Acton COA Funded Programs in 2022
- Music history programs, including early Jewish entertainers, popular music series, Broadway music series, jive, feminism in music, blues, love songs, Latin music, and holiday favorites
- Two classical music series that blend presentation and performance
- Art presentations via Zoom on Faith Ringgold and New England seascapes
- Words Galore classes in person and via Zoom
- Poets Live Forever classes in person and via Zoom
- Tai Chi classes offered weekly, year-round
- History talks on the Medici Family, the Supreme Court, the Trail of Tears, and Vietnam
- Presentations on political subjects including political trivia, campaign trail humor, and spooky politics
- Entertainment including an Elvis impersonator, Albert Einstein performance, holiday concert, and tight rope walker Professor De Houne
- Arts and craft classes on watercolor painting, card making, drawing cartoons via Zoom, smartphone photography, and wool needle felting.
- Health and wellness programs including preparing for caregiving lecture via Zoom, creativity and aging, muscle and joint recovery/pain management series, and laughter yoga
- Literature series on Emily Dickinson and Winesburg, Ohio
- Author talks on the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist and the 18th century crimes of Bathsheba Spooner
- Other programs supported included a visit from a miniature therapy horse, the holiday tea, and presentations on using DNA in genealogy, Ted Reinstein of Chronicle on general stores, writing your life story, and the war in Ukraine
