On Sunday, March 26 at 3PM, the public is invited to a Gala Jimmy Fund Benefit Concert featuring the world premieres of new music commissioned to honor the memory of Sarah Jane Boling. A long-time Newton resident, Sarah passed away March 24, 2022, after a year of battling Glioblastoma, a…
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Mary Cotton and her husband, Jaime Clarke, are living their dream of owning their own bookstore, Newtonville Books, and providing what Mary calls a “happy space” for their many customers. Now celebrating its twenty-fifth year, Newtonville Books began its commercial life in Newtonville Square — the creative vision of its…
Dr. Erica Muhl will become the fourth president — and the first female president — of Berklee College of Music. Several events on April 3-4, free and open to the public upon registration, will celebrate her inauguration. Eric M. Turner, Provost and Professor of Business at Lasell University, has been…
Acclaimed Newton author Jonathan Wilson will discuss — and read from — his new novel, The Red Balcony, at Newtonville Books in Newton Centre on Thursday, March 16 at 7PM. Set in 1933, in The Red Balcony, Wilson explores the ambiguities in national and international politics and events involving the…
Long-time Auburndale resident Girard Plante passed away recently, at the age of 63. Girard was a fierce advocate for people with disabilities, having served on the City’s Commission on Disability for almost 20 years. Prior to moving to Auburndale, Girard served on his hometown City of Utica’s Human Rights Commission…
Although many consider New York the unofficial bagel capital of the U.S., Newton resident Marjory Kramer knows better: She sends treats from Rosenfeld’s Bagels in Newton to her family living in the Big Apple, rather than the other way around. “We love it here,” said Kramer, a longtime customer. On…
On Sunday, March 12, the New Philharmonia Orchestra, led by Principal Conductor Jorge Soto, will perform at Brown Middle School, featuring Ukrainian-born soprano Olga Lisovska. In another of the Orchestra’s World Reflections series, the concert is making the French/American/Ukrainian connection. Mme. Lisovska will sing Juliet’s Waltz, from Romeo and Juliet…
Tamika Olszewski grew up in upstate New York, in Farmington, “the gateway to the Finger Lakes,” not far from Rochester. Like Newton, Farmington is suburban, with a sizable upper-middle-class population. In a predominantly white high school, she said that “everyone looked the same except me. I had to go to…
Boston College Philosophy Professor Richard Kearney will celebrate the launch of his novel, Salhttps://www.arrowsmithpress.com/richard-kearney/vage, at Connolly House at Boston College on March 16, 5PM-7PM. For more information, email irish.studies@bc.edu. Kearney is an Irish philosopher and writer who holds the Seelig Chair of Philosophy at Boston College. He has written many…
Dr. Oneeka Williams has been named a trustee of William James College. She serves as director of female urology at Emerson Hospital and assistant clinical professor of urology at Tufts University School of Medicine. She is a member of the board of advisors at Boston’s Museum of Science and served…