Great Family show Saturday and Sunday at Oddfellows!

 Don't miss meSSeS at Oddfellows this weekend! This one-person show, featuring Children's Circus of Middletown unicycle instructor Janoah Bailin, includes juggling, comedy, unicycling, audience participation and lots of fun stuff that everyone in the family will enjoy. 

Performances are 7 pm Saturday and 3 pm Sunday in the Theater at Oddfellows, 128 Washington Street, Middletown. Purchase your tickets HERE or use the QR code on the poster below.

Click HERE for a 2 minute trailer of meSSeS!

Oh - a word of warning -- our phone system seems to have temporarily crashed, so if you have questions or want to reserve tickets for your family without using the Ticketleap link, please email info@oddfellows.org and we will respond quickly!

ZOOM Genealogy Club Meeting - July 16, 2022

 

Godfrey Genealogy Club
Saturday, July 16, 2022
Zoom Presentation 1:30 - 2:30 pm (EST)

Al Fiacre, Godfrey Memorial Library Board Chair and researcher will give a presentation on probate records -- where to find them and how they can aid you in your research. He will be looking at examples from Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

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) and send to Godfrey Memorial Library. Then register using the above email.

Please register by 4:00 pm Friday, July 15.

 

 

 

Just Announced! Outdoor Gypsy Jazz / Klezmer Concert!!

 

The Buttonwood Tree 
605 Main Street, in Middletown

July 2022

The Buttonwood Tree Presents:

Event descriptions are excerpted from The Buttonwood Tree online calendar. Click on event links in text for more information. 

 

 

 

Thursday
JUL 7

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Bob Gotta's Acoustic Open Mic (IN-PERSON)

Friday

JUL 8

  8:00 pm - 10:00 pm  

Anna May

This artist is all about Alt-tragic Americana, invocations for peace and judgment bending, with bleeding heart stream of consciousness poems.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday

JUL 9

 10:30 am - 12:15 pm

Align with Source Workshop (online on Zoom)

 

 

 

6:00 - 8:00 pm   

FREE OUTDOORS at the HOLY TRINITY CHURCH

Michael Winograd & The Honorable Mentshn

The mentshn are here and ready to provide an energetic experience that'll make your body and soul dance!

 

 

 

 

 

For more information on Buttonwood programs, please see our calendar here.  Ot go to Buttonwood.org or see us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.

 

JULY 4, 2022: HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

Happy Independence Day! 

 

This year July 4, 2022 will mark the 246th birthday of our young nation. This was the day when the founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence stating our separation from Great Britain so we could form our own country. 

 

On this day 246 years ago the 2nd Continental Congress unanimously ratified the Declaration of Independence which resulted in the thirteen colonies breaking away from England. 

The opening of the Declaration of Independence states "The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."

 

If you have not been vaccinated against the COVID-19 Virus, please get your shot. If you have, please do not forget to get your booster shot too and if you are eligible for a second booster get that one also. To find out how please go to https://www.vaccines.gov/

 

For more information about the Declaration of Independence and the founding of our nation please see the following websites:

 

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript

 

https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/declaration-of-independence

 

Again, Happy Independence Day.

 

Enjoy the videos.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uE-tqe0xsQ

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvOZs3g3qIo

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ikO6LMxF4

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-7XWhyvIpE

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4ze_OB1I5k

 

 

This Week at The Buttonwood Tree: June 30 - July 2, 2022

 

The Buttonwood Tree 
605 Main Street, in Middletown

June/July 2022

The Buttonwood Tree Presents:

Event descriptions are excerpted from The Buttonwood Tree online calendar. Click on event links in text for more information. 

 

 

 

Thursday
JUN 30

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Bob Gotta's Acoustic Open Mic (ZOOM)

 

Friday

JUL 1

  5:00 pm - 8:00 pm  

Middletown Arts Festival

  8:00 pm - 10:00 pm  

The Zinnvisible Ink Traveling Poetry Show

This event is a showcase of four prominent poets, three of which are local to Middletown, CT.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday

JUL 2

 10:30 am - 12:15 pm

Align with Source Workshop - Discovering SELF; A Process of Surrender & Trust

 

 

 

For more information on Buttonwood programs, please see our calendar here.

 

Oddfellows Playhouse Presents Special Guest Performance "meSSeS"

Middletown, CT: Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater in Middletown will be presenting a special guest performer Janoah Bailin and his one-man show “meSSeS” taking place July 9th and 10th.

“meSSeS”, created by Mr. Bailin, is a unique experience which combines learning, entertainment, and teamwork. The performance will feature acts of juggling, unicycling, puppetry, and dance, while giving the audience the option to learn to juggle as they watch. The combination of silliness and meaning makes this performance enjoyable for all ages. 

The performances, which are open to the public, will take place on Saturday, July 9th at 7pm and on Sunday, July 10th at 3pm in the theater at Oddfellows Playhouse. 

Community organizations and presenters are enthusiastic about this production. Ian Bannon who is Executive Director of Mayo Street Arts says, “ Each time the house lights came up for another scarf juggling lesson, the audience progressively engaged more with each other, strayed and intermingled further from their seats, and reveled in the collective chaos of hundreds of floating scarves.”

Tickets for “meSSes” are $8 for adults, $5 for kids, and $15 for Big-Hearted Oddfellow, and may be purchased at https://oddfellowsplayhouse.ticketleap.com/messes/dates.

“meSSeS” 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.

 

PHOENIX IMPROV show on FRIDAY. Live! at The Buttonwood Tree

FRIDAY

Special Showing of The Buttonwood Ensemble 

The Phoenix Inprov Festival

June 24 @ 9:30 - 10:00 pm      

Support us as the Buttonwood Ensemble represents Middletown at PHOENIX, a national online improv festival. No fee, it's FREE! We just need you in the audience! From 9:30 to 10:00. Come and be part of the show!

Watch The Buttonwood Ensemble's insane movie pitches: New ideas for movies? Yes! ... But only one movie gets made tonight. Help us figure out next year's best Summer Movie.

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Saturday                            

Wild & Blue

June 25
@ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm     $15

Americana band Wild & Blue is the father-daughter duo Steve & April Bennett. Their tight family harmonies and emotionally charged songwriting reminds us that the power of music connects us all, even in times of hardship. Steve and April take inspiration from the likes of Kris Kristofferson, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn and Roger Miller.

In January 2021, Wild & Blue released its nationally charting debut album, Restless, to critical acclaim. The music video for their hit single,“Wedding Dress for Sale,” was featured on Country Music Television, Ditty TV, The Country Network, Americana Highways, Taste of Country among others. Follow along at wildandblueband.com and @thewildandblue!”