| | Welcome to Your April 2019 Newsletter! |  | | Gustave Caillebotte, 1877 - Rue de Paris, jour de pluie (étude) |
This newsletter waves bye to Wintertime with pleasant reminders of how members go together to put a positive spin on their world. Western Mountains held a Mardi Gras Potluck. Lewiston-Auburn enjoyed a sleigh ride (complete with toasted marshmallows and hot chocolate). Meanwhile, in Farmington, Gold LEAF members escape the last of the slippery ice and discolored snow to accept a virtual trip to Tanzania! In this upshot: Photos from the Mardi Gras Potluck at Western Mountains Senior College
USM Lewiston-Auburn Senior College - Outdoor Adventure Club Goes Sleighing Gilt Leaf Institute - A Virtual Trip to Tanzania Upcoming Events for April
Concerts at Jewett - Castlebay perform "Foretime Ballads of Maine" USM Portland Library - Visiting Creative person Ólöf Nordal to discuss Republic of iceland "Experiment on Turf" - April 10 USM Lewiston-Auburn SC - "Food for Thought" Lecture: Raymond Marc Dumont "Adventures in Live Theater" - Apr 12
AARP Maine -
Gratis Shredding and Medicine Disposal Events in Apr plus: Send me your class and activity reports past the cease of the month so that I tin can share them with the network in the May event.  Western Mountains Senior Higher Photos from the Mardi Gras Potluck at Western Mountains Senior College
Kathleen DeVore, Marilyn Sahlberg, Jan Stowell and Marvin Ouwinga
Mardi Gras potluck USM Lewiston-Auburn Senior College Outdoor Adventure Gild Goes Sleighing
|  | | The horses expect patiently for members to finish hot chocolate and toasted marshmallows.
| "The horses know the way to carry the sleigh over white and drifting snow..." Bursting into sleighing songs was irresistible every bit 111 members of USM LAC Senior College Outdoor Take a chance Gild set up out to explore the fields and woods of Harrison on a sunny February sixteen. Sleigh bells ringing, ii golden Belgian horses, Madison and Dixon, stepped smartly across the fields following a trail that led into a fairytale Woodland. A lite snow clung to the branches." Information technology'southward like being in a Christmas card!" One member exclaimed. |  | | Ready for adventure!
L to R Charlotte Bosworth, Les Bosworth, Diane Higgens, Lucille Clement, Diane Trivial, Irene Frye, Louise Michaud, Mary Jane Beardsley, Cindy Boyd,
Pat Vampatella, Joanne Sabourin (photographer) | Neb and Darcy Winslow the owners of High View farm in Harrison, offer sleigh rides through their holding for 12 people on suitable weekends in winter. "If it'southward besides cold for the horses, it's besides common cold for you," Neb explained when postponing our January outing. Only this Feb mean solar day was perfect. A light snow the day earlier coated the copse. The temperature was a balmy 38°. Dressed in our layers with warm blankets to sit upon and cozy around our knees, we were ready to enjoy what has become an almanac event for the club. Function way into our trip we passed a yurt. Recently congenital, it is heated with a wood stove and is available for rent past the day. " We will take you to it past sleigh and choice you upwards by sleigh the next day. All you accept to practice is keep the wood stove going". Just before the ride'southward cease, we stopped at a campfire. Logs are blazing, hot chocolate and marshmallows for toasting are waiting. Kelly, the farm dog who has run aslope the sleigh, pushes into the group eager for us to driblet a tasty treat. "If it weren't for this Senior College order I would never have a horse-drawn sleighing experience like this," one fellow member said. Everyone agreed it was the perfect outing for a fine winter day. After 1.5 hours on the trail, we enjoyed a hearty lunch at Cindy'southward Dockside in Poland Spring. Senior College social club membership is included in the almanac membership fee of $35. Lodge members program and share the toll of outings held throughout the year. If you would similar to learn more almost activities planned for spring and summer contact Pat Vampatella, and join us for more fun! Gold LEAF Establish A Virtual Trip to Tanzania |  | | "Kichem Chem" by Rashidi - Tingatinga art |
