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Old Fashioned Chicken Pie Supper

Saturday, Oct. 11, 5-7 PM

Grace Episcopal Church

8 Chapel Hill Rd.

Yantic, Conn. 06389

Welcome Fall with a mouth watering chicken pie supper in picturesque Yantic, Connecticut.

Grace Episcopal Church in Yantic welcomes all to its famous Fall chicken pie supper on Saturday, October 11, from 5 to 7 PM. Our homemade chicken pie feasts have been a regional favorite for longer than anyone can remember. What better way to enjoy the splendor of autumn then with a traditional dinner in our festive hall.

Celebrate the harvest with tasty chicken pie served up with golden mashed potatoes and gravy, crisp, fresh vegetables, cranberry sauce and a dinner roll. Then, select from homemade pies and cakes and your choice of coffee, tea, soft drink or juice. All this for a donation of just $10, $8 for seniors, and $5 for children ages 5 to 12.

Free valet parking is always available, and our church is handicap accessible. If you don’t have time to dine in our fellowship hall, take-out orders are welcome.

Founded in 1851, Grace Episcopal Church is part of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut. The church is located off West Town Street across from Lazizah Bake Shop.   Worship services and Christian education take place every Sunday morning at 9-30, and free child care is available.   We are a welcoming and safe community for all ages.

To learn more visit www.gracechurchyantic.org

Or call, 860-887-2082.

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra will present the first concert in its 2014-2015 Sunday Serenades series on Sunday, October 26 at 2:00 p.m. at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford.  The season opener “Mozart & MATRIX” will feature Mozart’s Piano Quintet, K. 452 performed in context with the current MATRIX gallery exhibition of contemporary artist Frohawk Two Feathers entitled “On Errythang (On Everything).”

Sunday Serenades chamber music concerts are presented by the Hartford Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with the Wadsworth Atheneum as a musical counterpart to special exhibitions and permanent collections of visual art. Concerts take place in the museum galleries and feature HSO Concertmaster Leonid Sigal and HSO musicians.

The visual narrative of MATRIX 170 artist Frohawk Two Feathers imagines an historical union of France and England merged as a huge colonial empire. The fictitious “Frengland” is documented by Two Feathers as a complex international saga of exploration, colonization, and world domination that took place between 1658 and 1880.   A Pre-Concert Talk will be held at 1:00 p.m., prior to the 2:00 p.m. concert.

The soundscape for this concert chosen by Sunday Serenades artistic director Leonid Sigal includes Purcell’s “Golden Sonata,” Couperin’s Les Nations: “L’Impériale,” and Mozart’s Piano Quintet, K. 452. Featured performers are Leonid Sigal, violin; Lisa Rautenberg, violin; Michael Wheeler, viola; Eric Dahlin, cello; Margreet Francis, harpsichord & piano.

Calendar Listing: 

Hartford Symphony Orchestra

Sunday Serenades Series

MOZART & MATRIX

Sunday, October 26, 2014 at 2pm

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Performers:

Leonid Sigal, artistic director and violin

Lisa Rautenberg, violin

Michael Wheeler, viola

Eric Dahlin cello

Margreet Francis, harpsichord & piano

Program:

Purcell: “Golden Sonata”

Couperin: Les Nations: “L’Impériale”

Mozart: Piano Quintet, K. 452

Ticket Information: Tickets to this concert are $30 each; $25 for HSO subscribers and Atheneum members. To purchase tickets or for more information, please contact HSO ticket services at (860) 987-5900 or visit www.hartfordsymphony.org.

Season Sponsor: Travelers

The Sunday Serenades Chamber Music Series is made possible, in part, by the Helen M.

Saunders Charitable Foundation Music endowment at the Wadsworth Atheneum.

Masterworks Series Sponsors:

MetLife Foundation and The Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation

Pops! Series Presenting Sponsor: United Technologies

HSO programs are funded in part by the Greater Hartford Arts Council, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and with support from the Department of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Office of the Arts, which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

A harvest of October Arts and Events at Connecticut College

NEW LONDON, Conn. – October brings a harvest of fantastic events and arts to Connecticut College. The following are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted:

Oct. 1-17: “Welcome to Hard Times,” an exhibition of works by artist Dave Sinaguglia, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Cummings Arts Center Joanne Toor Cummings Gallery. Sinaguglia explores the autonomous and self-sufficient nature of the crafts person through sculpture, photo and video. For more information, contact Deborah Radachy at darad@conncoll.edu.

