All Newton Music School’s Musical Memory Café is an informal social gathering for people with dementia and other cognitive changes and their care partners. Guests are welcome regardless of diagnosis. Attendees can connect with fellow community members while enjoying a musical performance by some of All Newton Music School’s outstanding…
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Last month, Newton Wellesley Hospital (NWH) was named in Newsweek’s lists of America’s Best Cancer and Neurological Hospitals. The rankings highlight the top 200 cancer hospitals and the top 175 neurological hospitals in the U.S. This is the second time that NWH has made the America’s Best Cancer Hospitals list, and…
Newton Neighbors is hosting a school supplies drive. DONATIONS REQUESTED: Amazon wish list where you can purchase these products directly Please do not donate items with monograms or company-specific logos. DELIVERY LOCATIONS FOR DONATING GOODS: If you need school supplies, contact newtonneighborshelping@gmail.com.
The American Red Cross is holding blood drives in Newton — for both blood and Power-Red donations. You must schedule an appointment before donating. You can schedule it through the website or by calling 800-RED-CROS (800-733-2767). They will occur at the following times and places:
Newton resident and clinical psychologist Dr. Lisa Najavits has initiated a public health project to offer a free, drop-in support group to help people in the community learn coping skills, especially related to helping people who have suffered from trauma and/or addiction. The meetings will take place weekly on Wednesdays,…
On the weekend of August 3-4, there will be 197 Newton residents riding in this year’s Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) to raise funds for the world-class cancer research and patient care of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Each rider’s fundraising will help the PMC raise $75 million this year — bringing the PMC’s total lifetime fundraising…
Since she was little, high schooler Giuliana Forte has attended Nonantum’s annual Festa Italiana, often sitting beside her father in the car he drove to carry the bell rung in the festival’s processions; she eventually assumed the responsibility of pulling the bell’s rope. Yet the personal importance of Festa lies…
For much of its nearly ninety-year existence, the faces of the St. Mary of Carmen Society have been male — men in blue short-sleeve shirts with red, white, and green sashes and black trousers — organizing the local Children’s Christmas Party, the Memorial Day Parade and most notably, the annual…
On July 8, Rev. Parisa Parsa of the First Unitarian Society in Newton moderated Empathy Now: A Multifaith Conversation between Dr. Celene Ibrahim and Rabbi Or Rose. Dr. Ibrahim is a faculty member at the Groton School who teaches global history, religious studies, and applied ethics. Rabbi Rose is the…
Are there empty spaces on the berms in your neighborhood — perhaps where street trees formerly provided shade and beauty? Would you like to work with your neighbors and the Newton Tree Conservancy to plant new trees? The Newton Tree Conservancy has extended its deadline until July 7 to apply…