Eat Your Art Out

Oddfellows Playhouse's 2nd Food Improv Fundraiser takes place tonight at the Wadsworth Mansion from 6-9pm.  Tickets are available at the door.  $75 per person, and $125 for a couple (two people is a couple.)

A tasting style event, Food Improv will showcase a variety of dishes created by some of the best chefs and restaurants throughout Connecticut.   Returning restaurants include: Riverhouse Catering, The New England Emporium, Eli Cannon’s Tap Room, NoRA Cupcake Company, Tschudin Chocolates & Confections, and Cold Stone Creamery of Middletown.  New participants include Lan Chi Restaurant and The Lace Factory.  The event will also feature a signature cocktail mixed and created by RIPE Craft Bar Juice and Onyx Moonshine.

SPONSORED BY

Producer Sponsors
Citizen’s Bank

Connecticut Rental Center 

The law offices of Farrell, Geenty, Sheeley, Boccalatte & Guarino, PC, 

Patron Sponsor

Updike, Kelley and Spellacy, PC

Photos from the 5k Citizen's Bank Run Today

Read about the sponsors, participants, beneficiaries & volunteers in the earlier post here.

View from intersection of College and High Street.

Lap 2 runners are lead by police motorcycle and Citizen's Bank coordinator (right) as they round College Street.

Street performers from ArtFarm and Oddfellows keep the crowd entertained with acts on stilts, unicycles and tumbling.

Bounce house provided for children.

Middletown Republican Committee hands out free water and cookies on Main Street.

Chief Mc Mahon on bike patrol.

Middletown Kiwanis Club volunteers.

July 15 - Citizen's Bank - Not Your Typical 5K Road Race

The Citizen's Bank annual "Not Your Typical 5K" road race is scheduled for July 15th this year. Details are available here.

And the winner is...

The "Not Your Typical 5K" ended just minutes ago, so we hope to be the first in the blogsphere to announce the winners:

For the Family Fun Run, Middletown's own Kaleigh Roberts, age 12, was the fastest kid at 2.14 minutes!

For the 5K, the prize goes to Chris Croff of Lisbon, age 19, with a time of 16.03 minutes!



Congratulations to all the runners!

Ready, Set, Go!

The center block of Main Street will be closed on Wednesday evening for the "Not Your Typical 5K" road race.

If you're more of the spectator type (a-hem), there's music, entertainment, and the fun of watching the runners cross the finish line. The Fun Run starts at 6:30 pm, the 5K begins at 6:45 pm.

Get all the details at www.jbsports.com
If you'd like to see the course of the race, which winds through the Village District, check out this map.

Shameless Plug: In honor of the Road Race, Kidcity will be open for free from 5 to 8 pm on Wednesday. Come on down!