Oct. 2: “Hostile Terrain: Taphonomy, Necroviolence, and the Politics of Migrant Death in the Sonoran Desert,” a talk by Jason De Leon, 4:30 p.m., Olin Science Center Room 014. De Leon, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan, directs the Undocumented Migration Project, a long-term anthropological analysis of clandestine border crossings between Northern Mexico and Southern Arizona. In this presentation, he will discuss how people prepare for crossings, the diverse ways that migrants experience the desert, and what migrant deaths and the post-mortem lives of their corpses can tell us about immigration enforcement and state-crafted violence. Sponsored by the Institute for Field Research and the Department of Anthropology at Connecticut College. For more information, contact Nancy Lewandowski at nancy.lewandowski@conncoll.edu.

Oct. 3: “Trouble on the Edge: Coastal Eutrophication and Salt Marsh Loss,” a talk by Scott Warren, professor emeritus of botany at Connecticut College , noon, New London Hall Room 101. For more information, contact Liz Smith at liz.smith@conncoll.edu.

Oct. 4: “Value of the Book,” 2-4 p.m., Hood Dining Room in Blaustein Humanities Center. Are you holding on to a rare first edition? A priceless signed book? A highly-sought-after collector’s copy? Ray Rickman will help you find out, with free book evaluations drawing on his many years of experience as a rare-book dealer, a former bookstore owner in Providence, and the former host of the Rhode Island Public Television program “Bestsellers.” For more information, contact Ben Panciera at bpancier@conncoll.edu.

Oct. 4: “A Night Under the Stars – Fall Star Gazing at the Olin Observatory,” 7:30-10 p.m., Olin Science Center. View the moon, globular clusters, the Andromeda galaxy and more through Connecticut College’s telescopes. There will also be a star- and constellation-spotting session for those new to the night sky, indoor hands-on astronomy activities for kids and adults, and several astronomy talks. Rain or shine, cloudy or clear skies. For more information, call Leslie Brown at 860-439-2345.

Oct. 6: “Measurement and Perception of Genuine Self-Enhancement Bias,” a Psychology Department Colloquium Series event presented by Patrick Heck, 4:30 p.m., Bill Hall Room 106. Heck is a graduate student in the Experimental Social Psychology Program at Brown University. For more information, contact Nancy MacLeod at nancy.macleod@conncoll.edu.

Oct. 6: “Using Local Knowledge to Address Global Warming,” 4:30 p.m., Cro’s Nest in the College Center at Crozier-Williams. Experts will explore how five Andean communities use traditional local knowledge to address global warming on highland farms. For more information, contact Jennifer Bonnano at jennifer.bonnano@conncoll.edu.

Oct. 9: “Science and Technology and the Submarine Capitol of the World: 1776-1996,” a talk by Roy Manstan, a former , 7 p.m., 1941 Room in the College Center at Crozier-Williams. Manstan, a former employee of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in New London, will discuss naval history and the region’s role in it, from 1776 to the closing of the Sound Lab in 1996. For more information, contact Ben Panciera at bpancier@conncoll.edu.

Oct. 10: “Prism: An Ensemble Sampler,” 7 p.m., Evans Hall in Cummings Arts Center. The Connecticut College Chamber Choir, Camel Heard, Concert Band, Jazz Band, Orchestra, and Percussion and New Music Ensemble present a varied program directed by Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Gary Buttery, Assistant Professor of Music Wendy Moy and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Peter Jarvis. Tickets are $5 for general admission, $3 for students and seniors, and free to Connecticut College students, staff and faculty. For more information, contact Terry Wisniewski at terry.wisniewski@conncoll.edu.

Oct. 11: onStage at Connecticut College presents Khumariyaan, 8 p.m., Palmer Auditorium. The Pakistani instrumental quartet wrings a propulsive, furious sound from the lute-like rubab, the zerbaghali (goblet drum), Pushtoon sitar and acoustic guitars. Tickets are $22; $20 for seniors; and $11 for students. For tickets and information call 860-439-2787 or visit onstage.conncoll.edu.

Oct. 13: “The Most Important Psychiatric Discovery in Half a Century: Ketamine and Depression,” a presentation by Frank Menniti, chief scientific officer at Mnemosyne Pharmaceuticals, 4:30 p.m., Bill Hall Room 106. Part of the Fall 2014 Psychology Department Colloquium Series. For more information, contact Nancy MacLeod at nancy.macleod@conncoll.edu.

Oct. 20: “Environmental Justice in Cape Town, South Africa,” 7 p.m., Room 210 of Blaustein Humanities Center. Guest speakers Luzann Isaacs, the conservation manager of Cape Town, and Lief Petersen, the director of the Sustainable Livelihoods Foundation, will discuss topics including efforts to provide decent public housing to poor people and refugees, reducing exposure to unhealthy environments, the balance between social and economic development, and the protection of endangered species. For more information, contact Keleigh Baretincic at kbaretin@conncoll.edu.

