• Navigating the Path to Publication: An Author Discussion at NPL

    Needham Public Library 1132 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, United States

    Date & Time: Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at 7:30 PM​ Location: Needham Public Library, Needham, MA 02494​ Event Description: Join local Massachusetts authors Janis Robinson Daly and Julia Marie Davis (NHS '80), along with Needham High School teacher Jenn Bouchard, for an engaging discussion on their journeys to publication. They will share experiences writing across genres and insights into […]

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  • Putting Music to Words: A Biographer’s Story

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

    The Friends of the Needham Public Library present: Dr. Warren Zanes, “Putting Music to Words: A Biographer’s Story” Dr. Zanes, a former guitarist in Boston’s 1980s Del Fuegos rock band, returns to the “old neighborhood” to talk about his life as a writer, musician and filmmaker. He’ll discuss his work as biographer of Tom Petty […]

  • Friends Program: Dr. Susan Rogers – Individuality and the Music-Listening Brain

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

    Friends Program: Dr. Susan Rogers - "Individuality and the Music-Listening Brain” Dr. Susan Rogers, a behavioral neuroscientist and a former record producer and engineer known for her work with Prince, will speak September 21 at the Needham library about the uniqueness of every music lover’s listening. She will describe the “listener profile,” a constellation of […]

  • Friend’s of the Needham Public Library Book Sale

    Friend’s of the Needham Public Library Book Sale
    Needham Public Library 1132 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, United States

    Fall Book Sale is coming soon! The Fall Book Sale of the Friends of the Needham Public Library will open on Friday, October 3 from 12:00 to 4:00. The sale continues on Saturday, October 4, from 9:00 to 4:00, and on Sunday, October 5, from 1:00 to 4:00. Individually priced books in the Friends’ Book […]

  • Friend’s of the Needham Public Library Book Sale

    Friend’s of the Needham Public Library Book Sale
    Needham Public Library 1132 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, United States

    Fall Book Sale is coming soon! The Fall Book Sale of the Friends of the Needham Public Library will open on Friday, October 3 from 12:00 to 4:00. The sale continues on Saturday, October 4, from 9:00 to 4:00, and on Sunday, October 5, from 1:00 to 4:00. Individually priced books in the Friends’ Book […]

  • Friend’s of the Needham Public Library Book Sale

    Friend’s of the Needham Public Library Book Sale
    Needham Public Library 1132 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, United States

    Fall Book Sale is coming soon! The Fall Book Sale of the Friends of the Needham Public Library will open on Friday, October 3 from 12:00 to 4:00. The sale continues on Saturday, October 4, from 9:00 to 4:00, and on Sunday, October 5, from 1:00 to 4:00. Individually priced books in the Friends’ Book […]

  • Sunday Salon: “American Eldercide and Ageism Today”

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

    The Friends of the Needham Public Library present: Margaret Morganroth Gullette - “American Eldercide and Ageism Today” Author, scholar and activist Margaret Morganroth Gullette will speak at the Needham Free Public Library on October 19 about “American Eldercide and Ageism Today.” During the Covid-19 pandemic, Gullette argues, cultural bias and government abandonment resulted in disproportionate […]

  • Sunday Salon: “American Eldercide and Ageism Today”

    Needham Public Library Community Room 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, 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 […]

  • Needham Library Winter Book Sale

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

    The Winter Book Sale of the Friends of the Needham Public Library will open on Friday, January 30, from 12:00 to 4:00. The sale continues on Saturday, January 31 from 9:00 to 4:00, and on Sunday, February 1 from 1:00 to 4:00. Individually priced books in the Friends’ Book Shop will be half-price starting at […]

  • Needham Library Winter Book Sale

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

    The Winter Book Sale of the Friends of the Needham Public Library will open on Friday, January 30, from 12:00 to 4:00. The sale continues on Saturday, January 31 from 9:00 to 4:00, and on Sunday, February 1 from 1:00 to 4:00. Individually priced books in the Friends’ Book Shop will be half-price starting at […]

  • Needham Library Winter Book Sale

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

    The Winter Book Sale of the Friends of the Needham Public Library will open on Friday, January 30, from 12:00 to 4:00. The sale continues on Saturday, January 31 from 9:00 to 4:00, and on Sunday, February 1 from 1:00 to 4:00. Individually priced books in the Friends’ Book Shop will be half-price starting at […]