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SUMMARY:John Denver Tribute Concert
DESCRIPTION:JCC Members | $20\n\nNon-Members | $30\n\n \n\nPlease join us on Saturday November 14th at 7pm for our John Denver Musical Tribute Concert featuring Nancy Walsh\, Al Burgasser\, Rob Brereton\, Suzanna Marker\, Mike Latini\, and Dave Wonsey\n\n \n\nBYOB Venue | Light Snacks Provided\n\n–\n\nNancy Walsh grew up on the east end of Long Island near the water. She began playing guitar and singing in church at the age of 13. It was the music of John Denver that inspired her to branch out from Christian worship songs. Nancy now resides in Sherman\, CT and performs the music of John Denver\, Nanci Griffith\, Kate Wolf\, and other folk singers. She has also written songs about family and the New England coast. Nancy performs frequently at the JCC open mic and is also part of a duo with Caroline Bennett called Girls From Away. They play local venues including the JCC\, Limoncello\, and White Silo Winery. Nancy was also involved in co-hosting the Sherman Song Swap for many years. \n\nAl Burgasser\, a resident of Sherman\, CT has a long history as a respected singer/songwriter as well as performing in a wide variety of venues in the western Connecticut area. Al has also been very active in promoting public events including hosting Open Mic nights at the JCC in Sherman\, co-hosting the Sherman Song Swap (also at the JCC)\, teaching songwriting and music lessons in local adult education venues\, providing performances and lessons to Sherman Seniors (you should hear them play their Boomwackers!)\, and promoting and/or participating in many fundraising benefits and community activities over the years.\n\nRob Brereton is an accomplished musician with a degree in music theory and composition. He is the former director of the Merryall Center for the Arts in New Milford\, CT. Rob is internationally recognized for his skill on the mountain dulcimer and also sings and plays guitar. In addition\, he composes\, arranges and directs several choirs in western CT and is a music teacher in New Haven\, CT.\n\nSusanna Marker is a unique singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Her songs run from joy to sorrow\, from love to loss\, and shed light on what it means to be truly human. She has been part of several fine area bands including Red Dirt Girls\, Red Dirt Road and Lumos\, and also performs as a solo artist.\n\nMike Latini developed his musical style in New York City and Boston\, performing in rock bands and singer song-writer venues throughout the Northeast for years. His immediately accessible music\, engaging performance style\, and unique lyrical perspective help him ride the rails from the sublime to the ridiculous\, and make all the stops in between. Mike has recently been playing in clubs and on concert stages in the New York\, New Jersey\, New England area\, with occasional forays into the heartland. His five studio albums are available on most internet platforms\, and a sixth -“In The Aftermath”- is currently in production.\n\nDave Wonsey\, drummer & percussionist\, recently retired Music Educator\, taught adjunct for the past 28 years at Marymount College\, Fordham University\, Norwalk College\, Wooster School\, & Kent School. Again for 28 years\, he also held the positions of Principal timpanist & percussionist with Ridgefield. He is a World Champion Bagpipe band style Snare Drummer\, and accomplished Jazz & Rock drum set player.\n\n \n\nTickets: https://jcc-in-sherman.square.site/product/john-denver-tribute-concert-nancy-walsh-friends/303?cs=true&cst=custom
URL:https://newmilford-chamber.com/events/john-denver-tribute-concert/
LOCATION:JCC in Sherman\, 9 Route 39S\, Sherman\, CT\, 06784
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SUMMARY:Sunday Speaker Series: How Free Speech Is Saving Democracy: A Conversation with Chris Finan
DESCRIPTION:Free event | Donations Welcome \nHow Free Speech Is Saving Democracy: A Conversation \nChristopher Finan\, historian and author of the new book\, Freedom of Speech: A People’s History of Democracy’s Most Essential Right\, and Nadine Strossen\, legal scholar and former president of the American Civil Liberties Union\, will discuss how freedom of speech\, which meant little in the United States during the early years of the republic\, became crucial for expanding civil rights and remains essential for defending democracy. \nAbout Chris\nChris Finan has been involved in the fight against censorship for over 40 years.  He retired as executive director of the National Coalition Against Censorship in 2023.  He is former president of American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression.\nA native of Cleveland\, Chris is a graduate of Antioch College. After working as a newspaper reporter\, he studied American history at Columbia University\, where he received his Ph.D. in 1992. He is the author of How Free Speech Saved Democracy: The Untold History of How the First Amendment Became an Effective Tool for Securing Liberty and Social Justice (Steerforth Press)\, Drunks: An American History (in paperback\, Drunks: The Story of Alcoholism and the Birth of Recovery) (Beacon Press) and  Alfred E. Smith: The Happy Warrior” (Hill and Wang)\, a biography of the New York governor who was the first Catholic to run for President.\nHis book\, From the Palmer Raids to the PATRIOT Act: A History of the Fight for Free Speech in America (Beacon Press)\, won the American Library Association’s Eli M. Oboler Award for the best work on intellectual freedom published in 2006 and 2007. \nChris is married to Pat Willard\, a writer whose most recent book is “America Eats! On the Road with the WPA – the Fish Fries\, Box Supper Socials and Chitlin Feasts that Define Real American Food” (Bloomsbury). They have two sons and live in Brooklyn\, New York.
