John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent is one of the most well known and well-celebrated American painters. He was born in Florence, Italy in 1856 to American parents, and didn’t set foot in the United States until he was 20 years old. His infamous portrait of a Parisian woman, entitled Madame X, created a scandal, driving Sargent out […]
North Hill Reads – The Daughters of Yalta
You can tell by the book covers illustrated on the right that North Hill residents have traveled the world through books. They’ve been to Burma (now Myanmar), India, and revisited the devastating Dark Tide that flooded the streets of Boston with hot molasses. They shared in the drama of an American president’s assassination and the […]
PAST EVENT: Tam Tam Gisé with Prof. Robert Bellinger and his colleague, Paul Assegai Baba Onílu
Tuesday, April 11 | 2:00 PM Tam Tam Gisé, which means drums that talk together, is a presentation of the jembe drum orchestra of West Africa by Dr. Robert “Sipho” Bellinger who is joined by veteran jembe drummer Paul Assegai Baba Onilu. The presentation will give members of the audience an opportunity to take part […]
The Hilltop Quarterly March 2023
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Crescent Heights
At the top our beautiful North Hill is the beautiful building we call Crescent Heights. It is where our Independent Living at North Hill. We know that it’s built on a concrete foundation, but our residents like to say, “it’s build on the sound of laughter.” It’s an apt commentary. North Hill residents are […]
Meet Phyllis Gibson
Meet Phyllis Gibson. Her mother came to live here at North Hill in 1984, making Phyllis a “second generation” resident. “She had a wonderful experience and …never looked back,” says Phyllis. “Why wouldn’t I come? Like most people who resist a major move, Phyllis was happy in her home and not eager to make a […]
PAST EVENT Remember the Ladies with Johnny Kinsman
Monday, May 22 at 11 AM Even older than this great nation is the flawed adage that behind every great man is a great woman, but if the origin story of the United States proves anything, it’s that our success has come not from great women behind men, but beside them. While Jefferson declared our […]
PAST EVENT Sharkey, with author Gary Bohan
Tuesday, May 9 at 2 PM Sharkey was an unusually gifted, trained sea lion who shared the stage with practically every important performer of the first half of the 20th century—from Bob Hope to Ella Fitzgerald, from Broadway to Hollywood and beyond. For decades, Sharkey and his flippered colleagues traveled the world with stops at […]
PAST EVENT American Snapshot with Glenn Kubalko
Monday, April 24 at 4 PM Boston area and North Hill photographer Glenn Kulbako presents photographs from his new book, “American Snapshot,” a discussion of spontaneous photography and the wabi-sabi of imperfection that often accompanies them. From everyday snapshots to professional editorial images, there is beauty and truth in the coarse nature of documentary photography. […]
PAST EVENT With a Song in my Heart with Ann Moss
Wednesday, May 31 at 4 PM With a Song in My Heart “A classical singer journeys through centuries of vocal literature to find the songs that speak to her heart.” Songs speak to us on many levels. As listeners, we are drawn in by a haunting melody, a thought-provoking lyric, a clever rhyme, […]