Newton Holiday Shop & Stroll

Kick off the holiday season in Newton Centre on Thursday evening December 4th, and shop, sip and stroll through the Centre, stopping at 28 small businesses, restaurants, and pop-ups with special holiday offers, tastings, giveaways, and freebies..  The Holiday Shop &amp; Stroll starts at 5 PM with caroling on the Newton Centre Plaza. Lighted luminaries guide strollers to participating businesses along Newton Centre’s main roads and side streets. Every stop has something special in store-- a mitten pop-up shop, hot chocolate bar, cotton candy machine, free cups of soup, a pottery sale by Newton South ceramics students—and that’s just for starters… At the Plaza strollers can stop to help stuff a Newton Police cruiser with toys at The Village Bank Holiday Gift Drive, and kids can check out the Newton Fire Department truck and EMT emergency vehicle. Welcome Home, Newton’s free home goods pantry, will be there, too, collecting new or gently used blankets. Participating businesses and their special Shop &amp; Stroll offers are posted on <a href="https://www.allovernewton.com/newton-centre-shop-and-stroll">https://www.allovernewton.com/newton-centre-shop-and-stroll</a> The Newton Centre Holiday Shopping event will be held Thursday, December 4th from 5-8 pm. Donated toys should be new and unwrapped and donated new or like-new blankets should be unwrapped as well.

Newton Centre

4th Annual Newton Bakery Crawl

Newton’s independent bakeries are taking part in the city's 4th annual Newton Bakery Crawl, where they’ll be dishing out samples, cooking up specials, and offering discounts to the Newton community. Lovers of baked goods can map out their routes, explore and sample diverse baked items produced by Newton’s talented chefs, while supporting some of the city’s smallest eateries. The Newton Bakery Crawl is free for participants. This two-day long, do it yourself event is on September 26 &amp; 27th. When visiting bakeries “crawlers” should mention they’re participants to take advantage of each bakery’s special promotion.

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Valentine Craft Crawl

Spend Saturday February 8th exploring Newton’s creative businesses and arts organizations the best way possible—by rolling up your sleeves and making your own heart-felt arts and crafts. Newton’s Valentine Craft Crawl is a fun-filled day of creating gifts and cards for Valentines and learning new skills. It's an opportunity for families, friends, galentines, and crafty types to kick back, have fun, and make new connections, guided by Newton’s expert artists and craftspeople. Craft activities take place at ten different locations throughout Newton, including one heart-warming pit-stop for Valentine crafters with special snacks and treats. Throughout the day there are activities for all ages, like making “stained glass” suncatchers at the New Art Center ($5), silkscreening Valentine’s Day cards at Shepherd &amp; Maudsleigh Studio ($5), decorating fortune cookies at Third Space Kitchen, pounding Japanese tataki-zomé flower cards at Derby Farm Flowers--and that’s just for starters. Kids 4+ can even be dropped off at Creation Station to make colorful Valentine-inspired slime-palettes, and at Kidcasso to create their own rainbow mini-worlds, which are then packed up in little suitcases to play with at home.

Craft locations throughout Newton MA

On Sunday December 15th celebrate the holiday shopping season at the fourth annual Holiday Shop &amp; Stroll, supporting Newton Centre’s small businesses. From 12-4 PM shoppers are invited to stroll through Newton Centre, visit participating retail stores, restaurants, and bakeries, and take advantage of special offers, tastings, and giveaways along the way. Carolers from the First Unitarian Universalist Society will be strolling too, stopping at the 17 locations. Participating businesses and their special Shop &amp; Stroll offers are posted on the Shop &amp; Stroll website.

Newton Craft Crawl

Spend Saturday December 14th exploring Newton’s creative businesses and arts organizations the best way possible—by rolling up your sleeves and making your own art and crafts. Newton’s first Craft Crawl is a fun-filled day of making gifts, crafting holiday décor, and learning new skills. It’s when families, friends, couples, and crafty types can collectively flex their creative muscles, guided by Newton’s expert artists and craftspeople. Craft activities take place at ten different locations throughout the city. From $5 silkscreen printing and bookmaking classes at Shepherd &amp; Maudsleigh Studio, to gingerbread house holiday ornaments at Creation Station, glass mosaic-making and knitting lessons at Knot and Purl, Edible holiday trifle making at Third Space Kitchen--and that’s just for starters. Activities are designed for different ages and all ability levels, taking place throughout the day.

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Newton Thanksgiving Market

On Tuesday, Nov. 26, from noon to 4 p.m., the Allen Center in West Newton will be transformed into a Thanksgiving Farmers' Market with 14 local businesses offering a variety of produce, seafood, side dishes, appetizers, pies, desserts, charcuterie and cheese boards, flowers, honey, coffee, hostess gifts and more. There will also be a mobile knife sharpener, if you need to sharpen blades for your feast!

The Allen Center

3rd Annual Newton Bakery Crawl

Newton’s independent bakeries are taking part in the city's third annual Newton Bakery Crawl, where they’ll be dishing out samples, cooking up specials, and offering discounts to the Newton community. Lovers of baked goods can map out their routes, explore and sample diverse baked items produced by Newton’s talented chefs, while supporting some of the city’s smallest eateries. The Newton Bakery Crawl is free for participants. This two-day long, do it yourself event is on September 27 &amp; 28th. When visiting bakeries “crawlers” should mention they’re participants to take advantage of each bakery’s special promotion.

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