The mission of the BRA is to involve the residents in a range of activities,
events and experiences to increase their enjoyment of life and sense of community.
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Broadmead Weather
Thanks to Eric van den Beemt​​
Employee Appreciation Fund Final Status
​89.3% Participation
387 people
​​BRA Challenge Grant Achieved!!!
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THANK YOU EVERYONE
New or Recently Updated (click on item to view)
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Trips (New Trips and Tours Page)
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Brandywine Museum of Art
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Holiday Brass Concert at the Cathedral
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40th Annual Winter Solstice Concert
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Photo Galleries & Music Concerts
Weekly Events
(go to Events for details)
Monday:
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Book Clubs
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Creative Arts Class
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Writers Group
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Duplicate Bridge
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Pickleball
Tuesday
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Beads & Recycled Paper Art
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Stitching Interest Group
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Mexican Train Dominoes
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Movie Night (schedule)
Wednesday
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NCR Trail Trips - Starts March 20
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Sew & So
- Bridge Lessons
- Supervised Rubber Bridge
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Round Robin Bridge Tournament (monthly)
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Rubber Bridge
- Pickleball
Thursday
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Mah Jongg
- Ceramics Class
- Barn Sale Receiving
- IT Help & Information Sessions
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Paint & Pastels Class
Friday
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Chorus Practice
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Flower Committee
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Christian Men's Connection Group
- Free Bistro Happy Hour
Saturday
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Men's Social
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Saturday movie: (schedule).
Sunday
- Quaker Meeting
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Other Events
This Week and Beyond (chronologically)
(go to Events for details)
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Gallery Exhibit - Broadmead Collects II (more)
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Resident Smartphone Exhibit (more)
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East Hall Exhibit - Padonia Student Art Show (more)
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SSVP Holiday Giving Tree (info)
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Holiday Ornament Display (more)
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Holiday Train Garden (more)
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11/27: HAPPY THANKSGIVING
11/28: Memorial Service for Betsy Steele (info)
11/29: Men's Social - Auditorium or Fireplace Room
11/29: Movie Night - Three Days of the Condor
​12/1: First Day of Holiday Giving Tree (flyer)
12/1: Model Train Holiday Garden Starts (more)
12/1: First Monday Book Club - NO MEETING
12/1: Broadway at Broadmead - Barbara Streisand
12/1: Let's Sing (flyer)
12/3: Reception To Meet New Residents (flyer)
12/3: Music Committee - Holiday Piano
Concert with Solomon Eichner (flyer)
12/4: Nature Committee Meeting - Marsha Howes
- Using Technology to Observe Nature (flyer)
12/5: Broadmead Connect Cafe - (flyer)
12/5: Taste & Toast Reception with Live Music (flyer)
12/5: Music Committee - Hunt Valley Chorale
Concert (flyer)
12/6: Men's Social - Auditorium or Fireplace Room
12/6: Photograhy Club - New Exhibit Starts
12/6: Movie Night - Annie Hall
12/8: Brandywine Museum Trip
12/8: Music Committee - Roland Park Country
School Concert (flyer)
12/9: Fireside Chat - Live & Zoom (flyer)
12/9: Movie Night - One Battle After Another
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Welcome Our New Residents
HOLIDAY RECEPTION TO MEET NEW RESIDENTS
Wednesday, December 3, 3:00 to 4:30 pm
In the Auditorium
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Music Committee December Performances
The Music Committee scheduled several concerts during the month of December.
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Wed, December 3, 7pm Holiday Piano Concert with Solomon Eichner (flyer)
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Fri, December 5, 7pm Hunt Valley Chorale (flyer)
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Mon, December 8, 12:30 pm Roland Park Country School Holiday Concert (flyer)
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Wed, December 10, 7pm Community Concert Choir of Baltimore (flyer)
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Model Train Holiday Garden Starts December 1
The Model Train group will be setting up the Holiday Garden on December 1 in the area at the bottom of the stairs in the Library. Hours of operation will be published here soon, and the times of visits by Santa too. Click here for pictures of the garden.
Questions? Contact Bill Hakkarinen
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December East Hall Exhibit - Padonia Student Art Show
Last year in October (2024) the Student Support Volunteer Project sponsored a children's art show in the OPD (East) hallway. It was quite a hit. This year the Padonia International Elementary School children have sent us another show of their art work.
PIES art teacher, Nicki Machulcz, teaches every PIES student every week. She has generously sent us samples of her students' work to enjoy all month. The hope is that you, who benefit the children so much in donating to the pantry, will enjoy their work.
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The kindergarten studied cool and warm colors, painting cold scenes and warm scenes.
