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You’ve always been independent

and lived life on your own terms. If you didn’t like something, you changed it. Work hard, play hard—you’re not going to stop now. This is your time to engage in the life you so richly deserve! At Southgate, you’ll enjoy a host of extraordinary services, meet new people, make new friends, and pursue your passions.

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Southgate is a retirement community

designed to nurture your body, mind, and soul, rekindle your interest in what excites you, and so much more. We offer the best senior living facilities of any retirement community in Massachusetts, including a health club, swimming pool, bowling alley, movie theatre, library, dining room, cafe, and cocktail lounge. The activities are endless!

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Wherever your inspiration guides you

either within the security and privacy of your own senior living apartment or just outside your door, Southgate is a place of vibrant possibilities. Bring them to life, all while living in premium surroundings with unsurpassed amenities and the security of knowing that the services you desire are available to you.

Best of all

Southgate is a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) offering independent living and assisted living accommodations, along with nursing and rehabilitation care on site, if ever needed.

At Southgate, you will live as richly on the outside as you feel on the inside!

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Southgate Residents Enjoy Presentation by Board Member Cathy Flanagan December 22, 2022 - In November, our Residents and staff enjoyed a slide show presentation and lecture given by Board member Cathy Flanagan. Mrs. Flanagan provided a comprehensive history of our Southgate community, along with heartwarming stories about Southgate’s founder, Donald F. Flanagan. Residents were given the opportunity to ask questions about the building construction, and the concept behind our Continuum Care Retirement Community.... Read More

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Give the Gift of Local Experiences to Adult Children and Grandchildren This Year December 1, 2023 - One of the most rewarding parts of the holiday season is the opportunity to give gifts to your family, and there is no better gift than spending quality time together. Fortunately, Southgate at Shrewsbury is located nearby to a variety of fantastic experiences that can make fabulous gifts for your loved ones.  Give the gift of art: Southgate is conveniently located between Worcester and Boston, so you have your pick of art museums to choose from! Consider gifting your loved ones a membership to The Worcester Art Museum or the Massachusetts Fine Arts Museum, both of which offer... Read More

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  • Cub Scout Pack 158

    10:15 am-12:00 pm
    11/06/2021

    The scouts are here again this year for their annual tribute to our Southgate veterans. They will be placing flags around the gazebo area and vets are welcome to come down to chat and share some stories about your service as well as have a muffin or two!

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  • Women’s Circle Breakfast

    9:15 am-11:00 am
    11/10/2021

    Our speaker is Deborah Packard, the Executive Director for Preservation Worcester. Her topic is “Saving the Best to Last.” Learn about Preservation Worcester’s past, present, and future as the organization strives to safeguard the architectural landscape of the city. Deborah will share stories about Preservation Worcester’s growth from a volunteer organization founded in 1969 to a widely respected and effective community asset. Hear about recent efforts including the relocation and restoration of Stearns Tavern, the partnership in the restoration of the Lincoln Square Boys Club, and the Door to Door Holiday Tour. Deborah has been the Executive Director of Preservation Worcester since 2004.

  • Broadway HD Screening “Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles”

    2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    11/10/2021

    Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles is the first in-depth documentary film that chronicles the story of Fiddler On The Roof, exploring the unexpected richness of its themes as well as its long reach across time and cultures. Fiddler is the story of all immigrants and refugees trying to escape persecution in their homeland, of the Jewish immigrant coming to America, of the fraying of tradition, generational tension, and the loss of roots. This is the story of Fiddler On The Roof.

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  • Trip to Boston Symphony Orchestra Open Rehearsal Series

    9:00 am-11:00 am
    11/11/2021

    The first in our 4-part subscription series to the BSO Open Rehearsals features conductor Tom Koopman with William R. Hudgins on clarinet and includes Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2. Previous registration was required.

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  • Southgate’s 2021 Anniversary Show! “It’s Daybreak & Southgate’s Still Got Talent”

    7:30 pm-10:00 pm
    11/12/2021

    Ladies and Gentlemen! It’s Daybreak and Southgate’s still got talent! We have re-vamped our 2020 Anniversary Show to bring you an even bigger, brighter and better production for 2021! We have guest performers from “far and wide” here to celebrate all that makes Southgate a unique community filled with gifted individuals who come together to share life, love and laughter! All for One and One for All! You don’t want to miss this extraordinary annual event. Seating is limited and theatre doors will open one half hour prior to show time. Curtain going up! (Finally!)

