To the members of the Friends of the Needham Public Library:
Please note that the Friends will proceed, via Zoom meeting platform,
to hold the business portion of our annual meeting at the originally
scheduled time of 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, at which
point we will elect officers and board members for the 2020-2021
year. Unfortunately, we will not be able to have the program that
was to be held after the annual meeting, a conversation with Boston
Globe editor Brian McGrory. We are hopeful of rescheduling Mr.
McGrory at a future time. The business portion of the annual meeting
will be followed by a regular meeting of the Board of Directors.
Zoom connection information is provided
here.
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This book sale has been cancelled. A future
book sale date will be announced as soon as
circumstances allow.
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Library Accepting Returns; Friends Still Not Accepting Book Donations, May 28, 2020
- The
Needham Free Public Library has opened its book and
audiovisual return slots located at the Rosemary Street
Parking Lot entrance to the library. The Library building is
still closed to the public.
- The Friends of the Library are still not accepting book
donations. At this time, please do not put items
being donated to the Friends in the Library return slots.
- Starting June 1st librarians will be available to take requests
for curbside pick up.
For more information click
here.
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Celebrate National Poetry Month with one of America's most important
literary figures. "Unlaunch'd Voices, An Evening with Walt Whitman"
-- a one-man show performed by teacher/lecturer/actor Stephen Collins
-- has been described as "magic" and "a fine evening of theater."
Watch on the Needham Channel: Comcast ch. 9, RCN ch. 15, Verizon ch. 29,
or HD streaming at
needhamchannel.org.
(This video presentation will replace the live presentation
originally planned.)
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Library Closed, March 14, 2020
The Library is closed until further notice.
For more information, click
here.
While the Library is closed, the Friends of the Needham
Public Library will not be accepting
book donations.
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The Friends of the Needham Public Library invite the
community to attend a three-part lecture series led
by Eric Jackson, the celebrated host of WGBH's "Eric
in the Evening" radio program and the "Dean of Boston
Jazz Radio". Over the course of three Sundays in
February, Jackson will review notable moments in jazz
history, with a focus on the great artists Duke
Ellington, Miles Davis and John Coltrane.
Eric Jackson hosts "Eric in the Evening" Friday
through Sunday evenings from 9:00 PM to midnight on
FM 89.7 WGBH.
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From Friday, January 24 through Sunday, January 26,
2020, we will hold our annual winter book sale.
Thousands of books will be for sale in the Library's
Community Room. Separate categories include fiction,
non-fiction, youth, young adult, cookbooks, home,
gardening and crafts, religion, reference, foreign
language, travel, sports, science, CD's, DVD's, and
the arts. On Friday and Saturday, hard-cover and
trade paperbacks are priced at $1.00 and mass-market
paperbacks are 50¢ each. Sunday is Bargain Day;
all items are half-price and a brown bag of books is
$8.00. In addition, individually-priced books in the
Friends' Book Shop will be half the marked prices
beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Friday and continuing on
Saturday and Sunday.
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Needham author Doug Most will bring Boston history
alive based on his book The Race Underground:
Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That
Built America's First Subway.
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On Saturday, December 7, 2019, we will have a special
half-price sale in the Friends' Book Shop. All items
in the Friends' Book Shop will be half the marked
prices from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday,
December 7.
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Tamar Avishai is the creator and host of the
award-winning podcast The Lonely Palette, the podcast
that returns art history to the masses, one painting
at a time. Join Tamar in a lively conversation about
podcasting, art history, and how art appreciation can
deepen our understanding of the world we live in.
We'll go behind the scenes of producing a podcast and
hear highlights from the show, in which Tamar
interviews museum-goers and provides insightful
commentary on the history and significance of each
work of art. How is art history relevant today, and
what can we learn from classic and contemporary
masterworks? Come and find out!
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Needham native Rana Chudnofsky from the Benson-Henry
Mind Body Institute will discuss, demonstrate and
lead you to experience the Relaxation Response.
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From Friday, September 27 through Sunday, September
29, 2019, we will hold our 47th annual fall book
sale. Thousands of books will be for sale in the
Library's Community Room. Seasonal holiday
books will also be available in this book
sale. The book sale will be open on
Friday from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., in addition
to the usual Saturday and Sunday hours. On Friday and
Saturday, hard-cover and trade paperbacks are priced
at $1.00 and mass-market paperbacks are 50 cents
each. Sunday is Bargain Day; all items are half-price
and a brown bag of books is $8.00. In addition,
individually-priced books in the Friends' Book Shop
will be half the marked prices beginning at 12:30
p.m. on Friday and continuing on Saturday and Sunday.
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