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 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 […]
Meet Lynn Bloom
She writes. All the time and about everything, breaking barriers with every word. In fact, at age 6 when most children were learning the alphabet, Lynn Bloom wrote her first play, staged it in a tissue box, and brought it to school to entertain her peers. At that time, inspired by joyous Dr. Seuss, she […]
Wishes for the World
From Jessie Rodrique Program Director at North Hill, October, 2023 Today we take our wishes for the world and plant them at the root of a brand new tree. As this magnolia grows and spreads its branches, so will our wishes grow. But wishes are only that: ideas imagined, that evanescent “thing with feathers that […]
PAST EVENT
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 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 […]