Monthly Archives: February 2020

Old Lyme’s Duck River Garden Club Hosts Program on ‘Moss Gardens’ This Evening, All Welcome

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Steven Colgan

OLD LYME — The Duck River Garden Club (DRGC) is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2020 and welcomes residents and visitors to enjoy their upcoming programs and activities, including their annual Plant Sale and Garden Fair in May.

The club holds monthly programs at Old Lyme Memorial Town Hall, which are free and open to the public.  Join them at 6:30 p.m. for a social reception in the meeting room foyer, speaker at 7 p.m., followed by 8 p.m. business meeting for DRGC members.

The next DRGC program is tomorrow, Monday, Feb. 24, when Advanced Master Gardener Steve Colgan presents the topic, ‘Moss Gardens.’ Debunk the myths of moss and learn how to incorporate it in your gardens with Colgan’s guidance.

Moss can be used as an element in almost any garden or landscape and is also well suited for containers, both inside and out. This lecture will focus on the practical aspects of moss gardening with how-to’s and don’t do’s. Some time will be spent on lichen, ferns and other lower vascular plants that feel comfortable in moss-friendly environments.

Opportunities for gardening on stone and other impervious surfaces will also be presented.

Bishop Ian Douglas to Visit Saint Ann’s Episcopal Church in Old Lyme, This Morning. All Welcome

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Bishop Ian T. Douglas. Photo credit: Episcopal Church in CT website.

OLD LYME — Bishop Ian Douglas will baptize, confirm, receive and reaffirm 14 children, youth and adults on Sunday, Feb. 23 at Saint Ann’s Episcopal Church in Old Lyme during the 10:30 a.m. service. He will preside at the Holy Eucharist and preach the sermon for this last Sunday after the Epiphany. The Bishop will be assisted in worship by the parish’s provisional priest-in-charge, The Rev. Anita Schell.

Following the service a festive coffee hour will be held in the Griswold Room. All are invited to join the worship service, and also to attend the reception, at which the bishop will greet parishioners, families and friends.

The Rt. Rev. Ian T. Douglas, Ph.D. is the 15th Bishop Diocesan of The Episcopal Church in Connecticut, serving 160 parishes and faith communities in the state of Connecticut.  Elected in October 2009, he was ordained bishop in April 2010.  From 1989 to 2010 he was a faculty member at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass., where he was the Angus Dun Professor of Mission and World Christianity.

A sought-after speaker nationally and internationally, Douglas is the author/editor of four books and numerous academic and popular articles on the topics of mission, the missional Church, contemporary Anglicanism, and world Christianity.

Saint Ann’s Church, Old Lyme

Douglas also served as Priest Associate at St. James’s Episcopal Church in Cambridge, Mass., from 1989-2010. Douglas resides in Essex, Conn., with his wife, Kristin Harris.  They enjoy fitness training and outdoor activities including sailing, kayaking, skiing and walking their dog, and are the parents of three young adults: Luke, Timothy, and Johanna.

Saint Ann’s was established in 1883 as an Episcopal mission in the Black Hall section of Old Lyme. Once a month, a priest arrived on horseback to celebrate the Eucharist. In 1892, a Guild House was erected and services began to be held there.

In 1923, the Diocese of Connecticut purchased the former Baptist Church on Lyme Street for the growing Saint Ann’s Parish. During the Depression, membership dwindled and the Lyme Street building was sold to the Catholic Church for $1.

Saint Ann’s Parish resumed services in the Guild House where they remained an active congregation for 30 years. Saint Ann’s current building was dedicated in 1956 and renovated in the summer of 2019.

For more information about Saint Ann’s, visit the church’s website.

This Afternoon, Musical Masterworks Hosts Free Lecture in Old Lyme on Beethoven’s Musical Phrases, Meanings, More

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OLD LYME  — On Sunday, Feb. 23,  at 2 p.m., Musical Masterworks presents the second of three lectures in Old Lyme related to their upcoming concerts celebrating the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth.  The six concerts will feature all 18 of Betthoven’s String Quartets — three at each concert — and will be held March 13, 14 and 15, and May 1, 2 and 3.

