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The Residences at Seashore Point l Concierge Condo Living in Provincetown The Residents’ Point MAY 2017

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC HATCHES HARBOR EXHIBITIONS PRESENTS YOGANANDA, documentary Robert Henry/Fun & Dance - Red & Yellow WEDNESDAY, MAY 3 • 7pm Emphatic, exuberant figurative paintings that Join the Residences at Seashore Point’s Yoga instructor reverberate with color. The show runs thru mid-June. Alison Dwyer for the screening and discussion of the documentary that chronicles the life of Paramahansa Yogananda, the man who helped to introduce yoga and meditation to Western peoples, helping to expand interest in this spiritual practice around the world.

PROTECTING OUR SENIORS: THE LATEST SCAMS, SCHEMES & CONS THURSDAY, MAY 4 • 4pm The former Director of Global Security Services for American Express, Seashore Point’s own Joanne Colucci presents on fraudulent schemes including HILDE OLESON WRITING GROUP telemarketing fraud, identity theft and other financial Tuesdays, May 2 & 16 • 10:30am abuses, along with tips on how to protect yourself and Join this group of writers who meet bi-weekly in the others. Residences at Seashore Point. NOT YOUR “REGULAR” COFFEE HOUR TRIVIAL PURSUIT with Michelle Crone Wednesdays • 10:30 am Wednesday, May 17, 7pm Please join residents and friends from the Who was the first person born on the Mayflower Provincetown area for a sumptuous coffee hour. in Provincetown Harbor? What is the most fun 55+ concierge condo community on Cape Cod? Join us ALZHEIMER’S SUPPORT GROUPS for an exciting round of Trivial Pursuit with local trivia Thursday, May 11 • 10:30am-noon, early-stage queen Michelle Crone and you just might win a prize Thursday, May 11 & 25 • 3-4:30pm, caregivers for the most right answers in five categories of her Collaborating with Alzheimer’s Family Support choosing! Center of Cape Cod to support people with mild cognitive impairment—early stages of Alzheimer’s or CAPE COD SAX QUARTET dementia-related illnesses—and their caregivers. Tuesday, May 23, 7pm MEN’S BREAKFAST The Cape Cod Sax Quartet was founded in 2014 by Tuesday, May 16, 9am Nicholas Suchecki, and they perform frequently A time for men to gather, conversation, camaraderie, with Cape-based artists, and have also played with and a nice meal. Free will donation. internationally renowned artists such as the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Chris Botti, Gladys Knight and the SEASHORE POINT BOOK CLUB Pips, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Ronnie Spector, Friday, May 19, 10:30am and the Artie Shaw Orchestra. Members have held This collaboration with Provincetown Public Library professorships at Berklee College of Music, Salve Regina brings you Matt Clark who leads a discussion of University, and the University of Rhode Island, so Lame Deer: Seeker of Visions by John (Fire) Lame they enjoy sharing with the audience the history and Deer and Richard Erdoes. mechanics of the various saxophones and the music they play. May Special Events

ROAD TRIP THURSDAY, MAY 18 • 9:30am-2:30pm +/- RAIN DATE: THURSDAY, MAY 25 • 9:30am-2:30pm +/- $10 bus, $15 admission at gate, lunch on your own There are still seats left for the final opera in the 2016- Rhododendrons blooming over 100 acres make this 2017 METROPOLITAN OPERA simulcast series! time of year at Heritage Gardens truly magical. There are To join us for the Live Broadcast operas at WHAT, please plenty of delights to experience when you visit. Cherry speak with Sheila McGuinness. Tickets & care-free blossoms, dogwoods, and early roses dazzle at eye- transportation $32 per person. level, while carpets of azalea, andromeda, annuals and perennials greet your feet! Der Rosenkavalier Three museum exhibitions vie for attention. Painted Live Broadcast: May 13, 12:30 pm Landscapes: Contemporary Views comprises works leave 11:45pm, return 5:45-ish by fifty of the country’s best contemporary painters, including