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 In Her Words April 23, 2024
In Her Words: Art Song Inspired by American Women Poets with Ann Moss Tuesday, April 23 at 11 AM OR Thursday, April 25, at 11 AM Art Song is a genre of Western classical chamber music that fuses poetry and music, typically composed for the performing duo of voice and piano. Although the genre reached […]
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 […]
PAST EVENT Sixty Blades of Grass April 15, 2024
Sixty Blades of Grass by Elizabeth Millane Monday, April 15 at 11 AM OR Monday, April 29 at 11 AM During the Second World War, Rika, a seventeen-year-old Dutch Resistance fighter, paints in fields overlooking the busy rail yards. Hidden in her artwork is information crucial to the Dutch Underground about the concentration camps and […]
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Join us on Saturday, October 28, 2023 for family fun at our first annual Fall Festival. We’ll be here from noon until 2:30 to welcome you for a day of festivities. In keeping with our profile as a good corporate neighbor, North Hill is inviting families, friends and all members of the Greater Needham Community […]
Coffee Confab with North Hill Residents
Coffee Confab Every Third Wednesday with North Hill Residents at 11 AM Are you wondering what life at North Hill is really like? Well, come find out from the people who really know. Residents of North Hill will answer your questions when you visit for a Coffee Confab. Join a group of residents for an […]
PAST EVENT The Essence of Hospitality and a Recipe for Thanksgiving
Food is hot right now. Everybody is talking about food, in kitchens, restaurants, blogs, over the dinner table—especially as Thanksgiving approaches. A recipe’s public life provides GPS-like instructions on how to prepare the food, its secret life provides hospitality–guidelines for nourishing family and friendships; tradition and imagination, culture and community. Thanksgiving, which many consider the […]
PAST EVENT The Lioness of Boston
Join Author Emily Franklin on her new novel The Lioness of Boston By the time Isabella Stewart Gardner opened her Italian palazzo-style home as a museum in 1903 to showcase her collection of old masters, antiques, and objects d’art, she was already well-known for scandalizing Boston’s polite society. But when Isabella first arrived in Boston […]
PAST EVENT The Brad Ellenberg Band
This concert will feature a mix of originals and time – honored jazz classics. Embark on a mesmerizing journey with Portrait In Jazz, a band that effortlessly weaves together the essence of Jazz’s Golden Era with their own unique touch of creative innovation. They are a dynamic, original jazz band with over fifty originals […]
PAST EVENT Winslow Homer, American Passage
Join Author Bill Cross on his new book, Winslow Homer, American Passage Bill Cross tells the stories of American whose works are known, but whose lives are not. On this visit to North Hill he will speak about the subject of his book Winslow Homer: American Passage. The Washington Post called his tale of Homer, […]