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Enjoy terrific events in and around Waltham year round.
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Thursday, March 11 Mutual Help: Help from People who have Been There and Really do Understand When: 12:30 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Where: 515 South Street, Waltham, MA This talk examines the special value of joining together with others who share a common life cycle issue or health problem and how empowering not being alone can be. Admission: Free Handicapped Accessible: Yes Contact: Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University Phone: 781-736-8111 Web: go.brandeis.edu/wsrc email: taormina@brandeis.edu Saturday, March 13 Just Write When: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Where: 735 Main Street A workshop for those who want to overcome mental barriers to writing. Deputat offers techniques for quieting the internal critic and encouraging the creative process. Space limited; Registration required. Admission: free Handicapped Accessible: Yes Contact: Friends of the Waltham Public Library Phone: 781-314-3425 ext Web: waltham.lib.ma.us email: waltham@minlib.net Tuesday, March 16 Most Dangerous Places to Eat in the Developed World and Ways to Survive When: 12:30 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Where: 515 South Street, Waltham, MA Every year 76 million Americans become ill as a result of consuming contaminated food. 325,000 of them are hospitalized, and 5,000 die as a result. Yet there are no such statistics for developing countries. We do know that millions of babies die every day situation that results in millions of babies dying every day worldwide because of infectious diseases or contaminated baby food? Why do people in these countries get sick; why are we not bothered about it? What can we do, and who can help? Admission: Free Handicapped Accessible: Yes Contact: Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University Phone: 781-736-8111 Web: go.brandeis.edu/wsrc email: taormina@brandeis.edu Thursday, March 18 The Personal is Political: Feminist Activism Over Time When: 12:30 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Where: 515 South Street, Waltham, MA Panels and performances illuminate the impact of activist feminists nationally and internationally from recent history to the present. Topics include women’s roles in international conflict resolution and governance; the continuing struggle to combat violence against women; and four decades of Our Bodies, Ourselves (OBOS). A performance by the Prometheus Elders Dance Group will culminate the program. Featured speakers include international peace workers, social and political activists, researchers and founding mothers. Admission: Free Handicapped Accessible: No Contact: Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University Phone: 781-736-8111 Web: go.brandeis.edu/wsrc email: taormina@brandeis.edu Saturday, March 20 Waltham Land Trust's 1st Day of Spring Walk When: 10 am - Noon Where: Start at Falzone Field, 901 Trapelo Road 2-hour walk to explore Lot 1 which is one of Waltham's newly acquired open spaces Admission: Free Handicapped Accessible: No Contact: Waltham Land Trust Phone: 781-893-3355 Web: www.walthamlandtrust.org email: info@walthamlandtrust.org Team Triathalon When: Where: 840 Winter Street Teams of 3 for running, swimming & Body Pump. $10 to register. Portion to Red Cross to aid Haiti. Non members are invited. Space is limited. Admission: 10.00 Handicapped Accessible: Yes Contact: Boston Sports Clubs Phone: 781-522-2222 Web: www.mysportsclubs.com Tuesday, March 23 Demystifying the Digital Collage When: 12:30 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Where: 515 South Street, Waltham, MA Fran will show some of her photographic collages and discuss how these are constructed from the alchemy of photography, scanner, and computer. She will also present some of her earlier work that will show the transition from analog to digital. Fran’s fabricated photographic realities suggest an unfinished story or a snippet from a dream. The photographic collage technique is perfectly suited to portray the imagined world of idea, memory, and emotion. Admission: Free Handicapped Accessible: Yes Contact: Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University Phone: 781-736-8111 Web: go.brandeis.edu/wsrc email: taormina@brandeis.edu Thursday, March 25 San Diego State 1970: The Initial Year of the Nation's First Women's Studies Program When: 12:30 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Where: 515 South Street, Waltham, MA Roberta Salper was the first full-time faculty member in the nation's first Women's Studies Program in the country in part of San Diego State College (now University). Much lore has been passed down about the troubled, contentious initial year of women's studies. Salper will share the inside story, told for the first time, excerpted from her forthcoming historical memoir. Admission: Free Handicapped Accessible: Yes Contact: Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University Phone: 781-736-8111 Web: go.brandeis.edu/wsrc email: taormina@brandeis.edu Wednesday, March 31 Living in the Dark: A Full Moon Tour When: 7pm. Doors open at 6:30pm Where: 52 Gore Street What was it like to live in the dark with only candles to light your way? Led by a guide in period clothing, this special evening tour of the beautiful Governor Gore mansion will explore life before the electric light. Free parking. For advanced tickets, call:(781)894-2798. Admission: $12 adults, $8 ages 5-12 Handicapped Accessible: No Contact: Gore Place Phone: (781) 894-2798 Web: http://www.goreplace.org/full-moon-tours.htm email: events@goreplace.org Living In the Dark: A Full Moon Tour When: 7pm (Doors open at 6:30pm) Where: 52 Gore Street, Waltham What was it like to live in the dark with only candles to light your way? Led by a guide in period clothing, this special evening tour of the beautiful Governor Gore mansion will explore life before the electric light.for advanced tickets, call (781) 894-2798. Admission: $12, $8 children Handicapped Accessible: No Contact: Gore Place Phone: (781) 894-2798 Web: www.goreplace.org/full-moon-tours.htm email: events@goreplace.org Thursday, April 8 Drums and Poems, Grasses and Clay: Using Communal Art-making to help Childr When: 12:30 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Where: 515 South Street, Waltham, MA This informal talk will focus on building relational skills and resilience in at-risk children through art-making. In one program, urban girls make communal art pieces out of clay, sheets and paint, learning about cooperation and connection. In another, Drums and Poems, children build poems as a group based on rhythms they bang out on found objects. This programs brings the neuropsychological research on rhythm as a calming factor together with the fun of playing with words: children learn relationship-building and literacy at the same time. Admission: Free Handicapped Accessible: Yes Contact: Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University Phone: 781-736-8111 Web: go.brandeis.edu/wsrc email: taormina@brandeis.edu Sunday, April 25 WPO Booster Club Volunteers When: 1:00pm Where: 190 Moody Street The Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra Booster Club invites new volunteers to a reception on Sunday, April 25 at 1:00pm in the Appleton Room, at the Francis Cabot Lowell Mill, 190 Moody Street. Come explore the many volunteer opportunities with one of the area’s most popular orchestras. Parking is available at the Pine Street parking garage; take the foot bridge over the Charles River then turn right down the path to the Appleton Room entrance located beside the patio. Refreshments will be served. For more information, please call Marilyn at 617-926-8551 Admission: Free Handicapped Accessible: Yes Contact: Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra Phone: 617-926-8551 Web: www.wphil.org Tuesday, April 27 Speaking from Experience: The Power of the Consciousness-Raising Group When: 12:30 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Where: 515 South Street, Waltham, MA The small, intentional consciousness-raising (c.r.) group was a vital technique in mobilizing women's identification and activism during the emergence of the Second Wave of feminism in the late 1960s and early 1970s. What attracted women to these informal gatherings to explore the ways in which sexism functioned in their personal and political lives? What caused a phenomenon that engaged over 100,000 women during the height of its practice to wane? Is it possible that the practice of basing activism on personal experience may not have died but still occurs in analogous settings? The presenter invites audience members to speak from their own experiences of small groups. Admission: Free Handicapped Accessible: Yes Contact: Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University Phone: 781-736-8111 Web: go.brandeis.edu/wsrc email: taormina@brandeis.edu Thursday, April 29 That Moment Of Creating: Women Artists Report When: 12:30 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Where: 515 South Street, Waltham, MA What is the experience of creating and how does an artist describe this unique process? Scholars from the Women’s Studies Research Center offer in-depth analyses of that moment in various fields. This is the WSRC’s 11th annual panel participating in Brandeis’ Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts. Panelists include: Alexandra Borrie, performance artist and director; Ornit Barkai, documentary dilm-maker; Georgia Sassen, psychologist, poet, and writer; with respondent, Elinor Gadon, art historian; with moderator, Rosie Rosenzweig, writer Admission: Free Handicapped Accessible: Yes Contact: Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University Phone: 781-736-8111 Web: go.brandeis.edu/wsrc email: taormina@brandeis.edu Tuesday, May 11 Annual Mother's Day Event When: 12:30 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Where: 515 South Street, Waltham, MA Please join us for our Annual Mother’s Day Celebration. This talk will highlight the Village Goddess India as a surrogate mother. Admission: Free Handicapped Accessible: Yes Contact: Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University Phone: 781-736-8111 Web: go.brandeis.edu/wsrc email: taormina@brandeis.edu Saturday, May 15 Garden Plant Sale at Gore Place When: 9am to 3pm Where: 52 Gore Street May 15, 21, 22 & 29; 9am to 3pm. Heirloom annuals, perennials, tomatoes and herbs from the greenhouse at Gore Place. You’ll have the chance to speak with gardener Scott Clarke who has a great deal of knowledge about these varieties that he's eager to share. A great garden event! Admission: N/A Handicapped Accessible: Yes Contact: Gore Place Phone: (781) 894-2798 Web: http://www.goreplace.org/plant-sale.htm email: events@goreplace.org Thursday, July 1 Historic Waltham Month When: Varies Where: Various Addresses Visit attractions, events and activities throughout the city. Enjoy dining at Waltham Restaurants during the month of July's Waltham Restaurant Month. More info coming soon. Handicapped Accessible: Yes Contact: Historic Waltham Inc. Web: http://www.historicwaltham.org
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