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Home » A&E» Food Loading… Published: 1/1/2012 – Updated: 3 weeks ago BY DANIEL NEMANBLADE FOOD EDITOR If there is one conclusion to be drawn from looking at the trends in food in the year 2011, it is this: The economic downturn has affected everybody, except the people it hasn’t. At the Walt Churchill’s Market …

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Chicken Litter To Energy: Perdue AgriBusiness and Fibrowatt Submitt Proposal To State of Maryland

Perdue AgriBusiness and partner Fibrowatt LLC have submitted a project proposal to the state of Maryland to build a biomass boiler facility that would be fueled in large part by poultry litter. Strange though it might seem the proposal was submitted in response to Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley’s request for project proposals that generate electricity …

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Study of Maryland demonstrates Mid-Atlantic offshore wind capacity

10:17 a.m., Jan. 27, 2012–Offshore wind farms could generate more than enough energy to meet Maryland’s annual electricity consumption, according to a just-published study by researchers at the University of Delaware. The potential power output is nearly double current energy demands for the state, even when taking into account various limitations on where to place …

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Bumblebee Blog » Blog Archive » Good-Bye, T. Boone Chickens

It was a sad week here at the homestead. It started when my most beloved three-year-old rooster, T. Boone Chickens, developed a serious abscess on his big chicken foot. I hauled him off to the veterinarian who anesthetized him and examined him more closely. According to the vet, because chickens don’t have significant blood circulation …

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Ethical shopping: Pigs’ and chooks’ freedom will show on bill

In the third of a five-part series, Andrew Laxon looks at changes on the farm The price of goodness: Free range What is free range?It’s supposed to mean animals that can roam freely, without being confined in cages. The term usually applies to hens and pigs or, as consumers experience them – eggs, chicken, bacon …

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28

People get serious about what they eat

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1327717926 73 People get serious about what they eatHome » A&E» Food Loading… Published: 1/1/2012 – Updated: 3 weeks ago BY DANIEL NEMANBLADE FOOD EDITOR

If there is one conclusion to be drawn from looking at the trends in food in the year 2011, it is this: The economic downturn has affected everybody, except the people it hasn’t.

At the Walt Churchill’s Market in Monclova Township, store manager Scott Reddish said that sales of some of their priciest food, such as prime-grade beef, have tumbled. And although part of the reason for that may be because the price for prime beef rose from an unusually low level the year before, the weakness in its sales seems to reflect a broader trend.

Fresh, never-frozen seafood is also a high-ticket item, and sales of it were likewise down last year, he said.

But if the average customer cut back on extravagances, not everyone has been tightening the purse strings. Jeff Peer is the director of Midwest purchasing for Sofo Foods, which distributes food to Italian restaurants and pizzerias around the country. He sees what restaurants are ordering and serving to their customers.

Despite the shaky economy, he said, “there are still some customers [restaurants] who do very well. The customers who do very well are not lowering their standards. As soon as someone shops for price, their quality slips and the public knows it.”

One way the restaurants are drawing crowds, he said, is by selling “anything with chicken. Poultry is still growing and growing and growing. It’s incredible. Boneless chunks are huge. You come up with any sauce you want, and boom! You’ve got a signature dish.”

Chicken is also growing as a topping on pizza, he said, now ranking third behind pepperoni and sausage. Even though it is being paired with high-calorie barbecue sauce and Alfredo sauce, “I think people perceive that as healthy,” Mr. Peer said.

A move toward healthier eating, whether real or imagined, was one of the biggest food topics of the year. At the Walt Churchill’s Market, Mr. Reddish said that sales of gluten-free food soared, in part because more people are learning they have an intolerance to gluten. But also, people are eating gluten-free foods because they believe it to be healthier, he said.

It doesn’t hurt, he said, that “the variety and quality are getting better. The bread [used to be] like eating the newspaper, and now they’re really perfecting the cookies and the breads.”

At the James Beard Award-nominated the Common Grill in Chelsea, Mich., chef and owner Craig Common said that customers with allergies to gluten are showing an increasing interest in fish and seafood, which are often not prepared with the grains (wheat, rye, and barley) that contain gluten.

Another trend, he said, is that high-end restaurants are increasingly listing which farms grow their foods, and “we’re seeing more relationships with chefs and farmers.”

Chef Alan Merhar of Evans Street Station in Tecumseh, Mich., agreed both that people are eating healthier and that “more of my diners are interested in where their food is coming from.”

To let them know, the restaurant has now joined with Real Time Farms, a Web site that shows a restaurant’s menus and offers links to information about the farms that produced some of the listed ingredients.

This availability of information was the biggest trend of the year just past, and possibly of the year just started, said Gus Mancy, a partner in Mancy’s Restaurant Group and the co-operator of Mancy’s Steakhouse. At the steakhouse, copies of the wine list are now available on iPads, with complete descriptions of every wine; and the staff sees people on their smart phones looking up the ratings of wines.

“People are educated because we live in an information world,” he said. “Our guests in our restaurants and people in Toledo, maybe 25 years ago, 30 years ago, were not as abreast of the trends. But now with the Food Network and with the Internet, they know more, they know what they want. They have more information.”

As a result, his restaurants have to meet their customers’ expectations, he said. They are buying more meat from Ohio and more local produce in the summer. The steakhouse also offers its own take on perhaps the biggest flavor trend of the year, a combination of caramel and salt, by incorporating it into its traditional bread pudding. They now top the bread pudding with caramel ice cream and pink Hawaiian salt, and then they finish with a handful of Cap’n Crunch breakfast cereal.

