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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​

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News

New or Recently Updated (click on item to view)

 

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Photo Galleries & Music Concerts

 

 

EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION FUND

It is time to show our team members how much we appreciate their work.  In lieu of Broadmead's no tipping policy, the BRA collects contributions from residents to the Employee Appreciation Fund.  Each resident unit has been sent a letter explaining the mechanics for participating (click here to see a copy) Everyone is encouraged to join in. 

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RESIDENT PARTICIPATION TO DATE:  29%

Don't forget to give!

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More detail information about BRA activities

 

Weekly Events

(go to Events for details)

Monday:

  • Book Clubs

Tuesday

  • Beads & Recycled Paper Art

  • Creative Arts Class

  • Stitching Interest Group

  • Mexican Train Dominoes

  • Movie Night (schedule)

Wednesday

  • NCR Trail Trips - Starts March 20 

  • Sew & So

  • Duplicate Bridge

  • Intermediate Contract Bridge

  • Paint & Pastels Class

  • Rubber Bridge

Thursday

  • Mah Jongg

  • Ceramics Class
  • Barn Sale Receiving
  • IT Help & Information Sessions

Friday

  • Chorus Practice

  • Flower Committee

  • Christian Men's Connection Group

  • Writers Group

  • Free Bistro Happy Hour

Saturday

Sunday

  • Quaker Meeting

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Other Events

This Week and Beyond (chronologically)

(go to Events for details)

 

4/18: Vaccine Clinic  (flyer) 

4/19: Men's Social

4/19: Movie Night - Crossing Delancey

4/20: Vespers - (flyer) 

4/21: Classic Book Club - William Faulkner - The

        Sound and the Fury  (more) 

4/21: Mystery Book Club - Helsinki Homicide: 

        Against the Wall by Jarkko Sipila  (more)

4/22: Trail Day (flyer) 

4/22: Earth Day  (flyer) 

4/22: Movie Night - Anora

4/23: Train Group - Meeting cancelled

4/24 Open Forum - Judge Richard Bennett  (flyer) 

4/26: Men's Social

4/26: Movie Night - A Complete Unknown

4/26: Trip to Hunt Valley Wind Ensemble  (flyer) 

4/27: Music Committee - Dance Connnections

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4/29: Reframing Aging - Aging awareness talks.

         (flyer) 

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Barn Sale News

The Barn Sale has announced that the sale on March 28 & 29 this spring, yielded $11,126.15.  This compares last spring's $11,421.32 which includes $1,428 of honey sales.  There was no honey sold at this spring's sale.  The Barns Sale Committee thanks everyone who worked to make this success possible.

National Poetry Month Celebration

The Broadmead Writers Group is planning a month-long celebration of poetry in April centered on twice a week sessions of reading and writing poetry in the Artist's Gallery in the Health & Wellness Lobby.  All are invited to join the Group every Wednesday and Saturday in April at 11:00am in this endeavor.  Questions?  Contact Maggie Babb.  (flyer) 

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Trail Day

It is almost here!! 

Trail Day is on April 22nd.  Come to the Stoney Run parking lot.  There will be great tree or plant walks, if you want that.

  • Learn about our trees on the hill with Charlie Davis 

  • Meet our new horticulturists, Julia Craddock, as she shows you some of the various plants on the trails. 

  • Learn all about the tree identification project from Stan Wilson.       

  • Take a walk and look at the fire damage on the Ridge Trail

  • Just come out and enjoy the outdoors.  9:00 am - noon

(more detail)

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Trip to Winterthur Museum in Delaware

The BRA Trip Committee is planning a trip to Winterthur Museum and Garden on Wednesday, May 7.  The cost of the trip is $22 per person which is the admission charge to the Museum.  Winterthur was the home of Henry Francis duPont.  He was a passionate collector throughout his life.  He transformed his family home into a showplace for objects made and used for centuries.  He then opened it as a museum to share America’s diverse stories with the public.  The trip will leave Broadmead at 8:30am and return home around 4:30pm.  Click here for more about the trip and Winterthur Museum and Gardens​

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP

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Questions?  Contact Bill Hardy at 443-578-8541 or billhardy@comcast.net​

