North Central Mass Book Club The North Central Mass Book Club will be discussing Colum McCann's "Let the Great World Spin" at The Rabbit Hole for the March meeting.
Please join us on The Rabbit Hole's second floor to chat about the book, and help yourself to coffee and cookies!
The Rabbit Hole is offering 10% off our book club selections so stop by and get your discounted copy.
More Information: Live Video DJ March 12, 2010 (10:00 pm) Come out to Fitchburg to listen to the best DJ in Madsion- Mike Carlson. Video DJ with no cover!
When: Mar 12, 2010 10 PM Where: Great Dane-Fitchburg in Fitchburg,Massachusetts Cost: Free Posted by:evdb
Let's go to the Block... Isn't that a song? Anyhow... The eggs there are good. Clean fresh air... Whaddaya say we all pile into a buncha planes and head down for breakfast.... What could be better than good friends, good food and hot coffee at a new restaraunt and terminal on an Island with a view? It's a short hop and we always love going there. http://www.airnav.com/airport/KBID 83.6 nm Come left seat or right.... Drive to my hangar and we'll figure out who's flying and who's riding. RSVP your preference as PIC or PAX. I've also attached 2 questions regarding fly outs... Even if you don't go to this we'd like to know: 1.) Name 3 favs to fly out too. 2.) Name 2 where you'd like to go that's new. Thanks and see ya soon, Cv
More Information: Live DJ March 13, 2010 (10:00 pm) Every weekend the Great Dane in Fitchburg has the best DJs spinning house, hip/hop and reggae. No cover. Featured- DJ Trichrome
When: Mar 13, 2010 10 PM Where: Great Dane-Fitchburg in Fitchburg,Massachusetts Cost: free Posted by:evdb
Anyone interested in going out on our First Annual Spring Ahead Sunday Night fly out? We turn the clocks back at 2:00 am. So we get the extra hour tonight. Let's use it. Need a seat? Just ask! Rental? Easy night to find one. Need a co pilot? We have plenty. We like Hartford's Wings.... Let's make it easy... Unless we all want somewhere else, let's go here. Food is good, entertainment is built in and the cost is reasonable! I'm game! Charley
More Information: Live DJ March 19, 2010 (10:00 pm) Every weekend the Great Dane Pub in Fitchburg has the best DJs spinning house, hip/hop and reggae. Featured- DJY5 No cover!!
When: Mar 19, 2010 10 PM Where: Great Dane-Fitchburg in Fitchburg,Massachusetts Cost: Free Posted by:evdb
More Information: Live DJ March 20, 2010 (10:00 pm) Come out to the Fitchburg Great Dane to see the best DJs in Madison spinning house, hip/hop and reggae. Featured- Landology
When: Mar 20, 2010 10 PM Where: Great Dane-Fitchburg in Fitchburg,Massachusetts Cost: Free Posted by:evdb
"Hope for Haiti" Benefit. Benefit for the victims of the earthquakes in Haiti. More details to follow. For more information, call Reggie @ 978-342-7763
When: Mar 27, 2010 7 PM in Fitchburg,Massachusetts Posted by:evdb
More Information: Live DJ March 27, 2010 (10:00 pm) Every weekend the best DJs come to the Fitchburg Great Dane to show off their skills. Featured- DJ Funky Sax No cover!!!!
When: Mar 27, 2010 10 PM Where: Great Dane-Fitchburg in Fitchburg,Massachusetts Cost: Free Posted by:evdb
The Fitchburg Public School Title I and McKinney Vento Grants and the Cornerstone Performing Arts Center are teaming up and will be performing at The Rabbit Hole bookstore......to present to you "Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato: An Irish Folktale" by Tomie dePaola. Performance by Lia Wright and friends.
Join us for the reading and performance at THE RABBIT HOLE. Learn Fun Facts about Potatoes. The first 25 Families receive a Free Copy of the book. Free Potato Chips Snack and a Craft.
Date: Thursday, April 1, 2010
Place: The Rabbit Hole, 805 Main Street, Fitchburg
Time: First Performance and Reading 4:00 pm
Second Performance and Reading at 5:15 pm
The Jazz Depot is hosting an open jazz/Blues jam at Destare in Fitchburg (on main St).
It’s a cool place with big couches and leather chairs, great deserts and of course plenty of drinks. Massive free parking lot, just down the street.
We start at 8pm and go to midnight. No cover !
