Saturday, April 19, 2025

Saketharaman - Sunday April 20 at 4pm - South Indian Carnatic vocal music by Raga Club

Raga Club of Connecticut invites you to a wonderful concert of South Indian classical Carnatic vocal music: 

S. Saketharaman – Vocal
Kamalakiran Vinjamuri – Violin
K. Sai Giridhar – Mridangam
Sowmiya J. Narayanan – Ghatam

4pm Sunday, April 20, 2025
CVHTS Narayana Auditorium
11 Training Hill Road, Middletown, CT 06457

Annual membership and information about more music events hosted by Raga Club: http://www.ragact.org/

Tickets for non-members are $40 at the door or here: 
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/carnatic-vocal-concert-s-saketharaman-april-20--2025




Sunday, April 13, 2025

ZOOM Genealogy Club - Saturday, April 26, 2025

 


ZOOM GENEALOGY CLUB

Date:  Saturday, April, 26, 2025

Time:  1:30 - 2:30 PM (ET)

Topic:  "Back to Basics:  Hot to Get Started When You're New to Genealogy"

Presenters:  Carol Ansel & Al Fiarce

Carol is the Library Director and Al is the Board Chair and Treasurer of the Godfrey Memorial Library, the host of this event. 

If you're an old hand at doing genealogy, join us at the halfway mark (2:00-ish) to add your two cents to the discussion -- what do you wish you had known when you were first starting out?

The Zoom presentation will take place at 1:30 pm (ET).  Please register by 4:00 PM Friday, April 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.

 




Thursday, April 10, 2025

The night boat that ran from Hartford to Manhattan: Endless Possibilities


Did you know?*
From today's Talking Transportation, in the CT Mirror.
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* If you're not reading the CT Mirror, you're probably missing something.

Talking Transportation: The night boat from Hartford to Manhattan


  • by Jim Cameron, CT Mirror
    To:  me · Mon, Apr 7 at 6:01 AM








Wednesday, April 2, 2025

IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME: Can Connecticut find a way to make sure leftover food is donated? As Middletown is experimenting with, as France does (by law).



From the Venerable Facebook, 4.2.2025

France has a law requiring leftover food to be donated – Since 2016, French supermarkets are banned from throwing away unsold food. Instead, they must donate it to charities to help reduce waste and feed the needy.