FHS presents "Beauty and the Beast" - Apr 8 and 9

The Franklin High School Music Department proudly presents

Disney's Beauty and the Beast

Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice.

The musical will be on Friday, April 8th and Saturday, April 9th at 7:00 p.m.
in the Franklin High School auditorium.

Tickets are $10.00 and will be available at the door.

FHS presents 'Beauty and the Beast'

FSPA Ballet Conservatory to perform three ballets

The Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) Ballet Conservatory presents three short ballets, Class Concert, Graduation Ball and Western Revelries, on Saturday, April 2, at 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. at THE BLACK BOX, 15 West Central Street, in downtown Franklin. The production features some 50 area dancers from FSPA’s Ballet Conservatory Division. The program, a mixed bill of distinct repertoire, highlights the dancers’ versatility and provides students with the opportunity to explore different facets of their technique.

Originally choreographed in the 1960s for the Bolshoi Ballet School, Class Concert follows the structure of a ballet class. FSPA Ballet Mistress Cheryl Madeux has taken the framework of this piece and restaged it for the FSPA dancers. Her choreography provides an opportunity to demonstrate the serious caliber of FSPA’s Ballet Conservatory training and to showcase dancers’ technique and precision. The ballet’s opening features younger students, and sections of the ballet progress in difficulty to show dancers’ development.

Franklin School of Performing Arts

Graduation Ball, with original choreography by David Lichine, has been restaged for this FSPA production by Clyde Nantais and Madeux. Set at a fashionable Viennese finishing school for girls, with military academy cadets as guests of the party, Graduation Ball is a comedic, exuberant ballet. Choreographed to the music of Johann Strauss II, the ballet presents a wonderful variety of dances, and entertains with a delightful array of characters and lighthearted comedy. Guest performer Benjamin Kuefler, from Acton School of Ballet, will dance Graduation Ball’s Sylph pas de deux with FSPA’s Noura Sander, 15, of North Easton. Nantais will perform the part of the Headmistress (a character role often performed by a man “en travestie”), with Cassie Murdock as the General.

Aaron Copland provides the lively score to Western Revelries, which features dancing cowboys, chickadees and a turkey in the straw. Madeux performed the ballet herself as a young dancer. The ballet is choreographed by guest artist Donna Bonasera, who was Madeux’s teacher and coach throughout her training. Western Revelries is well suited to spotlight the theatrical talents of the FSPA dancers. “You need a lot of personality for this ballet,” notes Madeux, “so I thought it was a good fit.”

The Ballet Conservatory Division at FSPA provides training in classical ballet technique, pre-pointe, pointe, modern and character dance. The curriculum is based on the foundations of the Vaganova syllabus and incorporates the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) National Training curriculum.

For more information about the FSPA Ballet Conservatory program, call (508) 528-8668. To purchase tickets ($18 for adults and $15 for students/seniors) to the ballet production, visit www.FSPAonline.com.

"induced earthquakes will likely happen in the near future"

The Washington Post reports that the US Geological Survey (USGS) has updated their maps showing the increased likelihood of man-made earthquakes. 

"Earthquakes are a natural hazard — except when they're man-made. The oil and gas industry has aggressively adopted the technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to shatter subsurface shale rock and liberate the oil and gas lurking there. But the process results in tremendous amounts of chemical-laden wastewater. Horizontal drilling for oil can also produce massive amount of natural, unwanted salt water. The industry disposes of this wastewater by pumping it into deep wells. 

And the Earth moves."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/03/28/new-seismic-hazard-map-includes-fracking-related-quakes-for-the-first-time/

USGS map displaying 21 areas impacted by induced earthquakes as well as the location of the fluid injection wells that have and have not been associated with earthquakes. (Courtesy of USGS)

The USGS announcement of the press conference during which this data was released http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=4486&from=rss_home#.VvnG2vkrLIU


The Earthquake Hazards Program can be found here  http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

In the News: Faces of Recovery concert, turnpike toll booths going away, peaker plant gets water from Millis

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin

A local group aimed at fighting substance abuse will be holding a concert this weekend to share treatment stories and further reach out to the community. 

The Support for Addicts and Families by Empowerment (SAFE) is slated to host a "Faces of Recovery" concert on Sunday at Franklin's Black Box Theater. The event will run from 5 to 9 p.m.

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20160328/franklin-coalition-to-host-recovery-awareness-concert

The state is looking for an OK from the town's Conservation Commission to tear down the toll booths and a building at the intersection of the Mass. Pike and Interstate 495 later this year, and restore the area to open space. 

The Exit 11A toll plaza demolition and improvement project is part of the implementation of All Electronic Tolling, which eliminates the traditional toll booth system in favor of drive-under electronic toll collectors at various points on the highway, charging for distance rather than the number of exits traveled. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation expects the new system with 15 checkpoints to be in use by October.

