February 23, 2019, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM @ B Sisters Cafe
Framingham invites you to a Saturday morning chat at B Sisters Café located at 680 Worcester Road on Saturday, February 23, 2019, between 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. All are welcome to attend.
February 24, 2019, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Presented by Stacen Goldman In the early fall of 2017, while developing the upcoming World War I exhibition, Framingham History Center Curator Stacen Goldman discovered the unfinished, unpublished manuscript of Gordon Ware, a Framingham resident and volunteer ambulance driver during the Great War. Both funny and poignant, Ware’s writing offers insight into service on World War I’s “Forgotten Front” in the Balkans—a place where virtually no American service men set foot. Join Stacen as she discusses finding Ware’s manuscript in the FHC Collections, the impact it had on developing the World War I exhibition, and Gordon’s story itself. Her talk will be presented alongside exclusive photographs and readings from this unfinished work of Framingham’s own “Lost Generation” voice. Tickets are $5/FHC member and $10/non-member. Purchase tickets at framinghamhistory.org or mail checks to FHC P.O. Box 2032, Framingham, MA 01703. Questions? Call 508-626-9091. Snow date: March 3, 2019
February 25, 2019, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM @ Jack’s Abby Brewery
Put A LID On It: Managing Your Community’s Stormwater In A Changing Climate Building a more sustainable future starts with making choices in your own backyard. Low Impact Development (LID) is a design approach that maximizes benefits of natural systems, such as flood storage, in areas of a community that are vulnerable to flooding or water quality impairments. Explore examples of LID in Framingham and learn how to adapt to storm-water management challenges from folks who have led their community through this non-traditional development process. RSVP: Please email Ariel amaiorano@massaudubon.org Massaudubon.org/shapingevents This is a FREE Event, light refreshments provided AICP members can earn 12.75 Certification Maintenance (CM) credits for this activity. More information about AICP’s CM program can be found at www.planning.org/cm
February 28, 2019, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM @ Callahan Center
I Can’t Die But Once The Story of Harriet Tubman Presented by: Gwendolyn Quezaire-Presutti For ages 55 and older. Harriet Tubman was a woman of unique qualities and abilities, even though she was illiterate. She maintained an unblemished record of vigilance, legacy of sacrifice, and struggle. Gwendolyn Quezaire-Presutti portrays Harriet Tubman, weaving a tale of truth, pain, courage, and determination that takes the audience into Tubman’s life from slavery to escape to enlistment as a scout and spy for the Union cause during the Civil War. This program supported in part by a grant from the Framingham Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, and in part by the Rosanne Bergman Trust. Please call the Callahan Center to register: 508-532-5980
February 23, 2019, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM @ B SISTERS CAFE
February 25, 2019, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM @ MAYOR'S OFFICE
February 26, 2019, 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM @ WESTIN COPLEY PLACE
February 26, 2019, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM @ Ablondi Room
February 27, 2019, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM @ STONEHURST