Events Calendar / FRT

Framingham Reads Together - Reflecting on the Yalta Conference: Success or Failure? thumbnail Photo

Framingham Reads Together - Reflecting on the Yalta Conference: Success or Failure?

Join us as we discuss the Yalta Conference and address some fundamental questions about the meeting of the "Big Three" (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin). We will cover why the Yalta Conference was called, the goals the three leaders hoped to achieve at the Conference, and an evaluation of whether the Conference achieved those goals. We will also reflect on how the death of President Franklin Roosevelt changed the political landscape following the Yalta meeting.

She Can Do It: Real/‘Reel’ Women and Mid-Century Mysteries (Framingham Reads Together) thumbnail Photo

She Can Do It: Real/‘Reel’ Women and Mid-Century Mysteries (Framingham Reads Together)

Join Massachusetts suspense authors Janet Raye Stevens and Sharon Healy-Yang for an engaging, multi-media event revealing some intriguing inspirations for creating a mystery set circa WWII. Using film clips, anecdotes, and excerpts from their books, Janet and Sharon will talk about 1940s women in real as well as reel life and how these smart, stylish, and wise-cracking gals in books and film inspired their own 1940s-set mysteries. If you love mysteries, movies, and lots of banter, don’t miss it!

Greater Worcester Opera Presents the Sounds of the 1940’s (Framingham Reads Together) thumbnail Photo

Greater Worcester Opera Presents the Sounds of the 1940’s (Framingham Reads Together)

Greater Worcester Opera presents beautiful, meaningful, and sometimes a bit silly, music from the 1940's. Springing from the joys and sorrows of wartime, this music expressed the heart and soul of those who found themselves in difficult times, doing their duty and longing for peace. Featuring our wonderful singers, accompanied by Olga Rogach and narrated by Aldo Fabrizi.