Shrewsbury Public School students, in a coffeehouse setting, perform poetry, prose, music and other original pieces to benefit the schoolsin "A Evening of Expression." The Celebration in the Garden Party Host Committee presents this open mic night benefit on Friday, May 17, at the Floral Street School from 7-9 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults, $2 for students; participants are free. Local children’s author, April Jones Prince, opens the event with an originalpiece she wrote when she was a child. Performers have a chance to wina Barnes & Noble gift card and a 30-minute writing session with April…

Submitted by the Shrewsbury Public Library Mary Dragon from the Country Kickers Dance Team in Boylston, teaches a beginners country line dance class at the Shrewsbury Senior Center on Saturday, April 20, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Dragon introduces participants to line dancing using step by step instructions. Line dancing is a fun and energizing form of exercise. No special clothes or partner needed.This is a free event for ages 12 and up, with no registration required. There is  also an animated Tom Sawyer movie presented in a separate room for the young ‘uns so their parents can learn to kick up …

Information submitted by Shrewsbury Crossings Shrewsbury Crossings is hosting Elder Estate Planning: Taking Charge, Thursday, April 4, from 7-9 p.m. presented by Carolyn Spring, elder law attorney from Westborough. If you have been putting off making a plan for your estate because you are not sure where to begin, come to this presentation and get started! Spring, with 20 years of elder law experience, guides folks and helps them get started on planning for the future. Wills, Power of Attorney, Health Care Proxy and Revocable Living Trusts are defined and explained as important components of …

Shrewsbury native Mike Birbiglia brings his show "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend" to the Hanover Theatre in Worcester on Friday, March. 8. The show was rescheduled from March 7. In the show, Barbiglia "shares a lifetime of romantic blunders and miscues that most adults would spend a lifetime trying to forget. On this painfully honest journey, Birbiglia struggles to find reason in an area where it may be impossible to find... love," it says on hanovertheatre.org. The solo show also got nominations from the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle, and was recognized in the New York Times. Go here for …

Think you know your stuff? The Shrewsbury Public Library is again hosting its "Pizza Supper and Pop Culture Trivia Night." Registration is required for this event, which is Monday, March 4, at 6:30 p.m. Unlike most teen events, said organizers, this family trivia is open to the entire family, even younger siblings. Teams can be made up of as few as two people, with as many as six. There must be someone in at least fifth grade on each team. Questions are geared towards middle school, high school and adults. A $50 Amazon.com giftcard will be given to the winning team, which also reserves the …

"Pitch Perfect" won the teen vote, with 66 percent voting it as the film to kick off Youth Vacation Week at the Shrewsbury Library. The film will be shown Tuesday, Feb. 19, at 11 a.m. and includes a pizza lunch. The movie is PG-13 and requires registration, which you can do here.  

Fun With Hands is an elevated take on the familiar duo, and it has a lot of fun with cover tunes. For one, its setlist is an eclectic mix reflecting a myriad of flavors and decades. Fun with Hands setlist includes Alice in Chains (and a lot of it), Filter, Billy Joel, Elvis Presley, Dropkick Murphys, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Pearl Jam (and a whole lot of that, too), Men at Work and Neil Young. This cover list has many artists that have very little in common, except that this duo plays it on the same night, and with its own delivery. And secondly, the duo is one guy (Sean Mclaughlin) on vocals, …

The kids these days are out of control! Well, maybe you don't quite think that, but wouldn't mind a little help with some parenting strategies. Available to all Shrewsbury families is a parenting strategies course, a nine-week cirriculum designed for parents or guardians who are interesting in learning some helpful strategies. This course will also address specific techniques for effectively managing the behavior of children who experience emotional and/or behavioral dysregulation.The goals of the Parenting Strategies Curriculum are: 1)    To train parents/guardians in skills to increase …

There's a weekly playgroup on Fridays at 9:30 a.m. at Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church. Bring your little ones in first grade or younger for toys, games, music and crafts, as well as light refreshments. The program is free, and children must be accompanied by a parent, guardian or caretaker. 

Dr. Madeleine K. Albright presents "The Courage to Listen: Maintaining Civility in Discourse, Discussion and Decision-Making in the Years Ahead at St. John's High School on Wednesday, Jan. 23, at 7 p.m. As it says on St. John's website, Dr. Albright "was ambassador to the United Nations from 1991 until 1997, when she became Secretary of State during the Clinton administration until 2001. She was the first woman to hold that office. Dr. Albright has also served on the National Security Council. She is currently a Professor of International Relations at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at …