Secret Mall Apartment is a marvelous documentary about a band of eight artists who made a secret home for years in a Providence, Rhode Island shopping mall. To mark the film’s opening, the West Newton Cinema (WNC) hosted a post-film discussion on Sunday, April 13, with director Jeremy Workman, subject…
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PorchFest is an afternoon of free music performed outside of people’s homes. It’s a community event to share the joy of playing and listening to music. This year it will be on Saturday, June 7, 12PM-6PM Porchfest is now recruiting volunteers to help. Sign up to be a: Sign up to…
The American Red Cross will hold blood drives in Newton — for both blood and Power-Red donations: Donors must schedule an appointment beforehand, either online or by calling 800-RED-CROS (800-733-2767).
Music Mondays will host a concert with the duo of tenor Fausto Miro and harpist Eduardo Betancourt. They will perform a beautiful program of mostly Spanish love songs and laments such as beloved classics like “Besame mucho”, “Quizas, quizas, quizas” and “No me queda mas” by the late Selena Quintanilla-Perez.…
Newton for Everyone will host a talk by Dan Ruben — Housing and Climate Change: What’s the Connection? — on April 30 at 7PM, both online and in person at the Scandinavian Living Center (206 Waltham Street, West Newton). Register for attending in-person or online. Long-time Newton resident Dan Ruben teaches…
Communities Without Borders (CWB) will host a benefit concert, Orchestra Without Borders: Dances and Meditations, as a fundraiser for CWB, which supports education for at-risk children in Zambia. It will take place on Saturday, May 3, 7:30PM at the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (1326 Washington Street, West Newton).…
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston will present New Wind and Friends, a concert featuring clarinetist Kai-Yun Lu, violist Liana Zaretsky, oboist Jennfier Slowik, bassoonist Stephanie Busby, horn player Robert Marlatt, and pianist Miri Yampolsky. This performance will take place on Sunday, May 4, 3PM at the Allen Center for the…
West Newton Cinema will show a film — Made in Ethiopia — followed by a panel discussion on April 3, 6:30PM-9PM at the Cinema (1296 Washington Street, West Newton). Tickets are $20 for the film plus panel discussion. A documentary about the Chinese industrialization of a small farming village in…
David Bramante ran the West Newton Cinema for 46 years, turning it into one of Boston’s premier movie theaters for arthouse, international, and independent film. His achievement was celebrated at the theater on March 15 in a surprise party hosted for him by the West Newton Cinema Foundation (WNCF) and…
The Newton Piano Summit returns with free performances on March 15 and 16, 3PM-5PM, at Second Church (60 Highland Street, West Newton). This program is supported in part by grants from the Village Bank, Advance Auto, Newton Cultural Council, Newton Community Pride, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Charles River Foundation, and generous private donors.