American Cancer Society Research Study Looks to Massachusetts for Participants
The American Cancer Society is looking to Massachusetts residents to play a direct role in improving the lives of future generations by participating in an historic study. The Society will be enrolling volunteers for its Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3) at three Relay For Life? locations across the state. Participants must be between the ages of 30 and 65, must never have been diagnosed with cancer, and must be willing to make a long-term commitment to the study. They will be asked to complete a brief written survey, provide a waist measurement, and give a small blood sample at the enrollment site. After that, follow-up surveys will be sent to participants’ homes on a regular basis over the next few decades to update health behavior information. Researchers will use the data from CPS-3 to build on evidence from a series of American Cancer Society studies that began in the 1950s and involved hundreds of thousands of volunteer participants. For more information or to learn how to become involved with CPS-3, visit cancer.org/cps3, email cps3@cancer org, or call toll-free 1-888-604-5888.
SAPN Playgroup for Fall 2011 Kindergarten Class
Is your child entering kindergarten in Stow in September 2011? The Stow Area Parents Network (SAPN) is hosting a playgroup for children who will be entering kindergarten in the fall and we plan to meet quarterly until school begins. Please join us for our third quarter playgroup on Friday, May 13th from 3:30 - 5:00 pm at the pavilion at Stow Community Park off Old Bolton Road for “Popsicles in the Park” and other fun outdoor activities. The children and their caregivers will have the opportunity to meet future classmates. While this is a great opportunity for students entering kindergarten together in Stow, all children who will be in that grade (public, parochial, and private schools in our local towns) are invited to attend. This event is open to the public. Contact Kim Laster at quiktang@hotmail.com with any questions. The Stow Area Parents Network is an organization that provides resources and activities for families with children age 5 and under in Stow and the surrounding areas. For more information about SAPN, visit our website at www.sapn.org or email cochairs@sapn.org.
Berlin/Boylston SEPAC
The Berlin/Boylston SEPAC will have a General Meeting at the Tahanto Regional High School Library, on Tuesday, May 24th starting at 7pm. All are welcome.
For more information: info@sepac-berlin-boylston.org or http://www.sepac-berlin-boylston.org/.
Stow Festival Chorus - 38th Springfest Concert
Sounds of Stow Festival Chorus presents, Sunday, May 22nd 4:00 PM, at First Parish Church, JCT 117/62, Stow - ‘Places of Note: Music that Transports Us’ - a concert of choral music conducted by Artistic Director Barbara Jones with Pauline Oliver, piano, and featuring performances by local musicians and students. Works on the program will include the premiere of ‘Summerdark’ by Connecticut composer Dorothy VanAndel Frisch and Ernst Toch’s Geographical Fugue as well as selections based on poems of A.E. Houseman, Edna St.Vincent Millay and Jane Kenyon. Suggested donation $10.00. For more information visit w w w . s o u n d s o f s t o w . c o m or call 978 562-0302. Sounds of Stow is funded in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council as administered by the local cultural councils of Stow, Bolton, Hudson and Acton-Boxborough.
Summer Drama Workshop
Towards the end of the summer, area children entering grades 1 - 6 will have the chance to write their own play! The Stage Two workshop begins weekday mornings on August 1 from 9 am until 12 noon at Hudson High School, 69 Brigham Street. Participants sample all aspects of theater while creating and staging their own play to be presented on Friday, August 12 at 1 p.m.
This workshop taps the creative energy of the group as they work in teams to develop an original piece of theater. The workshop is led by Sarah Worrest of Hudson. A teacher of music in the Hudson Public Schools, she is also Associate Artistic Director of the Cornerstone Performing Arts Center in Fitchburg. She has directed and performed in numerous River’s Edge Players, Summer Drama Workshop and New York City productions. She holds a BFA from New York University where she studied directing and acting at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
The Arts Alliance is now accepting registrations for all six workshops designed especially for area students ranging in age from entering grade one through recent high school graduates. Each drama workshop culminates with a performance. Registration is on a first come, first served basis. Tuition fees are discounted for members of the Arts Alliance. Registration is limited. Forms are available on our website: www.upwitharts.org or call 978-562-1646.
Overeaters Anonymous meetings
IS FOOD A PROBLEM? (www.OA.Org)
Four Overeaters Anonymous meetings:
All are Welcome. No fees, No dues, No weigh-ins.
