World Meditation Day Event
2025-12-21 09:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Blue Lotus Healing Arts, 945 Great Plain Ave, Needham, MA, 02492, United States
Needham will join 100+ cities across the U.S. in celebrating the UN’s second annual World Meditation Day, streamed LIVE and led by Gurudev from New York City. FREE event, open to all. No prior experience needed.
Where: Blue Lotus Healing Arts, 945 Great Plain Ave, Needham MA
When: Sunday, December 21, 2025 @ 9:30am ET
FREE Event. RSVP @ https://tiny.cc/needhammeditates
Let’s come together to fill our town with calm, compassion, and collective intention.
Your presence matters. Your silence is powerful.

First Night | Needham Concert Society
2025-12-31 19:00 - 21:30 | Carter Memorial UMC, 800 Highland Avenue, Needham, 02494
NEW YEAR’S SHOWCASE | The Needham Concert Society reprises their beloved First Night concert, in which exceptionally talented students and the society’s favorite professional guests perform highlights from the chamber music and chamber orchestra repertoire.
These programs are supported in part by a grant from the Needham Council for Arts and Culture, ​a local agency which is supported by the Town of Needham and the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Virtual Program: Artists Inspired by Maine
2026-01-06 18:30 - 20:30 | Zoom
Maine’s remote, rocky shoreline has been a beacon to American artists for generations. For Needham Art Assoiciation’s January program, Jane Oneail of Culturally Curious will survey the work of some of the most celebrated artists inspired by the state’s distinct landscape and way of life. The program features work by artists including Winslow Homer, Andrew Wyeth, and Ashley Bryan.

This event will be hosted on Zoom and is free and open to the public, but registration is required for non-members to receive the meeting link: https://needhamartassociation.org/programs/

Crime of the Century: How the Brink's Robbers Stole Millions and the Hearts of Boston
2026-01-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Needham History Center & Museum, 1147 Central Ave., Needham, MA, 02492, United States
Stephanie Schorow is back, with a story that is “stranger—and far more compelling—than Hollywood led us to believe” (author David Kruh). On January 17, 1950, seven robbers in Halloween masks walked into a counting room of the Brink’s armored car garage on Prince Street in Boston and walked out with $2.5 million in cash, checks, and securities. It was the
largest robbery in U.S. history to date. Yet not a shot was fired, not a drop of blood shed. The robbers simply said, “This is a stick-up,” before gagging and tying up the guards. Within minutes they escaped into the night with bags stuffed with money, leaving almost no clues behind.
This is Stephanie’s third program for the Needham History Center. She has previously spoken to us about the Cocoanut Grove Fire, and the Boston Harbor Islands Adventure. After stints as a journalist at the Boston Herald, the Associated Press and newspapers large and small, Stephanie Schorow turned to nonfiction narratives. She has written or co-written six other books on Boston’s history: Boston On Fire: A History of Fire and Firefighting in Boston; The Cocoanut Grove Fire; East of Boston: Notes from the Harbor Islands; The Boston Mob Guide: Hitmen, Hoodlums and Hangouts (with Beverly Ford); and Drinking Boston: A History of the City and its Spirits.
This talk is free and open to everyone. Refreshments will be served.

Needham Boys Basketball vs. Milton
2026-01-13 18:30 - 20:00 | Needham High School, 609 Webster Street, Needham, MA, 02494, United States
The Needham High School Varsity Boys Basketball team is scheduled to take on Milton in the High School A-gym. Their schedule, posted in November, is subject to change, as is the coverage of The Needham Channel (TNC). Updated scheduling will be available as the season progresses on the Needham High School website, on needhamchannel.org and on the Needham Channel’s social media feeds. Go Rockets!
UPCOMING SCHEDULE (TNC Coverage in bold)
Tuesday, 1/13 6:45pm • vs Milton
Friday, 1/16 at 6:45pm • vs Newton North
Friday, 1/23 at 6:30pm • at Natick
Tuesday, 1/27 at 6:30pm • at Milton
Friday, 1/30 at 6:45pm • vs Weymouth
Tuesday, 2/3 at 6:30pm • at Framingham
Friday, 2/6 at 6:30pm • at Braintree
Tuesday, 2/10 at 6:45pm • vs Walpole
Thursday, 2/12 at 5pm • at BC High
Saturday, 2/14 at 2pm • at Malden Catholicl
Wednesday, 2/18 5pm • vs Gloucester
Please note that all games and game coverage are subject to change.

