The Waban Improvement Society invites all to its Waban Lights and Family Sing-Along event on Sunday, December 3 at 4:45PM the grounds of the Waban Library Center (1608 Beacon Street, Waban). Before lighting up the beloved Waban Library Center building and surrounding grounds — creating a wonderland of light throughout…
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In January 2020, after seeing how many families were struggling financially, Grace Rodrigue and her two sisters — Olivia and Simone — wanted to do something to help. They created Kids Backing Kids (KBK), a 501(c)(3) non-profit to provide items for those in need and opportunities to teach youth about…
Participating Newton Centre businesses will have special offers during the 3rd annual Newton Centre Holiday Shop & Stroll on December 10, noon to 4PM, organized by All Over Newton. Carolers from the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (FUUSN) will stroll and sing. From 1PM to 3PM, all are invited…
Miracle of Lights: a Holiday Family Festival — will take place at Newton City Hall on December 10, 3PM-5PM. Doors will open at 2:30PM. It’s a charitable festival celebrating Hanukkah and benefiting displaced children in Israel and Ukraine. It’s sponsored by Center Makor and Music, Arts & Fashion Productions. Tickets…
Four Newton-based FLL teams compete in Eastern Mass. Championship The LigerBots, Newton’s competitive high school robotics team, will run a STEAM activity expo for children and a robot zoo alongside the Massachusetts East State Championship FIRST LEGO League (FLL) tournament at Newton North High School on December 16. The tournament and the…
West Newton’s Bay Colony Brass will present a free concert of Christmas classics at the Second Church in Newton (60 Highland Street, West Newton) on Saturday, December 16, at 7:30PM. The family-friendly program includes an array of Christmas chestnuts ranging from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker to modern favorites. The concert concludes…
The Nonantum Children’s Christmas Parade will take place on Sunday, December 17 at 12 noon. The parade will take Santa and friends all over Nonantum to bring holiday cheer to children and families. Santa and friends will end the parade with a 45-minute visit at Coletti-Magni Park for photos. The…
Bake your cake (and win an award?) …and eat it, too! Registration is open now until November 26 for Newton Cultural Development’s first Gingerbread House Exhibit and Contest. Inspired by the Portsmouth (NH) Historical Society’s well known, annual Gingerbread House contest, Newton Cultural Development Program Manager Lisa Rucinski decided to bring…
The Ward After-School Older Kids Club and the Newton Senior Center invite the public of all ages to a “Better Together” party in the Newton Free Library’s Druker Auditorium on November 15, 1:30PM-3:30PM. There will be conversation, crafts, board games, card games, and light refreshments with 4th and 5th graders…
The Friends of Wellington Park are excited to invite the public to a ribbon-cutting grand opening of a new play structure — “The Sensory Dome” — at Wellington Park on Kilburn Road in West Newton on Sunday, November 19. Refreshments at 2:30PM, with ribbon cutting at 3PM. Made possible through…