Category: Trips

Friday, April 26^th

Celebrate the return of spring at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston annual Art in Bloom event.

This popular festival of fine arts and fresh flowers incorporates more than 45 extraordinary floral arrangements inspired by works of art throughout the museums amazing galleries.  From ancient to contemporary, enjoy exquisite art from across the museum’s collections paired with magnificent floral interpretations created by New England area garden clubs and professional floral designers.

Established in 1870, the Museum of Fine Arts is home to approximately 500,000 pieces including paintings, drawings, sculpture, textiles, jewelry, photography, furniture and fashion.  The expansive

galleries include European, Asian, Egyptian, American, African and Contemporary art.

You will have time on your own to explore the museums many art galleries, be amazed at the beautiful floral arrangements and shop at the Museum gift stores and special Garden Cart for unique floral gifts and take-home flower arrangements.

COST: $58 per person  includes charter bus transportation and entrance fee to the Museum including the Art in Bloom event.  Lunch is on your own at the museum.  Driver tip is not included.

8:15 AM Depart Rose City Senior Center, 8 Mahan Drive, Norwich

6:15 PM Approximate return time to Norwich

Call Hilary for availability   (860) 889-5960

May Day Long Trip – This trip is open to any adult, 18 years old and older.

The Cemetery Club

Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Theater, Newport, RI

Thursday, May 30^th

Start with a delicious, all you can eat, buffet lunch featuring a large selection of freshly prepared food.  After lunch, enjoy the hilarious performance of The Cemetery Club.  Following the show, return to your seat in the dining room for dessert, drinks and a fun-filled Cabaret Show!

Fun Fact ~ Originally on Broadway, The Cemetery Club was made into a movie in 1993!

The Cemetery Club ~ Three Jewish widows meet once a month for tea before going to visit their husbands’ graves.  Ida is sweet-tempered and ready to begin a new life; Lucille is a feisty embodiment of “the girl who just wants to have fun”; and Doris is priggish and judgmental, particularly when Sam the butcher enters the scene.  Sam meets the widows while visiting his wife’s grave and when he has an eye for Ida, Doris and Lucille try to squash the budding romance!

COST: $99 per person includes charter coach bus transportation, fabulous buffet lunch, matinee performance of The Cemetery Club, and Cabaret Show.  Driver tip is not included.

9:45 AM Depart Rose City Senior Center, 8 Mahan Drive, Norwich

6:00 PM Approximate return time to Norwich

REGISTRATION BY TELEPHONE

*On your registration day, Dial (860) 889-5960.  When you hear the message saying the Senior Center is closed, dial 3433 and follow the instructions.*

Senior Center Members, Norwich Residents

-Beginning Tuesday, April 16 at 5:00pm

Senior Center Members, Non-Residents

-Beginning Wednesday, April 17 at 5:00pm

Open Registration (Any Adults, aged 18 and older)

-Beginning Thursday, April 18 at 5:00pm

Thursday, April 25th

Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another young woman, born with emerald-green skin—smart, fiery, misunderstood, and possessing an extraordinary talent. When she meets a bubbly blonde who is exceptionally popular, their initial rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships…until the world decides to call one “good,” and the other one “wicked.”

From the first electrifying note to the final breathtaking moment, WICKED—the untold true story of the Witches of Oz—transfixes audiences with its wildly inventive story that USA Today cheers is “a complete triumph! An original musical that will make you laugh, cry, and think.”

We have Orchestra Seats for the 2 pm show/ 2hr 45 min with intermission.
Cost is $118 res / $128 non res We depart Thrive 55+ at 12:30 pm.

Wednesday, March 27th

Leaving at 11:15am and returning at 2:30pm

$4 for the bus

Pay at the restaurant

Sign up at the Center on Mondays & Wednesdays through March 18th

Tuesday, March 12th

Bus leaves at 10:15am and returns by 1:30pm

Pay on your own at the restaurant (only cash & check accepted)

$4 for the bus
*Please let us know if you use a walker, can, or wheel chair and the school can provide assistance in transportation on the school grounds

Sign up on Mondays & Wednesdays at the Center by March 4th
Trip sponsored by Shooting Stars

Saturday, March 9th

THE CHER SHOW—the Tony Award®-winning musical of her story, and it’s packed with so much Cher that it takes three women to play her: the kid starting out, the glam pop star, and the icon. THE CHER SHOW is 35 smash hits, six
decades of stardom, two rock-star husbands, a Grammy®, an Oscar®, an Emmy®, and enough Tony Award-winning Bob Mackie gowns to cause a sequin shortage in New York City, all in one unabashedly fabulous new musical that will have audiences dancing in the aisles! We have Orchestra Seats for the 2 pm show. Run time: 2hr 30 min with 1 intermission. We depart Thrive 55+ at 1230 pm

Cost is $108 resident/ $118 non resident.

• Tue, Apr 16th – The Orchid Show at New York Botanical Garden
  Enjoy the tropical warmth of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at New York Botanical Garden. Floral in Fashion – Orchids have a magical
  beauty and come in all different colors and scents. We will also be treated to the Magnolias blossoming in profusion. Be sure to take some
  time in the Perennial & Rock gardens and the Home Gardening Center. Free time on Arthur Avenue for shopping at the Italian Markets.
  Moderate walking. Trip fee is $120pp. Register now.
• Sun, May 19th – 9/11 Memorial & Museum
  Explore the country’s principal institution concerned with exploring the implications of the events of September 11th – The National 9/11
  Memorial & Museum. The Memorial’s twin reflecting pools sit within the footprints where the Twin Towers once stood. Lunch on Brookfield
  Place, an upscale food court in the heart of Lower Manhattan. Lots of walking, Trip fee is $118pp. Register now.
• Thu, May 30th – Harvard Glass Museum & The Mapparium
  Picture a giant, hollow ball made of glass with stain glass as if it were a political map of the Earth turned inside out. You are inside
  Mapparium. We will enjoy a three course family-style Italian lunch at Maggiano’s Little Italy. Next, be amazed by the realistic flowers made
  of blown glass at The Glass Flowers exhibit in the Harvard Museum of Natural History.
  Moderate walking. Trip fee $150pp. Registration now open.
•  Tue, Jun 11th – Newport Playhouse – Cemetery Club
  Three Jewish widows meet once a month for tea before going to visit their husbands’ graves. Ida is sweet tempered and ready to begin a new
  life; Lucille is a feisty embodiment of the girl who just wants to have fun; and Doris is priggish and judgmental, particularly when Sam the
  butcher enters the scene. He meets the widows while visiting his wife’s grave. Doris and Lucille squash the budding romance between Sam
  and Ida. Lunch is included. Minimal walking. Trip fee $122pp. Registration now open.
• Thu, Jun 20th – West Point Campus Tour
  We will begin our day at The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, commemorating the extraordinary sacrifices of America’s servicemen who
  were killed or wounded in combat. We will then enjoy a Bountiful Buffet at Hotel Thayer. Following lunch enjoy a fun & informative guided
  tour of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Stop at the Cadet Chapel, Trophy Point, Battle Monument and the Plain. This tour requires moderate walking on some uneven ground at various stops, most of which are outdoors. Trip fee $154pp. Registration now open.