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SUMMARY:Advanced Beginner Knitting and Crochet Workshops
DESCRIPTION:Knitting & Crochet Tickets Sold Separately \nAdvanced Beginner Crocheting Class \n– Come learn in a class designed just for you…an advanced beginner!! \n– You will learn 3 ways to crochet “in the round”\, how to read a yarn label (if you don’t already know how to do this)\, how to read a crochet pattern\, and more! \n– Projects include a coaster set as your 1st project and a hat as your ongoing project \n– 5 weekly classes\, 1 hour each \n– Requirements: This is NOT a beginner class! You MUST KNOW the basic crochet stitches — the chain stitch\, single crochet\, half double crochet\, and double crochet! \n– Other stitches\, including 2 different ways to make a brim on your hat\, will be taught \nPlease note that this a class for ages 16 and up \nAll materials will be provided at the 1st class — a materials fee of $30 will be paid to the instructor at the 1st class \nSaturdays\, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm \nAdvanced Beginner Knitting Class \n– Come learn in a class designed just for you…an advanced beginner!! \n– You will learn how to knit “in the round” using circular needles\, how to knit cables (which are really fun and easier to knit than they look!)\, how to read a yarn label (if you don’t already know how to do this)\, how to read a knitting pattern\, how to fix mistakes\, and more! \n– 5 weekly classes\, 1 hour each \n– Projects include a hat patterns and cable ear warmers \n– All materials and supplies will be provided at the 1st class \n– Requirements: This is NOT a beginner class! You MUST KNOW the basic knit stitches — the knit stitch and the purl stitch – all other stitches and techniques will be taught! \nPlease note that this class is for ages 16 and up \nAll materials will be provided at the 1st class — a materials fee of $30 will be paid to the instructor at the 1st class \nSaturdays\, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
URL:https://newmilford-chamber.com/events/advanced-beginner-knitting-and-crochet-workshops/
LOCATION:JCC in Sherman\, 9 Route 39 South\, Sherman\, CT
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SUMMARY:Gallery Show
DESCRIPTION:Join us in welcoming Christina Maschke to our gallery for the month of April.\nHer Stunning Artwork to Be Displayed at Village Center for the Arts. \nVillage Center for the Arts\, located at 12 Main Street\, New Milford\, CT is proud to announce the upcoming exhibition of local artist Christina Maschke’s captivating works\, set to be on display throughout the month of April. Christina’s unique and thought-provoking pieces\, in colored pencil\, will be showcased in a solo exhibit that invites viewers to explore the powerful intersections of emotion\, nature\, and animal portraits.Christina Maschke’s work has long been celebrated for its vibrant color palettes\, highly detailed drawings\, and evocative storytelling. She captures animals with emotion and soul. Christina’s art resonates with audiences on both an emotional and intellectual level with her realistic pet portraits\, still life\, and landscapes. This exhibition marks an exciting opportunity to experience her latest pieces in person and engage with the artist herself during the opening. Christina Maschke is an active member of the Sherman Artists Association. Exhibition Dates: April 5th – April 30th\nTuesday to Saturday: 11:00AM-6:00PM\nSunday: 12:00-5:00PM\nClosed Mondays\nAdmission is free and all are welcome. \n(860) 354-4318
URL:https://newmilford-chamber.com/events/gallery-show-2/
LOCATION:Village Center for the Arts\, 12 Main Street\, New Milford\, CT\, 06776
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Non Profit
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SUMMARY:Sunday Speaker Series: Alan Dershowitz "The World's Best Known Lawyer"
DESCRIPTION:The Correspondence between President Thomas Jefferson and Senator Elijah Boardman (of New Milford) and its Relevance to Today’s Middle East Debates \nThe legendary lawyer\, professor\, and public intellectual Alan Dershowitz will discuss the interrelated themes of two of his (more than 50) books\, one with special resonance for New Milford\, and the other with special resonance for the ongoing Middle East conflict. \nThe 2008 book\, Finding Jefferson: A Lost Letter\, A Remarkable Discovery\, and the First Amendment in an Age of Terrorism\, discusses a long-lost letter from Thomas Jefferson to New Milford’s own Elijah Boardman\, of a founding New Milford family. Written on July 3\, 1801\, the letter contains Jefferson’s only