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SEPTEMBER 2021 413-567-7800 Happy Birthday to you... Peggy Epstein 07 Doris Cobbs 15 Solarium Grand Opening… Joan Rosenbaum 07 Mary Ellen Higgins 15 Mort Katz 09 She will be 100! Renine Gold 10 Sue Hallberg 23 WELCOME: Earl Winer 26 The Solarium, located in the area on the 2nd Floor where Laura John & Maureen Cauley and Meghan’s offices and the Porch were, will be officially “open” Stew & Carol Creelman for programs on September 1st however, there will be a Grand Nancy Jacobs Things are Brewing at the Cafe... Opening celebration later in the afternoon on September 24. This is Some fun changes are being planned for the Doorstop Café. the same day as the Café unveiling, so it will be a wonderful day full of Starting on Monday, September 20th the Doorstop will be seeing the results of a lot of hard work. closed for some fun updates. There is a team of staff who are The event will take place at 3pm, with hors’ d oeuvres and wine, and will in- going to “spruce up” the area to make way for the new and clude a tour of Meghan and Laura’s new offices, the improved Recreation DISCOVERY SERIES improved - Doorstop Bistro! The Bistro will reopen on Friday Room, the beautiful Solarium and amazing pergola and new deck. W/ HEALTHPRO: September 24th at 11:30. Some of the changes will include: This area is included in Phase 1, along with the hallways and updated knuckle/ Arthritis Management New, enhanced menu; Bright new artwork; New decorations. common rooms. The focus for some of the knuckle rooms has changed and we in CH & Channel 918 Also, starting on September 24, entrees from the Terraceside will share the information as the rooms are ready. The architect designed the Dining Room will no longer be available. Instead, we will be spaces for long term, multipurpose use, so we are planning to update some of featuring one special entrée at dinner in the Bistro, along with GLENMEADOW the room naming to be consistent thematically throughout the building and the new menu and occasional “pop-up” specials. The goal is to support our overall brand image for premier offerings. Once room use deci- STORE have the Terraceside Dining Room and the Doorstop Bistro be Monday and Thursday sions are made, and a naming convention is confirmed, we will create the sign- two separate dining experiences. The Dining Team has spoken 10am to noon age and update all of you. to the Food Committee about this change for the past three At this point, on the first floor on Cotz Hall side, what used to be the Stebbins months with all being in agreement that it makes sense. Lounge is now the Meditation Room. On the same side of the building on the During the four day shut-down, breakfast and lunch will be 2nd Floor, the hallway to the left of the Solarium, there is a new Conference available in the Terraceside Dining Room. Room. So, please join us starting Friday, September 24th at 11:30 at the The other side of the building has a stunning new room for gathering and card new and improved Doorstop Bistro’s unveiling! If you have playing on the 3rd floor, the Lombard Lounge. The other two community questions, please address them to Chuck Yanosky, Dining Direc- rooms on that side will be completed shortly including the moving and im- tor, Andrew Proctor, Assistant Director of Dining Services or provement of the Billiard Room, which will now include a ping pong table, and Anne Westcott, Vice President of Operations. See you at the the Greenleaf Room, also available for booking your card games. Bistro!

Minute to Win it Community Wide Competition!! Party Through the Decades...

On HOLD this month. Due to the unknown finish date of the Cotz Hall and the Let’s get ready to go back in time, then forward once more! We are going to need for that space to conduct our competition, we will start back up in be in the 1950’s this time, can you remember the 50’s well? October. You’ll have to wait and see which department will compete! Wear your fifties garb on Thursday, September 23 at 3pm in the FLR, and enjoy This past month, Life Enrichment participated and Lisa’s team “Under Duress” some music, company and refreshments from that time period. won! Congratulations to all who joined us for the fun! Don’t forget—there will be a contest for the person who most embraced the 50’s in your outfit. Residents will pick a winner, and the winner will receive a $25.00 gift card to Big Y! Sing Out Chorus!!... Dr.’s On Call Family Ask...