Here is a short bit of news from what nosotros like to call the senior college of the foothills. We wish we could report on rapid melting, merely information technology doesn't seem to be example quite yet. Indeed, fifty-fifty the sap has been flowing more slowly due to the colder than normal March temperatures. Rather than dwell on whatever of that, however, Gold LEAF members packed the campus Due north Dining Hall and went "virtually" to Tanzania, with the help of Elizabeth Ferry, who spent a total of 27 months there, and returned only last Fall. Elizabeth now teaches at our local loftier school but was somehow nonetheless full of boundless energy fifty-fifty at the end of a long school day. Her vibrant and engaging presentation pulled everyone into the warm days and nights of East Africa. At the same fourth dimension the group preferred non to dwell too securely on the tarantulas, rats, and other such creatures that she encountered at that place. After a geography lesson, in which Tanzania was overlaid with New England so everyone could grasp its size, Elizabeth described her three months of grooming earlier launching into her two years of Peace Corps service. With no private cars or vehicles in the small-scale rural village where she taught in a large classroom, she had to join anybody else in relying on the local coach networks. At one bespeak, suffering from swelling and a rash which became quite dangerous, she had to undertake an uncomfortable journey to South Africa in order to go proper handling. The local diet, in terms of availability and her taste preferences, was generally vegetables. Once in a while a care package would arrive from u.s.a., just once she saw the price of postage, she discouraged much of that. Immersion is a well-known method of learning a lesson and so Elizabeth now speaks Swahili, learned by and large through living with her first host family who were wonderful and with whom she has stayed in contact. During her years of service, she met and roughshod in love with another Peace Corps volunteer who was working nigh the E Declension of Africa and they are at present engaged to be married. When her fiancé returned he settled in Alaska, and Elizabeth volition will be moving in that location as presently as the schoolhouse twelvemonth ends. The afternoon was filled with our own type of immersion: Several attendees where invited to dress in traditional garb and the particular clothing was described in terms of its purpose. 1 adult female wore the hijab and another pair dressed as a school girl and school boy. A number of other artifacts were shared and explained. Lastly, there was a fantastic video showing her work and carrying the local spirit of music and energy. Many thanks go to her, and safe travels to another office of the world, the most northern state of the U.Southward! University of Maine at Augusta Senior College Presents: Concerts at Jewett UMA Jewett Auditorium, Sunday, Apr 7 at two pm
|  | | Castlebay members Julia Lane and Fred Gosbee | Castlebay has been musically weaving together the heritage of New England and the Celtic lands since 1987. Members Julia Lane and Fred Gosbee have loved and researched traditional music for most of their lives and blend history, legend and experience into their personable performance style. Their concerts feature poignant ballads sung in Lane's ethereal soprano and Gosbee'southward rich baritone interspersed with joyous dance tunes played on Celtic harp, guitar, dabble and tin whistle. Castlebay treats the audience to a musical journey through time and across the Atlantic. The duo also presents special theme concerts on diverse aspects of Celtic lore, nautical life or Colonial America. Castlebay has toured the eastern U.s.a., Maritime Provences, Great Britain and Ireland. Their first tours of Scotland in the early 1990'due south were organized past the traditional vocalizer, Jack Beck. Over the years they have met and collaborated with many fine Scottish musicians including members of Heritage, Geordie MacIntyre, Alison MacMoreland, Stravaig, and the late Lionell McClelland. While much of the Scottish music they perform is traditional, they have also been moved to write major pieces almost places they take visited including the Isle of Skye and Dumfries & Galloway. - Tickets are $10, students $v, 12 & under free.
- Tickets are available at Dave'southward Appliance in Winthrop and at the door.
- Call 621-3551, or email for more information or for mail service order tickets.
- You can also visit the Concerts at Jewett web folio.
