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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260503T100000
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SUMMARY:New Yart Sale
DESCRIPTION:Discover an extraordinary collection of original artwork spanning styles\, mediums\, and price points\, generously donated by artists from across Greater Boston. Whether you are a seasoned collector or purchasing your first piece\, the New Yart Sale offers an accessible and inspiring way to bring art into your life while supporting creative education in our community. \nIt’s like a yard sale\, but full of ART! \nHave artwork you would love to see find a new home while supporting a great cause? We invite local artists of Newton and Greater Boston to donate original paintings\, photography\, prints\, ceramics\, and mixed media to the New Yart Sale\, a one-day community art sale benefiting the New Art Center. \nFor more information on donating artwork and event-day details\, visit: https://newartcenter.org/new-yart-sale/ \nQuestions about donating work?\nContact:\nGabryella Rodrigues\nDevelopment & Marketing Coordinator\ngabryella@newartcenter.org\n617.964.3424
URL:https://www.newtonbeacon.org/event/new-yart-sale/
LOCATION:New Art Center\, 61 Washington Park\, Newton\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Fundraiser,Visual Arts
ORGANIZER;CN="New Art Center":MAILTO:info@newartcenter.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T170000
DTSTAMP:20260506T141221Z
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SUMMARY:Let Freedom Sing
DESCRIPTION:This concert of patriotic songs will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Eighty men from three groups\, Highland Glee Club of Newton\, Apollo Club of Boston and Saengerfest Men’s Chorus will perform on Saturday\, May 9\, 3 PM at the Newton Presbyterian Church\, 75 Vernon Street\, Newton Corner. $20 admission\, service members and veterans free. Tickets at Highlandgleeclub.com
URL:https://www.newtonbeacon.org/event/let-freedom-sing-2/
LOCATION:Newton Presbyterian Church\, 75 Vernon St.\, Newton\, MA\, 02458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
ORGANIZER;CN="Hgihland Glee Club":MAILTO:jficarelli@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T193000
DTSTAMP:20260506T141433Z
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SUMMARY:Linda Plaut Festival of the Arts Kickoff w/ The New Philharmonia Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:Kickoff the start of the Linda Plaut Festival of the Arts in Style with the New Philharmonia Orchestra! \nSpring has arrived\, and so has the Linda Plaut Newton Festival of the Arts! \nWe’re opening the season in grand style! New Philharmonia Orchestra & Friends present Music for All! With soaring acoustics of the War Memorial Auditorium\, world-class musicians and critically acclaimed soloists – it will be an evening that reminds us why live music moves the soul. \nMusic for All is a family-friendly concert featuring soprano Olga Lisovska and includes joyous brass\, soulful strings and fabulous voices. The evening promises a perfect way to welcome spring and kick off the Linda Plaut Festival of the Arts. There will be a community sing-a-long and an Instrument Petting Zoo at the end of the performance. \nSpark Newton would like to thank Maestro Jorge Soto\, Music\, Arts & Fashion Productions\, WeStar Music Academy and Boston International Music Competition for their participation. \nPresented by Spark Newton in collaboration with the City of Newton. \nFree admission. All are welcome.
URL:https://www.newtonbeacon.org/event/linda-plaut-festival-of-the-arts-kickoff-w-the-new-philharmonia-orchestra/
LOCATION:Newton City Hall War Memorial Auditorium\, 1000 Commonwealth Ave\, Newton Centre\, MA\, 02459\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T203000
DTSTAMP:20260429T172000Z
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SUMMARY:Kathryn Gearon Artist Reception
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reception celebrating Standing Still\, a new exhibit by painter Kathryn Gearon. The Providence native’s process-based abstract paintings explore landscapes in all their forms — urban\, geographical\, imagined\, and emotional — alongside the environmental forces that shape them. Light refreshments will be served. Admission is free; registration is required.
