• Sustainability Awareness Scavenger Hunt

    All over Newton

    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 [...]

    Free
  • Light and Reflection Art Exhibit

    Avital Skolnick is pleased to announce her upcoming art exhibition at the 2nd Floor Gallery in Newton City Hall, on display throughout the month of May beginning May 4. This latest body of work explores [...]

    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
  • Variaciones: Music from Argentina and Brazil

    First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton 1326 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United States

    Orchestra Without Borders, under the baton of Conductor and Artistic Director Luca Antonucci, will present Variaciones: Music from Argentina and Brazil on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, at 7:30 PM at the First Unitarian Universalist Society [...]

    $15 – $30
  • West Newton Cinema Reads: Perrotta & Phillips

    West Newton Cinema 1296 Washington Street, West Newton, MA, United States

    West Newton Cinema Reads & Newtonville Books present: Tom Perrotta, author of The Leftovers, Little Children, and Election, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jayne Anne Phillips reading from, discussing, and signing copies of their new books, [...]

    $21
  • 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
  • The Strawberry Festival

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

    Thursday, May 28 | 6:30-9:30 PM The Newton Cultural Alliance invites you to its 12th Annual Strawberry Festival—an evening of flavor, music, and community celebration. Enjoy curated tastings featuring wine and chocolate, signature cocktails, and [...]

  • Newton Rotary Dog Fest & Parade

    Hyde Community Center 90 Lincoln Street, Newton Highlands, MA

    Newton Rotary's 2nd Annual DogFest Event is to take place on Saturday, May 30th, 2026 at the Hyde Community Center, 90 Lincoln Street, Newton Highlands, MA 02461. (Rain date: Sunday, May 31st) We have a [...]

    Free
  • Portland String Quartet

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

    The Portland String Quartet's final program of the 57th season promises to be a pure, weightless, soaring delight. Blending the luscious sounds of William Walton's String Quartet in A minor, Haydn’s airy Quartet in C [...]

    $10 – $25
  • New Phil POPS: Family Favorites

    New Phil POPS: Family Favorites featuring teachers and choruses from Newton Public Schools plus soloists from Boston College Bring your teens, tweens, big kids, and littles for a fabulous afternoon of live music! Featuring songs [...]

    $10 – $20
  • 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