Middletown’s 3rd Annual Pizza War will be held May 14th at Saint Francis of Assisi Church.
The annual event sponsored by Feed the People Charity, the Middletown Press and WLIS/WMRD radio benefits Saint Vincent De Paul of Middletown. Eight restaurants are featured this year: Carmines Pizza, Cardinal Pizza, DaVinci Pizzeria, Domino’s, Fresh Tomato, Our Place Pizza, Price Chopper and Tommy’s Restaurant.
The pizza war begins at 5:00 and runs till 7:30 pm. $10 per person, $25 for a family of four, children under age 5 eat for free. Saint Francis Church is located at the corner of Silver Street and Elm Street
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Acquiescence to the Regime is the Price of a Place Within It -- Popcorn by The Colonel # 95 of 100 (only 5 left!)
Epigraph: “A child is both a child and a person learning parenthood. A parent is both a parent and a person reliving childhood.” --after Ben “Jammin’” Spock, pediatrician and author (1903-1998)
Monday, May 5, 2014
BOE Combined Services And City Budget Workshop Tonight. An Opinion.
Editorial submitted by Linda Salafia, former City Councilwoman.
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There is a workshop scheduled for Monday at 5:30 concerning the sharing of services between the City and the BOE. Seems to me that under Mayor Giuliano’s administration that this question was raised about combining services and was summarily dismissed. Part of the history of the famous or infamous lawsuit brought by the BOE against the City (yes, the BOE filed the lawsuit) was a direct result of the BOE wanting to maintain complete autonomy from the City. Now it seems like it’s a good idea. In all honesty, I don’t know if it’s going to be a cost saving measure any more or not.
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There is a workshop scheduled for Monday at 5:30 concerning the sharing of services between the City and the BOE. Seems to me that under Mayor Giuliano’s administration that this question was raised about combining services and was summarily dismissed. Part of the history of the famous or infamous lawsuit brought by the BOE against the City (yes, the BOE filed the lawsuit) was a direct result of the BOE wanting to maintain complete autonomy from the City. Now it seems like it’s a good idea. In all honesty, I don’t know if it’s going to be a cost saving measure any more or not.
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Riverfront Redevelopment Commission To Vote On Final Report Tuesday
From the Planning Department Weekly Newsletter
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Middletown Riverfront Redevelopment Committee
Tuesday, May 6, 2014- 7:00 PM - Council Chamber
-Middletown Riverfront Redevelopment Commission- Final Report
Tuesday, May 6, 2014- 7:00 PM - Council Chamber
-Middletown Riverfront Redevelopment Commission- Final Report
Riverfront Recommendations- Draft Report
The draft report that answers the 9 questions that the Mayor and the Council tasked the Middletown Riverfront Redevelopment Committee to consider is now available online.
Click Here to learn more.
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Economic Development Committee
Wednesday, May 7, 2014- 7:00 PM - Room 208
- Greenskies Solar Projects
- Harbor Park- Canoe Club Air ConditioningWednesday, May 7, 2014- 7:00 PM - Room 208
- Greenskies Solar Projects
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2014 Neighborhood Assistance Act Applications Available
Tax Credit Program is designed to provide funding for municipal and tax exempt organizations by providing a corporation business tax credit for businesses who make cash contributions to these support programs on Middletown. Businesses can receive a credit of 60% of their approved contribution to certain programs (or 100% in the case of certain energy conservation programs) approved by the Department of Revenue Services. Any tax credit that is not taken in the income year in which the contribution was made may be carried back to the two immediately preceding income years (beginning with the earlier of such years).
DUE MAY 9, 2014
Click Here to learn more.
Tax Credit Program is designed to provide funding for municipal and tax exempt organizations by providing a corporation business tax credit for businesses who make cash contributions to these support programs on Middletown. Businesses can receive a credit of 60% of their approved contribution to certain programs (or 100% in the case of certain energy conservation programs) approved by the Department of Revenue Services. Any tax credit that is not taken in the income year in which the contribution was made may be carried back to the two immediately preceding income years (beginning with the earlier of such years).
DUE MAY 9, 2014
Click Here to learn more.
Mother's Day Plant Sale At MHS VoAg Center Saturday
The annual Mother’s Day Plant Sale will be held Saturday May 10th, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Vocational Agriculture Center of Middletown High School, LaRosa Lane, off Route 3 (Newfield St.).
Sponsored by MHS PTA and Vo-Ag. Annuals, perennials, hanging planters, and herbs will be available.
There will be a planting table for children to make Mother’s Day gifts. Rain or shine.
Saturday, May 3, 2014
My
Name is Oliver!
Do You Have A Home For Me?
I'm Oliver! I am about 2 years
old, Orange/Buff-colored neutered male. I am a laid back, easy-going boy and
love to be petted and snuggled. I get along well with other cats, but I would
also do just fine as the only pet.
