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'night Mother

 The Bradley Playhouse will present " 'night Mother" starting Feb. 19. Left is Ariel Lewis and on the right is Gail Riva White. Photo by Jeffrey Buchbinder. 

 

PUTNAM — The Theatre of Northeastern Connecticut at The Bradley Playhouse on Front Street will present Marsha Norman’s Pulitzer prize-winning play “‘night, Mother” for a limited two-weekend run.

“‘night, Mother” will run Feb. 19 – Feb. 28.  Friday and Saturday shows at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $19 for adults and $15 for senior citizens/students. Credit card reservations may be made by calling (860) 928-7887 or by visitingwww.thebradleyplayhouse.org.  Tickets can also be purchased at the box office during regular business hours and an hour and half prior to show time.  Please call (860) 928-7887 for information on group sales and discounts for groups over 10 individuals. This show is recommended for mature audiences.

Directed by Nicholas Magrey and starring Gail Riva White and Ariel Lewis, “‘night, Mother” deals with depression and the relationship between a mother and daughter on a single fateful night. 

 

 

Wed. Feb. 17

Artist Showcase

WILLIMANTIC --- The Bread Box Folk Theater on Valley Street will hold an Artist Showcase from 7 to 9 p.m. $5 donation goes to The Covenant Soup Kitchen and Emergency Food Pantry.    

 

Art Exhibit

POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret Center will present a Prose and Art Exhibit through March 30 at the center on Day Road. 928-4948.

 

Performance

POMFRET --- The Pomfret Senior Center will present singer Ted Reynolds at 12:30 p.m. Free, but if you would like to reserve a lunch, call 928-7459.

 

Thur. Feb. 18

Nature Program

POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret Center will present a bird walk at 1 p.m. starting from the center on Day Road. $5 for members; $10 for nonmembers. 928-4948.

 

Flower Show

HARTFORD --- The CT Flower & Garden Show will be held Feb. 18-21 at the Connecticut Convention Center. The UConn Soil Testing Laboratory will offer free soil pH testing each day of the show. Bring in ½ cup of soil and we will test it and let you know how much, if any, limestone you need to add for optimal plant growth. Master Gardeners and staff horticulturists from the UConn Home & Garden Education Center will be on hand to answer all of your gardening questions. Free gardening handouts will help you make the most of your lawn and gardens this year. (860) 486- 6740.

 

Fri. Feb. 19

Program

DANIELSON --- The LiR Adult Learners will present “Riding the Rails” from 1 to 3 p.m. at QVCC. Snow date Feb. 26. Refreshments follow.

 

Mystery Meander!

STERLING --- TLGV Mystery Member Meander will be held from 11 a.m. to noon somewhere in Sterling. 3 miles easy woods trail with some rolling bumps. Not suitable for strollers. Mountain bikes ok. Leashed dogs ok. 1 hour. RSVP to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for details and secret location!

 

Blood Drive

S. WOODSTOCK --- The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Woodstock Fire Bungay Brigade on Rt. 171. Call 1-800-RED-CROSS for an appointment or more info.

 

‘night , Mother

PUTNAM --- The Bradley Playhouse will present “ ‘ night, Mother” at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19, 20, 26 and 7 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 21 and 28. $19 and $15. 860-928-7887.

 

Blood Drive

W. WOODSTOCK --- The Bungay Fire Brigade on Rt. 171 will hold an American Red Cross Blood Drive from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 1-800-RED-CROSS.

 

Sat. Feb. 20

Camper Day

POMFRET --- The Windham-Tolland 4-H Camp on Taft Pond Road will hold Camper Game Day for boys and girls, ages 6-12 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. $15/child. Register: 860-974-3379.

 

Character Breakfast

PUTNAM --- The  Putnam Music Association is hosting a Character Breakfast with an All You Can Eat Breakfast Buffet. Get your Picture taken with your fantasy friends ($5) from 8 to 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Church. $8 for adults and $6 for kids 6 and younger in advance. At door: $10 for adults and $8 for kids 6 and younger. 

 

Owl Walk

POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret Center will present an Owl Walk at 7 p.m. starting from the center on Day Road. $5 for members; $10 for nonmembers. 928-4948.

 

Nature Program

HAMPTON --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret Center will present a full moon walk, at 7 p.m. at Trail Wood on Kenyon Road. Free for members; $3 for nonmembers. 928-4948.

 

Pot Roast Supper

DANIELSON --- The Westfield Church on Main Street will hold a Yankee Pot Roast Supper from 4:30 to 7 p.m. $12 for adults; $8 for kids 10 and younger. Eat in or take out. WestfieldUCC.org/Eat

 

Sun. Feb. 21

Breakfast

N. GROSVENORDALE --- The Knights of Columbus Council 2087 on Riverside Drive will hold a made-to-order breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. $7.  860-923-2967 

 

Writer’s Workshop

HAMPTON --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret Center will present the Edwin Way Teale & the Literary Character of Trail wood Writer’s Workshop Series from 2 to 4 p.m. $10 for members; $20 for nonmembers. 928-4948.