Sunday’s lecture at the Lyme Art Association will be given by Professor Paul Berry from the Yale School of Music and is titled, What is a Phrase About? Classical Syntax, Biography, and Types of Musical Meaning.

This lecture will address the ever-popular (both vexing and intriguing) question of Beethoven’s biography and its relationship to his music by means of detailed examinations of musical phrases in the repertoire to be performed in March, especially Opus 135; Opus 18, No.1; Opus 18, No.6.  Professor Berry will also help the audience understand how Beethoven constructed musical phrases.

Reserve your free tickets for Sunday’s lecture at this link.

The Lyme Art Association is located at 90 Lyme Street, Old Lyme.

Thethird and final lecture will be presented Sunday, April 26, at 3 p.m. at the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme.  It is titled, How Can We Listen? Form, Style, and Musical Expression.

This lecture, also by Professor Berry, will build on the previous two, moving from phrases to larger forms and from specific extra-musical references to general expressive trajectories. The repertoire discussed will be from the upcoming May concerts, especially Opus 18, No.4; Opus 59, No. 3; Opus 131; and Opus 132.

The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme is located at 2 Ferry Rd. in Old Lyme.

Reserve your free tickets for the April 26 lecture at this link.

Fourth Annual Festival of Women’s Plays Takes Place at Ivoryton Playhouse Today

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Sharon Goulner’s play is Savior.

IVORYTON:  The Ivoryton Playhouse has announced the date of its Fourth Annual Women
Playwrights Initiative – 4 x 4 in 2020.

Over 170 plays from all over the country were submitted to the initiative and the four finalists will be traveling to Ivoryton from Washington State, California, Indiana and Maryland to have their work presented in a series of staged reading on Saturday, Feb. 22, with a snow date of Sunday, Feb. 23.

The Initiative includes the Ellie Award and a $500 stipend for each of the four women playwrights chosen and provides a safe, nurturing environment for the development of new, one-act plays with a director and actors.

The plays are by and about women and the issues that shape their lives, and the workshop culminates in a festival of staged readings, which will take place at the Ivoryton Playhouse, 103 Main St., Ivoryton, CT 06422.

Crystal V. Rhodes’s play is 1200 miles to Jerome.

At 2 p.m., there will be two readings presented.  Savior by Sharon Goldner finds two modern moms at a yoga class dealing with an absurd yet very familiar situation – what do you do when your five-year-old tells you he is the messiah?

1200 miles to Jerome by Crystal V. Rhodes relates the daunting experience of the Franklin family, who are traveling through the Deep South with a fugitive in tow in the 1940s. It is a journey in which “driving while black” could mean the difference between life and death.

At 7 p.m., the festival will continue witha  performance of Court by Holly Arsenault, which takes an intimate look at divorce and custody battles from a child’s unique, funny and raw perspective.

Deanna and Paul by Dagney Kerr concludes the event. In this play, Deanna is a quirky waitress with a strict no tipping policy and Paul a surly customer with a tight lid on his heart. Their lonely worlds collide one day in a small-town diner, where one cup of coffee can change everything.

To purchase tickets for the Women Playwrights Festival, call 860.767.7318 or visit www.ivorytonplayhouse.org

Holly Arsenault’s play is Court.

Tickets are priced as follows: $20 — adult; $15 — senior; $10 — student for one performance.

Buy tickets for both performances at these special prices: $30 — adult; $25 — senior; $10 — student. Call the box office at 860.767.7318 to book two-performance packages.

Check the Playhouse website for additional workshops and special festival deals with local restaurants.

The Ivoryton Playhouse is located at 103 Main Street, Ivoryton, CT  06442.

Dagney Kerr’s play is Deanna and Paul.

For more information about the Women Playwrights Initiative and to read biographies of the playwrights, visit www.ivorytonplayhouse.org

Old Lyme Boys Crush Portland 66-49

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OLD LYME — Playing Friday night on their home court , the Old Lyme Varsity boy’s basketball team soundly defeated Portland 66-49.
Aedan Using led the Wildcats with 17 points, 11 rebounds, and seven assists while Ray Doll added 14 points and three steals. Jared Ritchie scored 13 points and had two steals, Brady Sheffield had eight assists, and Ty Dean and John Almy added nine points each.
Mason Piersal was the leading scorer for Portland with 14.