published discussion of a key free speech issue that is especially relevant now: when the government may restrict speech for fear that it could lead to terrorism. Alan Dershowitz\, who is a passionate collector of historical memorabilia and a passionate Jefferson scholar\, acquired the letter from a New York bookstore in 2006\, prompting him to write this book. The Jefferson letter has special significance for New Milford not only because its addressee was Elijah Boardman\, but also because its subject was a famous sermon that had been delivered in 1800 by the Reverend Stanley Griswold\, the pastor of New Milford’s First Congregational Church\, and later a U.S. Senator from Ohio. \nThe 2024 book\, The Ten Big Anti-Israel Lies and How to Refute Them with Truth\, carries forward the themes of how best to protect both free speech and safety to today’s fierce debates about the Middle East\, presenting Professor Dershowitz’s views about how these debates have gone wrong. \nIn the spirit of Jefferson’s disagreements with his New Milford correspondents\, Professor Dershowitz welcomes a lively discussion. \n__ \nAlan Dershowitz has been teaching\, litigating and writing about law and policy for more than 60 years. He has written 55 books and more than 1000 articles. Many of today’s leaders around the world are among the 10\,000 students he has taught. He has represented and advised presidents\, prime ministers and business leaders. \nCalled “The world’s best-known lawyer” and its most prominent defender of civil liberties\, he has litigated and won hundreds of cases in multiple countries. He has received numerous honorary degrees\, medals and other honors for his work. One such honor was bestowed on him by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel who said: “If there had been a few people like Alan Dershowitz during the 1930s and 1940s\, the history of European Jewry might have been different.” \nMost of his cases and causes have been pro bono\, including his defense of dissidents\, such as Anatoly Sharansky\, Vaclav Havel\, and Julian Assange. Dershowitz graduated first in his class at Yale Law School and was the editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal. He taught at Harvard for 50 years\, where he offered courses on multiple issues\, ranging from criminal\, constitutional\, family and Jewish laws\, as well as psychiatry\, neurobiology\, mathematics\, literature\, philosophy and even baseball. His primary academic interest has been on prediction and prevention of harmful conduct – a course he developed and taught during most of his career. Philosophically\, he considers himself a libertarian\, egalitarian and contrarian. \nAt age 86\, he continues to write and consult\, while spending more time with Carolyn\, his wife of 39 years\, and his three children and two grandchildren. \n__ \nPresident William Jefferson Clinton \n“Alan Dershowitz found an important letter from his hero that relates to freedom of speech\, \nincitement\, and terrorism – subjects about which Alan has thought and taught for decades. This \nbook is a wonderful adventure story that uses Jefferson’s arguments and Dershowitz’s counters \nto illuminate issues that were important and difficult when the U.S. was a new nation and that \nremain so today. I recommend it to every citizen concerned with preserving our liberties and \ncombating terrorism.” \nDavid McCullough\, historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author \n“The 1801 letter of Thomas Jefferson to Elijah Boardman is of tremendous interest and \nimportance\, as is the remarkable story of its discovery by Alan Dershowitz.” \nDoris Kearns Goodwin\, historian and prize-winning author \n“Finding Jefferson is terrific on every level: as a memoir of a passionate collector\, it is \ndelightful; as an account of an important historical discovery\, it is riveting; as a defense of free \nspeech\, it is brilliant.” \nKen Burns\, director and producer of multiple award-winning films\, including Thomas Jefferson \n“What a treasure this book is\, just like the stuff Dershowitz scours the old archives for. It is \nunexpected\, revealing and resonant with a central fact of our Republic – we are still stitched \ntogether by words\, and their complicated progeny\, ideas. From a simple\, fortuitous discovery\, \nDershowitz has fashioned an elaborate and engaging argument\, one we will be thinking about for ages.
URL:https://newmilford-chamber.com/events/sunday-speaker-series-alan-dershowitz-the-worlds-best-known-lawyer/
LOCATION:JCC in Sherman\, 9 Route 39 South\, Sherman\, CT
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