URL:https://newmilford-chamber.com/events/sunday-speaker-series-how-free-speech-is-saving-democracy-a-conversation-with-chris-finan/
LOCATION:JCC in Sherman\, 9 Route 39S\, Sherman\, CT\, 06784
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SUMMARY:Dinner & Music with Mike Latini
DESCRIPTION:JCC Members | $52\nNon-Members | $60 \nMenu Coming Soon… \nA night of original music from Mike Latini and Jim Nowak.\n___\nMike Latini grew up in New York City and Boston\, and has spent a lifetime performing\nin rock bands and singer-songwriter venues throughout the northeast. Polished by years on the national roads and local streets\, his immediately accessible music\, engaging personal style\, and unique lyrical perspective permit him to ride the rails in song from the sublime to the ridiculous\, and to make all the stops in between. \nJim Nowak is a lifelong resident of New York’s lower Hudson valley. He is a gifted\nmulti-instrumentalist and professional sound engineer as well as Mike’s trusted advisor and co- arranger. His fine guitar\, bass\, and percussion skills can be heard on all of Mike’s previous recordings. Besides participating in those projects\, Jim is in constant demand to lend his various talents to numerous other bands and solo performers. \nTheir five earlier albums\, “Ace LaVida”\, “Ace Rides Again”\, “Iron City”\, “2020\nVisions”\, and “Ace V” are accessible on all the usual internet platforms. A sixth record –\n“Callahan Railway” is scheduled for release during the upcoming holiday season.
URL:https://newmilford-chamber.com/events/dinner-music-with-mike-latini/
LOCATION:JCC in Sherman\, 9 Route 39S\, Sherman\, CT\, 06784
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SUMMARY:Film Showing with Temple Sholom: The Automat (Followed by a zoom discussion with Director Lisa Hurwitz on 11/4)
DESCRIPTION:Tickets: $10\nJoin us on November 1st for a screening of “The Automat” with a discussion to follow via zoom on Wednesday November 4th at 7:30pm with the film’s director Lisa Hurwitz.\nZOOM LINK –\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88918427743?pwd=nmkq3JsNkNKaqkHyDc4eXdOxtFRld0.1 Information re: meeting –\nMEETING ID – 889 1842 7743\nPASSCODE – 444555\n___\nAbout the Film\nDocumenting Horn and Hardart’s iconic Automat\, one of America’s original and most popular restaurant chains in NYC and Philadelphia\, where generations of Americans ate and drank coffee together at communal tables.\nAbout the Director\nLisa Hurwitz is an emerging feature director and producer at A Slice of Pie Productions. Her critically acclaimed first film\, The Automat\, premiered at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival and was hailed as a breakout success of the year\, receiving a 98% score on Rotten Tomatoes and nominations for four 2022 Critics Choice Documentary Awards including Best Feature Documentary and Best First Feature Director.\nAfter a grassroots release of over one thousand screenings in theaters\, at film festivals\, JCCs\, synagogues\, schools\, senior centers\, residential communities\, libraries\, museums\, and even a couple of farms\, the film had its television premiere on Turner Classic Movies which Lisa co-hosted on-air with Ben Mankiewicz\, and became available to watch on HBO Max alongside a Kino Lorber DVD release. It was featured on television on CBS Sunday Morning and BBC Talking Pictures with Lisa as an on-air guest. The film was reviewed in print in national publications such as The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, The Wall Street Journal and Time Magazine.\nLisa discovered her love for cinema as a 35mm projectionist cutting her teeth in art house\, film festival and arts administration and programming which she did for years. She lives in New York City where she is in production on her second feature documentary\, Singles\, an exploration of the global decline in partnership\, childbearing and population. \nTickets: https://jcc-in-sherman.square.site/product/-the-automat-film-showing-discussion-with-director-lisa-hurwitz/NUY5L56RABBTXGKTLD7EEIIL?cs=true&cst=custom