The use of breakfast cereal for meals other than breakfast turned out also to be a trend in 2011. A New York milk bar called Momofuku started it by selling cereal milk ice cream, which is ice cream made from milk that has had cereal steep in it, Mr. Mancy said.

In the world of beer and wine, Bobby DeSeyn of Cavalier Distributing said there has been a huge increase in interest in imported beers and especially in domestic craft beers, with sales jumping every month for the last several years.

“The rest of the world in the past has made fun of the American beer industry because of our watery junk, but our craft beers have been making leaps and bounds,” he said.

One trend he saw was for brewers to look at new ways to make beer, including going back to the very old days. Scientists have done chemical analyses of beers that were brewed 9,000 years ago, and one company is now brewing beers in the Stone Age style, including using cherries or honey.

And some beers are gaining cult status, he said, in which some hard-to-find bottles are sold for hundreds of dollars.

Matt Snyder of the Beer and Wine Cave dates one of the biggest trends in wines to an article in the influential Wine Spectator magazine in December, 2010. The article praised wines from Washington State, noting that the cold nights and hot days of the grape-growing region there create conditions that result, Mr. Snyder said, in “big, rich, stressed wines that age out beautifully in the bottle.”

In the year since that article was published, he said, Washington wines have “gotten stronger and gained more momentum,” particularly because the price of real estate there makes them more affordable than many comparable wines from Napa and Sonoma counties in California.

All of the trends put together give Mr. Common reason to hope. “I think everybody is eating good,” he said.

That may be the best trend of all.

Contact Daniel Neman at: or 419-724-6155.

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Jan
28

Chicken Litter To Energy: Perdue AgriBusiness and Fibrowatt Submitt Proposal To State of Maryland

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Perdue AgriBusiness and partner Fibrowatt LLC have submitted a project proposal to the state of Maryland to build a biomass boiler facility that would be fueled in large part by poultry litter.

Strange though it might seem the proposal was submitted in response to Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley’s request for project proposals that generate electricity from manure based fuel.  The state is calling the project the Clean Bay Power project and is seeking to purchase up to 10 MW electricity generated from animal waste "such as poultry litter or livestock manure". 

The successful bidder will have until 2015 to be feeding fecal power to the grid helping Maryland reach its goal to generate 20% of its energy needs from renewable sources by 2022.

The Perdue AgriBusiness/Fibrowatt LLC facility, to be located at the Perdue AgriBusiness Zion Church Road complex, would generate 10 MW of electricity (the maximum capacity stipulated in the state’s Request for Proposals) and up to 70,000 pounds per hour of steam by burning poultry litter, layer hen manure, wood chips and other locally sourced biomass. The electricity will be fed into regional power grid to the state and the steam will be used at the Perdue AgriBusiness complex.

Currently Perdue AgriBusiness uses fossil fuel to generate the steam it needs for processing  soybeans and poultry feed. The company claims that by using biomass to fire the boiler it will its carbon footprint by 165,000 tons of CO2 annually. 

Perdue AgriBusiness is no stranger to chicken poop. The company is a subsidiary of Perdue Farms Inc., the third largest processor of conventional chicken, and amongst its business ventures is the recycling and sale of poultry litter.  It operates the first-ever large-scale facility for manufacturing organic fertilizer products from surplus chicken litter. 

Fibrowatt, a Homeland Renewable Energy Group subsidiary, is soley in the business of converting chicken litter into energy. The company describes itself as a developer of litter fueled power plants and operates the 55 MW Fibrominn Biomass Power Plant which combusts over 700,000 tons of litter a year.

In addition to producing renewable energy the proposed project will also help protect the Chesapeake Bay watershed. According to Perdue AgriBusiness President Dick Willey “this project will remove a significant amount of poultry litter from land application, thereby eliminating the risk of any portion of the nitrogen or phosphorous in this litter or manure from finding its way into the watershed."

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Jan
28

Study of Maryland demonstrates Mid-Atlantic offshore wind capacity

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10:17 a.m., Jan. 27, 2012–Offshore wind farms could generate more than enough energy to meet Maryland’s annual electricity consumption, according to a just-published study by researchers at the University of Delaware. The potential power output is nearly double current energy demands for the state, even when taking into account various limitations on where to place equipment in the Atlantic.

“Installing wind turbines far off the coast of Maryland would help the state generate large quantities of electricity while creating local jobs,” said study co-author Willett Kempton, professor of marine policy in UD’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE). “Producing more electricity this way also displaces fossil fuel generation, thus reducing harmful carbon dioxide emissions and improving air quality.”

Existing Maryland law requires 18 percent of electricity to come from renewable energy sources by 2022. The law was passed before the potential supply of offshore wind was documented—no one even knew whether offshore wind was of significant size.

Offshore wind could be important to meeting Maryland’s requirement because it is more abundant and more steady than land-based Maryland wind, and is less expensive than solar power.

“If the offshore resource remains unused, meeting the state’s renewable energy requirement will be more costly to Maryland, as is true for the other mid-Atlantic coastal states,” Kempton noted.

The study found that a maximum of 7,800 wind turbines could provide an annual average output of 14,000 megawatts, equivalent to 189 percent of Maryland’s electric load. The calculation includes the use of new technology for deep-water turbines, but even using only commercially proven, shallow-water equipment, the energy generated would total 70 percent of the state’s annual demand. This is the maximum resource possible, but actual development of offshore wind would start with power plant-sized units of 80 to 150 turbines.