A quiet home with a devoted owner
who will give me time to adjust is what I am looking for. Once I get to know
you, I will give you lots of love in return! I am patiently waiting for someone to give me
a chance of a forever home where I can give and get love and attention!
Cat
Tales is seeking permanent adoption for me and will tell you the best way to
take care of me.
Please call Cat Tales at (860) 344-9043
or
Email: info@CatTalesCT.org to
inquire about Oliver!
Postponed: Avenue Groove at Celtic Cavern
Avenue Groove's debut at the Celtic Cavern tonight has been postponed due to unfortunate circumstances. Please stay tuned for another date for us to perform at this new Irish pub with a musical twist, featuring comfort food and 18 beers on tap, located in the Main Street Market in Middletown, Connecticut (entrance on the Melilli Plaza side, as pictured above).
Avenue Groove plays R&B/funk/dance music by Chic, Donna Summer, Earth, Wind & Fire, Jackson 5, KC and the Sunshine Band, Thelma Houston, and Whitney Houston, among many others. The group features Laura Noonan on lead vocals, Peter DeFazio on bass and lead vocals, Stephen King on keyboards and lead vocals, Eric DellaVecchia on saxophone and vocals, Joe Grosso on guitar and vocals, and Andy Chatfield on drums.
Birds, Botanical, And Burials. Free Program On May 24
From a Press Release.
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May 24, 10-12pm, free, indoor program about Lichens from 10–11 at the deKoven House, followed by a field walk at a local cemetery displaying various Lichens. The deKoven House is located at 27 Washington Street, Middletown, CT. 06457 at the intersection of Washington Street and deKoven Drive near Exit 15, Rt. 9. The program is open to the public. Please call 860-873-9304 or email wjguinness@snet.net to register.
The Mattabeseck Audubon Society, a chapter of the National Audubon Society, is committed to environmental leadership and education for the benefit of the community and the earth's biodiversity.
The Connecticut Botanical Society is a group of amateur and professional botanists who share an interest in the plants and habitats of Connecticut and the surrounding region. The society was founded in 1903. The society’s goals are to increase knowledge of the state's flora, to accumulate a permanent botanical record, and to promote conservation and public awareness of the state's rich natural heritage.
The Connecticut Gravestone Network is dedicated to protecting Connecticut’s old burying grounds and preserving their historic significance. CGN provides a communication resource with an emphasis on promoting and encouraging public awareness and safe conservation. We also support those interested in all other aspects of gravestone studies.
May 24, 10-12pm, free, indoor program about Lichens from 10–11 at the deKoven House, followed by a field walk at a local cemetery displaying various Lichens. The deKoven House is located at 27 Washington Street, Middletown, CT. 06457 at the intersection of Washington Street and deKoven Drive near Exit 15, Rt. 9. The program is open to the public. Please call 860-873-9304 or email wjguinness@snet.net to register.
The Mattabeseck Audubon Society, a chapter of the National Audubon Society, is committed to environmental leadership and education for the benefit of the community and the earth's biodiversity.
The Connecticut Botanical Society is a group of amateur and professional botanists who share an interest in the plants and habitats of Connecticut and the surrounding region. The society was founded in 1903. The society’s goals are to increase knowledge of the state's flora, to accumulate a permanent botanical record, and to promote conservation and public awareness of the state's rich natural heritage.
The Connecticut Gravestone Network is dedicated to protecting Connecticut’s old burying grounds and preserving their historic significance. CGN provides a communication resource with an emphasis on promoting and encouraging public awareness and safe conservation. We also support those interested in all other aspects of gravestone studies.
Friday, May 2, 2014
Discussion on US Counterinsurgency Support at Wesleyan, May 6
"Wrong Turn: America's Deadly Embrace of Counterinsurgency"
A lecture by retired U. S. Army Colonel Gian Gentile, currently senior historian for the Rand Corporation and author of Wrong Turn: America's Deadly Embrace of Counterinsurgency (2013) and How Effective is Strategic Bombing: Lessons Learned from World War II to Kosovo (2000). The lecture will start at 4:30 p.m., venue PAC 001, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.
These events are sponsored by the Wesleyan History Department with the generous support of the Dean of Division II and the co-sponsorship of the Departments of English, Government, and American Studies, the College of Social Studies, and the Writing Program.
The events are open to the public. The PAC (Public Affairs Center) is located at M-7 (no. 11) on this map: http://www.wesleyan.edu/about/images/maps/campus_map_08-27-2013.jpg
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Three Different Capstones to the Wesleyan Experience (May 1)
CFA Arts Administration Intern Chloe Jones ’15 talks to graduate
student Samuel Dickey '14, and seniors Daniel Light ’14 and Emmie
Finckel ‘14 about their capstone projects, in this entry from the Center for the Arts blog.
Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts offers undergraduate programs in Art & Art History, Dance, Music, and Theater, and graduate programs in Music. In every department, students have the opportunity to create a capstone project in their final year. These projects take myriad forms, each one a reflection of the student’s unique interests and creative voice.
On Thursday, May 1, 2014 at 9pm in Crowell Concert Hall, graduate student in music Samuel Dickey '14 will present his thesis concert. After graduating from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mr. Dickey came to Wesleyan in pursuit of a Master of Arts degree in Ethnomusicology.
The two-year program does not require that students produce a concert, as not all ethnomusicologists play an instrument. Mr. Dickey, however, picked up his first guitar at the age of ten and hasn't stopped playing since. In 2010 he learned to play the Jeli Ngoni, a string instrument from West Africa.
His thesis concert brings together musicians from the Wesleyan community and beyond, including a couple of his bandmates from New York City. Half of the performers are Wesleyan students.
In addition to the recital, Mr. Dickey’s thesis includes a written component of 75 pages. His essay examines the role of the guitar in West African music, and how this once foreign instrument became integrated into the performance of traditional songs. He is looking specifically at music produced on either side of the border between Mali and Guinea.
“Guitars have become a vehicle for translating traditional music into a more popular sphere,” he explains. “But more than the music being westernized by the guitar; the guitar has been Africanized by the music.”
Together, the essay and his recital mark the culmination of his studies at Wesleyan.
“The master’s program has been great,” says Mr. Dickey. “I think it will allow me to pursue the sort of foothold I’ve been after in the music world.”
After graduation Mr. Dickey hopes to attain an ensemble coaching position or become an artist-in-residence.
In addition to graduate students, many undergraduates in the Music Department produce recitals as their senior capstone projects. One such undergraduate is Daniel Light ’14, whose senior recital Resonance took place on Friday, April 18, 2014 in World Music Hall.
The Music Department grants its undergraduate majors a lot of flexibility in designing their senior projects. One student may choose to record an album, while another opts for making a musical.
Mr. Light began with a couple of songs that he had written and ultimately developed a set list of seven original numbers. He performed four of the songs with a full band, one with a string trio, one with a choral group, and one as a solo.
“It felt like a launching point,” reflects Mr. Light. “I remember thinking that I would like to do this again at some point, to use my own material to fuel a concert.”
Much like students in the Music Department, those majoring in Theater have the leeway to design a senior capstone project tailored to their interests. This past November, as part of her thesis, Emmie Finckel ‘14 designed the set for the Theater Department's production of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull.
Envisioned as a
theater prop house gone to ruin, the set filled the enormous stage in
the CFA Theater with furniture and other objects. The audience watched
the performance from the stage, immersed in the set alongside the
actors.
The hands-on work that Ms. Finckel did for The Seagull comprised the first part of her thesis. The second part is an essay of 30 to 40 pages, in which she examines audience agency in immersive theater design.
Ms. Finckel’s thesis gave her the opportunity to work closely with faculty members, including Associate Professor of Theater Yuri Kordonsky, who directed the production, and Assistant Professor of Theater Marcela OteÃza, who has become a mentor to Ms. Finckel in her time at Wesleyan.
“It was wonderful to feel like they respected me enough to want me to be involved [in The Seagull] as their collaborator,” recalls Ms. Finckel.
Dramatically different in approach and content, these three examples of capstone projects speak to the wide-reaching interests of Wesleyan students and their impulse to innovate and create. The capstone programs provide students an opportunity to synthesize the experiences that they’ve had at Wesleyan, reflecting both on where they’ve been and where they can go.
Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts offers undergraduate programs in Art & Art History, Dance, Music, and Theater, and graduate programs in Music. In every department, students have the opportunity to create a capstone project in their final year. These projects take myriad forms, each one a reflection of the student’s unique interests and creative voice.
On Thursday, May 1, 2014 at 9pm in Crowell Concert Hall, graduate student in music Samuel Dickey '14 will present his thesis concert. After graduating from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mr. Dickey came to Wesleyan in pursuit of a Master of Arts degree in Ethnomusicology.
The two-year program does not require that students produce a concert, as not all ethnomusicologists play an instrument. Mr. Dickey, however, picked up his first guitar at the age of ten and hasn't stopped playing since. In 2010 he learned to play the Jeli Ngoni, a string instrument from West Africa.
His thesis concert brings together musicians from the Wesleyan community and beyond, including a couple of his bandmates from New York City. Half of the performers are Wesleyan students.
In addition to the recital, Mr. Dickey’s thesis includes a written component of 75 pages. His essay examines the role of the guitar in West African music, and how this once foreign instrument became integrated into the performance of traditional songs. He is looking specifically at music produced on either side of the border between Mali and Guinea.
