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Ferment This! Sauerkraut

Sauerkraut is an easy and delicious cabbage ferment that lasts in your fridge and gets better with time. Fermenting the cabbage preserves its vitamin C, and increases flavor and nutritional value by microbial fermentation. This workshop will teach you how to make sauerkraut, but will also give a quick overview of the microbiology; What’s really going on down there? How to trouble shoot, what is our microbiome and why should we care?

This workshop explore the delicious and interesting world of fermentation, and relates our digestion and overall health to our symbiotic relationship with microorganisms. This workshop isn’t just for kids, adults will love it too!

Please ‘BYOC’ and make sauerkraut along with me – its very easy!

Recipe:https://www.emmaholder.com/thoughts-for-food-recipes/2019/10/25/sauerkraut
Ingredients: 1 head of cabbage (weighed), regular table salt (about 2 tsp, but bring a little more)
Materials and equipment: chopping board, large knife, 1 quart mason jar with lid, mixing bowl (plastic or metal)

Be transported to Celtic lands and ancient times through the music of the internationally acclaimed ensemble, Gryphon & Co. The three members of Gryphon &Co. found each other in NYC while pursuing successful professional careers in music. Bonita Lubinsky plays various flutes, pennywhistles, and fifes. Regina Christianson plays the Celtic harp. Stephen Whiteley plays guitars and the octave mandolin. Their dulcet vocal harmonies tell tales of love, yearning, elves and fairies, of hard times and good times. This family-friendly concert will feature music from Scotland and Ireland, including folk tunes, songs by the Scottish poet Robbie Burns, and harp music by the most famous of blind Irish harpers, O’Carolan. Gryphon & Co. has performed in major venues such as the Potomac Festival and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and their music has been heard on radio stations in America and Ireland. Their performances in have brought standing ovations. Their CD, Child of the Forest, will be available to purchase.

Refreshments will be served after the concert.

Join us as Marci Starr Brennan shares her gift of playing the Crystal Bowls for an amazing evening of energy and vibrations! Sound vibrations can empty/clear your mind, calm your body & add dimension to your life! Bring a mat or blanket to be comfortable and allow yourself to fully experience this magical evening.

Refreshments are available and there will be a reception following the event.

This week is a double header in the main hall. The evening will start with Cafe Brazil, Peter Griggs & Steven Silverstein. Peter plays guitar and Steven joins him on a variety of wind instruments. They play a lively program of bossa nova, samba & Brazilian jazz, tunes you may be familiar with by well known composers. Both are highly accomplished musicians who have performed many concerts separately and together and have multiple recordings to their credits on well known labels. Check them out at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8FtqtliNz0&t=1s.

The evening will continue with Mainely Clarinets. This wind ensemble comprised of local musicians from Bridgton, Norway and Waterford are directed by Dick Albert. All have had careers as music teachers and have played extensively in groups ranging from local community bands to the US Navy Band. Mainely Clarinets plays an eclectic selection of jazz, pop tunes, hymns, polkas and other favorites.

Join us for a fun, lively evening of music. As always there will be a reception following.

The Mollyockett Chorus returns to our summer concert series with their special brand of Barbershop music. The chorus was organized in 1996 and is a chapter of Harmony Inc., an international women’s barbershop organization. The chorus is under the direction of Simon Smith. Chorus members come from Bethel, Casco, Bridgton, Raymond, Rumford, Windham, Bryant Pond, Auburn, Norway, Oxford, Hebron, and Stoneham.

It’s going to be a fun night with lots of lively music! Come join us as they fill the hall with their joy and laughter.

As always, there will be a reception following.

Dan A. Moore will be performing the first concert on our Bösendorfer piano of primarily classical music. Dan is well known as he has been performing in the area for many years. He studied organ & harpsichord at the Boston Conservatory where he earned his Bachelor of Music. His credits include playing with the Royal International Shrine Circus Band, the Coral Art Society in Portland, ME, the Provincetown Jug & Marching band and the Underachievers. He was part of the house orchestra for many years at the Mt. Washington Hotel. Dan will be returning later this summer with the members his jazz band to perform a second concert showcasing the range of his talent and this amazing instrument.