NHS Boys Hockey vs Milton
2026-01-14 18:00 - 20:00 | Babson Rink, 150 Great Plain Avenue, Wellesley, MA, United States
The Needham High School Varsity Boys Hockey team are taking on Milton in this league matchup. The Needham Channel will provide coverage of the game, which will be available for streaming later in the week.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE (TNC Coverage in bold)
Wednesday, 1/14 at 6pm • vs. Milton
Saturday, 1/17 at 1:45pm • vs. Hingham
Monday, 1/19 at 11am • vs. Boston Latin
Wednesday, 1/21 at 8pm • at Walpole
Saturday, 1/24 at 7:20pm • at Natick
Wednesday, 1/28 at 7pm • at Milton
Saturday, 1/31 at 2pm • vs Weymouth
Wednesday, 2/4 at 7pm • at Framingham
Saturday, 2/7 2:30pm • at Braintree
Wednesday, 2/11 at 6pm • vs Walpole
Monday, 2/16 at 5pm • at Waltham
Wednesday, 2/18 at 8pm • at Hopkinton
Please note that all games and game coverage are subject to change.

Needham Boys Basketball vs. Newton North
2026-01-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Needham High School, 609 Webster Street, Needham, MA, 02494, United States
The Needham High School Varsity Boys Basketball team is scheduled to take on Newton North in the High School A-gym. Their schedule, posted in November, is subject to change, as is the coverage of The Needham Channel (TNC). Updated scheduling will be available as the season progresses on the Needham High School website, on needhamchannel.org and on the Needham Channel’s social media feeds. Go Rockets!
UPCOMING SCHEDULE (TNC Coverage in bold)
Friday, 1/16 at 6:45pm • vs Newton North
Friday, 1/23 at 6:30pm • at Natick
Tuesday, 1/27 at 6:30pm • at Milton
Friday, 1/30 at 6:45pm • vs Weymouth
Tuesday, 2/3 at 6:30pm • at Framingham
Friday, 2/6 at 6:30pm • at Braintree
Tuesday, 2/10 at 6:45pm • vs Walpole
Thursday, 2/12 at 5pm • at BC High
Saturday, 2/14 at 2pm • at Malden Catholic
Wednesday, 2/18 5pm • vs Gloucester
Please note that all games and game coverage are subject to change.

NHS Boys Hockey vs Hingham
2026-01-17 13:30 - 15:30 | Babson Rink, 150 Great Plain Avenue, Wellesley, MA, United States
The Needham High School Varsity Boys Hockey team are taking on Hingham in this league matchup. The Needham Channel will provide coverage of the game, which will be available for streaming later in the week.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE (TNC Coverage in bold)
Saturday, 1/17 at 1:45pm • vs. Hingham
Monday, 1/19 at 11am • vs. Boston Latin
Wednesday, 1/21 at 8pm • at Walpole
Saturday, 1/24 at 7:20pm • at Natick
Wednesday, 1/28 at 7pm • at Milton
Saturday, 1/31 at 2pm • vs Weymouth
Wednesday, 2/4 at 7pm • at Framingham
Saturday, 2/7 2:30pm • at Braintree
Wednesday, 2/11 at 6pm • vs Walpole
Monday, 2/16 at 5pm • at Waltham
Wednesday, 2/18 at 8pm • at Hopkinton
Please note that all games and game coverage are subject to change.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration
2026-01-19 10:00 - 11:30 | Needham High School, 609 Webster Street, Needham, MA, 02494, United States

