Handmade Greeting Cards with Vidya Shyamsundar
2025-12-02 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Needham Public Library, 1132 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, 02492, United States
For Needham Art Association’s December program, artist and NAA member Vidya Shyamsundar will lead us in a joyful mixed-media art activity. Explore the playful process of gelli printing by rolling acrylic paint onto a Gelli plate and adding texture and patterns with hand-cut stencils, stamps, and found objects. Then, collage your unique prints and embellish them with thoughtful messages or materials such as beads, mosaic pieces, or decorative stones to create your very own one-of-a-kind holiday greeting cards.

This event is free and open to the public. All materials and supplies will be provided — just bring your holiday spirit and creativity!

School Committee Meeting
2025-12-02 18:30 - 21:00 | Broadmeadow School Performance Center, 120 Broad Meadow Rd, Needham, 02492
The Needham School Committee will hold three meetings this month. For the first of its regular sessions at the Broadmeadow School Performance Center, the Needham Channel will be recording this event and airing it LIVE on the Needham Education Channel and HD Channnel. The School Committee meeting will subsequently play back on the Needham Channel Education, Municipal and HD Channels the following day. The meeting will also be available for streaming at www.needhamchannel.org and on the Needham Channel’s free Roku app. Agendas are available typically online the Friday prior to the meeting.

Needham Planning Board
2025-12-02 19:00 - 23:00, 2025-12-16 19:00 - 23:00 | Public Services Administration Building, 500 Dedham Avenue, Needham, MA, 02492, United States
The Needham Planning Board meets for its regular session at the Public Service Administration Building at 500 Dedham Avenue. Due to multiple simultaneous meetings, the Needham Channel will not be providing coverage. However, the Planning Board holds their sessions in a hybrid manner, so live coverage will be available online through Zoom. Look for the Needham Channel to subsequently air and stream the meeting through the Municipal Channel, HD Channel, at needhamchannel.org, and through its free Roku App.

Needham Street Design Forum
2025-12-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Needham Town Hall – Powers Hall, 1471 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, 02492, United States
The Town of Needham is embarking on an initiative to develop a Street Design Guide.
The Street Design Guide will:
• Translate the Town’s Complete Streets goals into everyday design practice
• Establish clear, consistent design features based on road usage and context
• Integrate internal standards with state and federal best practices
• Recommend new policies that will support Town’s transportation goals
• Improve transparency and communication with residents about how roadway infrastructure is designed
Join the Mobility Planning & Coordination Committee and the Department of Public Works at a Hybrid Public Forum to learn more about the Street Design Guide where community members are invited to share ideas and help guide the future of Needham’s streets.
The Forum will be held on Wednesday, December 3rd from 7-9 pm in Powers Hall in Needham Town Hall, via Zoom*, and live streamed on The Needham Channel.
*Zoom link: https://needham-k12-ma-us.zoom.us/j/81437464537?pwd=[REDACTED]

Holiday Boutique at the Needham Community Council
2025-12-04 10:00 - 18:00, 2025-12-05 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-06 10:00 - 14:00 | MA
The Needham Community Council’s Holiday Boutique Sale will run from Thursday, December 4th through Saturday, December 6th. There are special seasonal items for December holidays and New Year’s Eve as well as holiday clothing, jewelry, and beautiful serving pieces for your holiday tables. Proceeds from the Holiday Boutique help fund Council programs throughout the year such as the food pantry, Council Care Rides, Tech & Tutors program, and the English Language Learning program. Holiday Boutique hours are Thursday, December 4th from 10AM – 6PM, Friday, December 5th from 10AM to 4PM and Saturday, December 6th from 10AM – 2PM. The sale will be held at the Council offices at 570 Hillside Avenue. For more information, please call the Council offices at 781 444 2415, email office@needhamcouncil.org or visit www.needhamcouncil.org.

