• Faith and Film: Exhibiting Forgiveness

    Hillside Community Church 144 North St., Medford, MA

    Sanctuary United Church of Christ and Hillside Community Church present another edition of their Faith and Film series, featuring the 2024 drama "Exhibiting Forgiveness," directed by Titus Kaphar. In this raw and deeply moving film — a profound reflection on fractured relationships and the ways we heal — a family comes to terms with the past and …

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  • Faith and Film: The Holdovers

    Hillside Community Church 144 North St., Medford, MA

    Sanctuary United Church of Christ and Hillside Community Church present another edition of their Faith and Film series program featuring the movie "The Holdovers," the perfect Christmas movie if you don’t always spend the holidays conventionally. All will watch the film (2 hours, 13 minutes), with a Faith and Film discussion to follow. Those who …

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  • Faith and Film: American Fiction

    Hillside Community Church 144 North St., Medford, MA

    Sanctuary United Church of Christ and Hillside Community Church present another edition of their Faith and Film series program featuring the movie "American Fiction," Cord Jefferson’s hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. All will watch the film (1 hour, 57 minutes), with a Faith and Film discussion …

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  • Pride Month Faith and Film: Rustin

    Hillside Community Church 144 North St., Medford, MA

    Sanctuary United Church of Christ and Hillside Community Church present a Pride Month edition of Faith and Film featuring the 2023 biographical drama "Rustin." In the film, Bayard Rustin, an advisor to Martin Luther King Jr., dedicates his life to the quest for racial equality, human rights, and worldwide democracy. However, as an openly gay …

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  • Hillside Open Mic Night

    Hillside Community Church 144 North St., Medford, MA

    Hillside Community Church on North Street invites you to its first Open Mic Night. Poetry, prose, story or song -- bring your own work or cover another's. It's a perfect setting to celebrate your favorite poet, enjoy the musings of your neighbors, or try out that new R&B favorite. Sign up to participate through the …

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  • Medford Interfaith Pride Celebration

    Hillside Community Church 144 North St., Medford, MA

    Opening day of Pride Month will feature "Love Wins: Medford Interfaith Pride Celebration," with Medford residents of all identities invited to explore unity and community. Enjoy great music from jazz/R&B vocalist Linda Morose and pianist Bryce Sady, healing hope from Renee Manning, and a charge to the community to "Be Love in Action" from Rabbi …

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  • Tufts Enchanted A Cappella Concert

    Hillside Community Church 144 North St., Medford, MA

    Hillside Community Church on North Street welcomes the a cappella group Tufts Enchanted to perform its 10-year anniversary concert, "Tenchanted." In honor of the occasion, the group will perform 10 of its most magical, original a cappella arrangements from your favorite Disney (and other) animated films. Many of the group's alumni singers also will take …

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  • Faith and Film Family Style: Jingle Jangle

    Hillside Community Church 144 North St., Medford, MA

    Sanctuary United Church of Christ and Hillside Community Church present another family style edition of Faith and Film. The afternoon will begin with a 2:30 p.m. screening together of "Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey.” Then from 4:30 to 5:45, the kids will enjoy crafts and snacks with childcare, while the adults discuss the film and …

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