Broadmead Journal

Submissions: Spring is coming and it is time to start the Journal process – we will collect submissions through March and April and publish in May.  Send Joe Nietubicz your poems and stories for the Spring Journal to joen1234@comcast.net

NOTE: The deadline for submissions is the end of April!​

Subscriptions:  We operate by subscription to keep cost down – we only give copies to those who want them.  The subscription is free – Soooo, if you want a copy and didn’t get one last time, let Joe know and he will put you on the list – same address joen1234@comcast.net

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Music Committee - April Programs​

The Music Committee has scheduled a busy calendar for April.  All programs are in the auditorium

       Sunday, April 27 - 3:00 pm                 Dance Connections  (flyer) 

Sunday, May 4 - 3:00 pm                   Canticle Singers  (flyer)  

Wednesday, May 6 - 7:00 pm           Soheil Nasseri   (flyer) 

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Quilt Show - Starting March 1

The annual quilt show started March 1 in the East Hall and will continue through April.  The show exhibits quilts from and by Broadmead residents.

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Nature Committee Meets on First Thursdays

 The Nature Committee meets monthly on the first Thursday, at 11:00 a.m. in the Seminar Room.  We discuss ways we can promote enjoyment of nature and educate the Broadmead community about challenges to the health and sustainability of our natural habitat.

 

Questions:  contact Nancy Funk at nancyfunk5@gmail.com.

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Socrates Cafe

May Meeting:  The Socrates Cafe will meet in May on Tuesday May 20th at 10:30-11:45 in the Board Room (new location).  There will be a short video on "Where Do Thoughts Really Come From?"

Question to probe:  "Are our thoughts real?  If so, how so?"  Sponsored by Towson Unitarian Universalist Church.  Open to all.​​

First Monday Book Club Update

The first Monday Book Group meets the first Monday of each month 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.

 

Mon, April 7        All the Light  We  Cannot See,  Anthony Doer

Mon, May 5        Chasing Hillary, Amy Chozik

Mon, June 2       The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, James Mcbride

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 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.  Our next film is Macbeth.  We will meet on Tuesday, April 1 at 2 o’clock in the Fireplace Room.  We will meet to screen and discuss Macbeth.  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.  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.  Our next meeting will be on Monday, April 21 at 10:00 am in the Fireside Room. We will be reading The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner.

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Mystery Book Club

The next meeting will be Monday, April 21 at 1:00 pm in the Community Room in the Upland building.  The book under discussion will be Helsinki Homicide: Against the Wall, by Jarkko Sipila.  For the updated list of books we will be discussing click here.  Questions?  Contact Craig Smith.  Everyone is welcome.

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Current Reading Schedule (tentative)

The current reading schedule is as follows:

  • April 21 - Helsinki Homicide: Against the Wall by Jarkko Sipila

  • May 19 - The God of the Woods by Liz Moore.

  • June 23 - Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell.

  • July 21 - The Drowned by John Banville.

  • August 19 - In Too Deep by Lee Child.

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Big Books Club

Having recently completed The Ambassadors by Henry James, we are tackling over the next few months Fyodor Dostoevesky's The Brothers Karamazov. Ours is a small group who meet the fourth Monday of each month 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.'  (Ulysses took just about seven. This one may take four. ) We are a very informal group who just enjoy each other's company. The Brothers' group meets next on Monday, October 28 at 10:00 a.m. in the Fireside Room to discuss Part One, which has (what else?) four books in it. 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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LIBRARY NEWS

New Books in the Library

The library has added a new batch of books in February most of which are fiction. We're heavy on fiction this month, with new novels by old favorites--Louise Penny, Elizabeth Strout, Richard Osman, and Anne Tyler. There are also two short novels by Claire Keegan. Foster is the book on which the movie "The Quiet Girl" was based, and Small Things Like These has been made into a movie as well. Ina Garten  has a new memoir (large print), and we also have a biography of Isabella Stewart Gardner  For a list of these acquisitions click here.  The books are shelved in the New Books section of the library, near the fireplace.  For more about the Library click here  

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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.    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 About page

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Broadmead Resident Association

13801 York Rd, Cockeysville, MD 21030

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