Oct. 23-Dec. 5: “high reps/low sets,” an exhibition by Visiting Artist Jessica Tam, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Cummings Arts Center Joanne Toor Cummings Gallery. Tam’s serial paintings and prints explore how repetitions and revisions produce changes, mutations and visual narratives. Using source material from contemporary myths and sensational mass entertainment such as professional wrestling, she takes an image with a history of cliché and repeatedly produces altered versions of that image, creating unfamiliar ways to experience the familiar. Tam will give a talk at 4:15 p.m. on Oct. 23 in Room 308 of Cummings Arts Center. For more information, contact Deborah Radachy at darad@conncoll.edu.

Oct. 24: onStage at Connecticut College presents “The Complete & Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O’Neill, Vol. 2,” by The New York Neo-Futurists, 7:30 p.m., Palmer Auditorium. The Neo-Futurists take the audience on an adventure into the subconscious of America’s greatest playwright by removing his dialogue and condensing his plays into pure action. Stripping the work of theatrical conventions like plot, setting and character, as well as the separation of audience and performer, allows the commands of Eugene O’Neill’s stage directions to define their roles, actions and relationships. Presented in collaboration with Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s Eugene O’Neill Celebration. Tickets are $22; $20 for seniors; $11 for students. For tickets and information, call 860-439-2787 or visit onstage.conncoll.edu.

Oct. 28: “Sex Workers Unite: A History of the Movement from Stonewall to SlutWalk,” a talk by Melinda Chateauvert, 4:30 p.m., Room 014 of Olin Science Center. Chateauvert, a historian, activist and author, will discuss how sex workers were trailblazers in struggles for gay liberation, women’s rights, reproductive justice, union organizing and prison abolition. Sponsored by the Connecticut College LGBTQ Resource Center, the Women’s Center and the departments of History and Gender and Women’s Studies. For more information, contact Jen Manion at jmanion@conncoll.edu.

Oct. 30-Nov. 1: Dance Club Fall Performance, 7:30 p.m., Martha Myers Dance Studio in the College Center at Crozier-Williams. The performance features choreography by Connecticut College students. Tickets are $6; $4 for students and seniors. For more information, contact Aimee Couture at aimee.couture@conncoll.edu.

Oct. 31: “John Anthony and Friends: Music for Organ & Brass,” 7:30 p.m., Harkness Chapel. The popular Halloween night concert features Professor of Music John Anthony on organ, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Gary Buttery on tuba, and Adjunct Instructor of Music Thomas Brown on trumpet. Tickets are $10 for general admission, $5 for students and seniors, and free to Connecticut College students, staff and faculty.

Otis Library book sale: October 17-19, 2014.

Linda Turner, master gardener, will be presenting an illustrated talk on Colonial Dooryard Gardens on October 8th, at 7:30 pm  in the Salem Town House Museum on the Green.  She will be discussing the recreation of a 19th Century Garden at the Old Whittlesey House, future home of the Whittlesey Museum at Music Vale.

Α The mainmast of the 200-foot Tall Ship SSV Oliver Hazard Perry was stepped yesterday in a dockside ceremony at The Hinckley Company in Portsmouth, R.I., marking a major milestone in the completion of Rhode Island’s Official Sailing Education Vessel that will serve students of all ages from New England and beyond. Attending were supporters – including donors and Board members – of Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island (OHPRI), the non-profit organization responsible for building and operating the ship.

“The stepping of a mast means it is erected and secured into its ‘step’ within the hull,” explained Perry’s Captain Richard Bailey, who served as Master of Ceremonies and first spoke while the massive 132’ mast hung at-the-ready in a sling held by a giant crane. “Earlier this month, the forward mast was stepped, also here at the Hinckley boatyard, where dozens of riggers and shipwrights have been working on the ship this summer.” (The mizzenmast, the last of the three masts on the square-rigged ship, was erected after the morning ceremony, late in the afternoon.)

The mainmast towers 13  stories (or 120’) above the deck of SSV Oliver Hazard Perry. It is made up of three sections: the 65’ long lower section made of steel and its upper two sections (called the topmast and t’gallant) made of Douglas fir, which came from a private tree farm in Rainier, Oregon and was turned in Washington State on the largest spar lathe in North America. Collectively, Perry’s 19 wooden spars – including the mizzen, mainmast and royals for each; fore top mast and gallant; mizzen gaff; boom; and jib boom – weigh almost 36 tons and total 25,182 board feet – enough to build a house of over 3700 square feet.

