Join us at the library and make your own spooky perler beads! We'll also be watching "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1993) while we craft, it's sure to be a scary good time! This is an in person event. All materials will be provided. Registration is required. For more information, please email Megan at newtonpublicservices@minlib.net.
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Lapsit program with movement, songs, and stories for babies, toddlers, and caregivers, for ages birth‑23 months.
Anime screenings, series discussions, and Japanese snacks in the Newton Free Library Teen Area for ages 9–18.
Contemporary art exhibition exploring empathy at Burns Library, part of the Catholic Universities Art Triennial series commissioned by the Holy See.
Down Under School of Yoga leads an hour of yoga with Bella DeMarco on The Green, meeting in front of Shake Shack and lululemon, with Ellie Fund donations.
Boston College Sailing at Urn Trophy competes in Hanover, NH.
Hands‑on crafts and LEGO building at Durant‑Kenrick House, plus mini paper magazine and bookmark collage, free for adults and kids 5 and under; $5 per child.
Create a button tree with colorful buttons and copper wire at Newton Free Library’s Teen Area, registration required, for ages 9–18.
Tech Time Drop-In (Newton Free Library, Computer Lab) — Librarian offers 20‑minute drop‑in tech help, first‑come, first‑served, one session per week, ages 18+.
Upbeat rhymes and songs guide stretch, movement, singing, and dancing activities, for ages 0–5.
ELL conversation practice with rotating tutors on the library’s 3rd‑floor rear arc, offering speaking, listening, vocabulary and pronunciation drills for English learners of all levels.
Third and fourth graders practice expanding thoughts, describing, writing, and sharing work in a monthly session at Newton Free Library’s Children’s Program Room, ages 3–12.
At the 3rd Floor Rear Arc, an intermediate English grammar class covers irregular verbs, perfect tenses, comparatives, gerunds, with pair and group speaking activities and written exercises.