outer Cape Cod artists Edward Hopper and Paul Resika. In The Heritage Collection are highlights from J .K. Lilly III’s 12,000 piece collection of paintings and rare objects, including a 1908 hand-carved carousel that you can ride on! Located in a round stone barn, which is a Hancock Shaker Village reproduction, Driven to Collect features ONLY 21 SEATS LEFT! fine cars such as a 1910 Sears Model P Surrey, a 1915 PLEASE CONSIDER ATTENDING OR MAKING A GIFT! Stutz Bearcat, and a 1909 White Steam Car Model M owned by President Taft. No trip would be complete without lunch on your own in the Magnolia Cafe, which offers outdoor seating under a canopy! Or enjoy your own brown bag lunch at picnic tables located throughout the grounds. Two ADA compliant shuttles make a loop around the property every 15 or 20 minutes, and there are benches outside the museums and at each stop. The Seashore Point bus will leave The Residences at 9:30am and return mid-afternoon, +/- 2:30pm. The tour is self-guided. And since no one can see the complete property in a single trip, we plan about 3 hours during which you can pick and choose what you would like to see and do before we all meet back at the bus for the 70-minute trip home. Seating is limited to the first 11 residents who return the completed registration form available at the Concierge Desk. Any questions, please speak with Sheila McGuinness. May Events

Saturday Matinee Sunday Night at the Movies Events Committee May 6, 3pm, Point Room May 7, 7:30pm May 8, 11am And Now Tomorrow, 1944, 86min Queen of Katwe, 2016, 122min Hatches Harbor Room

Betty Comey, Lorraine Kujawa, and star Based on a vibrant true story Alexandra MacDonald, Elaine in this film—directed by Irving starring Lupita Nyong’o and David Anderson, Joan LeBlanc and Sheila Pichel and written by Raymond Oyelowo, and directed by Mira McGuinness discuss and plan Chandler, and based on the Nair. A Ugandan girl’s life changes upcoming special events. Please best-selling novel by Rachel Field. forever when she discovers she has feel free to make your suggestions Both center around one doctor’s an amazing talent for chess, in this to anyone on the committee. attempt for curing deafness. celebration of the human spirit.

Sunday Night at the Movies Talking Point Saturday Matinee May 14, 7:30pm, Point Room May 16, 4pm May 20, 3pm, Point Room Swan Lake, 107min Hatches Harbor Room The Damned Don’t Cry, 1950 Rudolph Nureyev and Margot This is your opportunity to Fonteynin the Vienna State Opera This melodrama stars Joan hear about and discuss with Crawford. A woman whose blind Ballet’s renowned production of management upcoming events, the Tchaikovsky masterpiece. This ambition leads to her undoing, news and community topics. This ditches her husband, heads to New remains one of the few chances is also an opportune time to meet to see two of the greatest dancers York and exploits her sex appeal with other residents you may not to become the mistress of a crime of the 20th century together in a often see. complete ballet. boss.

Sunday Night at the Movies Residents’ Dining Committee Saturday Matinee May 21, 7:30pm, Point Room May 22, 11am May 27, 3pm, Point Room People, Places, Things 2015, 86 min Hatches Harbor Room Doctor and the Girl, 1949, 98 min When a graphic novelist discovers Ann Wright, Paul Endich, Don Love, death and forgiveness his wife’s infidelity, it sends him Roy, Carol Procter and maybe Bill form the bonds between a man into exile from his family. He is Brewer meet with Don Dickerson (Charles Coburn) and his children. too depressed to write and can’t and Sheila McGuinness to discuss His controlling ways cause one let go of his ex—until a student June’s Nightly Specials and your daughter (Gloria DeHaven) to run challenges him to move forward. dining Response Cards. Please feel away to Greenwich Village, just as Jemaine Clement, Regina Hall, free to make your suggestions to another prepares for her wedding. Stephanie Allynne committee members.

