Bakes for Breasts will host a weeklong fundraiser where local restaurants, cafés, and bakeries across Massachusetts will be serving up desserts to raise funds for critical breast cancer research, with 100% of proceeds from select treats going to fighting breast cancer. To participate you can order the following from Newton…
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As the Cooper Center for Active Living prepares for opening, they will host several Director-led listening sessions across the community, beginning in May. These sessions will offer a chance for our director, Mignonne Murray, to hear directly from Newton’s older adults, about the types of programs and services they would…
Green Newton will host its 4th Sustainable Street Tour on Saturday, May 17, 2PM-4PM. Come talk with four of your Newton neighbors, as well as Newton Energy Coaches, about sustainable projects. Speak directly with someone who has completed a project to help you get started on yours. This tour is on Fair…
Newton Theatre Company will present Doubt: A Parable over two weekends, March 28-29 and April 4-5, at St. John’s Episcopal Church (96 Otis Street, Newtonville). Doubt: A Parable is a powerful drama by John Patrick Shanley set in a 1960s Catholic school, where suspicion and morality collide. When a popular…
Susannah Heschel — the Eli M. Black Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Jewish Studies Program at Dartmouth College — will speak in Cabot Park Village’s Black History Lecture Series on March 12 at 1PM in the Community Room of Cabot Park Village (280 Newtonville Avenue, Newtonville). Prof. Heschel’s scholarship…
Angela Pitter will be the featured speaker in Cabot Park Village’s Black History Lecture Series on March 25 at 1PM in the Community Room of Cabot Park Village (280 Newtonville Avenue, Newtonville). She the founder and CEO of LiveWire Collaborative, a digital marketing firm based in Newton. She received her…
New Art Center will be hosting a Holi Festival of Colors with art-making, performances, food, dancing, and music throughout the day. Participants will also have the opportunity to participate in the tradition of throwing organic color powder at each other. The event will take place on Sunday, March 30, 12-3PM…
State Rep. Amy Sangiolo will be the guest speaker at the Black History Month Lecture series organized by Lionel Porter at Cabot Park Village (280 Newtonville Avenue) on February 28 at 3PM. She will discuss the long history of Black–Asian solidarity, such as the ties with the NAACP Legal Defense…
Mary Cotton has owned and operated Newtonville Books, specifically in Newton Centre, for 13 years. In 2023, Barry Tilles opened Good Dog Records & Books almost right across the street. Cotton didn’t mind. In fact, she and Tilles regularly recommend each other’s shops to customers. “I didn’t see competition,” Cotton…
Newton Theater Company will be presenting their reinterpretation of Dracula starring Linda Goetz. Viewers can step into the shadows and prepare for a thrilling twist on the classic gothic tale. Tickets are $30. It will take place at Saint John’s Episcopal Church (96 Otis Street, Newtonville) over three weekends: