The Knotty Pine restaurant in Auburndale has applied for a Backing Historic Small Restaurants grant from American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP). According to NTHP, fifty grant recipients nationwide — “that contribute to their neighborhood’s unique history and identity” — will each receive $50,000 “to help them…
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Garden State Utopia, a 2001 Newton North High School junior thesis project by Julia Werb, provides an in-depth history of the creation of Oak Hill Park – Newton’s post-war planned community for returning WWII veterans. There are striking parallels between that history and today’s contentious political fights over today’s development…
Historic Newton is celebrating its 10th anniversary with dinner and drinks at the Durant-Kenrick House on April 6. Scott Aquilina, who led the architectural team in turning Durant-Kenrick into a museum, will speak about the challenges of preservation and modernization facing historic buildings today. Cocktails at 6PM and dinner at…
It is fitting that Newton native Amelia LeClair brings her celebrated tenure as founder and Artistic Director of the vocal ensemble Cappella Clausura to a close by conducting the New England premiere of her orchestral edition of Dame Ethel Smyth’s Mass in D on March 3 at 4pm at the…
This year, as we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the City of Newton, Massachusetts, we can be inspired by another wonderful Newton sesquicentennial — celebrated two years ago by our namesake in Kansas. The town of Newton, Kansas — named for Newton, Massachusetts — was built on the site of…
On February 16th, Matthew Jefferson celebrated his century birthday — marking a lifetime of public service in opening doors to a more equitable, inclusive city. The Massachusetts Senate and House and the Newton City Council each honored Mr. Jefferson with resolutions and proclamations that documented his unparalleled contribution to the…
New Art Center is celebrating Lunar New Year: Year of the Dragon with music and art. It will take place on February 11, 11:45AM-4PM at the New Art Center (61 Washington Park, Newtonville). Tickets are free. For more information, contact 617-964-3424 or info@newartcenter.org.
As Katani Sumner started to perform Lift Every Voice and Sing on January 15, she encouraged the entire audience in the Newton North High School auditorium to join in as the moving lyrics were projected behind her. The Newton South High School METCO counselor’s rousing rendition of the more than…
The City of Newton was incorporated as a city on Inauguration Day 150 years ago, in 1874. This year, on Inauguration Day — January 1 — the public is invited to gather 2PM-4PM in the War Memorial Auditorium in City Hall for a family friendly 150th anniversary celebration with cake,…
Before 2023 is over, the City is aiming to choose the firm that will lead the effort to redesign the ubiquitous and problematic City seal, according to officials. The City Seal Working Group stated in its 2021 report that the 1865 image, which “depicts a scene of Reverend John Eliot…