The phrase, "stepping out" has numerous connotations and residents at Freedom Plaza are exploring several new ones this month. ...more

February 25, 2009

It must be that Professor Harold Hill, "The Music Man," is living incognito at Freedom Plaza. How else to account for total abandonment to the joy of music making that lately seems to permeate the air? Why are residents suddenly seeking singing lessons? Why does the pub ring with the sound of voices raised on high every Thursday evening and "Sing Along with Bob" on Wednesdays have such a following? ...more

February 18, 2009

As mentioned before in this column, Brookdale, Freedom Plaza's parent company, suggests general themes for activity programming. Tying together their multitude of facilities across the county in this fashion lends unity and provides mutual assistance through networking when needed. ...more

February 11, 2009

James Matrisciano's muscles strained as he hefted 80 pounds of beer into the rear of his hatchback. ...more

February 5, 2009

The designers of Freedom Plaza's auditorium intended it for a multi-purpose area, and it certainly fulfills it purpose. Most mornings it serves as a gym where exercise groups work out; afternoons may find it used for various meetings, seminars or special interest classes; by evening it is transformed into a theater, or is the setting for parties or dances; on Saturday nights it becomes a movie house and on Sundays a chapel for Vesper Services. The walking track that marks the room's circumference is in almost constant use by individuals. ...more

February 4, 2009

If you are under the impression that opera is a defunct and dying art form, relegated to a few remaining "war horses" both on and off stage, just pay a visit to Freedom Plaza and check out the activity calendars there. While a variety of entertainment has been presented successfully during the past year - everything from bluegrass and blues to Broadway and big bands - programs centered on opera have held their own and then some. ...more

January 28, 2009

Forget all the talk about New Year's resolutions. In January, the focus at Freedom Plaza inevitably turns in just one direction: it's almost time to "Frolic" once again! ...more

January 21, 2009

While it's still marketed as a women's workout facility, the Curves in Sun City Center is expanding its co-ed hours for men who want to get buff or simply workout with the ladies. ...more

January 21, 2009

When the "powers that be" at Brookdale Senior Living Corporation created their company theme for 2009 they must have had Freedom Plaza in mind, for the chosen motif of Dream! Dare! Discover! fits to a tee. It was on those very premises that Freedom Plaza came into being. ...more

January 14, 2009

A banyan tree and a boat ride vied for the favorite part of a recent Freedom Plaza excursion to Ft. Myers. They both had stiff competition from the other attractions: a sumptuous meal on the Seminole Gulf Coast dinner train; the delicious dessert bar at Broadway Palms Dinner theater and an excellent staging of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas." But Mother Nature's influence tipped the scales. ...more

December 24, 2008