Rotary Club of Franklin MA Donates 2000 Masks to Franklin Fire Department

The Rotary Club of Franklin MA, whose motto is “Service above self”, is proud to donate 2000 masks to the Franklin Fire Department, for them to use as they see fit. “Rotary Club has been weaved into the Franklin fabric for more than 90 years, providing services like this and many others too.” said John Power, pictured here with Capt. William Blanchard of the Franklin Fire Department. 

An International group, the club’s primarily focuses on finding local needs and completing service projects that serve Franklin’s elderly, underserved & High School students by providing annual Scholastic Scholarships & Youth Leadership Awards.

If you would like to find out more about Rotary Club of Franklin MA, you are invited to join them for a meeting on the first and/or third Tuesday of each month, 5:30pm – 7:30pm or visit their website:  http://portal.clubrunner.ca/3689. 

John Power (left) pictured here with Capt. William Blanchard (right) of the Franklin Fire Department

 

Mustard's Retreat - Virtual concert - benefits Franklin Food Pantry

Join us for another online concert

Mustard's Retreat online concert Tues, Mar 16 View this email in your browser Mustard's Retreat March 16 - 7 PM donations You may have seen Mustard's Retreat at the Circle of Friends Coffeehouse, the New Bedford Folk Fest, or Falcon Ridge. They always put on a fabulous show. Donations for this virtual show on Facebook or YouTube will benefit the Franklin Food Pantry Mustard's Retreat has been delighting audiences by telling stories for 40 years- they are witty, insightful, fun, and profound, as well as accomplished songwriters and musicians.  They've traveled more than a million miles and performed more than 6,000 shows, from pig roasts and pool parties to Lincoln Center Out of Doors, The Barns at Wolftrap and the Kennedy's Center's Millennium Stage. The show ill be streaming at Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEL_S34548_opJYOEW-5HTA Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mustardsretreat/live/ The Circle of Friends Coffeehouse is a non-profit organization affiliated with Franklin's First Universalist Society.  Please visit http://www.circlefolk.org/  for more information.

Circle of Friends Coffeehouse · First Universalist Society · 262 Chestnut St · Franklin, MA 02038 · USA

Franklin Food Pantry: "If everyone gives a little - a lot of good gets done"

"Share your why with us. Learn why one donor supports The Franklin Food Pantry. #shareyourwhy"

You can read Marilyn's story here

Shared from Twitter: https://twitter.com/FranklinFoodPan/status/1369706142545362946

Franklin Food Pantry: "If everyone gives a little - a lot of  good gets done"

Celebrate Women Composers with Flutist Amy Porter - Feb 28

LiveARTS presents  Flutist and Pianist AMY PORTER and LIZ AMES in a streaming  concert on Zoom!   Sunday, February 28  at 3 PM   Flutist Amy Porter (left) and Pianist Liz Ames (Right) Flutist Amy Porter enjoys a versatile and distinguished career as one of the world's leading concert performers. After graduating from Juilliard Ms. Porter has been a featured soloist with the American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall, and with the Atlanta, Houston, Omaha, Delaware, and Albany orchestras. Ms. Porter is Principal Flute of North Carolina's Brevard Music Center, where she performs as soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player. PROGRAM Sonate pour flute et piano - Mel Bonis (1858-1937) Andantino con moto Scherzo Vivace Adagio Finale Sachamama for flute and pre-recorded tape (1997) - Anne LeBaron (b. 1953) Homeland (2018) - Allison Loggins Hull (b. 1982)     Zoo Song (2017) For singing flutist - Nina Shekhar (b. 1995) Concertino for Flute and Piano, op. 107 (1902) - Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) Join us for the second concert of our current season, a donation-based concert! To take advantage of this opportunity,  go to our website, liveartsma.org, and order a free ticket. The Zoom link will be emailed  to you 24 hours before the concert. Tickets are free,  but donations are always welcome! Watch your email  for more information. You can download Zoom  using this link:  Download Zoom opyright © 2021, LiveARTS.org.  All rights reserved.

FM #429 Town Council Meeting - P2of2 - 01/06/21 (audio)

FM #429 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 429 in the series. 

This session shares the Franklin, MA Town Council meeting held on Wednesday, Jan 6, 2021. 

The meeting was conducted in a hybrid format: members of the Town Council, selected guests, and Town Administration personnel were in the Council Chambers, the public was remote via Zoom conference bridge, all to adhere to the ‘social distancing’ requirements of this pandemic period.

I’ve split the full two hour twenty-seven minutes meeting into two logical segments:

• First - covers the opening through the Hazard Mitigation Plan presentation/discussion to the approval of it. It includes the second Legislation action item - the authorization for the Beaver St interceptor project (1 hour and 36 minutes)
• Second - covers the remainder of the Legislation for Action items through to the close of the meeting (51 mins)

The show notes contain links to the meeting agenda including documents released for this agenda. 

Let’s listen to the Town Council meeting of Jan 6, 2021.  

Audio link = https://www.hipcast.com/podcast/Hy1YpZ6S

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Agenda document (and released supporting materials in one PDF) 
https://franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif591/f/agendas/01-06-2021_town_council_agenda.pdf

Hazard Mitigation presentation doc  https://franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif591/f/mai/files/8a._hazard_mitigation_presentation_2020_update_presentation_handout.pdf

Hazard Mitigation Plan
https://franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif591/f/mai/files/10a._hazard_mitigation_0.pdf

Beaver St summary document  https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif591/f/mai/files/10b._21-02_beaver_street_interceptor.pdf 

My notes from the meeting
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2021/01/town-council-meeting-jan-6-2021-recap.html  

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Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening.
 