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First graders did the penguins, learning the colors of the rainbow plus cutting and gluing shapes.
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The second grade painted bears and distinguished background, middle ground, and foreground.
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Third graders learned facial features and painted self portraits.
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Alas, the 4th grade didn't finish their projects in time for this show.
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Fifth graders used realism and gradients to paint arctic mountain scenery.
We can be so proud of these children and their creativity, hard work, and progress.
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Padonia International Elementary School Book Sale
Every year, Padonia International Elementary School hosts a Scholastic Book Fair. Each class visits the library during a school period, and students can purchase books for themselves. Padonia’s students are always excited to participate in this Fair, and every purchase directly benefits the school library.
The school librarian manages the book sales, but she needs volunteers to assist the students. The BRA Student Support Volunteer Project is recruiting volunteers for the week of December 8 through December 12. Volunteers will be asked to spend one half-day helping students at the Book Fair. We have 10 volunteers already, but we need another 10.
​If you are interested in volunteering or have questions, please contact Del Sweeney, del.sweeney@yahoo.com or 443-578-8270.
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Holiday Ornament Display
Resident's favorite holiday ornaments will be on display in the glass cabinet from November 28 to January 2nd. Enjoy decorations on display from other resident's collections of memories​.​
Old & New - Books on Sale
As most of you know, donated books that are not cataloged for the BRA Library are likely to be sold in The Old & New Shop. We thought you might like to know when we update the shop's book supply so, starting this month, we will send out a list of newly-added books whenever this occurs. Please note that the list will not include books that were already in the shop nor will it be updated as books are sold. It is simply a list of new acquisitions at a point in time.
Click here for a list of books that were just added to the shop. These books are available thanks to the generosity of your fellow residents and, of course, all sales benefit the BRA.
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Call for Quilts for the Annual Quilt Show
It is time for the annual ''warm winter'' quilt show. This coming year the show will be hung during the months of January and February. The show always consists of quilts from the residents of Broadmead and my outside quilting group. Please let Carole Glowacki know if you have any quilts that you would like to have hung. We all love hanging the "grandmother" quilts.
Contact Carole Glowacki, W6, x8425
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BRA Trips and Tours Scheduled for the Fall
For a list of upcoming trips and tours go to the new Trips and Tours page, www.broadmeadbra.org/trips-and-tours where there is a description of the trip, the schedule and cost, and the link to sign-up. Or, click on the trip below to go directly to the post about it.
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Open Forum Schedule
Open Forum has laid out its programs for the month of December. All presentations will be in the Auditorium starting at 7:00pm.
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Thurs, December 11 Ed Papenfuse - History of Broadmead from the Original Grant of Land (flyer)
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Thurs, December 18 National Opera of Ukraine YouTube - The Nutcracker Ballet (flyer)
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Great Decisions 2026 Program
The Foreign Policy Association has announced the eight topics for the 2026 Great Decisions Program. Here at Broadmead, the sessions will start on Thursday, February 5 and continue on subsequent Thursdays through April 2 (except March 5). The sessions will run 3:00 to 4:30 pm in the afternoon in the auditorium followed by a half hour discussion period. A briefing manual will be available to purchase after October 18 and delivered in early December. Please contact Pete Suggatt if you are interested in receiving a copy of the briefing book. The book will cost $35 or $40. Barry Rascovar will be leading the presentations and discussions again. For a detail descriptions of the topics go to the Great Decisions page, click here.
Please let Pete Sugatt know if you want to enroll in this program.
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Nature Committee 2025-2026 Schedule
The Nature Committee has announced the it FY 2026 schedule is to meet on the first Thursday of each month in the Auditorium at 11:00 am starting in October. Exceptions are December's meeting will be in the Seminar Room and January's meeting will be on January 8. The December meeting will be a presentation by Marsha Howes on Using Technology to Observe Nature (flyer)
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​Questions should be directed to Nancy Funk
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New Exhibit in the Gallery Hall
On Friday, August 29, the next Arts Council exhibition, Broadmead Collects II, will be installed in the Gallery. The exhibit consists of selections from Resident art collections. It is the second of a series of such exhibits. (flyer)
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Socrates Cafe
December Meeting: Socrates Cafe will meet on Tuesday, December 16th at 10:30 am in the Auditorium. They will start with a short video, "Psychology of People Who Don't Watch Football" followed by a discussion of the question “What is our favorite distraction, and how does each of us measure our own awareness & aliveness?” The meeting is open to all and is sponsored by Towson Unitarian Universalist Church.