URL:https://newmilford-chamber.com/events/film-showing-with-temple-sholom-the-automat-followed-by-a-zoom-discussion-with-director-lisa-hurwitz-on-11-4/
LOCATION:JCC in Sherman\, 9 Route 39S\, Sherman\, CT\, 06784
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261030T210000
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SUMMARY:Square Dancing with Jim Emory
DESCRIPTION:Grab a partner and join us for a night of Square Dancing with Caller Jim Emory!\nJim has been actively calling for over 25 years. He is excited to welcome you onto the JCC Dance floor!\nNo experience required!
URL:https://newmilford-chamber.com/events/square-dancing-with-jim-emory/
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SUMMARY:Wonsey Jazz Trio
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a night of Jazz music you’ll want to dance the night away to!\nDave Wonsey – Drums\nDrummer/Percussionist Dave Wonsey is an active Jazz & Rock drum set player\, having worked with Jazz artists Eddie Bert\, Carmen Leggio\, & Ed Hiques\, and Rock artists Joe Bouchard (Blue Oyster Cult\, & Dennis Dunaway (Alice Cooper Group). He recently retired from The Ridgefield Symphony in CT\, where he held the positions of Principal Timpanist & Principal Percussionist for 28 years. Dave also recently retired as a Music Educator\, where he taught adjunct also for 28 years at Norwalk College\, Wooster School\, Kent School\,Marymount College\, & Fordham University. He is a World Champion Bagpipe band style Snare Drummer\, and an accomplished African Djembe player\, having studied with Babatunde Olatunji\, M’Bemba Bangoura\, and Michael Markus.\nPhil Forbes – Guitar\nPhil Forbes has been a professional guitarist since 1991. With a full teaching roster of private guitar instruction he has taught 1000’s of students to play over the years and continues today both in person and online all across the country. Phil has studied with many masters which include Sal Salvador\, Ritchie Hart\, John Abercrombie\, Joe Diorio and Oz Noy to name a few. He plays many styles including Blues\, Rock\, Jazz\, and Country. Phil is also an author of 2 guitar instruction books: Seven String Chord Book and Guitar Concepts for the Beginner. He has also released a CD of original compositions. Today Phil is busy playing and teaching in the local Connecticut area. More info\, videos\, etc are available at www.philsguitarshop.com\nKevin Callaghan – Bass\nKevin Callaghan is Principal Bassist of the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra. He has performed at the Blue Note\, CBGB’s\, The China Club\, The Ritz\, Birdland West\, ACT of Connecticut\, and The Westchester Broadway Theater and has appeared with such notables as The Shirelles\, Yes\, Peter Cetera\, Judy Collins and the Irish Tenors. The Kevin Callaghan Quartet performed for over 10 years at the Jazz Lunch Series at Lasdon Park. Kevin was a member of the rock group Mondo Boffo\, which produced several records and a video broadcast on MTV. He works with jazz ensembles ranging from duos to big bands and freelances playing shows and classical concerts. Kevin earned his Master’s degree in bass performance from Manhattan School of Music.
