The Elements: An Annual Environmental Film Series was begun in 2015. The 2024-2025 series is co-sponsored by the Connecticut River Coastal Conservation District, Middletown Garden Club, Russell Library, The Rockfall Foundation, and Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts, College of the Environment, and College of Film and the Moving Image.
Friday, October 25, 2024
Free Film Screening: Follow the Drinking Gourd, October 28, 2024
Friday, October 18, 2024
ZOOM Genealogy Club - Saturday, October 26, 2024
Host: Godfrey Memorial Library, Middletown, CT
Time: 1:30 p.m.
On Saturday, October 26, Pam Vestal will present Part II of "Deciphering Old Handwriting."
We've received rave reviews on Pam's Part I of Deciphering Difficult Handwriting last month. Now join us for Part II of her presentation/workshop on deciphering early handwritten documents.
The Zoom presentation will take place at 1:30 pm (ET). Please register by 4:00 PM Friday, October 25. The invite will be sent out on that Friday.
Godfrey Premium members can register for free at the following email: zoomregistration@godfrey.org
If you are not a Godfrey Premium member and want to attend the presentation, you can pay $10 via PayPal (https://www.paypal.com/us/home) with the payment sent to Godfrey Memorial Library. Then register using the above email.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
An Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America. Foreword by Quincy Jones.
Martin Luther King, Andrew Young, & their work with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
by Andrew Young, Foreword by Quincy Jones
Friday, October 11, 2024
Wondering what to do on your Monday holiday?
is Almost too good to be true!___________
Do you have Pain & Stiffness
from Sitting Too Much?
Try these targeted exercises to
Revitalize your Legs & Hips
It only takes a few minutes a day to feel better.
Here are FIVE FREE Silver Sneakers exercise routines in one link, video demos are included, no login required. You may have seen these when they were shown on The Middletown Eye in 2021.
https://www.silversneakers.com/blog/pain-from-sitting-too-much-here's-how-to-fix-it/
SilverSneakers.com online has hundreds of on-demand video demos. Many are targeted so that you can easily identify the type of routine you need. Many Silver Sneakers routines are available on youtube, no login required. It only takes a few minutes a day to feel better.
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Imagine Connecticut with Fewer Cars and More Public Transport
From today's New York Times, "The Hunt," a weekly feature telling short-story versions of people looking for new homes.
Selene Plastiras, an in-house lawyer for an engineering firm, arrived in New York from California in April 2022 to fill in for a colleague on maternity leave. Her company put her up in corporate housing in TriBeCa for a few months. Within a week, she knew she wanted to stay.
“New York was such a good fit,” she said. “It was the energy I was missing. The people are really friendly because a lot of people are transplants and no one is sitting in their cars.”
It was easy enough for Ms. Plastiras, a Bay Area native, to transfer to the city permanently. After the TriBeCa place, she rented a one-bedroom in a fifth-floor walk-up on the Upper West Side for herself and her dog, Hula, paying just under $4,000 a month. ...
Read more at https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/03/realestate/brooklyn-apartment-search.html
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What's not to like?
Saturday, September 14, 2024
ZOOM Genealogy Club - Saturday, September 28, 2024
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Vets Park River Cleanup on Sept. 28!
We hope you can join us at Veterans Park in Middletown and be part of this watershed-wide river cleanup!
To register, go to https://sourcetoseacleanup.org/event/coginchaug-river-vets-park-crew/
Questions? Phone 860-346-3282
Sunday, September 8, 2024
A Bank for the Ages--the New Ages.
we hope to inspire start locally,
with individual relationships
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Grow OUR Change
Earn interest on your dollars, while driving impact in New England, New York, and beyond.
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Brews for Boats on Sept. 22
Thursday, July 11, 2024
ZOOM Genealogy Club - Saturday, July 27, 2024
Host: Godfrey Memorial Library, Middletown, CT
Topic: "Lineage Societies: How to Apply"
Presenter: Al Fiacre, Chair of the Godfrey Board of Directors
Time: 1:30 pm (ET)
Al Fiacre will give a presentation all about lineage societies. Over the years, we have helped many people with their applications to organizations such as the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution), the SAR (Sons of the American Revolution), the GSMD (General Society of Mayflower Descendants or Mayflower Society), The Society of the Cincinnati, and The Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, to name a few. Sometimes we just give a few hints and words of advice, but in many cases, folks hire us to carry out some more research and to complete the application for them. Al will share advice on how to go about putting together a strong application. Even if you're not planning on applying soon, you'll undoubtedly learn something to help you in your research.
Monday, June 17, 2024
"r0ng" - a unique circus performance at Oddfellows Playhouse July 6!
Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater in Middletown will be presenting a special guest performer Janoah Bailin and zer one-man show “rOng” taking place July 6th.
On July 6 Janoah and musician Kafari will perform “rOng”, a radically-interactive community circus show which explores rings in all their forms, presented in the round and modeling the circle process used in restorative justice. “rOng” will be performed in the theater at Oddfellows Playhouse and will be followed by an audience talk back with Restorative Justice Trainer and Middletown Youth Services Director Justin Carbonella.
The performance, which is open to the public, will take place on Saturday, July 6th at 2pm in the theater at Oddfellows Playhouse.
Janoah is excited for the community to engage with zer upcoming performance, ze states, “This show is applicable for all age groups. It’s great for kids but there is so much material for adults as well. It is radically interactive which means you can be a part of the inner circle that is incredibly involved. However, you can also step back and be less engaged in the production. The circle shape itself has many meanings, hence the name ‘rOng’. It represents a way of building community, and in conversation form it allows people to listen as well as become more understanding of each other.”
