Vernal Pool BioBlitz at Nahanton Park

Nahanton Park 471 Nahanton Street, Newton, MA, United States

Join Newton Conservators and naturalist Jon Regosin for a free Vernal Pool BioBlitz at Nahanton Park on Sunday, April 14 from 3 to 4:30 pm. Vernal pools are small wetlands that are important habitats for a great diversity of amphibians, aquatic insects, and other invertebrates. We will explore a vernal pool in Nahanton Park and...

Free

Cherry Street Music – Classical with a Twist – “Beethoven & The Beatles: Part II”

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

Following up from Part I in January, this program further explores the connection between the Fab Four and one of the all-time great composers. Featuring CSM's Artistic Director and cellist Allison Eldredge, as well as pianist and CSM regular Max Levinson! Joining Eldredge on cello and Levinson at the piano will be guitarist Andres Guerra,...

$30
Event Series Under the Canopy

Under the Canopy

Boston University Dance Theatre 915 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA, United States

A multi-media dance performance at Boston University featuring performers from Newton and surrounding areas. Centered on the endurance of inspiration in the wake of pain, Under the Canopy weaves together stories of loss and resilience from members of the artistic community. Through film, original sound score, dance, physicality, and prose, Joanie Block creates a world...

$25

Belmont World Film’s 22nd International Film Series @ West Newton Cinema

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

Belmont World Film 22nd International Film Series, "Transformation/Preservation," runs March 25 to May 20, 2024, at Apple Cinemas in Cambridge (168 Alewife Brook Parkway; March 25, April 1 & 8), Embassy Theater Waltham (16 Pine Street; April 15 & 29), and the West Newton Cinema (1296 Washington Street; May 6, 13 & 20), and features...

$8 – $80

Belmont World Film’s 22nd International Film Series @ Apple Cinemas

Apple Cinemas 168 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge, MA, United States

Belmont World Film's 22nd International Film Series, "Transformation/Preservation," runs March 25 to May 20, 2024, at Apple Cinemas in Cambridge (168 Alewife Brook Parkway; March 25, April 1 & 8), Embassy Theater Waltham (16 Pine Street; April 15 & 29), and the West Newton Cinema (1296 Washington Street; May 6, 13 & 20), and features...

$8 – $80

Belmont World Film’s 22nd International Film Series @ Apple Cinemas

Embassy Theater Waltham 16 Pine Street, Waltham, MA, United States

Belmont World Film 22nd International Film Series, "Transformation/Preservation," runs March 25 to May 20, 2024, at Apple Cinemas in Cambridge (168 Alewife Brook Parkway; March 25, April 1 & 8), Embassy Theater Waltham (16 Pine Street; April 15 & 29), and the West Newton Cinema (1296 Washington Street; May 6, 13 & 20), and features...

$8 – $80

April Vacation Week: Eager Engineers

Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds 286 Waverley Avenue, Newton, MA, United States

Calling all kid engineers! Spend your spring break completing hands-on design challenges and crafts, each around a different daily theme. Build a boat that can float, design a transit system, construct a working Ferris wheel, invent something totally new, and more! Come to one or more sessions: each day will be different. Tuesday 4/16: Busy...

Free – $6

April Vacation Week: Eager Engineers

Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds 286 Waverley Avenue, Newton, MA, United States

Calling all kid engineers! Spend your spring break completing hands-on design challenges and crafts, each around a different daily theme. Build a boat that can float, design a transit system, construct a working Ferris wheel, invent something totally new, and more! Come to one or more sessions: each day will be different. Tuesday 4/16: Busy...

Free – $6

April Vacation Week: Eager Engineers

Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds 286 Waverley Avenue, Newton, MA, United States

Calling all kid engineers! Spend your spring break completing hands-on design challenges and crafts, each around a different daily theme. Build a boat that can float, design a transit system, construct a working Ferris wheel, invent something totally new, and more! Come to one or more sessions: each day will be different. Tuesday 4/16: Busy...

Free – $6

Abelardo Morell: The Universe Next Door

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

Abelardo Morell: The Universe Next Door Thursday, April 18th, 6:30 PM Abelardo Morell will speak about his past & recent work, including his new book, The Universe Next Door. “Abelardo Morell reveals the beauty to be found in the balance of opposite or discordant qualities. His work is about perception, looking deeply and truly seeing....

Free

April Vacation Week: Eager Engineers

Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds 286 Waverley Avenue, Newton, MA, United States

Calling all kid engineers! Spend your spring break completing hands-on design challenges and crafts, each around a different daily theme. Build a boat that can float, design a transit system, construct a working Ferris wheel, invent something totally new, and more! Come to one or more sessions: each day will be different. Tuesday 4/16: Busy...

Free – $6

Book Talk: Sixty Blades of Grass

Hyde Community Center 90 Lincoln Street, Newton Highlands, MA

Sixty Blades of Grass, by Elizabeth Millane, is an intriguing and dramatic, yet personal, story about the Dutch resistance during the Second World War. Inspired by the author’s own family history, this is a riveting, heartrending novel of danger and betrayal that explores what it takes to lay down one’s life for another in the...