Tuesdays: Sudbury 7:30 to 8:45 PM
At St John’s Lutheran Church
16 Great Road (Corner of North Road and Rte 117)
For information please call: 978-897-7652
Wednesdays: Hudson 7 to 8 PM
At 1st United Methodist Church
34 Felton Street
For information please call: 508-395-3877
Thursdays: Southborough 7 to 8 PM
At Southborough Library
5 Main Street
For information please call: 508-485-7227
Fridays: Acton Noon to 1 PM
At Congregational Church
12 Concord Rd
For information please call: 508-277-1662.
Bolton Local presents Transition Town speaker
Following its April film on the Transition Town movement, Bolton Local will continue its film/lecture series at the Bolton Public Library Thursday, May 19, with a presentation by Tina Clarke, a community organizer in the Transition Town movement here in Massachusetts. Clarke, who has worked for 27 years in organizational development, has helped 60 towns with the transition process. In seven months, 23 towns in western Mass. have taken on the challenge. Refreshments will be available at 6:30 p.m.; the presentation will start at 7 p.m.
The transition town movement in the U.S. is part of a global conversation ignited in the U.K. about positive, creative actions to build community resilience in the face of economic instability, energy cost increases, worsening social inequity, and environmental crisis. Clarke is a trainer in the Training for Transition program, which explores ways of increasing community resilience; provides tools for community outreach, education, and shared vision; teaches people to work with obstacles that have prevented communities from responding to the challenges; and teaches how to facilitate community collaboration.
Bolton Local is a grassroots, not-for-profit group promoting community sustainability.
Annual Letter Writing Day
When was the last time you wrote or received a personal letter? Do you have some letters that you have saved because they are special to you? Do your children ever write a letter rather than sending an email?
The Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History on the Regis College campus in Weston is holding its second annual Letter Writing Day on Sunday, May 22 from 1:00 to 4:00. Co-authors Kate Drury, a postal carrier for over 28 years, and Lois McNulty, whose father was a mailman, will share mail carrier stories from their new book “Carried Away”.
In addition, Mary W. Hart, a lettering artist and lecturer at both Lasell and Middlesex Community Colleges, will give a demonstration of a unique type of calligraphy and explain the use of nibbed oblique pens. Instructions will also be given about how to create unique envelopes and personal stationery. Visitors can produce some and write at least one letter to a friend. The Museum will the mail letters for free. Visitors are also being asked to share their personal stories about favorite letters they have received and even encouraged to bring some of these to the program.
On display in the Museum’s main gallery will be examples of letters from various eras and differ patriotic envelopes used during the Civil War
Children are admitted free and will also receive free stamps to help them start their own collection. For more information call 781-768-8367 or visit www.spellman.org.
Save A Dog to Host 11th Annual Paws in the Park Event
Save A Dog, Inc., a non-profit humane society committed to placing rescued and abandoned dogs in loving, approved homes, will host its 11th annual "Paws in the Park" event on Sunday, May 22nd. The event will run from 10am to 3pm at Longfellow's Wayside Inn in Sudbury. Admission to the event is $10; however, the admission fee will be waived for participants with pledges of $10 and up. Children under 12 years old are free.
This event is for dog lovers and their pets and will help raise money for the care of homeless dogs. Sponsorship, vendor, and exhibitor opportunities are still available, and personal pet pledge pages for fundraising can be created at www.saveadog.org/paws2011-pledges.asp. Activities will include an agility try-out ring, agility demonstrations, a parade of adoptable dogs, dog games, face painting for the kids and pet massages. Food will be available for purchase, and a short group walk will take place beginning at 11am. For more information, visit www.saveadog.org.
Sign up for Cub Scouts!
Hudson Cub Scouts Packs 3 and 4 are accepting new members this spring! Join now and your family will be able to participate in the summer Scouting program, which includes fishing, bicycling, camping, hiking, and more. Your son will also be able to participate in Family Camp opportunities at nearby Camp Resolute in Bolton -- activities which include archery, boating, and BB gun shooting.
If your son is currently in grades K through 4, please consider joining by calling one of the leaders listed below..
Pack 3's charter organization is the First United Methodist Church on Felton Street in Hudson. The website is www.hudsonpack3.org, and the contacts are Steve Masciarelli 978-567-6945 and Jim Gasek 978-568-8988.
Pack 4's charter organization is the Riverside Gun Club on Wilkins Street in Hudson. The website is www.hudsoncubscouts.org, and the contacts are Steve Walsh 978-567-9282 and Melissa Holleman 978-257-6244.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Stephen Ministry Sunday at the Sudbury United Methodist Church
The 9:30 a.m. worship service at the Sudbury United Methodist Church on Sunday, May 15 is being planned
and led by the church's Stephen Ministers. Church School and childcare are available at the same time as worship.
