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The film Return to Norumbega, a nostalgic and affectionate look at Newton’s Norumbega Park in its heyday, will be shown February 12 at 2 pm at the Needham History Center, 1147 Central Ave. in Needham. The screening is free and open to the public. Opened in 1897, Norumbega Park was the brainchild of the Commonwealth Avenue Street Railway Company, built at the end of the line to encourage people to use the trolley. The Park was hugely popular – hundreds of thousands of people came out every summer for canoeing, picnics, the penny arcade, carousel, restaurants and other attractions. The film is narrated by the late Robert Pollock, whose life-long interest in Norumbega Park began as a summer job there when he was a teenager. The film was produced by Joe Hunter, a Newton resident and documentary filmmaker who has produced a number of award-winning films on local history. For more information, contact Gloria Greis at (781) 455-8860 or greis@needhamhistory.org.

"Rhapsody, Dances, and Fantasy" | Prize-winning harpist Ina Zdorovetchi performs solo and chamber works for strings and winds, including Grandjany's Rhapsody, Françaix's Quintet for harp, flute, and string trio, Debussy's Danses sacrée et profane, Ravel's Introduction and Allegro, Hindemith’s Sonata for Harp, Walter-Kühne's Eugene Onegin Fantasy, Sir Arnold Bax's romantic Quintet for harp and strings, and a magical new trio by Gilad Cohen for “Spry Clarinet, Weeping Cello, and Ruminating Harp.” Performers include Ina Zdorovetchi, harp; Ann Bobo, flute; Ryan Yure, clarinet; Christine Vitale and Zenas Hsu, violins; Andra Voldins Dix, viola; Ronald Lowry, cello; and Paul Glenn, bass.