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20160328/hopkinton-dot-prepares-to-demolish-toll-booths

Selectmen Monday voted to move forward with the potential sale of water to Exelon after a committee concluded that the sale is feasible. 

The Drinking Water Committee last week approved motions to recommend to the Board of Selectmen that they move forward with negotiations and planning to sell water to Exelon for its 200-megawatt expansion in Medway.

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/20160328/millis-selectmen-ok-exelon-water-talks

S.A.F.E. presents Faces of Recovery featuring Mike Zito - Apr 3

No tickets necessary, but please RSVP by clicking here

Join SAFE on April 3, 2016 for Faces of Recovery: A Day of Awareness, Hope and Healing. View this email in your browser Mike Zito to perform at Faces of Recovery On Sunday, April 3, 2016, SAFE is presenting Faces of Recovery: A Day of Awareness, Hope and Healing, a community event with special guest Mike Zito. Zito is an internationally known musician living in long term recovery from addiction to drugs and alcohol. He will play an acoustic "storytellers set" followed by a concert with his full band. The evening will also feature various speakers from the recovery community who will share their own stories. •    State Representative Jeffrey Roy •    Matt Ganem, representative of Banyan Treatment Centers and treatment advocate living in long-term recovery •    Colleen, living long term recovery •    Jim Derick, SAFE Coalition president and family in recovery •    Mike Zito's acoustic "storytellers set" •    State Senator Karen Spilka •    Jeff, living in long term recovery •    Shawn Salisbury, living in long term recovery and volunteer from East Bridgewater HOPE  •    Mike Boyd, Learn to Cope member in recovery Concluding with a special musical performance by Mike Zito & the Wheel! Come out and join your community for an evening filled with information, inspiration and hope! This event is being hosted to bring those in the community together to raise awareness and provide support to the recovery community. "We've hand-picked each speaker to offer those in attendance unique perspectives on the recovery journey and to bring hope to those individuals and families seeking or living in recovery," says Jim Derick, SAFE's president.  By example, these individuals will show us recovery is possible! This event will include food and beverages and is open to all ages.   No tickets necessary, but please RSVP by clicking here. For more information about this event and the S.A.F.E. Coalition please "Like" us on Facebook and visit our website www.safecoalitionma.com. Mike Zito at Faces of Recovery See him live at Franklin's Black Box Theatre Sunday, April 3, 2016 5 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. THE BLACK BOX 15 West Central St Franklin MA Click the image above to watch Mike Zito perform One Step at a Time. There are no tickets required for admission. Please RSVP by clicking here. S.A.F.E. is a coalition of community partners who have come together to provide support, education, treatment options, and coping mechanisms for those affected by substance abuse disorder. We do so by empowering those affected, including their families, with the tools necessary to succeed on their journey to recovery. We understand that while I can't, we can.   Subscribe to this email list Share Tweet Forward Copyright © 2016 Jeffrey.Roy@MAHouse.gov, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you expressed an interest in joining the fight against obioid abuse in our community. Our mailing address is: Jeffrey.Roy@MAHouse.gov State House - Room 527A Boston, MA 02133 Add us to your address book

"a “ground-breaking” approach to treating non-violent prisoners with addiction"

"Several SAFE Coalition members toured the Essex County Correctional Facility with prison officials, Wrentham District Court probation officials, and officials from Norfolk County Sheriff’s office. Sheriff Frank Cousins began the tour with a presentation on his 42 bed detox facility which opened on December 7, 2015. 

We saw firsthand the innovative approach the sheriff is using to combat substance abuse disorder with pretrial detainees. The unit provides a positive environment for detoxification and long-term planning and provides a 28-day comprehensive treatment program to pretrial detainees to effectively address their addiction. 

Detainees wear a blue uniform, not the prisoner’s typical orange jumpsuit. The correction officers are dressed in khakis and polo shirts instead of the standard prison guard uniforms. And those residing in the unit attend five counseling sessions per day, as well as one-on-one meetings with a counselor."

Continue reading about the visit
http://safecoalitionma.com/2016/03/23/coalition-tours-essex-county-correctional-facility-read-about-their-experience/

SAFE Coalition

"pushing the boundaries of autonomous flight"

"When you hear the word "drone," you probably think of something either very useful or very scary. But could they have aesthetic value? Autonomous systems expert Raffaello D'Andrea develops flying machines, and his latest projects are pushing the boundaries of autonomous flight — from a flying wing that can hover and recover from disturbance to an eight-propeller craft that's ambivalent to orientation ... to a swarm of tiny coordinated micro-quadcopters. Prepare to be dazzled by a dreamy, swirling array of flying machines as they dance like fireflies above the TED stage."

http://www.ted.com/talks/raffaello_d_andrea_meet_the_dazzling_flying_machines_of_the_future

TED Talks