WN free events - Allen Center with music, food and fun Wednesday at 6:30, Mamma Mia this Thurs at 8:15 and National Night Out Tues 8/4 5-8pm both in Captain Ryan Park ,
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A few free events in West Newton in the next 9 days – I hope to see you there!
🎉 Calling all neighbors and community members! Celebrate summer with us at The Allen Center on Wednesday, July 29th, from 6:30–8:00 PM for a free evening of art, music, food, and fun.
Meet featured artist Nina Bellucci and join her for informal tours of her vibrant mixed-media exhibition, Like Seeing Through Trees. Hear the stories behind her work, learn about her creative process, and experience the exhibition up close in our upstairs gallery and parlor.
The festivities continue with live jazz piano by Ziv Dudnik, a chance to bowl in The Allen Center's historic bowling alley, and plenty of your favorite summertime appetizers and refreshing drinks. Best of all, it's FREE and open to everyone—bring your friends, neighbors, and family for a memorable summer evening! Advanced registration appreciated.
Register: https://newtonculturalalliance.ticketspice.com/nina-bellucci-artist-reception?mc_cid=f4c3ce61eb
The Village Move Nights in partnership with the West Newton Cinema continue at 8:15 this Thursday, July 30 with Mamma Mia at Captain Ryan Park in West Newton Square (right next to Newton Police Headquarters). We're hoping to find a piano player for a pre-film sing-along, so come early! (Note: The forecast is iffy, but in case of rain, the show will continue right across the street at the West Newton Cinema.)
Join the Newton Police at National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 4, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Captain Ryan Park next to Police Headquarters in West Newton Square. Come and meet our local police officers, enjoy live music, games, food, touch-a-truck, and more from 5 to 8 p.m. I always enjoy all the free food and activities for kids.
Other West Newton news (from the mayor’s newsletter):
Purchasing the Family Access Property
The Newton Community Service Center, now called Family Access, sadly closed its doors at the end of June, ending more than a century of community programs in a building at 492 Waltham Street that it had purchased from the city in 1981.
As part of that sale, the city included a provision in the purchase and sale agreement that allows us to have the first opportunity to buy the property back should it be put on the market.
Earlier this month we received formal notice that Newton Community Service Center Inc. (d/b/a Family Access) intends to sell the property. I am moving forward with a recommendation to the City Council that we purchase the 2-story, 39,000-square-foot building built in 1921 as the former Davis School.
Opportunities like this do not come along often. I'm excited about what this could mean for Newton and look forward to the public conversations ahead.
I’ve asked to open up the parking as soon as we purchase the building. That’s over 50 spaces. As all of you know, West Newton needs more public parking.
Commuter Rail Schedule Changes Through September
Beginning today, July 27, the MBTA is implementing a temporary construction schedule through September on the Worcester Line while 15 miles of rail is replaced between Framingham and Auburndale. The work is expected to improve reliability.
The good news for most Newton commuters: rush hour service will remain unchanged.
The adjustments primarily affect midday and other off-peak trips through September. Two inbound trains through Newton are impacted:
· The 530 at around 10:15 a.m. and the 554 at around 4:10 p.m. are cancelled during the construction period.
None of the outbound trains that stop in Newton are impacted.
Be sure and check the schedule before heading to the station if you travel outside of peak commuting hours.
The updated Worcester Line schedule is available here.
This is a different project than the MBTA work that will begin this fall to build a new, fully accessible commuter rail station in Newtonville. Click here to see the latest information about this project.