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​​
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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January Arts Council Conversations (more)
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Gallery Exhibit - Broadmead Collects II (more)
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Photography Club - Winter & Holidays (more)
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East Hall Exhibit - Annual Quilt Show (more)
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Holiday Train Garden (more)
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Holiday Meal Hours (Xmas & New Years) (flyer)
12/29: Kwanzaa Celebration - (flyer)
12/31: New Years Eve Lobster Dinner (flyer)
12/31: New Years Party - (flyer)
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Hours of Operation (New Years Day) (flyer)
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1/1: New East Hall Exhibit Starts - Quilts (more)
1/2: Broadmead Connect Cafe (flyer)
1/3: Men's Social - Auditorium or Fireplace Room
1/3: Movie Night - A House of Dynamite
1/5: First Monday Book Club - The American
Revolution (more)
1/5: Arts Council Conversations - Portrait of a
Chinese Functionary (flyer)
1/5: Dementia Care Movie Series - Part I (flyer)
1/6: Jewish Heritage Group - Casablanca -
A Jewish Perspective (flyer)
1/7: Musical Movie Matinee - That's Entertainment,
Part 2 (flyer)
1/7: Music Committee - Live Wire String Quartet
1/8: Nature Committee Meeting (more)
1/8: Library Book Collection & BCPL Bookmobile
1/8: Multicultural Comittee - A Circus Show from
Las Vegas (flyer)
1/8: MaCCRA Presentation - 2026 Legislative
Session with Chris West (flyer)
1/8: Open Forum - Baltimore Immigration
Museum (flyer)
1/9: Respectful Relationships - Ridge Ruxton
School (flyer)
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Old & New Shop Holiday Merchandise Sale
Starting on December 18, Holiday merchandise in the shop will be 50% off.
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Old & New - Holiday and Winter Hours
The Old and New Shop will be operating on modified hours during the Holidays and during the months of January and February. The shop will be closed on December 24, 25, 26, 31 and January 1, 2. The shop will be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 to 3 during January and February.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
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New East Hall Exhibit - Broadmead Quilts
Every year we exhibit quilts with a connection to Broadmead, either owned of made by. On January 1, this year's exhibit will be hung. Be prepared to enjoy the wonderful display of quilts having an affinity to Broadmead. The show will run for January and February
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Questions? Contact Carole Glowacki
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Broadmead Arts Council Conversations
Please join with a representative of the Broadmead Arts Council Education Committee for a conversation about selected works in the "Broadmead Collects II: From Picaso to Pizza now hanging in the Gallery Hall (formerly the South Hall). Each conversation will focus on different works and will last about 30 minutes. No need to sign up. Just meet at the front desk.
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Click here for dates, times and topics.
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Music Committee January Performances
The Music Committee scheduled several concerts during the month of December.
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Wednesday, Jan 7 Live Wire String Quartet (flyer)
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Questions? Contact Denise Love
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. Operations begin December 3 from 4:30 to 5:30PM. Plans are to operate Monday through Saturday, 4:30 to 5:30 PM so folks can see them before dinner. Sunday plans are for 11:30-12:30, close to noon meal. Come and enjoy.
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The Z Gauge layout will operate on Monday-Wednesday-Friday and Sunday schedule at the same times. If you are a fan of miniatures, you will really like this layout.
Click here for times when Santa will be visiting the garden too.
Click here for pictures of the garden.
Questions? Contact Bill Hakkarinen
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Photography Club Exhibit Changes December 6
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On December 6, the exhibit of resident smart phone photographs will be retired and replaced by the club's seasonal, Winter & Holiday display of photos. Enjoy the exhibit while taking in the train group's Holiday Train Garden in the Library area of the Community Center.
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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 added to the shop December 11. These books are available thanks to the generosity of your fellow residents and, of course, all sales benefit the BRA.
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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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Lunch at Pappas Restaurant January 13 (details and sign up)
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Open Forum Schedule
Open Forum has laid out its programs for the month of January. All presentations will be in the Auditorium starting at 7:00pm.
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Thurs, January 8 The Baltimore Immigration Museum (flyer)
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Thurs, January 15 Keukenhof the Most Beautiful Garden in Europe (flyer)
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Question? Contact Mike Goodrch
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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. (flyer)
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.
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​Questions should be directed to Nancy Funk
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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 First Monday Book Group plans to discuss books about the American Revolution Jan. 5 and Feb. 2, 2025. The 250th Anniversary has prompted historians to address not only the lives the founders but the variety of participants: diverse views of loyalists, farmers, merchants, religious leaders, patriots, and women. Especially interesting are the inclusions of personal correspondence describing everyday lives: private papers which before the internet were only available to scholars in special library collections. Broadmead readers will choose individual books and discuss the insights gained about the Revolutionary period.
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Some titles:
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Fate of the Day, Rick Atkinson (Fort Ticonderoga-Charleston 17777-1780)
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King Hancock, Brooke Barbier (Radical influence of a Moderate)
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Founding Brothers, Joseph Ellis (the Revolutionary generation)
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Alexander Hamnilton, Ron Chernow (Hamilton’s personal papers)
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1776, David McCullough
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Valiant Ambition, Nathaniel Philbrick (Washington and Benedict Arnold)
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James Oglethorpe, Michael L. Thurmond
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Constitutional Myths, Ray Raphael
Questions? Contact Elsa Collins​
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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.' Our next meeting will be on December 22nd at 10:00 am in the Fireplace Room. We will be discussing Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain (first four chapters). 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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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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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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