Yoga at Russell Library this Saturday

This Saturday, October 8, at 11:00am, Jeff Hush, founder of Food and Movement Therapy and a local instructor of Family Yoga, Tai Chi and Chair Yoga will be teaching Yoga in our Hubbard Room. 

Come experience what Yoga flow can do to assist you in feeling calmer and also more energetic. Learn how it helps in having a stronger immune system and better sleep patterns. 

After you relax, you may wish to shop at the Friends of the Russell Library Book Sale, featuring books about Angels and Demons!

Cat Tales ~ Cat of the Week! SOPHIA!!

Cat Tales ~ Cat of the Week!

SOPHIA

                                                                       

Gender: Female

Breed: Domestic Long Hair

Color: Black & White

Age: 2 years old

Hello, my name is Sophia. I was left on top of a dumpster in a cat carrier, abandoned. Thank goodness the right person found me and I was saved by Animal Control. I am such a sweet girl and very beautiful. I do need a quiet home with a patient person who will give me time to adjust to everything. I love to be pet and love lots of attention. I'd love to curl up with you on the couch or on your bed. I have so much love to give. I am fully vetted and ready to go home so please adopt me today!

No Dogs / No Children

Web:  http://www.CatTalesCT.org/cats/SOPHIA

Phone:  (860) 344-9043

Email:  ​​Info@CatTalesCT.org​

See our commercial!  https://youtu.be/Y1MECIS4mIc

Buttonwood Hosts Neville Brothers' Offspring for Concert This Friday

North End Arts Rising, Inc / The Buttonwood Tree is proud to present Khalif Neville in a solo piano concert this coming Friday night, October 7, 2016 @ 8 pm. Seats are $12. Reservations online at http://buttonwood.org/event/khalif-neville/ or call 860.347.4957 for more info.

Khalif Neville, son of famed New Orleans Jazz musician Charles Neville, has come into his musical own. With his newest release ‘Discerning the Transmudance’, he throws a new twist on some classics, and he and his father highlighted their compositional skills with originals such as Cubano and Kiko. 

Studying with his father from a young age, Khalif has always had an appreciation for Jazz, particularly BeBop. Some of his favorite pianists include: Thelonious Monk, Oscar Peterson, Red Garland, Eroll Garner and many more. He has played with his father for some time now, and has also played with New England greats such as: Avery Sharpe, Samira Evans, Jeff Pitchell and a number of others on occasion. His personal musical endeavors are far and wide, but he has a deep rooted love for Jazz, particularly solo Jazz piano.

One of the highlights of Khalif Neville’s career is the chance to collaborate and play with his family members in New Orleans. This past New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival he had the chance to play with his sister Charmaine Neville, and the year before that he had the chance to sit in with his whole family at the Neville’s Forever concert at the Seanger Theatre. Khalif, in spite of playing relatively old music, considers originality a key of being a musician and hopes to pay homage to all of the masters of the art while still fueling its evolution.

Hear music from Khalif’s website: http://www.khalifnevillejazz.com/

This is a "Don't whine, do wine"  event! For your complimentary beverage, just say this phrase to Dr. Mike, our refreshments manager.  The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts & Cultural Center is located at 605 Main St, next to It's Only Natural market. After 6 pm there is free parking on Main Street and behind the market.  Reserve your seat here

TONIGHT:
Laughter Yoga - Tuesday, Oct 4, 6:30 pm  $5.

THURSDAY:
Bob Gotta's Acoustic Open Mic   7-9 pm  $5.
Art on Display for the North End's Gallery Walk - Photographs by Nicole Kelly

SATURDAY:
Aligned with Source Interactive Workshop and Meditation 
Topic this week: Being     10:30am - noon  $5.

Dave Kopperman
with musical guests: 
Noah Baerman,
Amanda Monaco (NYC jazz guitarist, Berklee instructor), Andrey Henkin (bass), and Edz O’Leary (drums)

Dave Kopperman’s (rock/folk/singer-songwriter) eclectic music at once evokes the folksy harmonies of the Byrds, the tuneful songwriting of Paul McCartney, the literate yet emotive lyrics of Paul Simon, the ambient, progressive textures of Pink Floyd and the no-nonsense rocking of Talking Heads. A jack-of-all-trades as a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Dave is also a skilled visual artist and devotee of the graphic novel form. He is a native of Rockland County, New York.

This show will be two sets, mostly originals with a handful of covers, a bit jazzier and janglier than its prior incarnation.  Seats are only $10. Reservations are suggested.Saturday, Oct 8, 8 pm

Tech Tigers Award Winning Robots Come to Russell Library

The Mercy High School Tech Tigers.

Tuesday, October 4, at 6:30pm, the First Robotics team from Mercy High School – the Tech Tigers - will be demonstrating their competition robot from last spring’s 2016 NE FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) in the Hubbard Room of Russell Library. The team won the 2016 Entrepreneurship Award for their business plan.

The Tech Tigers are preparing a hand-on project so that students in grades 5-12 can try their hand at engineering.  Registration is required, in person or by phone, 860-347-2520.

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Open Space -- When It's Gone, It's Gone Forever

The Jonah Center for Earth and Art invites the public to learn about the importance of conserving local open space through a program on Tuesday, October 4, 7- 8:30 p.m. at the deKoven House, 27 Washington Street, in Middletown.  Presenters will be Patrick Comins, Director of Bird Conservation for Audubon Connecticut; Michelle Ford, Environmental Planner for the City of Middletown; and David Brown, Executive Director of the Middlesex Land Trust. 

Forests, streams, meadows, and the wildlife that inhabit them are essential to the rural character of Connecticut that most of us treasure.  And yet, suburban sprawl in the form of strip malls, housing tracts, polluted waterways and traffic jams has spread dramatically in recent decades.  Now, with a state budget crisis and limited resources for open space conservation, it is more challenging than ever to protect farms, scenic vistas, and wildlife habitats from further encroachment.

Some of the questions to be addressed in our program are: How much land in Middletown has been conserved and how can additional land be protected from development, given funding limitations? What characteristics make a property worthy of protection and how are those qualities prioritized?  How do private land trusts work and how can each of us support the long-term preservation and management of protected lands? What changes have occurred to wildlife habitat in Connecticut over the years? How can open space conservation provide the most benefit to birds and other wildlife?  Why should open space preservation be a high environmental priority?

Co-sponsors include: Middletown's Conservation Commission; Ecoin (Environmental Collective Impact Network); Middlesex Land Trust; and The Rockfall Foundation.  For more information, contact John Hall at 860-398-3771 or via email from www.thejonahcenter.org

Robbing Peter to Pay Paul and Mary -- The Colonel Carries On #51

by Art Stickers and Sylvan ("Syl-Syl") Sylph

Epigraph: “War clouds are gathering. A hard rain will soon fall.” --Victor Davis Hanson

My most trusted advisor tells me that meditations on African proverbs are as wearying for others as they are fascinating to me. So I’m giving them a rest this post. How about a friendly face instead?