Residents Event Calendar

This is a fun 6-session program for Chinese language and culture by GCF Foreign Language Center. It’s known that learning another language is one of the most effective and practical ways to improve intelligence, keep your mind sharp, and buffer your brain against aging. Come join us for a new experience that will open yourself up to a whole new world of culture and experience. Xin Xin, the Chinese instructor, has been teaching Chinese language and culture for over 25 years, in China, Japan, and the US. Previous registration was required.

Author Ted Reinstein returns to Southgate to share “the Quintessential New England Community Experience” with his book New England’s General Stores: Exploring an American Classic. The general store, as old as America itself, harkens back to a simpler time and a more innocent and rural nation. It was a place to pick up mail, the newspaper, and perhaps chat over a cup of coffee and a warm wood stove. And in tough times, it was a place that often treated customers like family, extending credit when no one else would. The general store was real-life Norman Rockwell—deeply woven into America’s cultural identity, an integral part of the nation’s self-portrait from its earliest days. Fact is, the general store is still very much here, and very much in business. What’s more, like the diner, it has seen a resurgence. In some places, it is even being reimagined for a new era. Ted Reinstein has been a reporter for “Chronicle,” WCVB-TV/Boston’s award winning— and America’s longest-running, locally produced—nightly news magazine since 1997. In addition, he is a regular contributor for the station’s political roundtable show and writes a weekly opinion column.

This 4 session course will present an overview of the Vietnam War including the 30-year span of time between 1945 and 1975 as well as the peace movement and domestic politics during the watershed year of 1968. Leo Sullivan holds a Master’s degree in American History from the University of Notre Dame. He is retired after a 35-year career in public education, including nine as a high school principal and 21 as a Superintendent of Schools. Please note location.

Beatles For Sale is an award-winning, New England-based Beatles tribute band that is committed to recreating the sounds of the Beatles live in concert. This ‘fab four’ has become a Southgate concert favorite and always deliver a first-rate class act performance! Join us for a “good day, sunshine” in the middle of winter!