Piano Trio Gems | Needham Concert Society
2026-01-25 15:00 - 17:00 | Carter Memorial UMC, 800 Highland Avenue, Needham, 02494
DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH | Violinist Irina Muresanu and pianist Asiya Korepanova join cellist Ronald Lowry in a program that brims with passion and contrast, characterized by shimmering color (Turina), fiery intensity (Babajanian), and poetic drama (Robert Schumann).
These programs are supported in part by a grant from the Needham Council for Arts and Culture, ​a local agency which is supported by the Town of Needham and the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Needham Boys Basketball vs. Weymouth
2026-01-30 18:30 - 20:00 | Needham High School, 609 Webster Street, Needham, MA, 02494, United States
The Needham High School Varsity Boys Basketball team is scheduled to take on Weymouth in the High School A-gym. Their schedule, posted in November, is subject to change, as is the coverage of The Needham Channel (TNC). Updated scheduling will be available as the season progresses on the Needham High School website, on needhamchannel.org and on the Needham Channel’s social media feeds. Go Rockets!
UPCOMING SCHEDULE (TNC Coverage in bold)
Friday, 1/30 at 6:45pm • vs Weymouth
Tuesday, 2/3 at 6:30pm • at Framingham
Friday, 2/6 at 6:30pm • at Braintree
Tuesday, 2/10 at 6:45pm • vs Walpole
Thursday, 2/12 at 5pm • at BC High
Saturday, 2/14 at 2pm • at Malden Catholic
Wednesday, 2/18 5pm • vs Gloucester
Please note that all games and game coverage are subject to change.

Student String Festival | Needham Concert Society
2026-01-31 12:00 - 14:00 | Carter Memorial UMC, 800 Highland Avenue, Needham, 02494
STRING FESTIVAL | The Needham Concert Society sponsors annual student festivals to give piano, string, and voice students an opportunity to perform in front of an audience of family, friends, and others. The recitals, free and open to the public, are also designed to foster community among students and their teachers. For eligibility and registration details, see https://needhamconcertsociety.org/string_festival/.
These programs are supported in part by a grant from the Needham Council for Arts and Culture, ​a local agency which is supported by the Town of Needham and the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

NHS Boys Hockey vs Weymouth
2026-01-31 14:00 - 16:00 | Babson Rink, 150 Great Plain Avenue, Wellesley, MA, United States
The Needham High School Varsity Boys Hockey team are taking on Weymouth in this league matchup. The Needham Channel will provide coverage of the game, which will be available for streaming later in the week.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE (TNC Coverage in bold)
Saturday, 1/31 at 2pm • vs Weymouth
Wednesday, 2/4 at 7pm • at Framingham
Saturday, 2/7 2:30pm • at Braintree
Wednesday, 2/11 at 6pm • vs Walpole
Monday, 2/16 at 5pm • at Waltham
Wednesday, 2/18 at 8pm • at Hopkinton
Please note that all games and game coverage are subject to change.

Unlaunch’d Voices: an Evening with Walt Whitman
2026-02-04 19:00 - 20:30 | Memorial Park Field House, 92 Rosemary Street, Needham, MA, 02494, United States
Unlaunch’d Voices: an Evening with Walt Whitman. Conceived and performed by Stephen Collins, Written by Michael Z. Keamy.
Unlaunch’d Voices opens with the elderly Whitman on the evening of his seventieth birthday. The audience is a visitor in his room as he prepares for his birthday celebration. Whitman begins to reminisce and to question his success as a man and a poet. He tells us his work has proved to be “less than a failure….” He remembers a mystical experience he had in his thirty-seventh year that inspired him to write poetry.
During the telling, Whitman transforms into his young vibrant self and we begin to trace back along with him the experiences that led to the creation of Leaves Of Grass, his lifetime work. The first part of the performance explores Whitman’s preoccupation with the self and his resolve to write with “free and brave thought…” We revel with him as he celebrates his body and himself and are confidants as he shares his struggle with his sexual self. In the second part of the performance, Whitman’s life is changed forever by the occurrence of the Civil War. It is here that he finds “… the most important work of my life…” nursing the wounded soldiers in the hospitals. Through poetry and readings of actual letters, we experience Whitman’s movement from selfishness and selflessness and his growth into a mature artist who is at peace about “himself, God and death.”