Children worship with their families for the first ten to fifteen minutes of the service.
Six new Stephen Ministers will be commissioned during worship on May l5, bringing the church's total number of
Stephen Ministers to twenty four. A Stephen Minister is a lay person who has received 50 hours of special training for the purpose of being a supportive, listening, non-judgmental presence for anyone going through a difficult time in his or her life. This difficult time might be an illness, hospitalization, loss of a loved one, or loss of a relationship.
A Pastor may recommend the benefit of a Stephen Ministry relationship to someone or an individual may request one.
A Stephen Minister may meet with his or her care receiver for as short a time as a month or as long as several years.
Meetings usually occur weekly or every other week in person, though flexibility is possible.
In addition, a Stephen Minister is available each Sunday after worship in the parlor for anyone who may
not have a long-term need but appreciate prayer or someone to listen to a concern they have.
Stephen Ministry is an ecumenical ministry which was begun by a Lutheran pastor in 1975 to help him meet the many needs of people in his congregation. If this is something that you think your church or synagogue would be interested in learning more about, please contact the church office at 978-443-4351 to be put in touch with one of the Stephen Ministry leaders at the Sudbury Methodist Church.
Sudbury United Methodist Church is located on Route 27 in Sudbury, just east of the center. It welcomes all to worship or church school on Sundays. Youth Group meets from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sundays. More information about opportunities for adult Christian Education, outreach, and fellowship is available by calling the the church office or at the church's web site: www.sudbury-umc.org.
Whale Watch Ticket FUNraiser
Mulready Elementary School and JFK MIddle School from Hudson are offering Cape Ann Whale Watch tickets for a great discounted price of $25 (regularly $45). You may use the tickets at any time during the season, NO blackouts, NO expiration. Purchase as many as you like.
To purchase this tickets call 508-615-7454 or visit our website www.mulreadymspa.com. Offer expires June 15,2011.
“Annie, Jr.” Tickets now on Sale
The Florence Sawyer School Drama Society proudly presents this year’s production of “Annie, Jr.” on May 20th& 21st at 7:00pm in the FSS auditorium, 100 Mechanic Street in Bolton, MA. Over 50 cast and crew members have been hard at work creating this endearing story of a Depression Era orphan who refuses to give up or give in. It’s upbeat plot and flamboyant characters have made Annie one of the most beloved musicals in history. Tickets are $8 and are offered in advance by visiting our website at www.rompwebservices.net/sawyerdrama or will be sold at the door.
Theatre III Audition Announcement! Jekyll & Hyde
Theater III will be holding auditions May 22 and May 23 at 7 PM, for the musical "Jekyll and Hyde".
Theatre III is seeking adult actors of all ages to audition for our production of "Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical" by Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse, based on the novella "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson.
This production of Jekyll & Hyde is an alternate version of the Broadway musical sensation adapted by Paul Hadobas and Jan Duncan for the Fullerton Civic Light Opera. It brings the show back to the original concept as a "Gothic Musical Thriller".
Auditions will be held at Theatre III. Please prepare 16-32 bars of music from a musical in the style of the show (NOT from Jekyll and Hyde) that best represents your vocal ability. An accompanist will be provided. Callbacks will consist of a dance audition, reading from the script and singing. The script is on reserve at the Acton Public Library.
Please contact Ryan DuBray at ryandubray@yahoo.com with any questions.
Details:
Show: Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical
Audition Dates: May 22 and 23; callbacks on May 25 if necessary
Audition Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Theatre III, 250 Central Street, West Acton, MA
Performance Dates: September 16, 17, 23, 24, 30 & October 1 @ 8pm; September 25 @ 3pm
For more info and character descriptions, please visit www.Theatre3.org.
NRHS Friends of Music Concerts! Friday May 13th and Thursday May 26th
Thomas O’Toole the NRHS Band Director, has created a lively, interesting program of music for you on Friday May 13th. The Pops Band program features music from movies, and other popular music. The sounds of the Advance Jazz Band will electrify you, Mr. O’Toole has planned special treats for your listening delight. The Intermediate Jazz will bowl you over with their technique. Each has a unique style and vibe, which makes for an exciting show. The fun starts at 7:30 in the NRHS Auditorium, and costs $5, with students and seniors free. Refreshments will be served. Come join the fun and support the Nashoba Bands!
