PAST EVENTCombating Hate
Racism, Anti-Semitism, Asian hate, Misogyny, Sexism, Homophobia – so many divisions and so many ways to hate, can we ever change? Founded in 1913 following the wrongful lynching of Leo Frank, the Anti-Defamation League’s timeless mission has remained the same, to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment […]
PAST EVENT Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
Join popular presenter Johnny Kinsman for an illustrated reading of Charles Dickens’ beloved novella A Christmas Carol. Richly Illustrated with new slides slides and sound effects, Kinsman’s vivid portrayal of each character, usher in the season “when men and women seem by one consent to open their shuttered hearts freely.”Kinsman designed this abridged reading of […]
PAST EVENT North Hill and Needham Open Studios!
This year, for the first time, North Hill is participating in Needham Open Studios, an art walk featuring the creative works of artits throughout the Town of Needham. On view in our main gallery see the art of Laurie Kaplowitz along with works from North Hill resident artists and team members in our Wellspring Landing […]
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 […]
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 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 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, […]
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Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 2 PM Thank you for your interest. We are no longer taking reservations for this event. Please enjoy our other offerings! James Carroll is the author of twelve novels and nine works of non-fiction. For twenty-three years he published a weekly op-ed column in The Boston Globe. The son […]
PAST EVENTHow Dickens Helped Bring Christmas to Boston
How Dickens Helped Bring Christmas to Boston Wednesday, November 30th at 2PM Readings and performances of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” have played an integral part in winter holiday festivities since longer than most of us can remember. What fewer people know, however, is that the British literary superstar and his popular novella actually helped […]