Residents Event Calendar

Join us for this innovative presentation featuring papier-mache sculptures by Linda York. Linda will provide a brief demonstration of the creative process and unveil some of the most unique animal sculptures you have ever seen! Don’t miss it!

WOMEN ARTISTS of the 20th Century-Part II. Women artists, capable of the art of creation as well as the creation of art, have historically proved threatening to the dominant male establishment. In more modern times, our ability to create art was less openly inhibited, but new, modern obstacles arose. Join us for a new look and a discussion about the women and their struggle to make art in the 20th Century.

Welcome back guitarist and vocalist Dan Kirouac. Dan has been part of the regional music scene for over thirty years as an entertainer, songwriter and publisher. Tonight’s performance will be a jukebox of memories from the stars of pop, jazz, big band, and easy-listening.

We travel to Boston’s Museum of Science to explore the many exhibits on display as well as visit the Charles Hayden Planetarium for the screening of “From Dream to Discovery: Inside NASA”. Previous registration required.

Our speaker for our May 9 Women’s Circle Breakfast is Ben Railton, Professor and Coordinator of American Studies at Fitchburg State University. The title of his presentation is “Exclusion and Inclusion: The Battle to Define America.” From our origin point, through every historical period, and up to our contested present moment, two competing yet interconnected definitions of America have battled to determine who we are. This talk will trace these exclusionary and inclusive visions of American identity across a series of compelling historical stories and figures, arguing that we cannot understand 21st Century America without remembering this foundational and ongoing battle. Professor Railton has been at FSU for 13 years and has taught numerous courses in American Literature and Studies at both the undergraduate and graduate level. He has received two of FSU’s major faculty awards, the 2014 Faculty Research and Scholarship Award and the 2015 Vincent J. Mara Teaching Appreciation Award.

No stranger to Southgate, Pianist, Organist and Conductor Malcolm Halliday has performed in both the United States and Europe. Formerly the resident pianist for the American Schubert Institute in Boston as well as Artistic Director of a Worcester Schubertiad, Malcolm also served until his recent retirement as the Minister of Music at the First Congregational Church of Shrewsbury, MA and as the Artistic Director of the Master Singers of Worcester. He now performs frequently in his newly adopted city of San Miguel de Allende, in Guanajuato, Mexico. A native Russian, Ms. Yulia Zhuravleva is a representative of the Russian “passionate” style of violin playing. She has received awards from the All-Russian Chamber Ensemble Competition, Maria Yudina International Competition, and the International Competition in Jyvaskyla. She holds a concertmaster position at the Union Symphony Orchestra in North Carolina and is a member of Roanoke Symphony Orchestra in Virginia.

Founded over four decades ago, Skinner offers more than 60 auctions annually. Skinner auctions reach an international audience and showcase the unique, rare, and beautiful in dozens of categories, including the fine and decorative arts, jewelry, modern design, musical instruments, science and technology, wine, and many others. This afternoon Director of Appraisal & Auction Services, LaGina Austin, will conduct a “What its Worth” event whereby residents who have previously signed up to participate may have an item assessed as part of the presentation. ALL residents are welcome to enjoy the display however, assessment requests MUST be registered in the program book.

The Men’s Breakfast Club is honored to welcome General and Mrs. Artemas Ward to Southgate this morning! Aka Jim and Marcia Smith, longtime Shrewsbury residents will be on-hand to share the story of these somewhat “forgotten” patriots involved in major historical events from 1750-1800 in the New England area. Marcia spent 25 years in the education system as a curriculum specialist while Jim taught at Shrewsbury High for 25 years. He holds a Ph.D. in Colonial History.

We have premium center seats to the Lincoln Center Theater production of one of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s finest works. Winner of the 2015 Tony Award for Best Musical Revival, the show is a beloved classic. Previous registration required.

Regatta Players will begin rehearsals for their up-coming production of Mel Brooks’ musical comedy “Young Frankenstein” in August. Residents are welcome to quietly observe the rehearsal process.

Gary is back with his own special style of honky-tonk piano magic. Come share the joy of unleashed musical talent from a time gone by with whimsical anecdotes and lots of fun with Gary.

It’s opening day of the sporting event of the year featuring 3 skilled, well trained, determined teams from both the east and west quadrants of Southgate at Shrewsbury. We come together in the spirit of team work, camaraderie, fellowship and the quest for extreme laughter and side-splitting (not an Olympic event) fun! Scores from both days events will be tallied to determine which team will capture the gold and the coveted Team Spirit Award award which also benefits the game’s official charity. Each day will challenge our Olympians’ calculating abilities to ‘hang in there’ and demonstrate their physical and intellectual prowess in celebration of “The Year of the Sloth”! Come find out what all the laughter is really all about! ALL residents are invited and encouraged to join us and cheer on your favorite Olympic contenders! Don’t be caught snoozing with this year’s mascot “Sebastian the Sloth” on hand to keep the games moooooving alllllong! Hey! You can catch those ZZZZZZzzzzzz’s later! Take the time to have some fun!

It’s opening day of the sporting event of the year featuring 3 skilled, well trained, determined teams from both the east and west quadrants of Southgate at Shrewsbury. We come together in the spirit of team work, camaraderie, fellowship and the quest for extreme laughter and side-splitting (not an Olympic event) fun! Scores from both days events will be tallied to determine which team will capture the gold and the coveted Team Spirit Award award which also benefits the game’s official charity. Each day will challenge our Olympians’ calculating abilities to ‘hang in there’ and demonstrate their physical and intellectual prowess in celebration of “The Year of the Sloth”! Come find out what all the laughter is really all about! ALL residents are invited and encouraged to join us and cheer on your favorite Olympic contenders! Don’t be caught snoozing with this year’s mascot “Sebastian the Sloth” on hand to keep the games moooooving alllllong! Hey! You can catch those ZZZZZZzzzzzz’s later! Take the time to have some fun!

Clarinetist/saxophonist John Clark and pianist Henry “Thins” Francis, have been performing together since 1996 and as such, have compiled a bag of unique arrangements to familiar tunes we all know and love. Their musical genre is best described as classic hot jazz, a distinct type of American music which developed during the first half of the 20th century, covering the beginnings of jazz through the swing era. John and Henry concentrate on the rich source known as The Great American Songbook, which encompasses music (mostly songs) written by Broadway composers, pop songwriters, and jazz musicians.

Iceland—nowadays probably best known for its glaciers and volcanos, its financial crisis and its lively music scene—also has a long history as a hotbed of literary activity, starting with the Eddas and sagas of the medieval period and extending to the crime fiction of the present day. For most of that period, this literature circulated in handwritten form, as manuscripts, initially on calfskin, later on paper. The extent and quality of manuscript production in medieval Iceland is relatively well known; less well known is the fact that manuscript transmission remained the norm well into the modern era. Matthew will show some examples of Icelandic manuscript production from various periods, and discuss the nature of the literature they contain, their appearance and their significance for both Iceland and the wider world. Matthew is a Professor of Old Norse Philology at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, where he has been employed for the last 23 years. He studied in Scotland, Iceland and England, and has a doctorate from the University of Oxford. Most importantly, he is our own Barbara Driscoll’s son!

The Slater Mill is a historic textile mill complex on the banks of the Blackstone River in Pawtucket, RI, modeled after cotton spinning mills first established in England. Our private tour includes a walk through 3 historic sites highlighting the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution as well as period demonstrations. Previous registration required.