7 pm Hybrid (Small Meeting Room & Zoom)
Want to be part of a local, supportive writing group that helps you grow in your craft? Fredricksen Writes is for writers of all experience levels who want to be critiqued and in exchange provide critiques for other writers. This group is best suited for writers of memoirs, short stories, novels or essays. Join us to observe and learn what we’re all about. Space is limited; registration required.

8 Session Workshop  
March 5 - April 30 (no session March 26)
Community Room/Small Meeting Room
An Exercise a Day Keeps the Rejections Away! Join Catherine Jordan, author, editor, and mentor, for an 8-week course using fiction writing exercises to keep the creative juices flowing. These exercises will be done in class. Focus is on the craft, not on editing or critique. Whether you’re an aspiring author or seasoned makes no difference. Use this class to build your author portfolio, polish your craft, or work toward a submission. Registration is required.
 

8 pm - 9 pm via Zoom
Thursdays, March 28 - April 25
Join us online as we discover and discuss two epic poems: The Epic of Gilgamesh and Beowulf. Please read the listed sections ahead of each meeting, but please don’t read ahead. Registration is required. 
March 28—The Epic of Gilgamesh: all
April 4—Beowulf: lines 1 through 800
April 11— Beowulf: lines 801 through 1600
April 18— Beowulf: lines 1601 through 2400
April 25— Beowulf: lines 2401 through end

2 pm Community Room
Join us for this two part series:
A faith, a culture, and a political movement – Islam has represented all of these throughout history. Many Americans find the subject of Islam mysterious, even worrisome, as they reflect on the rise of terrorist movements across the globe. This two-part program seeks to promote a broad, objective understanding of the world’s second-largest religion. Among the topics to be covered are the life of its charismatic founder, the Prophet Muhammad; its core rituals and beliefs; its sectarian diversity; the rise and fall of Muslim power and influence from the 7th through the 19th centuries; and the issues posed by a reinvigorated Islam today. The program is facilitated by historian John Maietta, whose career includes a Master’s Degree in Applied History, service as a public affairs officer with the PA National Guard and completion of deployments to Bosnia, Kosovo, Germany and Iraq.

Part 2: March 17 @ 2pm

4 pm Hybrid, Community Room AND Zoom
Join us for a special Saturday Curl Up with the Classics discussion of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, a 2024 Longwood Gardens Community Read’s choice. “When young Mary Lennox moves into Misselthwaite Manor, she hates it. . . . After uncovering a hidden key, Mary discovers an old, abandoned garden that has a few secrets. With two unexpected friends, Mary is determined to bring the garden back to life.” You must have read or listened to the book to attend. Ages 10 and older please; 12 & under must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is required.

7 pm in the Atrium, Upper Level
We welcome Nashville based indie folk-pop duo The Sea The Sea featuring “excellent harmonies” (NPR’s All Songs Considered) and “two of the loveliest male-female voices you might ever hear this or any other year” (Huffington Post). They have been featured on Mountain Stage and have 20 million + streams on Spotify to date. No registration necessary.  MORE INFO

March 24 @ 2 pm in the Atrium, Upper Level
Join us as we welcome Seasons back to Fredricksen! Seasons is an award-winning Celtic New-Folk group out of Central PA. Their albums have received national acclaim and radio play, and several of the band members have competed in Ireland at the highest level of Irish music competition. The band has performed at numerous festivals, including Celtic Fling, Bethlehem Music Festival, and the Kutztown Folk Festival. Their concerts include traditional Irish songs and instrumentals and also original compositions on harp, hammered dulcimer, fiddle, concertina, and more! Check them out:  www.seasonsmusic.com

2 pm Small Meeting Room
New to meditation? No problem! A certified trainer from the Heartfulness Institute (www.heartfulnessinstitute.org) will help you in taking that first step to develop calmness from within. As a practitioner, you can experience better concentration, inner balance and true wellness of being. Come and experience the peace and love as a starting point of many good things in life. Registration required.