The Newton Highlands Neighborhood Area Council is hosting a virtual Winter Cheer Photo Contest to help spread community cheer in these frigid—and isolated—weeks. Share your cheer-worthy photos via email, they will share them on Instagram, and enter all participants into … Continue reading
Category Archives: Events
Newton South Stage Presents BREATHE
A global pandemic, a civil rights crisis, and a divided country. We’re trapped in quarantine, isolated from our friends. So many of us feel like we’re gasping for air. Blending live theater with recorded performances, Breathe is a series of … Continue reading
Newton Inspires: Broadway Babies!
Newton Inspires: Broadway Babies! The Newton Schools Foundation invites you to join in a free, virtual event featuring Newton Public School alumni Zachary Baer, producer, live and digital entertainment; Skylar Fox, director, playwright and theatrical designer; Ryan Vona, actor and … Continue reading
Student Project: planting trees to honor lost lives
The 4C Tree Project aims to honor the memory of lives lost to COVID-19 by celebrating life through the planting of trees, and they need your help to make it a success. Spearheaded by Green Newton’s Environmental Youth Leadership Program, … Continue reading
Next Newton School Committee Meeting
Meeting Agenda Superintendent’s Update Public Comment Spring and Fall Planning Update Ventilation Final Update and Report Testing Working Group Update Elementary Survey Results Addendum MOA with NTA FY22 School Calendar Review: FY22 Calendar Vote: Draft Minutes: September 2, 2020 Draft … Continue reading
Building Resilience Across the Charles River Watershed
Adapting to the impacts of climate change is a daunting task but many local cities and towns are facing this challenge head-on. Having the best possible information on the impacts of climate change within your community can help guide effective … Continue reading
Heating and Cooling Older Homes for Comfort and Energy Efficiency
A free webinar for owners of older homes that need heating and cooling upgrades, or want to add central air conditioning. Speakers from Newton’s HeatSmart Program will explain how electric heat pump technology works, and how we can retrofit it … Continue reading
Looking for something to do Martin Luther King Day weekend and the following weekend?
Consider Belmont World Film’s Family Festival View the festival trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzi8KRjhQfY Belmont World Film’s Family Festival goes completely virtual this year, expanding from its typical four days to ten to allow audience members to view film at their leisure … Continue reading
Free Webinar on Environmental Justice
Join a virtual session in which Dr. Daniel Faber will speak about climate change and the ecological crisis, as well as issues of environmental and climate injustice. Environmental Injustice and the Crisis of Environmentalism January 12th, 7:00 pm Register HERE. … Continue reading
Please join Newton SEPAC for an Open Board Meeting!
Agenda: Vote on minutes of 2 past meetings Old Business: discussion of compensatory services related to Covid-19 upcoming presentations New Business January 12th 7:30 pm via Google Meet: meet.google.com/rus-mimx-jnc