Annual Christmas tree sale – Needham Athletic Boosters Club

Claxton Field 1380 Central Avenue, Needham, MA, United States

Come 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.

The Music Man

Newman School Needham, MA, United States

Directed and Choreographed by: Alyssa Bene Music Directed by: Dan Moore Produced by: Heather Daley and Gail Lustig There's trouble in River City when a fast-talking salesman gets his heart stolen by the town librarian. By turns wicked, funny, warm, romantic and touching, The Music Man is family entertainment at its best. Meredith Willson's six-time, […]

“Rebooting American Healthcare” with Amy Finkelstein

Zoom: Bit.ly/healthcareLyceum

Few 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, […]

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Hershey: Great American Chocolate Factory

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

What 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 […]

Michael Brophy Presents The Orphan Train Movement

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

From 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 […]