In determining areas of the ocean suitable for offshore wind farm development, the researchers excluded zones of possible conflict. The entire Chesapeake Bay was excluded.  Fish havens and areas where birds migrate were not counted, as well as shipping routes.

The study also considered how visible the turbines would be from shore, placing the turbines eight nautical miles away so that visual impact would be minimal.

Along with the rest of the mid-Atlantic region, large shallow areas and strong winds off Maryland’s coast make it suitable for currently available offshore windmill technology.

The study found that average power output would be highest in the winter and lowest in the summer. Extra power generated during the winter months could service neighboring states, while Maryland would need to rely on other sources during a comparative shortage in the summer. Developers could position windmills to capitalize on seasonal wind direction, such as to the southwest for summer winds.

The findings were recently published in the Elsevier journal Renewable Energy. 

More information on offshore wind is available at this CEOE website.

Article by Teresa Messmore

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Jan
28

Bumblebee Blog » Blog Archive » Good-Bye, T. Boone Chickens

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1327714329 72 Bumblebee Blog » Blog Archive » Good Bye, T. Boone Chickens

It was a sad week here at the homestead. It started when my most beloved three-year-old rooster, T. Boone Chickens, developed a serious abscess on his big chicken foot.

I hauled him off to the veterinarian who anesthetized him and examined him more closely. According to the vet, because chickens don’t have significant blood circulation in their feet, it’s difficult for a major foot wound to heal.

“Robin, you need to put T. Boone to sleep,” advised the vet. “He’s not going to get better. In fact, he’s going to get a lot worse. And he is in pain.”

Now, if you haven’t ever had pet chickens, you might find it odd that I was reduced to a puddle of tears at hearing this news. Even some people who have pet chickens might consider the fact that I spent the better part of the afternoon weeping an overreaction.

But I raised T. Boone from the time he was a baby fuzz ball in my palm, which may account for part of why he was so tame.

I bought T. Boone and two other baby chicks from an Amish farmers market. I was assured that all three chicks would grow up to be fine hens. So we called him Olivia—for a while anyway. Two of the three chicks survived and both were roosters. (So much for the chick sexing skills of the guy at the farmers market.)

T. Boone was second rooster around here for a long time. In fact, he was at the bottom of the pecking order and the hens never hesitated to shoo him away or punish him by pecking at  him. The big chicken on campus at that time was Johnny Cash.

But when free ranging in the yard, T. Boone still patrolled and protected the hens who disrespected him in the coop.

Two years ago T. Boone, Johnny Cash and the hens were on walkabout, searching for bugs, stretching their legs and enjoying the unseasonably warm February day. I didn’t see what happened, but it appeared that the roosters fought off an attack by one—or possibly two—hawks or eagles. Johnny Cash was carried off and never seen again.  There were two huge pools of T. Boone’s white feathers about 200 yards apart. Could T. Boone have been attacked, dropped and attacked again?

When we finally found T. Boone in the woods it was clear that he was gravely injured. He was dazed and couldn’t walk. He let me pick him up to examine him and I found he had huge puncture wounds on both sides of his body under his wings.

I was certain that he wouldn’t live until morning. I didn’t know of any veterinarian at the time who would even euthanize a chicken but I didn’t have the heart (or the nerve) to break his neck—even to put him out of his misery. Neither my husband nor my son would take on the job.

We put him into the coop where he crawled into one of the nest boxes to hide. Well, he thought he was hiding, but as you can see, he didn’t fit. T. Boone was a very big chicken.

Days went by and T. Boone kept hanging on. I gave him water, put salve on his wounds and prepared myself to find him dead every morning I went into the coop to greet the chickens for the day.

Instead of dying,  T. Boone crawled out of the nest box and tried to stand! At first he couldn’t hold his head up or walk. He did a lot of standing around. I positioned him near the food and water so he could help himself whenever he was thirsty or hungry. After a month or so, he could stand upright again, but he walked. With a limp.

Nevertheless, he had cheated death—that time.

Without Johnny Cash in the role of leading chicken, T. Boone stepped into the job. Whenever the hens were on walkabout, T. Boone would be standing guard. He knew full well what dangers the hens faced outside the safety of their coop and chicken run. The chickens would hunt and peck for bugs. T. Boone would stand nearby warily eyeing the sky and the woods. Any time there was a sense of danger, T. would begin honking in alarm, sending the hens scrambling under the shrubs and into the trees.

He also fulfilled all of his roosterly duties (if you know what I mean).

Some people have had bad experiences with aggressive or mean roosters. I have seen both sides of the rooster behavior spectrum and T. Boone was definitely one of the kinder, gentler roosters. He always greeted us and would follow me around begging for treats. His favorites were corn, pizza and any kind of baked good—cake, muffins, biscuits, bread. He would even show up at the back door to peer in and beg.

“Is this where you keep the cans of corn?”

I love my hens. But they don’t have the bold personality, the larger-than-life appearance or the endearingly quirky habits that T. Boone had. If you can love a chicken, I loved T. Boone.

Rest in peace, T. Boone. You were a good and brave rooster. I hope you’re in chicken heaven where the sun is shining and where there is an endless supply of corn, pizza and baked goods.

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Jan
28

Ethical shopping: Pigs’ and chooks’ freedom will show on bill

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In the third of a five-part series, Andrew Laxon looks at changes on the farm

The price of goodness: Free range

What is free range?It’s supposed to mean animals that can roam freely, without being confined in cages. The term usually applies to hens and pigs or, as consumers experience them – eggs, chicken, bacon and pork.

