1. This week’s weather
Monday: Showers with a chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. There will also be patchy fog in the morning. Highs will be in the mid 60s. Southwest winds will be 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Monday night will be mostly clear and much cooler with lows in the mid 30s. West winds will be around 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny and much cooler with highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds will be 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Tuesday night will be clear with lows in the upper 20s. Northwest winds will be 5 to 10 mph.
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Wednesday: Sunny with highs in the lower 40s. Wednesday night will be partly cloudy with lows in the upper 20s. Highs will be in the mid 40s.
Thursday: Partly cloudy with lows in the upper 20s. Highs will be in the mid 40s.Thursday night will be mostly cloudy with lows in the lower 30s.
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Friday: Mostly sunny with highs in the upper 40s. Friday night will be mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers. Lows will be around 30.
2. School Committee Meeting
Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m., the School Committee will meet and the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents will distribute an Academic Excellence Award. The meeting takes place in the School Committee meeting room at Broadmeadow School, 120 Broad Meadow Road.
3. Music and Memory
Wednesday, Nov. 20, 1 to 2 p.m. at North Hill, 865 Central Ave., Needham, Berklee College of Music professor Kathleen Howland will explain the link between music and brain fitness, with examples of memories embedded into music and ways for people to identify their own musical life playlists. This program is free and open to the public. For details or to enroll online, visit www.NorthHill.org/Courses. Registrations also are welcome by phone at 781-433-6400.
4. Human rights forum
Come to a free public forum Thursday, Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m., hosted by the Needham Human Rights Committee and the Needham Free Public Library and see the award-winning video “The Story of Human Rights,” produced by Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI). This is the first of a series of events designed to inform people of all ages and backgrounds about their basic human rights. The event begins with the video that highlights lack of human rights awareness throughout much of the world today. The video will be followed with a presentation by Laura Rotolo, staff counsel/community advocate, and representative of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. Rotolo will guide the audience in examining the historical roots of human rights and provide examples of current challenges that Americans face in understanding and protecting the rights of its citizens.
5. “Seussical” performance
Starting 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22 at Christ Episcopal Church, 1132 Highland Ave., Needham, hear the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust containing Whos, including Jojo, a Who child who gets in trouble for thinking too many "thinks." Horton faces a double challenge--not only must he protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left to his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Other performances are Nov. 23 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Nov. 24 at 3 p.m. Tickets are available at www.nextgentheatreco.com.Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
