The 4th Annual Newton Asian Culture Festival presented by the Chinese American Association of Newton is an event with multiple Asian cultures supported by the Newton Mayor’s office for Culture Affairs.

Asian culture is rich and diverse. It traces back thousands of years and is one of the world’s oldest cultures. In order to introduce Asian culture to our community friends and neighbors, the Newton Asian Culture Festival features a different Asian cultural theme each year. The past three years we showcased traditional instruments and traditional costumes. This year the theme will be Asian traditional costumes and clothing. You will have a rare opportunity to dress up traditional clothes for a photo opportunity.

In addition, you and your family can also watch traditional Asian folk dance, listen to Asian folk songs and try some traditional Asian food. The festival will also feature many activities for children such as arts & crafts, face painting and games. Please bring your family and friends to join this family oriented cultural festival. Click here for flyer.

May 5th, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Newton City Hall
1000 Commonwealth Avenue

We All Screen…
Too Much?

Learn how to manage screen time for your children, from Newton-Wellesley’s experts.
Please join for a showing of Screenagers* and a night of lively discussion to help you
and your adolescent navigate the digital world and find balance. Click here for flyer.

May 23rd, 6:30 pm
Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Shipley Auditorium
2014 Washington Street, Newton

The LigerBots, Newton’s combined North and South high school FIRST Robotics
Competition (FRC) team, have qualified for the FIRST Robotics World Championship in
Detroit from April 25th – 28th. The LigerBots’ ranked 24th out of 209 New England teams at the finish of the New England District Championship, and won two awards at district level events, earning the right to join 400 other FRC teams from around the world in Detroit.

The team now has only days to arrange for hotels and bus transportation to Detroit, and is undertaking a short-term fundraising drive to make sure that every LigerBot who wants to go with them has the chance to make the trip. First they need $5,000 for the competition registration fee, and are then hoping they can fundraise the $15,000 for a bus (2 days each way to Detroit).

If you’d like to help out, please visit https://ligerbots.org/sponsor, message the team on Facebook, or if you are a corporate sponsor, email sp***************@*******ts.org .

Please join a panel discussion describing how gas leaks damage human and tree
health and about organized efforts to protect our families and communities at the local and state level.

Newton has almost 600 unrepaired gas leaks from the pipelines under our streets. This gas is methane, a potent heat-trapping greenhouse gas. It can be explosive, kills our trees and contributes to air pollution. Most of our gas is “fracked gas” that is extracted in a process using more than 1000 chemicals. The utility companies add the cost of the lost gas to ratepayers’ bills.

Panelists include Newton residents Curtis Norgaard, Nathan Phillips, Ann Berwick and Mothers out Front leader Zeyneb Magavi. National Grid has been invited to send a representative.

April 23rd, 7:00 pm
Newton Main Library, 330 Homer Street, Newton