• The Monologue Project: Voices of the Blind, Deaf, and Physically Disabled

    The Cooper Center for Active Living 345 Walnut Street, Newton, MA, United States

    This event is co-sponsored by Understanding Our Differences and The City of Newton Commission on Disabilities. Sunday, May 31st at 4pm. ​ Join us at The Cooper Center for Active Living 345 Walnut Street, Newton [...]

    Free
  • Diane Heffner and the Jet Set Octet

    All Newton Music School 321 Chestnut Street, West Newton, MA, United States

    Diane Heffner, saxophone, and Liz Horwitz, bassist, formed this group with the goal of performing pieces that were different and new to their repertoire. The Jet Set Octet, named as an homage to the atomic [...]

    Free
  • 250 Years Ago in Newton

    Newton Free Library 330 Homer Street, Newton Centre MA, MA, United States

    250 Years Ago in Newton Tuesday, June 2, 7:00 PM Newton Free Library Free If you lived in Newton 250 years ago, who would have been your neighbors? Where would your children have gone to [...]

    Free
  • Newton Celebrates Pride

    Newton City Hall 1000 Commonwealth Ave., Newton Centre, MA

    The Newton Human Rights Commission is pleased to partner this year with the Celebration of Queer Culture (CQC) Planning Committee to host a shared Pride Month event in Newton. Newton Celebrates Pride Month will take [...]

    Free
  • Ukulele Workshop

    Ukulele Workshop
    Newton Free Library 330 Homer Street, Newton Centre MA, MA, United States

    Want to try an instrument that is fun and relatively easy to play? Learn the fundamentals of ukulele playing with Julie Stepanek Murray! This three part series will cover the basics (tuning, fretting, strumming, and [...]

    Free
  • Webinar on “Nature for Newton: Learnings from Initial Restoration Efforts in Newton’s Central and Largest Park”

    online Zoom, Zoom, MA, United States

    Newton Conservators will host a webinar on “Nature for Newton: Learnings from Initial Restoration Efforts in Newton’s Central and Largest Park" (https://newtonconservators.org/events/webinar-nature-for-newton-learnings-from-initial-restoration-efforts-in-newtons-central-and-largest-park/) at 7:00 pm on Thursday, June 4. Sign up: https://shorturl.at/k5BIx. Climate change can [...]

    Free
  • Folk/Americana house concert with Rupert Wates, Eric Behr opens

    House Of Play House Concerts

    https://www.rupertwatesmusic.com/home “Terrific hooks, deep lyrics, awesome voice, and nearly astonishing finger picking chops – the real deal.” — Paul Fried, Monterey County Weekly (CA) Come join us for our last house concert of the season [...]

    $35
  • Red Cross Blood Drive at The Union Church in Waban

    Just one blood donation can help save up to three lives, and the whole process usually takes about an hour from start to finish. Book your appointment for June 6th and be part of this [...]

    Free
  • Encore! Favorite Songs from Recent Seasons

    Scandinavian Cultural Center 206 Waltham St, West Newton, MA, United States

    Free performance by the Highland Glee Club Men's Chorus! Join us for this very special recap of our favorites from recent concerts, featuring sea shanties, spring madrigals, and a cracker jack barbershop quartet At the [...]

    Free to all
  • The Black Feathers

    The Allen Center 35 Webster Street, Newton, MA, United States

    Back by popular demand, Welsh folk duo The Black Feathers return to The Allen Center's Cherry Street Music concert series. Serenading audiences with original songs that feel both modern and ancient, you won't want to [...]

    $30
  • Fundraising Event to Benefit “Understanding Our Differences”

    Allen Center for the Arts 35 Webster Street, West Newton, MA, United States

    Chamber Music For Your Cause presents a concert to benefit the Newton non-profit organization, "Understanding Our Differrences" at the Nathaniel Topliff Allen House in West Newton at 3:00pm on Sunday afternoon, June 7, 2026. The [...]

    $25
  • Chamber Music for Your Cause – Celebrating Understanding Our Differences

    Allen Center for the Arts 35 Webster Street, West Newton, MA, United States

    Join us for a special chamber music concert celebrating Understanding Our Differences featuring an outstanding lineup of musicians and vocalists: Cholong Park, Piano Ling-Fei Kang, Oboe Nicholas Southwick, Flute Paulette Bowes, Clarinet Lindey Wiehl, Bassoon [...]