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Porchfest Will Entertain in August This Year

July 15, 2026

If you are one of the thousands of people or dozens of performers who enjoyed Belmont Porchfest last September, take note: The event is being held Aug. 15 this year. “This was the only time I could fit it in,” said the…

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Building Momentum: Attacca School of Music Moving to Cushing Square

February 23, 2025

For musicians, the term “attacca” means “Keep going forward.” Liubomyr Senyshyn and Margaret Boswell, musicians, spouses and co-directors of the Attacca School of Music in Belmont, have taken that directive literally. The small school at the corner of Bartlett Avenue is about…

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Belmont Resident Follows Dream, Becomes Renowned Calligrapher

February 11, 2025

At age 59, Rona Conti sold her car, rented an apartment in Japan, and moved abroad in search of a calligraphy instructor — all without knowing a word of Japanese. “I said, ‘Ok, it’s my time,’” Conti recalled. Originally from Baltimore, Maryland,…

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Stein Chamber Music Festival: Music to Belmont’s Ears for 50 Years

January 21, 2025

Surrounded by music while growing up in Belmont, 74-year-old Peggy Skemer and her sisters enjoyed listening to – and later playing in – their parents’ weekly living room concerts. “We were very lucky to grow up in that house,” said Skemer, who…

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Documentary Film Features Two Stories of Endurance

January 3, 2025

In September 2020, Miron Golfman moved in with his uncle, the late Bruce Rosenblum, and served as the former Belmont resident’s first primary caregiver. For three months, Golfman helped out his aunt and uncle, who was sick with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),…

Woman standing in front of an ornate house.

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Resident Writes What She Has Learned From Her Years of Legal Activism

December 12, 2024

When attorney Wendy Murphy started trying cases involving violence against women and children, she learned the law was not applied equally to everyone. “I noticed pretty early on that the court was treating women very differently,” said Murphy, “Especially when it was…

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Payson Park Church to Host Second Annual Messiah Sing-Along

December 10, 2024

The Messiah sing-along is returning for its second year at Payson Park Church. “People love the Messiah,” said Music Director Leah Kosch. “I grew up listening to it.” The event will take place Dec. 13 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Payson…

Shoppers browse some of the items for sale at the Social Action Holiday Fair in 2022. The Fair returns Dec. 8. (Sara Oaklander/Courtesy Photo)

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First Church in Belmont Returns with Annual Social Action Holiday Fair

December 5, 2024

First started in 2009, the Social Action Holiday Fair at The First Church in Belmont, Unitarian Universalist celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. The fair, which started with the idea of “providing holiday shoppers with an opportunity to have a greater impact…

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Belmont High School Alum Publishes New York Times Bestseller

November 28, 2024

Belmont native Sarah Fennel grew up in a home where baked goods were always readily available, “whether in a refrigerator or out on a random Tuesday.” When she got to college at New York University, miles away from home, she missed her…

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Belmont Resident Marisa Diamond Performs in ‘The Thanksgiving Play’

November 27, 2024

When Belmont performer Marisa Diamond saw the opportunity to audition for “The Thanksgiving Play” — a comedy written by Indigenous playwright Larissa FastHorse — she jumped at the chance. Diamond, who has performed as an acrobat and actress, said she loves sharing…

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Belmont Native Showcases Armenian Heritage Through Concert Series

November 16, 2024

When Haig Hovsepian was four years old, he visited the house of his mother’s friend. She had a small violin that fit perfectly on his shoulder. He played a few notes and never stopped. Hovsepian described his musical start as a “total…

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