The Community Music School will begin coming to Glenmeadow again this Dr Gary Goodman , relative of Joan Katz, will come to Glenmeadow on month, with our new instructor Laurie Ellington. Laurie is a vocalist, conductor Thursday, September 30 at 3pm in the Cotz Hall to talk to us about the and music educator with over 15 years' experience leading choruses of all importance of good dental health, especially as we age. ages. Her 20+ year singing career encompasses work with bands big and small, Some of Dr. Goodman’s credentials include that he practiced general dentistry in pop and jazz a cappella groups, musical theater and classical choirs in the US, Springfield from 1986 to 2016. He got his BS from Clark University in 1982, DMD at Europe and Asia. As a conductor, she believes that ensemble singing is one of Tufts School of Dental Medicine in 1986; Harvard Implant Program 1989-1990; In- life's great pleasures; she believes group singing should be about joy, connec- structor at STCC Hygiene 1988-1990 and held several lectures. tion and creating compelling performances, no matter the repertoire. Laurie We will be reaching out to Pat Smith’s son-in-law, Dr. Frank, who is a surgeon to see holds a B.A. from Harvard and a Master's in Music Education from Boston Con- about having him come and speak in the Fall. servatory. If you have a family member who you think might be interested in taking part, We will begin on Wednesday, September 1st from 1:30 to 3pm in the Family please ask them and then if they agree, please give me (Laura) their name and con- Living Room to start (until Cotz Hall is available again) each Wednesday ending tact info so that I may reach out to them, or give them my contact info directly, with a concert in December! which is 413-355-5905 or [email protected].

If you are new to Glenmeadow, please consider joining us, we can use more voices for sure, and especially men. You do not have to know how to read music to join us. Men’s Lunch Group Craft for a Cause... If you have any questions or want to sign up, please contact Laura Lavoie at 355-5905. The Men’s Group will meet in the 3rd We will begin our “crafting” this Dining Room on Friday, September month. Our dates to meet will be on A Moment with Meghan... 10th for Wings and beer. Please Fridays, the 3rd and 24th of the bring some ideas about what you month at 2:30pm in the Art Studio. Meghan has arranged another date with Hampden Hearing for a hearing aide might like to do next—poker, putting Please remember this is not about clinic. It will be on September 17th and if you are interested in dropping your green trip, local ballgame, a local crafting, it’s about pitching in and hearing aides to her, please contact her at 355-5904. brewery, etc... volunteering for a cause.

Friday, 9/17 on their domestic servant as Andrew Fenway Golf and Ice Cream... Double Indemnity begins to experience human feelings and creative thought. Lisa and Amber will be going to play miniature golf at Fenway Golf on Wednes- Saturday, 9/18 day, September 15th, departing from the Main Lobby at 1:30pm. The English Patient Sunday, 9/26 If you would like to join them, the cost to play is $6.00 for seniors plus your ice 1996 R 2 hrs. and 42 min. When the Red Fern Grows cream of choice. We are not sure if credit is available, so cash is probably the safest option. Set against the backdrop of World Tuesday, 9/28 Please be sure to sign up in the Trip Book at the Concierge if you would like to War II, this Oscar-winning drama Ghost attend. stars Ralph Fiennes as a badly burned pilot who recounts a tale of doomed Wednesday, 9/29 romance to the nurse tending him. As Dances with Wolves his story spills out via flashback, so do Regular Transportation... Medical Transportation... secrets about his identity. MONDAYS-East Longmeadow Stores Remember that if you would like to Please see concierge for Depart: 9:30am – Main Lobby Sunday, 9/19 Transportation Request forms to sign go to current movies, you can start a Monster-in-Law up for medical appointments. sheet in the Trip book and see if you WEDNESDAYS

Tuesday, 9/21 can get 6 of your friends to join you. Open Travel from 9:15am to 4:00pm The Greatest Showman Current listings can be found in the Depart Main Lobby Medical transportation times: newspaper or at Monday: 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm Wednesday, 9/22 FRIDAYS www.cinemark.com and put in West Tuesday: 9:30 am – 3:30 pm Love Story Longmeadow Shops Thursday: 9:30 am – 3:30 pm Springfield to see what is showing. Depart: 1:00pm - Main Lobby Friday: 8:30 am – 11:00 am Friday, 9/24 Forgotten Ellis Island Friday, August 6 Also a reminder that if there is a Men’s Group Resident Trips... certain movie you would like played Depart 11:30am—Red Rose Saturday, 9/25 Residents are once again initiating or certain genre you would like to Sign up in the trip book a.s.a.p. Bicentennial Man their own trips, so be sure to look in

