Embrace Boston

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

Imari Paris Jeffries, president and CEO of Embrace Boston – the organization responsible for one of the nation’s newest and most powerful memorials to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King – tells how the sculpture was conceived, created and received. Mr. Jeffries also discusses Embrace Boston’s ongoing work toward a more equitable city […]

A History of Boston

Needham History Center & Museum 1147 Central Ave., Needham, MA, United States

A talk by author Daniel Dain. February 4 at 2:00 pm at the Needham History Center. Boston is today one of the world’s greatest cities, first in higher education, hospitals, life science companies, and sports teams. It was the home of the Great Puritan Migration, the American Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the first civil rights […]

Mardi Gras Celebration with the Friends!

Center at the Heights 300 Hillside Avenue, Needham Heights, MA, United States

Join the Friends of the Center at the Heights for a festive Mardi Gras celebration. We will have beads, music and some traditional refreshments. We look forward to seeing you there! Cost: Free Cost: Free To register to attend these programs: Call 781-455-7555, Monday-Friday between 8:30am- 4:00pm. If you have questions about other Council on […]

Women’s Impact Network Morning Meetup

One Wingate Way 235 Gould Street, Needham

Join the Charles River Regional Chamber’s Women’s Impact Network for a morning networking event at One Wingate Way in Needham, MA. Make connections with professional women from throughout our region while enjoying coffee and light breakfast compliments of our hosts. Free, open to chamber members & nonmembers

Free

Basic Estate Planning

Center at the Heights 300 Hillside Avenue, Needham Heights, MA, United States

Do you have a Will, Durable Power of Attorney, Health Care Proxy or HIPAA Authorization in place? Do you know what those documents are? Attorney Shani Rea Collymore will be here to teach you how to avoid a crisis for your family. Don't delay getting your most crucial estate planning documents in place. Cost: Free […]

Great Generals of The Civil War (Part 2 of 2)

Center at the Heights 300 Hillside Avenue, Needham Heights, MA, United States

Generals Grant and Sherman are the most well-known generals to come out of the Civil War. Join our popular history expert and former college professor, Dr. Lanny Bruce Fields for this fascinating talk about the lesser known General George Thomas. Lanny quickly became a CATH favorite after his first series on global history was a […]

Lane Lyceum

Zoom

"Breaking Myths and Misconceptions about Daylight Savings Time: Making the Case for Permanent Standard Time",  with Dr. Karin Johnson, M.D., Professor of Neurology at UMass Chan School of Medicine-Baystate. Learn why the change would have repercussions on health, safety, education, productivity, and energy use.

Free