URL:https://www.newtonbeacon.org/event/kathryn-gearon-artist-reception/
LOCATION:The Allen Center\, 35 Webster Street\, Newton\, MA\, 02465\, United States
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
ORGANIZER;CN="Newton Cultural Alliance":MAILTO:contact@newtonculture.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T200000
DTSTAMP:20260422T194911Z
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SUMMARY:Brush & Lens
DESCRIPTION:Join us at The Allen Center for a compelling lecture demonstration on the dynamic interplay between painting and photography— and go behind the scenes with two of Newton’s most celebrated artists\, Peter Vanderwarker and Sam Belisle\, for a rare glimpse into their creative processes. All attendees will be entered to win one of two signed Peter Vanderwarker prints. Admission is free\, but registration is required.
URL:https://www.newtonbeacon.org/event/brush-lens/
LOCATION:The Allen Center\, 35 Webster Street\, Newton\, MA\, 02465\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Education,Visual Arts
ORGANIZER;CN="Newton Cultural Alliance":MAILTO:contact@newtonculture.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T170000
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SUMMARY:Newton House Tour
DESCRIPTION:Newton House Tour\nSunday\, May 17 12:00 noon – 5:00 PM\nAdvance Tickets: $40 Historic Newton members\, $50 general\nAll Day-Of Tickets: $55\nBooklet and wristband pickup at Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds \nWelcome to Historic Newton’s 43rd annual Newton House Tour! Each year\, Historic Newton presents the Newton House Tour to showcase historic homes in the city. Each private residence is carefully selected by a committee to exhibit how homeowners have made creative renovations and interesting interior design choices that add to the life of a historic structure. You’ll come away with a greater appreciation for historic homes and inspiration for your own projects! \nPurchase tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-newton-house-tour-tickets-1983542471929?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true
URL:https://www.newtonbeacon.org/event/newton-house-tour-3/
LOCATION:Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds\, 286 Waverley Avenue\, Newton\, MA\, 02458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
ORGANIZER;CN="Historic Newton":MAILTO:info@historicnewton.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T150000
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SUMMARY:Allison Eldredge & Pei-Shan Lee
DESCRIPTION:Honor the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s death with an extraordinary evening of classical music! Cellist Allison Eldredge and pianist Pei-Shan Lee perform his celebrated cello sonatas — works renowned for their emotional depth\, technical brilliance\, and bold\, innovative structures that offer a profound window into Beethoven’s humanity and genius. This performance is part of The Allen Center’s Cherry Street Music concert series with artistic director Allison Eldredge.
URL:https://www.newtonbeacon.org/event/allison-eldredge-pei-shan-lee/
LOCATION:The Allen Center\, 35 Webster Street\, Newton\, MA\, 02465\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
ORGANIZER;CN="Cherry Street Music":MAILTO:operations@newtonculture.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T193000
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SUMMARY:Variaciones: Music from Argentina and Brazil
DESCRIPTION:Orchestra Without Borders\, under the baton of Conductor and Artistic Director Luca Antonucci\, will present \nVariaciones: Music from Argentina and Brazil\non Wednesday\, May 20\, 2026\, at 7:30 PM\nat the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton. \nThe concert will benefit Communities Without Borders (CWB)\, a\nNewtonbased 501(c)(3) that has supported education for orphaned and vulnerable children in Zambia since 1999. \nThe evening celebrates the traditional rhythms of\nArgentina and Brazil\, pairing music by Heitor VillaLobos\nand Alberto Williams with the electricity of Grooversity\nPercussion\, led by Berkleetrained\, Bahiaborn\npercussionist Marcus Santos. The program also explores\nthe legacy of Brazilian composer Chiquinha Gonzaga. \nWe also welcome soprano Hannah Shanefield as featured\nsoloist on VillaLobos’s Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5. Proceeds\ngo directly to support CWB’s work in Zambia. Founded in\n1999 by Dr. Richard Bail\, CWB has supported more than\n9\,000 Zambian learners through school fees\, uniforms\,\nbooks\, daily meals\, teacher training\, and health programs.
