The English Civil Battle by means of the Wonderful Revolution, a Ridgefield Persevering with Schooling historical past seminar, led by veteran historical past trainer Nancy Maxwell. The historian will speak in regards to the English monarchs’ frequent clashes with their parliaments over energy and cash and particularly the reign of Charles I who managed to antagonize his parliament to the purpose of riot. The following civil struggle noticed the division of households, destruction of property, and finally his execution and the ensuing Puritan Commonwealth below Oliver Cromwell, who resorted to measures much more autocratic than these of the king. Go to ridgefieldschools.org/writhist.html for a extra detailed description. This class begins on Tuesday, Feb. 16 and continues Feb. 23 and March 2 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Zoom. Price is $55. Ridgefield seniors age 62 and over pay $44. Advance registration required. Go to ridgefieldschools.org or cellphone Peggy Bruno at 203-431-2812.
Gardening Recommendation Collection set for 4 Wednesdays
Gardening Recommendation Collection: Put together for the Spring Planting Season is a brand new course in Ridgefield Persevering with Schooling. Teacher and gardening professional, Eileen Burton will educate a sequence of 4 1-hour interactive Zoom periods — one every month — from February, March, April and Could.
Burton is a former horticultural supervisor for a big non-profit group. She additionally had a backyard design enterprise, Butterfly Gardens. This four-session class meets on Wednesdays, Feb. 10; March 10, Apr. 7 and Could 12 from 7 to eight p.m. on Zoom. Tuition is $49. Ridgefield Seniors age 62 and over pay $39. Advance registration is required. Extra course data is at ridgefieldschools.org or cellphone Peggy Bruno at 203-431-2812.
Drawing and Portray course open to all ranges
Drawing and Portray with Frana Baruch is a brand new course obtainable on Zoom by means of Ridgefield Persevering with Schooling. This class is open to all ranges of experience, covers drawing methods and primary colour concept in addition to creative types with a purpose for every pupil to have time to find their creative selves in a supportive and relaxed surroundings. Baruch is a graduate of Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and had a profitable profession as a graphic designer and illustrator. She is energetic within the Mid-Hudson Valley creative group.
This class begins Tuesday, Feb. 9, and meets weekly by means of March 16 from 7 to eight:30 p.m. on Zoom. Tuition is $119. Ridgefield seniors age 62 and over pay $95. Superior registration required. Go to ridgefieldschools.org or cellphone Peggy Bruno at 203-431-2812 for provide record.
Western Music Historical past course explores historic, context of music
Western Music Historical past I is a brand new course in Ridgefield Persevering with Schooling. With teacher Sarah Fox, the course will discover the historic and creative context of music from Antiquity to 1850 and can think about elements comparable to geographic area, faith, socio-economic place, and to hunt a deeper comprehension of the cultural worlds, which fostered the music we cherish at the moment. Each piece of music has a lineage and we regularly consider musicians comparable to Bach and Mozart as cornerstones of Western Music historical past, but each composers had been reacting to and influenced by the lots of of years of music that got here earlier than them, Fox says. Fox is a musician with a graduate diploma in conducting from the College of Birmingham, U. Okay. and a Grasp of Arts in Faith with a Music focus from Yale College.
This six-session class meets on Tuesdays, Feb. 9, 16, 23; March 2, 9 and 16 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Zoom. Tuition is $119. Ridgefield Seniors age 62 and over pay $95. Advance registration is required. Go to ridgefieldschools.org or cellphone Peggy Bruno at 203-431-2812 for data or to register.
Video Conferencing Do’s and Don’t’s defined
On Tuesday, Feb. 9 at 6 p.m., the Ridgefield Library goes to current a web-based webinar, by way of the Zoom software, with digital communications professional Peggy Bud titled “The Do’s and Don’ts of Video Conferencing.” Bud will ask key questions comparable to: Are you prepared in your Zoom interview? and, do you’ve the talents, data, and confidence to successfully talk by way of video conferencing? On this interactive and informative session, she’s going to educate individuals the talents wanted to make an incredible first impression on-line. Bud may even coach individuals on how one can: Look and sound skilled on a video name; profit from easy-to-use ideas and techniques for nailing an interview; guarantee a connection is made when networking; and study extra by answering further questions associated to the do’s and don’ts of video conferencing. This program is a part of the library’s Discover a Job: Profession and Job Search sequence.
Register at ridgefieldlibrary.org or 203-438-2282 to obtain the Zoom hyperlink for the webinar.
Atria Ridgefield COVID-19 finishing vaccine clinics
The Atria Ridgefield, positioned at 55 Outdated Quarry Highway in Ridgefield, has its subsequent, and remaining COVID-19 vaccine clinic Feb. 15 from 10 to 11 a.m., as a part of the assisted senior dwelling facility’s “Sleeve Up Atria” marketing campaign to vaccinate the corporate’s 18,000 whole residents, and 14,000 whole workers within the firm’s 185 areas throughout 26 U.S. states, and 7 Canadian provinces. Masks ought to be worn upon arrival. Go to: www.atriaseniorliving.com/media-resources/ for details about Atria’s response to the brand new virus.
