Upcoming Events

Join our new Transportation Program Coordinator, Sebastian Ware, to discuss all things transportation! Learn more about FREE medical rides, discount programs through Lyft and GoGo, and options for using the MBTA. Please come with any questions or ideas that you have for transportation around Brookline. Sebastian will also help process new and renewal Senior Charlie Cards using the MBTA online application form.

Please call Sebastian at 617-730-2644 if you have any questions.

Not hearing like you once did? Does everyone around you seem to mumble? Dr. Tammy Simon Cheist, audiologist, will be at the Brookline Senior Center on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 9 am to 4 pm, and Wednesday September 10, 10 am to 1 pm, to test your hearing. Call 617-730-2770 to make an appointment and provide your name and the name and phone number of your physician; bring with you to the appointment your health insurance cards. There will be no out of pocket cost for this if you have Medicare.

Professor Tess Bundy will offer a talk on white supremacy and black resistance during the period of Jim Crow (1877-1910). The talk will include a discussion of the decline of Reconstruction, the origins of the system of segregation, the role of the law in the enforcement of and the resistance against white supremacy, and racial violence. We will place special emphasis on the function of the law and key legal cases in this period. The talk will include a discussion of several primary sources. Dr. Bundy teaches courses in African American and recent U.S. history at Emmanuel College. She completed her PhD from the University of Maryland in 2013. She is passionate about all aspects of African American history. She lives in Brookline with her husband and two daughters.

Recommended reading: "Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights" by Dylan Penningroth. Reading is not required to attend the talk but we will include time to discuss for those who are interested. It is available at the Brookline and Boston Public Libraries and as an ebook.

Reconnect with nature through a restful walk on this one-mile trail that features gravel and dirt paths winding through wetlands and twisty trails through oak and cherry groves. There are a few tripping hazards, such as rocks and small logs, along the way. Please dress for the weather and bring a water bottle! Transportation is provided from Brookline Senior Center to the park. The bus leaves promptly at 10 am. September 9, 2025, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm. Fee $7.00.

Ever wondered how one species can engineer and change entire ecosystems? We will spend our morning at Cutler Park exploring excellent beaver habitat as we learn about how they truly are Nature's Architects. There are a tripping hazards, such as rocks and small logs, along the way. Please dress for the weather and bring a water bottle! Transportation is provided from Brookline Senior Center to the park. The bus leaves promptly at 10 am. Please bring some snacks or lunch as we may not return until 1 pm.. Fee $7.00.

Dr. Julie Norstrand, a social worker and eldercare consultant, will discuss planning for your future care needs. Dr. Norstrand finds many people enter older adulthood with little or no planning. Instead, people act once a crisis has occurred, making the experience more challenging and stressful. This session is for the older adult who is thinking about how to prepare for their longevity. This session includes:

1. Evaluating your specific situation;
2. Conversations with your family;
3. Setting up a plan collaboratively;
4. Services and resources available for older adults in the community;
5. Self-care.

Please register at 617-730-2770.

A Medicare 101 educational meeting will be hosted by the MetroWest SHINE program. This presentation is an overview of Medicare for people turning 65 or for others first signing up for Medicare. The meeting will cover Medicare enrollment as well as information about coverage options. It will describe the Medicare Open Enrollment Period (Oct 15 – Dec 7) and in addition, what options current Medicare beneficiaries have during this period to change their coverage. The meeting will include time for Q&A. The SHINE (Serving the Health Insurance Needs of Everyone on Medicare) program provides free, unbiased health insurance counseling for Medicare beneficiaries of all ages and their caregivers. Please register at 617-730-2770.

Join us for a performance by the Whiffenpoofs a collegiate a cappella singing group from Yale University. This group was established in 1909, and it is the oldest such group in the United States. Best known for "The Whiffenpoof Song," the group is composed of 14 senior students who compete for admission in the spring of their junior year. This event is co-sponsored by Center Communities of Brookline.

Please register at 617-730-2770.

Brookline Porchfest features hundreds of local performers celebrating music and community. Over the years, Porchfest has included a broad range of music genres, including a barbershop quartet, an 8-piece klezmer band, blues bands, rock bands, jazz groups, Forró musicians, the Brookline Symphony Orchestra, singer/songwriters, the Boston Typewriter Orchestra, a clarinet choir, heavy rock musicians, and a ukulele sing-a-long. Who knows what this year will include?

More details to come soon at https://www.brooklineporchfest.org/index.html Brookline Porchfest is brought to you by Arts Brookline & Brookline Music School.

Join us this wonderful performance from Jack Sanders, Guitarist. Honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Guitar Society in 2013. Jack Sanders' performances have included the Sitka, Kapalua, Oregon Bach Festival, IM Festival of Costa Rica, and Chamber Music Sedona. He has recorded two albums for Centaur and Townhall Records. His solo recording, Just Preludes, was released by Townhall Records.