The Buttonwood Tree hosts events every night this week - from Tai chi to Bob Gotta's Acoustic Open Mic.
Story City Troupe
June 7 @ 8-10 pm | $10
The Buttonwood Tree is proud to host storytelling group, Story City Troupe for a recurring “Moth Style” storytelling event, every first Friday, from 8 – 10 pm. The June 7th show theme will be: “Teller's Choice". Details/Reserve here
The cast will be:
Matt Dicks
Mike Isko
Maire Greene
Nina Lesiga
Jeff Freiser
Sharon McKay
Sue Huggans
Aligned with Source: A Personal Development Workshop & Meditation
June 8 @ 10:30-12 pm
Topic: Being Spiritual
What does it truly mean to be spiritual? How spiritual are you?
Benno Marmur Jazz Trio
June 8 @ 8-10 pm | $18 Reservations Suggested
Benno Marmur is a jazz guitarist based in New York City and he will be performing with Brayden Beason on bass and Kirk Woodard on drums.
Benno has had the opportunity to play and perform with musicians such as Bob Mover, Tyler Mitchell, Jimmy Madison, Warren Chiasson, Fukushi Tainaka, Sean Smith, Nathan Brown among others. Benno currently has a weekly residency at Cleopatras Needle running the Sunday night jam session and has performed at venues such as: Bar Next Door, the Baha’i Center, Cleopatra’s Needle, the Soundbite, Smalls Jazz Club, Sotheby’s Auction House, 75 club, the Juke Bar, the Neuberger Museum, Rotiserrie Georgette, Bar Thalia and more.
“Benno Marmur is an emerging player to watch. He has a warm sound, and he swings and plays melodically and from the heart. He listens and responds well in the moment and is very conversational in his approach to soloing … I enjoy playing with Benno and look forward to following his progress and career.” – John Stowell
Paradise Lost Comes Alive with John Basinger
June 9 @ 2-4 pm | Free
John Basinger will present Book XI of John Milton’s Paradise Lost. This is a live “reading”. Books to follow along will be available.
John’s performances are open to all at no charge, while donations are always appreciated for The Buttonwood Tree’s further programming 🙂
The Paradise Lost Performance Project
John Basinger started committing all twelve books of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” to memory in 1993. Since then, he has performed them at a variety of venues across the country, including; Poetry Alive in Asheville, North Carolina, 1997 National Slam Poetry Festival, The Connecticut Storytelling Festival, Bluffton University, Wesleyan University, Yale University, Three Rivers Community College, Trinity College (Hartford CT), Connecticut College, Southern Connecticut State University, Central Connecticut State University, South Congregational Church, Middletown CT, Middlesex Community College, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Avol’s Bookstore in Madison WI, Edgartown (MA) Public Library, the University of Redlands, Regensburg University (Germany), Warren Wilson College, and Manhattanville College. He has also appeared at the Milton Academy in Milton, Mass., New London (CT) High School, Glastonbury (CT) High School, East Catholic High School (CT), The Buttonwood Tree (Middletown CT) and numerous living rooms, churches and theaters.Portrait of an Artist as Santa Claus: An Alaskan-Style Summer Holiday with Ken Waldman
June 9 @ 6:30-8:30 pm | $15 Reservations Suggested
Ken Waldman combines Appalachian-style string-band music, original poetry, and mostly Alaska-set storytelling for a performance uniquely his own. He promises an evening of fun, inspiration, surprises, local musical guests, a few poems and stories, as well as special experiment or two!
His accomplishments include nine CDs of old-time Appalachian-style string-band music, including two for children. His eleven books consist of nine full-length poetry collections, a memoir about life as a touring artist, and a volume of acrostic poems for kids.
As a former college professor with an MFA in Creative Writing, he’s been a visiting writer at nearly 100 colleges and universities, a visiting artist at over 230 schools in 33 states, and has led workshops across the country, all the way from Alaska to Maine. As a performer, he’s played at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage and Berkeley’s Freight and Salvage, among many other prominent venues. Although he occasionally performs as a soloist, he more often serves as the leader of an ever-changing troupe of nationally recognized musicians.
The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts Center is located at 605 Main Street, Middletown. There is ample, free parking behind It's Only Natural market. Refreshments, viewing of Buttonwood's Art show, the bookstore and refreshments are all open and available. Call for info: (860) 347-4957. If you want to see what events we have lined up for the month check our website's event calendar here.
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