Most hens are kept in small battery cages, which don’t allow them to flap their wings or show other natural behaviour. Many female pigs spend much of their adult lives pregnant in sow stalls, small cages which allow them no room to move.

Animal welfare campaigners have lobbied furiously to ban both practices around the world, with some success.

The European Union has banned caged eggs from the start of this year and is phasing out sow stalls.

New Zealand will ban sow stalls by 2015 and the Government is considering a plan to replace the current battery-style cages with bigger “enriched” cages for hens by an unspecified date.

Will bigger cages solve the problem?No, say animal welfare activists. The proposed change would increase a laying hen’s minimum living space from 550sq cm (slightly smaller than a piece of A4 paper) to 750sq cm (slightly bigger than the piece of A4). Egg producers say the enriched cages have perches and scratching areas and allow hens to stand erect and spread their wings. Egg farmers want a 20-year changeover, saying the upgrade will cost $150 million for the $280 million-a-year industry.

Does that mean I’ll pay more for eggs?Yes, but there’s still argument about how much. Free-range eggs can cost about $7 a dozen, compared with about $3.50 for regular or “caged” eggs. A rough estimate for the new system is up to $5 a dozen, based on the maximum an Egg Producers Federation survey in 2010 found its regular customers were willing to pay. The survey found one third of shoppers said the way hens were housed affected their egg-buying choice. Another third said it had some effect but other considerations were more important and a third said it had no effect at all.

Are most people prepared to pay more?The survey found 22 per cent of high-volume egg buyers opposed any price rise but a significant minority are already paying extra. Free-range eggs have gone from almost nothing a decade ago to about 10 per cent of all sales and 15 per cent of supermarket sales. The two big supermarket chains say there is a growing interest in free-range pork and chicken – enough for Countdown owner Progressive Enterprises to introduce its own Macro home brand of free-range chicken in 2010. Activists and the food industry agree the overwhelming reason for the rise of free range has been shocking television exposes of how hens and pigs suffer under current methods.

Can I trust the free-range label?If you think your free-range eggs were laid by hens foraging in lush pastures, you could be disappointed. There are no rules limiting the size of outdoor areas or the number of hens, so some (probably most) free-range eggs on the market come from industrial-scale operations farming 10,000 hens or more.

Several organisations which certify free-range eggs set flock limits and animal welfare criteria, but you’ll need to do your homework before going shopping, as they all have different standards.

What will happen to bacon and pork?The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry says banning sow stalls will drive some pig farmers out of business and push up pork prices about 4.5 per cent.

The local pork industry, which says the change will cost $20 million, is particularly nervous because it also faces competition from fresh pork imports, previously banned because of concerns over the risk of disease.

By Andrew Laxon | Email Andrew

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Jan
27

EVENTS CALENDAR for Week starting Jan. 27

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1327708328 15 EVENTS CALENDAR for Week starting Jan. 27

