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“I’m pretty sure we all agree the tradition of tree lights during the holiday season should continue. Volunteers are trying to make lights happen, but Fundraising is essential to cover the nearly $100,000 cost. This project is by and for all of us to enjoy. Can you or an organization you work with help the fundraising challenge?” – Joanne Clark Continue Reading →
The Junior League of Greenwich is sponsoring a two-part (intro and advanced) self-defense class led by Greenwich Police and instructors from Kempo Academy of Martial Arts on Thursday, October 15 from 7:30 to 9:00pm and Saturday October 17 9:00 – 10:00am. Continue Reading →
Callers to the Greenwich Matters WGCH 1490 Radio Show on Thursday lamented the demise of the marching band at GHS. However, although it is true that interest waned when the school lifted the requirement for concert band members to perform in marching band about 10 years ago, there is a “pep band” that plays at GHS football games and sometimes marches in parades. Continue Reading →
Pencils of Promise is a non-profit organization dedicated to conquering the global education crisis. Join Zen Bronze in supporting the fight for equal education by enjoying a healthy, organic airbrush tan with all money raised going directly to Pencils of Promise. Continue Reading →
The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk becomes the “Aqua-Scarium” on Halloween and welcomes Marvel Comics Spider-man! For guests who want to enhance their Halloween alter ego, Wells Noonan of Face-Painting by Wells will use her brushes and skilled hand to transform faces into wild creatures, superheroes or princesses. Face-painting times are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. It’s free with Aquarium admission. Continue Reading →
All are invited to Old Greenwich School’s 45th Anniversary Pumpkin Patch. Featuring a haunted house, hay maze, arts and crafts, bouncy slides, games, food, prizes and more. Continue Reading →
Jane Brody, personal health columnist for The New York Times, will speak at the Friends of Nathaniel Witherell Fall Luncheon on Oct. 15.
From tips on sharpening your memory to advice on reading food labels and coping with arthritic pain, Jane Brody, the Personal Health columnist for The New York Times, has been doling out information to keep her readers in tip-top shape for nearly four decades. Brody’s widely read and quoted column, which appears every Tuesday in The New York Times‘s Science Times section and in scores of other newspapers around the country, earned her the title of “High Priestess of Health” from Time magazine. She is the author of 10 books, including the best sellers Jane Brody’s Nutrition Book and Jane Brody’s Good Food Book. Brody will be the featured speaker at The Friends of Nathaniel Witherell‘s Fall Luncheon at the Round Hill Club in Greenwich, on October 15 at 11:30 am. Continue Reading →
More timely than ever. The Avon Theatre will feature The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Oct 29. Running through the story is the sexual confusion of two middle American “Ike Age” kids confronted by the complications of the decadent morality of the 70’s, represented in the person of the mad “doctor” Frank N Furter, a transvestite from the planet Transexual in the galaxy of Transylvania. Continue Reading →
The Run Walk for Health & Hunger to benefit The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County will kick off at 8:30 a.m., Saturday, October 17, 2015, starting and finishing at Chelsea Piers Connecticut Continue Reading →
The Gateway Orchestra will perform at Temple Sholom, 300 East Putnam Avenue in Greenwich on Sunday, October 18 at 7:30 p.m. Continue Reading →