The Newton Free Library will host an event, In the Shadow of the Shamrock: Tracing Boston’s Irish History at Burns Library, where participants can explore Boston’s Irish past through the rich collections at Burns Library and Boston College’s Special Collections and Archives. There will also be stories from Boston’s Irish community,…
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Angela Pitter will be the featured speaker in Cabot Park Village’s Black History Lecture Series on March 25 at 1PM in the Community Room of Cabot Park Village (280 Newtonville Avenue, Newtonville). She the founder and CEO of LiveWire Collaborative, a digital marketing firm based in Newton. She received her…
New Art Center will be hosting a Holi Festival of Colors with art-making, performances, food, dancing, and music throughout the day. Participants will also have the opportunity to participate in the tradition of throwing organic color powder at each other. The event will take place on Sunday, March 30, 12-3PM…
State Rep. Amy Sangiolo will be the guest speaker at the Black History Month Lecture series organized by Lionel Porter at Cabot Park Village (280 Newtonville Avenue) on February 28 at 3PM. She will discuss the long history of Black–Asian solidarity, such as the ties with the NAACP Legal Defense…
After almost five years of work and despite requests to return to the drawing board, Newton City Councilors approved the new design for the City Seal on February 18, in a vote of 13-10, with one absent. While even those who voted in favor of the change agreed that not…
The final vote on the proposed new Newton City Seal, which was due to take place on February 3, was delayed until Monday, February 17, after some Councilors said that they needed more time to consider the design. Councilor Bill Humphrey, a member of the Ad Hoc City Seal Working…
The Newton Free Library will present a book talk where Historian Hasia Diner will discuss her most recent book, Opening Doors: The Unlikely Alliance Between the Irish and the Jews in America, which discusses how Irish-Americans helped Jewish immigrants to integrate into American society. It will take place on Thursday, February…
The Newton Free Library will host a Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon, where participants can celebrate African American history and help transcribe historical documents from the Library of Congress collection. This event is part of Douglass Day, a collaborative program in partnership with the Library of Congress and its By the People crowdsourcing project.…
Newton Community Pride (NCP) will host Celebrate Black History Month — Panel Discussion on the Nickel Boys where participants can hear a panel talk about the movie “Nickel Boys”. The panel will feature voices from film, theater, and history. The event will take place on Sunday, February 23, 2:20-3:30PM at…
The Adams Street Shul will present an event, My Memories of Growing Up with Robert Frost, where Jonathan Reichert will share his memories and insights into famous poet Robert Frost. This will take place on Sunday, March 2, 11AM-12:30PM, and can be attended via Zoom or in-person at the Adams…
The Newton Free Library and Historic Newton will present Shuttle Boats on the Charles at the Turn of the 20th Century as part of their Newton History Series. Participants will join Stephen Guerriero, Director of Education at the Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation, to explore the history of…
After a few last-minute changes, the new design for Newton’s city seal — in both monochrome and in color — will go before the City Council for a final vote on February 3. In the interim, Mayor Ruthanne Fuller in her January 24 newsletter invited residents to take a survey…