URL:https://www.newtonbeacon.org/event/variaciones-music-from-argentina-and-brazil/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton\, 1326 Washington Street\, West Newton\, MA\, 02465\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Fundraiser,Music
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260524T183000
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SUMMARY:West Newton Cinema Reads: Perrotta & Phillips
DESCRIPTION:West Newton Cinema Reads & Newtonville Books present: \nTom 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\, Ghost Town and Small Town Girls\, followed by a screening of The Last Picture Show. \nTom Perrotta’s new novel\, Ghost Town\, is a gripping and darkly nostalgic tale about a tumultuous summer in 1970s suburban New Jersey\, told from the perspective of a middle-aged writer looking back on events that changed his life—and the story he finally has the courage to tell. Ghost Town reveals the way our ghosts are always with us\, even when we think we’ve left them behind. \nSmall Town Girls is Oprah’s #1 most anticipated book of 2026. Part coming-of-age story\, part social history\, this tender\, sparkling memoir is Jayne Anne Phillips’s love letter to the place and the people who have shaped her perceptions and her writing. Phillips grew up in Buckhannon\, West Virginia—dense with forests and small churches\, rich in history and misunderstandings. In her singular voice\, Phillips re-creates the place she calls home and reflects on her origins\, the mysteries of memory\, and the troubled annals of the last American centuries. \nAnd in Peter Bogdonavich’s The Last Picture Show (1971)\, adapted from Larry McMurtry’s novel\, we experience an aching portrait of a dying West. Set in Texas in the early fifties\, The Last Picture Show portrays the daily shuffles of three futureless teens—enigmatic Sonny (Timothy Bottoms)\, wayward jock Duane (Jeff Bridges)\, and rich rebel Jacy (Cybill Shepherd)—and the aging\, lost souls who bump up against them. Shot in arresting black-and-white\, this hushed depiction of crumbling American values remains a pivotal film (Criterion). \nOur event will begin with a reading and conversation between the authors in our first-floor Cinema 2\, followed by an audience Q&A and book signing in our lobby\, with books for sale courtesy of Newtonville Books. We will then return to Cinema 2 to watch The Last Picture Show. \nPANEL DISCUSSION \nTOM PERROTTA\nTom Perrotta is the author of eleven works of fiction\, including Election and Little Children\, which were made into Oscar-nominated films\, and The Leftovers and Mrs. Fletcher\, which were adapted into acclaimed HBO series. \nJAYNE ANNE PHILLIPS\nJayne Anne Phillips is the author of Black Tickets\, Machine Dreams\, Fast Lanes\, Shelter\, MotherKind\, Lark and Termite\, Quiet Dell\, and Night Watch\, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Her work has been a finalist once for the National Book Award and twice for the National Book Critics Circle Award. The recipient of Guggenheim\, National Endowment for the Arts\, Howard\, Bunting\, and Rockefeller Foundation Fellowships\, she is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
URL:https://www.newtonbeacon.org/event/west-newton-cinema-reads-perrotta-phillips/
LOCATION:West Newton Cinema\, 1296 Washington Street\, West Newton\, MA\, 02465\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
ORGANIZER;CN="West Newton Cinema Foundation":MAILTO:kbrown@mit.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T210000
DTSTAMP:20260521T234045Z
CREATED:20260521T234045Z
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SUMMARY:Lydian String Quartet: An Open Rehearsal
DESCRIPTION:The Naumburg Award-winning Lydian String Quartet\, Ensemble in Residence at The Allen Center\, will deliver their last open rehearsal of the season. Currently rehearsing music from Beethoven String Quartet No. 2 in G major\, Beethoven String Quartet No. 15 in A minor\, and Reena Esmail’s Zeher\, expect the musicians to start and stop\, discuss phrase shaping and dynamics\, and talk between each other. Enjoy the freedom to move around and get up close to the players for this “behind the scenes” look into their rehearsal process.
URL:https://www.newtonbeacon.org/event/lydian-string-quartet-an-open-rehearsal-2/
LOCATION:The Allen Center\, 35 Webster Street\, Newton\, MA\, 02465\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
ORGANIZER;CN="Cherry Street Music":MAILTO:operations@newtonculture.org
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