All Newton students in grades 6-12 are invited to apply by March 28 to participate in SHINE, a temporary art installation to be displayed in Newton parks and playgrounds, May-October. SHINE will show six student-designed 4’x8’ horizontal murals painted onto plywood and grouped in small clusters throughout the city. The…
Posts published in “Arts & Culture”
Sign-ups to perform at Newton PorchFest 2023 are now open until March 31. Porchfest will take place on Saturday, June 3 from 12PM – 6PM in Auburndale, Lower Falls, and Waban Center (rain date: Sunday, June 4). Newton PorchFest is an afternoon of free music performed outside of people’s homes.…
A Cappella April! is coming to Newton South High School on Saturday, April 1 at 7PM. This one-night only, all-ages event features R & B/Soul/Pop a cappella group Ball in the House, with special performances by Newton student groups: Bigelow Beats, Brown Middle School A Cappella, The Northern Lights, and The Melocotones.…
The First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (FUUSN) will host a fundraising concert — The ‘B’ees Knees: Folksy Romanticism of Babajanian, Bruch & Brahms — on April 2 at 2PM at FUUSN (1326 Washington Street, West Newton). The Eleuthera Trio (Francine Trester on violin, Julie Reimann on cello, and Lois…
Cherry Street Players will continue their Classical with a Twist series with a concert, Women in Time, on April 2 at The Allen Center (35 Webster Street, West Newton). The prelude at 3PM features Newton composers Francine Trester and Jackie Zhang. The concert at 4PM features compositions by Trester, Sarasate’s…
On Sunday, March 26 at 3PM, the public is invited to a Gala Jimmy Fund Benefit Concert featuring the world premieres of new music commissioned to honor the memory of Sarah Jane Boling. A long-time Newton resident, Sarah passed away March 24, 2022, after a year of battling Glioblastoma, a…
New York’s Broken Box Mime Theatre is coming to Newton for two shows this week. The Founding Artistic Director BKBX, Becky Baumwoll, grew up in Newton. Use the links below to make reservations for either show — one for families and one for ages 12+:
Can an 89-year-old musical be fresh? With music and lyrics by the brilliant Cole Porter and sparkling, witty, and suggestive romantic songs, like “You’re the Top,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” and the title song “Anything Goes,” the answer is a resounding yes. Anything Goes runs March 23-26 in Newton…
Mary Cotton and her husband, Jaime Clarke, are living their dream of owning their own bookstore, Newtonville Books, and providing what Mary calls a “happy space” for their many customers. Now celebrating its twenty-fifth year, Newtonville Books began its commercial life in Newtonville Square — the creative vision of its…
On Tuesday, March 21, the Newton Cultural Alliance hosted the Newton recipients of nearly $2 million in Cultural Sector Recovery Grants from the Mass Cultural Council. Thirty-three Newton-based organizations and thirty-seven Newton residents were among the 5,218 Massachusetts recipients of the one-time pandemic-recovery grant programs. Organization grants ranged from $5K…