Sharing Culture Through Food with Chef Trisha Pérez Kennealy
Tuesday, September 19 at 7pm

Please join Chef Trisha Pérez Kennealy for a culinary celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Trisha will demonstrate how to make mofongo and empanadas and share cooking tips and tricks.

Location: Virtual

Registration required

Autumn Wreaths and Centerpieces
Wednesday, September 20 at 7pm

Decorate your house with whimsical fall pieces to highlight the changing of the seasons. This class will be a creative and relaxing experience as you arrange your decorations and create a lovely autumn centerpiece. *Patrons who sign up should own a hot glue gun and be able to use it safely.

Location: Virtual

Registration required


SCORE Small Business Counseling
Thursday, September 21 starting at 9am

SCORE volunteers provide area small business owners with free, one-hour counseling and advice sessions.

Location: Room A or Virtual

Registration required


Bad Art Night
Thursday, September 21 at 7pm

Join us at the library for our Bad Art Night. No Talent? No problem! Come get creative without the pressure of being perfect, or even good. Participants will create their very own “disaster-piece.”

Location: Druker Auditorium

Registration required

 New England Shorebirds
Friday, September 22 at 1pm

During this richly illustrated presentation, Bill Gette, Founding Director of Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center in Newburyport, will discuss more than 30 species’ feeding ecology, habit preferences and migration strategy.

Location: Virtual

Registration required


Friends of the Newton Free Library

Coming Up

Bare Bones Genealogy: Beginning Your Journey
Monday, September 25 at 6:30

iPhone for Beginners
Tuesday, September 26 at 11am

Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors with Tory Stephens Climate Fiction Creative Manager for Grist
Wednesday, September 26 at 6:30pm

Rubber Stamp
Wednesday, September 26 at 7pm

Kalliope Reed Quintet
Sunday, October 1 at 2pm

September Main Hall and Gallery Art Show

Newton Art Association Art Show

Newton Art Association will be displaying almost 60 works of art at the Newton Free Library. All forms of media will be on display in the Gallery and throughout the Main Hall.

With over 200 members, the NAA represents a broad range of talent from artists based in Newton and neighboring communities, containing both realist and abstract themes. This is the first and one of the most popular exhibits of the 2023-4 season. For more info please visit: www.newtonartassociation.com