March 2017 - Highlands at Pittsford · 11:00am – *Pathway to Pittsford Errand Bus departs to Pittsford Plaza and Pittsford Library. The bus departs from the Highlands at 11:00am,

Cultural and Educational

Program Calendar

March 2017

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The programs denoted with an asterisk (*) indicate it is necessary to sign up in advance. The sign up book is located beneath the Digital Sing.

Wednesday, March 1st: Ash Wednesday

9:00am – Fitness Class with Robin Gallagher. Hahnemann Club

10:15am – Fitness Class with Robin Gallagher. Fitness Room

11:30 am – *Depart for SPoT Coffee Shop in the former Hallman's Chevrolet showroom on East

Avenue. The building started life in the early 1900s, but was made-over in

Streamline Art Deco style in 1936. SPoT Coffee is a community meeting place for

neighbors and friends serving all day breakfast, light signature meals, gourmet pizza,

and dessert. Return approx. 2:00pm.

1:00pm-2:00pm – Open Swim with Robin Gallagher. Pool

1:15pm – Ash Wednesday Service with Chaplain Jim Grobe. Music Room

2:00pm – No Pittsford Highlands Chorus practice today

2:00pm – Fine Dining Food Forum. Seneca Dining Room

3:30pm – Ash Wednesday Service with St. Louis Church. Laurelwood Activity Room

4:30pm-6:00pm – Happy Hour: drink specials and appetizers. Highlands’ Pub

Picture: Ted Moore, Bill Malone, employee

Cory White, and Dr. Dick Zogby

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Thursday, March 2nd:

8:00am-10:00am – United Way Omelet Breakfast Fundraising Event! We will feature omelets,

hash browns, bacon, and a beverage. Dine In or Take Home. Cost is $5 per meal. Pay at

event, no advance registration necessary. Community Center

9:00am – Water Fitness with Robin Gallagher. Pool

9:00am & 10:00am – Depart for shopping and banking

10:30am-12:00pm – Circuit Training. Exercise Room

11:00am – Fitness Video. Fitness Room

11:30am – *Depart for the Eastman at Washington Square Concert: Fuego Saxophone Quartet.

Don’t miss this award-winning ensemble composed of Eastman graduate students:

Nicki Roman, soprano saxophone, Erik Elmgren, alto saxophone, Harrison Clarke,

tenor saxophone, and Gabriel Piqué, baritone saxophone, as they perform music of

William Albright and Marc Mellits. No fee to attend. Return approx.1:30pm.

1:00pm – *Gentle Chair Yoga with Eva Kane. Fitness Room

2:00pm – Blood Pressure Screenings. Club Room

2:00pm – Presentation: 4 Weeks, 8 Great Buildings with cottage resident Nancy McAfee. From the

pyramids to the Eiffel Tower to modern concert halls we will look at what makes a

building great and the evolution of building styles. Community Center.

6:30pm – Depart for a Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Concert: Stare Conducts Brahms 1. Please

note transportation arrangements were made in advance. Return approx. 10:00pm

Friday, March 3rd:



11:15am – Tech Time with facilitator Cory White, IT Technician. Discussion topic: Video and Audio

Streaming. Tech Time is a twice occurring monthly meeting for residents to share ideas,

information and questions about technology. Bring your curiosity, ideas and open mind.

Music Room

12:30pm – *Aquatic Exercise Class with Students from Nazareth College. Pool

1:00pm – Catholic Mass with volunteers from St. Louis Church. Community Center

1:00pm – Pause for Peace Interfaith Worship Service with Chaplain Jim Grobe. Music Room

1:30pm-2:30pm – Open swim with Robin Gallagher. Pool

2:30pm – Music Mixer, live entertainment with Tom Dunn on guitar. Laurelwood Gallery

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Saturday, March 4th:

10:30am – Tai Chi Class with Dr. Kathy Gill. Fitness Room

11:00am – *Pathway to Pittsford Errand Bus departs to Pittsford Plaza and Pittsford Library. The

bus departs from the Highlands at 11:00am, 12:00pm and 1:45pm. The Pittsford

Library is offering a Tatting Demonstration at 2:00pm. Your grandmother may have

tatted doilies or edges on handkerchiefs and pillowcases. Over the years tatting has

changed. See examples and learn more about modern-day tatting. The program will be

held in the Fisher Meeting Room, no registration required. Pathways return bus will be

available for residents wishing to attend.

