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Take a look back with our pictures from "Down Memory Lane" on our Culture page: Click here
Read about all the events happening around the Tri-States: Click Here
Get a Laugh from our Comics and Games on our Activities Page: Click Here
Bell Tower Theater Finishes Their 2024 Season with Seasonal Allergies!
by Miki Robinson,
Operations and Marketing Manager,
Bell Tower Theater
The Bell Tower Theater, your hometown theater, is pleased to announce the final comedy of their 22nd Season, Seasonal Allergies by Katherine DiSavino & Kevin Mead. The performance will be directed by the Bell Tower Theater’s Artistic Director Sue Riedel.
What are the holidays without a little chaos? Julia’s life is turned upside down when her soon-to-be-divorced brother shows up unexpectedly and stays from Thanksgiving through New Year’s. Don’t miss this funny, heartwarming comedy about friends, family and holiday stresses. The cast features Bell Tower veterans Megan Frankovich, Jeff Huettman, Michael Storm and Mandy Haggerty alongside newcomer to the Bell Tower stage Benita Holmes and a longtime participant in our Free Summer Musical Program in his first adult play, Brekon FitzPatrick.
The Bell Tower Theater is conveniently located in Fountain Park at 2728 Asbury Road in the city’s vibrant West End just minutes from both Highway 20 and the Northwest Arterial. Performances are every Thursday and Friday evening at 7:30 pm; Saturday, December 7 & 14 at 7:30 pm; Saturday, December 21 at 2 pm and every Sunday afternoon at 2 pm from December 6 to 22. The performances on December 6 & 7 are the Early Bird Special performances when tickets are just $12. Tickets for all other performances are $24. Thursdays are Girls’ Night Out; all audience members (21+) get a free glass of wine. For information and to purchase tickets call 1-563-588-3377 or visit tickets.belltowertheater.net.
What are the holidays without a little chaos? Julia’s life is turned upside down when her soon-to-be-divorced brother shows up unexpectedly and stays from Thanksgiving through New Year’s. Don’t miss this funny, heartwarming comedy about friends, family and holiday stresses. The cast features Bell Tower veterans Megan Frankovich, Jeff Huettman, Michael Storm and Mandy Haggerty alongside newcomer to the Bell Tower stage Benita Holmes and a longtime participant in our Free Summer Musical Program in his first adult play, Brekon FitzPatrick.
The Bell Tower Theater is conveniently located in Fountain Park at 2728 Asbury Road in the city’s vibrant West End just minutes from both Highway 20 and the Northwest Arterial. Performances are every Thursday and Friday evening at 7:30 pm; Saturday, December 7 & 14 at 7:30 pm; Saturday, December 21 at 2 pm and every Sunday afternoon at 2 pm from December 6 to 22. The performances on December 6 & 7 are the Early Bird Special performances when tickets are just $12. Tickets for all other performances are $24. Thursdays are Girls’ Night Out; all audience members (21+) get a free glass of wine. For information and to purchase tickets call 1-563-588-3377 or visit tickets.belltowertheater.net.
Ready to volunteer?
Have you considered what you’ll do with your spare time in the New Year? How about volunteering? There are so many ways we can step up.
AmeriCorps Seniors (americorps.gov/serve/americorps-seniors) provides opportunities to over 200,000 seniors every year to go into the community and give back. If there’s an interest, there’s likely a place that needs help.
The Foster Grandparent Program hooks up seniors and children ranging from premature babies all the way to young teenage mothers.
In the Seniors RSVP Program, seniors are matched with organizations that help others in the community.
The Senior Companion Program pairs a volunteer with another senior who needs help with daily living activities.
What do we seniors get out of volunteering? We gain new skills or improve the ones we already have as we share our experience. We can earn a small stipend. We can lessen our isolation and feelings of loneliness as we interact with others. And we experience better health, including mental health with a decrease in anxiety and depression.
The only eligibility requirement is that volunteers must be age 55 and older.
If you’re interested in exploring volunteering opportunities, go online to the AmeriCorps website and click on the Pathfinder. Put your state or area of interest in the search box. You’ll be shown lists of agencies that can use your volunteer help as well as the email contact and website for those agencies.
You might end up teaching a child to read, or volunteering as an aide in a kindergarten class. You might help another senior with tasks he or she can no longer do, such as laundry or writing letters to family. You could work behind the counter at a recreation center signing out basketballs. You might sort vegetables in a food bank. The opportunities are nearly endless.
If you need inspiration, look at the National Service Reports for your state to see what others have been doing.
© 2024 King Features Synd., Inc.
AmeriCorps Seniors (americorps.gov/serve/americorps-seniors) provides opportunities to over 200,000 seniors every year to go into the community and give back. If there’s an interest, there’s likely a place that needs help.
The Foster Grandparent Program hooks up seniors and children ranging from premature babies all the way to young teenage mothers.
In the Seniors RSVP Program, seniors are matched with organizations that help others in the community.
The Senior Companion Program pairs a volunteer with another senior who needs help with daily living activities.
What do we seniors get out of volunteering? We gain new skills or improve the ones we already have as we share our experience. We can earn a small stipend. We can lessen our isolation and feelings of loneliness as we interact with others. And we experience better health, including mental health with a decrease in anxiety and depression.
The only eligibility requirement is that volunteers must be age 55 and older.
If you’re interested in exploring volunteering opportunities, go online to the AmeriCorps website and click on the Pathfinder. Put your state or area of interest in the search box. You’ll be shown lists of agencies that can use your volunteer help as well as the email contact and website for those agencies.
You might end up teaching a child to read, or volunteering as an aide in a kindergarten class. You might help another senior with tasks he or she can no longer do, such as laundry or writing letters to family. You could work behind the counter at a recreation center signing out basketballs. You might sort vegetables in a food bank. The opportunities are nearly endless.
If you need inspiration, look at the National Service Reports for your state to see what others have been doing.
© 2024 King Features Synd., Inc.
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