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Questions? Contact Carel Hedlud
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Site4Sight Meeting Information
Does your vision, like other parts of your anatomy, not work as well as it once did? Site4Sight is the low vision subcommittee of the BRA Health Committee. We’ve been in a time of reorganization for the past year, and are interested in your thoughts and experiences about how those with low vision navigate life at Broadmead. To this end, we will be holding an informal gathering for anyone interested on the second Wednesday of the month from 10-12 in the Fireplace Room. We’re not a group that can address medical needs, but will host outside guests from Functional Pathways
Questions? Contact Mari Quint, R-11, 410-804-7876
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First Monday Book Club Update
The first Monday Book Group meets the first Monday of each month at 10:30 am in the Fireplace Room to discuss readings. The 2025 selections for next months of 2025 are listed here. Everyone is invited. Some attend in order to decide if they want to read a specific book. Send suggestions to elsacollins@gmail.com.
December 1: NO MEETING
Questions? Contact Elsa Collins
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Reading the Bard Literary Group
The Shakespeare series, Reading the Bard, meets on the first and third Tuesday of every month at 2 o’clock in the auditorium. On the first Tuesday, we watch a film version of a Shakespeare play and on the third Tuesday we talk about both the play and the film and lots of other things too. Everybody is welcome. You don’t need to read the play in advance.
In November, the play will be Merchant of Venice and in December Twelfth Night
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SAVE THE DATE!
Youth and age will confront Shakespeare together on December 15, 1:00-4:00 While senior citizens at Broadmead have been studying plays of Shakespeare, a class of seniors at Friends school happens, studying the same plays. And on December 15, the two groups will be together for the first time here at Broadmead. I’m looking forward to seeing what those seniors have to tell us and vice versa.
Everyone is welcome. Questions? Call Tom Scheye.
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Classic Book Club
For new and all interested residents, Broadmead has a Classics Book Club that meets monthly in the Fireplace Room. We are a lively but very low-key group of about 20 readers of those classic books that we read or were planning to read in high school or college but never got around to--or have since forgotten. We have a great time for an hour or so every month and would love to have new members. We meet at 10:00 a.m. on the third Monday of each month. If interested, just show up or contact John Mattingly at 443-826-8660. Our next meeting will be on Monday, December 15th at 10:00 am in the Fireside Room. We will be reading Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens. T
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The proposed reading list for 2026 has been posted on the Book Club page. Click here for the list of books.
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Big Books Club
Ours is a small group who meet the fourth Monday of each month at 10:00 am in the Fireplace Room to informally discuss one of those heavy volumes you never got around to in college. We read each book over the course of 'however long it takes.' We are currently reading all four volumes of the Jewel in the Crown. We are a very informal group who just enjoy each other's company. Feel free to drop in and enjoy the fun. Any questions can be sent to johnbosco360@gmail.com, or call John Mattingly at 443-826-8660.
Everyone is welcome.
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Books Not Returned
Many of our books have been checked out for several months and are therefore not available to other residents. If you are not actively reading a library book that you have checked out, please return it to the drop box marked book return, near the nonfiction section of the library.
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Library Book Donations
BRA Library book donations will be the second Thursday of each month at 9:30 am, the same time that the BCPL Bookmobile is here. Please note that the library does not accept donations outside of the monthly collection. Non-Broadmead Library books found in the book return box or left on the library tables will be discarded. Click here to view the Library's book donation guidelines.
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BRA Library Online Catalog
The Broadmead Library catalog is online, and no login or password is required. It will tell you which books the library owns, although not whether the book has been checked out. You can search by author, title, or keyword. To access the BRA library online catalog click here
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Barn Sale Receiving Donations Weekly
The Greater Barn Sale is ready to receive inventory from all residents every Thursday from 10:00 am to noon and 2:00 to 4:00 pm. Please deliver ALL donations (except books) to the Barn Sale workroom in the back hall of the Lower Level of the Center. Book donations are the second Thursday of the month in the library area (see library notice below). Please make sure all clothing is clean, in good repair and desirable by another person. also, please no men's trousers or suits. All donations to the Barn Sale contribute to the support of the many BRA activities we enjoy. For any questions or concerns please email Lucy Wright. Click here for a list of the Barn Sale organization and the department heads.
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The Barn Sale also accepts donations from families of residents who are moving to assisted living or who have passed away. We also accept donations from new residents who are downsizing during their move to Broadmead. Click below for a donation guide for residents and families. Information for new residents is available through the Marketing department.
For more information about the Barn Sale, go to www.broadmeadbra.org/barn-sale.
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​Listserv Guidelines
There has been some discussion about the use of the email system, listserv. Here is a link to guidelines that were established several years ago about its use. Listserv Guidelines To register for the Listserv, see the note at the bottom of the Documents page
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