Reading Center for Active Living Update:
Please join the next Reading Center for Active Living (ReCAL) public forum on Tuesday, January 28. The Forum will start at 7:00 pm at the Pleasant Street Center. Do you have feedback or thoughts to share on the project? Email them to ReCAL@readingma.gov We hope to see you on the 28.
PSC Updates:
Pleasant Street Center will be closed on Monday, January 20, observing Martin Luther King Day.
Inclement Winter Weather Policy: Please be advised, if the Reading Public Schools are closed due to snow, the Pleasant Street Center
will be closed.
Online Registration through My Active Center
Over the next few months, we will be rolling out the My Active Center online registration program that is part of the My Senior-Center system here at the Pleasant Street Center. My Active Center will allow participants to sign up and register for allowed programs and events online from home once an account is set up. Over the next few months, the Pleasant Street Center will be having classes on how to use this new online registration tool. Please note that participants will still be able to register for programs and events in person and over the phone. https://www.myactivecenter.com/
Please keep an eye out for more information as well rolling this new online registration program out.
Monday, January 13, from 9:00 to 1:30: Hairstylist Linda Sullivan. Men and women. Free Service please wash hair, trim only, gratuities are welcomed. By appointments only. Call to schedule an appointment at 781-942-6794.
Tuesday, January 14, from 9:30 to 12:00: Greater Lawrence Fuel Assistance Program appointments. For more details and to schedule an appointment, call 781-942-6794.
Wednesday, January 15, from 10:00 to 11:30: Fiber Arts Presents Laurie Theis from Mary Rose Quilts Demonstrating: Hexagon table topper, all hand-sewn, using old CD disks. Call to register 781-942-6794. limited seating
Wednesday, January 15 and Wednesday, January 29 from 10:00 to 11:30: AJ Jerret presents “SKETCH BOOK JOURNAL”. Limiting seating. Call to register 781-942-6794.
Thursday, January 22nd from 10:30 to 11:30: Andrew Noone author of Bathsheba Spooner A Revolutionary Murder Conspiracy. Join Andrew as he details the most sensational crime of the Revolution. The title character,
when five months pregnant, was hanged despite protests alongside her 3 British and American accomplices. Ms. Spooner, John Adam’s second cousin, was the first woman executed in the new USA. Join us for this great presentation. Call to register at 781-942-6794.
Thursday, January 23, from 10:00 to 11:30: Lessons in Chemistry – Author Talk with Elizabeth Weilbacher from Reading Public Library.
Featuring Bonnie Garmus, New York Times Bestselling Author. Call to sign up at 781-942-6794.
Wednesday, January 29 from 10:30 to 11:30: Michelle Ellick from the RMV presents “Shifting Gears: Rules of the Road, Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Tips”. Call to register at 781-942-6794.
Wednesday, February 5, from 10:00 to 11:00: Zoë Pollak from the Thoreau Society presents Thoreau-Knowing Nature. Please call for more details and to sign up.
Pom Poms Instructor Joie Edson will be on vacation from Thursday, February 6th, to Thursday, February 27th, for three weeks. During this time, Chair Volleyball with Christian will take its place.
Classes will be held on Thursday, February 6, 13, and 20, from 8:30-9:30. To register, please call 781-942-6794. A minimum of 10 participants is required to run the class.
Trapp Family Lodge Over Night Trip – May 8 and 9 (Thursday to Friday): Join us on this special overnight trip to the Green Mountain State to experience “A Few of Our Favorite Things” and learn about the Von Trapp Family and the Trapp Family Lodge! For more information please call the PSC at 781-942-6794 or stop in.