Susan Mianulli, the Choral Director will showcase the talents of the Nashoba Choral Groups. Join her and her talented teens for a lively musical journey on Thursday May 26th. You will enjoy the talents of no less than five different vocal styling groups! The Concert Choir have planned an evening to please your ears. The Madrigal Choir has songs of beauty and peace to delight you. The Women’s Ensemble is preparing programs to remind you of the splendor of women’s voices. The Jazz Ensemble is preparing to thrill you with their interpretations of Funk favorites. The Mixed Pops Choir has some wonderful solos in their set, and will delight your ears! The show starts at 7:30 in the NRHS Auditorium, and costs $5, with students and seniors free. Show our teens how we value their gifts by showing your support! Refereshments will be served!
Free Community Dinner at Union Church of Stow
Please join us Friday May 20th 5:30PM to 7PM for pasta, salad & dessert. Although there is no charge, free will donations are accepted. There's no reason to eat alone when you can join us for friendly company. Whether you are new in town or have been here a while, you are invited. Come alone or bring your family. The Union Church (with the blue doors) is at 317 Great Rd/ Rt 117. To learn more about our church visit us at www.unionchurchofstow.org.
St. Luke’s Free Community Supper
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Hudson will be hosting a “Community Supper” on May 15th from 5-6 PM. Our Sunday School will be hosting this supper, which will feature Spaghetti & Meatballs. Please join us. St. Luke’s is located at the rotary in Hudson. Additional parking is available behind the fire station. For more information please visithttp://www.stlukeshudson.org/communitysupper.html
Troop 1 Berlin Boy Scouts 50th Annual Memorial Day Pancake Breakfast
Troop 1 Berlin Boy Scouts will be hosting its 50th Annual Pancake Breakfast on Memorial Day, Monday May 30th from 7:00 am through 10:00 AM at the First Parish Church Hall located on Central Street in Berlin Center. The annual Pancake Breakfast is the largest fundraising activity held annually by the Troop and provides funding for Camping Trips and other Boy Scout Outings. Tickets can be purchased from any Berlin Boy Scout, and most weekend mornings in front of Lowe's Variety Store on Central Street in Berlin, or at the door. Please stop by and have a good meal while supporting our Troop.
Sponsor a Great Cause!
Are you looking for an ingenious, low cost way to get your business name out there and give back to your community at the same time? The Middlesex West Chamber of Commerce can help! We are currently looking for sponsors for the Oktoberfest 5K Run/Walk Road Race on Saturday, October 1st, which is held in conjunction withWest Acton’s Oktoberfest festivities. In 2008 the Chamber implemented a non-profit affiliate program which allows each Road Race participant to allocate $5 of their $15 race fee to a non-profit affiliate. This program currently has grown to include more than 70 affiliates. Why not be a part of this great program and give back to your community. Your company name/logo can be on the back of 300 t-shirts, on flyers, postcards and our website for $250. As a sponsor your business will also be entitled to join in our sponsor appreciation night at NARA Park on July 26. People wear these t shirts for years, so this exposure is priceless! The MWCoC also raises money for its scholarship fund, which has given back over $48,000 to graduating seniors in the 8 towns it serves: Acton, Boxborough, Concord, Carlisle, Littleton, Maynard Stow and Westford. For more information, please call Karen at 978-263-0010 or visit our website: www.mwcoc.com.
Open Houses at Congregation Beth El in Sudbury
Congregation Beth El is a diverse, open and committed spiritual community affiliated with the Reform movement, the Union for Reform Judaism. If you are looking to join a vibrant, inclusive Jewish community in the MetroWest area, we welcome you to come to an Open House at Congregation Beth El. Open Houses will take place on the following dates:
Wednesday, May 18th from 6:00 – 7:30pm
Sunday, May 22 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm
And, Wednesday, June 1 from 6:00 – 7:00pm
Come meet Congregation Beth El's Rabbi, Cantor, Director of Education, Director of Early Childhood, and Youth Educator and learn more about our community and religious school. Our congregation has regular Shabbat and holiday services which prospective members are also welcome to attend. Congregation Beth El's religious school goes from Kindergarten through 12th grade. In addition, we have an active youth group program for high school students, many opportunities for adult learning and a commitment to social justice. The strong sense of community found at Beth El is inclusive and provides a place for everyone regardless of background. Beth El is located at 105 Hudson Road, Sudbury, MA. For more information about our congregation, visit our web site: www.bethelsudbury.org.
