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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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First Female Director of Local Chorale Starts in September

July 1, 2024

Stephanie Beatrice always knew in her soul that she wanted to pursue music. She likes to call it “a higher calling,” which most recently has led her to The Philharmonic Society of Arlington, where she is creating history as the first female…

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Rain or Shine, Belmont Porchfest is Coming on Sept. 7

June 30, 2024

Belmont’s Porchfest will be here before you know it, and organizer Mary Bradley wants you to know two things: Registration opens July 1 and closes July 31, with no exceptions. The event will be held rain or shine, so get yourself a…

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Six Belmont Musicians Set for European Summer Tour

June 19, 2024

There are many attractive flower gardens at private homes near Harvard Square. At first glance, the riot of roses, dahlias, peonies, and purple allium outside Benjamin Zander’s home is another lovely spot to admire as you move along. But stop for a…

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34 Years of Grooving: Payson Park Music Festival begins June 19

June 18, 2024

For more than three decades, a small group of volunteers has pulled off an impressive, summer-long concert series offering free music to Belmont and beyond — even during the COVID pandemic. Now in its 34th season, the nonprofit Payson Park Music Festival…

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Survivors Rely on Art to Spread Joy to Childhood Cancer Patients

June 2, 2024

When the “Glitter Queens” come for a visit, kids coping with serious illnesses are offered a welcome distraction from their health battles, allowing them, instead, to concentrate on the joy of being a kid. The “queens”—Gail Erdos and Peggy Tryon—created and co-direct…

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Belmont Woman Makes TV Debut on ‘Stories From the Stage’

May 4, 2024

Even at a young age, longtime Belmont resident Nina Livingstone enjoyed listening to the stories of others. After interviewing her mother as a child, Livingstone interviewed the likes of author and orator Fran Leibowitz, actress and activist Marlee Matlin, and a food…

whole bunch of kids playing wind instruments.

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Belmont Pops Celebrates 50 Years of Student Music

April 23, 2024

It’s been a tradition for 50 years at Belmont High School: ending the school year with a festival of popular music uniting all the school’s bands, orchestras, and choruses. This year’s Pops Concert is special, not only because it celebrates the half-century…

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The Belmont Dramatic Club; A Showstopper for 120 Years

April 19, 2024

Not only has the Belmont Dramatic Club been providing inexpensive entertainment and volunteer opportunities to the community for 120 years, but president and artistic director CherylAnn Welch revealed that “sometimes, we provide spouses.” In the midst of rehearsing lines, building costumes and…

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Belmont’s Shining Stars

April 12, 2024

Photos by Isabel Miranda/Belmont Voice The stars were out in Belmont Friday night for the Belmont Woman’s Club’s Dancing With The Belmont Stars fundraiser. Between admission, the bar, and voting tickets for the Fan Favorite, the club raised more than $25,000 to…

A brick house standing next to a mint green house.

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Common Street Home Is Belmont’s Link to the Manhattan Project

April 10, 2024

The home at 404 Common Street looks like a typical Boston suburb, with neat homes on fairly small lots set close together. But the home at 404 Common St. makes the neighborhood more of a conversation piece because it was owned by…

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