2:30pm – Saturday Musical Matinee: Lion King (1994) with James Earl Jones. Community Center

Sunday, March 5th:

10:30am – Communion Service with volunteers from St. Louis Church. Laurelwood Activity Room

2:30pm – Movie: Hachi: A Dog’s Tale (2009) with Richard Geer. Community Center

Monday, March 6th:


10:00am – *Monthly Kitchen Tour. Tour is approx. 30 minutes long. Space is limited; please sign

up in the Program Book. Meet outside Lilac Shop


1:00pm – Euchre Group. Social Room


1:30pm-2:00pm – *Hearing aide checks with Audiologist Dr. Andrea Segmond of Ontario Hearing.

No fee to attend. Parlor

2:30pm – Presentation: Bird Migration with Richard Ashworth. This presentation provides an

overview of New World bird migration, including mechanisms of navigation and

environmental threats to migrants. The focus is on examples of birds which migrate

through the Rochester area. Community Center

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Tuesday, March 7th:





1:15pm – Bible Study with Chaplain Jim Grobe. Laurelwood Gallery

2:30pm – *Stepping Stones: Part 4 – Writing My Ethical Will with Chaplain Jim Grobe. This 7

part series is a pathway enabling us to take the steps forward in reflecting on

the significance of our lives, what our hopes and wishes are as we go forward in our

personal journeys, and how we might truly celebrate our life. Music Room

7:00pm – Game Night! Games are provided or bring your favorite game to share! Music Room

Wednesday, March 8th:



1:00pm-2:00pm – Open Swim with Robin Gallagher. Pool

1:00pm – *Alzheimer’s Support Group for caregivers facilitated by Alzheimer’s Association staff

and volunteers. The group provides updated information, emotional support, and

problem solving as related to the challenges of giving care to those living with

Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia. Seneca Dining Room

1:00pm – Depart for Geva Theatre: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. Please note tickets were

purchased in advance. Return approx. 5:00pm

2:00pm – Pittsford Highlands Chorus practice. All are welcome to participate. Music Room

4:30pm-6:00pm – National Pancake Day: Try our “savory” pancakes and drink specials.

Highlands’ Pub

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Thursday, March 9th:





1:00pm – Knitting Group. Please bring your own supplies; yarn is available for charity knitting.

Music Room



building great and the evolution of building styles. Community Center

6:30pm – Depart for a Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Concert: Rachmaninoff & Tchaikovsky.

Please note transportation arrangements were made in advance. Return approx.

10:00pm

7:00pm – Victor Instrumental Pops Concert. Community Center

Friday, March 10th:




1:15pm – Interfaith Service with Chaplain Jim Grobe. Laurelwood Gallery


2:00pm – Enjoy a performance by the Young School of Irish Dance. Stop by and see these talented

dancers perform traditional reels and jigs! Community Center

3:30pm – Current Events Club. Are you interested in discussing current issues, expressing your

opinions, and being exposed to the ideas of your fellow residents? Community Center

Saturday, March 11th: Purim begins at Sundown. Daylight Savings: Turn your clocks AHEAD one

hour before bed tonight.

9:00am-11:00am – Saturday Breakfast, residents only. Dining Room


11:00am – Purim Trivia. Laurelwood Hearth Room

2:30pm – Saturday Musical Matinee: Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) with James Cagney.

Community Center

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Sunday, March 12th:


1:30pm – Casual Bridge Game. All are welcome to join. Social Room

1:30pm – Join Rabbi Yitzi Hein of Chabad of Pittsford for a celebration of Purim. Laurelwood Gallery

2:30pm – Movie: A Man called Ove (2015) in Swedish with English subtitles. Community Center

Monday, March 13th:





2:00pm – Presentation: Odenbach Shipbuilding Corporation in World War II with Marie Poinan.

In 1942, John Odenbach built a huge indoor shipyard in an apple orchard in the town

of Greece. The plant was only in business for five years, but it employed thousands and

Odenbach’s patented way of bending steel and rivet-less hulls revolutionized the

shipbuilding industry. The photos in this presentation are from the family and have

rarely been seen. Community Center

Picture: Mary Ann Evans, Ron Nelson, and Linda Russell

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Tuesday, March 14th




10:30am – *Colored Pencil Art Class with instructor Elaine Rittler. Step-by-step guided instruction

from line drawing to creating your own work of art in colored pencil. No prior art or

drawing skills required. Join us for an exciting, fun and relaxing afternoon! All

materials are provided, no fee to attend. Activities Room on the 2nd floor.


