By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Sponsored by the Ashland Public Library, the Needham Free Public Library (NFPL) shared an online event titled Cooking with Scraps with Cookbook Author and Sustainability Warrior Lindsay-Jean Hard.’ Explaining this most recent book of hers, Lindsay-Jean (LJ) creates recipes in which...
By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but words transport you into a whole different reality. Words create brush strokes of vibrant colors enriched into your mind as it flows from page to page throughout a novel as a...
by Elizabeth Connolly
Hometown Weekly Reporter
For over 35 years, music specialist and early childhood educator Hugh Hanley has been entertaining children with his presentations that include fingerplay, songs and dancing.
He brings one of these programs to Needham Free Public Library (NFPL) monthly,...
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Sponsored by the Burlington Public Library, the Needham Free Public Library shared an online event last Wednesday, July 12th. The event, titled An Evening with Author Lisa See, involved See discussing her latest novel, Lady Tan’s Circle of Women, to over...
By Madison Butkus
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Sponsored by the Ashland Public Library, the Needham Free Public Library shared an online event, ‘Red Sox Nation with Boston Globe Sports Writer Chad Finn.’ This event took place both in person and virtually on Wednesday, June 28th.
By Audrey Anderson
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Collaboration of an Artist and a Scientist: Exploring Bones was presented on Monday evening, June 12, at the Needham Public Library. In this talk, Professor Sandra Shefelbine, of Northeastern University, and local artist Colleen Pearce discussed their recent combined scientific research...
By Audrey Anderson
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Bob Begin loves studying history, and he is talented at researching and sharing what he has learned. He gives history talks at libraries throughout the area on various topics. Those topics have a common thread: they are those that people feel...
By Elizabeth Connolly
Hometown Weekly Reporter
You could tell by the parking lot that something was going on last week at the Needham Free Public Library (NFPL); though mid-day on a Wednesday seemed like an odd time for it. Until you saw the children, that is. Babies, toddlers and preschoolers alike...
By Elizabeth Connolly
Hometown Weekly Reporter
A group of children and their caregivers gathered at Needham Free Public Library (NFPL) last Wednesday, April 12th, to learn how to plant peas. Each participant was given a bag from the folks at Needham Community Farm (NCF). The contents included soil, a spoon, some...
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The artwork of Omar Rayyan from the collection of Robert K. Weiner and Kveta Weiner Vojkovska is currently on display at the Needham Free Public Library. The expressive work from Massachusetts artist Rayyan includes illustrative, aesthetic painting. As mentioned in his artist’s statement, Rayyan is...
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Parents and infants traveled to the NFPL for an enriching morning of music. Music at the Blissful sang kiddos into the weekend with rhythmic guitar beats and crafty foundational learning.
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Editor
Children from Needham gathered together within the Children’s Room at the Needham Free Public Library (NFPL) on Valentine’s Day to partake in creating a multitude of holiday themed crafts. The event was hosted...
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
Using recycled vintage materials, artist Laurie Bogdan puts forward the idea of a partnership
between art and nature. Bogdan’s original pieces give maps a new life as part of collaged
masterpieces, and her current exhibit at the Needham Free Public Library, “Navigating Flight”,
up through February 21, presents a perfect opportunity to...
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
Well-seasoned Needhamites know that the Needham Free Public Library (NFPL) has much to offer. With books and events aplenty, there is one more exceptional highlight to upgrade the cultural aspect of your next library trip: a new art exhibit has reached NFPL, and it features...
By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
This past Sunday, the Needham Free Public Library, in partnership with the Friends of the Needham Library, hosted award-nominated author Marjan Kamali. Kamali spoke about her writing journey, provided writing tips, read a passage from her latest novel, and held a Q&A session prior to...
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
Photos by Lauren Schiavone
Children's entertainer Stacey Peasley is no stranger to Needham Free Public Library -- she's visited multiple times over the years, and has built a following amongst the town's littlest residents.
It goes without saying, then,...
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
Artist Randa Khuri, former nurse and flutist, now sees the world through watercolor — and her vision is on display in the Needham Free Public Library. Khuri’s current exhibit is located on the second floor of the library, illuminating the west wall with gorgeous still-lifes,...
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
As the summer winds down, many Needhamites are spending their last sunny days in the throes of leisure time. Many are relaxing by the pool, perhaps catching up on summer reading or finishing a particularly gripping read. Some, in preparation for back-to-school time, are getting...
The Freedom Through Literacy Award was established by Judith’s Reading Room in 2015 to identify and honor individual champions of literacy from all disciplines around the world — teachers, librarians, authors, researchers, educators —- anyone who has done exemplary work to instill in others a love of reading.
Lisa Tedeschi...
The Needham Free Public Library has resumed curbside pickup as of Monday morning. Due to its growing popularity, hours have been added so that more people can safely pickup library materials.
Curbside pickup will now run on Mondays from 9:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday...
