One of the two season-29 “Bachelor” finalists, Juliana Pasquarosa, is from West Newton. The 28-year-old Pasquarosa is a client service associate for Winthrop Wealth, a wealth management firm, and manages social media for both La Beautique Salon in Newton, which her sister owns, and Honda Village, where her father is…
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David Bramante ran the West Newton Cinema for 46 years, turning it into one of Boston’s premier movie theaters for arthouse, international, and independent film. His achievement was celebrated at the theater on March 15 in a surprise party hosted for him by the West Newton Cinema Foundation (WNCF) and…
Margaret Morganroth Gullette has published six books on age and ageism, most recently American Eldercide. How It Happened, How to Prevent It, by the University of Chicago Press. The book has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award. See her interview in Nonprofit Quarterly. Jameson White…
Two long-time, well known Newton residents have recently written and published book-length memoirs. The two memoirs are not at all alike. But in deep conversations with both John Stewart and Bob Burke, I have seen that the experience of writing a memoir had changed each of them. John Stewart: My…
Howie Newman will host a Free Musical Baseball Show with songs, trivia, stories about his days as a sportswriter, and more. It will take place on Thursday, March 20, 1PM at the Newton Free Library (330 Homer Street, Newton Centre).
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…
The Newton Art Association (NAA) will host their biggest event of the year, the James King Bonner Exhibit, named after NAA’s founder. The exhibit will occur from Monday, March 3 until Wednesday, April 30 at the Morse Institute Library (14 East Central Street, Natick). There will also be a reception…
For years, the jazz program at Newton South High School (NSHS) has been consistently recognized as one of the nation’s best. The program’s Jazz Ensemble, directed by celebrated NSHS music educator Lisa Linde, receives top ratings at the Massachusetts Association for Jazz Education’s state festivals and places among the top…
Newton will hold a city-wide Special Election on March 18 to fill the Ward 7 School Committee seat that became vacant when Amy Davenport moved from Newton last year. Alicia Piedalue is the sole candidate with sufficient certified nominating signatures to be on the ballot. Having moved to Newton two…
With the aroma of smoked meat permeating the air, Ann Tolson eagerly awaited her prize: A to-go bag full of mouth-watering dishes from West Newton’s Blue Ribbon Barbecue. “I’d recommend it to anyone who loves good food,” said the Boston resident who stopped by on a recent weeknight. A true…