The Newton Cultural Alliance will launch a free, hour-long program for families, Invitation to Imagine, at the Allen House (35 Webster Street) on December 11 (4PM), December 15 (3PM), January 22 (3PM), and January 26 (4PM). Families with children in Grades 3+ are invited to imagine and discover, traveling back…
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On February 8 at 6PM, Newton Community Pride and Showcase SuperLux Chestnut Hill will present a free showing of the film “TILL” with Harvard Law professor and social justice advocate, Ron Sullivan, Jr., as guest speaker. Seating is limited at the Showcase SuperLux Chestnut Hill (at The Street, 55 Boylston Street).…
The Cabot Park Black History Lecture series will celebrate Black History Month with a talk by attorney Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal, the Executive Director of the Lawyers for Civil rights (LCR) and an expert in legal protections for people of color and immigrants. The presentation is free and open to the public on…
New Art Center and Newton Community Pride will celebrate Black art on February 12, noon to 4PM, at the New Art Center Classroom at Trio (245 Walnut Street). This free Community Cultural Day will celebrates Black History Month with art-making, snacks, and the opening of an exhibition created by New Art’s…
In the 1870s, African Americans from Virginia began moving to Newton because of its reputation as a stronghold of abolitionists. So many settled in West Newton that they named a street Virginia Road. On Thursday, February 16 at 7PM, Historic Newton will present Moving North: Black Virginians in Newton, tracing…
The Cabot Park Black History Lecture series will host Dr. Alex Briesacher on January 4 at 3PM in the Community Room at Cabot Park Village (280 Newtonville Ave.). This lecture is free and open to the public. Covid protocols: Masks are required, and visitors will sign in and have their temperatures taken. Dr. Alex…
Newton Human Rights Commission will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, January 3 at 7PM. the agenda includes the following: Newton Fair Housing Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, January 4 at 8AM. The agenda includes the following: Newton Historical Commission will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Thursday,…
The City of Newton, in conjunction with Harmony Foundation, will host the City’s 55th annual celebration of Martin Luther King Day, honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., will take place on January 16 at 9:30AM at Newton North High School with the theme: Justice — Injustice Anywhere is a…
On December 1 at 3PM, Newton historian Cynthia Cowan will speak about Finding Pamela: Writing a New History in the Community Room at Cabot Park Village (280 Newtonville Ave.). In her talk, Ms Cowan will examine the life of Pamela Sparhawk, a formerly enslaved Black woman who, after more than a decade of…
NOTE: Bob Burke has lived in Newton Highlands for most of his life. This is an excerpt from his forthcoming memoir, as told to Highlands resident and professional memoirist, Andrew Szanton. I played a lot of sports as a teenager. Pickup games after school, often on the Aqueduct. I played…