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Life & Style • Published Oct. 22, 2020 12:01 a.m.

Forest bathing is a supportive practice that invites participants to slow down, engage in nature, and take in the health benefits of being outside in nature. Photo courtesy of Lyme Land Trust

Autumn Forest Bathing Walk at Young Preserve

The Lyme Land Trust (LLT) is offering an autumn forest bathing walk from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24 at the Young Preserve.For parking,pull-in along the east side of Gungy Road, ...

Life & Style • Published Oct. 21, 2020 07 a.m.

After a voter applies for an absentee ballot, that voter will receive in the mail from town or city hall an outer envelope, an inner envelope, and a ballot. The ballot needs to be filled out completely according to the instructions on the back, and then placed in the inner envelope, which must be sealed, signed and dated, and then placed in the outer envelope, which must be sealed and delivered to the lock box outside of town or city hall, or dropped in the U.S. mail. All ballots must be received by 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3, election day. It is not enough to have it postmarked election day. Ballots that are not correctly filled out or that are not received by 8 p.m. on election will be invalid.

Photo by Pem McNerney/The Source

Local, State Officials Stepping Up to Meet Election Day Challenges

Wendy Lewis’s mother passed away not too long after applying to vote by absentee ballot. When Lewis, who lives in Madison, received her own ballot in the mail, she kept checking her...

Life & Style • Published Oct. 22, 2020 12:01 a.m.

James Weldon Johnson, along with his brother, musician J. Rosamond Johnson, and showman Bob Cole, made up one of the most successful songwriting teams of the first decade of the 20th century. Photo courtesy of The Beinecke

Challenging Societal Expectations Through Songwriting

The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library’s Monday at Beinecke continues with The Songs of Cole and Johnson Brothers with Lisa Williamson on Monday, Oct. 26 from 4 to 4:30 p.m....

Life & Style • Published Oct. 22, 2020 12:01 a.m.

An indoor space in a home in Hawaii designed by Robert Miller. Photo courtesy of the Essex Library

Adapting to the New Normal at Home

The Centerbrook Architects Lecture Series is offering a talk by Robert Miller, FAIA on “Solace From Home: Sheltering in a Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Residence” on Friday, Nov. 6 at 7 p....

Life & Style • Published Oct. 22, 2020 12:01 a.m.

Participants in the Wellness To Go program will be offering materials and a video tutorial. Photo courtesy of the Henry Carter Hull Library

Wellness-To-Go from Henry Carter Hull Library

The Henry Carter Hull Library is offering a Wellness-to-Go program featuring DIY essential oil spray, with pick ups available Friday, Oct. 30 and Saturday, Oct. 31 during library hours at the...

Life & Style • Published Oct. 22, 2020 12:01 a.m.

Bring your own blanket to The Stand on Montowese Street in Branford and check out the new brunch menu. Photo courtesy of The Stand

Brunch and BYOBlanket at The Stand

The Stand, 196 South Montowese Street, Branford has revamped its brunch menu and there’s lots to love. There’s a dish with pancakes and popcorn chicken, served with a side of Jack...

Life & Style • Published Oct. 22, 2020 12:01 a.m.

Mercy by the Sea is offering a variety of programs on topics ranging from racial justice to mindfulness, during November. Photo courtesy of Mercy by the Sea

Racial Justice, Blue Holidays, Mindfulness in Challenging Times

Mercy by the Sea, 167 Neck Road, Madison is offering several programs in November.Racial Justice and Healing: “Racial Justice and Healing with Celine Ibrahim Ph.D.” is a live...

Life & Style • Published Oct. 22, 2020 12:01 a.m.

Oreos will be provided to anyone who would like to attend the Snack Attack cooking lesson offered by the Deep River Public Library on Thursday, Nov. 19 at 3:30 p.m. Photo courtesy of the Oreo Facebook page

Miss Elaine Needs Your Help

Help! Miss Elaine, the children’s librarian at the Deep River Public Library, has too many Oreos left over from Summer Reading! She will provide Oreos for those who would like to grab the...

Life & Style • Published Oct. 22, 2020 12:01 a.m.

This south-facing window is home to basil, parsley, sage, and thyme.

Photo courtesy of The North Haven Garden Club

How To Grow an Indoor Garden

If you are like most gardeners, this time of year brings a bit of sadness.Even as the outdoor season ends, our love for fresh herbs continues all year long. The good news is that an indoor...

Life & Style • Published Oct. 22, 2020 12:01 a.m.

The Everyday Banality of Destablizing Democracy; Bobby’s Last Crusade; a Play Reading Club; and More

Collaborative Work: It’s billed as a “workplace” comedy but Russian Troll Farm next up at TheaterWorks also seems very timely. According to press...

Life & Style • Published Oct. 22, 2020 12:01 a.m.

Nibbles: Tea Kettle

I have lived on the Connecticut shoreline for decades and food has been my wheelhouse since the mid-70s, but I still get thrilled about new things, even in this pandemic.One is the Tea...

Life & Style • Published Oct. 22, 2020 12:01 a.m.

A Good Week, Despite it All

It has been a wonderful week or so of delicious food, music, and a documentary.Although it has not been exactly like Julie Andrews singing “My Favorite Things” in The Sound of ...

Life & Style • Published Oct. 22, 2020 12:01 a.m.

A new Beer Garden Under the Tent is hard to miss if you drive by Scotch Plains Tavern on Westbrook Road in Essex. Photo courtesy of Scotch Plains Tavern

Scotch Plains Tavern, 124 Westbrook Road, Essex is planning for more outdoor fun this fall with their new Beer Garden Under the Tent. The huge tent fills the front yard and features a special menu ...

