The Room to Write

After a year's hiatus, the Commonweath Pen Show is returning with all things pen and paper thanks to the Boston Pen People ! If you'd like to learn more about the Boston Pen People, feel free to join them at their next meeting on Saturday, October 19th at 12.00 noon at the Albion Cultural Exchange (ACE), 9 Albion Street, Wakefield, MA. Until then, meet them at the pen show. Note the new location for the pen show.

Our Seniors and Veterans Programming year wraps up on Tuesday, May 21st with an Open Mic Session at the Wakefield Senior Center at 1:30pm and that is the last of what has been a fulfilling year for those who attended either the Wakefield Senior Center or the Stoneham Senior Center on any given Tuesday since programming began in September 2023.  We run our programming like an academic year with a break in the summer for our all-volunteer team of coordinators and facilitators, but we are already looking forward to the variety of programs we will be offering starting in the fall. There are too many things to include in this one blog post, but let's recap the last month or so.  April 9th: Guest speaker: Nancy Reily, owner of Lady with a Pen , talked about the art of calligraphy and design. In addition to teaching classes and giving lectures, Nancy ran an invitation and calligraphy shop in Wakefield for twenty years.  After her talk, participants had a chance to try their hand...