URL:https://newmilford-chamber.com/events/wonsey-jazz-trio/
LOCATION:JCC in Sherman\, 9 Route 39S\, Sherman\, CT\, 06784
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SUMMARY:Create Your Truth: A Mixed Media Affirmation Card Deck Experience
DESCRIPTION:Facilitated by Amber Vlangas  |  Mindful Art and Sound \nIn this immersive two-hour experience\, you will be guided into stillness through a live sound-accompanied meditation before being invited into a rich mixed media art-making process — no experience necessary.\nWorking with paint\, shimmer\, texture\, and collage\, you will create one large mixed media painting that gets cut into a full deck of 18 personalized affirmation cards\, each one a hand-painted original that carries your energy\, your words\, and your intention. Guided by trained facilitator and wellness practitioner Amber Vlangas of Mindful Art and Sound\, the experience weaves together mindfulness\, creative expression\, and the power of self-affirming language into something you can hold in your hands and return to every day.\nYou will leave with a complete deck of 18 handmade affirmation cards\, ready to use as a daily practice of self-connection and inner knowing.\n$50 for nonmembers\n$45 members \nAll materials included\n___\nAmber Vlangas\, MAT is an artist\, certified Meditation Specialist\, Mindful and Meditative Art Teacher\, Restorative Circle-keeper\, and Sound Healer. She has always had a heart for holding space and helping others. Her work is grounded in the truth that every person has the ability to access their power\, potential\, and creativity when given the safety and encouragement they need to do so. She invites people into accessible and mindful art activities\, guided meditation\, music making\, and sound journeying to help them relax\, renew\, and open pathways to enhanced mind-body connection\, imagination\, self-awareness and overall balance. Amber holds certifications accredited by the International Mindfulness and Meditation Alliance\, The Mindful Art Alliance\, The Meditation Organization and the Complementary Medical Association.
URL:https://newmilford-chamber.com/events/create-your-truth-a-mixed-media-affirmation-card-deck-experience/
LOCATION:JCC in Sherman\, 9 Route 39S\, Sherman\, CT\, 06784
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SUMMARY:The Funk Express
DESCRIPTION:Please join us at The JCC in Sherman as we welcome The Funk Express!\nGrab your family and friends and don’t forget your dancing shoes! The Funk Express will knock your socks off with their fantastic music!\n\n\nThis will be an evening of great dancing featuring musicians from all over CT and NYC. \n\n\nMusicians: Chris Carlone\, Steven Trinchillo\, Wesley Marchena\, Steve Clark\, Tim Lewis\, Gary Fiandra\, Mark Patrick and Rob Patrick.
URL:https://newmilford-chamber.com/events/the-funk-express/
LOCATION:JCC in Sherman\, 9 Route 39S\, Sherman\, CT\, 06784
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SUMMARY:Poetry Showcase: Season Of The Witch
DESCRIPTION:A spooky evening of Poetry and mystical vibes… \nLive Music\nFeatured Poet Readings\nOpen Mic Poetry\n& More \nJoin us at the JCC for a night made for the spooky season poetry lover! Bring along your best autumn\, mystical\, or spooky themed poetry to share during the open mic portion of the event! \nTickets:\nMembers\, Performers\, & Costumed Guests – $5\nNon-Members\, Non-Performers\, No Costume – $10 \nWear a costume and get DISCOUNTED ENTRY \nBYOB – Bring Your Own Beverage or Snacks!\nSome Refreshments Provided\n___\nFeatured Poets \nAMBER VLANGAS\, MAT is an artist\, certified Meditation Specialist\, Mindful and Meditative Art Teacher\, Restorative Circle-keeper\, andSound Healer. She has always had a heart for holding space and helping others. Her work is grounded in the truth that every person has the ability to access their power\, potential\, and creativity when given the safety and encouragement they need to do so. Amber’s poetry has a strong theme of social justice. She skillfully uses imagery and metaphor to craft poems that make you want to take action and honor those who have.\nMIKE PUGH is an urban poet who appreciates simple joys and beauties. A cynic with an interesting view on vulnerability as a strength.\nSAM CROSS has her Masters of Fine Arts in poetry and a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Professional Writing. She has written poetry for 15 years and still finds a way to capture her thoughts on the page. Sam has been hosting poetry events around the area for a year now\, but when she is not in town\, you can find her at the local roller rink and at salsa clubs around the state.