Minyan Darchei Shalom wishes everyone a happy and healthy New Year! All are invited for traditional, egalitarian, lay-led services — on both days of Rosh HaShanah, Kol Nidre, and Yom Kippur. For free tickets or information, email info@darcheishalom.org.
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Eliot Church will host Queer Eye Bible Study — reading the Bible through the “queer lens” — at The Eliot Church of Newton Chapel (474 Centre Street) on Thursdays, 7PM-8PM, starting September 14. Read and discuss biblical passages of the Bible that actively affirm LGBTQ+ lives. The group will be…
For eighty-eight years, the St. Mary of Carmen Society (for Italian men) has dedicated itself and its annual “Festa” to nurturing and celebrating the Nonantum community. At its inception, it was the inspiration of a group of Italian immigrants who decided to form a “mutual benefit society” to help member…
The First Unitarian Universalist Society of Newton (FUUSN) will celebrate jazz in an informal Sunday service at 10:15AM on July 9. Join us for a jazz concert tuned to the qualities of human experience we look for in church. Geoff Hicks, a celebrated local jazz artist (and minister) will transform…
The First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton is hosting a series of free summer chime concerts, and the next ones will be offered at 5PM on July 23 and August 19. The concerts feature veteran Cornell University chimes masters Bob Feldman, Cathy Longley-Cook, and Jenny Xia, as well as Paul…
Life is a round of losings and findings. The First Unitarian Universalist Society of Newton (FUUSN) will host an informal Sunday service at 10:15AM on July 23 that explores life’s losings and findings in poetry and music. Poet Cathy Morocco and musicians Lois Shapiro and Chris Welles will share poetry that…
The First Unitarian Universalist Society of Newton (FUUSN) will celebrate Father’s Day in an informal Sunday service at 10:15AM on June 18. Join us for a celebration of fathers and being a father. Bring memories of fathers in your life to honor with us. FUUSN is located in the heart…
The Labyrinth Choir will proudly present “Joy, Love, and Glory,” a free concert on Friday, June 30 at 7:30PM at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church (258 Concord Street, Newton Lower Falls). This professional choir performs theme-based concerts from a variety of genres, reflecting on concepts like freedom, celestial spaces, love, and…
On Sunday, August 6 at 10:15AM, the informal Sunday service at the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Newton (FUUSN) will offer silent meditation, quiet reflection, and song. FUUSN is located in the heart of West Newton at 1326 Washington Street.
The First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton is hosting a series of free summer chime concerts, and the next (and last) one will be offered at 5PM on August 19 and will continue for about one hour. The concerts feature veteran Cornell University chimes masters Bob Feldman, Cathy Longley-Cook, and…
The First Unitarian Universalist Society of Newton (FUUSN) will host an informal Sunday service at 10:15AM on August 20 that explores how music can take us beyond our assumed identities. The ‘physical world’ of Beethoven’s final piano sonata fills no more than 27 minutes of clock time, but through it…
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.…