Join us at Cold Spring Park for our popular Playdance Pop-Ups! Enjoy a fun, family dance party where music and movement come together to encourage exploration and imaginative play with new and familiar song and dance activities. Geared towards ages 1-5 years but open to all!

This year’s Poetry Series will open with readings by Nidia Hernandez, Karen Klein and Jean Dany Joachim. An open mic will follow with a limit of one poem per person. Open mic signups are taken via the Zoom chat feature; limited slots are available. The series is facilitated by Doug Holder of Ibbetson St. Press. […]

Early Notation with Annette Bauer Pitch: 440, Open to all instrumentalists and singers “Machaut and the Ars Nova – I” Wednesdays 5:30-6:45pm EST: September 14, 21, 28 & October 5 The music of Guillaume Machaut (ca. 1300-1377) offers a wonderful opportunity to study the style, forms, and musical notation used in the ars nova in France. […]

Join us for a community conversation on healthy eating for chronic disease prevention featuring an overview on optimal nutrition, a healthy cooking demonstration and Q&A with Newton-Wellesley Hospital expert clinicians.

Arnie Jarmak: Photographing Chelsea in Transition, 1977–89 In the Monan Gallery September 6–December 4, 2022 E-catalogue | Global Boston Photographing Chelsea in Transition, 1977–89 presents over eighty photographs by Arnie Jarmak (b. 1949, Marblehead, Massachusetts) from an archive of more than twenty thousand he produced as chief photographer for Chelsea’s daily newspaper, the Chelsea Record. […]

American Alternative Comics, 1980–2000: Raw, Weirdo, and Beyond In the Daley Family Gallery September 6–December 4, 2022 Today, comics enjoy wide critical and academic acceptance. Literature classes teach works such as Maus and Fun Home. The New York Times reviews comics and publishes comics features. Scholars work both to chronicle comics’ long history and to […]

Walk + Talk through American Alternative Comics with Curator John McCoy Friday, September 16, 2022 12:00–1:00 pm Free; open to the public; register at tinyurl.com/kdfhtpcp To celebrate the opening of American Alternative Comics, 1980–2000: Raw, Weirdo, and Beyond, the McMullen Museum invites visitors to join curator John McCoy for an in-person tour of the exhibition. […]

Kids ages 5-11 are invited to join us on September 16th from 5:30-8pm for our Fall Festival. Dancing, games, craft, pizza and popsicles will be provided. Cost is $60/child. Please use this link to register.

Join us for this FREE festival to learn how you can help the recently endangered Monarch butterfly *Butterfly kids activities and crafts *Native milkweed seed & plant exchange *Pollinator garden tours *Live Monarchs at various stages from caterpillar to butterfly *Monarch tagging demonstrations *Butterfly release Co-Sponsored by Newton Conservators, Newton Parks, Recreation & Culture, and […]

Enjoy free admission to the Jackson Homestead or the Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds during this national day of museum discovery. Download a free ticket to visit today between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

American Alternative Comics, 1980–2000: Raw, Weirdo, and Beyond In the Daley Family Gallery September 6–December 4, 2022 Today, comics enjoy wide critical and academic acceptance. Literature classes teach works such as Maus and Fun Home. The New York Times reviews comics and publishes comics features. Scholars work both to chronicle comics’ long history and to […]

Arnie Jarmak: Photographing Chelsea in Transition, 1977–89 In the Monan Gallery September 6–December 4, 2022 E-catalogue | Global Boston Photographing Chelsea in Transition, 1977–89 presents over eighty photographs by Arnie Jarmak (b. 1949, Marblehead, Massachusetts) from an archive of more than twenty thousand he produced as chief photographer for Chelsea’s daily newspaper, the Chelsea Record. […]

Join us for the library’s annual fundraising gala as we honor authors Dan Shaughnessy (Wish it Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics) and Lisa Napoli (Susan, Linda, Nina and Cookie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR). Details on purchasing tickets will follow. For information or to become a Spring Fling sponsor please Rick at development@newtonfreelibrary.net.

Join us for the library's annual fundraising gala as we honor authors Dan Shaughnessy (Wish it Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics) and Lisa Napoli (Susan, Linda, Nina and Cookie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR). Details on purchasing tickets will follow. For information or to become a Spring Fling […]

Join the Celebration on Sunday, September 18, Noon- 4 PM Come to the Village Party of the year! The Newtonville Area Council (NAC) proudly presents its annual village day celebration - a day full of family, fun, food, music, and art featuring our local talent and businesses. We will have a variety of more than 70 […]

Arnie Jarmak: Photographing Chelsea in Transition, 1977–89 In the Monan Gallery September 6–December 4, 2022 E-catalogue | Global Boston Photographing Chelsea in Transition, 1977–89 presents over eighty photographs by Arnie Jarmak (b. 1949, Marblehead, Massachusetts) from an archive of more than twenty thousand he produced as chief photographer for Chelsea’s daily newspaper, the Chelsea Record. […]

American Alternative Comics, 1980–2000: Raw, Weirdo, and Beyond In the Daley Family Gallery September 6–December 4, 2022 Today, comics enjoy wide critical and academic acceptance. Literature classes teach works such as Maus and Fun Home. The New York Times reviews comics and publishes comics features. Scholars work both to chronicle comics’ long history and to […]

D&D enthusiasts and newcomers unite for a new weekly Dungeons & Dragons campaign! Feel free to either bring a premade Level 1 character, or choose from a sampling of provided premade character sheets. Brave Ancient Dungeons and face Deadly Foes, and unravel a Plot which threatens existence itself. Join for fun, and glory. This will […]

Eleuthera Trio (Lois Shapiro, piano, Francine Trester, violin, Julie Reimann, cello) perform at the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton, MA, in support of Doctors Without Borders, a nonprofit organization that brings medical humanitarian assistance to victims of conflict, natural disasters, epidemics and healthcare exclusion. The program includes Martin’s scintillating Trio on Popular Irish Melodies, […]

Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted laid out plans for Newton Centre Playground in 1891, putting his characteristic curved, tree-lined paths between ball fields and tennis courts. Discover how Olmsted's original vision still informs the playground, and learn how different people have used the area over the years for everything from barrel races to archery matches. […]

Chad Perrone and Dennis Carroll Newton resident and singer-songwriter Chad Perrone will share his soulful rock music & be accompanied by Dennis Carrol on piano. Chad Perrone has been a figure in the Boston music scene for the better part of two decades now, bringing his patent brand of soaring pop rock to stages across the region […]

Discover how Frederick Law Olmsted's vision still informs the playground he designed Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted laid out plans for Newton Centre Playground in 1891, putting his characteristic curved, tree-lined paths between ball fields and tennis courts. Discover how Olmsted's original vision still informs the playground, and learn how different people have used the […]