a popular…
David Bramante ran the West Newton Cinema for 46 years, turning it into one of Boston’s premier movie theaters for arthouse, international, and independent film. His achievement was celebrated at the theater on March 15 in a surprise party hosted for him by the West Newton Cinema Foundation (WNCF) and…
The annual Newton South HS Spring Concert will take place on March 19 at 7:30PM in the Van Seasholes Auditorium at Newton South (140 Brandeis Rd). Admission is free. The concert will feature performances by several Newton South ensembles: Band, wind, and jazz ensembles are directed by Lisa Linde, who…
On March 15, Newton once again celebrated Holi, the Indian festival of Colors, at City Hall. After organizers and officials spoke, everyone celebrated by throwing colors in the air and creating a vibrant canvas with family and friends. Fig City News photos recorded the scene.