1:00pm – Walking Club. Meet in the Wellness Center


2:30pm – *Stepping Stones: Part 4 – The Elephant in the Room (Things We Need to Talk About)

with Chaplain Jim Grobe. This 7 part series is a pathway enabling us to take the steps

forward in reflecting on the significance of our lives, what our hopes and wishes are

as we go forward in our personal journeys, and how we might truly celebrate our life.

Music Room

6:45pm-8:00pm – Join us for The Evening Exchange: A time to gather and share ideas, play some

games, view a Ted Talk, or more. The perfect way to end your day! Music Room




11:30am – *Depart for Timothy Patrick's (TP's) Irish Restaurant and Sports Pub in Penfield in

celebration of Saint Patrick’s Day! Award winning food, a large beer selection and a

comfortable atmosphere are a few reasons why they've been the most authentic Irish

Pub in Rochester for over 30 years! Return approx. 2:30pm.



4:30pm-6:00pm – Saint Patrick’s Day Happy Hour, Wear your Green!:

drink specials and appetizers. Highlands’ Pub and Music Room

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10:00am-2:00pm – *Parkinson Café, a program designed to provide social, cultural and

intellectual interaction for people with Parkinson’s disease and their care partners. No

fee to attend, bring your own lunch. Located at the Hahnemann Club, please request

transportation.



11:00am – Pray the Rosary with volunteers from St. Louis Church. Music Room

11:30am – *Depart for the Eastman at Washington Square Concert: Flutissimo! Enjoy the sounds

of many flutes as the ECMS Krusenstjerna Scholarship Flute Choir perform, under the

direction of Sophia Gibbs Kim. No fee to attend. Return approx.1:30pm.

1:00pm – *Gentle Chair Yoga with Eva Kane. Fitness Room

2:00pm – Blood Pressure Screenings. Club Room



building great and the evolution of building styles. Community Center.

3:30pm-5:30pm – United Way Fundraising Dinner Event! Get in the Saint Patrick’s Day spirit

with a Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner for only $8.00. Also includes potatoes,

carrots, and biscuit. Purchase tickets at the Hospitality Desk. Take Home only. Pick up

dinner between 3:30-5:30 at the Bistro. All proceeds benefit the United Way.

4:00pm – “UR” in Tune with Eastman School of Music: The Harvard Business School Comes to the

Eastman School of Music with Michael Alan Anderson, Associate Professor of Musicology,

Eastman School of Music. Please see page 18 for course information. Community Center

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Friday, March 17th: Happy St. Patrick’s Day!



No Aquatic Exercise Class with Students from Nazareth College today.



3:00pm – Music Mixer with the Galtee Mountain Boys featuring our very own Highlands’ driver,

Brendan O’Riordan. Enjoy traditional Irish music! Community Center



11:00am – *Pathway to Pittsford Errand Bus departs to Pittsford Plaza and Pittsford Library. The bus

departs from the Highlands at 11:00am, 12:00pm and 1:00pm. Pittsford Cinema

Matinees times and movies will be posted and bus runs will accommodate for movie

starting times.

2:30pm – Saturday Musical Matinee: Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) with Sissy Spacek and

Tommy Lee Jones. Community Center

Sunday, March 19th:


2:30pm – Movie: Spotlight (2015) with Mark Ruffalo and Michael Keaton. Community Center

3:15pm – Discussion: Fenway Park. Hearth Room

Monday, March 20th: First Day of Spring!





1:00pm – University of Rochester Lecture: Contemporary Moral Problems: Capitalism and

Communism with Robert Holmes, PhD. Please see page 18 for course information.

Community Center

7:00pm – Movie Night: Brooklyn (2016) with Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen and Domhnall

Gleeson. Community Center

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Tuesday, March 21st:




10:30am – *Depart to see migrating Waterfowl at Northern Seneca and Cayuga Lake State Parks.