Tickets for “rOng” are $8 for adults, $5 for kids, and $15 for Big-Hearted Oddfellow, and may be purchased at https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/oddfellowsplayhouse/janoah-bailin-presents-rong
“rOng” is funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies. Additional support is provided by the City of Middletown and the Middletown Commission on the Arts.
Oddfellows Playhouse, founded in 1975, is Connecticut’s oldest and largest theater for young people. The Playhouse is located at 128 Washington Street in Middletown. For information about this production and other Playhouse programs, call (860) 347-6143, email info@oddfellows.org, or go to www.oddfellows.org.
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Teens Come up with Powerful Solution for Heating & Cooling with Heat Pump in Oakland, CA, School System.
Their solution -- use of a heat pump.
Monday, 10 June 2024. 10 o'clock EDT
including busses.
Sunday, June 9, 2024
ZOOM Genealogy Club - Saturday, June 22, 2024
The Zoom presentation will take place at 1:30 pm (ET) on June 22. Please register by 4:00 PM Friday, June 21. The invite will be sent out on that Friday.
Godfrey Premium members can register for free at the following email: zoomregistration@godfrey.org
If you are not a Godfrey Premium member and want to attend the presentation, you can pay $10 via PayPal (https://www.paypal.com/us/home) with the payment sent to Godfrey Memorial Library. Then register using the above email.
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Let Me Bore You With The Details (The Plan for Rt. 9)
I'm hoping this is helpful for folks who haven't had a chance to digest the latest plan for Route 9. There are online maps, there have been video presentations. But just in case a plain old description helps, that's what I've written below.
In the meantime, the Common Council meets tonight to vote (UPDATE: VOTED YES UNANIMOUSLY) on asking the DOT to pause and consider community concerns about the plan, which were raised during two hours public commentary on May 23rd.
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Learn to Row Day! Saturday, June 1st
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Relief in 4 Minutes for Chronic Hip Pain
Worth a Try: Exercise
for Easing Hip & Leg Pain
If you're of a certain age and have spent much of your working life at a desk, chances are you'll eventually experience tight hips, with symptoms of tightness or pain, a change in your gait (the way you walk) or both. And frustration because you don't know know how this happened or how to fix it.
Resolution for hip & leg pain may be less complicated than you think. My recent discovery and practice of targeted exercise videos on youtube (Silver Sneakers & others) has resulted in an apparent complete recovery from what seemed on its way to debilitating pain in legs and hips. I also have an inclination to spread the good word of something that might help.**
Try these exercises, click to view:
4-Min Stretch Routine for Hip Mobility
Lower Body Workout for Active Exercisers**
About Tight Hips (from Healthline.com) What does it mean to have tight hips? A feeling of tightness across the hips comes from tension around the hip flexors. The hip flexors are a group of muscles around the top of the thighs that connect the upper leg to the hip. These muscles allow you to bend at the waist and raise your leg. (Some of the main hip flexors are the Iliopsoas, rectus femoris, tensor fasciae latae, sartorius.)
Many people have tight hips, including both people who spend several hours a day sitting as well as regular gym-goers and professional athletes. Some people are more prone to tightness in that area of their body, too. Tight hips may put you at increased risk for injury due to the increased demands on tissues that aren’t moving properly. Before going to a physical therapist or doctor for treatment, try some of these exercises and see how you respond. Practice slowly and carefully at first, and see your doctor if you feel a need for reassurance.
More advanced stretches**
7 Stretches to loosen up tight hips
*If you've found relief with these moves, look to youtube.com for Silver Sneakers' exercise routines. If your insurance plan offers Silver Sneakers, take a look & see if you can log in to get
started at silversneakers.com.
*Snake Hips Tucker
(1920s-30s dancer)
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Teen Repertory Company Presents: As You Like It
Oddfellows Playhouse Teen Repertory Company presents Shakespeare’s As You Like It May 16 - 25. All performances will be held at Oddfellows Playhouse, 128 Washington Street, Middletown.
As You Like It, written in 1599, is one of Shakespeare’s most popular and accessible comedies. The play mostly takes place in the mythical Forest of Arden, and director Dic Wheeler has placed the production in a world which he refers to as “Clown Contemporary”. The fast-paced production features politics, love, exile, cross-dressing, great music, misplaced passion, wrestling, and includes some of Shakespeare’s most famous speeches ( including “All the world’s a stage…”) and, in the protagonist Rosalind, the largest role that he wrote for a female character.
The play, which features a cast of 19 performers ages 14 - 20, is directed by Oddfellows Artistic Director Dic Wheeler, with original choreography by Marcella Trowbridge. Costume Design is by Christian Milik, Scenic Design by Tina Hurlbert, Sound and Music by Joseph Getter, Lighting Design by Aaron Wescott, and Properties Design by Pam Lang,
Tickets are $18 for adults and $10 for kids and students. “Big Heart” tickets are available for $25 for anyone who really loves and values theater and its impact on the lives of young people.
Thursday, May 16 is a “Pay-What-You-Can” Preview
Tickets may be purchased at https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/oddfellowsplayhouse/as-you-like-it.
For more information, call (860) 347-6143, email info@oddfellows.org, or go to www.oddfellows.org.
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Earth Day News: The Ocean Cleanup Bags 10,000,000 kg of Trash!
WE JUST HIT
10,000,000 KG OF TRASH REMOVED
Yes, you read that right! Last week, on Earth Day, we achieved a significant milestone: surpassing the 10,000,000 kg*
(≈ 22,046,200 lbs) mark of trash extracted from oceans and rivers worldwide! As we prepare for a global scale-up, this groundbreaking achievement reflects the hard work and progress of our team since we removed our first million kilograms of trash in 2022.
*Approximately the same weight as the Eiffel Tower! Read more about this achievement in our latest press release.
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