TOWN OF BROOKLINE SENIOR NEWS AND EVENTS Council on Aging Published with help from the Brookline Multi‐Service Senior Centers Corporation Brookline Senior Center 93 Winchester Street Brookline, Massachusetts 02446 DECEMBER 2012 Council on Aging Information Hotline HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS 617 730 2777 617 730 2778 Senior Center Van 617 730 2770 617 730 2750 Brookline Council on Aging www.brooklinema.gov Holiday time at the Senior Center this year is Www.brooklineseniorcenter.org especially festive. Come and celebrate your favorite holiday—you pick it. Our nonde‐ Brookline Community Aging Network nominational events include concerts (see pp. www.BrooklineCAN.org 3, 4, and 25), storytelling (see p. 4), feasting (see pp. 3 and 17), movies (see pp. 12 and 13), ELDER RESOURCE GUIDE book discussions (see p. 21), and a New Year ’s Hot off the press and Open House (see p. 4). And there are other available for free at the programs that are equally festive—the Gal‐ Senior Center! It’s the lery show (on p. 15), Theater Club and Brook‐ 6th Edition of the line Rec events (see pp. 26 and 27 respec‐ Brookline Council on tively), Easy Travel (see p. 5), Latino music Aging/Senior Center Elder Resource (see p. 29), and on and on. As you read Guide—with new sections on advo‐ through the pages in the Senior News and cacy, errands, geriatric care advisors, Events, you will find something for everyone. information and referral, and multi‐ The Council on Aging and the Senior Cen‐ cultural programs; Partners in Care ter is always at work to promote a healthy, Spotlights on the LGBT Aging Project active, and enlightened platform for the and residential care homes/retire‐ Brookline senior community. And we would ment homes; and the most current like to thank you all—seniors and volunteers, information available on all the re‐ contributors, and the community at large and sources that were included in the 5th to wish everyone a peaceful, healthy, and edition of the Guide. happy holiday season. This is an invaluable tool for eld‐ ers and caregivers alike. Stop by the Senior Center and pick a copy up today. 1 INDEX Allston Soup Kitchen, Gifts for ................................. 29 Movies for Film Lovers .............................................. 13 Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group .................. 10 Ongoing Senior Center Events .................................. 19 At a Glance, December .......................................... 18‐19 Open House, New Year’s (with John O’Neill Autumn Benefit Reprise, 11th Annual ....................... 29 concert) ..................................................................... 4 Beading Workshop, Modern........................................ 4 PARC Program, The ................................................... 10 Board President, From the ......................................... 30 Parkinson Disease Support Group ........................... 10 BOC Life Solutions ........................................................ 5 Poem by Lila Sesholtz ................................................ 19 Book Discussion Group, Public Issues Nonfiction . 21 Reiki Therapy .............................................................. 28 Book Discussion Group, Putterham ......................... 21 Renewal and donation forms (Support the Senior Brookline Recreation ................................................... 26 Center) .................................................................... 31 Cinema, Senior ............................................................. 12 Resource Guide, Elder .................................................. 1 Cippy MacDougall, Reprise‐‐In Memoriam: ........... 30 Senior Center Events, Ongoing ................................. 19 Clear Conversations .................................................... 14 Senior Chorus and Check Presentation ................... 25 COA Meeting ............................................................... 11 Senior Scene ................................................................... 4 Computer Sessions, One‐on‐One .............................. 28 Senior Services (BETS, BLAB, File of Life, HELP, Concert, Brookline Music School ................................ 3 JOBS, SNAP, SHINE, Social Security) ................. 8 Concert, Russian Tea Room ......................................... 3 Social Security Offices, New Hours and Dance and Movement, Modern ................................. 10 Information for ....................................................... 9 Decorators, Senior Center ............................................ 5 Spanish Immersion ..................................................... 29 Director, From the ......................................................... 