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Jim grew up in Medford, MA, and while attending The Berklee School of Music in Boston he began performing around the New England area. He then began a jazz vocal career and has recorded seven critically acclaimed CDs performed in jazz and cabaret settings in the Northeast, London, San Francisco, The Virgin Islands and Vancouver. Jim is Jazz…at it’s finest. 7:30 pm

We travel to one of Worcester’s highly acclaimed restaurants, The Sole Proprietor! The Sole has been named Worcester’s best seafood restaurant in local reader polls every year since 1979. In fact, The Sole beat out hundreds of big-name establishments all across the US to be named one of the top 10 seafood restaurants in the country. Previous registration required. 11:30 am

We know Dan as the vivacious leader of one of Southgate’s favorite bands “Dan Gabel & the Abletones” but he wears many hats! Hailed by the Boston Globe as “the real deal, [a bandleader] that looks and sounds like the 1940s.” Dan is a trombonist, arranger, bandleader, historian, and educator. He has toured internationally with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, as well as the Tommy Dorsey, Cab Calloway, and Hal McIntyre Orchestras. Considered an expert on jazz, big bands, and the Great American Songbook, Dan has lectured at colleges, universities, and special events across the country including Harvard, MIT, and Indiana University. Since 2012 he has served as the President and CEO of the American Big Band Preservation Society. Join Dan today for “The Boston Beat: How the great musicians in New England shaped the big band era.” From Mal Hallett and Jack Marshard to Artie Shaw, Hal McIntyre, and Vaughn Monroe, New England has always been home to some of the greatest musicians. 2:00 pm

Filmed live on stage this not-to-be-missed high energy show stars Original Broadway cast members Jeremy Jordan as “Jack Kelly,” and Kara Lindsay as “Katherine,”. Set in New York City at the turn of the century and based on a
true story, Newsies is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a ragged band of teenaged ‘newsies,’ who dreams only of a better life far from the hardship of the streets. But when publishing titans Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack finds a cause to fight for and rallies newsies! 2:00 pm

Bea Smith’s travels to us again this spring and Ray Smith has the truck loaded with the latest top quality fashions! Come down and browse new styles from Alfred Dunner, London Fog and more! 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Professor Gary Hylander continues his 4-part series on Colonial America with an in-depth look at 4 of the initial major colonies: VA, PA, NY and MA.

Jack Bouvier will introduce the subject of Magic Carpet and review the homecoming of the few remaining WW2 veterans here at Southgate. Brad Greason, who served as a co-pilot on a B-24 crew in the Pacific late in the
war, will talk about Magic Carpet and the release of allied POWs from the camps in Japan. This and a review of
the war’s end should be an appropriate program for this Memorial Day month.

Gallery 56 opened it’s doors in 2006 and wanted to offer a unique shopping experience for all to enjoy.
It is located in a renovated mill space offering quality home furnishings on consignment. Then we stop for lunch at Clinton’s Bar & Grill featuring familiar American eats with a twist in a comfortable atmosphere. Previous registration required.

Hand-made music, presented live and in real time. In the words of Steve Hurl, the band’s leader, Jumpin’ Juba is New Orleans swamp-rock, classic boogiewoogie, folk, Memphis rock & roll, and a playful use of everything from calypso to country “stirred into the one blue stew!”