“Guitars have become a vehicle for translating traditional music into a more popular sphere,” he explains. “But more than the music being westernized by the guitar; the guitar has been Africanized by the music.”
Together, the essay and his recital mark the culmination of his studies at Wesleyan.
“The master’s program has been great,” says Mr. Dickey. “I think it will allow me to pursue the sort of foothold I’ve been after in the music world.”
After graduation Mr. Dickey hopes to attain an ensemble coaching position or become an artist-in-residence.
In addition to graduate students, many undergraduates in the Music Department produce recitals as their senior capstone projects. One such undergraduate is Daniel Light ’14, whose senior recital Resonance took place on Friday, April 18, 2014 in World Music Hall.
The Music Department grants its undergraduate majors a lot of flexibility in designing their senior projects. One student may choose to record an album, while another opts for making a musical.
Mr. Light began with a couple of songs that he had written and ultimately developed a set list of seven original numbers. He performed four of the songs with a full band, one with a string trio, one with a choral group, and one as a solo.
“It felt like a launching point,” reflects Mr. Light. “I remember thinking that I would like to do this again at some point, to use my own material to fuel a concert.”
Much like students in the Music Department, those majoring in Theater have the leeway to design a senior capstone project tailored to their interests. This past November, as part of her thesis, Emmie Finckel ‘14 designed the set for the Theater Department's production of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull.
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| Theater Department production of "The Seagull." Directed by Associate Professor of Theater Yuri Kordonsky. Set design by Emeline Finckel '14. Photo by Professor of Theater Jack Carr. |
The hands-on work that Ms. Finckel did for The Seagull comprised the first part of her thesis. The second part is an essay of 30 to 40 pages, in which she examines audience agency in immersive theater design.
Ms. Finckel’s thesis gave her the opportunity to work closely with faculty members, including Associate Professor of Theater Yuri Kordonsky, who directed the production, and Assistant Professor of Theater Marcela OteÃza, who has become a mentor to Ms. Finckel in her time at Wesleyan.
“It was wonderful to feel like they respected me enough to want me to be involved [in The Seagull] as their collaborator,” recalls Ms. Finckel.
Dramatically different in approach and content, these three examples of capstone projects speak to the wide-reaching interests of Wesleyan students and their impulse to innovate and create. The capstone programs provide students an opportunity to synthesize the experiences that they’ve had at Wesleyan, reflecting both on where they’ve been and where they can go.
This Weekend's Events at The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts & Cultural Center
CONCERTS:
Friday, May 2
Friday, May 2
8 pm $8 / $5 students
Hartt School of Music
Classical guitar
Graduate and undergraduate students from the Hartt School and Guitar Program will be performing works for guitar quartet, flute and guitar, and flute, guitar, and viola by: York, Debussy, Giuliani, Cortes, and Delpriora.
Reserve your seat!
Saturday, May 3 8 pm
Sinan Bakir
Solo Jazz Guitar
Rising jazz guitarist/composer Sinan Bakir made a name for himself in today’s music scene with his unique, creative, and exciting approach on the guitar. This Turkish-born guitarist is striving for a fresh and clean sound and has a highly energetic playing style. 8 pm $10
Reserve your seat!
Sunday, May 4
3 pm $10 / $8 seniors
Mike Lorenz Jazz Trio
Mike Lorenz, guitarist/composer/bandleader, is an up-and-coming musician from Bethlehem, PA. He leads an original jazz quartet, the Mike Lorenz Quartet, which features some of the most in-demand musicians in the Philadelphia area performing his original compositions.
Here the trio explores original music, "jazz standards," and quirky covers of rock tunes (think Black Sabbath, Nirvana, et al). Listen
SATURDAY EVENTS:
Qigong / Tai Chi - Charles "Chuck" Giardino 7:45-8:45 am Free/ donations
Vinyasa Community Yoga - Terri Johnson 9 -10:15 am Free/ donations
Aligned with Source Workshop - Annaita Gandhy - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm $5. sug.
FREE POETS COLLECTIVE
Feat. Faith Vicinanza, Mal Walker, music and open mic 1-3pm
ARTIST'S OPENING RECEPTION
Bill Revill's photographs and paintings
"Down by the Sea"
"Down by the Sea"
4 - 5:30 pm
free / refreshments
Events are held at:
The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts & Cultural Center
605 Main Street / PO Box 71, Middletown, CT 06457
www.buttonwood.org / 860.347.4957
The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts & Cultural Center
605 Main Street / PO Box 71, Middletown, CT 06457
www.buttonwood.org / 860.347.4957
Free parking behind It's Only Natural market on Saturdays, and on Liberty Street
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