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5 Things to Do This Weekend: May 12-13

Enjoy an a cappella concert, puppet show, Community Council open house, student-directed play or a book signing.

It’s Thursday, and the weekend is right around the corner. Patch has your back with a few fun things to do. Check our picks for the activities to hit and some places to explore. Here's what's happening in and around your town. 1. Vocal Support A Cappella Concert 2. “Knitters of Needham” Book Signing 3. “Father Goose’s Tales” Puppet Show 4. Needham Community Council Open House 5. “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”

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7 Things to Do This Weekend: May 5-6

Check out Open Studios or 'The Odd Couple', participate in a Kentucky Derby Party or a fishing derby, and shop till you drop around Needham this weekend.

It’s Thursday, and the weekend is right around the corner. Patch has your back with a few fun things to do. Check our picks for the activities to hit and some places to explore. Here's what's happening in and around your town. 1. “The Odd Couple” 2. Community Yard Sale and Electronics Recycling 3. Parent Talk’s Used Clothing, Toy and Equipment Sale 4. 12th Annual Needham Fishing Derby 5. 14th Annual Needham Open Studios 6. Needham Newcomers Kentucky Derby Party 7. Great Bear Run

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'The Odd Couple' Moves in to NHS

Neil Simon's classic 1965 play is coming to the high school stage May 4 and 5.

For better or worse, Oscar Madison and Felix Ungar will be together again this weekend, in Needham High School’s production of “The Odd Couple.” Performed by members of the NHS Theatre Arts Society, the show is based on the 1965 play by Neil Simon, which was later adapted both for a film (1968) and a television series (1970-75). The play will run on Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the NHS auditorium. Though many viewers may be familiar with the story of the two mismatched roommates, here is a brief synopsis for those who aren’t: “The show is about two friends, Oscar and Felix, who are both divorced, and they end up moving in together and find that their personalities clash more than a little bit,” explained Mollie Baker, …

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Artists Needed for Adirondack Chair Project

The Needham Merchants Association is seeking help for a new public art project that will launch this summer at businesses around town.

A new art project starting up in downtown Needham seeks to connect local businesses, artists and residents in a fun new way. Through the Needham Merchants Association’s “A Chair to Remember” Adirondack Chair Exhibit and Auction project, unfinished Adirondack chairs will be transformed into works of art, displayed at about 20 shops around town and eventually auctioned off with proceeds to support the community. The group is currently looking for artists willing to participate in the project as well as Needham businesses to sponsor a chair by purchasing one and placing it a window or front of the store from July through September. “We were trying to think of ways to inspire people to ‘Discover Needham’—we want people to discover Needham and …

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10 Things to Do This Weekend: April 28-29

Clean up around town, tour the library, celebrate diversity, buy some art, have some fun, see some birds, honor Mom and more this weekend in Needham.

It’s Thursday, and the weekend is right around the corner. Patch has your back with a few fun things to do. Check our picks for the activities to hit and some places to explore. Here's what's happening in and around your town. 1. Spring Cleanup and Trail Day 2. Tour the Needham Free Public Library 3. Medication Take-Back Day 4. Community Walk and Celebration 5. Needham Art Association Spring Art Sale 6. Charles River YMCA Healthy Kids Day 7. Needham Bird Walk 8. “For the Love of Mom” Benefit Fashion Show 9. Meet the Author of “Lemonade Mouth” 10. 34th Annual Seminar of Contemporary Music for the Young

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Needham Filmmaker's 'For The Love of the Music' to Premiere Tonight at Boston Film Festival

Documentary feature tells the story of Cambridge's Club 47 and the folk music revival of the 1960s.

A new documentary film chronicling the Cambridge folk revival of the 1960s, co-produced and co-directed by Needham resident Rob Stegman, is being featured at the 2012 Boston International Film Festival this week. “For the Love of the Music: The Club 47 Folk Revival” will premiere tonight along with another film, “White Space,” from 6-7:45 p.m. at the AMC/LOEWS theater in Boston Common. Tickets are available online. The film tells the story of Club 47, an iconic Harvard Square coffeehouse—now known as Club Passim—that provided a stage to folk greats such as Joan Baez, Tom Rush, Taj Mahal and Judy Collins during the Cambridge folk revival of 1958-68. The film features interviews with a number of artists and people involved in the scene, …

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Spring Strawberries and Cream on Biscuits

Pair fresh strawberries with sugar, cream and buttermilk biscuits for a delicious Spring dessert.

"One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I noticed the other day that our strawberry plants are beginning to grow and I already can't wait to pick them fresh from the garden. They are much smaller than the berries you get at the supermarket but they are sweeter and tastier. I immediately began to crave strawberry shortcake. I stopped at the market and found some nice red ripe strawberries but there were no packages of shortcakes in sight. I thought about making my own (nah, too lazy). I looked at the angel food cake (nah, not one of my favorites). Then I wandered over to get the cream and there was my answer...buttermilk biscuits. Just pop open the can, throw 'em in the oven and …

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True North Film Festival Continues Today

Documentaries to be shown include 'My Name is Julius,' about a Needham man who lived to be 100 years old, and three others.

  The second day of the True North Documentary Film Series on Tuesday, April 10 will include a feature on a Needham man who lived to be 100, the healing power of art and other topics. Sponsored by North Hill in Needham, the two-day festival includes free screenings of six different films, on the campus of Olin College and at Andover Newton Theological School. Each film will be introduced by its director or an expert in the related field, with discussion afterwards. The schedule and online box office can be found at www.TrueNorthEvolution.org/documentary or below. All films in the series are free and open to the public; however, space may be limited at some venues. RSVP via the online box office at truenorthevolution.org/documentary to …

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North Hill To Hold First Film Festival, April 9-10

Series will feature six documentary films over two days.

Submitted by North Hill A "big little town." A year in the life of a remarkable 100 year old man. A theme park bringing back memories. The relationship between art and healing. Films on these topics and more will be showcased this April in the first ever True North Documentary Film Series, proudly sponsored by North Hill. The Film Festival will include free screenings of six different films over two days, April 9 and 10, on the campus of Olin College and at Andover Newton Theological School. Any local history buffs and film lovers from Needham, Newton and throughout Boston's MetroWest are invited. Each film will be introduced by its director or an expert in the related field, with discussion afterwards. The schedule and online box office …

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5 Things to Do This Weekend: March 31-April 1

Check out more than 100 quilts made by local quilters, see area actors in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,' donate items to Cradles to Crayons and other ways to keep busy this weekend.

It’s Thursday, and the weekend is right around the corner. Patch has your back with a few fun things to do. Check our picks for the activities to hit and some places to explore. Here's what's happening in and around your town. 1. Quinobequin Quilters Quilt Show 2. “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” 3. Cradles to Crayons Collection Day 4. Middle School Jazz Quartet Benefit Concert 5. Documentary Discussion: “The Powder and the Glory”

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