Historic Newton is hosting Trick-or-Treat at Durant-Kenrick on Thursday, October 31, 5-8PM. Add Historic Newton to your trick-or-treating route! On Halloween night, stop by the Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds (286 Waverley Avenue, Newton Corner) to fill your treat bag with candy, a coloring page, and a coupon for your family’s…
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On Wednesday, September 18, the Working Group for MassDOT’s Newton Corner Long-Term Planning Study (NCLTPS) met to hear a report on existing conditions in the study area from the consulting firm VHB. This was the second meeting of the Working Group, which first met on May 22. The NCLTPS area…
Historic Newton is hosting a walking tour — Founding Newtonians in East Parish Burying Ground — where participants will visit the grave sites of some of Newton’s early settlers and the location of the 1630s meetinghouse, as well as learn about the indigenous Massachusett people, and learn about enslaved and…
Grace Episcopal Church welcomes all to celebrate the Feast of St. Francis at 10:30AM on Sunday, October 6, for worship including Blessing of the Animals. Weather permitting, the service will be on the front lawn. Animals are welcome, including favorite stuffed toys. (All animals must be on leash or in…
Rock Voices Newton, a community rock chorus, will present a program of Queen songs on Saturday, July 27 at 7PM at Grace Episcopal Church (76 Eldridge Street, Newton Corner). Eighty singers will belt out Queen’s harmonies — including Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You, We Are the Champions, Under Pressure, and more — backed up…
Historic Newton is hosting a walking tour — The Tree Nursery on Nonantum Hill — where participants will learn about one of New England’s first nurseries in Newton Corner, travel the original acreage of the nursery, visit the Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds, and possibly taste fruit from Durant-Kenrick’s historic gardens.…
Representatives of MassDOT, City staff from Public Works and Planning, elected representatives, and members of the general public met at the Newton Public Library on May 22 for an initial meeting of the Newton Corner Long-Term Planning Study Working Group. The goal of the planning study is to develop and…
Cappella Clausura will collaborate with Handel & Hayden Society’s Youth Choruses to perform Vespers by Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, in a concert performed twice: Vespers is a piece performed by Cappella Clausura when the group was first formed, and these performances of it will be Amelia LeClair’s final performances as Artistic…
New Philharmonia Orchestra will present Classics III – Feelings & Expression in two concerts — on May 4 at 7:30PM and on May 5 at 3PM — at Grace Episcopal Church (76 Eldredge Street, Newton Corner). Tickets are available online at newphil.org/concerts/tickets. Pay what you can. Suggested: $35, Minimum: $5. Program:
Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries (CMM) is hosting a lecture by Rev. Dr. Matthew Ichihashi Potts on themes from his still timely book, Forgiveness: An Alternative Account, and a reception to follow. It will be held on Sunday, June 9, 3-4:30PM at the Eliot Church of Newton UCC (474 Centre St, Newton…