Broadmead Residents Association

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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More detail information about BRA activities

Weekly Events

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Monday:

Book Clubs

Tuesday

Men's Social
Beads & Recycled Paper Art
Stiching Interest Group
Mexican Train Dominoes
Movie Night (schedule)

Wednesday

NCR Trail Trips - Done until the fall
Sew & So
Paint & Pastels Class
Duplicate Bridge
Intermediate Contract Bridge
Rubber Bridge

Thursday

Mah Jongg
Ceramics Class
Barn Sale Receiving
IT Help & Information Sessions

Friday

Chorus Practice
Flower Committee
Christian Men's Connection Group
Creative Arts Class
Writers Group
Free Bistro Happy Hour

Saturday

Saturday movie: (schedule).

Sunday

Quaker Meeting

Other Events

This Week and Beyond (chronologically)

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New Photography Club Exhibit Starts (more)
New Arts Council Exhibit Starts (more)
New East Hall Art Exhibit (more)

8/22: Health "THRIVE" - Vaccinations - Anne

Patterson ZOOM (flyer) (link)

8/24: Movie Night - Breaking Away

8/26: Quaker Values at Broadmead - Stewardship

(flyer)

8/27: Movie Night - Things to Come

8/28: Train Group - The Photography of Jim

Kleeman (flyer)

8/29: Dementia Care Movie - Still (Michael J Fox)

(flyer)

8/31: Movie Night - Real Women Have Curves

9/1: East Hall Art Exhibit Starts - Complementary

Colors (more)

9/2: First Monday Book Club - All the Beauty in the

World by Patrick Blingley

9/3: Reading the Bard - Othello (more)

9/4: Musical Movie Matinee - South Pacific (flyer)

9/7: Movie Night - Hit Man

9/9: Fireside Chat Auditorium & Zoom (flyer)

9/12: Open Forum - View From the Bridge (flyer)

9/13: Broadmead Chorus Fall Concert (flyer)

9/14: Movie Night - Tick Tick Boom!

East Wing Art Exhibit Starts September 1

Starting September 1, there will be a new exhibit in the East wing corridor by the Contemporary Colors art group. Complementary Colors started in 1987 and is group of six artists who get together once a week and critique each others work, pushing each other to paint. Broadmead resident Carolyn Murphy is a member. They are all signature members of the Baltimore Watercolor Society. The exhibit is current scheduled to run through the month of September.

Open Forum Is Back Starting September 12

Open Forum will begin its 2024-25 program on Thursday, September 12 at 7:00 pm in the Auditorium

with a presentation by William Band a 41 year Bay Pilot. The talk is entitled A View From the Bridge. (flyer) On September 19, Johns Hopkins will return with a talk Of Clipper Ships & Presidents: Baltimore's Tea Connection (flyer)

Quilling Classes to Start in October

A four week quilling class will start on October 7 and take place weekly until October 28.. The class will have a professional instructor teaching rolled paper techniques, focusing on "quilling". The classes will be in the Arts and Ceramics studio on Mondays from 3:00 to 4:30 pm. They will offer one-on-one instruction. No experience is needed. Materials will be provided. The class is limited to 20 people. To register, contact Leslie Glickman.

Broadmead Arts Council to Open New Exhibit

On August 15, the Broadmead Arts Council will hang a new exhibit in the South Hall of the Community Center featuring the works of Paul and Carlene Moscatt. Paul, a painter, currently has a painting in the Broadmead Collection, Marc deSimone playing the Mandolin" which now hangs in the Holly Terrace. Carlene is a painter and uses paper to create artworks. She also taught watercolor and drawing classes at Broadmead in the 1990s. The exhibit will continue through December 1. The exhibit was featured in an article in the Summer Voice. To read the article. click here.

There will be a reception to meet the artists on September 22 from 2 - 4 pm.