Sunday Night at the Movies MEMORIAL DAY BBQ May 28, 7:30pm, Point Room May 29, 2-4pm, Breezy Point Deck While We’re Young, 2015, 97min Filmmaker Josh Srebnick is up A cookout for residents to cele- against a creative wall when he brate the holiday. Don & his team meets an attractive and quirky serve burgers, hot dogs, BBQ young couple, Jamie and Darby, chicken, coleslaw, potato salad, who bring new vigor and energy to watermelon, cookies, ice creams. the lives of Josh and his wife—until NO DINNER SERVED IN THE DINING a professional conflict arises. Ben ROOM TODAY. Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver Resident Lorraine Kujawa’s white-line woodblock print, Seagull, to be auctioned at the WeCare gala. MayDinner Specials 1. Monday Broiled Lamb Chops with mint jelly, 17. Wednesday Chef Don’s Spaghetti Bolognese. A horseradish mashed potatoes & asparagus GF LS LF Seashore Point favorite!! Italian meat sauce slowly 2. Tuesday Grilled Atlantic Salmon with garlic herb simmered and served atop a bed of spaghetti, with a butter, with brown rice and sugar snap peas GF LS LF garlic knot roll and broccolini LS LF 3. Wednesday Pollo Puttanesca chicken breast pan- 18. Thursday Baked Lobster Mac & Cheese. A comfort seared and sautéed with garlic, shallots, black olives, food lover’s dream!! Served with a char-grilled tomato anchovies, grape tomatoes, fresh basil, in a sweet and portobello mushroom cap. marinara sauce atop angel hair pasta, served a balsamic 19. Friday Salmon Wellington roasted with julienne baby spinach garnish. LS LF vegetables in a puff pastry. Served with a walnut & 4. Thursday Fresh Chatham Codfish flash fried and green bean casserole LS served with French fries, coleslaw & tartar sauce. 20. Saturday Chef Steven’s Shepherd’s Pie Sautéed 5. Friday “Cinco de Mayo” Southwestern Turkey Loaf, ground lamb & beef topped with sweet corn, whipped oven-baked with Monterey Jack cheese, scallions, potatoes, and a Micro Green side salad. GF LS LF roasted red peppers, and a hint of sriracha. Served with 21. Sunday Low-sodium roasted Virginia Pitt Ham sliced seasoned black beans, guacamole, and sour cream thin with or without honey-ginger glaze. Served with 6. Saturday Steak Teriyaki grilled to your liking, topped mashed sweet potato and buttered peas. GF LS LF with mango relish, served with white rice & broccolini. 22. Monday Baked Chicken a la Florentine. Chicken 7. Sunday Roast Pork Loin topped with Greek olive breast baked in light alfredo sauce with red peppers, tapenade, feta cheese, and roasted garlic Espagnole spinach rabe, garlic, Roma tomatoes with sherry crumb sauce. With roasted potatoes & corn on the cob. LS topping. Served with basil parmesan brown rice. LS LF 8. Monday Maine Crab Salad stuffed Beefsteak Tomato, 23. Tuesday Pan-Asian Beef & Broccoli in a Hoisin brown with wilted balsamic baby arugula, and German sauce with roasted pimentos & mushrooms, over white cabbage salad GF LS LF rice with a side salad. 9. Tuesday Cashew-encrusted Yellowfin Tuna seared to 24. Wednesday Shrimp & Scallop Provençale. Tender a medium rare with pickled ginger, wasabi, soy sauce shrimp and Cape sea scallops sautéed in olive oil, garlic, and avocado rice pilaf LS LF shallots and minced kale leaves simmered in a tomato- 10. Wednesday Homemade Vegetable Lasagna herb reduction, served over wagon wheel pasta with Formaggi. Mascarpone, mozzarella, and Romano parmesan. cheeses nestled atop an array of fresh vegetables and 25. Thursday Seared Pork Cutlet in tarragon breading herbs, baked with Lasagna noodles and basil marinara, laced with Béarnaise sauce, served with roasted red with a side Caesar salad. potatoes and buttered carrots. LS 11. Thursday Pork Chops and Applesauce Center-cut 26. Friday Baked Stuffed Haddock in sharp cheddar chops grilled medium and served with pancetta roasted béchamel sauce, served with scalloped tomatoes & potatoes and cauliflower au gratin. Mom’s favorite!! lemon parsley rice pilaf. 12. Friday Baked Stuffed Fillet of Sole with miso 27. Saturday By Resident Request! Homemade Tuna hollandaise sauce and served with lemon infused Casserole with mushrooms, haricot vert, peas, parsnip, Brussels sprouts. sherry & pecorino cheese. Served with roasted zucchini. 