Not so very long ago, playing music, exercising in gym class, and learning side-by-side with children from different racial backgrounds were revolutionary ideas in education. But at one trailblazing Newton school, those concepts were put into practice more than 160 years ago. “We do now take a lot of these…
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It indeed takes two days — September 29-30 — to complete All Over Newton‘s second annual Bakery Crawl, featuring almost two dozen bakeries in Newton. It’s a free, do-it-yourself event: Scan through the list of bakeries on the Bakery Crawl site to see which ones are participating on which days.…
The Scandinavian Cultural Center is hosting an event — Huldufólk: An Enchanted Dwellings Walk and Celebration — a fairy walk with an Icelandic twist, inspired by the hidden world of the Huldufólk. It will include ethereal music, dwellings, a self-guided journey and more. The event will take place on September…
Music Mondays — a women-run nonprofit presenting frequent, live music concerts — is excited to present “Due Soprani,” a program of Italian favorites on October 9, 2PM-3PM at the Scandinavian Cultural Center’s Nordic Hall (206 Waltham Road, West Newton). Performers include the “sunny,” “supple,” “soaring,” and much in demand, Boston-based soprano Carley DeFranco and her…
Newton Nomadic Theater is bringing Lauren Letellier’s play, The Village Cidiot, to two venues in Newton. Follow these links for tickets for performances at: When a life long New York City couple get laid off from their jobs, they pack up everything and move to a tiny village in the…
Newton Athletes Unlimited is presenting Paddy’s Road Race – The Shillelagh Shuffle on October 15, starting at Paddy’s Public House (95 Elm Street, West Newton). It’s Newton’s famous fall road race thats run each October. Registration is required by October 11 for all three races, which will take place at…
The Newton Conservators will host its third annual Newton Monarch Festival on September 9 (rain date September 10), 9AM-11AM at Wellington Park in West Newton, a few blocks north of West Newton Square. It’s free. Learn about local efforts to help monarch butterflies, which were classified as endangered last year by…
Newton Community Pride will host concerts — outdoors, free, accessible, and open to all — in three Newton villages in September:
The board of Friends of Albemarle wants to share some insight about the experiences of pedestrians and cyclists using the intersection of Albemarle Rd. and Crafts St. ever since the flex posts were installed in the vicinity of this intersection. We have found and heard from others that the flex posts currently…
The Newton Conservators will host another Bio-Blitz — Dip-netting for Aquatic Invertebrates — on July 26, 4PM-6PM, at the Dolan Pond Conservation Area (near 66 Cumberland Road, West Newton). Dolan Pond is one of Newton’s most accessible open spaces with its boardwalk, pond overlooks, and accessible paths. The vernal pools…