FRAMINGHAM, MA - the Framingham Public Library Summer Film Series will be showing Alfred Hitchcock's 1938 comedy thriller "The Lady Vanishes" starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave on Thursday, July 29th at 7 p.m at the Main Library.

(1938) Alfred Hitchcock film showing at Framingham Library, July 29 ,2010

The film will be introduced by Dr. Claudia Springer, Assistant Professor of Film Studies at Framingham State College. Ice Cream from Mad Willies will be served after the film.

The Edinburgh University Film Society writes, "[the film] has all the ingenuity and unparalleled mastery of suspense that made Hitchcock's Hollywood output so acclaimed and popular. It also however has a lightness of touch and warmth of humor that his later films lack."

The Framingham Public Library Main Branch is located at 49 Lexington St., (just off Rt. 126 / Concord St. near Downtown Framingham).

For additional info about library programs, contact the Framingham Library at (508) 532-5570, (for TTY users: 508-872-2775), or visit the library website at: www.framinghamlibrary.org

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Nick Ferrera, Quarterback for the Metrowest Colonials on the gridiron.

FRAMINGHAM, MA - The Metrowest Colonials, a Framingham based semi-pro football team is scheduled to play the first three games of it's season at Framingham State College's football stadium on July 17, 24 and 31, 2010. Adult tickets are $6.00, Teens 13-18 and Seniors are $3.00, and kids 12 and under are free.

The "double-A" team, which is owned and managed by Framingham resident Mario Alvarez is affiliated with the NEFL, (New England Football League), the largest semi-pro league in the country. The NEFL is also the only league that is sanctioned by the NCAA, (National Collegiate Athletic Association).

Alvarez explained that the NEFL, which was started in 1994 with just four teams now runs three divisions, (A, Double-A, and Triple-A), and has forty-three teams.

The league serves as a regional alternative for players who either do not attend college or attend a school which doesn't have a football team. The NEFL which has seen expansion nearly every year since it's inception now organizes what is referred to as "NEFL2", a developmental league which provides new ...[read more]

FRAMINGHAM,MA -- The Framingham State College Communication Arts Department is proud to announce that two student films have been named official selections at the Bare Bones International Film Festival in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

The films were created with the mentorship and expertise of Framingham State College's Assistant Professor James Bock in a required Visual Media Production Course: COMM 280 Introduction to Film Production.

The first film is entitled “Walkin’ Like Wine” (directed by Geoffrey Filetti, written by Joe “Safety” DeRosa, director of photography Derek Gannon, edited by Thomas Sanderson and produced by Matthew Tulipano). The second film is entitled “Spare Change" (directed by Jessica Camp, written by Eric Cavolowsky, director of photography Justin Andrews, edited by Sarah Maguire and produced by Dennis Staires).

The film festival will begin on April 16, 2009, and conclude with the awards ceremony on April 26, 2009.

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FRAMINGHAM, MA - Framingham State College Professor Lisa Eck invites all interested members of the community to attend and participate in a Town Meeting on Global Warming that will take place Monday, April 30th, 2007 at 7 pm in the Athletic Center on the FSC campus.

You've seen the Documentary, " An Inconvenient Truth", What Next ?

Framingham State College invites all interested members of the community to participate in our campus wide initiative to educate ourselves on global warming, with an eye towards informed action. The Town meeting will be run as a question and answer session with Climate Activists Keith Bergman and Donna Kramer Merritt of the Climate Project and members of the FSC faculty - from Biology, Geography, Sociology and Philosophy.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

For more information, email Dr. Lisa Eck at leck@frc.mass.edu

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FRAMINGHAM, MA - The MetroWest Radio Reading Service joins Framingham State College in observing the 20th anniversary of the Challenger Accident and celebrates the life of Christa McAuliffe.

The MetroWest Radio Reading Service has a program every Monday and Thursday from 2:30 until 4-00 p.m. called, "Reading at F.S.C.” where we feature books recorded by our volunteers in their entirety.

Beginning on Monday, January 9, 2006, The Metro West Radio Reading Service will present "A Journal for Christa" by Grace George Corrigan.

The episodes will run as follows:

• Monday, January 9, Episode One - 2:30 until 4:00 p.m.
• Thursday, January 12, Episode Two- 2:30 until 4:00 p.m.
• (Monday, January 16, is a holiday, Martin Luther King Day)
• Thursday, January 19, Episode Three - 2:30 until 4:00 p.m.
• Monday, January 23, Episode Four - 2:30 until 4:00 p.m.
• Thursday, January 26, Episode Five - 2:30 until 4:00 p.m.
• Friday, January 27, a special edition of "Reading at F.S.C." from 2:30 until 4:00 p.m, Episode Seven.

The Metro West Radio Reading Service is a Community Outreach program of the Disability Services Office at Framingham State College and an affiliate of the Talking Information Center Massachusetts Reading Network under the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind.

For more information and a complete schedule you can contact the Disability Services at Framingham State College at 508-626-4627 or the Talking Information Center at 1-800-696-9505 or check our two websites: www.framingham.edu/disabilityservices or ticnetwork.com

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