Franklin November 2016

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Franklin Harlem Wizards
Vs. Franklin Public Schools
November 18
Fundraiser Supports Franklin Education Foundation
• WHEN: Friday, November 18, 2016 @ 7 p.m.
• WHERE: Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School Gymnasium,
• Franklin, Mass.
• WHAT: The Harlem Wizards will bring their team to Franklin to compete against “Team FPS”
for a 2-hour tournament. The Harlem Wizards brand of “Trick Hoops & Alley Oops” entertainment
basketball has been packing gyms across the globe for over 50 years! Their show includes
amazing slams, world-class tricks, precision teamwork and humor.
• WHO: “Team FPS” will include teachers and staff from Franklin Public Schools. We anticipate a
crowd of 1,200 students, parents and children!
• WHY: Since 1997, FEF fundraisers have raised over $300,000 which has been distributed to
Franklin Public Schools in the form of special grants. All Franklin Public School staff members
are eligible to submit creative, innovative ideas for programs or activities that would not traditionally
be funded by tax dollars. To see a list of programs FEF has funded over the years, visit www.
franklined.org.
• TICKETS: Tickets can be ordered online at www.harlemwizards.com, or see our web site www.
franklined.org or Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/franklined.org for local ticket outlets.
For more information about the Franklin Education Foundation, please visit our website at www.
franklined.org or visit us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/franklined.org).
Community Events
November 1
Pots with Pizzazz, 7 p.m.,
presented by the Franklin, Norfolk
and Millis Garden Clubs, a
program on designing jazzy, creative,
colorful and unusual plant
containers for all seasons 7 p.m.
at the Remington Middle School
cafeteria, 628 Washington Street,
Franklin. Workshop open to the
public. Presenters will be highly
experienced gardeners Jana Milbocker
and Joan Butler of Holliston-based
Enchanted Gardens,
a landscape design and garden
construction firm.
November 2
Let’s Laugh Today, laughter
yoga, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., Meetinghouse
of the First Universalist
Society in Franklin, 262
Chestnut Street, $5 donation to
the church, $10 maximum per
family. Bring water bottle. Call
(508) 660-2223 or e-mail billandlinda@letslaughtoday.com
with questions.
November 4
The Odd Couple, presented by
Franklin Performing Arts Company,
7:30 p.m., THE BLACK
BOX, 15 West Central Street,
Franklin. For more information
or to purchase tickets, call (508)
528-3370 or visit www.FPAConline.com.
November 5
43rd Annual Franklin Newcomers
& Friends Craft Fair, 9
a.m. – 3 p.m., -County Regional
Vocational High School in
Franklin. Event benefits several
local charities. Admission is $3,
children are free. We are accepting
donations of non-perishable
items for the Franklin Food Pantry.
Donations may be dropped
off at the entrance. Visit www.
franklinnewcomers.com.
The Odd Couple, presented by
Franklin Performing Arts Company,
7:30 p.m., THE BLACK
BOX, 15 West Central Street,
Franklin. For more information
or to purchase tickets, call (508)
528-3370 or visit www.FPAConline.com.
Matt Nakoa, Rachael
Kilgour, and Kirsten Maxwell,
8 p.m., Circle of Friends Coffeehouse,
Franklin’s First Universalist
Society’s Meetinghouse, 262
Chestnut St. in Franklin; doors
open at 7:30 p.m. Beverages and
gourmet desserts will be available.
Tickets are $20. Please call
(508)528-2541 or visit http://
www.circlefolk.org/ to purchase
tickets or for more information.
November 5
The Claflin Hill Symphony
Orchestra presents “In
the Shadow of Ludwig Van”
– a program featuring music of
Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn
and Johannes Brahms – two great
composers whose life work was
influenced by the memory of the
great Beethoven. 7:30 p.m. Milford
Town Hall, 52 Main Street,
Route 16 in Downtown Milford,
Tickets $25 to $40 for single concert
ticket purchases, and $99 to
$150 for season tickets (508) 478-
5924. Individual concert ticket
purchases can be made online by
visiting www.claflinhill.org
Franklin Vanderbilt, drummer
for Lenny Kravitz, The Drummers’
Studio, 244 East Center St.,
Franklin, workshop suggested donation
$20. Contact: Kriss Russell
626-676-2486 or email thedrummersstudio@gmail.com
November 6
The Odd Couple, presented by
Franklin Performing Arts Company,
2 p.m., THE BLACK
BOX, 15 West Central Street,
Franklin. For more information
or to purchase tickets, call (508)
528-3370 or visit www.FPAConline.com.
November 8
ELECTION DAY
Toe Jam Puppet Band, 1
p.m., Franklin Public Library,
The Toe Jam Puppet Band
performs fun interactive songs,
stories and puppets, including a
barn dance, a flying laundry song
and a car wash song where the
kids get sprayed with water! This
program is free and open to the
public.
November 9
Franklin Public School Committee
Coffee Hours, open to
public, 6:30 p.m., Franklin Public
Access Studio, 23 Hutchinson
Street, Franklin
Franklin Newcomers Meeting,
all welcome, 7: 30 p.m., “3”
Restaurant, 461 West Central
Street, Franklin. This meeting
features Susan Nicholl, Executive
Director of the MetroWest-
Visitors Bureau. Complimentary
appetizers and beverages are provided
and a cash bar is available.
November 10
Pastel Paint Stunning Still Lifes
Like the Masters, 6-8 p.m., Gregory
Maichack, twice nominated
for the MCC Gold Star Award,
and award-winning pastelist, presents
this workshop: instruction,
demo, and hands-on work by sheer
beginners to advanced who keep
their pastel painting. He provides
hundreds of professional grade
pastels, paper, & pencils. Visit
http://gregorymaichack.com/
adult-workshops/ . This program
is free and open to the public.
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