Johnny Kinsman Thursday, May 15 at 2pm
The Boston Public Garden: The Soul of the City In 1839 an amateur group of horticulturalists undertook a feat of verdant grandeur that was unprecedented in our nascent country; an opulent botanical garden, resplendent with Victorian flair, not hidden away behind the gates of an exclusive country manor, but rather free and open to the people […]
North Hill’s 40th Anniversary Featured in Needham Observer
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Meet Chris Morrison
From fish to fitness: an unlikely route to Christine Morrison’s position as Fitness Manager, but that’s what happened. Raised on Cape Cod, Chris worked in a fish market from the ages of 14 to 21. She loaded fish, cleaned fish, wrapped fish, worked the register, and did everything else required to get fish from the […]
Meet Mark Merriott
Pastry Chef Mark Merriott didn’t choose baking as a career. It chose him. After studying culinary arts at Massasoit College, he started working in the kitchen of a high-end Italian restaurant. Soon a position in the bakery department opened, so, being an early riser with 3 small children, it suited his lifestyle just fine. His […]
Meet Delia
Daughter. Sister. Mother. Wife and Constant Nurturer. Delia St. Johns is all of these, and more. She wouldn’t have it any other way. She was the 4th of 15 children who drank from the wellspring of their mother’s infinite love. From that inexhaustible supply, she and her siblings drew the strength and inspiration to care […]
Reading Ireland in North Hill’s Library
Was Oscar Wilde right? Did the Irish make the English language beautiful? The land of poets and storytellers; myth and magic; rebels and saints has produced some of the world’s greatest writers dating back as far at the 6th century. You can decide for yourself if Wilde was right by browsing North Hill’s extensive offerings […]
Women’s History Month
“I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment […]
PAST EVENT Women & Children First April 2, 2024
Women and Children First, with author, historian Susan Wilson Tuesday April 2 at 11 AM OR Tuesday April 16, at 11 AM In 19th-century America, it was assumed that woman patients would be treated by male doctors. The idea of a “woman doctor” was deemed by many to lie some-where between unfathomable and repugnant. Then […]
PAST EVENT The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells April 11, 2024
The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells with Author Rebecca Rego Barry Thursday, April 11 at 11 AM OR Monday, May 13 at 11 AM Carolyn Wells (1862–1942) excelled at writing country house and locked-room mysteries for a decade before Agatha Christie entered the scene. In the 1920s, when she was churning out three or more books […]
PAST EVENT Shakespeare’s Sonnets, From the Page to the Stage May 21, 2024
Shakespeare’s Sonnets from Page to Stage with Johnny Kinsman Tuesday, May 21 at 11 AM OR Tuesday, May 28 at 11 AM William Shakespeare is celebrated around the world for his unparalleled ability to bring unforgettable characters to the stage. Less known, and therefore less lauded, are the 154 sonnets penned by the famous playwright […]