Senior Connection: Nan interviews Danielle (video)

Nan Rafter and Danielle Hopkins turn the tables as co-hosts and interview each other to share what is going on at the Franklin Senior Center. 

Video link -> https://youtu.be/Ywjd4JquEbM

Check out the Senior Center event outlook for this last week of March 2024

"Ain’t no stoppin’ us at the Franklin Senior Center. 

There are tons of activities to choose from this week! 

Have an idea for a program or class?! Let us know what you’d like us to add!"

#franklinma #seniorcenter #aintnostoppingusnow #franklinseniorcenter

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For details on these highlight events, or on the regular daily schedule, please visit the Senior Center online at -> https://www.franklinma.gov/fsc

Senior Center event outlook for this last week of March 2024

Franklin's Event Outlook: March 22, 2023 to March 28, 2024

Friday, March 22

7:30pm Choreographers' Concert (sold out) (Dean College)

9:00pm Dom DeBaggis (Live Music) (3 Restaurant)

Saturday, March 23

10:00am Easter Bunny (Franklin Historical Museum)

10:00am Franklin Historical Museum (always free)

10:00am Grieving Hearts Workshop (Franklin High School)

11:00am Beyond the Palmer Method – Learn about calligraphy (Franklin Historical Museum)

11:00am Master Plan Open House (Dean College)

1:00pm Kids Paint Party (sold out) (Franklin Public Library)

3:00pm Jessica Lepe (Author Event) (Escape Into Fiction)

6:00pm `Cinema 80’ Feature Films "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari"  (Franklin Historical Museum)

7:00pm Ballet Franklin presents Cinderella (THE BLACK BOX)

7:30pm Choreographers' Concert (sold out) (Dean College)

Sunday, March 24

1:00pm Franklin Historical Museum (always free)

1:00pm Ballet Franklin presents Cinderella (THE BLACK BOX)

3:00pm LiveARTS Concert: Romanul Duo (First Universalist Society of Franklin - FUSF)

5:30pm Ballet Franklin presents Cinderella (THE BLACK BOX)

Monday, March 25

10:00am Yankee Quilters Quilt Guild Charity Sewing (Emma's Quilt Cupboard)

6:30pm Self-Defense for Women and Teens Class (registration req'd) (Lifelong Learning)

Tuesday, March 26

2:30pm Rainbow Café (Franklin Senior Center)

7:00pm Trivia Night (Raillery Public House)

Wednesday, March 27

1:00pm Senior Scribblers (recording session) (Franklin TV Studio & remote)

5:30pm Kenyatta Berry (Dean College)

7:00pm Laugh Boston Stand-Up Comedy Show (Glen Pharmer)

Thursday, March 28

1:00pm Henry the Juggler (Franklin Public Library)

6:00pm Franklin Art Association Opening Reception (Escape Into Fiction)

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Why have multiple calendars?

There is a Cultural events calendar upon which other community events are layered to create the Community calendar.

Respectfully, the Library and Senior Center calendars are too full of events to include all their events so we tend to focus on the major events. Town and School meetings are also kept separate. Links for all the calendars are shared here:

The Cultural calendar displays only the cultural events      https://www.franklinculture.org/things-do/pages/calendar

Find the full Community event calendar  https://www.franklinmatters.org/p/blog-page.html

If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication:  https://forms.gle/oPdi8X3ZbHHyrHzo6

The Library calendar of events ->    calendar link

The Senior Center calendar of events ->   https://www.franklinma.gov/node/39/events/month/39/2023-12

The Town meeting calendar is found  https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar
The School district calendar is found  https://www.franklinps.net/calendar-by-event-type/26 

The Franklin Art Association Art Gallery remains open for viewing (and purchasing the art displayed) during business hours at Escape into Fiction (Main St, Franklin)

Franklin's Event Outlook: March  15, 2023 to March  21, 2024

Community Job Fair - Talk to a Veteran Rep! - March 26

Community Job Fair - Talk to a Veteran Rep!

March 26, 2024 - 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Community Job Fair - Talk to a Veteran Rep

Shared from -> https://www.franklinma.gov/veterans-services/news/community-job-fair-talk-veteran-rep-0

Save the Date -> Disability Expo - May 4

"Save the Date!! 

Last year's expo was well attended the entire time, and this year is even bigger, so be sure to join the fun, hosted by the Franklin Disability Commission!!"

Save the Date -> Disability Expo - May 4

Yes, may the fourth be with you! 

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"Where's the Toast?" Memory Cafe on Wednesday, March 20 at 1 PM

"Where's The Toast" Memory Cafe

Hello All,

We hope you will join us at our "Where's The Toast" Memory Cafe on Wednesday, March 20 at 1 PM.  

