The Cabot Park Black History Lecture series will continue on May 1 at noon with a talk by Harvard Divinity School professor and author, Dr. Terrence Johnson, who will speak on Racism and Spirituality. The event, in the Community Room at Cabot Park Village (280 Newtonville Ave.), is free and open to the public.…
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The Eliot Church in Newton (474 Centre Street, Newton Corner) will show the film 2040 on April 23 at 11:30AM. Lunch will be provided. From the church: “2040 is an innovative feature documentary that looks to the future, but is vitally important NOW. Award-winning director Damon Gameau embarks on journey…
The Walnut Street Minyan invites you to a Community Open House on Sunday, May 7 from 4PM to 6PM at 858 Walnut Street, Newton Centre. Visit our new home, meet our members, and find out what makes us who we are. Drop in anytime for a tour and light refreshments. Stay for…
Newton churches will ring their bells for 11 minutes at 11 AM on Earth Day, April 22, to signal that humans are deep within the eleventh hour of time remaining to address environmental issues, as the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported only a few weeks ago in…
Minyan Darchei Shalom wishes you a Chag Kasher v’Sameach! We invite you to join us for traditional Passover services April 6, 7, 12, and 13. All are welcome. Services begin at 9:30AM each day at Temple Shalom (175 Temple Street, Newton). See darcheishalom.org for more details.
On April 5, the eve of Passover, the Walnut Street Minyan — an independent, traditional, egalitarian community of 109 households — will move into its newly renovated home at 858 Walnut Street, near Newton Four Corners. The community will hold its initial services in this new location on three consecutive…
In response to the recent shootings in Monterey Park, Baton Rouge, and Half Moon Bay, Rev. Domenik Ackermann invites all to a Prayer for Peace in the Eliot Church sanctuary (474 Centre Street, Newton Corner) , 4:30PM-5PM on January 25, February 2, and March 29.
Newton’s Jackson Walnut Park School is one of nine Catholic schools to be featured in the Central Suburban Education Expo on April 1, 9AM-noon, at Cambridge Matignon School (1 Matignon Way, Cambridge). Jackson School and Walnut Park Montessori are a collaborative, operating as a single institution for Grades K-6, welcoming children…
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…
The choirs of the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton and the UU Society of Wellesley Hills will be combining to sing for two Music Sunday services featuring the beautiful Lux Aeterna by Morten Lauridsen. “The five movements of Lux Aeterna are based on various references to light from sacred…