Needham Boys Basketball vs. Walpole
2026-02-10 18:30 - 20:00 | Needham High School, 609 Webster Street, Needham, MA, 02494, United States
The Needham High School Varsity Boys Basketball team is scheduled to take on Walpole in the High School A-gym. Their schedule, posted in November, is subject to change, as is the coverage of The Needham Channel (TNC). Updated scheduling will be available as the season progresses on the Needham High School website, on needhamchannel.org and on the Needham Channel’s social media feeds. Go Rockets!
UPCOMING SCHEDULE (TNC Coverage in bold)
Tuesday, 2/10 at 6:45pm • vs Walpole
Thursday, 2/12 at 5pm • at BC High
Saturday, 2/14 at 2pm • at Malden Catholic
Wednesday, 2/18 5pm • vs Gloucester
Please note that all games and game coverage are subject to change.

NHS Boys Hockey vs Walpole
2026-02-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Babson Rink, 150 Great Plain Avenue, Wellesley, MA, United States
The Needham High School Varsity Boys Hockey team are taking on Walpole in this league matchup. The Needham Channel will provide coverage of the game, which will be available for streaming later in the week.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE (TNC Coverage in bold)
Wednesday, 2/11 at 6pm • vs Walpole
Monday, 2/16 at 5pm • at Waltham
Wednesday, 2/18 at 8pm • at Hopkinton
Please note that all games and game coverage are subject to change.

Student Piano Festival | Needham Concert Society
2026-04-11 14:00 - 16:30 | Carter Memorial UMC, 800 Highland Avenue, Needham, 02494
PIANO FESTIVAL | 2pm and 3:30pm | The Needham Concert Society sponsors annual student festivals to give piano, string, and voice students an opportunity to perform in front of an audience of family, friends, and others. The recitals, free and open to the public, are also designed to foster community among students and their teachers. For eligibility and registration details, see https://needhamconcertsociety.org/piano_festival/.
These programs are supported in part by a grant from the Needham Council for Arts and Culture, ​a local agency which is supported by the Town of Needham and the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Leland Ko + Adria Ye | Needham Concert Society
2026-04-12 15:00 - 17:00 | Carter Memorial UMC, 800 Highland Avenue, Needham, 02494
ELEGANT ARTISTRY | Naumburg First-Prize-winning cellist Leland Ko and acclaimed pianist Adria Ye present a program of expressive and virtuosic music, ranging from works by Suk, Kabalevsky, and Fauré to Bach, Schumann, and Brahms.
These programs are supported in part by a grant from the Needham Council for Arts and Culture, ​a local agency which is supported by the Town of Needham and the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Student Voice Festival | Needham Concert Society
2026-05-02 17:00 - 18:00 | Carter Memorial UMC, 800 Highland Avenue, Needham, 02494
VOICE FESTIVAL | The Needham Concert Society sponsors annual student festivals to give piano, string, and voice students an opportunity to perform in front of an audience of family, friends, and others. The recitals, free and open to the public, are also designed to foster community among students and their teachers. For eligibility and registration details, see https://needhamconcertsociety.org/voice_festival/.
These programs are supported in part by a grant from the Needham Council for Arts and Culture, ​a local agency which is supported by the Town of Needham and the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

50th Anniversary Concert | Needham Concert Society
2026-05-03 15:00 - 17:00 | Carter Memorial UMC, 800 Highland Avenue, Needham, 02494
BOLD AND TIMELESS | The Needham Concert Society celebrates its fiftieth anniversary with a commissioned work by Pulitzer-nominated composer David Post and two string masterpieces, a classically elegant string quintet by Mozart and Dvořák’s romantic and exuberant string sextet.
These programs are supported in part by a grant from the Needham Council for Arts and Culture, ​a local agency which is supported by the Town of Needham and the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