If you play, bring your axe, sticks or horn and join in.
http://www.thejazzdepot.com/
When: Apr 1, 2010 8 PM to Apr 1, 2010 11 PM Where: Cafe Destare in Fitchburg,Massachusetts Posted by:cloughe
With their roots based in bluegrass, Celtic, and jazz music, the good ol’ fashioned family band Cherryholmes has stormed to the top of the music world since winning the 2005 IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Award for Entertainer of the Year. Sure, they’re kind of kitschy but nearly no one in the traditional bluegrass circuit can mimic their downright flying fingers and ripping musicianship. Parents Sandy and Jere Cherryholmes (on mandolin and upright base, respectively) are the foundation of the six-member band, with children Cia, Skip, BJ and Molly at the forefront of the group’s hard-driving instrumental virtuosity and explosive vocal harmonies. With stylistic choreography, their own lighting design and various styles of original songs written by members of the band, Cherryholmes is a group unlike any other, sure to get your feet tapping, put a smile on your face and maybe even move you to do some dancing in the aisles.
When: Apr 10, 2010 12 AM to Apr 10, 2010 12 AM Where: Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg,Massachusetts Posted by:evdb
With a motto like, "Do Your Best", how can we say no? This is from our own member, Dave Rocheford. He's a co owner (right side only) of the famous Skyhawk N20071 with me, father, scout leader, attorney, and more. Let's make this happen for that group! The Westminster Cub Scout Pack has asked me to help them plan their April pack meeting. The theme for the month is aviation and flight. A requirement for some of the scouts is to visit an airport. I thought it would be a great if they could visit the Fitchburg Airport. I think it would be a good opportunity for the boys, the airport and for the FPA. The Pack meeting is Saturday, April 10th in the morning. There are 50 boys in the pack but they would likely not all attend. I could provide an exact head count and would figure about 35 to 40 boys from ages 6 to 12 years old. Would you be able to help me coordinate this with the AP and the FPA? I was thinking that they could break into 3 or four groups of boys and tour a few planes, hangers, shops and maybe have a ground school type of activity for them. This may even be something that could coordinate with Young Eagles. ...Sounds like we'll need some planes, pilots, ...the usual... I"m sure they will be bringing their parents along. Charley and Dave, The Crew of Zero-Seven-One
Aprils Meeting will be with Jamie Buffington. Sutton Insurance Brokers Title: To be determined. This is also a Wings Program. .... Bring all your insurance questions about aviation...
Let's get crabby tonight! I've heard a lot about this place. Seafood, great location... Check out their website... They even sing it! 89 nm... Catch a sunset too... Over to Montauk! Should be a good one! http://www.airnav.com/airport/KMTP http://www.crabbycowboy.com/ See ya then, Charley
The Early Ford V8 Car Club is having their annual Swap meet and Car show. This is the same group that we do the Wings and Wheels show with, but this isn't the Wings and Wheels event. This is a show that they host by themselves, but they have offered us some space to park a couple of airplanes and setup a table. At this table, we can provide information about our Wings and Wheels, Young Eagles, and Learn to Fly events as well as general information about why airports and pilots are so great to the thousands of people they bring in. Since their event is on 2/20, this is too easy to pass up. http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/earlyfordv8newengland/Fleamarket.htm This is the SETUP day. I believe we are only required to show up and plan out what we want to do the next day. In addition to myself, it might be nice to have one or two other people who will be there Sunday to help get things ready.
@ the Fichburg,Ma. Airport. Sunday 4-18-10, take Rte 13 from Rte 2, (exit32), the site is 13 miles west of Rte 495 Admission $5.00 children free, 8AM-1PM, rain or shine, all outdoors20x20 vendor space, $30.00 Pre-registration, $40.00 at the gate. Toy Vendors welcome. Vendor registration package: Early Ford V8 Club N. E. C/O 4983 JERICO ST, White River Junction VT 05001. Necessary calls; V8 Hot line @ 781-272-1114. Thank You
The Early Ford V8 Car Club is having their annual Swap meet and Car show. This is the same group that we do the Wings and Wheels show with, but this isn't the Wings and Wheels event. This is a show that they host by themselves, but they have offered us some space to park a couple of airplanes and setup a table. At this table, we can provide information about our Wings and Wheels, Young Eagles, and Learn to Fly events as well as general information about why airports and pilots are so great to the thousands of people they bring in. Since their event is on 2/20, this is too easy to pass up. http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/earlyfordv8newengland/Fleamarket.htm This is the event day. They start pretty early. It will help to have some people get there early and some people later (say 9am?) to relive the early people and maybe let them walk around the show. We just need a couple people to stand around, watch out for the airplanes, answer questions, hand out flyers, and take Young Eagle signups maybe.
