Category: Trips

Trip: Newport Playhouse “Nunsense: The Musical”

Thursday, August 15th 

Departing at 9:45am

 

Buffet 11:30am, Curtain 1:00pm & Cabaret always follows the play of “Nunsense: A Musical!”-a hilarious spoof about the misadventures of five nuns trying to manage a fundraiser. Enjoy a great buffet-a wonderful play-a fun-filled cabaret! We do the driving on one of our own buses departing approx. 9:45 am COST: $75 resident/$85 non resident/includes transportation, driver, admissions, refreshments/meals.

Sign up for August trip to Wright’s Chicken Farm

Friday in August, date TBD

 

Wrights Chicken Farm in RI

$18.75 per person includes everything!

The bus will leave Lisbon Active Aging Center promptly at 10:00am and return at 2:30pm

 

Call 860-376-2329 for more information

Whale Watch out of Boston Trip

Thursday August 22nd.

If you signed up and haven’t paid in full, payment must be made by JULY 12th. We need to give the tour company a head count.  We do have a few seats available if you’d like to join.  Call and sign up before it sells out!!!

 

Trip: Captain Scott’s and Ocean Beach Car Show

Monday Evening, July 29th from 2:30 – 6:30pm. 

Please sign up for a fun night out to dinner at Capt. Scott’s  and then head over to Ocean Beach for a Classic Car Show.  Check out the cars, get ice cream, walk the beach or the boardwalk!

Mystic Aquarium and Village Trip

Wednesday, July 17th. Bus will leave at 9:30am. 

Enjoy a nice day at the aquarium and/or strolling the Village.  Shopping and lunch at your leisure.  Please sign up today as this one will fill up quickly.  Have a “WHALE” of a time!

 

Healthy Living Expo & Lunch

Wednesday July 10th.  Bus will leave at 9:00am and return at 2:30pm.

 

Expo is at Dodd Stadium in Norwich. Lunch will follow at Canggio’s Restaurant w/  a special menu.  Please sign up!!!

Sign up for a trip to Wright’s Chicken Farm!

Preston seniors are invited to participate in our scheduled trip to
Rhode Island! Mark your calendars for Friday, August 16th for a trip to
Wright’s Chicken Farm in Rhode Island. The family style menu consists of
Baked Chicken, fresh baked rolls, salad topped with Wright’s Farmhouse
dressing, pasta with Wright’s Farm trademark marinara sauce and signature home style French fries. We will be partnering for this event with our good friends at the Lisbon Active Aging Center. (Lisbon seniors are requested to register directly with their senior center at 860-376-2329. The cost of their ticket will include transportation and driver fee).

I anticipate two pick-up points for this event; the first at Lincoln Park Housing and the second at the Preston Senior Center. Registrations and payment must be made no later than Tuesday, August 6th at noon. Cost per person: $18.75 for Preston residents. Limited seating is available, first come, first serve. Please call the Senior Affairs Office at 860-887-5581 ext. 6 to make your reservation.

Trip: Auschwitz, Not Long Ago, Not Far Away (Boston)

WEDNESDAY, JULY 17

In its regional premiere, Museum of Jewish Heritage is offering it’s first traveling exhibition about the Auschwitz concentration camps. Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. is coming to The Castle at Park Plaza in Boston. When guests enter the Auschwitz exhibition, they will confront one of history’s darkest periods… but they will also be a part of an ongoing remembrance and will leave bearing the weight of society’s responsibility to combat hate and evil everywhere. This
exhibit brings together more than 700 original objects of great historic and human value. Most of these objects have never been shown to an audience in New England before. This exhibit will tell the history of the Auschwitz concentration camp and its role in the Holocaust. Includes an audio tour.

We lunch at Milk Street Café upon arrival in Boston then we make our way (.5 mile from the venue) to the exhibit for approx. 2 hours. Our trip includes deluxe coach bus, admission, exbibit audio tour and driver gratuity. (lunch is paid by individual)

 

Cost: TBA— please see insert, call or email colsen@groton-ct.gov