An Act Not to Be Missed: REGGIE HARRIS at UNITARIAN Universalist in MERIDEN

ART & SOUL CONCERT SERIES

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH 
Paddock Avenue in MERIDEN, CT

Reggie Harris

  Reggie Harris brings, with his beautiful voice & spirit,* a world-wise point of view with a singularly hopeful stance that while life is challenging, it is filled with possibility and hope! 

Stories & songs about our work for peace, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Not to mention fairness in all things.

*Click link for info about bringing Reggie to your school or camp for stories & songs: Reggie Harris: Programs for schools, for students of all ages

Now, especially now, let us try to remember how far we've come in extending civil rights, while knowing
that we still have a lot more to do.

"never give up!"  

--Quoting: Paige Bueckers, Nelson Mandela, Winston Churchill, Desmond Tutu, Barak O'Bama, Ringo Starr, FDR, Oprah Winfrey, David Crosby, Billie Jean King, Naomi Osaka, Paul McCartney, Serena Williams, Megan Rapinoe, Simone Biles, Alex Morgan, Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers, & Sarah Strong. AI had only a few men on the tip of his/her tongue. 

Saturday: Connecticut debut of Bobby Sanabria and Ascensión

 

Bobby Sanabria and Ascensión
Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 7pm
Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts
Crowell Concert Hall, 50 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown, CT 06459
$15 general public; $12 senior citizens, Wesleyan faculty/staff/alumni, non-Wesleyan students; $8 Wesleyan students, youth under 18.

Led by multiple Grammy Award-nominated drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, and educator Bobby Sanabria, his ensemble Ascensión has been critically-acclaimed for its Pan-Latino approach to Latin jazz. This concert is the Connecticut debut of the group, and will open with a 45-minute set performed by members of the Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra, directed by Professor of Music and African American Studies Jay Hoggard ’76, MA ’91. Learn more about the conclusion of the 22nd annual Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra Weekend.

Read Latin Jazz Expert to Perform at Wesleyan Jazz Weekend in The Wesleyan Connection.

Something to Consider: NY Times Enrichment Resource from NY Times Program

Enrichment Resource from the New York Times

inEducation: History

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Might also be worth checking out for enrichment of high school curricula.

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

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.

 

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

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  by Jim Cameron, CT Mirror

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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.