Events, Trips & Activities

Luncheons

Combined Regional Lunch at the Concord Museum
Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 12:00 pm
$35/person, guests are welcome
[includes buffet lunch, presentation and museum admission]
Special Lunchtime Presentation by David F. Wood, Curator, Concord Museum:
“Far From Equilibrium: The Concord Clockmaking Experience, 1790-1820”
Concord Museum Special Exhibit: “Setting the President’s Table: American Presidential China,” a showcase of over 100 pieces of porcelain used by American presidents from Washington to Reagan as they entertained distinguished gatherings at the national “First Table.”
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Spring Lunch at Endicott House
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
11:45am Reception, 12:30pm luncheon
$35/person
Special guest speaker: Dr. Bryan Reimer of the MIT AgeLab and Center for Transportation and Logisitics joins us as our special guest speaker. Dr. Reimer is a research scientist and engineer and his talk will focus on "Older Driver Safety and the Future of Automotive Technology."

Thanks to Elsa Tian & Mathilde Wood, here are some photos from this past year's Spring Luncheon.
Click here to view the 2009 photos.

Trips and Tours

“Guys and Dolls” at the Ogunquit Playhouse
Sunday, July 19, 2009
$102/person [Includes transportation, lunch and the show]
Last year’s trip, our first, was such a success that we did it again!  We traveled to York, Maine and view the gorgeous old homes, beaches, and harbors of this lovely town.  We visited Nubble Lighthouse, then drove to Foster’s Clambake Restaurant in York Harbor for a very delicious shore luncheon.  Afterwards, it was “Broadway on the Beach!” at the Ogunquit Playhouse for a matinee performance of Guys and Dolls, a true musical favorite.
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Tanglewood & Lenox, MA
Sunday, August 23, 2009
 $75/person [Includes bus driver’s gratuity]
Back by popular demand, we went off to Tanglewood and the beautiful Berkshire Hills!  This year’s concert featured Michael Tilson-Thomas on the podium leading the Boston Symphony Orchestra, soloists and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Charles Ives’ “Thanksgiving and Forefather’s Day” and Beethoven’s magnificent “Ninth Symphony” were both performed.  Both pieces are for chorus and orchestra and were the final classical concert of the summer series.  A new twist on this trip: we stopped in Lenox Village for lunch (on our own) with time to browse in the wonderful shops.
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Hudson River Valley and West Point
Wednesday, May 27 - Thursday, May 28, 2009
$205/person double/ $200 triple/ $255 single
[All inclusive except for one lunch on the road]
Join us for a wonderful springtime overnight to New York’s beautiful and historical Hudson River Valley. Tours included the magnificent mansion and Presidential Library of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in addition to the Military Academy at West Point along with lunch at the prestigious Officer’s Club. We concluded the tour with a narrated cruise up the Hudson River. 

Seminars

Mindful Eating and Nutrition
to Nourish Your Brain & Body
Monday, June 8, 2009, 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
MIT Student Center, Twenty Chimneys (3rd floor), 84 Mass. Ave., Cambridge
MIT Medical Health Educators, Julie Banda, MPH and Zan Barry, M.Ed. discussed "Mindful Eating and Nutrition to Nourish Your Brain & Body."  Guests were most welcome to attend.  Julie Banda focused on ways to get "Back to Basics – Simplifying and Prioritizing Your Nutritional Needs” and Zan Barry enlightened us about "Brain Food – Tap Into the Power of Your Diet to Support Brain Health.” Q&A followed the presentations.

Helpful Resources provided by Zan Barry and Julie Banda
Wellness information on the MIT Medical site:
http://medweb.mit.edu/wellness/
Guidelines for healthy nutrition and exercise from the National Institutes of Health: Young at Heart (pdf)
Research on fish oil and Alzheimer's Disease from the WebMD Alzheimer's Disease Health Center: Fish Oil Prevents Alzheimer's Plagues
Background on the importance of Vitamin B12, which can be harder for the body to absorb after age 50: WHFoods: Vitamin B12