• Racism in Boston: How Far Have We Come?

    Needham Public Library Community Room 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, United States

    Friends of the Needham Public Library Program: “Racism in Boston: How Far Have We Come?” A Lecture by Dr. Ted Landsmark Noted Bostonian Dr. Theodore Landsmark will deliver a talk about Boston’s landscape of equity and inclusion, and how it has changed – for better and worse – over the years. Dr. Landsmark is the […]

  • Annual National Night Out

    Needham Town Common Garrity's Way, Needham, MA, United States

    On Tuesday, August 5th, the Needham Police Department will be hosting its second annual National Night Out event on Town Common from 5-8 pm. National Night Out involves over 16,800 communities from all 50 states, U.S. territories and military bases around the world. It is designed to: • Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness • […]

  • A Joyful Call for Unity: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 Brings Together Our Local Communities

    Trinity Chapel, Boston College 885 Centre Street, Newton Centre, MA, United States

    This coming weekend, the New Philharmonia Orchestra invites you to experience one of music’s most powerful celebrations of humanity—Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, performed live in the heart of Newton. Few works speak so directly to the spirit of community as the Ninth Symphony. Beethoven’s visionary setting of Schiller’s “Ode to […]

  • Sunday Salon: “American Eldercide and Ageism Today”

    Needham Public Library Community Room 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, United States

    The Friends of the Needham Public Library present: A Fresh Voice from the Harlem Renaissance: Dorothy Peterson Wellesley College professor Octavio Gonzalez will celebrate the Harlem Renaissance of 100 years ago through the lens of educator/translator Dorothy R. Peterson, an important figure whose legacy has been overshadowed by other luminaries. Peterson was a close friend […]