13. Saturday Our annual “Gala” dinner: either Roast 28. Sunday Yankee Pot Roast simmered a jus with Cornish Game Hen with cranberry herb demi-glace; parsnip, carrot, turnip & red potatoes. or Grilled Swordfish with garlic vermouth butter. Both 29. Monday Memorial Day BBQ, 2-4pm. Burgers, hot served with rice pilaf & tri colored asparagus. LS LF dogs, BBQ chicken, coleslaw, potato salad, watermelon, 14. Sunday Sun Dried Tomato/Pesto. Chicken Thigh cookies, ice creams. NO DINNER IN DINING ROOM served with butternut squash and scalloped potatoes. 30. Tuesday Baked Airline Chicken (boneless except 15. Monday Chef Mark’s Rock Shrimp Croquettes lightly wing joint), quickly seared then baked until crisp and fried and laced with sweet tomato sauce. Accompanied tender. Served with sweet corn casserole and cilantro by roasted fennel and honey orzo pilaf infused orzo pilaf. LS LF 16. Tuesday Grilled New York Sirloin with brandy 31. Wednesday Grilled Caribbean Mahi Mahi with a peppercorn sauce, broccoli florets and baked potato.LS garlic vermouth butter, served with fingerling potatoes LS low-salt, LF low-fat, GF gluten-free & roasted cauliflower florets.LS LF May Calendar Monday, May 1 Tuesday, May 9 8:30am Orleans Errands, Lobby 8:30am Provincetown Errands, Lobby 2pm Yoga, Point Room 12:30pm Blood Pressure, Be Well Corner 6:30pm Duplicate Bridge, Point Room 1pm Chair Exercises, Point Room Tuesday, May 2 2pm Afternoon Tea, Private Dining 8:30am Provincetown Errands, Lobby Wednesday, May 10 10:30 Hilde Oleson’s Writing Group, Private Dining 8:30am Hyannis Medical, Lobby 12:30pm Blood Pressure, Be Well Corner 10:30am Coffee Hour, The Grille 1pm Chair Exercises, Point Room 2pm Dealers’ Choice, Point Room Wednesday, May 3 3pm Bingo, Private Dining 8:30am Hyannis Medical, Lobby Thursday, May 11 10:30am Coffee Hour, The Grille 10:30-12 Alzheimer’s Support Group, Point Room 2pm Dealers’ Choice, Point Room 1pm Fitness Center Training, Gym 3pm Bingo, Private Dining 3-4:30pm Alzheimer’s Caregivers’ Support Group, Point 7pm Film: Yogananda, Point Room 3:30pm Game Day, 3rd floor lounge Thursday, May 4 Friday, May 12 1pm Fitness Center Training, Gym 8:30am Provincetown Errands, Lobby 4pm Scams, Schemes & Cons, Hatches Harbor 12:30pm Blood Pressure, Be Well Corner Friday, May 5 1pm Residents’ Bridge, The Grille 8:30am Provincetown Errands, Lobby 5pm Happy Hour, The Grille 12:30pm Blood Pressure, Be Well Corner DINING ROOM CLOSED, served in Point Room 1pm Residents’ Bridge, The Grille Saturday, May 13 5pm Happy Hour, The Grille 11:45am Opera, Lobby Saturday, May 6 1pm Chair Exercises, CANCELLED 1pm Chair Exercises, Point Room 3pm Saturday Matinee, CANCELLED 3pm Saturday Matinee, And Now Tomorrow, Point Rm DINING ROOM CLOSED, dinner served in Point Room 5pm Kentucky Derby Party, The Grille 6pm WeCare Gala, Hatches Harbor & Dining Room Sunday, May 7 Sunday, May 14 Noon Omaha Poker, Private Dining Noon Omaha Poker, Private Dining 7:30pm Sunday Movies, Queen of Katwe, Point Room 7:30pm Sunday Night at the Movies, Swan Lake, hosted Monday, May 8 by resident Anne MacAdam, all welcome, Point Room 8:30am Orleans Errands, Lobby Monday, May 15 11am Events Committee, Hatches Harbor 8:30am Orleans Errands, Lobby 2pm Yoga, Point Room 2pm Yoga, Point Room 6:30pm Duplicate Bridge, Point Room May Calendar Tuesday, May 16 8:30am Provincetown Errands, Lobby 9am Men’s Breakfast, Dining Room 10:30 Hilde Oleson’s Writing Group, Private Dining 12:30pm Blood Pressure, Be Well Corner Wednesday, May 24 1pm Chair Exercises, Point Room 8:30am Hyannis Medical, Lobby 4pm Talking Point, Hatches Harbor 10:30am Coffee Hour, The Grille Wednesday, May 17 2pm Dealers’ Choice, Point Room 8:30am Hyannis Medical, Lobby 3pm Bingo, Private Dining 10:30am Coffee Hour, The Grille Thursday, May 25 2pm Dealers’ Choice, Point Room 1pm Fitness Center Training, Gym 3pm Bingo, Private Dining 3-4:30pm Alzheimer’s Caregivers’ Support Group, Point 7pm Trivial Pursuit, Hatches Harbor Room Thursday, May 18 9:30am Trip to Heritage Gardens, Lobby RAIN DATE 1pm Fitness Center Training, Gym Friday, May 26 9:30am Trip to Heritage Gardens, Lobby 8:30am Provincetown