Braiden Sunshine takes a cheerful break from recording in the studio. Photo courtesy of Braiden Sunshine.
LYME, CT — Braiden Sunshine, who first captured national attention as a contestant on NBC’s The Voice in 2015, will perform at Lyme Public Hall on Sunday, Oct. 26.
The performance will run from 4 to 6 p.m. A $10 donation is requested to support the Public Hall’s community concert series featuring local musicians.
In publicity materials for the event, organizers describe Braiden Sunshine as a passionate and dynamic artist, known for his soulful voice and captivating performances, who continues to hone his craft through live shows across the Northeast and a growing catalog of original music.
Sunshine is set to release several new tracks this year.
OLD LYME–On Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., National Drug Take Back Day comes to the Lyme Street Fire House.
The Lymes’ Youth Service Bureau (LYSB) invites the public to stop by the fire station to dispose of unwanted drugs and get your children’s car seats checked.
As part of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) National Drug Take Back Day, the event provides a safe, convenient way to dispose of unused or expired prescription and over the counter medicines. The DEA reminds everyone to scratch out all personal information on pill bottle labels and medicine packaging. All medications dropped off at the take-back locations will be destroyed.
At the same time, LYSB will host a Child Car Seat Install and Safety Check event with the Old Lyme Police Department (OLPD).
Certified police technicians will be available by appointment to let drivers know whether their children’s car seats are installed correctly. Sign up by calling LYSB at 860-434-7208 or visiting lysb.org/carseat/, then bring your vehicle, child and carseat to the fire station for the check.
Spend Saturday afternoon at the Lyme Art Association’s Pumpkin Day. Photo courtesy of Lyme Art Association.
OLD LYME–Lyme Art Association invites the community to spend Saturday afternoon celebrating the season at Pumpkin Day.
Festivities run from 1 to 4 p.m. at the gallery on 90 Lyme St.
This year’s Pumpkin Day will once again include animals from Guilford’s Tripledale Farm. Photo courtesy of Lyme Art Association.
Guests will have the opportunity to paint pumpkins, make seasonal art, get their faces painted and join a scavenger hunt around the gallery. Adding to the air of celebration, The Wandering Fiddlers will provide live music while farm animals from Guilford’s Tripledale Farm entertain visitors of all ages.
Each child who brings a nonperishable food donation to benefit Shoreline Soup Kitchen will receive a free pumpkin to paint. Additional pumpkins will be available for purchase, or participants may bring their own.
STONINGTON–On Saturday, Oct. 25, the Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council (SECWAC) will host two-time Pulitzer Prize winner David S. Rohde for a talk titled “Sincerity, Dialogue and Empathy from Bosnia to Afghanistan to America.”
The 5 p.m. presentation will be held at the La Grua Center, 32 Water St., Stonington.
Rohde, an NBC journalist and executive, is best known for his in-depth reporting on international conflict and national security.
SECWAC in a press release said Rohde will describe how sincerity, dialogue and empathy helped him cover the wars in Bosnia and Afghanistan, and how those skills continue to help him report in a politically polarized America. Rohde will describe how sincerity helped him reveal the mass executions of 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in the town of Srebrenica and his recent return there for the 30th anniversary of the killings; how dialogue helped him cover Afghanistan; and how empathy helps him cover a divided America.
Rohde was kidnapped by the Taliban in 2008 while reporting in Afghanistan, and was held captive for over seven months before escaping. His experience became the subject of the book “A Rope and a Prayer,” co-written with his wife, Kristen Mulvihill.
He first gained recognition in 1996 for uncovering the Srebrenica massacre while reporting for The Christian Science Monitor. He was awarded his second Pulitzer in 2009 as part of The New York Times team covering Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Over the course of his career, Rohde has reported for major news outlets including The New York Times, Reuters, and The Christian Science Monitor, covering global hotspots and high-stakes political issues.
He is currently serving as executive editor of newyorker.com, the digital platform of The New Yorker, and continues to write and speak on topics related to foreign affairs, investigative journalism and press freedom.
SECWAC members are free. Non-Member in-person attendance is $20. Non-Members mayvisit this link to register. A post-presentation dinner will follow at the Old Lyme Inn for members only.
OLD SAYBROOK–More nationwide “No Kings” demonstrations will be held locally on Saturday, including one in Old Saybrook.
The Old Saybrook event will take place at the Town Hall from 10 to 11 a.m.
A Niantic ‘pop-up’ event was added late yesterday. It will be held on the Town Green from 3 to 5 p.m.
The “No Kings” theme was organized by the 50501 Movement, according to the Associated Press. The grassroots national group has spearheaded numerous protests this year against what they describe as the authoritarian actions of the Trump administration. The name 50501 stands for 50 states, 50 protests, one movement.
“No Kings” organizers across the country have said nonviolent action is a core principle of the movement since the first “Nationwide Day of Defiance” in June to counter a military parade scheduled the same day by President Donald J. Trump’s birthday.
“Now, President Trump has doubled down,” organizers said on their website. “His administration is sending masked agents into our streets, terrorizing our communities. They are targeting immigrant families, profiling, arresting and detaining people without warrants. Threatening to overtake elections. Gutting healthcare, environmental protections, and education when families need them most. Rigging maps to silence voters. Ignoring mass shootings at our schools and in our communities. Driving up the cost of living while handing out massive giveaways to billionaire allies, as families struggle.”
Several other rallies are planned nearby, including:
New London: Parade Plaza, State Street and S. Water Street, 10 a.m. to noon.
Norwich: City Hall, 11 a.m. to noon; Norwichtown Green, 2 to 4 p.m.
More information, including additional locations for Saturday’s protest, can be found at www.nokings.org.