This trip is facilitated by Cottage resident David Strong and includes a rest stop at the

Montezuma NWR Visitor Center and a lunch stop. Trip is weather and migrating

waterfowl sighting availability dependent. Return Approx. 3:00pm



2:30pm – *Stepping Stones: Part 6 – Family Sharing (Getting All on the Same Page) with Chaplain

Jim Grobe. This 7 part series is a pathway enabling us to take the steps forward

in reflecting on the significance of our lives, what our hopes and wishes are as we go

forward in our personal journeys, and how we might truly celebrate our life. Music

Room

7:00pm – Game Night! Games are provided or bring your favorite game to share! Music Room

Picture: Wayne and Helen VanNess

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Wednesday, March 22nd:



1:00pm – *Depart for the Rochester Museum and Science Center for the exhibit, Snowflakes Up

Close. Experience what it takes to photograph an extremely delicate and short-lived

subject—a snowflake. Find the stunning photography of Rochester Institute of

Technology (RIT) professor Michael Peres and original photomicrographs made by

pioneer snowflake photographer Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley on the Museum's third

floor. In the exhibit, visitors explore the scientific art of snowflake photography and

delight in the beauty of more than thirty snowflake images as they have never been

seen before. For a fully immersive experience with these ice crystals, guests walk

through Michael’s photographic process and examine a snowflake under a microscope

while answering the big question—are any two snowflakes alike? Admission fee is

$7.00. Return approx. 3:00pm


1:30pm-3:30pm – Ice Cream for United Way: Ice cream or frozen yogurt with your favorite

toppings for $2.00. All proceeds benefit the United Way. Coffee Bar (outside of

Community Center).


4:30pm-6:00pm – Happy Hour: drink specials and appetizers. Highlands’ Pub and Music Room

7:00pm – Saxophone Quartet, Students from Eastman School of Music. This 30 minute program

will include a variety of classical and easy listening music. Musicians will introduce the

instruments and provide some historical/compositional background for the pieces.

Community Center

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Thursday, March 23rd:







building great and the evolution of building styles. Community Center

Friday, March 24th:



11:15am – *Tech Time with facilitator Cory White, IT Technician. Discussion topic: Take a Tour

Through the Technology That Makes The Highlands at Pittsford Run. (Walking required)

Tech Time is a twice occurring monthly meeting for residents to share ideas, information and

questions about technology. Bring your curiosity, ideas and open mind. Music Room



1:15pm – Interfaith Worship Service with Chaplain Jim Grobe. Laurelwood Gallery

2:30pm – Music Mixer, live entertainment with Gary Scott on piano. Community Center



11:00am – Trivia: This and That. Laurelwood Hearth Room

2:30pm – Saturday Musical Matinee: Porgy and Bess (1959) with Sidney Poitier. Community

Center

Sunday, March 26th:


1:30pm – Casual Bridge Game. All are welcome to join. Social Room

2:30pm – Movie: Bridge of Spies (2015) with Tom Hanks. Community Center

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Monday, March 27th:



11:15am – Cultural Programming Meeting. All are welcome to join to discuss programming

suggestions. Music Room



2:00pm – Monthly Resident Meeting. Community Center

3:00pm –The Alzheimer's Association Presents: A Video Education Series. Part III – Understanding

Behaviors and Care Partner Stress with Dr. Carol Podgorski. This interactive video

education 4 part series will provide information on various topics as they relate to

Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia. The sessions are intended to connect care partners

with experts such as physicians, researchers, and attorneys. Music Room

Picture: Dr. Bob and Helen Schnorr

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Tuesday, March 28th:




10:30am – *Colored Pencil Art Class with instructor Elaine Rittler. Step-by-step guided instruction

from line drawing to creating your own work of art in colored pencil. No prior art or

drawing skills required. Join us for an exciting, fun and relaxing afternoon! All

materials are provided, no fee to attend. Activities Room on the 2nd floor.


1:00pm – Walking Club. Meet in the Wellness Center

1:00pm – Presentation: A Future in Sight for Those Who Are Visually Impaired with ABVI’s Rene

Latorre, Director of Advocacy and Consumer Affairs and Tracy Schleyer, Vice President

The Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ABVI)-Goodwill, founded in 1911,

is a premiere provider of vision rehabilitation services to people who are blind or visually

impaired throughout the Greater Rochester region. Learn how ABVI prepares and

empowers people who are blind or visually impaired to be self-sufficient and contribute

to their families and communities. Community Center


2:30pm – *Stepping Stones: Part 7 – A Celebration of Life with Chaplain Jim Grobe. This 7 part

series is a pathway enabling us to take the steps forward in reflecting on the significance

of our lives, what our hopes and wishes are as we go forward in our personal journeys,

and how we might truly celebrate our life. Music Room

3:30pm – 5:30pm – United Way Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser! Enjoy a delicious meal for a great

cause. Dine In or Take Home. Sign up and pay at Hospitality Desk. Cost is $8. All proceeds

go to the United Way. Community Center

6:45pm-8:00pm – Join us for The Evening Exchange: A time to gather and share ideas, play some

games, view a Ted Talk, or more. The perfect way to end your day! Music Room

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1:00pm – *Depart for Eastview Mall or Target. Return approx. 4:00pm