Errands, Lobby Friday, May 19 12:30pm Blood Pressure, Be Well Corner 8:30am Provincetown Errands, Lobby 1pm Residents’ Bridge, The Grille 10:30am Seashore Point Book Club, Private Dining Room 5pm Happy Hour, The Grille 12:30pm Blood Pressure, Be Well Corner Saturday, May 27 1pm Residents’ Bridge, The Grille 1pm Chair Exercises, Point Room 1:30pm Dr. Campo, Podiatrist, Be Well Corner 3pm Saturday Matinee, Doctor and the Girl, Point Room 5pm Happy Hour, The Grille Sunday, May 28 Saturday, May 20 Noon Omaha Poker, Private Dining 1pm Chair Exercises, Point Room 7:30pm Sunday Night at the Movies, While We’re Young, 3pm Saturday Matinee, Damned Don’t Cry, Point Room Point Room Sunday, May 21 Monday, May 29 Noon Omaha Poker, Private Dining 8:30am Orleans Errands, Lobby 7:30pm Sunday Night at the Movies, People Places 2pm Yoga, Point Room Things, Point Room 2-4pm Memorial Day BBQ, NO DINNER SERVICE TODAY Monday, May 22 Tuesday, May 30 8:30am Orleans Errands, Lobby 8:30am Provincetown Errands, Lobby 11am Dining Committee, Hatches Harbor 12:30pm Blood Pressure, Be Well Corner 2pm Yoga, Point Room 1pm Chair Exercises, Point Room Tuesday, May 23 Wednesday, May 31 8:30am Provincetown Errands, Lobby 8:30am Hyannis Medical, Lobby 12:30pm Blood Pressure, Be Well Corner 10:30am Coffee Hour, The Grille 1pm Chair Exercises, Point Room 2pm Dealers’ Choice, Point Room 2pm Birthday Celebrations 3pm Bingo, Private Dining 7pm Jazz Sax Quartet, Hatches Harbor Room In and around RICHARD LEAVITT by Dorene Glynn in the Himalayas, white water rafting in the Grand Reprinted from the Deaconess Annual report. Canyon and jumping out of a plane strapped to a Richard Leavitt is a resident at Seashore Point who skydiving instructor at 10,000 feet. holds the title of “the resident who has lived here In 2002, he traded globetrotting for an annual the longest.” He recalls walking down Commercial two-week stay in Provincetown in October. Shortly Street in Provincetown when he noticed a sign thereafter, with his sight and hearing beginning to announcing that Seashore Point was now under fail, he recognized the need as a divorced man with construction. He walked into the sales no children to move into a community office on that day in 2006 and moved into where he could have support as his needs his apartment at Seashore Point in June of changed. He researched and visited 2008. a number of retirement communities Richard, at 89, is both well-educated and in southeastern New England before well-traveled. Born and raised in Durham, deciding to move to Seashore Point. NH where his father was a professor at It met all his requirements—the the state university, Richard has degrees southeastern New England location, at from Yale (English), the University of the ocean, on the edge of town (not in New Hampshire (French) and Columbia town or too far away from town), a casual University (Masters in Library Service). His environment and the freedom to socialize teaching career includes positions in New on a level that is comfortable for him. England, Miami, Florida, Kyoto, Japan, and Seashore Point offers a full program of New York City. He “retired” in 1989, but activities from which he is able to choose continued teaching at the State University of New as much or as little as he wants, including a monthly York in New Paltz, officially retiring in 1994. book club, daily workouts in the fitness center, He has traveled extensively throughout Europe reading and study and socializing. “Coming here was and Asia—Japan, China, Korea, Hong Kong, a very wise decision,” Richard says. “This place works Singapore, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and many for me. I’m very content and plan to live out my life other places too numerous to list. As you might here.” With Robert Louis Stevenson, he says: imagine for someone who loves experiencing other cultures, he also has a love of languages and This be the verse you grave for me; has studied Latin, Spanish, German, French and “Here he lies where he longed to be, Japanese. The year 2001 was a banner year for Home is the sailor, home from the sea Richard that included his last major trip, to Bhutan And the hunter home from the hill.”