Registration for volunteers for Appalachia Service Venture underway
Though the COVID-19 pandemic might alter or prohibit this summer time’s mission journey, the Jesse Lee Appalachia Service Venture, is asking high-school teenagers and adults to register now as volunteers for ASP 2021.
A minimum of for now, there’s no value to precise curiosity in volunteering. Register with no obligation at www.jesseleeasp.org.
Jesse Lee ASP, which has a house base of the Jesse Lee Memorial United Methodist Church, 207 Primary St, in Ridgefield, hopes to take volunteers right down to Appalachia, positioned within the Southern tier of New York state to Northern Alabama, and Georgia, June 26 to July 4 for every week of residence restore. Regardless of uncertainty because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and over what is going to occur this summer time, the group needs to start registering, and coaching volunteers for the journey now.
“If we’re in a position to make the journey occur this summer time, it’s necessary to start to organize our crews for the place we’ll be going, what to anticipate there, what work we’ll be doing there, and how one can safely do it,” Steve Coppock of the Jesse Lee ASP council stated.
On-line month-to-month coaching will start quickly. If a choice is made this spring that the COVID danger is simply too nice for touring to Appalachia, Coppock stated, Jesse Lee ASP might pivot to doing work regionally.
Final 12 months, 2020, in what would have been Jesse Lee ASP’s thirty seventh 12 months — the whole program was canceled due to COVID-19.
This summer time, the nationwide ASP group has added a lot of COVID security protocols, together with: limiting the variety of volunteers who can keep at its facilities; requiring that masks be worn except volunteers are consuming, sleeping or showering; and prioritizing exterior residence repairs, like roof and siding replacements.
This system is open to anybody who can have accomplished their freshman 12 months of highschool. Adults are inspired to volunteer, each those that have teenagers collaborating and those that don’t. Members don’t need to be a member of Jesse Lee or any church, nor need to reside in Ridgefield or be an professional with a hammer to volunteer. Fundamental development expertise and security guidelines are taught in coaching periods previous to happening ASP. Study extra at: www.jesseleeasp.org.
Ridgefield Library occasions galore
Homicide by the E-book Thriller Dialogue, on-line, Thursday, Feb. 4, 10:30 a.m., Ridgefield Library, 203-438-2282, ridgefieldlibrary.org
Books and Breakfast, on-line, Monday, Feb. 8, 10:30 a.m., Ridgefield Library, 203-438- 2282, ridgefieldlibrary.org
Infinite Worlds E-book Group, on-line, Thursday, Feb. 11, 7 p.m., register, Ridgefield Library, 203-438-2282, ridgefieldlibrary.org
Mindfulness and Meditation, on-line, Friday, Feb. 5, 12, 19 and 26, 12 p.m., Ridgefield Library, 203-438-2282, ridgefieldlibrary.org
The Dos and Don’ts of Video Conferencing, on-line with Peggy Bud, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 6 p.m., register, Ridgefield Library, 203-438-2282, ridgefieldlibrary.org
Get to Know Your City, on-line with Rudy Marconi, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 11 a.m., register, Ridgefield Library, 203-438-2282, ridgefieldlibrary.org
World Lit Now! E-book Dialogue Group, on-line, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 10:30 a.m., Ridgefield Library, 203-438-2282, ridgefieldlibrary.org
Job Search Assets, on-line, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 12 p.m., register, Ridgefield Library, 203-438-2282, ridgefieldlibrary.org
Critics’ Circle E-book Dialogue, on-line, Tuesday, Feb 16, 7 p.m., Ridgefield Library, 203-438-2282, ridgefieldlibrary.org
Lunchtime Language: French Dialog for Learners, on-line with Anette Roth, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 11 a.m., register, Ridgefield Library, 203-438- 2282, ridgefieldlibrary.org
Continual: The Hidden Reason for the Autoimmune Pandemic, a web-based Creator Speak with Dr. Steven Phillips and Dana Parish, Thursday, Feb. 18, 7 p.m., register, Ridgefield Library, 203-438-2282, ridgefieldlibrary.org
A.M. E-book Group, Feb. 24, 10 a.m., on-line, Ridgefield Library, 203-438-2282, ridgefieldlibrary.org
Lunchtime Language: French Dialog for Intermediate/Superior, on-line with Anette Roth, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 11 a.m., register, Ridgefield Library, 203-438- 2282, ridgefieldlibrary.org
Two Athletic Ladies and Their Achievements, on-line with Toni McKeen, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 4 p.m., register, Ridgefield Library, 203-438-2282, ridgefieldlibrary.org
CT Poetry Society Workshop, on-line with Barb Jennes, Saturday, Feb. 27, 10 a.m., register, Ridgefield Library, 203-438-2282, ridgefieldlibrary.org