University of Southern Maine, Lewiston-Auburn Senior College
Nutrient for Thought Tiffin Serial Presents: Raymond Marc Dumont
"Adventures in Live Theater"
Friday, April 12, 2019
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Raymond Marc Dumont, a native of Lewiston and the next Food For Thought speaker, will hash out how he discovered alive theater and the adventures he has had along the way to a career in the arts. He plans to talk near how the industry has changed and his history with the Maine State Music Theatre intern program. Dumont, a longtime fellow member of Actors Equity, has worked throughout New England and in national regional theater. He has a long-term relationship with MSMT where he has worn many hats, outset as an intern in 1993 and moving through various posts until he became manager in 1999-2003. During that fourth dimension he had the honor of producing the earth premiere of Frank Loesser'south "Hans Christian Andersen," as well as the northern New England premiere of "Titanic" and "Scarlet Pimpernel." Recently Dumont appeared at MSMT as Andy Lee/Bert Drupe in "42nd Street," Gangster in "The Drowsy Chaperone," Rusty Charles in "Guys and Dolls," and as Carmen Ghia in "The Producers." "I demand to theater all the time. It is my passion," he said. Final season MSMT airtight its season with a operation of "Pinocchio," directed and choreographed by Dumont and produced and performed by MSMT'south Educational Fellows. It was described every bit "an enchantingly fresh have on Carlo Collodi'southward classic tale, Robin and Clark's musical version of 'Pinocchio' explores the inner journey of the wooden boob who must learn the pregnant of truth, pity and courage in guild to go a Dumont's accomplishments include directing and choreography for productions all over southern/central Maine. A member of the Actors' Disinterestedness Association, he has performed professionally at numerous regional theaters in the U. South., and favorite productions include "A Chorus Line," "Grand Hotel," "Cabaret," "Chicago" and "Claret Brothers." Dumont will address the USM L-A Senior College Food For Thought dejeuner at noon Friday, Apr 12. The program is free and open up to the public. Luncheons take place in room 170 at USM-LAC, 51 Westminster St. Cost is $8 for lunch, and an advance reservation is required. To reserve, call 207-753-6510 before noon Wednesday, April x. Food may also be purchased at the campus cafe. USM Portland Library USM Visiting Artist Ólöf Nordal to hash out Iceland "Experiment on Turf"
Midweek, April ten, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The University of Southern Maine Art Section is excited to host Icelandic creative person Ólöf Nordal this jump as a Visiting Artist. Nordal will nowadays a public talk and slideshow, "Experiment on Turf," on Wed, April ten, 5:00 p.one thousand. to 7:00 p.m., referencing her most contempo work researching and experimenting with turf equally a material for fine art making. The lecture volition have place at Glickman Family Library, 7th Floor Events Room, on the Portland Campus. . AARP Maine AARP Maine Complimentary Shredding and Medicine Disposal Events in April 
Scams and frauds are on the rising, but Mainers can take active steps to protect themselves and their families. AARP Maine is in one case again collaborating with customs partners to host free shredding events. All of AARP events will as well include safety disposal of your unwanted or expired medications. AARP Maine "It's Fourth dimension to End Rx Greed: AARP on the Forepart Lines Fighting Soaring Prescription Drug Prices"
Senior Higher at Belfast |  | "Colorful Corals" Fiber Fine art by Sandi Cirillo
Featured Artist, 2019 Festival of Art | Call to Artists!
Annual Senior College Festival of Fine art May 30 - June 2, 2019
Open To Maine Artists 50 Years Of Historic period And Older!
The Senior College at Belfast invites all Maine artists, l years of age and in a higher place, to enter one piece of their work in the 17th Annual Festival of Art, to be held at the Academy of Maine Hutchinson Centre in Belfast, May
thirty through June 2, 2019. Amateur and professional artists are welcome, all media accepted, (some size restrictions may apply). Y'all need not be a Senior Higher fellow member to participate.
Entry forms must be submitted past March 31, 2019. Artwork is to be delivered to the University of Maine Hutchinson Center, 80 Belmont Avenue (Rt. 3), Belfast, on Wednesday, May 29th, between 5 and 7 p.m. A registration class and information regarding the event may exist obtained via email, from our website, the Senior College at Belfast role, or by leaving a message at 207-338-8033. We welcome all members of the Senior College Network to take this opportunity to show their piece of work in a not-juried, not-competitive exhibition.
The Festival of Fine art is sponsored by Senior Higher at Belfast
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