Planning your calendar and activities for the week? Here's a quick re-cap of some of the events happening in Cheshire this week. If you know of any other events or would like to add your organizations' activities to the list, please add them as a comment at the end of this article.
Monday, June 10:
United Girls Choir Auditions, 3:30 p.m. First Congregational Church, Cheshire. The United Girls’ Choir of Cheshire has announced that auditions are currently being held for girls, ages 6-17, from throughout the region. Auditions will be held throughout the spring and summer, and all interested girls are eligible to audition. No experience is necessary. Auditions will be held at First Congregational Church of Cheshire, on Monday, June 10, from 3:30pm-6:00pm. Additional dates are also available. Audition information and appointments may be obtained by calling (203) 787-1244 or by sending an e-mail to info@unitedchoir.com.
Bikes and Bites Autumn Escape Bike Trek: 7 p.m., Pedal Power 520 Hartford Turnpike Vernon. Join us for free beer and food and learn all about the upcoming Autumn Escape Bike Trek. Learn how to ride 60 miles a day for this 3 day ride along Cape Cod. The ride takes place September 27-29, 2013. Free registration into the trek at Bikes and Bites. The ride supports the American Lung Association. RSVP: DFerrari@LungNE.org — 860-838-4371
Tuesday, June 11:
Cheshire Chamber Health and Wellness Breakfast, 8 a.m. Elim Park - 150 Cook Hill Rd., Cheshire - Main Dining Room. Topic: Seniors Health Challenges - Informational session for seniors and caregivers, as well as people with aging parents. Featuring: Josh Greene - Director of Rehabilitation at Elim Park. Home safety tips, Barbara Womer Health & Wellness Director from Elim Park will cover general exercises to improve balance & overall strength. Gerontologist Marc Levesque will discuss medication compliance and there will be a hula hoop exercise demonstration. Cost: $10 for Chamber members $15 for non-members.
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association Monthly Speaker Program: 7 p.m., QRWA Headquarters Education Center 540 Oregon Road, Meriden. Making SOUND Environmental Choices To Protect Water Quality & Long Island Sound, a presentation by certified Master Gardener, Master Composter, and NOFA Organic Land Care practitioner Judy Preston. Using the River Continuum Concept, Judy will introduce you to look at ways that your backyard is connected to Long Island Sound, and the choices you can make to reduce, minimize and even prevent impacts to wetlands, watercourses, and ultimately... the Long Island Sound Estuary. Please RSVP so that adequate seating will be available. email: qrwainfo@att.net or 203-237-2237.
Thursday, June 13:
Author Dennis Horgan: 'Bangkok World' Book Talk and Signing. 7 p.m. Cheshire Public Library, 104 Main Street, Cheshire. Denis Horgan was sent to Southeast Asia in 1966 as a 24-year-old lieutenant in the United States Army as part of the madly escalating war ravaging Vietnam and the world around. Assigned to a small isolated signal site in the northeast of Thailand, he found himself aide to the commanding general of troops there. It was there his contact and perspective on the Vietnam war sharpened.
It was a long season of war, of exotic adventures, of Asian aura, beauty and mystery – and, especially, of newspapering such as cannot ever happen again. Denis Horgan, as a very young man, found himself in the middle of it all – as an Army officer with the Vietnam war, helping search for a missing millionaire in the jungles of Malaysia, ultimately as editor-in-chief of the Bangkok World.
His book, “The Bangkok World” – with the evocative and powerful photography of William Harting – recalls an age that was so wondrously unique, so special to its time as to be part of history yet, at the same time extremely personal. Penetrating, reflective, funny, smart, bemused, ‘The Bangkok World’ captures those elusive days with so much of the spark and energy that created them. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing.
Open House at Paul Mitchell School in North Haven: 4 p.m., 97 Washington Avenue, North Haven. Take a tour, learn about our education, financial aid, and find your fit! You will also get the opportunity to meet Bethany Watson from the Elvis Duran Morning Show as well as KC 101's Street Team. RSVP to admissions@northhaven.paulmitchell.edu or call us at 866.942.5627 ext. 15. Visit us http://www.north-haven.paulmitchell.edu/
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