Join The Allen Center (35 Webster Street) on Saturday, October 4 at 7:30PM for Explorations in Sound. Gabriela Martina and Maxim Lubarsky have collaborated musically since 2009 and officially formed their duo in 2019. Their project, Explorations in Sound, blends spontaneous composition, deep improvisation, and genre-defying creativity, drawing from sources like…
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West Newton Cinema will present a “Behind the Screen” film and panel discussion for Jane Austen Wrecked My Life — on Sunday, October 5 at 4-6:30PM at the theatre (1296 Washington Street). Film Screening: Agathe (Camille Rutherford) works in the legendary Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris, where she dreams…
The Allen Center is celebrating a business partnership with M. Steinert & Sons, New England’s exclusive authorized Steinway Piano dealer, whereby The Allen Center will have on loan for the next year a beautiful, 9-foot Steinway “D” Concert Piano for its programs and for visiting artists, providing a beautiful musical…
The UU Plant-Based Eating Club is hosting a large potluck at the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (FUUSN; 1326 Washington Street) on Sunday, October 5, at 6PM. All who are curious about Plant-Based eating, or just want to have a great plant-based meal and chat with other people, are invited.…
Music Mondays will host a concert on Monday, October 6 from 2-3PM at Scandinavian Center’s Nordic Hall (206 Waltham Street) with Sophie et Adam, a duo inspired by the many singing traditions they have crossed paths with on their musical journey: Pub Songs from England, Cabaret chansons from 1940s Paris,…
Join West Newton Cinema (1296 Washington Street) on Thursday, October 16 at 6:30PM for a special screening of The Bostonians, now in stunning 4K restoration, with an opening discussion of both the film and the novel led by Sierra Eckert and David Kurnick and moderated by John Plotz. This screening…
Cora Bayes, 5, was delighted with the free picture book she recently picked up, especially since it came with complimentary popcorn. She found her treasure at The Book Ladies’ Book Swap – a monthly event held upstairs at the West Newton Cinema, where bibliophiles can trade or simply take books,…
Cherry Street Music brings another budget-friendly concert to The Allen Center with its Tuesday Evening Concert Series, continuing July 22 at 7PM with “Summer Lite.” Experience Irish music by Fiddler Isabel Oliart, along with Jazz Quartet, Chris Pitts and Friends, in The Allen Center’s cozy performance venue (35 Webster Street,…
This Thursday’s Pop-Up at West Newton’s Allen Center on July 31, 11:30AM-2PM, features lunch from Italian grocery Market-Tiamo, with its “Best of Boston” Italian sandwiches, charcuterie boards, and more. Lunch should be ordered by June 30 and will be delivered at noon. This week the pop-up features a make-your-own-bouquet flower…
The Allen Center’s third annual summer Lunch Pop-up event series kicks off on Thursday, July 24, at the Allen Center in West Newton. Thursday’s event, running 11:30 AM-2 PM, will spotlight a variety of local businesses, with renowned celebrity chef Thiago Silva of SALT Patisserie providing lunch. Events in the…
To accommodate construction work for the Washington Street Pilot, there will be NO PARKING allowed (TOW ZONE) on Washington Street, from Chestnut Street to Washington Terrace (just east of the Newtonville Post Office) from 6AM to 6PM, July 7-11, per Newton Police notice.
On June 25, members of the board of the West Newton Cinema (WNC) Foundation presented their major renovation plans and fundraising goals during a community event held at the Cinema. Board President Elizabeth Heilig began by sharing the impressive news that in the first six months since the WNC Foundation…