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Needham Public Library Community Room
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Ballot Question 7: Legalize Starter Homes Information Session
Needham Public Library Community Room 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, United StatesAndrew Miluka, Chief Housing Economist at the Pioneer Institute, will explain the elements of Ballot Question 7 and take questions. This event is co-hosted by the Needham Housing Coalition and Build a Better Wellesley and co-sponsored by the Needham and Wellesley League of Women Voters.
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John Paul Jones: Father of the American Navy
Needham Public Library Community Room 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, United StatesFriends of the Needham Public Library Salon Series Historian Bill Leeman, discusses his new book, The Long Road to Annapolis, telling the story of John Paul Jones, a Scottish émigré who became a daring sea captain of the Revolutionary War. A naval professional who advocated for better education and training for American naval officers, he […]
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“Two Guys Walk Into A Theater”
Needham Public Library Community Room 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, United StatesFriends of the Needham Public Library Salon Series It’s a guy thing! In scene and song, stage veterans Stephen Collins and Jerry Bisantz present a theatrical journey examining the role of the American Male in the Great American Theater. What is it to be a man in today’s world? What was it in the past? […]
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Historian Kellie Carter Jackson: “We Refuse”
Needham Public Library Community Room 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, United StatesFriends of the Needham Public Library Salon Series Dr. Jackson, a Wellesley College professor, discusses her recent book, We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance, in which she radically reframes the past and present of Black resistance to white supremacy. Drawing on American history and stories from her own family, she urges readers to […]
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“What We’re Eating Now”
Needham Public Library Community Room 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, United StatesFriends of the Needham Public Library Salon Series Boston Globe Food Editor Esther MobleyWhat are Americans – in particular, Bostonians – eating now? Boston Globe Food Editor Esther Mobley chews over changing tastes in food and eating habits. Whither red meat? Plant-based proteins? Cocktails and mocktails? Solo dining, vegan restaurant chains and home cooking? Plus: […]
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Vernon Shetley: Noir in Cinema Today
Needham Public Library Community Room 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, United StatesFriends of the Needham Public Library Salon Series In the 1940s and 50s film noir explored the dark side of American life: hard-boiled detectives, femme fatales, corruption in the gritty metropolis. In the 1970s, the style was revived, and in the decades since it has remained a key element of America cinema. This presentation by […]
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Karin Wulf: Genealogy and the Power of Connection
Needham Public Library Community Room 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, United StatesFriends of the Needham Public Library Salon Series Dr. Wulf, Brown University professor and author of Lineage: The Power and Promise of Genealogy in Early America, reveals that back in the 18th century, long before Internet-aided research, Americans were already fixated on genealogy. Family histories were deeply meaningful for diverse early Americans, who baked it […]