Sacred Heart and Our Lady’s Collaborative (SHOL Newton) are hosting Trunk or Treat, a trick-or-treating style event in which kids and families can walk around a parking lot to get candy from people’s car trunks. There will also be games and crafts. The event will take place on Sunday, October…
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Tanglewood Marionettes will be performing The Fairy Circus, a showcase for turn-of-the-century-style trick puppetry. The puppets will dance, play instruments, juggle, contort, and more, all to the best-loved music of favorite composers. Perfect for families with children in grades pre-K – 2, but older children may enjoy it, too. The…
Historic Newton is hosting Trick-or-Treat at Durant-Kenrick on Thursday, October 31, 5-8PM. Add Historic Newton to your trick-or-treating route! On Halloween night, stop by the Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds (286 Waverley Avenue, Newton Corner) to fill your treat bag with candy, a coloring page, and a coupon for your family’s…
This year’s successful Newtonville Village Day (NVD) spanned 78 booths – a mix of nonprofits, artists, local businesses, food vendors, and some political parties and candidates. According to Village Day organizers, around 4,000 people attended the event throughout the day. It all came together after four months of planning by…
The All Newton Music School (321 Chestnut Street, West Newton) invites all drop in anytime during its Open House & Instrument Petting Zoo on Wednesday, September 4, Noon to 6:30PM. For the best experience, it’s best to arrive during the following windows to connect with families and instructors who specialize…
The Walnut Street Minyan (WSM) welcomes all to celebrate Shabbat in its community on Saturday, September 14, 10:30AM –12PM, at 858 Walnut Street, Newton. Activities for families with children of all ages include: RSVP here. If you can’t attend but are interested in coming to a future WSM family Shabbat, contact info@walnutstreetminyan.org.
Newton Conservators is hosting a monarch festival with kids activities, tours, live monarchs and much more. It will take place on Saturday, September 14, 9-11:30AM at Wellington Park (98 Kilburn Rd, West Newton). The event is free but pre-registration is encouraged. (Rain date is September 15.)
Historic Newton is hosting a walking tour — Founding Newtonians in East Parish Burying Ground — where participants will visit the grave sites of some of Newton’s early settlers and the location of the 1630s meetinghouse, as well as learn about the indigenous Massachusett people, and learn about enslaved and…
Understanding Our Differences will present an evening webinar — Mindful Resilience: Practical Strategies for the Whole Family — on September 24 at 7PM. Advance registration is required (%5 per family). Today’s children and teens, and the adults who care about them, frequently are grappling with modern-day stressors. Mindfulness and related…
Historic Newton is hosting a Hayfest — a day when families can travel back in-time to the 19th century by dipping candles, pressing apples, churning butter, playing games, and more. It will take place on Sunday, October 6, 12-4PM in the backyard of the Jackson Homestead (527 Washington Street, Nonantum).…