PLEASE RSVP so we know how many guests to expect.  

We look forward to seeing you all!

Ariel

--

Ariel Doggett

Programming / Volunteer Coordinator

Phone: 508-520-4945

Fax: 508-520-4917

https://www.franklinma.gov/fsc

What's happening at the Senior Center this week?

Here’s what’s happening this week at the Franklin Senior Center! #franklinma #seniorcenter #whatshappening #spring

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Yes, the Franklin Q&A is listed on Wednesday's schedule

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2024/03/get-your-franklin-questions-answered-in.html

The full schedule for the Senior Center can be found online at ->

https://www.franklinma.gov/node/39/events/month

What's happening at the Senior Center this week?

Get your Franklin questions answered, in person or remotely - March 20 at 11 AM

What is going on with .... ?

What happened to ....?

How come .... ?

Join Steve Sherlock, Franklin Matters & Franklin Public Radio Community Information Director (volunteer), for an informal and informative Q&A session. 

What is the session about?

• Steve provides some updates on what's happened in the past month in the first 10-15 minutes, then opens the floor to answer whatever questions you have

Steve will also be interested to find out what you think should be on the "watch list" for 2024? 

When: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 11:00 AM  

Where: Franklin Senior Center (2nd floor conf room) and via Zoom

If you want the Zoom link, please use this form (https://forms.gle/DJWtDepRgPxZ3ytP6), or check with the Senior Center front desk, or email me directly.  

Note: While this event is held at the Senior Center it is not limited to seniors. Any one in Franklin can participate in person or remotely.

Download this flyer as a reminder or to share

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16fR4nLs6tJtp0HXobreBjiIusdAoatfo/view?usp=drive_link

Get your Franklin questions answered, in person or remotely - March 20 at 11 AM

Franklin Senior Center has a full slate of events this week. Which one are you going to?

"This is where your adventure begins. There is lots to do, new friends to be made and things to experience. 

Join us at the #franklinseniorcenter this week!"
#franklinma #seniorcenter #whatshappening

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Franklin Senior Center has a full slate of events this week

Check out the highlight events for the Franklin Senior Center this week! March 4 through March 8, 2024

Check out the highlight events for the Franklin Senior Center this week! 

One update is that the Scribblers writing group is on a new schedule. We're meeting on the 2nd Wednesday at the Senior Center and the last Wednesday at the Franklin TV Studio to record our monthly radio show. Note: the 'last' Wednesday can be either the 4th or 5th depending upon how the days fall out on the calendar for that month.

The Senior Center calendar is found at   https://www.franklinma.gov/node/39/events/month/39/2024-03

Check out the highlight events for the Franklin Senior Center this week!  March 4 through March 8, 2024

Franklin Senior Center: The Senior Connection Newsletter for March 2024 is ready for your reading pleasure

March 2024 Senior Connection Newsletter

The Senior Connection Newsletter for March 2024 

Hello!

Here is Franklin Senior Center's March 2024 Senior Connection Newsletter. Take a look at all the fun programs to keep you active, social, and engaged!

Start registering for programs on Friday, March 1st by coming in to the Senior Center or giving us a call!

Happy March :)

-Your Franklin Senior Center Family

Shared from -> https://www.franklinma.gov/franklin-senior-center/pages/franklin-senior-center-march-2024-senior-connection-newsletter

Franklin Art Association meeting March 6 features Kim Gorrasi

Kim Gorrasi will be the featured artist at the March 6 Franklin Art Association meeting.  Meetings begin at 6:30 and are held at the Franklin Senior Center.  All are welcome.  In her demonstration, Kim will guide us through the fundamentals of portrait painting.  She is well known in her field of portrait painting and has exhibited widely.  More information may be found at www.kimgorassi.com. 

Kim Gorrasi

Kim Gorrasi’s portrait commissions reside in the collections of Harvard University, Bentley University and The Players Club of New York. She recently held the first-ever live portrait painting demonstration at the Boston Athenæum on Beacon Hill. Her portrait, Lois & Gingerella, was granted a Finalist award in the 2023 Portrait Society of America Members Only Portrait Competition.

Gorrasi received her training at the Florence Academy of Art in Italy and the New York Academy of Art Graduate School of Figurative Art in Manhattan. She earned her BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art in her native Boston, where she later became an instructor and lecturer. She has continued her studies at The Art Students League of New York under the instruction and mentorship of renowned portraitist and fine artist Everett Raymond Kinstler, painter of two official U.S. presidential White House portraits.