Annual Holiday Wreath and Arrangement Sale
2025-12-06 09:00 - 13:00 | Congregational Church of Needham, 1154 Great Plain Avenue, Needham, 02492
The Needham Garden Club will host its annual Holiday Wreath and Arrangement Sale on Saturday, December 6th from 9 – 1 in the Fellowship Hall of the Needham Congregational Church (1154 Great Plain Avenue, Needham). The sale will feature hand-crafted wreaths and a wide variety of creative arrangements for the holidays.
Parking for the event is in the rear of the building and the entrance to the sale is on Linden Street across from the Post Office.
Proceeds from the sale help sponsor educational programs in horticulture and floral design at the Needham Library, Garden Therapy sessions at local assisted living and nursing homes, a college scholarship for a Needham Senior planning to study biology, horticulture, conservation or environmental science and the planting and maintenance of community garden spaces around town.

Paul Winter's Winter Solstice Celebration
2025-12-06 19:30 - 22:00 | Powers Hall at Needham Town Hall, 1471 Highland Ave., Needham, MA, 02492, United States
Paul Winter’s Winter Solstice Celebration, featuring The Paul Winter Consort.
With Paul Winter, soprano sax; Eugene Friesen, cello; Brazilian pianist Henrique Eisenmann; Bulgarian bassist Peter Slavov; German percussionist Bertram Lehmann; organist Tim Brumfield; and beloved vocalist Theresa Thomason.

Holiday Sale & Book Signing
2025-12-07 10:00 - 15:00 | Needham History Center & Museum, 1147 Central Ave., Needham, MA, 02492, United States
Do your holiday shopping while enjoying refreshments, music, and exhibits! We have unique Needham merchandise – gifts for everyone on your list! (You know it’s not too early to start…)
And check out our Heirloom Shop for serveware, barware, and vintage table pieces to decorate your home and dress up your holiday table. Here is your big chance to pick up that extra set of matching glasses before the guests arrive!
Gloria will also be on hand to sign her new book, All Roads Lead to Needham. Wow! So much to do, all in one place!

Sunday Salon: “American Eldercide and Ageism Today”
2025-12-07 14:00 - 15:30 | Needham Public Library Community Room, 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, 02494, 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 of novelist Nella Larsen, as well as poet Langston Hughes, with whom Peterson collaborated on many translations from the Spanish to the English. Peterson also introduced Hughes to major Puerto Rican poets of the era, including Nicolás Guillén, with whom Hughes developed a close relationship as fellow poets. Professor Gonzalez will present other aspects of Peterson’s life, including her lifelong work as a teacher and educator as well as her final years as an expatriate in Spain. In the final decades of her career, Peterson devoted herself to archiving the manuscripts and ephemera of the Harlem Renaissance, ensuring the continuity of that period into the present, by curating and helping to promote the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of African-American Arts and Letters at Yale University. This Collection is where Peterson’s own papers are found.
Professor González is the Barbara Morris Caspersen Associate Professor of Humanities and an Associate Professor of English & Creative Writing at Wellesley College. He is the President of the Modernist Studies Association and on the editorial board of the Queer Feminist Maternities Book Series.
This Program is sponsored by the Friends of the Needham Public Library. Registration is required, as we have a current capacity limit of 108.
***IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION E-MAIL AFTER REGISTERING, PLEASE CALL THE REFERENCE DEPARTMENT (781-455-7559 X2) TO CHECK REGISTRATION STATUS***

SPAN Winter Meeting
2025-12-09 08:30 - 10:00 | Rosemary Recreation Complex, 178 Rosemary Street, Needham, 02494, United States
The Substance Prevention Alliance of Needham, in collaboration with the Needham Public Health Division will hold its winter meeting on Tuesday, December 9th at 8:30am. It is an in-person event taking place at the Rosemary Recreation Complex, 178 Rosemary Street. Registration is required. Click on this link to learn more.

School Committee Meeting
2025-12-09 18:30 - 21:00 | Broadmeadow School Performance Center, 120 Broad Meadow Rd, Needham, 02492
The Needham School Committee will hold three meetings this month. This extra session, being held at the Broadmeadow School Performance Center, will be recorded and aired LIVE on the Needham Municipal Channel and HD Channnel. The School Committee meeting will subsequently play back on the Needham Channel Education, Municipal and HD Channels the following day. The meeting will also be available for streaming at www.needhamchannel.org and on the Needham Channel’s free Roku app. Agendas are available typically online the Friday prior to the meeting.