Life & Style • Published Oct. 22, 2020 12:01 a.m.

Two new takeout-and-delivery-only restaurants featuring chicken handhelds and Nashville hot chicken are opening up, one in New Haven and the other in Old Saybrook. Photo courtesy of Haven Hot Chicken

Chicken to the East, Chicken to the West

Both Haven Hot Chicken and Fenwick ‘n Chicken will be open by the time you read this. Haven Hot Chicken is a takeout and delivery only restaurant at 21 Whitney Avenue, New Haven. It will...

Life & Style • Published Oct. 22, 2020 12:01 a.m.

The Essex is offering both meals and groceries for pickup and delivery, along with Essex on the Deck, and in the dining room. Photo courtesy of The Essex Market

Shoreline Delivery

The Essex Market, 30 Main Street, Centerbrook is offering both meals and groceries through the app on their website, or directly at theessexmarket.eatzy.com/order. They are no longer taking phone...

Life & Style • Published Oct. 22, 2020 12:01 a.m.

This Radiant Chai promises to warm us up from the inside out. Photo courtesy of One World Roasters

Radiant Chai at One World

Just in time for the chilly fall weather, One World Roasters, 967 North High Street, East Haven, is introducing Radiant Chai, a new signature latte. Black tea, nutmeg, vanilla, and steamed milk is ...

Life & Style • Published Oct. 22, 2020 12:01 a.m.

Kerry Holmes of Madison is in full swoon over Ina Garten’s new cookbook and this recipe for smashed eggs on toast. Photo courtesy of Kerry Holmes

‘Genius is Often so Simple’

Some might look at this recipe from Ina Garten’s cookbook and say, “I don’t get it. Eggs on toast. I do that all the time.”While true, and a fair point, that...

Life & Style • Published Oct. 15, 2020 12:01 a.m.

Clinton Art Society Exhibits Continue Through Oct. 31

Clinton Art Society’s satellite exhibits will continue through Saturday, Oct. 31.Pastelist and Madison resident Beverly Schirmeier is the featured artist at Water’s Edge...

Life & Style • Published Oct. 15, 2020 12:01 a.m.

Museum Works to Raise Voter Awareness

As the 2020 general election approaches, the Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 Williams Street, New London, has installed a painting by artist Kyra Markham to help raise awareness on the importance of...

Life & Style • Published Oct. 15, 2020 12:01 a.m.

Yale University Art Gallery is one of very few academic museums in the U.S. that have been able to welcome the public back inside. Photo courtesy of the Yale University Art Gallery

Yale University Art Gallery Re-opens to Public

The Yale University Art Gallery is once again open to the public.“Thanks to the hard work of our colleagues, including Director of Visitor Services Leonor Barroso and Chief of...

Life & Style • Published Oct. 15, 2020 12:01 a.m.

For the first time since March, New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) musicians will gather together in person to make music.

Photo courtesy of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra

New Haven Symphony Orchestra to Perform at Canal Dock Boathouse

For the first time since March, New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) musicians will gather together in person to make music.On Saturday, Oct. 17 and Saturday, Oct. 24 at 2 p.m., musicians...

Life & Style • Published Oct. 15, 2020 12:01 a.m.

Privé-Swiss Fitness Hosting Pilates for Pink Fundraiser

Privé-Swiss Fitness is hosting Pilates for Pink!, a virtual Pilates mat class fundraiser, benefiting Yale New Haven Health’s Smilow Cancer Hospital, on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m....

Life & Style • Published Oct. 15, 2020 12:01 a.m.

A free event, open to all, on how to get a high school diploma, is being offered by the Henry Carter Hull Library.

Photo courtesy of the Henry Carter Hull Library

How to Earn a High School Diploma at Any Age

The Henry Carter Hull Library is offering a free event on how to earn a high school diploma at any age on Monday, Nov. 9 from 6 to 7 p.m. Registration is required and can be made by emailing...

Life & Style • Published Oct. 15, 2020 12:01 a.m.

Several sessions on how to administer Narcan will be held in October and November by the Alliance for Prevention and Wellness.

Photo courtesy of the Alliance for Prevention and Wellness

Free Narcan Training Offered Via Zoom

The Alliance for Prevention and Wellness is offering a series of training sessions on Narcan, also known as naloxone, an antidote for opioids including heroin and prescription pain pills including ...

Life & Style • Published Oct. 15, 2020 12:01 a.m.

Pandemic Persona

I don’t know about you all, but since this pandemic got started, I feel like I’m a different person. So different that I’m compelled to name my new, unwelcome pandemic persona....

Autumn Forest Bathing Walk at Young Preserve

Local, State Officials Stepping Up to Meet Election Day Challenges

Challenging Societal Expectations Through Songwriting

Adapting to the New Normal at Home

Wellness-To-Go from Henry Carter Hull Library

Brunch and BYOBlanket at The Stand

Racial Justice, Blue Holidays, Mindfulness in Challenging Times

Miss Elaine Needs Your Help

How To Grow an Indoor Garden

The Everyday Banality of Destablizing Democracy; Bobby’s Last Crusade; a Play Reading Club; and More

Nibbles: Tea Kettle

A Good Week, Despite it All

Huge Tent, Special Menu

Chicken to the East, Chicken to the West

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Radiant Chai at One World

‘Genius is Often so Simple’

Clinton Art Society Exhibits Continue Through Oct. 31

Museum Works to Raise Voter Awareness

Yale University Art Gallery Re-opens to Public

New Haven Symphony Orchestra to Perform at Canal Dock Boathouse

Privé-Swiss Fitness Hosting Pilates for Pink Fundraiser

How to Earn a High School Diploma at Any Age

Free Narcan Training Offered Via Zoom

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