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The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana"  c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.

I hope you enjoy!

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FM #429 Town Council Meeting - P2of2 - 01/06/21 (audio)

LiveARTS: Hear Victor Rosenbaum in a Zoom Concert - OCt 18

LiveARTS presents pianist VICTOR ROSENBAUM in a streaming concert on Zoom!   Sunday, October 18  at 3 PM   Pianist Victor Rosenbaum has concertized widely as soloist and chamber music performer in the United States, Europe, Asia, Israel, and Russia. A long-time member of the faculty of New England Conservatory in Boston, he chaired the piano department for more than a decade. He has been Visiting Professor of Piano at the Eastman School of Music and a guest teacher at The Juilliard School. His highly praised recording of Schubert is on Bridge Records and the release of the last three Beethoven sonatas on the same label was named by American Record Guide as one of the top ten classical recordings of 2005. Mr. Rosenbaum is Music Director of the Music for Peace concert series. Join us for the second concert of our current season, a donation-based concert! To take advantage of this opportunity, go to our website, liveartsma.org, and order a free ticket. The Zoom link will be emailed to you 24 hours before the concert. Tickets are free, but donations are always welcome! Watch your email for more information. PROGRAM Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 18 in G Major, D. 894 There will be a question and answer session following the performance. Don't miss this wonderful opportunity! You can download Zoom using this link:  Download Zoom Copyright © 2020, LiveARTS.org.  All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: LiveARTS P.O. Box 678 Franklin, MA 02038

Circle of Friends Coffeehouse: John Gorka online concert Sept 12 - 7:00 PM

Our third online concert features John Gorka

John Gorka Sep 12 - 7 PM View this email in your browser JOHN GORKA online September 12 - 7 PM donations Sorry for the short notice, but we had to verify the links below. Our third online concert to benefit the Franklin Food Pantry features John Gorka. John has been called "the pre-eminent male singer-songwriter of the New Folk movement" by Rolling Stone. He possesses a  beautiful baritone voice and his articulate guitar playing compliments superb lyrics on songs that are romantic, cosmic, poetic, and haunting in their imagery or hilarity. http://johngorka.com/ There is no fee but donations will be accepted in a virtual tipjar and will benefit John and the Franklin Food Pantry. The show will be viewable on both Facebook and YouTube. Youtube Link: (David Tamulevich's Youtube Page) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ou3t-KQBoE&feature=youtu.be Facebook Link: (Mustard's Retreat Facebook Page)  https://www.facebook.com/mustardsretreat/live/ The Circle of Friends Coffeehouse is a non-profit organization affiliated with Franklin's First Universalist Society.   Please visit http://www.circlefolk.org/  for more information. Upcoming Shows

Circle of Friends Coffeehouse · First Universalist Society · 262 Chestnut St · Franklin, MA 02038 · USA

Join us for our 2020-2021 Donation-Based Zoom Concert Series

Announcing our Exciting 2020-2021 Season

COVID-19 CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC AT LIVEARTS!

We are very pleased to be presenting our regular season of four concerts.

Keep reading for details!

• Sunday, September 20, 2020 at 3 p.m.

WILLIAM RILEY, classical guitar = Music of Granados, de Falla, and more

• Sunday, October 18, 2020 at 3 p.m.

VICTOR ROSENBAUM, piano = All Schubert Program

• Sunday, February 28, 2021 at 3 p.m.

AMY PORTER, flute = Program to be announced

• Sunday, April 18, 2021 at 3 p.m. 

Borromeo StringQuartet members - Nicholas Kitchen, violin, and Yeesun Kim, cello, with Ann Sears, piano  = All Beethoven Program 

For additional info visit the web page  https://www.liveartsma.org/

Join us for our 2020-2021 Donation-Based Zoom Concert Series

Franklin Food Pantry has updated their Amazon wish list

"We've updated our Amazon Wish list and would appreciate any item you could donate it from it. Thank you!"

https://amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2SIL7UR08ZZUC?ref_=wl_share… #donate #giving

For information on the Franklin Food Pantry visit them online at

https://www.franklinfoodpantry.org/

Franklin Food Pantry has updated their Amazon wish list

Circle of Friends Coffeehouse: Peter Yarrow this Saturday Aug 8 - 7:30 PM

Folk legend Peter Yarrow online concert Aug 8

Peter Yarrow online Aug 8 View this email in your browser PETER YARROW online concert August 8 - 7:30 PM donations Sorry for the short notice but details have just been finalized. The Circle of Friends Coffeehouse presents an online concert by folk legend Peter Yarrow, on Saturday, Aug 8 at 7:30 PM to benefit the Franklin Food Pantry.   Peter Yarrow's talents as a creative artist—both with the legendary trio Peter, Paul & Mary and as a solo performer—are frequently directed at using music to convey a message of humanity and caring. His gift for songwriting has produced some of the most moving songs from Peter, Paul & Mary, including "Puff, the Magic Dragon," "Day is Done", "Light One Candle" and "The Great Mandala." As a member of the renowned musical trio, Yarrow has earned multiple gold and platinum albums, as well as numerous GRAMMYs.  http://www.peterpaulandmary.com/ Here is the concert link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0LakqPYWLg&feature=youtu.be The concert is free but donations will be accepted and benefit the Franklin Food Pantry. The Circle of Friends Coffeehouse is a non-profit organization affiliated with Franklin's First Universalist Society.  http://www.circlefolk.org/ Upcoming Online Shows Saturday, Sep 12  JOHN GORKA

Circle of Friends Coffeehouse · First Universalist Society · 262 Chestnut St · Franklin, MA 02038 · USA