Summer Services are in full swing at the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton. Please join in person (1326 Washington Street, West Newton, in the Parish Hall) or online, any or every Sunday morning at 10:15AM. See the summer worship schedule for topics and which ones are in-person and which…
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The Allen Center is presenting Lunchtime Pop-Ups on the Patio with exclusive lunch options, children’s art activities, and market shopping. The vendors will be a variety of women-owned businesses, neighboring retail shops, and other local sellers. It will take place on Wednesdays, August 21 and 28, 11:30AM-2:30PM at The Allen…
All Newton Music School is hosting Memory Café, a safe and informal listening and social space for people with dementia and other cognitive changes and their care partners. Guests are welcome regardless of diagnosis and at any stage in a disease progression. It will take place on Wednesday, August 28,…
The music program at the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton is offering a music reading class in August. Beginners and more experienced singers are welcome. The course is free. There are two sessions — come to one or both, your choice. The two classes will be 7PM-9PM on Thursdays, August 22…
You don’t need to travel to Newport, Rhode Island, the Coachella Valley, California, or Austin, Texas, to see a variety of talented musicians perform. All you need to do is be in Newton during May 17-19, and attend Newton Community Pride’s 9th annual Linda Plaut Festival of the Arts. Another…
Approximately 165 people turned out on May 8 for the West Newton Cinema Foundation‘s (WNCF) update on the status of its effort to save the theater from the wrecking ball. The event at the theater included presentations followed by a Q&A session and a reception. Board President Elizabeth Heilig walked the audience…
An anonymous benefactor has donated $5.2 million toward the West Newton Cinema Foundation’s capital campaign to Save West Newton Cinema. The clock to save the historic,1937 Art Deco theater has been ticking since August 2022, when Mark Development purchased the West Newton Cinema for $5.6 million from the Bramante family,…
There will be a complimentary screening of the documentary Inundation District at West Newton Cinema (1296 Washington Street, West Newton) on Sunday, April 28 at 3:30PM. After the 79-minute film, there will be a discussion/Q&A with producer/director and Boston Globe environmental reporter David Abel, moderated by Charles River Watershed Association…
Music Mondays will offer a concert on April 29, 2PM-3PM — both in-person at the Scandinavian Center and live streamed via Zoom. The concert will feature early 20th century gems for flute, violin, and piano by Mel Bonis, Harry Thacker Burleigh, Henri Rabaud, Philippe Gaubert, and Bohuslav Martinu, performed by…
Songs for the Earth, FUUSN’s annual Folk Music Sunday, is on April 28 at 10:15AM at the First Unitarian Society in Newton (1326 Washington Street, West Newton). The service includes familiar music (“Mercy Mercy Me,” “River”) and newer songs that call us to action for climate change. Demie Stathoplos will speak on The Web…