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Free First Sunday at the Jackson Homestead
Free admission to Newton’s history museum, a documented Underground Railroad stop, on the first Sunday of every month.
Sun, Nov 1 · 10:00 AM–5:00 PM
Newton Corner
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FreeFeaturedArts & CultureArtist Talk with Gene Mackles at the Allen Center
Painter Gene Mackles talks about his oil paintings of Newton landscapes, with refreshments in the galleries.
Thu, Oct 29 · 7:00 PM–8:30 PM
West Newton
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$9–$16FeaturedArts & CultureWest Newton Cinema
A community-owned 1937 movie house showing indies, foreign film and matinee classics on six screens.
West Newton
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FreeFeaturedOutdoors & ParksHemlock Gorge Reservation & Echo Bridge
Hemlock-shaded trails above a rocky river gorge, with a stone aqueduct arch that echoes fifteen times.
Newton Highlands
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Newton Community Farm
The city’s last working farm — a farmstand, kids’ programs, and 300 years of continuous cultivation.
Thompsonville
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Echo Bridge Photo Walk
The classic Newton shot: a stone arch over a gorge, best in the last hour of light in October.
Newton Upper Falls
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VariesFeaturedArts & CultureM. T. Anderson Presents “Stealing Saint Nick”
National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson on the real medieval theft of Saint Nicholas’s bones, just in time for the holidays.
Fri, Nov 20 · 7:00 PM–8:00 PM
Newton Centre
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FreeArts & CultureMill District Studio Open House
Working artists open their mill-building studios one weekend each season — painting, ceramics, glass.
Sat, Nov 7 · 11:00 AM–5:00 PM
Newton Upper Falls
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$18–$30Arts & CultureCommunity Theatre Night in the Highlands
Local companies stage plays and musicals in a small Highlands house — tickets under $30.
Fri, Oct 30 · 7:30 PM–10:00 PM
Newton Highlands
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Carol LaHines with Rick Moody
Novelist Carol LaHines discusses “Miracle Grow of the Mind” with Rick Moody, author of “The Ice Storm”.
Thu, Oct 29 · 7:00 PM–8:00 PM
Newton Centre
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FreeFamily & KidsNewton Free Library
One of the busiest public libraries in Massachusetts: huge children’s wing, museum passes, quiet study floors.
Newton Centre
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FreeArts & CultureBoston College Campus Walk & Bapst Library
Collegiate Gothic towers, a hilltop reservoir view, and a reading room that looks like a cathedral.
Chestnut Hill
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FreeFitnessUpper Falls Greenway
A flat, paved rail-trail through the old mill district, with public art and a mile of easy walking.
Newton Upper Falls
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FreeSeasonal & HolidayWaban Village Winter Tree Lighting
A small, genuinely charming tree lighting in the square with carols, cocoa and a fire truck Santa.
Sat, Dec 5 · 4:30 PM–5:30 PM
Waban
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FreeArts & CultureWest Newton Hill Architecture Walk
Grand Victorians, Shingle Style porches and Colonial Revivals on Newton’s most photogenic hill.
West Newton
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FreeArts & CultureMill Village Architecture Walk
A self-guided loop past 19th-century mill housing, a 1811 church, and the old paper works.
Newton Lower Falls
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VariesFeaturedSeasonal & HolidaySt. Mary of Carmen Festival
Nonantum’s four-day Italian street feast — processions, a midway, sausage carts and fireworks.
Thu, Jul 15 – Jul 18
Nonantum
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Newton Centre Green Summer Concert
Free Thursday-evening concerts on the triangle green — bring a blanket and dinner from the square.
Thu, Jul 1 · 7:00 PM–9:00 PM
Newton Centre
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Nonantum Village Day
A one-day neighborhood block party with a road race, a parade, and the fire department’s hose spray.
Sat, Sep 11 · 10:00 AM–4:00 PM
Nonantum
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$10Arts & CultureNewton History Walking Tour
A 90-minute docent-led walk through the city’s first settled village and its Victorian streetscape.
Sat, May 8 · 2:00 PM–3:30 PM
Newton Corner
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