This spring, Newton North High School sophomore Linnea Dun Rappaport is hosting a community environmental scavenger hunt designed for elementary school aged students and their families. The event encourages the young participants to explore local [...]
Buying fewer clothes and maintaining what you have is the best way to reduce your environmental impact. Visible mending not only promotes sustainability but also fosters creativity, saves money, and builds community. This June, stop [...]
Join herbalist Mo Katz-Christy for a slow meander through the fields of Newton Community Farm to learn how we can harvest local plants to use as medicine! We will explore weeds and cultivated plants, trees [...]
Women of Courage and Conviction Tuesday, June 30 7:00 - 8:00 PM Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds Join the author of Women of Courage and Conviction, Newton writer Dorothy Anger, along with three of the book’s [...]
Discover the wonderful world of bugs that you can observe right in your own backyard! If you garden with native plants, your yard is already hosting a vibrant, miniature safari through bug-land. Finding and observing [...]
Walking Tour: Artists and Authors at Newton Cemetery Tuesday, July 14 6:00 – 7:30pm Newton has been home to creative people throughout history, and many are laid to rest in Newton Cemetery. During this new [...]
The Second Church in Newton is hosting a Blood Drive by Mass General Hospital on July 26th from 9:00 am – 2:30pm. Second Church will host a light breakfast in Fellowship Hall for visitors from [...]
The $8.5K Garden City High Performance Singles event, scheduled for August 15–16, has partnered with UTR’s new HotelPlanner UTR Shootout Series, bringing added prestige, stronger competition, and increased prize money to Newton. This partnership helps [...]
Join us for a walk along the ponds and streams of the Cemetery showcasing our perennial gardens. Learn about the Arboretum’s ecological diversity from shade gardens and wetland areas, to pollinators. All ages encouraged to [...]
Registration is open for the 2026 Jimmy Fund Walk for Dana-Farber presented by Hyundai. Scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 4, funds raised from the Walk support all forms of adult and pediatric care and cancer research [...]
Judy Foreman presents "The Scallop Plot: A Cape Cod Thriller," where a star investigative reporter Samantha Fuller joins a feisty Cape Cod fisherwoman to foil a wind farm developer’s evil plot to poison precious ocean [...]