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May, 2008 (127 events)

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Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
				1 Music & Movement Acupuncture Drop-In Museum Open House	2 Career Fair Ja’duke Preformance Music Lesson @ Shea	3 Beginners’ Birdwalk Meals on Wheels Walk Rummage,Tag,Food Sale Spring Rummage Sale Voluntary Toll Booth Mother Goose Loose T-Ball Games at Unity Par Annual Town Meeting Northfield Mtn Program Ja’Duke Preformance Music Lesson @ Shea
4 May Day Celebration Bookmill Concert Series Downtown Walking Tour Music Lesson @ Shea Ja’Duke performance	5 Junie Jones @ Shea FCHCC - Film Series Soup & Games Night Community Meal Montague Plains Walk Evening Sing-A-Long Selectman’s Meeting	6 Mother Goose Loose Senior Center Trips Historical Walking Tour R.A.D. Program	7 Story Hour Mid - Week Concert Farmers Market History: Montague Grange Town Mtg - continues MCEC Meeting 51st Kiwanis Auction Bookmill Concert Series	8 MBA Exec Music & Movement Theft/Scam Prevention MBA Comm Acupuncture Drop-In Soldiers Memorial Mtg 51st Kiwanis Auction	9 The Fabulous Maurice Ja’duke Preformance	10 Migratory Birds Tag Sale-BABY ITEMS Downtown Clean -Up Planting Program T-Ball Games at Unity Par Zoe Darrow @ The Shea RELAY ROCK Ja’duke Preformance Music for a May Evening St.James Coffeehouse Show
11 MOTHER’S DAY Fun Bike Tour Second Sunday Comedy show	12 Community Meal Evening Sing-A-Long	13 Mother Goose Loose R.A.D. Program	14 Fish Ladder Opening Day Cummunicating/Caring Caregivers Spring Series Story Hour Friends of Senior Ctr Mid - Week Concert Farmer’s Market Estate Planning Grange Meeting	15 Music & Movement Family Fun Night Acupuncture Drop-In	16 Children’s Festival Buds & Blossoms Potluck @ Mik Valley Idol Auditions	17 Bridge of Flowers Benefit Saturdays Hiking Series Valley Idol Jr. NEW Used Book Sale Living with Dinosaurs T-Ball Games at Unity Par Great Falls Art Fest Benefit Concert Bloomfest Valley Idol @ Shea
18 New Summer Hours Great Falls Art Fest	19 MBA Leadership Mtg Community Meal Evening Sing-A-Long	20 Nature @ 8 Mother Goose Loose R.A.D. Program	21 Story Hour Mid - Week Concert Farmer’s Market	22 Music & Movement Acupuncture Drop-In	23 Rural Development	24 Tag Sale/Car Wash Benefit T-Ball Games at Unity Par Valley Idol @ Shea
25	26 Memorial Day Celebration Memorial Day Community Meal Evening Sing-A-Long	27 Mother Goose Loose	28 Story Hour Mid - Week Concert Farmer’s Market	29 Music & Movement NO ACUPUNCTURE DROP-IN Learn to Fish	30 Bouquet of Music Series	31 NELCWIT’s Tag sale Bike Auction T-Ball Games at Unity Par Montague Dog Licenses Valley Idol - Finals

Events for May 11, 2008

MOTHER’S DAY

Sunday May 11, 2008, All Day Event

History of Mother’s Day:
The history of Mother’s Day is centuries old and goes back to the times of ancient Greeks, who held festivities to Rhea, mother of the Gods. The early Christians celebrated the Mother"s festival on the fourth Sunday of Lent to honor Mary, the mother of Christ. Interestingly, later on a religious order stretched the holiday to included all mothers, and named it as the Mothering Sunday. The English colonists settled in America discontinued the tradition of Mothering Sunday because of lack of time. In 1872 Julia Ward Howe organized a day for mothers dedicated to peace. It is a landmark in the history of Mother’s Day.
In 1907, Anna M. Jarvis a Philadelphia schoolteacher began a movement to set up a national Mother’s Day in honor of her own mother, Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis. She solicited the help of hundreds of legislators and prominent businessmen to create a special day to honor mothers. The fist Mother’s Day observance was a church service honoring Anna’s mother. Anna handed out her mother’s favorite flowers, the white incarnations, on the occasion as they represented sweetness,purity, and patience. Anna’s years of hard work finally paid off in 1914 when President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the second Sunday in May as a national holiday in honor of mothers.
Slowly and gradually the Mother’s Day became very popular and gift giving activity increased. All this commercialization of Mother’s Day infuriated Anna. She believed believed the day’s sentiment was being sacrificed at the expense of greed and profit.
Regardless of Anna’s worries, Mother’s Day has flourished in the United States. Actually, the second Sunday of May has become the most popular day of the year. Although Anna may not be with us, past in 1948, Mother’s Day lives on and has spread to various countries. Many countries celebrate Mother’s Day at various times during the year but some such as Denmark,Finland,Italy,Turkey,Australia, and Belgium also celebrate on the second Sunday of May.
Have a Happy Mother’s Day.

(info from Gill/Montague Senior News)

Associated Group: Montague-Palooza

Posted by: clegg

Fun Bike Tour

Sunday May 11, 2008, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

On Sunday, May 11th, a Fun Bike Ride and Tour will start at the beginning of the Turners Falls Bike Path in Unity Park. The ride will last appx. 9 miles, and will cover the new bike path from Unity park to the train yard and back. Librarian Linda Hickman, author of The Turners Falls Historical Walking Tour brochure, will lead the ride and provide commentary. For more information- call 863-3214 or 413-774-0204.

Associated Group: Library

Posted by: linda

Second Sunday Comedy show

Sunday May 11, 2008, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
(This is a recurring event which started Sun 11/11/2007 and goes through Tue 11/11/2008 )

3 Comics for $5 at the Route 63 Roadhouse. Eat before (or during) the show - appetizers, panini, pizzas. For more info: www.LaughAtDave.com/SecondSunday.html

Associated Group: Montague-Palooza

Posted by: DaveY