Residents Event Calendar

Again this month, join Resident Helena Leet-Pellegrini, professional storyteller, as we share stories to have fun, connect, inspire and keep growing. No experience necessary or expected. Why do people tell stories? What makes them engaging, entertaining and meaningful? Come join us! This month’s topic is “Would you Believe?” Whether as teller of listener, everyone is a welcome participant!

Opening our summer concert season is the fabulous Abletones! Dan and The Abletones have been part of the Southgate family since their inception. This 17-piece band was ‘born’ in 2003 when bandleader Dan Gabel made a pledge to ‘keep alive the sights and sounds of the 20’s, 30’s and 40’s while using new concepts and ideas’. Don’t miss this ‘revamped’ version of the legendary tunes we all loved from the “Sentimental Gentleman of Swing” keeping the classic big band era alive and well in Shrewsbury!

Join us for the Broadway HD Screening of “Miss Saigon”. The spectacular, sell-out 25th Anniversary Gala Performance of this acclaimed new production of the global stage sensation was described as “the most thrilling, soaring and emotionally stirring musical with magnificent performances” by the Daily Telegraph and “the greatest musical of all time” by the Daily Mail. The epic love story tells the tragic tale of young bar girl Kim, orphaned by war, who falls in love with American GI Chris – but their lives are torn apart by the fall of Saigon.

Vox New England (formerly Worcester Schubertiade) offers diverse live performances of vocal classical music for the people of Central Massachusetts and beyond, from intimate recitals to grand opera; and cultivates the next generation of classical music lovers through outreach and education. On both Friday the 12th and the 19th, the organization will be presenting performances from their summer open audition package workshop here at Southgate. The first evening will be half opera arias and musical theatre and the following week will feature half opera arias and operetta. The event is open to the public. ALL Southgate residents are admitted free of charge.