1999 PG 2 hrs. 11 min. see more of, please be sure to let the Trip Book to see if any are in Wednesday, August 25 Laura know at 355-5905 or at her there. The Martin family purchases an an- Depart 11:30am—Holyoke Mall email which is Remember that you must have seven droid named Andrew to perform me- people signed up at least a week [email protected]. PLEASE SIGN UP AT THE CONCIERGE nial household tasks. Before long, prior, so if you are the originator of a FOR ALL TRANSPORTATION they realize they may be rubbing off trip, be sure to talk it up!

Weekly Wellness Programs... Movies...Remember to put any of your suggestions in the book if there are SUNDAYS 10:00am—Exercise w/Bands/ 918 & CH 11:00am—Let’s all Stand/ CH movies you would like to see, and remember that there are many different 1:30pm—Exercise/ 918 & CH 1:30pm—Strength Training/ 918 genres of movies that people like and we do our best to accommodate.

THURSDAYS MONDAYS Wednesday, 9/1 Middle-aged professor Rose Morgan 10:00am – Group Exercise/ 918 & CH 10:00am—Exercise/ 918 & CH 11:00am - Tai Chi/ CH 11:00am—Aquacise/ Pool Carolina (Barbra ) is tired of being 11:00am—Aquacise/ Pool 1:30pm—Strike Up the Band/ 918 & CH single and living with her mother 11:30am Meditation/ CH 2:00p—Neuro Exercise/ CH Friday, 9/3 (). Thus, when a colleague 1:30—Exercise for Arthritis/ 918 & CH Woman of the Year FRIDAYS (), proposes, Morgan TUESDAYS 10:00am– Bands & Balance/ 918 & CH Saturday, 9/4 accepts. But Morgan's colleague is in 10:00am—Exercise w/Bands 918 & CH 11:00am—Aquacise/Pool love with her mind, and the marriage 1:30pm—Otago Balance/ 918 & CH 2:00pm—Get on the Ball/ 918 & CH Emma 1996 PG 2 hrs. 3 min. he proposed is a platonic one. Not WEDNESDAYS SATURDAYS surprisingly, more discontentment 10:00am—Yoga Stretch/ 918 & CH 10:30am - Stretch & Tone/ 918 & CH follows. Streisand directed this 1:30pm - Exercise/ 918 & CH This adaptation of Jane Austen's novel 11:00am—Aquacise/ Pool romantic comedy, which earned a 11:00am Exercise w/Lauren/918 about misguided matchmaking takes a comic look at the romantic meddling of Golden Globe for Bacall and an Oscar Emma Woodhouse. Emma spends her nomination for Best Song. Jewish High Holidays Schedules... time arranging friends' romances, never Sunday, 9/12 noticing that her own true love is right Cowgirls n’ Angels Sinai Temple has virtual services we can access for you during the day. The beneath her nose. evening programs can be seen on your own home computers. If you would like Tuesday, 9/14 the link for those services, please contact Laura at 355-5905 or email at Sunday, 9/5 Groundhog Day [email protected] and she will send them to you. The Importance of Being Ernest As for what we will be showing here, Rosh Hashanah Day on September 7 takes Wednesday, 9/15 place at 11 am and will be shown in the Solarium. Yom Kippur: Morning Tuesday, 9/7 Fly Away Home Service will be at 11am, Musical Interlude at 1pm and the Yizkor Service will be Big Fish at 5pm. All of the above can also be watched on Channel 918. Also, Rabbi Noah from Yashiva will be here the 7th and 8th for Blowing of the Wednesday, 9/8 Shofar at 2:15pm in the Solarium. While You Were Sleeping

Friday, 9/10 Flu Clinic… Biographies, Robert Redford Looking ahead—Tentatively, on Thursday, October 7 and 14 from 2 to 4pm the flu shot will be offered in the Esther Sarah Theater. Look for more details in the Saturday, 9/11 October newsletter. The Mirror Has Two Faces 1996 PG-13 2 hrs. 7 min.