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May 15 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm | $10
CT State Troubadour Kristen Graves and Davey O.

KRISTEN GRAVES:

Kristen Graves is a singer/songwriter and humanitarian from Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, serving as the official Connecticut State Troubadour. Recently mentioned as ‘the new generation of folk’ by the New York Times, Kristen performs approximately 175 shows a year throughout the country. A Buttonwood Tree favorite, Kristen will be performing her own original songs as well as some traditional American folk sing-alongs. The audience will be invited to sing, laugh, cry, and enjoy each other as Kristen shares the stories behind her music – from sharing the Lincoln Center stage with Peter Yarrow, to sharing lentil soup and conversation with Pete Seeger – this is an evening of stories and songs you won’t want to miss!
For more information, follow the link to Kristen Graves’ website here.

DAVEY O: Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Davey O. comes to us from Buffalo, NY, with a guitar case full of stories and songs that will draw a line of common humanity between the performer and the listening audience. Tales that will shine a ray of hope on even the darkest of days.

“Davey O. crafts intimate, folk-and country-based slices of a life examined. With a journalist’s eye for detail and poet’s ear for the well-turned observation, O. finds the universal in the particular, turning day-to-day minutiae into dusty paeans to the indomitability of the human spirit.” – Jeff Miers – The Buffalo News

“a rare voice for the actual struggling everyday people of this world–not filtered through legend or tradition, but as actually and personally experienced” – Sarah Craig, Manager, Caffe Lena “songs that stand shoulder to shoulder with the best of such writers as John Hiatt, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan. Davey is a true American singer/songwriter, his lyrics tell poignant tales of reflection and wonder.” – Allen Foster – Songwriter’s Monthly

“Davey’s writing over the years has been fine tuned. His ability to sketch a vivid character or moment with memorable lyrics and melodies to match has been honed with his relentless performing and touring schedule. He has grown into a very fine performer with a wisdom, maturity and knowledge of his craft.” – Bob Silvestri – Best Of WNY.com For more information, visit Davey O.’s website here: http://www.daveyo.com/

Saturday May 16 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm. Growth: An Aligned with Source Workshop
What is Spiritual Growth? How do you know if you are growing as you should?

Aligned With Source Workshop with Annaita Gandhy
Explore simple concepts of living in awareness that: open you up to the wonders of life; discover who you are; let go of fear and all that keeps you stuck. You create your reality and as co-creator of this world, find out how you can bring to it and you, peace, harmony, health and abundance. Each session ends in a powerful guided meditation.

Peter Griggs
Saturday May 16, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts & Cultural Center is delighted to host internationally known guitarist/composer Peter Griggs in a concert, “Music For Here & Now,” $8.

Mr. Griggs will perform a wide-ranging program of original compositions and standards for acoustic and electric guitars, reflecting the diverse influences of American post-modernism, world music, flamenco, jazz and the blues.
Peter Griggs has presented more than 500 solo guitar concerts throughout the USA, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, the Low Countries, Scandinavia and eastern Europe at concert halls, art centers, festivals, museums, churches, universities, cafes, clubs and other venues. He has recorded on Folkways Records, Music Of The World, Treecastle Music and E360. Reviews of his performances include, “Sizzling guitar playing,” from the Dundee, Scotland’s Courier and “an almost unbelievable talent — Peter Griggs performs magic!” from Germany’s Bergische Morning Post.

Biographical Info

Griggs attended the Juilliard School of Music Pre-College Division, Bowdoin College, Wesleyan University and York University (UK). His principal teachers included Louis Ricci (French Horn), Elliot Schwartz & Wilfred Mellers (composition), Marion Brown (jazz improvisation) and Pandit Sharda Sahai (tabla). In 1975, Griggs spent a year traveling throughout Asia, recording and studying with musicians in India, Nepal, Indonesia and Japan – an experience which had a great impact on his musical development. https://griggspeter.wordpress.com/

Saint Sebastian Feast Program 2015”

Saturday, May 16th Family Day 12:00 Noon to 10:00 PM Music, Rides, Refreshments, Carnival 5:00 PM- Unveiling of the Statue of Saint Sebastian followed by a Solemn Mass with Nuri Wardrobe Blessing celebrated by Most Reverend Michael R. Cote, Bishop of Norwich 6:00- 10:00 PM on the Grand StageSound Alternative will entertain with Music.
Sunday, May 17th: 8:00 AM Mass in Italian
11:00 AM Solemn Pontifical Mass in Honor of Saint Sebastian Celebrant: His Grace, The Most Reverend Henry J. Mansell, Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford.
12:15 PM NURI arrival at Saint Sebastian Church to pay homage to the Patron Saint. The Venerable Statue of Saint Sebastian will be carried in Solemn Procession through the City of Middletown with the Relic of Saint Sebastian and The Sam Vinci Marching Band.
Veneration of the Relic of Saint Sebastian 2:00 – 7:00 PM 2:00 PM
Auction on the Grand Stage 5:00 PM
Solemn Mass 6:00 – 10:00 PM on the Grand Stage, Music performed by Sound Alternative. Refreshments, Rides, Carnival, Amusements from 12:00 noon to 10:00 PM Mass closing the Statue will be on Sunday, May 24th at 5:00 PM

Sunday, May 17th: INDIAN HILL CEMETERY TREE WALK

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