\nCINDY DAVIS is a fun-loving\, storyteller\, puppeteer\, & poet focused on activating the imagination amongst audiences of all ages. Her educational career spans 30+ years in the classroom as a reading teacher with emphasis on literacy\, comprehension\, & written expression. Additional training & instructional practices include GED & Dyslexia instruction. She is a resident poet at the weekly JCC Open Mic. “Wings to Fly\,” a self authored puppet story debuted March 16\, 2025 at the JCC.\n“The Rain Comes\,” debuted on July 7\, 2024 at the Kent\, CT library “The Land of La’ was performed on July 21\, 2024 at the Kent\, CT library. Her puppetry teaches the necessity for community and the need for one to be in tune with their emotions. Her poetry turns words into music as she delves into the wonders of life\nFeatured Musicians\nKatie Plichta\nGeorge Mallas\nChristopher Louis
URL:https://newmilford-chamber.com/events/poetry-showcase-season-of-the-witch-5/
LOCATION:JCC in Sherman\, 9 Route 39S\, Sherman\, CT\, 06784
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261003T210000
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SUMMARY:Dinner & Music: Remember Warsaw
DESCRIPTION:Menu\nYankee Pot Roast w Roasted Carrots and New Potatoes\nHerb Roasted Chicken w Sage & Dried Fruit Stuffing\nBraised Red Cabbage & Apples\nEgg Noodles w Brown Butter & Parsley\nWinter Greens Salad w Honey Thyme Vinaigrette\nCoffee\, Tea\, & Dessert\nDinner Catered by Chef Lori Hendricks-Bechtold\nThis month’s dinner & music features a showing of the important classical musical drama Remember Warsaw by Roger Ames and the JCC’s own Bernard Kaplan.\nAbout This Classical Music Drama for the Concert Stage\nThree young adults face the trials and horrors of life in Warsaw\, Poland\, between 1939 and 1943. Rachael and her brother\, Aaron\, have to decide whether to stay with the family or run for freedom.\nRachael and her boyfriend\, Joshua\, discover both the passion and the security of romantic love just as the entire vibrant\, rich\, and learned Jewish community of Warsaw—more than 350\,000 people representing thirty percent of the population of the city—were dehumanized and then squeezed mercilessly into a walled off ghetto\, 2.4 percent of the city. The choices they make\, the deep love they experience and declare\, and the futures that they dream of are interwoven with the potent and horrifying terror of the Nazi movement and the heroics of their resistance to it.\nTheir heart-rending journey into the hell of Auschwitz\, as nearly the entire Jewish population of Europe is murdered into virtual extinction\, is recounted to young Rachel by her grandmother\, Batchya\, on the life affirming day of Rachel’s Bat Mitzvah\, reminding us all that prejudice\, intolerance\, and ignorance stoked by self-aggrandizing evil remains a constant threat to all that is good\, just\, and right in our shared humanity.\nAs in classical Greek Tragedy\, the chorus plays multiple roles\, ranging from Jews in the ghetto to the Nazis that taunt them daily. The three youths are hunted\, discovered\, separated\, and ghetto-bound. Aaron tries to escape the hell Europe has become but ends up fighting in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising before escaping Warsaw and joining the Polish resistance\, desperately trying to save his sister by assisting the Russians in liberating Auschwitz. Independently\, the lovers get shipped to the camps\, to the ongoing rhythm of the trains that represent their final journey and the “final solution.” All they hoped for—their simple\, lovely plans for family\, career\, and noble vocations—is declared and celebrated\, fought for\, and then finally mourned.\nThe loss of the Six Million is deeply felt through what these three lovely people might have become; what we all might have become were it not for the Holocaust\, what humanity could and still should become were it not for the continued holocausts that plague our world. The simple words of the Mourner’s Kaddish\, combined with a new chorale setting of the text\, compel us to pray and to fight for peace in the world\, and never to forget\, lest this continue to happen again and again. Just as poignantly\, Remember Warsaw reminds us that the most important thing in this life is to be kind.\nGoodness grows in kindness.\nFind out more information about this project on their website: https://www.rememberwarsaw.org/home
URL:https://newmilford-chamber.com/events/dinner-music-remember-warsaw/
LOCATION:JCC in Sherman\, 9 Route 39S\, Sherman\, CT\, 06784
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260927T130000
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SUMMARY:Sunday Speaker Series: Gerard Monaghan "Connecticut Heroes"