Harvard Acres Water Celebration Sunday, May 22nd 3PM
Harvard Acres is planning an event at the tennis courts on Sunday, May 22nd at 3PM to celebrate the successful drilling of all the wells in Harvard Acres (and on time).
Come and swap well drilling stories and landscaper recommendations!
We have invited some of our Town officials, our Representatives (e.g. Kate Hogan and Jamie Eldridge) and those that helped us get through this process from the DEP, the DPU, and others.
HAHA will provide finger sandwiches (the 3 inch kind), ice, and all utensils (plates, cups, napkins, coolers, etc.).
Each HA attendee(s) should bring either chips, dips, cheese and crackers, deserts, and their own beverages.
Nashoba SPED PAC Issues Forum
The Nashoba District SPED PAC will hold an open forum meeting to discuss any ideas, questions and issues facing children in special education and their families on Tuesday, May 17th at 7:15pm at Nashoba Regional High School in Bolton.. Meet other parents to share common questions and solutions. Discussion may include programs connecting special needs students to the community, ways to increase acceptance of special needs students, and updates in special education. Other topics welcome. Bring your thoughts, ideas and questions. Refreshments will be served.
If you haven’t been to a meeting before, we’d love to have you attend. For more information, other meetings, or to be added to the monthly email distribution, please contact Joan Finger (978)-337-5132 or Joan@ZooterGroupTutoring.com or visit the SPED PAC page at www.nrsd.net.
Divorce Support Group
Are you thinking of separating or going through the divorce process? We are an informal, confidential peer-support group with no religious affiliation. Men and women are welcome. We meet every Thursday evening at 7pm downstairs at the South Acton Congregational Church, 35 School St (off Route 27 near the bridge and traffic light). For more information, call Brian at 978-369-7346 or Jocelyn at 978-244-1257.
Mother's Walk Team for Breast Cancer Prevention
Celebrating it’s 20th Anniversary, Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition (MBCC) calls on mothers and their loved ones, to support breast cancer prevention by participating in the organization’s annual Against the Tide swim, kayak, walk or run fundraising event.
“We are so fortunate to have such tremendous support from mothers demanding greater protection of their children’s future health, in our effort to stop breast cancer before it starts,” says MBCC’s Interim Executive Director Erin Boles.
Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition (MBCC) is a statewide grassroots advocacy organization that seeks answers to what is CAUSING breast cance in order to offer changes that will lead towards breast cancer prevention. Massachusetts’ breast cancer rate is nearly 10% higher than the national average, with some women in Greater Boston and Cape Cod bearing some of
the highest risk for breast cancer in the world. More than 1 in 7 wome risk a breast cancer diagnosis during her lifetime; and, while breast cancer is typically a disease affecting older women, more and more younger women are being diagnosed with very aggressive forms of the disease.
MBCC will hold its 19th annual Against the Tide event on Saturday, June 18th at DCR's Hopkinton State Park in Hopkinton, MA and on Saturday, August 20th at DCR's Nickerson State Park in Brewster, MA. Against the Tide consists of a one-mile competitive or recreational swim, a two-mil kayak and a three-mile walk or a 5k fun run. Participants may choose to participate in one, two, or three of these events. Registration opens at 7am and the event is typically over by noon, with complementary breakfas and the Awards ceremony beginning at 11am.
Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition is asking that mothers and children register for one of the Against the Tide events and join the “Mothers Walk Team for Breast Cancer Prevention”. Anyone who joins the mother’s wal team is also able to participate in the kayak or recreational or competitive swim if they choose.
Participants can register for the "Mothers Walk Team for Breast Cancer Prevention" online at www.mbcc.org/swim.
Donations may be sent to the following address:
Against the Tide c/o MBCC
1419 Hancock Street, Suite 20 Quincy, MA 02169
Support for Nursing Mothers
La Leche League of Stow, a group dedicated to providing information, support, and encouragement to women who are breastfeeding or want to breastfeed, will meet on Tuesday, May 17th from 10-11:30am at the First Parish Church of Stow and Acton (intersection of Rt. 117 and Rt. 62 in Stow). Meetings are informal and allow pregnant women and nursing mothers to share their questions and experiences related to breastfeeding. Enter through the side door of the main church building. Children are always welcome. For more information or for breastfeeding support any time, please call Natalie at 978-264-0712.
