Residents Event Calendar

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.

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!

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.