Speaker Nights is our foundational series, held 5 times throughout the membership season (Oct., Nov., Mar., Apr., May) at the Carroll Center for the Blind in Newton, the 1st Monday of the month, 7-9:00 p.m. The Forum provides a delicious meal, wine and other beverages, followed by a 45-minute speaker - all complimentary for Forum members.

We welcome non-members to attend for $35 per evening. Guests who join during the month they attended the Speaker event can apply the $35 fee toward the $165 annual membership dues. Our Forum Season runs from Oct. 1 to Sep 30.

Please join us as a guest! Simply RSVP to newtonwomensforum@gmail.com by the Sunday before the Speaker event. We look forward to meeting you!

2024-2025 Speakers

October 7, 2024	True Crime Podcast Sarah Alcorn and Laura Rodrigues McDonald, co-hosts of the true crime podcast Ivy League Murders . Sarah is a private investigator and owner of Greystones Investigation. Sarah is also a Harvard alumna and previously worked in the film industry.
November 4, 2024	Rescue Dogs and Healing Marianne Leone, an actor-writer-activist and native of Newton’s village of Nonantum that everybody called “the Lake”. She has appeared in film (Goodfellas), television (The Sopranos) and has written three books. Her newest book out in September is Five-Dog Epiphany about grief, rescue dogs and mutual healing.
March 3, 2025	Love Fashion History Michelle Tolini Finamore, fashion historian, curator and author. She has curated numerous exhibitions, including the recent Fashioning America: Grit to Glamour, as well as the groundbreaking Gender Bending Fashion, #techstyle, Hollywood Glamour: Fashion and Jewelry from the Silver Screen, and Think Pink at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
April 7, 2025	TBD
May 5, 2025	TBD