Loading view.
“Rebooting American Healthcare” with Amy Finkelstein
Zoom: Bit.ly/healthcareLyceumFew of us need convincing that American health insurance needs reform. But many of the existing proposals focus on expanding one relatively successful piece of the system or building in piecemeal additions. In her 2023 book We've Got You Covered: Rebooting American Health Care, Professor Amy Finkelstein and her co-author Liran Einav marshal original research, […]
Free
Hershey: Great American Chocolate Factory
Center at the Heights 300 Hillside Avenue, Needham Heights, MA, United StatesWhat better way to celebrate National Chocolate Day than by learning the history of Hershey Chocolate. We will watch the documentary Hershey: Great American Chocolate Factory and learn about the history, how the chocolate is made and other interesting facts you may not know. There will be a surprise treat made famous by Hershey Chocolate […]
Featured
Open Meeting on Housing in Needham
Needham Public Library Community Room 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, United StatesThe Needham Housing Coalition wants to hear your thoughts about how Needham can address our housing crisis. The NHC is co-hosting this event with the Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) as part of its Municipal Engagement Initiative (MEI). Our goal is to raise awareness and foster community engagement. Over the next year, Town Meeting […]
Michael Brophy Presents The Orphan Train Movement
Center at the Heights 300 Hillside Avenue, Needham Heights, MA, United StatesFrom 1854 to 1929, over 200,000 children were transported by train from New York to the Midwest and beyond and adopted by new families. The program was organized by reformers in New York in an attempt to both remove them from the squalor and poverty of the city and help provide labor for farms out […]
Annual Christmas tree sale – Needham Athletic Boosters Club
Claxton Field 1380 Central Avenue, Needham, MA, United StatesCome support your local Needham High athletes in their annual tree sale at Claxton Field! This event is sponsored by the Needham Athletics Booster Club and the Needham Village Club. Open Thursday-Sunday starting the day after Thanksgiving.
Annual Christmas tree sale – Needham Athletic Boosters Club
Claxton Field 1380 Central Avenue, Needham, MA, United StatesCome support your local Needham High athletes in their annual tree sale at Claxton Field! This event is sponsored by the Needham Athletics Booster Club and the Needham Village Club. Open Thursday-Sunday starting the day after Thanksgiving.
Gorse Mill Studios Annual Winter Open Studios
Gorse Mill Gallery 31 Thorpe Street, Needham, MA, United StatesSave the date for a visit with our artists working in a variety of media. Stay tuned for details as the weekend and exhibition draws near. Gorse Mill Studios Annual Winter Open Studios December 2-3 Gorse Mill Studios Artists Group Exhibition December 2-27
Free
Annual Christmas tree sale – Needham Athletic Boosters Club
Claxton Field 1380 Central Avenue, Needham, MA, United StatesCome support your local Needham High athletes in their annual tree sale at Claxton Field! This event is sponsored by the Needham Athletics Booster Club and the Needham Village Club. Open Thursday-Sunday starting the day after Thanksgiving.
Homegrown Coffeehouse: 440 Gypsy Jazz
First Parish in Needham 23 Dedham Avenue, NeedhamWhen you think about jazz, what images spring to mind? Do you find yourself in a club in New Orleans in the 1920s? Or in the moody atmosphere of a lounge in Paris in the 1930s or the 1940s? 440 celebrates the hot jazz tradition of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli with original compositions and […]
Annual Christmas tree sale – Needham Athletic Boosters Club
Claxton Field 1380 Central Avenue, Needham, MA, United StatesCome support your local Needham High athletes in their annual tree sale at Claxton Field! This event is sponsored by the Needham Athletics Booster Club and the Needham Village Club. Open Thursday-Sunday starting the day after Thanksgiving.
Hooters and Beavers Gone Wild! Family Friendly Gift Fair
5 Chambers Street 5 Chambers Street, Needham, MA, United StatesJoin us at the Hooters and Beavers Gone Wild! Gift Fair for a wild & unforgettable day filled with fun, learning, and unique gift shopping. Local landscape and wildlife photographs, and other holiday items for your buying pleasure. See your local scenery and wildlife up close and personal. Included are my popular 2024 Local Nature […]
Free
White Christmas – No Pianist with Deb Block
Center at the Heights 300 Hillside Avenue, Needham Heights, MA, United StatesDo you recall the sheet music your parents or grandparents had tucked inside their piano benches? Those song sheets were produced and sold by “song pluggers” at Tin Pan Alley. Irving Berlin was one of those song pluggers. He composed and wrote the lyrics to I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas. In addition to learning […]