Monthly Archives: November 2020

Lyme Land Trust Presents Virtual Program on Fisher Cats, Thursday

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Learn about the elusive fisher cat in a program presented by Lyme Land Trust.

LYME — Lyme Land Trust invites its members as well as the general public to a fascinating program about the elusive fisher cat, a member of the weasel family.

The program titled, Fisher in Connecticut, will take place Thursday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. via Zoom.

When you register at this link, you will receive an invitation to the Zoom program. Registration is required.

Paul Colburn, a certified Master Wildlife Conservationist, will present an overview of the fisher habitat, diet, behavior, reproduction, and current research efforts.

This program is free and open to all, made possible with funding from the Friends of the Lyme Public Library.

For more information, call the Lyme Public Library at 860 434-2272.

LYSB Hosts ‘Stress Happens’ Program on ‘Building Stronger Connections at Home,’ Thursday

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Erica Cuni, LMFT

LYME/OLD LYME — Lymes’ Youth Service Bureau (LYSB) hosts the fourth and final part of a series titled, ‘Stress Happens,’ Thursday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. via Zoom.

The program covers, ‘Building Stronger Connections in Your Home,’ and is presented by Erica Cuni, LMFT, known as “The Burnout Professor.”

Cuni is a clinical therapist, Reiki master, mediation facilitator, graduate professor, and fellow burnout survivor.

Register for the Dec. 3 program at this link. You will then receive the Zoom link in return.

This 12-step roadmap is what every parent wishes for – how to help their child navigate stress. It is possible to level up your child’s stress management game without worrying about insurance, diagnosis, medication (or moving to Bali for a year long retreat.)

Each meeting will have actionable steps for you to practice to help deal with burnout and stress. There is no requirement to have attended the previous meetings in the series to join this one.

This program is for any age.

Lyme Ambulance Members Help Brownies Earn First Aid Badge

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Brownie Girl Scout Troop 67074 members listen attentively to Lyme Ambulance Deputy Chief  Ariana Eaton and EMR/Driver Erik Eisensmith during a presentation related to the girls’ efforts to obtain their First Aid badges. Photo submitted.

LYME — Members of Lyme Ambulance Association met with Brownie Girl Scout Troop 67974 from Lyme-Old Lyme (LOL) to teach the girls about first aid, 911 calls and how to act in case of emergencies.

Erik Eisensmith, EMR/Driver, and Ariana Eaton, Deputy Chief, had an ambulance on hand to show the tools and equipment ambulances carry to help the LOL community and what the different colors of lights mean in emergency vehicles.
This training session, during which all COVID protocols were followed, helped the Brownie Girl Scouts earn their First Aid badges.

Musical Masterworks Presents Beethoven String Quartets, Tickets on Sale Now for Video Available in January

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Musical Masterworks Artistic Director Edward Arron will play the cello in the Beethoven works being performed live in a December concert and also recorded for release to ticket-holders in January. Photo by Hak-Soo Kim.

OLD LYME — Musical Masterworks celebrates Beethoven’s 250th birthday in December when Edward Arron, Artistic Director and cellist, along with his colleagues James Ehnes, violin;  Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin; and Che-Yen Chen, viola, will perform three string quartets by Beethoven, spanning nearly 30 years of his life and demonstrating the full arc of his remarkable compositional evolution.

This performance will be filmed in mid-December and the link to the virtual concert will be made available to ticket buyers Jan. 2, 2021.  The video can be enjoyed for three weeks and watched as many times as one wishes. 

Ticket holders will be able to experience Musical Masterworks in a whole new way. The group’s audio-video production team will create an intimate concert experience, providing a virtual front row seat featuring the performers’ artistry.

Edward Arron shared his thoughts about this concert, “We are honored to dedicate this performance to the great master. While under current circumstances, we are not able to reconstitute the full cycle of quartets that we had planned for last spring, we are delighted to provide this fascinating window into the extraordinary compositional mind of Beethoven.”

In 2021, Musical Masterworks will welcome back many favorite artists, including Rieko Aizawa, Todd Palmer, Jeewon Park, Randall Scarlata, Gilles Vonsattel, and Tessa Lark, featuring music from Bach to Corigliano.

Musical Masterworks’ season runs through May 2021.  To purchase a video mini-subscription ($100 each), individual video tickets ($40 each), or student tickets ($5 each), visit Musical Masterworks at Musical Masterworks at www.musicalmasterworks.org or call 860.434.2252.

Watch the Draw for High Hopes ‘Raffle for a Cause’ at Noon Today!

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A 2020 Subaru Forester 2.5i is the first prize in this year’s Raffle for a Cause sponsored by High Hopes of Old Lyme, CT and Reynolds Subaru of Lyme, CT.

OLD LYME — High Hopes Therapeutic Riding is holding a raffle in which the first prize is a 2020 Subaru Forester 2.5i. The second prize is an Apple i-Pad Mini and the third an Amazon Echo Show. Reynolds Subaru of Lyme is High Hopes’ raffle partner for this event.

All proceeds from the raffle benefit the programs at High Hopes.

Tickets are $50 each, two for $90, four for $180 or five for $225.

The raffle will be drawn during a live feed at noon on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020. Winners will be notified immediately following the drawing. Ticket holders need not be present to win.

All federal, state and local taxes on prizes are the winner’s responsibility.

Visit this link for full details of the raffle.

Buy your tickets at this link!