This is a big weekend here and starts their summer. I say we head to the events and stop to smell the daffodils... " A Three million daffodil Celebration: April's gentle breezes and warming sunshine coax new growth from the island's sandy soil, adorning roadsides and gardens with an astonishing variety of daffodils. Come wear your Daffy Hat, watch the Antique Car Parade, have a tailgate picnic and welcome spring. " We can have breakfast and then head to town and see the sights... Might be a good time to also see the Nantucket Whaling Museum.. Did you know the novel Moby Dick was written after a Nantucket whaler named Essex was destoyed in 1882 by a whale? Even caused the crew from ACK to cannabalism... How bout that... Then we can go have lunch somewhere on the island too :-) http://www.nantucketchamber.org/visitor/daffodil.html The big antique car parade is also on Saturday... at noon.... at 12:30, the Daffy Dog Parade starts.. dogs dressed in daffodils... This will be a fun day trip... Bring the family and let's pack the planes.... RSVP PIC or PAX. This is why you learned to fly! Charley
Let's work the bugs out of our new griddle by having a Mayfly in Pancake Breakfast. Make sure you invite your friends from other airports to fly in! There will be pancakes, eggs, etc as well as OSH tickets forsale. We can setup some tables and our new griddle (as soon as we buy it) over at Bullock's Hangar. Please let me know if you have an idea to add.
Many of us have heard the expression “found art” to describe objects not usually considered art, but still can be found to be aesthetic, intriguing and beautiful. Now think of what something like “found music” might sound like. Maybe it’s car horns and the sounds of a coffee shop, or City Hall and an elementary classroom. Maybe it’s that mixed with orchestration, video, percussion and symphonics. What it most definitely is, is the genius of So Percussion hitting things – drums, glockenspiels, coffee cups, metal pipes, whatever is handy. Since 1999, when they met at the Yale School of Music, this foursome has merged percussion with emotions, resulting in music called “astonishing and entrancing” by Billboard Magazine, and “brilliant” by the New York Times. Now, here at CenterStage, after gathering the sounds and sights of Fitchburg and its people on film and audio during the last year, So Percussion will present its one of a kind new work Imaginary City, a compilation of sounds and sights of Fitchburg and other multiple sponsoring cities from around the country. Join So Percussion for this amazing Fitchburg performance.
When: May 7, 2010 12 AM to May 7, 2010 12 AM Where: Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg,Massachusetts Posted by:evdb
LEARN TO FLY DAY, MAY 15 I'm sure we'll do something... Let's decide soon. Maybe an Open House day? During AirVenture 2009 EAA and numerous other aviation organizations declared May 15, 2010, as International Learn to Fly Day. To help support this effort, EAA is encouraging chapters to hold some activity on that day that will introduce the general public to the idea of learning to fly. Learn to Fly Day events do not need to be complicated or extensive. They can be as simple as taking someone for an introductory flight and then introducing them to a flight instructor. Plans might include an airport open house, a fly-in breakfast, or even a mall show. Use your imaginations and keep us posted as to what you plan to do so that we can share your ideas with other Chapters. We've also established a special e-mail address for Learn to Fly day suggestions, plans or questions. We will also be posting ideas and progress on the development of International Learn to Fly Day on EAA Web pages. The following are some ideas to get you started. Remember, these are just suggestions, so use your imaginations: Airport Open House Chapter Hangar Open House Intro flight Presentations to other organizations Program swaps with other organizations (example model airplane club) Mall shows Cooperative program with flight school
CoCo Key Water Resort is Massachusetts’ Newest Indoor Water Resort located at the Fitchburg Courtyard Hotel by Marriott . CoCo Key combines the relaxation and enchantment of the islands with the wild excitement of a 55,000-sq. ft. indoor water park. Every day is a bright, sunny 84 degrees at CoCo Key.
Fitchburg Massachusetts is the second largest city in Worcester County but still manages to maintain its small town flavor. Fitchburg is noted for its hilly topography and its old mills along the Nashua River with its tightly knit neighborhoods that still retain their ethnic identity.
Located just 10 miles from New Hampshire and 50 miles from Boston, the city enjoys excellent access via highway or public transportation to all points.
The paper industry was dominated the history but that has given way to a healthier economic diversification that now includes tool and die makers - machine manufacturers – pharmaceuticals - plastic molders and textile producers.
Cultural assets include the Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg State College and the world famous annual Longsjo Classic Bicycle Race.