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  • Southgate’s 2021 Anniversary Show! “It’s Daybreak & Southgate’s Still Got Talent”

    2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    11/13/2021

    Ladies and Gentlemen! It’s Daybreak and Southgate’s still got talent! We have re-vamped our 2020 Anniversary Show to bring you an even bigger, brighter and better production for 2021! We have guest performers from “far and wide” here to celebrate all that makes Southgate a unique community filled with gifted individuals who come together to share life, love and laughter! All for One and One for All! You don’t want to miss this extraordinary annual event. Seating is limited and theatre doors will open one half hour prior to show time. Curtain going up! (Finally!)

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  • Southgate’s 2021 Anniversary Show! “It’s Daybreak & Southgate’s Still Got Talent”

    2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    11/14/2021

    Ladies and Gentlemen! It’s Daybreak and Southgate’s still got talent! We have re-vamped our 2020 Anniversary Show to bring you an even bigger, brighter and better production for 2021! We have guest performers from “far and wide” here to celebrate all that makes Southgate a unique community filled with gifted individuals who come together to share life, love and laughter! All for One and One for All! You don’t want to miss this extraordinary annual event. Seating is limited and theatre doors will open one half hour prior to show time. Curtain going up! (Finally!)

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  • Michael Perry Slide Show “Two Danish Treasure-Exploring Copenhagen & Greenland”

    2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    11/15/2021

    Join Freeport, Maine’s Michael Perry for cross country skiing above the Arc-

    tic Circle in Greenland’s second largest town, Sisimiut, and early April sightsee-ing in Copenhagen, Denmark. We have entered you in the Arctic Circle Race; three days of challenging up’s and down’s, tenting out in the snow each evening, and beautiful mountain vistas as far as the eye can see. We will spend time before and after the race walking around the waterfront of Copenhagen and taking in one of their iconic canal boat tours among other famous sites. Come see why Denmark is touted to be, “The Happiest Country in the World.”

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  • Men’s Breakfast Club

    9:00 am-11:00 am
    11/17/2021

    Men’s Breakfast welcomes New England icon, Dick Flavin. Dick is the poet laureate and senior ambassador of the Boston Red Sox and voice of Fenway Park, serving as public address announcer for Red Sox day games. His television commentaries won seven New England Emmy Awards, he is a nationally known speaker, and is a member of the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame. He wrote and starred in According to Tip, the acclaimed one-man play about legendary Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Red Sox Rhymes: Verses and Curses, a collection of sixty-four humorous and nostalgic poems celebrating the Boston Red Sox.

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  • Out to Lunch – Tavolino’s

    11:30 am-1:00 pm
    11/18/2021

    Tavolino’s is a casual-upscale restaurant serving classic and contemporary Italian dishes. Previous registration required.

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  • Hanukkah Observance

    3:00 pm-4:00 pm
    11/28/2021

    Jewish Studies Group facilitator Rabbi Suri Krieger will conduct a community Hanukkah service with lighting of the Menorah to welcome the holy season. ALL are invited to attend—traditional refreshments will be served.

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  • Richard Hughes Silent Movie Shows

    2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    11/29/2021

    “Finding Art, Science, Technology and Music in Silent Films“

    Silent movie pianist, Richard Hughes, creates a living history by way of fascinating silent movie clips of newsreels, educational films, melodramas, car-toons, comedies, horror movies and more. Audience members will have an opportunity to synchronize sound effects like a train whistle, siren and wind machine to a popular melodrama of 1913. This is followed by a demonstration of ingenious animation devices that preceded the motion picture camera and then, a focus on silent movie ‘Mood Music’ that Richard will play with selected films.

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  • Classical Pianist Fred Moyer

    7:30 pm-9:00 pm
    11/30/2021

    Join us in the theatre for long-time Southgate favorite, Fred Moyer! During over forty years as a full‐time concert pianist, Frederick Moyer has established a vital musical career that has taken him to forty‐three countries and to such far‐flung venues as Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Sydney Opera House, Windsor Castle, Carnegie Hall, and the Kennedy Center. He has appeared as piano soloist with most of the major orchestras of the United States as well as many orchestras of Europe, Asia, South America, Africa and Australia.

    

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