After remarks by Bart Dunbar, Chairman, OHPRI, and Donald Christ, Esq., President, Alletta Morris McBean Charitable Trust (a major contributor for which the rig will be dedicated when complete), a 1936 Rhode Island Tercentenary Half Dollar, issued to commemorate the 1636 founding of Providence, R.I. and donated by OHPRI Board Member Jim Pickering, was placed in the Perry’s mast step. Samuel Appleton Treherne-Thomas placed the coin with help from Ben Grenier; both are family descendants of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the American hero (and Rhode Island native) in the Battle of Lake Erie for which the ship is named.

“There is a long and rich history of placing coins beneath masts to address an assortment of superstitions; today we place our coins to bring good luck and to memorialize a significant moment in the process of our ship’s creation,” said Bailey.

While one worker operated the crane, several more helped to position the mast vertically before it was lowered into place. When the mast was in place, the firing of the Perry’s cannon signaled that all was well with the progress of this privately-funded and publically supported project: the first full-rigged ocean-going ship to be built in the United States in the last 110 years.

Enlarged framed versions of the 2013 “Perry victory” quarter that sits under the ship’s forward mast, were presented to Vice Admiral Thomas Weschler, USN Ret. and Bart Dunbar in recognition of extraordinary service to the project. Admiral Weschler drew laughter from the audience when he quipped, “This is the most exciting thing I’ve done since World War II.” (The main cabin is named in honor of his brother, WWII hero Lieutenant Charles John Weschler, USN.)

Alluding to the date Perry’s steel hull was bought from a Canadian group, Dunbar added, “It’s a momentous day for this entire enterprise that began in 2008, and some might not realize how significant this particular mast stepping is, as well. There has not been a rig like this built for a U.S. ship in 110 years, so there was not one person or organization that we could go to and say, ‘We want one of those for SSV Oliver Hazard Perry.’”

Texas and Newport resident Dan Tutcher sponsored the purchase of the lower mainmast section as well as the lowers for the foremast and mizzenmast. Volvo of America and Combined Transport also contributed to the transportation of the spars from Washington.

The shrouds and backstays have been fabricated by a team of riggers employed by OHPRI since March of 2014. The team will spend the next eight weeks completing the rig while the ship remains at The Hinckley Company, which has generously donated dock space. Seven miles of rope and four miles of wire will be incorporated into the complex system that will support and allow the trimming of 20 sails with 14,000 sq. ft. of sail area.

Donald Christ shared his appreciation for OHPRI’s vision, which he said was presented to the Alletta Morris McBean Charitable Trust “through the good graces” of Admiral Weschler a number of years ago. “He came over and over again to meet with us, and finally we said ‘we can’t say no.’ We have made a serious commitment to this ship, and to me, it makes possible the enthusiasm that we have at the Trust for some of the things that we can do. Many of the projects we fund disappear into the ether, and there’s nothing tangible you can look at, but when you sit here and see this dream-come-true, it’s a miraculous thing.”

OHPRI has raised over $14 million toward the completion of SSV Oliver Hazard Perry and has $975,000 left to raise before the ship transitions into its operational phase for hosting education-at-sea programs next Spring.

(Credit Onne van der Wal)

SSV Oliver Hazard Perry, when completed, will be a Coast Guard-inspected and approved steel-hulled technologically sophisticated 21st Century ship. In addition to her three decks, modern galley and Great Cabin (where captains, in days of yore, entertained), Perry sports, among other things, high-end navigation and communication systems, a state-of-the-art science lab (designed under the guidance of the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography), and wheelchair accessibility (including accessible below deck staterooms, heads and a wheelchair lift). The Great Cabin will be used less for entertaining and more for education in its capacity as a classroom outfitted with monitors displaying real-time navigation and meteorological data. The other classroom space will house laptop computers (donated by Intel), interactive SMART boards (donated by Shanix Technologies, Inc.) and a well-stocked library.

“This is the flagship of our state of Rhode Island, for our tourism, for our marine industry, for our school and students, and for our citizens who appreciate that we are the Ocean State,” said Dunbar. “That is the statement we

are making.”

For more information about SSV Oliver Hazard Perry, please visit www.ohpri.org or contact Jess Wurzbacher at 401-841-0080, info@ohpri.org. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for current news and developments.

Maritime (MARAD) Administrator Paul N. Jaenichen hosted a ceremony on Friday, September 19, 2014 in Portsmouth, Va. to honor the civilian crew who helped destroy Syria’s chemical weapons at sea aboard the M/V Cape Ray, during her recently-completed historic mission and Maritime TV was there .
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Afterwards Maritime TV’s Sarah Selz interviewed Administrator Jaenichen about the M/V Cape Ray’s mission, during which he stated that the crew’s flawless execution of a very complex mission demonstrated that “the U.S. Merchant Marine is an irreplaceable national asset.”
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