Needham celebrates Pansy Day
Community attends ‘It Happened Here’
On Sunday, March 24, over 75 people gathered at Temple Beth Shalom in Needham for a potluck meal and conversation on how the community reckons with, seeks renewal and reconciles the remnants of the town’s past. Special guest speakers included Executive Director of the Needham History Center and Museum Gloria Greis and Rev. Darrell Hamilton...
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History Center hosts country concert
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By Daniel Curtin
Hometown Weekly Reporter
As the sun descended behind Newman Elementary School last Tuesday, families, friends, and members of the community listened to country music while enjoying some homestyle barbecue. The Needham History Center & Museum hosted a festive country concert that had kids playing on the lawn on the warm summer night....
Needham celebrates annual Pansy Day
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
After a long winter, spring weather is finally making an entrance. Trees are budding, peepers are peeping, birds are chirping, and, of course, pansies are blooming. Years ago, the Town of Needham declared the pansy to be the town’s official flower, and each April, the Needham History Center and...
A new take on Needham history
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
While it’s impossible to change history, you may have noticed that the Needham History Center and Museum is making some adjustments. After erasing “Historical Society” from their name and replacing it with a more welcoming one several months ago, the Needham History Center and Museum has since been working...
Gorse Mill Studios opening doors
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On Saturday and Sunday, December 2 and 3, more than thirty Gorse Mill Studios artists will open their doors to the public from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for the 9th annual Holiday Open Studios and art sale, in conjunction with an exhibition of Needham artist N.C. Wyeth. At this free event at...
Historical Society hosts annual Pansy Day
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On April 8, the Needham Historical Society celebrated its 35th Pansy Day. April is, in fact, Pansy Month in Needham, and the pansy is the official flower of the town. On the day, the colorful flowers lined the entirety of the front walkway to the Historical Society, and inside,...
Historical Society throws Mardi Gras bash
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Every year since 2004, the Needham Historical Society has hosted an annual Winter Gala. This year, the theme was Mardi Gras, and the celebration was as extravagant and lively as ever. With over 150 tickets sold (which is more or less the capacity of the Historical Society’s building), the...
Historical Society demonstrates ‘Beautiful and Bizarre’
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Needham has a rich and varied history, much of which even those who grew up here don’t know much about. One of the most unusual and interesting pieces of this history is the story of William Emerson Baker and his estate at Ridge Hill. One hundred and twenty years...
Historical Society hosts Pop-Up Exhibit
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On any given day, the Needham Historical Society is a fascinating place to be. However, this past Sunday, it got just a little bit more fascinating with the addition of a Pop-Up Exhibit.
From 2:30 to 4:00, local Needhamites and those in the surrounding area could drop by to see...
N.C. Wyeth’s legacy explored
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Many modern Needhamites probably think that the only important person to come out of our suburban Boston town is Aly Raisman. While the gymnast is certainly impressive, there is a former star whose fame at the time eclipsed even that of an Olympic athlete. N.C. Wyeth was born in...
Needham’s history shines in 100 Objects exhibit
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By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Many who grow up and live in Needham maintain the notion that nothing ever happened here. It’s not Lexington or Concord, and therefore there hasn’t been anything exciting or exhilarating in Needham’s past. However, this mindset is incredibly wrong, as the Needham Historical Society’s current exhibit, “The History...
‘Beautiful and Bizarre’ to be screened at Needham Town Hall
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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff
The Needham Historical Society will screen the premier of “Beautiful & Bizarre: William Baker’s Ridge Hill Farms,” a documentary film that “examines the visionary and eccentric personality that produced one of the country’s first amusement parks,” which was located in Needham.
The free screening will...
