BRA Activities
Reading/Writing/Liturature
BROADMEAD JOURNAL of POETRY and PROSE
ORGANIZER: Maggie Babb
WHERE: Publish works to all residents.
WHEN: Publish bi-annually in Spring and Fall
DETAILS: The Journal was first published in 2015 at the request of the Broadmead Writers group. All contributions come from the Broadmead residents and consist of both poetry and prose.
BROADMEAD WRITERS GROUP
ORGANIZERS: Maggie Babb
WHERE: Magnolia Room
WHEN: Mondays at 1:00 pm
DETAILS:The Broadmead Writers Group meets weekly to write and listen to each other’s written work. The group’s philosophy is a simple one: every person is a writer, and every writer deserves a safe space in which to experiment, learn, and develop their craft. The group follows the guidelines of the Amherst Writing Method, which states:
• Everyone has a strong, unique voice.
• Everyone is born with creative genius.
• Writing belongs to all people.
• A writer is one who writes.
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CLASSICS BOOK CLUB
ORGANIZER: John Mattingly
WHERE: Fireplace Room adjacent to the Bistro
WHEN: 3rd Monday of each month at 10:00 am
DETAILS: For new and all interested residents, Broadmead has a Classics Book Club that meets monthly in the Fireplace Room. They 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.
FIRST MONDAY BOOK CLUB
ORGANIZER: Elsa Collins
WHERE: Fireplace Room adjacent to the Bistro
WHEN: 1st Monday of the month, 10:30 am
DETAILS: The club meets ten months a year. With chairs arranged in a circle, participation is lively. Residents suggest new books for the list. The list of books is published in The Voice and the BRA website
MYSTERY BOOK CLUB
ORGANIZER:
WHERE: Upland Community Room
WHEN: 3rd Monday of the month, 1:00 pm
DETAILS: The club meets monthly on the third Monday of the month and focuses on mystery novels. The list of books being discussed is published on this website.
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HOW TO READ A POEM
ORGANIZER: Dave Harley
WHERE: Zoom
WHEN: Every Thursday, at 10:00 am
DETAILS: A group of residents meet weekly to discuss poems, either from a book or from suggestions from the members of the group. The emphasis is more on the meaning than on the structure of the poem.
LIBRARY WORKGROUP
ORGANIZERS: Pat van den Beemt
WHERE: Bookshelves lining the walls of the Community Center’s lower level
WHEN: Library shelves are always accessible to Broadmead residents; BRA Library Workgroup meetings, as scheduled
DETAILS: The Broadmead Library offers a range of fiction, non-fiction, and biography books for residents to borrow. There are also limited selections of material on dementia care. The BRA Library Workgroup augments this collection in two ways: 1) the purchase of new large-print books from its annual budget; and 2) the review a selection of books that are donated. The group accepts book donations on the second Thursday of each month from 9:30-11;00 am in the library. Guidelins for donating books are available at https://www.broadmeadbra.org/library-working-group. Books that are not incorporated into the library are sold in BRA’s Old & New Shop and at the Barn Sales. There is also a paperback section where no checkout is needed and a section of resident biographies
The library workgroup also maintains an online catalog of the collection which residents can browse to see what is available. The link to the catalog is: https://bm-ind.narvi.opalsinfo.net/bin/home. There is also a link to the catalog on the BRA Website's Activities page, and on Broadmrsd Connect.
PLAY READERS THEATER
ORGANIZERS: Linda Koch
WHERE: Auditorium
WHEN: Several times a year
DETAILS: The Play Readers Theater group selects one-act scripts to read to the audience (not act), periodically providing a unique style of entertainment to all. Usually there are three or more parts (and readers) who are lightly rehearsed but quite entertaining.
VOICE of the RESIDENTS
ORGANIZER: Alice Cherbonnier, Editor
DISTRIBUTION: New issues are distributed on the 1st of each month from September through June in residents’ cubbies, in the Marketing Office, and at the two Reception Desks.
FREQUENCY: Published monthly except for July and August
STORY CONTENT: Decisions about content, as well as writing and photography assignments, are made by the Editor, in consultation with the Editorial Board, at meetings usually held the fourth Wednesday of each month at 4 p.m. in the Seminar Room. Ideas for articles should be submitted to alicecherbonnier@gmail.com. Only electronic files are accepted, in Word, Pages or plain text. High-resolution digital photos are acceptable. All copy is subject to editing, including for length. The deadline for copy submission is the 15th of the month prior to the month of the issue in which an article is to appear.
PROMOTIONAL BOXES: Residents may submit requests to run event promotion content in “ad boxes”. Requests are due by the 10th of the month preceding publication of the ad or promo. Email requests to Francine Nietubicz at joen1234@comcast.net. There may not be space to accommodate all requests.
MISSION: The Voice is produced by and for the Broadmead Residents Association. It seeks to announce and report on activities at Broadmead and to carry news, features, and photos of interest to residents. Its major goal is to promote a sense of community.
DISCLAIMERS: The Voice does not publish: criticism of individuals or the three organizational bodies that constitute Broadmead (residents, administration, and trustees); controversial opinions about Broadmead affairs, as there are established procedures for the resolution of internal problems; matters of religious or political nature, except in the context of a lecture report with attribution to the author of the opinion; submissions from outside media due to space limitations and possible copyright issues.
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