DESCRIPTION:On May 3\, 1783\, General George Washington did something unprecedented in military history. Standing on the parade grounds at the New Windsor\, N.Y.\, cantonment\, he presented awards – the Badge of Military Merit – to two enlisted soldiers. It was the first time any military awards had been given to other than officers. Several days later\, a third soldier received the award.\n\nAll three recipients – the only ones documented during the Revolution – were from Connecticut. The story of how this award came into existence and the exploits that earned it are a little-known footnote in the American Revolution.\n\n\n\nGerard J. Monaghan\, a retired Army Reserve lieutenant colonel and military historian\, will take you through the history of this award – which became the Purple Heart – and examine the deeds of other heroic Connecticut residents.\n\n\n\n___\n\n\n\nGerard J. Monaghan\, co-founder and former president of the Association of Bridal Consultants\, had a parallel career\, teaching journalism and practicing marketing and public relations for the Army and Army Reserve for almost 30 years. He served in Belgium and with the 25 th Infantry Division at Cu Chi\, Vietnam. As a Reservist\, he was called up for Grenada\, Panama and Gulf I\, where he worked for Gen. Colin Powell and edited the Defense Department’s report to\n\nCongress on the war. A military historian\, he retired as a lieutenant colonel. In a prior life\, he was an editor for The News-Times in Danbury and The Advocate in Stamford. He holds degrees in journalism and political science\, and serves on the New Milford Planning Commission.
URL:https://newmilford-chamber.com/events/sunday-speaker-series-gerard-monaghan-connecticut-heroes/
LOCATION:JCC in Sherman\, 9 Route 39S\, Sherman\, CT\, 06784
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260906T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260906T140000
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SUMMARY:Beginners Watercolor Class with Kristine Ross
DESCRIPTION:Expressive Watercolor Autumn Apples\n\n16 spots available\, RSVP to avoid missing out!\n\n\n\nJoin Kristine for a seasonal watercolor workshop celebrating the warm hues of autumn apples. You’ll leave with completed mini studies on deckled-edge cold pressed paper\, ready to frame or gift as custom cards. Tailored for beginners. Materials Provided.\n\n\n\nKristine Ross is a Sherman\, CT–based artist with a background in painting. A self-described “artist of all trades\,” her work spans everything from watercolor illustration to portraits\, which have been featured on the Martha Stewart show and in the Architectural Digest Design Show. She earned her BFA from The Cooper Union. Recently\, she has also been teaching beginner watercolor classes for local residents\, hoping to inspire a rewarding new creative outlet. You can see more about her classes and students’ work on her Instagram and Facebook accounts- @ColorfulGatherings.
URL:https://newmilford-chamber.com/events/beginners-watercolor-class-with-kristine-ross/
LOCATION:JCC in Sherman\, 9 Route 39S\, Sherman\, CT\, 06784
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SUMMARY:Dinner & Music with Bernie Kaplan" "Yesterday & Tomorrow\, Today"
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Bernie Kaplan on guitar\, flute\, and dulcime with an all-star band including the remarkable David Wonsey on percussion\, Sherman’s own piano and multi instrumentalist wizard\, Christopher Carlone on piano\, Sherman School’s Steven Trinchillo on bass\, and a few surprise guests.\n\n\n\nThis concert showcases an eclectic mix of Bernie’s tunes representing many genres of music.\n\n\n\nMenu Coming Soon\n\n\n\nAbout Bernie Kaplan\n\nBernie wrote his first song over 60 years ago. In his younger years\, he held a variety of sundry jobs from dairy farming to school custodian while also performing on the coffee house circuit before forming a band that eventually played just about every kind of music from standards to pop hits\, from country to disco\, as well as originals representing a wide range of genres. During that time he taught himself to play flute and dulcimer in addition to guitar. After starting a family\, his music mostly gave way to a long and fulfilling career as an educator\, where he served as a coach\, English teacher\, drama director\, and administrator\, culminating in a 26 year tenure as a high school principal. Always\, at times along the way and whenever he could\, he found time to play and to write songs. Currently retired and splitting his time between the city and Sherman\, Bernie is again deeply engaged in songwriting and playing flute.
URL:https://newmilford-chamber.com/events/dinner-music-with-bernie-kaplan-yesterday-tomorrow-today/
LOCATION:JCC in Sherman\, 9 Route 39S\, Sherman\, CT\, 06784
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