Neighborhood Music School, Open House, noon-2 p.m. Jan. 29, free, 100 Audubon St., New Haven; 203-624-5189.Old Saybrook Fire Department headquarters, OSFD Junior Division hosts Pancake Breakfast, 8 a.m.-noon Feb. 5, $5, 310 Main St., Old Saybrook; 860-395-3149.Thomas Golden Center, The Montessori School on Edgewood’s Valentine Chocolate Festival, 1-4:30 p.m. Jan. 28, $25, 268 Park St., New Haven; 203-772-3210.Turkish Cultural Center Connecticut, Turkish Cooking Classes, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Jan. 28, Feb. 11 and 25, March 10 and 24, $10/class or $40 for all 5, must reserve, 727 Campbell Ave., West Haven; 203-809-4403.DANCEDance in Rhythm, Friday Night Club Dance Classes, through Jan. 27, 7-8:30 p.m. Fridays, $10/person; Super Sundays Group Lessons, through Jan. 29, 4-6:30 p.m. Sundays, $10 person, 19 S. Main St., 2nd Floor, Branford; 203-481-1333.Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Premier Ballroom Dance Company, 7 p.m.-midnight Jan. 28, showtime at 9:30 p.m. featuring Delyan Terziev and Boriana Deltcheva, $17, reservations recommended, 203-374-7308, 4070 Park Ave., Bridgeport; 203-374-5561.Milford Fine Arts Council, Argentine Tango Classes, through Feb. 13, 7-8 p.m. Mondays (beginner), 8-9 p.m. Mondays (intermediate/advanced), $100 per person for 6 tango classes, 203-543-8099, 40 Railroad Ave., Milford; 203-878-6647.FILMThe Bijou Theatre, “Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance”, 1:30 p.m. Jan. 28, live webcast, $20. 275 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport; 203-332-3228.Hill-Stead Museum, “The Wizard of Oz”, 7 p.m. Feb. 3, $20 per family, must register, 35 Mountain Road, Farmington; 860-677-4787.Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Society, “Capitalism: A Love Story”, 7 p.m. Feb. 3, free, 297 Boston Post Road, Madison; 203-245-8720.Maritime Aquarium, “Sea Rex: Journey to a Prehistoric World”, through April 19, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily; “Born To Be Wild”, through April 19, noon daily; “Search for the Great Sharks”, through April 19, 1 and 3 p.m. daily, $9, seniors $8, ages 2-12 $6.50, 10 N. Water St., Norwalk; 203-852-0700.Stratford Library, Library Science Film Festival, noon Jan. 27 “Fahrenheit 451”, free, 2203 Main St., Stratford; 203-385-4162.MUSICChuco Valdes and the Afro-Cuban Messengers, 8 p.m. Feb. 4, $30-$40, Quick Center for the Arts, Fairfield University, 1073 N. Benson Road, Fairfield; 203-254-4010.East Coast Chamber Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 2, $35, Lincoln Theater, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford; 860-768-4228.Geoff Kaufman and Atwater-Donnelly, 8 p.m. Feb. 3, $20, students with ID $10, All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church – Unity Hall, 19 Jay St., New London; 860-443-0316.Joyful Noise Concert – Chuck E. Costa, 4 p.m. Jan. 29, free, donations accepted, 203-458-9701, First Congregational Church, 110 Broad St., Guilford; 203-453-5249.Kristin Errett, 8 p.m. Jan. 27, $15, Milford Fine Arts Council, 40 Railroad Ave., Milford; 203-878-6647.London Haydn Quartet, 8 p.m. Feb. 4, 3 p.m. Feb. 5, $20, seniors $15, students $10, Yale Collection of Musical Instruments, 15 Hillhouse Ave., New Haven; 203-432-4158.Midtown Coffeehouse – Homestate, 9 p.m. Feb. 2, free, donations accepted, Western Connecticut State University, 181 White St., Danbury; 203-837-8486.New Music New Haven concert featuring the music of Ezra Laderman, 8 p.m. Feb. 2, free, Sprague Memorial Hall, Yale University, 470 College St., New Haven; 203-432-4158.Pedals, Pipes and Pizza, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Jan. 28, a hands-on introduction to the pipe organ, for young pianists ages 8-18, free, 203-404-7390, United Church on the Green, corner of Temple and Elm streets, New Haven; 203-787-4195.Rehearsals for the Branford Chorale, Through April 30, 7:30 p.m. Mondays, $40, 203-488-8363, Walsh Intermediate School, 185 Damascus Road, Branford; 203-488-8317.Rehearsals for the Elm City Men’s Barbershop Chorus, Through March 26, 1-3 p.m. Mondays, free, 203-283-5133, Our Lady of Pompeii Church, 355 Foxon Road, East Haven; 203-469-0764.Rehearsals for the Norwalk Community Chorale Through Feb. 14, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesdays, free, 203-226-4398, Norwalk Concert Hall, 125 East Ave., Norwalk; 203-459-8241.Sacred Sounds’ Mighty Austin Organ Series: Monica Czuasz and Mary Pan, 10 a.m. Jan. 29, free, donations accepted, Cathedral of St. Joseph, 140 Farmington Ave., Hartford; 860-249-8431.SalsaPalooza starring Gilberto Santa Rosa and Grupo Niche, 8 p.m. Jan. 27, $38-$100, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, 166 Capitol Ave., Hartford; 860-987-6000.ShoreGrass Bluegrass Band at Old Stone Church Chili Fest, 5-6:30 p.m. Jan. 28, $10 includes chili samples, cornbread, beverage, ShoreGrass music and a vote for People’s Choice, Old Stone Church, 251 Main St., East Haven; 203-467-2907.String Fling, Through Feb. 4, 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays, workshops for string players ages 11-16, $45/student, ACES Educational Center for the Arts, 55 Audubon St., New Haven; 203-777-5451.The Flagpole Radio Cafe – Harpist Deborah Henson-Conant, 7 p.m. Feb. 4, $25, seniors and students $20, Edmond Town Hall Theatre, 45 Main St., Newtown; 203-426-2475.The M6: Meredith Monk Music Third Generation, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3, $15, seniors and non-Trinity students with ID $10, Austin Arts Center, Trinity College, 300 Summit St., Hartford; 860-297-2199.United States Coast Guard Chamber Players, 2 p.m. Jan. 29, free, 860-701-6826, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, 15 Mohegan Ave., New London; 860-444-8444.Wendy Sharp and Friends, 4 p.m. Jan. 29, free, Sprague Memorial Hall, Yale University, 470 College St., New Haven; 203-432-4158.Yale Schola Cantorum – Evensong, 5:15 p.m. Feb. 3, free, 203-432-5062, United Church on the Green, corner of Temple and Elm streets, New Haven; 203-787-4195.OUTDOORS, SCIENCE, NATUREAmity