Well Adult Clinic
Nashoba Associated Boards of Health, in conjunction with the Bolton Board of Health, announces that a Well Adult Clinic will be held Thursday June 16th from 9:30–11:30 at the Senior Housing on 600 Main St. Drop in for Blood Pressure, Pulse Screening and Diet Teaching. No appointment is necessary. For further information, please contact Nashoba Associated Boards of Health at 978-772-3335 or 1-800-427-9762 ext 333 or visit us at www.nashoba.org.
American Legion Selling Flags
Memorial Day is May 30th do you need to replace your American Flag?
Memorial Day is a day of rememberance of those service men and women who have died in military service. A simple way to honor those who gave their all is to fly the American Flag.
The American Legion Aux Unit 235 in Maynard is selling American Flags. We currently have in stock 3x5 nylon sewn flags in grommet style, pole sleeve style, as well at the home flag pole set. These flags are made in the USA and all proceeds go to support veterans programs. Please visit the Post at 51 Summer Street to purchase, or call Nichole Karlon at 978-360-1471 or email at nicholekarlon@yahoo.com
As always, unservicable flags can be drop off at the Post for proper flag retirement.
Mission of Laughter Comedy Show
American Legion Post 235 Presents: Mission of Laughter. The Post will host a Support Our Troops Fundraiser on Armed Forces Day, May 21st starting at 7pm. Comedian Sheila Van Dyke as entertained our Troops in Bosnia, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Germany, Sarajevo, Qatar, and Afghanistan, many Veterans Home and Hospitlas and NOW POST 235! This is an event you dont want to miss. Tickets are limited and are available at the Legion Members Lounge or by contacting Nichole Karlon at 978-360-1471 and at the door. $15 per person. Come enjoy some laughs with friends while supporting our troops.
Relay for Life Marlboro/Hudson
THE 'SURVIVORS' RECEPTION FOR THE MARLBORO/HUDSON 'RELAY FOR LIFE WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY MAY 20th from 5:00-6:00pm AT GHILONI PARK CONCORD RD. IN MARLBOROUGH (across from The Marlborough Country Club) Survivors and their caretakers are welcome to attend the reception with food being served by The OLIVE GARDEN. Survivor registration is between 3:00 and 4:00pm. If you have pictures of yourself or loved ones with a brief story to share PLEASE bring them to RELAY at the 'SURVIVORS' TENT on the night of the event.We would like to post them on a 'WALL OF HOPE'. as a TRIBUTE in their memory.
The OPENING CEREMONY with the SURVIVOR LAP begins at 6:00pm and the LUMINARIA walk will begin at 9:30pm.
CELEBRATION OF LIFE will continue throughout the evening with food, games and entertinment.
We Thank You for your ongoing support at the Marlboro/Hudson RELAY FOR LIFE.
Lyme Disease Support Group
The Greater Boston Lyme Disease Support Group meets in THE CONCORD PUBLIC LIBRARY once a month and has been a rewarding and informative experience for people from 44 towns in Massachusetts so far. FREE NO RESERVATIONS New people welcome. It is held from 7 to 9 p.m. (when the lights are turned out) in the Trustees Room and library parking is on Stow St. It is an opportunity for people to share their experiences with Lyme disease and learn about recent legislation or articles on Lyme disease. Meetings are held the fourth Thursday of the month, and the next meeting will be held May 26, 2011. For further information please contact Rose Ruze (978) 369-2396 or e-mail roseruze@verizon.net.
Stow Festival Chorus - 38th Springfest Concert
Sounds of Stow Festival Chorus presents, Sunday, May 22nd 4:00 PM, at First Parish Church, JCT 117/62, Stow - ‘Places of Note: Music that Transports Us’ - a concert of choral music conducted by Artistic Director Barbara Jones with Pauline Oliver, piano, and featuring performances by local musicians and students. Works on the program will include the premiere of ‘Summerdark’ by Connecticut composer Dorothy VanAndel Frisch and Ernst Toch’s Geographical Fugue as well as selections based on poems of A.E. Houseman, Edna St.Vincent Millay and Jane Kenyon. Suggested donation $10.00. For more information visit w w w . s o u n d s o f s t o w . c o m or call 978 562-0302. Why not plan ahead to sing with Sounds of Stow Festival Chorus & Orchestra in the upcoming 33rd season? Fall concert in November will present Theresa Mass: Mass in Time of War by Franz Joseph Haydn. Monday night open rehearsals begin in September and all voice categories are welcome. Call 978 779-5022 for more information. Sounds of Stow is funded in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council as administered by the local cultural councils of Stow, Bolton, Hudson and Acton-Boxborough.
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