On September 17 at 7PM, The Allen Center will host an artist talk with Lou Jones, the photographer behind the exhibition, The PanAFRICA Project, in The Allen Center’s ground-floor gallery space (35 Webster Street, West Newton). The exhibition aims to create a contemporary visual portrait of modern Africa, using photography and…
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Sam Farmer will be hosting an author talk for his book, A Long Walk Down a Winding Road – Small Steps, Challenges, & Triumphs Through an Autistic Lens, which aims to inspire and empower the reader. It will take place on Wednesday, September 18, 7-8PM at the Druker Auditorium in…
Newton Parks, Recreation and Culture is presenting Art in Bloom Newton, a workshop where guests interpret artwork by creating a floral design using local flowers and foraged accents, under the guidance of Susan Margolin. It will take place on Thursday, September 19, 6-8:30PM at 1294 Centre Street, Newton Centre. Registration…
The Music at the Redeemer series will present a classical music concert — Wagner & Elgar — on Friday, September 20 at 7PM at the Church of the Redeemer (379 Hammond Street, Chestnut Hill), featuring Sarah Rose Taylor (Mezzo Soprano) and Nigel Potts (Organist). The program includes Wagner’s Wesendonck-Lieder, Prelude to…
Newton Baroque’s Hapsburg Hootenanny: Music by Biber, Pachelbel, Schmelzer, and Buonemente, Sept. 21
Newton Baroque’s Hapsburg Hootenanny: Music by Biber, Pachelbel, Schmelzer, and Buonemente, Sept. 21
Newton Baroque will present a capricious romp with chamber music from 17th Century Austria featuring music for two and three violins by Franz Biber, Johann Schmelzer, Giovanni Buonemente, and Johann Pachelbel. Not only will you hear Pachelbel’s celebrated Kanon, in which three violins play in canon over an ostinato bass,…
The United Parish of Auburndale (64 Hancock Street, Auburndale) will present Drag Extravaganza — a kid-friendly drag show — on September 21, 4PM-5:30PM as a fundraiser for the Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth (BAGLY). The program includes performances in the sanctuary, story times with children in…
Sacred Heart and Our Lady’s Collaborative (SHOL Newton) is hosting a Collaborative Picnic with food, music, games, face painting and more. The collaborative will provide hot dogs, hamburgers, water, and ice cream, and guests are encouraged to bring a finger food app or dessert to share. It will take place…
The Alexander Xhoja Trio will present a concert featuring inspirational and moving music as part of the 2024 Fall Village Concerts Series offered by Newton Cultural Development. It will take place on Sunday, September 22, 3-4PM at the Allen Center (35 Webster St, West Newton). All events in this series…
Music Mondays will offer a concert on Sunday, September 23, 2PM-3PM — both in-person at the Scandinavian Cultural Center (206 Waltham Street, West Newton) and live-streamed via Zoom. The concert will feature violinists Emma Powell and Maura Shawn Scanlin, violist Kiyoshi Hayashi, and cellist Mina Kim as the Rasa String Quartet.…
Do you love to sing? The Newton Community Chorus — a Newton tradition — begins its 43rd season this Fall and welcomes new members of all voices to audition. Rehearsals begin on Monday, September 9 from 7PM to 8:45PM, continuing on Monday nights at the Newton Country Day School (785…