Shopping Center, New Haven Bird Club Field Trip – Barkhamstead Reservoir & Vicinity, 7:30 a.m. Jan. 28, free, dress warmly, off Route 63, Woodbridge; 203-272-5192.Ansonia Nature Center, Saturday Creature Features, through Jan. 28, noon Saturdays, free, bring binoculars; Winter Star Party, 7 p.m. Jan. 28, free, dress warmly, must register; Sunday Guided Hikes, through Jan. 29, 1 p.m. Sundays, free, if there is snow, hikers may bring cross-country skis or snowshoes, 10 Deerfield Road, Ansonia; 203-736-1053.Hammonasset Beach State Park, New Haven Bird Club Field Trip – Hammonasset State Park, 8 a.m. Feb. 1, free, 203-247-2660, Route 1, Madison; 203-245-2785.Maritime Aquarium, Public Marine-Biology Program: “Squid Dissection”, 10:30 a.m., noon, 2 and 3:30 p.m. Jan. 28, for ages 9 and over, $5 per person plus Aquarium admission; “Lizards of the World”, live-animal presentation, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Jan. 29; Winter Creature Cruises, 9 a.m. Jan. 29, $20.50, bring binoculars, for ages 8 and older, reservations recommended; Public Marine-Biology Program: “Sharks & Fish”, 10:30 a.m., noon, 2 and 3:30 p.m. Feb. 4, for ages 7 and over, $5 per person plus Aquarium admission, $12.95, seniors $11.95, ages 2-12 $9.95, 10 N. Water St., Norwalk; 203-852-0700.Playhouse on Park, “The Mystery of Irma Vep”, through Jan. 29, 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, $22.50-$32.50, 244 Park Road, West Hartford; 860-523-5900, ext. 10.Portland High School, “Spring into the Garden”, a symposium of practical gardening ideas and inspirations, 8:15 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 4, $80 includes a boxed lunch and access to master gardeners, must register, 860-529-8713, 95 High St., Portland; 860-342-1720.The Audubon Shop, Eagle Watches on the Connecticut River, Jan. 28-March 3, 7:45 a.m. Saturdays, $20 includes lunch at Oliver’s Taverne in Essex, must register, 907 Boston Post Road (Route 1), Madison; 203-245-9056.SINGLESColonial Tavern, Connecticut ConTact Singles Dance Party, 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Jan. 28, $20, dress to impress, no jeans, 203-468-1144, 24 Hawley Road, Oxford; 203-264-8244.Sons of Italy, Connecticut ConTacts Singles Dance Party, 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Jan. 27, $20, dress to impress, no jeans, 203-468-1144, 162 New Canaan Ave., Norwalk; 203-849-0675.Spring Glen United Church, Singles Bridge Group meeting, 7 p.m. Jan. 27, $4, 203-488-2389, 1825 Whitney Ave., Hamden; 203-288-3381.THEATERCurtain Call, “When We Are Married”, through Jan. 29, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, $28, seniors $20, students $14, 1349 Newfield Ave., Stamford; 203-329-8207.Downtown Cabaret Theatre, Pinkalicious The Musical, through Feb. 19, 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, $18, 263 Golden Hill St., Bridgeport; 203-576-1636.Hartford Stage, “Boeing-Boeing”, through Feb. 12, 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, also 7:30 p.m. Jan. 29, $30.50-$80.50, 50 Church St., Hartford; 860-527-5151.Kweskin Theatre, Curtain Call, “The Importance of Being Earnest”, Feb. 3-18, 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, $28, seniors $20, students $14, 1349 Newfield Ave., Stamford; 203-329-8207.Long Wharf Theatre, “Macbeth 1969”, through Feb. 12, 7 p.m. Tuesdays, 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 2 and 7 p.m. Jan. 29, Feb. 1 and 8, 3 and 8 p.m. Jan. 28, Feb. 4 and 11, 2 p.m. Feb. 5 and 12, $30-$70, 222 Sargent Drive, New Haven; 203-787-4284.Milford Center for the Arts, “Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You” and “The Actor’s Nightmare”, Feb. 3-19, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, $17, 203-882-0969, 40 Railroad Ave. S., Milford; 203-878-6647.Oddfellows Playhouse, Little Fellows Classes, Jan. 28-March 10, 9-10 a.m. Saturdays, allows children ages 3-4 years old to explore a story each week through song, instruments and dance, $130; First Act Classes, Jan. 28-March 10, 9-10 a.m. Saturdays, classes to help introduce 5- and 6-year-olds to the world of theater through play activities, art, movement and song, $140; Technical Theater Classes, through March 12, 4:30-6 p.m. Mondays, for students 12 and over who want to learn the in and outs of the design process, $150, 128 Washington St., Middletown; 860-347-6143.Spirit of Broadway Theater, “The Boy in the Bathroom”, through Feb. 5, 7 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, $30, college students $25, students K-12 $20, 24 Chestnut St., Norwich ; 860-886-2378.TheaterWorks, “The Sty of the Blind Pig”, through Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sundays and Feb. 4, 11, 18 and 25, $50, 233 Pearl St., Hartford; 860-527-7838.The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, “Cinematic Titanic”, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Feb. 2, $35, 166 Capitol Ave., Hartford; 860-987-6000.University Theatre, “The Seagull”, 8 p.m. Jan. 27, 2 and 8 p.m. Jan. 28, $20 and $25, 222 York St., New Haven; 203-432-1234.Yale Cabaret, “Brainsongs, or the play about the dinosaur farm”, 8 and 11 p.m. Jan. 27 and 28, $15, students $10, 217 Park St., New Haven; 203-432-1566.Yale Repertory Theatre, “Good Goods”, Feb. 3-25, 8 p.m. Feb. 3,4,6-10,14,16,17,21-24, 2 and 8 p.m. Feb. 11,15,18 and 25, $20-$88, all tickets $20 Feb. 6-8, 1120 Chapel St., New Haven; 203-432-1234.VISUAL ARTS100 Pearl Street Gallery, “Reconstructed Steel: Forms by Vicente Garcia”, through -March 23, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, free, 860-525-8629. 