Bösendorfer pianos are very fine and highly sought instruments. Each one is hand
made and unique with an individual sound. Many have extra keys at the request of Franz Lizst,
who wanted to arrange organ music for the piano, and needed additional range. Based on the
serial number we found on our instrument it was built in approximately 1850, and is
contemporary to our building. To my knowledge there are only a handful of them, at most, in New England.
Two of the few I know of are privately owned and not available to be heard by the public.

Please join us for this very special evening of music.

Reception following

Join us on the Summer Solstice for this very special event where we attempt to meet the ghosts who are the residents of the building. The evening will begin with Donna Girard opening the building and greeting the spirits while placing protective bans against bad influences entering during this delicate time. Pia Louise Capaldi, well known medium, will then reach out to the spirits asking them to identify themselves and to see if there is anything they would like to share. Donna will finish the evening by closing the building, ensuring that the circle is complete.

This will be a unique experience. We feel fortunate to have the skills of respected, knowledgeable people to take us on this journey. We have already had great interest in this event so make sure to let us know you’re coming through email or on FB page. This is not one to be missed!

As always, a reception will follow in the cafe.

Pia Louise Capaldi became aware of her intuitive gifts at a young age. She devoted much of her time listening to the language of the natural world. Pia’s spiritual practice is inspired by her study of the Andean (Q’ero) tradition of Shamanic Energy Medicine, her extensive knowledge of animal medicine & her gift of clairvoyance. Pia incorporates within her healing practice her own original expression of Shamanic Embodiment helping others cultivate a healthy, safe inner awareness & personal practice rooted directly in the heart & inspired by the 5 senses.

Donna Girard is an Artist & practicing Pagan living in the valley of the mountains of Western Maine. She has transformed her land into sacred spaces including a Mandala Garden, a Meditation Labyrinth & a Ritual Forest Grove. Donna facilitates a form of intuitive art called Soul Collage & has published a hybrid oracle deck using this art-form linking spirit & vision.

Don’t miss this, our last ballroom dance social of the year. We’ll be finishing the season at the music hall the way we started it, dancing! If you still haven’t tried dancing, or you’ve been dancing but weren’t sure you were ready to join a social, this is for you! The lesson is for beginners (or anyone wanting to brush up on their basics), and there will be a brief overview of the general rules and expectations for ballroom social events. Don’t worry, they aren’t hard to understand, and I’m happy to answer questions about them beforehand or during the open dancing.

$10 for the lesson, $10 for the open dancing.

No partner or experience needed!

Dancers of all levels welcome- half the fun of socials is seeing what kind of dancers we can grow into as we get better!

If you came to the first two ballroom dance socials you won’t want to miss this one. We’re back on the dance floor with all your favorite dances. If you’re new to dancing altogether, or you’ve been dancing but weren’t sure you were ready to join a social, this is for you! The lesson is for beginners (or anyone wanting to brush up on their basics), and there will be a brief overview of the general rules and expectations for ballroom social events. Don’t worry, they aren’t hard to understand, and I’m happy to answer questions about them beforehand or during the open dancing.

$10 for the lesson, $10 for the open dancing.

No partner or experience needed!

Dancers of all levels welcome- half the fun of socials is seeing what kind of dancers we can grow into as we get better!

We continue with our Ballroom Dance Socials. If you missed the first dance take this second opportunity to give ballroom dancing a try! If you’re new to dancing altogether, or you’ve been dancing but weren’t sure you were ready to join a social, this is for you! The lesson is for beginners (or anyone wanting to brush up on their basics), and there will be a brief overview of the general rules and expectations for ballroom social events. Don’t worry, they aren’t hard to understand, and I’m happy to answer questions about them beforehand or during the open dancing.

$10 for the lesson, $10 for the open dancing.

No partner or experience needed!

Dancers of all levels welcome- half the fun of socials is seeing what kind of dancers we can grow into as we get better!

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