Showing posts with label story hour. Show all posts
Showing posts with label story hour. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 094 - Saint Stephen, Love, Words, Seance, and December Themes (audio)

In this episode, The Franklin Senior Center Writers Group shares stories, poems, and writings about winter carols, hymns, and songs, poems of love, a short story about words, a seance for a dead poet, and reflecting on old December work.


Senior Story Hour - WFPR
Senior Story Hour - WFPR
Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more. 
Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes

Friday, December 12, 2025

Holiday Stories & Sing-a-Long with Franklin Fathers - Saturday, Dec 13 at 4 PM

Holiday Stories & Sing-a-Long with Franklin Fathers - Saturday, Dec 13 at 4 PM
Holiday Stories & Sing-a-Long with
Franklin Fathers - Saturday, Dec 13 at 4 PM
Join us for a Holiday Stories & Sing-a-Long with Franklin Fathers on Saturday, December 13, at 4 PM. Wear your favorite holiday jammies or ugly sweaters (appropriate for a family event!). Prizes will be offered to the most festively dressed. Children are invited to bring a pillow and/or blanket to sit around the readers. Holiday cookies and hot chocolate will be served.

Franklin Fathers is a community-based organization dedicated to uniting men and caregivers in Franklin around the shared goals of building family and neighborhood connections, promoting mutual support, and advocating for local families. To learn more about the group, check out their Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61580257836187)

This event is part of the Concerts @FranklinUMC program. Franklin United Methodist Church (UMC) is located at 82 W. Central Street, Franklin (MA). Parking is available in the parking lot between the church and the Franklin Historical Museum. Street parking is available on East St., West St., and Church Ave.


Monday, December 8, 2025

Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm Schedule for Monday, December 8, 2025

Yes, Franklin has it's own radio station -> wfpr.fm. Franklin Public Radio has a brand new schedule for the locally produced shows that fill our air waves.   

It is available anywhere, anytime at wfpr.fm or in the local Franklin, MA area at 102.9 on the FM dial.  

Tune in to listen to the following:
wfpr.fm Schedule for Monday - Franklin Public Radio
wfpr.fm Schedule for Monday - Franklin Public Radio

Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf 

Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm schedule for Sunday
Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm schedule

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 093 - AI Actors, Good Friends Not Forgotten, Love, Trails of Time, and much more (audio)

In this episode, The Franklin Senior Center Writers Group shares stories, poems, and writings about the uprise of AI in the movie making business, and what that means for the future, good friends who will not be forgotten and their story lives on, love poems, the trails of time, Alice shares the next chapter of her novel Hoarding is Murder, and Bob shares the next chapter of The Thousand Hour Lesson.


Senior Story Hour - WFPR
Senior Story Hour - WFPR
Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more. 
Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes

Monday, December 1, 2025

Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 092 - Halloween's Past, Remembrance, Love, Kindness, Tis the Season, and much more (audio)

In this episode, The Franklin Senior Center Writers Group shares stories, poems, and writings about Halloween 2025 as well as Halloween in the past, remembrance on teenage years, love poems, why kindness counts, a reading of Shakespeare, our stories of life, and tis the season.


Senior Story Hour - WFPR
Senior Story Hour - WFPR
Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry, and more. 
Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 085 - Publisher Interview with Jim Turcotte (audio)

In this special episode, The Franklin Senior Center Writers Group sits down with Jim Turcotte, author of Four Brothers From Lowell, as he discusses his process writing and publishing his book, as well as answers questions from the group.


Senior Story Hour - WFPR
Senior Story Hour - WFPR:


Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more. 
Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 083 - Juneteenth, Summer Hay Help, Love Poems, Kindness From A Stranger, Lullabies, and much more (audio)

In this episode, The Franklin Senior Center Writers Group share stories, poems, and writings about Juneteenth and it's history, a story from Helen's youth about helping her friend's father with hay, a metaphor about ICE agents and the innocent, Bo updates his process with his children's book, Bill shares a poem about love, Alice shares a story about why kindness matters, Bob shares a lullaby he wrote for his daughter, and what's next?