Kim Gorrasi portrait of Shandra in stages and finish

Her work has been represented nationally by such galleries as Richland Fine Art in Nashville, Metropolitan Gallery in Washington, D.C., Newbury Fine Arts in Boston and Meyer Gallery in Santa Fe. In New York City, she has exhibited at the Salmagundi Club’s historic brownstone and the Museum of American Illustration. She has also shown her work at the Florence Griswold Museum in Lyme, CT and the Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, MA.

Gorrasi is an Artist Member of Boston’s Copley Society of Art, where she has served as past Membership Committee member, exhibition curator, workshop instructor and live portrait painting demonstrator. She is also a member of the Portrait Society of America and the Salmagundi Club in Manhattan. She has served as exhibition juror for the Society of Illustrators, New York, whose prestigious annual of American illustration, Illustrators 41, features Gorrasi’s work. Her work has appeared in International Artist Magazine and The Boston Globe.

Dean Student's Film screening at the Senior Center, Weds Feb 28 at 4:30 PM

"Please join us at the Franklin Senior Center tomorrow, Wednesday, February 28 at 4:30 PM for a Film Screening.  

Join us for a screening of five short local history documentaries produced and edited by Dean College students in an innovative digital history course overseen by Prof. of History David Dennis in collaboration with Prof. of Communication, Gregg Seibert. Each film runs 5-8 minutes. Students will be at the screening to answer questions.  

Sponsored by Dean College’s Humanities in Action initiative."

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/fWs6NqXsFXCeWrEb/

Dean Student's Film screening at the Senior Center, Weds Feb 28 at 4:30 PM

Veterans Coffee Social with Senator Rausch, Rep Roy, & Secretary Santiago at the Franklin Senior Center - March 6 at 10 AM

Save the date!!!      March 6 at 10 AM

State Rep Jeff Roy, State Senator Becca Rausch and Secretary of Veterans Service, Jon Santiago

Veterans Coffee Social with Senator Rausch, Rep Roy, & Secretary Santiago at the Franklin Senior Center - March 6 at 10 AM

Rainbow Cafe at the Franklin Senior Center 2:30 PM

Hello All,

Please join us, Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 2:30 PM for our monthly Rainbow Cafe

Rainbow Cafe at  the Franklin Senior Center Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 2:30 PM

--

Ariel Doggett

Programming / Volunteer Coordinator

Phone: 508-520-4945

Fax: 508-520-4917

https://www.franklinma.gov/fsc

Franklin Senior Center highlighted events for the last week for February 2024

"Looking for something to do this week? We’ve got tons going on at the Franklin Senior Center!"

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Franklin Senior Center highlighted events for the last week for February 2024

Franklin's Event Outlook: February 23, 2023 to February 29, 2024

Friday, February 23

7:00pm Good Thomas (live music)

Saturday, February 24

9:00am Fallen Hero Recognition: David Laughlan III - WWII (Veterans Memorial Walkway - Town Common)

10:00am Girl Scout cookies (Stop & Shop)

10:00am Franklin Historical Museum (always free)

6:00pm Cinema 80: "The Freshman"  (Franklin Historical Museum)

7:00pm Jamie Barrett (live music) 

Sunday, February 25

8:00am Girl Scout cookies (Dunkin, King St)

11:00am Girl Scout cookies (Learning Express)

1:00pm Franklin Historical Museum (always free)

Monday, February 26

9:00am Fallen Hero Recognition: Richard L. Desper - Vietnam (Veterans Memorial Walkway - Town Common)

Tuesday, February 27

2:30pm Rainbow Café (Franklin Senior Center)

7:00pm Trivia Night (Railery Public House)

Wednesday, February 28

7:30pm She Loves Me (ticketed event) (Dean College)

Thursday, February 29

7:30pm She Loves Me (ticketed event) (Dean College)

Why have multiple calendars?

There is a Cultural events calendar upon which other community events are layered to create the Community calendar. The Library and Senior Center calendars are too full of events to include all their events so we tend to focus on the major events. Town and School meetings are also kept separate. Links for all the calendars are shared here:

The Cultural calendar displays only the cultural events      https://www.franklinculture.org/things-do/pages/calendar

Find the full Community event calendar  https://www.franklinmatters.org/p/blog-page.html

If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication:  https://forms.gle/oPdi8X3ZbHHyrHzo6

The Library calendar of events ->    calendar link

The Senior Center calendar of events ->   https://www.franklinma.gov/node/39/events/month/39/2023-12

The Town meeting calendar is found  https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar
The School district calendar is found  https://www.franklinps.net/calendar-by-event-type/26 

Franklin's Event Outlook: February 23, 2023 to February 29, 2024