On Saturday evening, an audience of about 100 attended the Newton Theatre Company’s free performance of The Monologue Project: LGBTQ+ Voices — first-person accounts, essays, poems, and songs written and performed by Newton residents. There will be one more free performance of this important, hour-long, thought-provoking work on Monday, June…
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In hopes to promote civic interest, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts approved Chapter 296 of the Acts of 2018, An Act to Promote and Enhance Civic Engagement, initiating a statewide implementation of a “Civics Project” where high school students find a way to take action on an element of government they…
Back in 8th grade, Zack Gusenoff started Page Turners, a book group at Harrington House, a group home run by The Home for Little Wanderers for children ages 8 to 13 who have experienced trauma or a disrupted family life. Zack wanted to encourage upper-elementary school kids at The Home to…
Anishka Srikanth, NNHS sophomore and Life Scout of Troop 209 Waban, placed a pencil case with marker, highlighter, and pencils into a backpack. She zipped it tight and put it into a box with four others like it. “Done.” By Saturday’s end, 200 such lime-green school bags would be complete.…
Year after year, graduating senior classes overcome unprecedented challenges, and the class of 2023 is no exception. With only six months of a traditional high school experience under their belt, they were thrust into a new academic environment where the definition of normal was being rewritten every day. Yet, as…
For most students at Newton North High School, Monday would prove as ordinary a day as ever. But for the seniors, it meant freedom, recognition, and celebration. The Class of 2023 graduated on that day, and the seniors were received by a football field of adoring friends and relatives. For…
A Celebration of Queer Culture will take place at City Hall on June 17, 10AM-3PM, hosted by a partnership of the City of Newton Health and Human Services, the Human Rights Commission, the Newton Youth Commission, Lasell University, and the New Art Center. The goal is to highlight and provide education…
Families Organizing for Racial Justice (FORJ) invites the public to the FORJ Family Picnic on August 20, 5PM-7PM, at Auburndale Cove (Site 4). Bring a picnic and join in some end-of-summer family fun. RSVP here.
Strapped to an orange board while playing an unconscious drowning victim, Joseph Manna could only lie immobile while his fellow lifeguards-in-training “saved” him. The Newton South sophomore and other students aiming to be American Red Cross-certified lifeguards have been learning essential techniques at the West Suburban YMCA’s training program. Those…
Betty Chan Newton resident, Betty Chan together with Ward 2 Councilor Tarik Lucas, co-authored this resolution, urging the City of Newton to take action on Anti-Asian hate crimes and invest in multiracial community health and safety. The resolution was adopted unanimously by the City Council last July. With the Newton…
The Tigers Girls Ultimate Frisbee team — undefeated 21-0 going into their last home game on Wednesday — will compete for the Division I State Championship in Northampton this weekend. The team recently placed first at the Pioneer Valley Invitational, competing against several all-star club programs — and was one…
Like most Newton teens, Christian Kurker remembers what it was like to live in isolation, separated from friends, school, and other in-person social networks due to the Covid pandemic. An only child, the high school senior said it “was a big relief” when he could finally leave the Zoom screens…