The arts are having a resurgence in the city post-pandemic. Murals and other public art are popping up in village centers, and live music can be heard in parks and courtyards. Several organizations bring the arts alive in the city of Newton. Here is a brief guide to the larger umbrella organizations. In the future,…
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Last Sunday, the Love Dogs rock band was the final act in Newton’s series of six summer concerts on Sunday evenings in Newton Centre. An enthusiastic audience of 300 — the largest audience in the series — attended this concert. Paula Gannon, Director of Newton Cultural Affairs, noted that the first four…
At 3PM each day, August 8-12, Louise Ting, a rising 2nd grader in Newton, will play a short concert of music by Mozart and Tchaikovsky at one of the Artful Pianos installed in various parks in Newton. Louise has just returned from a competition in Europe, and you can hear…
Last weekend’s three-day Linda Plaut Festival of the Arts was an amazing success, despite the summer heat. Everyone who attended — regardless of which venues and performances — is invited to provide feedback to Newton Community Pride via this short survey to help prepare for next year’s festival. Many thanks…
The Newton Free Library will celebrate the opening of its new, expanded Children’s Room on August 4 with events throughout the day: Ribbon-cutting at 9:30AM A scavenger hunt throughout the day Storytime for ages 0-4 and their caregivers at 10:30AM or 11:15AM Face painting, balloon twisting, and cake and ice…
A group of volunteers in the Indian American Community of Newton will host a free event, the second annual India Day in Newton, to celebrate and share Indian culture and heritage at the Hyde Community Center playground (90 Lincoln Street, Newton Highlands) on August 13, 5PM-7:30PM (rain date: August 21).…
The New Art Center‘s exhibition, Recollecting Afterimages: Portrait of Surviors, is on display through August 31: In-person at The New Art Corridor (at Trio, 245 Walnut Street, Newton) Online in the New Art Center’s Virtual Gallery. Part of the NAC’s Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Curatorial Program, this…
The Linda Plaut Newton Festival of the Arts is this weekend, July 22-24, offering a wide variety of arts, culture, and music ranging from baroque to blues, R&B to classical guitar, and jazz to opera. There will be 20+ performances and 4 venues over the course of 3 days, all…
Family-run West Newton Cinema has announced that it has reached agreement to sell to Mark Development the property where the theatre is located and is seeking new owners for the theatre’s business. After more than 40 years in West Newton, the Bramante family will continue to operate the theatre in…
This year’s St. Mary of Carmen Festival, six-year-old Quinten Mazzola, follows a long line of flying angels in his family. On Sunday, July 17, accompanied by his father Lewis, Quentin rose up in a cherry picker and threw rosebuds over the Statue of St. Mary of Carmen as she returned…