6:30 pm in the Community Room

With his unique gravelly, tobacco-scarred, and whiskey-soaked voice and experimental presentation styles, Waits is one of our great composers and performers of "people's music" since the early 1970s. Recognized by Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, and others, we will be celebrating his music and cultural contributions (he is also a bit of a movie "star").  Visuals and projected lyrics for singing along to Tom's extraordinary and idiosyncratic prestidigitations. Presented by guitarist, singer and West Chester University professor, Doug Morris. All are welcome!   

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm in the Atrium, Upper Level

Join us for a musical celebration of the season with selections from The Praise Ringer Handbell Choir of the First United Methodist Church in Mechanicsburg followed by seasonal selections from harpist Louis Lynch.

6 pm in the Community Room
Discuss types of investments, technology, diversification, researching before you invest, and the “power” of compound interest. This program is presented by the PA State Dept. of Banking and Securities. Register or walk in. 

1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. in the Community Room 

Between 1935 and 1975, the pursuit of mental health became a social priority in the United States particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area. How did San Francisco, once a sleepy outpost of the mental health professions, become a world-class psychiatric city after World War II? Why did the pursuit of self-improvement through psychotherapy become commonplace in certain regions of the country but not in others? Join writer and historian Justin Suran in this discussion of his Substack series “Reason's Frontier: How Psychiatric Science and Therapeutic Culture Became Part of Everyday Life.” No registration required.

Come prepared for a discussion at each meeting by reading these articles on Substack:

Nov 23 - Preface, 1, 2, and 3

Friday, October 25, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. in the Community Room 

Kris was a composer, singer, guitarist, poet, short-story writer, film actor (e.g., A Star is Born; Semi-Tough; Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid; Lonestar, etc.), helicopter pilot (he landed a helicopter in Johnny Cash’s yard to get Cash to listen to one his songs, winner of the Free Speech Award from the “Americana Music Association, member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, an activist for peace and social justice, a Rhodes Scholar with a Master’s in literature from Oxford; a friend, colleague and comrade of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Waylon Jennings.  

Kristofferson brought Dylanesque poetry, Blakean literary adventurousness, and a combination of the personal as political and the political as personal to Nashville and country music. His work opened a connection between country music, folk music, rock music, and the “counterculture.”  

This program is presented by Doug Morris, musician, composer, storyteller and West Chester University professor.  

2 pm in the BCC, Upper Level
Improve your basic computer skills. Use our laptops or bring your own! In this session, we will introduce the parts of the computer, identify and use essential keys on the keyboard, and work on mouse skills. Registration is required.

2 p.m. - 4 p.m. in the Community Room  

Led by Yasmin Haut and musician friends, the Dances explore sacred phrases for many of the world’s great spiritual traditions combined with simple folk-dance movement. All are welcome to join as we focus on this simple practice to achieve greater understanding, forgiveness and trust. Wear comfortable clothing. No registration necessary.

Beginning November 12: Second Tuesdays from 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 

Small Meeting Room 

Being a caregiver is often a difficult, complicated, unappreciated task, but possibly one of the most important roles you will ever play. This series of five workshops will cover the basics and present an opportunity for participants to share their personal experiences and challenges for the benefit of others in a non-judgmental way. Sessions are facilitated by Glen Dunbar, a semi-retired social gerontologist. No registration required.