9 Springwell Nutrition Program (menus) ............. 16‐17 ELF ................................................................................... 7 Storytelling, Holiday .................................................... 4 Elks Holiday Dinner (with Collective Measures Subscription Renewal Notice .................................... 21 entertaining) ............................................................ 3 Suggestions .................................................................. 21 Elks Lodge 886, Thank you ........................................ 30 Tax Exemptions ............................................................. 5 Fitness Center ............................................................... 10 Thank You! ................................................................... 30 Food Distribution Site, Senior Center ....................... 11 Theater Club ................................................................ 27 French Conversation ................................................... 21 Toy Drive ..................................................................... 11 Fuel Assistance ............................................................ 21 Travel, Easy .................................................................... 5 Gallery, At the .............................................................. 15 Vacation in December, On ........................................ 24 Geriatrician, Ask a ....................................................... 22 Goddard House Lecture/Dinner ............................... 14 The Town of Brookline Senior News & Events Green Homes Weatherization Workshop ................ 24 BROOKLINE COUNCIL ON AGING (COA) Handicapped Access ................................................... 14 Hazardous Stuff, Disposal of ..................................... 28 Ruthann Dobek Health Page, The (Ask a Nurse, Podiatry Clinic, Low Director, Council on Aging/Senior Center Vision Group, Blood Pressure Screenings, Flu Julie Washburn Clinic, Shingles) ....................................................... 6 Holiday Happenings..................................................... 1 Program Manager, Council on Aging/Senior Center Holidays, December ...................................................... 3 Judith Gimple January, Starts in—SAVE THE DATES (The Senior Newsletter Editor and Publisher Citizen Police Academy, Zumba Gold) ............. 25 The Town of Brookline Senior News and Events is LGBT Meeting .............................................................. 12 published monthly by the Brookline Council on Luncheon Specials for December .............................. 17 Aging, 93 Winchester Street, Brookline, MA 02446. MBTA Senior Access Passes ...................................... 28 Subscription fee: $10.00/year. See page 31 for Medicare and Prescription Drugs ............................... 7 subscription/renewal forms. Meet Me at Coolidge…and Make Memories .......... 12 2 BROOKLINE MUSIC SCHOOL CONCERT DECEMBER HOLIDAYS On Wednesday, December 5, at 1:00 pm, Valerie The Senior Center will be open every weekday Ross, pianist, and Aubrey Burdick, violinist, in December except for Tuesday, December 25. will perform in the first Brookline Music School We will be celebrating all month, however, with concert of the season at the something for everyone. Senior Center. The perform‐ Chanukah starts on Sunday, December 9. ance is free and no reserva‐ The Winter Solstice (the shortest day of the tions are required. year) falls on Friday, December 21; Festivus (for Valerie and Aubrey are the rest of us) is on Sunday, December 23; and Valerie Ross both graduates of the Aubrey Burdick Kwanzaa comes on Wednesday, December 26. Longy School of Music. They often And if that is not enough for you, celebrate collaborate for performances. Valerie is also on National Roof Over Your Head Day on Monday, the faculty of the Brookline Music School. December 3; Repeal Day (the day Prohibition Everyone is invited to this free concert ended) on Wednesday, December 5; Ice Cream cosponsored by the Brookline Music School and Day on Tuesday, December 13; and National the Senior Center. No reservations are required. Maple Syrup Day on Monday, December 17. And on Friday, December 21 the Mayan Cal‐ endar Ends. But never fear, this same day is also RUSSIAN TEA ROOM CONCERT Look on the Bright Side Day, Forefather’s Day, On Thursday, December 20, at 1:30 pm, tal‐ and Humbug Day. ented duet Tanya Shrago and Monday, December 24 is National Chocolate Shizue Sano will perform pi‐ Day AND National Egg Nog Day—followed by ano music of great composers (what else?) National Bicarbonate of Soda Day of the 19th and 20th century: on Sunday, December 30. Tanya Shrago Frenchmen Gabriel Fauré Shizue Sano So live it up. Enjoy, enjoy. Don’t be blue. and