Wreaths Across America
2025-12-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Needham Cemetery, 128 Nehoiden St, Needham, MA, Needham, MA, 02492, United States
Please join Needham’s Col. William McIntosh Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in honoring all of Needham’s deceased veterans during our fifth annual Wreaths Across America ceremony. The event starts at noon at the veterans’ section of the Needham Cemetery. All are welcome and refreshments will be served.

Memory Cafe at the Needham Senior Center
2025-12-16 10:00 - 10:45 | MA
This is a warm, welcoming space for people and their
care partners to connect, enjoy activities, and spend
meaningful time together, complete with light
refreshments and creative programs. It is especially
welcoming for those with memory loss.

Needham Select Board
2025-12-16 18:00 - 22:00 | Select Board Chambers at Town Hall, 1471 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, 02492, United States
In the month of December, the Select Board have altered their usual dates for their meetings to accommodate the winter holidays. The Needham Channel will be covering this meeting live on their Municipal Channel. This Select Board session will also be available through the Town’s Zoom Meeting link, and streaming on the Needham Channel website and Roku app.

Needham Boys Basketball vs. Brookline
2025-12-16 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 Brookline 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, 12/16 6:45pm • vs Brookline
Thursday, 12/18 at 6:45pm • vs Braintree
Saturday, 12/20 at 12:30pm • vs Catholic Memorial
Tuesday, 12/23 at 6:30pm • at Walpole
Tuesday, 12/30 at 5pm • vs Xaverian
Saturday, 1/3 at 5pm • at Xaverian
Tuesday, 1/6 at 6:30pm • at Newton North
Friday, 1/9 at 6:45pm • vs. Wellesley
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 Catholic
Wednesday, 2/18 5pm • vs Gloucester
Please note that all games and game coverage are subject to change.

School Committee Meeting
2025-12-16 18:30 - 21:00 | Broadmeadow School Performance Center, 120 Broad Meadow Rd, Needham, 02492
The Needham School Committee will hold three meetings this month. This final session of the year, being held at the Broadmeadow School Performance Center, will be recorded and aired LIVE on the Needham Education Channel and HD Channnel. The School Committee meeting will subsequently play back on the Needham Channel Education, Municipal and HD Channels the following day. The meeting will also be available for streaming at www.needhamchannel.org and on the Needham Channel’s free Roku app. Agendas are available typically online the Friday prior to the meeting.

NHS Boys Hockey vs Brookline
2025-12-17 18:00 | Babson Rink, 150 Great Plain Avenue, Wellesley, MA, United States
The Needham High School Varsity Boys Hockey team are taking on Brookline 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, 12/17 at 6pm • vs Brookline
Saturday, 12/20 at 1:30pm • vs Braintree
Tuesday, 12/23 at 4pm • at Wellesley
Saturday, 12/27 at 7:20pm • vs. Wachusett Regional
Monday, 12/29 at 12:30pm • Natick Tournament
Wednesday, 1/7 at 5:45pm • at Newton North
Saturday, 1/10 • vs Wellesley
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.

World Meditation Day Event
2025-12-21 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-12-21 09:30 - 11:00 | 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.

