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5 Things To Do This Weekend: Aug. 11-12

See local youth from St. Joe's on stage in 'Cinderella' and shop 'sizzling' summer sales around town during the sales tax holiday.

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. St. Joseph's Summer Theatre Presents “Cinderella” 2. Needham’s Sizzling Sidewalk Sale 3. FUNtastic Saturdays for Kids 4. Swim at Rosemary Pool 5. Needham Farmers Market

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5 Things To Do This Weekend: July 21-22

See local performers in '42nd Street,' 'Les Misérables' and other shows, shop the Needham Farmers Market or make a splash at Rosemary Pool.

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. FUNtastic Saturdays for Kids 2. Weston Drama Workshop Shows 3. Swim at Rosemary Pool 4. Shop the Needham Community Council Thrift Shop 5. Needham Farmers Market

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Needham Actors To Perform in CAAP Arts Fest

The free performances will be on stage at the Park School in Brookline on July 26 and 27.

Needham residents Gianlucca Zaccai and Samantha Hung will be featured in Creative Arts at Park's upcoming free Arts Festival, set Thursday, July 26 and Friday, July 27 at the Park School in Brookline. The local actors will perform in one of three family-friendly shows—the musical "Norbert Beany is ACTION MAN!" The day-long festival will showcase the work of more than 200 young people from several Greater Boston communities in the visual and performing arts. The festival is the culmination of CAAP’s five-week multi-arts program. The festival will open at 9 a.m. and will include performances by students ages 7-15 in dance, music, drama, photography, gymnastics, film and video, writing, karate and fencing as well as many exhibits of their …

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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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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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5 Things to Do This Weekend: March 16-17

NHS' 'The Drowsy Chaperone' on stage Friday-Sunday; Carter Nursery School Carnival set Saturday.

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. NHS Presents “The Drowsy Chaperone” 2. Carter Nursery School Carnival 3. P.I.N.E. Origami Lesson 4. Israeli Festival of the Arts: Community Celebration and Dessert Reception 5. Homegrown Coffeehouse Presents The Sweetback Sisters

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NHS Bringing 'Drowsy Chaperone' to Local Stage

Spring musical will be performed March 16, 17 and 18 at Newman auditorium

After performing a very solemn, serious play this fall, the young actors at Needham High School will be changing gears for their spring production, bringing the high-energy, hilarious musical-within-a-musical “The Drowsy Chaperone” to the local stage this weekend. The musical will be performed Friday, March 16 and Saturday, March 17 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 18 at 2 p.m. in the auditorium of Newman Elementary School. Tickets are on sale now for $15 through the NHS Fine and Performing Arts office and will also be available at the door. “It’s really fun. There’s nothing sad about it,” NHS senior Eva Weintraub said of the musical. “It’s all really good humor and a lot of in-your-face great fun. There’s a lot of dancing and a lot of …

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