1:30pm – Travelogue Part 2: Demonstration and tasting of the Foods of Indo-China with Beth

Brancato. Beth has been a world traveler for the past 20 years and is owner of Tours of

a Lifetime, a touring company. Laurelwood Activity Room


4:30pm-6:00pm – Popcorn Day Happy Hour, create your own mix! Drink specials and appetizers.

Highlands’ Pub and Music Room






2:00pm – Presentation: Rochester City Historian Christine L. Ridarsky will provide an overview of

the woman suffrage movement as it played out in New York State from 1848 to 1917.

By exploring the wide variety of rhetorical and tactical strategies employed by women

throughout the long campaign, Ridarsky will reveal the complexity of the process and

the significant role played by women at all levels of the movement from Susan B.

Anthony to state leaders such as Jean Brooks Greenleaf and Ella Hawley Crossett right

on down to the thousands of unnamed women who organized meetings and went door

to door in their local communities. Community Center

3:30pm – Music for All. Chamber Music on Strings from the Eastman School of Music. This

program is part of Eastman’s extensive outreach program and is an integral part of the

chamber music curriculum. Laurelwood Gallery

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Friday, March 31st:



11:15am – *Depart for the Hindu Temple of Rochester. During this visit to the Hindu Temple on

Pinnacle Road, we will be able to witness prayers and then look around, ask

questions and learn more about Hindi beliefs and customs. Walking and stairs, as

well as removing shoes, required. No fee to attend. Return approx. 1:30pm




2:00pm – *Cooking Demonstration with Highlands’ Chef, Mike Wasylko. Community Center

2:30pm – Music Mixer with Dick Leshhorn on keyboard. Laurelwood Gallery

3:30pm – Current Events Club. Are you interested in discussing current issues, expressing your

opinions, and being exposed to the ideas of your fellow residents? Community Center

Picture: Lowell and Wanda Ahrendsen

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“UR” In Tune Lecture Offering:

The Harvard Business School Comes to the Eastman School of Music Thursday, March 16th 4:00 pm-5:00 pm

The case study method is a teaching tool that has served business administration programs for more

than a century. This approach highlights real business problems that develop students’ analytical

and decision-making abilities. The Harvard Business School has a virtual monopoly on the market

of case studies, but those that specifically target music institutions are few and far between.

Instruction in the areas of organizational structure, fundraising, marketing, media and technology,

community engagement, advocacy, and labor relations as they relate to musical arts organizations

is in short supply. The Eastman Case Study Series is the first of its kind to apply the case method

exclusively to business problems faced by musical arts organizations. Professor Michael Anderson

outlines the value and method of case study teaching and provides a glimpse of the wide range of

fascinating music institutions that have been profiled in the Eastman Case Study Series.

Michael Alan Anderson specializes in a wide range of issues related to sacred music from the

fourteenth through the sixteenth century, with emphasis on the saints and lay devotion. He is the

author of the book St. Anne in Renaissance Music: Devotion and Politics (Cambridge University

Press, 2014). Anderson is a two-time winner of ASCAP’s Deems Taylor Award for outstanding

writing about music, for articles published in 2011 (Early Music History) and in 2013 (Journal of

the American Musicological Society). He is also the 2012 winner of the Noah Greenberg Award,

given by the American Musicological Society for outstanding contributions to historical

performance practices. In 2013, he received the University of Rochester’s Provost

Multidisciplinary Award, which involved producing first recordings of medieval music supplied

to the newly-installed medieval gallery at the Memorial Art Gallery.

University of Rochester Courses:

Contemporary Moral Problems Monday, March 20th 1:00pm-2:00pm This lecture is a follow up lecture to the January series of lectures and will cover the topic

communism versus capitalism. The aim will be first to clarify precisely what the moral issues are

and second, to discuss the pros and cons with a view to helping people make up their own minds

on this issue.

Robert L. Holmes, PhD is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Rochester. He

received his PhD at Michigan University. His research interests include ethics, social philosophy,

and philosophy of war. He is author of The Ethics of Nonviolence, Nonviolence in Theory and

Practice and Basic Moral Philosophy.

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