Musical Movie Matinees Returning September 4

After a brief summer break. the Musical Movie Matinees are returning on September 4 with a showing or Rogers and Hammersiein's South Pacific. Nurse Nellie Forbush (Mitzi Gaynor) of the U.S. Navy falls for middle-aged French plantation owner Emile De Becque (Rossano Brazzi), but recoils upon discovering that he's fathered two mixed-race children. When Nellie leaves him, the heartbroken Emile agrees to take on a dangerous espionage mission. In his absence, Nellie struggles to reconcile her prejudices with her love for him -- and after she spends time with his children and comes to care for them, fears that Emile may not return alive. (flyer)

Questions? Contact Don Killgallon

Old & New Shop Summer Sale

Old & New Shop Half Price Summer Clothing Sale

August 20th to August 30th

Cash, check, or credit card accepted

Come in and get a great deal!

Grocery and Errand Transportation Schedule

The Transportation department has posted the weekly, regular schedule of buses it runs to local stores and shops on Broadmead Connect (Caremerge). It is now posted on this site also as a convenience. Click here to see it. Sign up for all grocery and errand transportation is required no less than 24 hours in advance. Please call the Transportation Office at 443-578-8023 to reserve your seat on the bus. All grocery/errand trips depart from the Community Center’s lower level main entrance.

Model Trains and Railroading Interest Group Presents

The Photography of Jim Kleeman

Broadmead Retirement Community

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

10:00 AM, in the Fireplace Room

“Scenes of Today’s Railroads”

(flyer)

The Broadmead Train Club Interest Group has received a number of books regarding railroad subjects from resident donations. The books have been placed on a shelf in the auditorium. The shelf is on the wall of the West alcove. Additions will be made as collection grows.

Two new books of railroad history are being placed today on the shelf maintained by the Broadmead Model Trains and Railroading Interest Group and will be available for resident check-out.

Makin’ Tracks, The Story of the Transcontinental Railroad in the Pictures and Words of the Men Who Were There. by Lynne Rhodes Mayer and Kenneth E. Vose.

Civil War Railroads, Pictorial Story of the Iron Horse, 1961-1865. by Geo. B. Abdill

More Information

Broadmead Student Support Volunteer Project - SSVP

The Broadmead Student Support Volunteer Project is a new BRA Activity that has been started to support Baltimore County students in three important areas

Monthly collection and distribution of donated, non-perishable food to student families who are in need.
Collection and distribution of school supplies to students.
Assisting in elementary school classrooms helping students learn reading, math, or writing skills named RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program)

For more information about the Student Support Project contact Sandy Angell

Dementia Care Movie Series

The Dementia Care Center of Excellence is going to present a six part movie series over the summer featuring films addressing dementia (flyer). The next will be on Monday, August 29 and will be Still, about Michael J Fox. This and all showings will be at 2:00 pm in the Auditorium. Subsequent movies will be:

Thursday, August 29 - Still (Michael J Fox)
Monday, September 30 - The Father September

First Monday Book Club Update - September Meeting

The First Monday Book Group will meet next at 10:30-11:30 in the Fireplace Room on September 2. Our discussion will be of All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Blingley.

Click here for an updated reading schedule for 2024. Questions? Contact Elsa Collins

Reading the Bard Literary Group Starts September 3

The Shakespeare series, Reading the Bard, will begin again on September 3, with the film of Othello, the operatic version of Othello, starring Placido Domingo. We meet in the auditorium at 2 o’clock. Our second session will be a discussion of the film and play on September 17. Look forward to seeing everyone again after the summer off. Questions? Call Tom Scheye.

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. Click here for the list of books we are currently reading. 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. We will be meeting again on August 19 (Monday) at 10 am in the Fireplace Room. Our discussion will focus on Beast in the Jungle and Aspern Papers by Henry James

Mystery Book Club

The next meeting will be Monday, September 16 at 1:00 pm in the Community Room in the Upland building. The book under discussion will be The Return of the Dancing Master by Henning Mankell. For the updated list of books we will be discussing click here. Questions? Contact Craig Smith. Everyone is welcome.

LIBRARY NEWS

New Books in the Library

The library has added a new batch of books in July thanks to our BRA support and your monthly donations. For more details about these acquisitions click here. For more about the Library click here

Books Not Returned

Please remember to return library books that you are not actively reading so that they are accessible to other residents. This is particularly true for new books.

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. Click here to view the Library's book donation guidelines.

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

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.

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 donation guides for these situations.

For more information about the Barn Sale, go to www.broadmeadbra.org/barn-sale.

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 About page

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