Bring your phone, tablet or laptop questions to a free 20-minute session with a librarian in the Newton Free Library's computer lab on Fridays, 10am to noon and 2 to 4pm (posted through November 20, 2026). First come, first served: sign in at the 1st-floor Ask Desk; one session per person per week. They can't help with resumes, applications, website design or broken hardware. Can't make Fridays? Request an appointment on the library's Tech Time page.
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Classes & fitnessFree (worth about $20)Eligibility applies
Fridays 11am–12pm through Dec 18, 2026 (not Nov 27)
Newton Free Library, 3rd floor
English learners of all levels can practice speaking and listening with volunteer ELL tutors on the third floor of the Newton Free Library, Fridays 11am to noon, through December 18, 2026 (no session November 27). No registration; come when you can. Group classes are open to adults 18+ from any Massachusetts town. Info: Andrew Shapira, 617-796-1364.
Bring your Halloween pumpkin to Newton City Hall's War Memorial Circle on Saturday, November 7, 2026, 1 to 4pm, and smash it (including with machines built by the high school robotics team). There's touch-a-truck, composting tips, and a pop-up costume swap where donated costumes are free to take home. Food trucks sell food. Pre-registration is encouraged; cancelled if rain is likely.
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Catch: Registration encouraged (on-site registration if you don't pre-register)
Clarinetist Nat Seelen of Ezekiel's Wheels Klezmer Band and Mozambican guitarist and singer Albino Mbie, a Berklee professor, share the stage at the Newton Free Library on Sunday, November 15, 2026, at 2pm.
Violinist Ilana Zaks (New England Conservatory and Yale graduate, former first violinist of the Seattle Symphony) plays 'Virtuosity and Storytelling: From Folk Roots to the Concert Stage' at the Newton Free Library on Sunday, November 29, 2026, at 2pm: Bach's E Major Partita, Chinese folk songs, Native American traditions and American fiddle music.
Bring a broken household item to the Newton Free Library on Saturday, December 5, 2026, 10am to 4pm, and a volunteer Repair Coach will help you diagnose and fix it yourself: small electronics, sewing and textiles, lamps and rewiring, computers, bicycles, musical instruments and more. It's totally no-cost. Reserve a time slot by item category; registration opens about a month before. Run by the Newton Recycling Committee with the library and Newton DPW.
Verified Oct 27 · newtonfreelibrary.libcal.com
Catch: Reserve a time slot (registration opens about a month before)
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