 

Acorn Adventure

HAMPTON --- The TLGV Ranger Marcy’s Acorn Adventure, Hike the Winter Air Line Trail, will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Meet at the Goodwin Conservation Center, 23 Potter Rd. (off Rt. 6). A flat, easy & smooth trail to stretch our winter legs. Leashed dogs welcome. Free. All ages.  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Tues. Feb. 23

Exercise Group

WOODSTOCK --- The Woodstock Senior Exercise Group will meet from 9 to 10 a.m. every Tuesday in the Woodstock Town Hall lower level meeting room. Free for all Woodstock senior citizens 60 and older. 860-974-1050

 

Health Program

POMFRET --- The Northeastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce will present an event to raise awareness to educate women about heart disease from 7 to 9 a.m. at Grill 37. $16 for members and $20 for nonmembers. Includes a heart healthy breakfast.

 

Veterans Program

DANIELSON --- The RSVP Veterans Coffeehouse will present a program on Veterans Homelessness at 9 a.m. with Tom Stefanko of the state Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Alejandro Fuentes, Access Community Action Agency. Members of the RSVP Veterans Coffeehouse have indicated an interest in forging a community outreach & advocacy on the topic of veterans homelessness. 860-774-9286

 

Thur. Feb. 25

Movie

POMFRET --- The Pomfret Senior Center will present a movie, “Coal Miner’s Daughter” at 12:30 at the center on Mashamoquet Road. Open to all local seniors. 928-7459.

 

Sat. Feb. 27

Winter Tag Sale

PUTNAM --- The Congregational Church of Putnam downtown will present a  Winter Tag Sale from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donations of sellable items accepted. Proceeds shared with community charities. 928- 4205

 

Tourtellotte Museum

N. GROSVENORDALE --- TLGV Member Tour & Program at the Tourtellotte Museum will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. at Tourtellotte Memorial High School on Riverside Drive. Also tour the Ramsdell Railroad Collection, an extensive archive or railroad photographs and memorabilia. Donations are encouraged to help defray the cost of opening up the building on a weekend and for the refreshments. RSVP required to 860-774-3300 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Winter Concert

WILLIMANTIC --- The Willimantic Orchestra, a community based orchestra, will present its free Winter Concert: "Songs and Dances" at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Fine Arts Instructional Center on the ECSU campus. Free but donations are welcomed and are tax deductible.  860.429.0865

 

Boy Scout Recruitment

PUTNAM --- Boy Scout Troop 25 in Putnam will hold a recruiting day from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.  at the Putnam Public Library in the Community Room. Scouts will show what they do from camping to Native American Presentations. 

 

Sun. Feb. 28

Stew and Story

HAMPTON --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret Center will present “Stroll, Story, Stew and Song” at Trail Wood on Kenyon Road. 928-4948.

 

Concert

WILLIMANTIC --- The New American Mandolin Ensemble will perform at 4 p.m. at The Bread Box on Valley Street. $12.  Benefits Covenant Soup Kitchen & Emergency Food Pantry.  860-429-4220.

 

Mon. Feb. 29

Blood Drive

DANIELSON --- The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at QVCC on Upper Maple Street. Call 1-800-RED-CROSS for an appointment or more info.

 

 

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Take Part

Representatives from both Putnam PRIDE and Putnam High School SADD Chapter attended a leadership forum in the Washington D.C. area recently. Top, left to right: Lauren Deery, Allison Lafortune, Rep. Joe Courtney, Heather Terron, Shannon Fagan. Bottom, left to right: Deery, Lafortune, Senator  Blumenthal, Terron, Fagan. Courtesy photos.

 

 

PUTNAM — Representatives from both Putnam PRIDE and Putnam High School SADD Chapter are back from the Washington, D.C. area where they joined more than 2,500 substance abuse prevention specialists and advocates from throughout the country for Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America’s (CADCA) 26th Annual National Leadership Forum.

 “We are so excited to have spent several days with other similar organizations from across the country, learning and honing our prevention skills so our community can be a better place, one that doesn’t suffer from the harms of drug and alcohol abuse,” says Romeo Blackmar, Putnam PRIDE project coordinator. “We came back reenergized with new strategies under our belt to tackle drug use in Putnam.”

CADCA’s Forum covered a wide range of topics – everything from how to prevent prescription drug abuse and the abuse of synthetic drugs and marijuana to how to create tobacco-free environments and develop policies to reduce underage and excessive drinking. 

Putnam High School SADD Chapter members — Lauren Deery, 14; Heather Terron, 16; Shannon Fagan, 17; and Allison Lafortune, 15 — attended the Forum and participated in the National Youth Leadership Initiative (NYLI) and Youth Programs during the conference.  They were accompanied by Lisa Mooney, Putnam High School SADD Advisor and Sgt. Niko Sezenias, the police department’s Youth Officer.

The NYLI helps build the skills of young leaders in coalitions to take on youth-led civic change.  Research has shown that young people who are trained and given the tools needed to effectively impact underage drinking, tobacco use, medicine abuse and misuse, and marijuana use amongst their peers. Putnam’s coalition’s youth members participated in training to help them become strong community leaders.

The coalition has recently impacted the community by providing leadership training for 75 students from Putnam and Griswold Public Schools at a Student Leadership Training Symposium held at Griswold High School.  Putnam Mayor, Tony Falzarano declared the week of January 25-31 National Drug Facts Awareness week for the Town of Putnam, to help teens “Shatter the Myths about Drugs and Alcohol. In conjunction with NDFAW PRIDE Coordinator Romeo Blackmar conducted an original trivia game with local youth groups that tested their knowledge of “Drug Facts.”