Join us for an art & music program for children 18 months to 4 years (with an adult). Children make a new art project weekly, and have play time, snack, and music & movement. Classes are held at the War Memorial/Cultural Center Auditorium at City Hall on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays. Come learn and explore […]

This mah jongg drop-in is open to all skill levels, but people must at least know the basics of the American version of the game. Games follow National Mah Jongg League rules. Please bring your own National Mah Jongg League card and mah jongg set if you have one. Players can purchase National League Mah […]

The Newton Senior Center Swing Band jams year-round at Newton City Hall’s War Memorial Auditorium. They are actively seeking musicians who want to play with them - all instruments are needed: woodwinds, percussion, brass, and string)! We also welcome new audience members- come sit and listen! They are a fun, low-key group and always have […]

Enjoy activities that support strengthening the small muscles in children’s hands, getting them ready for buttoning, writing, and many more important life skills! All activities are inspired by the Tools For Tiny Hands curriculum and presented by Family ACCESS Community Connections. This program limits capacity to provide a calmer atmosphere for kids. Register here (required) for parents/caregivers […]

Welcome Baby From Home is a 6-week virtual program for parents of babies 0-3 months old focused on building a Jewish community, learning about developmental stages, and sharing with other parents experiencing the same life stage as you. This is a laid-back gathering, and you are welcome to join with or without partners and with […]

Let's stretch! Let's move! Let's sing and dance!  In this storytime we will read fun movement-based stories and then have lots of fun moving and dancing to some familiar rhymes and songs. For ages 2-4.

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Please register here.   If you are 55+ and actively looking for work then this is the perfect networking group for you! The Massachusetts Library Collaborative's 50+ Job Seekers Group evening sessions meet on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month, from 6 – 8pm, via Zoom. This is a professional forum for networking […]

Please register here.   The Ransomware Hunting Team is a real-life technological thriller that illuminates a dangerous new era of cybercrime. Join Pulitzer Prize finalist Renee Dudley and local Pulitzer Prize winner Daniel Golden for a gripping discussion on their new book. They will reveal the details of an unlikely band of misfits, mostly self-taught and […]

The Parent Trap: Are We Raising Wimps or Warriors? For decades, parents have been bombarded by messages imploring them to do more for their children. There has been a cultural shift expecting parents to do everything from playing to problem solving. In this effort to protect their children, many parents have actually stripped them of […]

Saint Joan By George Bernard Shaw Directed by Melissa BernsteinClick here to purchase your tickets! Regan Sims is an actor and mime from Manhattan, NY. This is her sixth production with Newton Theatre Company. Other theatre credits include roles with 59E59, ART/NY Theaters, The PIT, Two River Theater, Crossroads Theatre Company, Mile Square Theatre, Hudson Valley […]

Story Starters is a nonprofit inspiring racial justice action and helping parents and educators raise children to develop anti-racist values. It offers programs to support families and educators in discussing race and racism with young children in ages 3-8 — a development window when adults are poised to have a significant impact on children’s beliefs about race. Registration is now […]

For two decades Arnold Hiatt, the president and chief executive officer of The Stride Rite Corp., was one of the most influential and successful corporate executives in the last half of the 20th century. Learn how Hiatt, a longtime Newton resident, launched the nation’s first corporate on-site child care center, led a national campaign finance reform […]

Saint Joan By George Bernard Shaw Directed by Melissa BernsteinClick here to purchase your tickets! Regan Sims is an actor and mime from Manhattan, NY. This is her sixth production with Newton Theatre Company. Other theatre credits include roles with 59E59, ART/NY Theaters, The PIT, Two River Theater, Crossroads Theatre Company, Mile Square Theatre, Hudson Valley […]

Saint Joan By George Bernard Shaw Directed by Melissa BernsteinClick here to purchase your tickets! Regan Sims is an actor and mime from Manhattan, NY. This is her sixth production with Newton Theatre Company. Other theatre credits include roles with 59E59, ART/NY Theaters, The PIT, Two River Theater, Crossroads Theatre Company, Mile Square Theatre, Hudson Valley […]

Please join us for another one-of-a-kind afternoon for a literary lunch at Thistle & Leek with Laura Zigman, whose latest novel, Small World, is gathering raves. Laura will be in conversation with Judy Bolton-Fasman, whose memoir Asylum is a Newtonville Books favorite. Check out the GLOBE review here. Small World was an Editors' Choice pick in […]

Saint Joan By George Bernard Shaw Directed by Melissa BernsteinClick here to purchase your tickets! Regan Sims is an actor and mime from Manhattan, NY. This is her sixth production with Newton Theatre Company. Other theatre credits include roles with 59E59, ART/NY Theaters, The PIT, Two River Theater, Crossroads Theatre Company, Mile Square Theatre, Hudson Valley […]

Mark your calendars... Newton Community Pride's WinterFEST is THIS month! We cannot wait for you to join us at the Hyde Community Center on Saturday, January 28 starting at 5:30 pm for the Soup Social. Be sure to bring your dancing boots as we groove to The Eli Cash Band, mingle with Olaf from Frozen and other costumed characters, and swivel our hips with glow-in-the-dark hula hoops. On Sunday, take a guided family-friendly & […]

Mark your calendars... Newton Community Pride's WinterFEST is THIS month! We cannot wait for you to join us at the Hyde Community Center on Saturday, January 28 starting at 5:30 pm for the Soup Social. Be sure to bring your dancing boots as we groove to The Eli Cash Band, mingle with Olaf from Frozen and other costumed characters, and swivel our hips with glow-in-the-dark hula hoops. On Sunday, take a guided family-friendly & […]

Sunday, January 29th from 12:00 - 3:00 at Newton North High School in the cafeteria.  Join Newton Parks, Recreation & Culture; Newton Public Schools including Newton Community Education and Newton's S.P.A.C.E. Camp; Health and Human Services; and Historic Newton to learn about summer camps, summer programs and summer resources that are offered to kids, teens […]

Come hear the latest performance of the Cherry Street Players! Cellist Allison Eldredge and pianist Max Levinson will feature a program of dreamy music by Rachmaninoff, Oscar Peterson, Ravel, Chopin, and Brahms! The concert will consist of a prelude at 3PM, followed by a break for refreshments and conversation before the rest of the program […]