Senior Story Hour - WFPR
Senior Story Hour - WFPR

Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more. 
Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes

Saturday, July 19, 2025

Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 082 - Ambrose Bierce, First Real June, Iggy's Children's Book, Love Poems, Summertime, The Thousand Hour Lesson, and much more

In this episode, The Franklin Senior Center Writers Group share stories, poems, and writings about the life of Ambrose Bierce, the first feelings of summer and June, love poems, playing in the summer, in or out of place, Bo gives us a chapter in his children's book based on him and his dog Iggy, and Bob gives us another chapter in The Thousand Hour Lesson.



Senior Story Hour - WFPR
Senior Story Hour - WFPR

Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more. 
Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 081 - Children's Book, The Thousand Hour Lesson, Hotdog vs Hamburger, Love, Old Friends, and much more (audio)

In this episode, The Franklin Senior Center Writers Group share stories, poems, and writings about alpha writing, love poems, old friends, empty bowls, a peanut butter jelly direction exercise, Bo gives us an update on his children's book, Bob gives us another chapter in The Thousand Hour Lesson, and Joe conducts his summer survey on the hotdog versus the cheeseburger.

Senior Story Hour - WFPR
Senior Story Hour - WFPR


Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more. 
Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes

Monday, July 14, 2025

Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 079 - Love, Robert Frost, Joining the Navy, Oranges, and much more

In this episode, The Franklin Senior Center Writers Group share stories, poems, and writings about love, reflecting on a Robert Frost poem, joining the navy after high school, trying to find the magic, a work in progress on a story, and poetry about oranges and an intro to poems.


Senior Story Hour - WFPR
Senior Story Hour - WFPR



Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more. 
Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes

Monday, June 2, 2025

Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm Schedule for Monday, June 2, 2025

Yes, Franklin has it's own radio station -> wfpr.fmFranklin Public Radio has a brand new schedule for the locally produced shows that fill our air waves. 

It is available anywhere, anytime at wfpr.fm or in the local Franklin, MA area at 102.9 on the FM dial.

Tune in to listen to the following:

wfpr.fm Schedule for Monday - Franklin Public Radio
wfpr.fm Schedule for Monday - Franklin Public Radio


Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf 

Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm schedule for Sunday
Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm schedule

Monday, May 12, 2025

Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm Schedule for Monday, May 12, 2025

Yes, Franklin has it's own radio station -> wfpr.fmFranklin Public Radio has a brand new schedule for the locally produced shows that fill our air waves. 

It is available anywhere, anytime at wfpr.fm or in the local Franklin, MA area at 102.9 on the FM dial.

Tune in to listen to the following:

wfpr.fm Schedule for Monday - Franklin Public Radio
wfpr.fm Schedule for Monday - Franklin Public Radio


Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf 

Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm schedule for Sunday
Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm schedule

Monday, February 24, 2025

wfpr.fm Schedule for Monday, Feb 24, 2025 - Franklin Public Radio



Time/Day

Monday

7:00 AM

12:00 Noon

5:00 PM

Jazz

8:00 AM

1:00 PM

6:00 PM

Chapters - Derick

9:00 AM

2:00 PM

7:00 PM

Music 2 Lift Spirit - Falvey

10:00 AM

3:00 PM

8:00 PM

Senior Story Hour - Sherlock, et al

11:00 AM

4:00 PM

9:00 PM

Frank Musings/ Presents - Falvey


Monday

  • Chapters – Jim Derick  Insightful, life-affirming stories and interviews
  • Music to Lift the Spirit - Frank Falvey
  • Senior Story Hour – Senior Center Writers Group
  • Frank’s Musings/Presents – with Frank Falvey

Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm Schedule
Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm Schedule