NHS Girls Basketball vs Pembroke
2026-01-05 18:30 - 20:00 | Needham High School, 609 Webster Street, Needham, MA, 02494, United States
The Needham High School Varsity Girls Basketball team are taking on Pembroke in this non-league matchup. The Needham Channel will provide coverage of the game, which will be available later in the week on the Community Channel, HD Channel, online at needhamchannel.org and on the Needham Channel Roku app. Go Rockets!
UPCOMING SCHEDULE (TNC Coverage in bold)
Monday, 1/5 6pm • vs. Pembroke
Tuesday, 1/6 6:30pm • vs. Newton North
Friday, 1/9 6:30pm • at Wellesley
Tuesday, 1/13 6:30pm • at Milton
Wednesday, 1/14 6:30pm • at Bishop Feehan
Wednesday, 1/21 6:30pm • vs. Bishop Feehan
Friday, 1/23 6:30pm • vs. Natick
Tuesday, 1/27 6:30pm • vs. Milton
Friday, 1/30 5pm • vs. Weymouth
Tuesday, 2/3 6:30pm • vs. Framingham
Friday, 2/6 6:30pm • vs. Braintree
Tuesday, 2/10 6:30pm • at Walpole
Thursday, 2/13 6:30pm • vs Cathedral High School
Monday, 2/16 5pm • at Norwell
Please note that all games and game coverage are subject to change.

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/

School Committee Meeting
2026-01-06 18:30 - 21:00 | Broadmeadow School Performance Center, 120 Broad Meadow Rd, Needham, 02492
The Needham School Committee will hold three meetings this month. This first session of the year, being held at the Broadmeadow School Performance Center, will be recorded and aired LIVE on the Needham Education Channel and HD Channnel. The School Committee meeting will subsequently play back on the Needham Channel Education, Municipal and HD Channels the following day. The meeting will also be available for streaming at www.needhamchannel.org and on the Needham Channel’s free Roku app. Agendas are available typically online the Friday prior to the meeting.

NHS Girls Hockey vs Newton North
2026-01-07 18:00 - 19:30 | Babson Rink, 150 Great Plain Avenue, Wellesley, MA, United States
The Needham High School Varsity Girls Hockey team are taking on Newton North at the Babson Rink, scheduled to start at 6pm. 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, 1/10 5:30pm • at Wellesley
Wednesday, 1/14 7pm • at Milton
Saturday, 1/17 11:30am • vs Brookline
Monday, 1/19 3pm • at Grafton
Wednesday, 1/21 5:45pm • vs Walpole
Saturday, 1/24 10:30am • vs Natick
Wednesday, 1/28 6pm • vs Milton
Saturday, 1/31 6:30pm • at Weymouth
Wednesday, 2/4 6pm • vs Framingham
Saturday, 2/7 1:30pm • vs. Braintree
Wednesday, 2/11 8pm • at Walpole
Saturday, 2/14 7pm • at Nauset Regional High School
Wednesday, 2/18 5:45pm • vs Norwood
Please note that all games and game coverage are subject to change.

Flavorama: A Guide to Unlocking the Art and Science of Flavor
2026-01-11 14:00 - 15:30 | Needham Public Library Community Room, 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, 02494, United States
Friends of the Needham Public Library
Sunday Salon
For Dr. Arielle Johnson, it’s never been enough to just have great food experiences. Understanding how they work—the deep mechanisms that go into making real, delicious food real and delicious—that’s the stuff. From a PhD in the science of flavor to the test kitchens and labs behind the world’s best restaurants, Arielle has explored the cosmos of taste from every angle and condensed it down into a single, handy book. Flavorama: a guide to unlocking the art and science of flavor. Because if it’s exciting to know what you’re doing in the kitchen, it’s positively elating to know why you’re doing what you’re doing—and how you can do it with more smarts, confidence, and creativity.
Flavorama: A guide to unlocking the art and science of flavor will be available for purchase and autographing courtesy of Wellesley Books at the conclusion of the event.
This Program is sponsored by the Friends of the Needham Public Library. Registration is required.
***IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION E-MAIL AFTER REGISTERING, PLEASE CALL THE REFERENCE DEPARTMENT (781-455-7559 X2) TO CHECK REGISTRATION STATUS***

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.

Stephen Palmer COMMUNITY MEETING
2026-01-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Needham Town Hall – Powers Hall, 1471 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, 02492, United States
Stephen Palmer Development Review Committee
COMMUNITY MEETING
January 12, 2026 • 7:00 p.m.
Town Hall • Powers Hall
1471 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA
You can also watch this meeting stream live on the Needham Channel, or participate in the meeting via ZOOM
