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Needham Lyceum
A Forum on Public Affairs, Spirituality, Culture, and Science.
Goals
There is a long-standing New England tradition, for the Meetinghouse to be used for public discussions on timely topics. The Meetinghouse of the First Parish in Needham was built in 1836, and has a tradition of being used for that purpuse.
In the Fall of 2004, First Parish renewed that tradition, and launched a speaker series it has named "The Needham Lyceum: A Forum on Public Affairs, Spirituality, Culture, and Science." It brings to contemporary life the wide-ranging Lyceum programs that nearly every New England town had in the 19th century. And it brings important speakers and programs to our community.
The Needham Lyceum is open and free to the public. It is held nearly every Sunday morning at 9:15 am, from September to May, except holiday weekends, in the historic First Parish Meetinghouse at 23 Dedham Avenue, just across from the Town Common. Childcare is available. Programs are videotaped for later community access cablecast. Most Lyceum programs include dialogue with the public. The Rev. John Buehrens, Minister of First Parish, acts as the host and Moderator of the Lyceum.
Upcoming Lyceums
Our schedule page has the latest schedule of upcoming Lyceums. Lyceums are held on Sunday Mornings at 9:15 at First Parish, Needham Mass.
Lyceum Library
The Lyceum Library contains the programs from the Lyceum in MP3 format suitable for download.
Methods of Distribution
The Needham Lyceum has been captured as a series of hour-long video programs, and is being distributed to wider audiences by local Cable TV stations , and are also available free as Home DVD and CD-Audio discs. Finally, Library web pages contain links to audio files for pod-cast.