It’s Back! The Beloved Annual Book Sale Returns Saturday January 24, 2026 9:30AM - 3PM Druker Auditorium, Newton Free Library Get ready, book lovers—one of our most anticipated events of the year is officially back! [...]
Since the time of first interactions between English settlers and the Native peoples of the Dawnland, the settler colonial project has focused on the continued dispossession of Indigenous homelands. Early land deed or transfer documents [...]
Join Grace Millet, archivist from Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections (NUASC) Monday, Oct 20 from 6:00 - 7:30pm at Newton Free Library for an introduction to researching repositories for historical records and queer collections [...]
Join us for a special Newton screening of Recovery City, an award-winning documentary exploring addiction and recovery through the stories of four women in Worcester, MA. The event includes a 15-minute opioid overdose response and [...]
Elaine Woo (vocals) and Tom Lamark (keyboard) will perform tunes from the Great American Songbook. Those songs can convey anything: hopes, feelings, fears, dreams, ups and downs, and everything in between. Come and let music [...]
This Trivia Night is an LGBTQIA+ Socials event, sponsored by the Newton Dept. of Older Adults at the Cooper Center for Active Living in collaboration with the Newton Free Library. Come for an evening of [...]
As part of our preparation for the grand opening of the Cooper Center, we’re thrilled to introduce several new ways for the community to get involved and make a meaningful impact. Whether you're passionate about [...]
As we prepare for the opening of the Cooper Center this fall, we will host several Director-led listening sessions across the community. These sessions will offer a chance for our Director, Mignonne Murray, to hear [...]
This concert features a blend of works that explore both the virtuosic and expressive qualities of the violin. From the deep spirituality of Lera Auerbach’s T'filah to the baroque elegance of Bach’s Sonata, the program [...]
Santon, a blind and autistic pianist and composer, is captivating audiences with his emotionally rich and stylistically diverse performances. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and raised in Massachusetts, he spent two decades studying at Perkins [...]
Founder of Working Daughter and author of two award-winning books, Liz O’Donnell will lead you through a discussion about balancing eldercare with all of life’s responsibilities. Learn practical and actionable strategies for not only surviving [...]
Local pianist Mark L. West will perform solo piano works ranging from classical music by Chopin and Mozart to “turn of the century” ragtime by Scott Joplin and jazz standards by Duke Ellington, Hoagy Carmichael, [...]