100 Pearl St., Hartford; .Acton Public Library, Works by Robyn Arrieche, through Feb. 6, 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, 1-5 p.m. Sundays, free, 60 Old Boston Post Road, Old Saybrook; 860-395-3184.Acton Public Library, Watercolors by Betsey Evarts, through Feb. 18, 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 1-5 p.m. Sundays, free, 60 Old Boston Post Road, Old Saybrook; 860-395-3184.Akus Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State University, “Unfiltered V: Vito Bananno Riding With The Train Girls”, works by Vito Bonanno, through March 1, opening reception 5-7 p.m. Feb. 2, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 1-7 p.m. Thursdays, 2-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, free, 83 Windham St., Willimantic; 860-465-4659.Albert Schweitzer Institute at Quinnipiac University, Works by Eyal Danieli, through March, by appointment only, free, 275 Mount Carmel Ave., Hamden; 203-582-3144.Artspace, “Library Science”, group show, through Jan. 28, noon-6 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays, noon-8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, with the Library Science Film Festival, taking place at libraries throughout Connecticut, free, 50 Orange St., New Haven; 203-772-2709.A-Space at West Cove Studio, “Crewel Linen: Unfinished Business” and “Study in Black and White”, works by Cate Bourke, through March 25, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, free, 30 Elm St., West Haven; 203-500-0268.Atticus Bookstore Cafe, “Recent Works”, paintings by Elizabeth Steele and John McColl, through Feb. 5, 7 a.m.-9 p.m. Sundays-Thursdays, 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, free, 1082 Chapel St., New Haven; 203-776-4040.Bellarmine Museum of Art, Fairfield University, “From Italy to America – Photographs of Anthony Riccio”, Feb. 1-March 30; “James Prosek: Un-Natural History”, through Jan. 27, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, free, 1073 N. Benson Road, Fairfield; 203-254-4000.Bruce Museum, “Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos and Toys in the Attic”, Jan. 28-April 22; “The Prints of Martin Lewis: From the Collection of Dr. Dorrance Kelly,” through Feb. 19, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 1-5 p.m. Sundays, $7, seniors and students $6, under 5 free, 1 Museum Drive (Exit 3 off I-95), Greenwich; 203-869-0376.Case Memorial Library, Works by Vinita Manjunath, Susan Linsley and Karen Stephens, through Jan. 31, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays, free, 176 Tyler City Road, Orange; 203-891-2170.Charles E. Shain Library at Connecticut College, Contemporary Art from the Latin World, through March 9, reception 4:15 p.m. Feb. 9, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays, free, 270 Mohegan Ave., New London; 860-439-2655.Chauncey Stillman Gallery, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Student Exhibition, Feb. 3-March 31, reception 6-8 p.m. Feb. 3, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, free, 84 Lyme St., Old Lyme; 860-434-3571.City Gallery, Exploring Layers: New Work by Judy Atlas, Feb. 2-26, opening reception 2-5 p.m. Feb. 4, snow date: Feb. 5 from 2-5 p.m., noon-4 p.m. Thursdays-Sundays, free, 994 State St., New Haven; 203-782-2489.City Gallery, “Elemental: Photographs by Roslyn Meyer and Collages by Roberta Friedman”, through Jan. 29, noon-4 p.m. Thursdays-Sundays, free, 994 State St., New Haven; 203-782-2489.Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek, Menorah Paintings, works by Lisa Zilker, Feb. 3-April 20, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, free, 55 E. Kings Highway, Chester; 860-526-8920.Custom House Maritime Museum, “Opening to Good: An Exhibit Highligting the Good that is All Around Us”, Jan. 28-March 25, opening reception 5-9 p.m. Jan. 28, 1-5 p.m. Thursdays-Sundays, $5, free on Sundays, 150 Bank St., New London; 860-447-2501.DaSilva Gallery, “12/12/12-Ferrer (Cuba)”, through Feb. 4, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sundays, free, 897 Whalley Ave., New Haven; 203-387-2539.Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, “Apothecary (storehouse)”, paintings by David Schorr, Feb. 3-March 8, reception 5-7 p.m. Feb. 3, lecture by the artist at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 22 in CFA Hall, noon-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays, free, 301 High St., Middletown; 860-685-2500.Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut, “Shaped by Books: The 42-Letter Name”, through March 2, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, free, 405 Babbidge Road, Storrs; 860-486-4500.Easton Library, Easton Arts Council Members Show, through Feb. 25, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays, free, 203-261-0175, 691 Morehouse Road, Easton; 203-261-0134.Elm City Artists Gallery, “5 at 55,” works by 5 artists, through Jan. 31, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, free, 203-922-2359, 55 Whitney Ave., New Haven; 203-218-3832.Estuary Council of Seniors – Regional Senior Center, Works by Betsy Doolittle Johnson, through Jan. 31, 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, free, 220 Main St., Old Saybrook; 860-388-1611.Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, “Passing Time”, group show, Jan. 27-March 4, opening reception 5-7 p.m. Jan. 31, noon-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays, free, 283 Washington Terrace, Middletown; 860-685-3355.Firehouse Art Gallery, “Still Life” Exhibit, group show, Feb. 2-March 2, opening reception 6-8 p.m. Feb. 2, noon-4 p.m. Thursdays-Sundays, free, 81 Naugatuck Ave., Milford; 203-306-0016.Florence Griswold Museum, “The Exacting Eye of Walker Evans”, photography by Walker Evans, through Jan. 29, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 1-5 p.m. Sundays, $9, seniors $8, students $7, ages 12 and under free, 96 Lyme St., Old Lyme; 860-434-5542.Gallery 195, First Niagara Bank, Works by Kerry O’Grady and Rod Cook, through March 9, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, free, 203-772-2788, 195 Church St., 4th floor, New Haven; 203-789-2781.Gathering Room at the old Clinton Library, Works by Joan Hammeal, Patricia Seekamp, Bill Seekamp, Suzanne Burnham and John R. Tubb, through Feb. 29, 6 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Sundays, free, 10 W. Main St., Clinton.Goldsmiths Art and Frame Gallery, “ReCovering Time”, works by Alan Bisbort, through Jan. 31, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays, free, 534 W. Main St., Cheshire; 203-272-0826.Good News Cafe & Gallery, “Mind in Motion”, paintings by Sebastian DiStefano, Jan. 31-March 20, opening reception 3-5 p.m. Feb. 5, 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays-Saturdays, noon-10 p.m. Sundays, free, 694 Main St., Woodbury; 203-266-4663.Guilford Free Library, “The Bernini (1598-1680): Marble Flesh”, art slide lecture, 2-3 p.m. Feb. 1, snow date: Feb. 15, free; “A Photography Show: Three Points of View, works by Mark Janke, Allison Maltese and Maryann Flick,” through Jan. 30, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays, 1-4 p.m. Sundays, free, 67 Park St., Guilford; 203-453-8282.Gunn Memorial Library and Museum, “Color and Music”, works by Karen Pepper, through Feb. 18, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays, 9:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Fridays, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays, free, 5 Wykeham Road, Washington; 860-868-7586.Henry Carter Hull Library, Works by Linda Loen, through Jan. 31, noon-8 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, free, 10 Killingworth Turnpike, Clinton; 860-669-2342.Hill-Stead Museum, Wonders Revealed: Rarely Seen Original Prints by Degas, Goya and Others from Hill-Stead’s Collection, through March 31, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays, also “The Fourth Season”, Farm-to-Table Benefit Dinner from 6-10 Feb. 2, $99, must register, $12, seniors $10, students $8, ages 6-12 $5, under 6 free, 35 Mountain Road, Farmington; 860-677-4787.Homer Babbidge Library, University of Connecticut, “Anything But Ordinary: The Work of Syntax Mixed Media Artists”, through March 2, for hours call 860-486-4637, free, 369 Fairfield Road, Storrs; 860-486-4637.Housatonic Museum of Art, “Ground Truth: Mapping the Senses/Charting Experience”, group show, through Feb. 10, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, Thursdays til 7 p.m., 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays, noon-4 p.m. Sundays, free, 900 Lafayette Blvd. (Exit 27 off I-95), Bridgeport; 203-332-5052.Institute for Community Research, Rugs of Rememberance: Bosnian Weaving in Hartford, through Feb. 1, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, free, 146 Wyllys St., Hartford; 860-278-2044 ext. 285.Javapalooza, “Of Goddess and Expression”, works by Paula Emery and Christine Danilowicz, through Jan. 31, 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sundays, free, 330 Main St., Middletown; 860-346-5282.John Slade Ely House, “Exploded Views”, group show, through Feb. 26, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays, 2-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, free, 51 Trumbull St., New Haven; 203-624-8055.Kariann Price Designs Art Jewelry Boutique, The Deep River Renaissance Art Collective, free, ongoing exhibit, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, noon-5 p.m. Saturdays, 169 B. Main St., Deep River; 207-450-0936.Knights of Columbus Museum, “Christmas Across Africa”, through Feb. 5, creche exhibit, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, free, 1 State St., New Haven; 203-865-0400.Liberty Bank – Clinton, Paintings by Jay Babina, through Jan. 31, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays-Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Fridays, 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays, free, 8 East Main St., Clinton; 860-669-5773.Lyman Allyn Art Museum, “Skateboards: Art on the Ply”, group show, through Feb. 4; “Hello Manga!”, through March 17, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, $8, seniors and students $7, under 12 free, 625 Williams St., New London; 860-443-2545.Lyme Art Association, “20th Annual Associate Artist Exhibition” and “A Contemporary Look”, through Feb. 25, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 1-5 p.m. Sundays, free, donations accepted, 90 Lyme St., Lyme; 860-434-7802.Madison Senior Center, Coastal Camera Club meeting, 7 p.m. Feb. 1, The New England Camera Club Council Pictorial Slide Circuit, a judged show of work from 6-8 camera clubs, free, 29 Bradley Drive, Madison; 203-245-5627.Madison Town Hall, Works by Nancy Armstrong and Sara Drought Nebel, through Feb. 29, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, free, 8 Campus Drive, Madison; 203-245-5672.Maple & Main Gallery of Fine Art, Winter Show, group show, Feb. 3-April 15, opening reception 5-8 p.m. Feb. 3, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sundays, free, 1 Maple St., Chester; 860-526-6065.Maritime Aquarium, “Meerkats”, through Sept. 3; “Africa: From the Desert to the Sea”, through Sept. 3, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, $12.95, seniors $11.95, ages 2-12 $9.95, 10 N. Water St., Norwalk; 203-852-0700.Mattatuck Museum Arts & History Center, “TOYS!”, an exhibit of toys from Connecticut’s past, through Feb. 26; “Shared Sensibilities”, works by Sol LeWitt, through March 18; “Coming Home: Building Community in a Changing World”, ongoing history exhibit, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, noon-5 p.m. Sundays, $5, seniors $4, under 16 free, 144 W. Main St., Waterbury; 203-753-0381.Middlesex County Historical Society, “Hard & Stirring Times: Middletown and the Civil War”, ongoing exhibit, 1-5 p.m. Wednesdays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursdays-Fridays, $5, students and children $1, General Mansfield House, 151 Main St., Middletown; 860-346-0746.New Britain Museum of American Art, “Searching the Horizon: The Real American West, 1830-1920”, group show, through March 4; “The Barbara Belgrade Spargo Collection: Facets of Modernity (1900-1950)”, through April 1; “Bi-Polar”, works by Carson Fox, through Feb. 5; “Blue Boar”, mixed media video installation by Victoria Bradbury, through Jan. 29, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays, noon-5 p.m. Sundays, $10, seniors $9, students $8, under 12 free, 56 Lexington St., New Britain; 860-229-0257.New Haven Free Public Library, “Stolen I.D.: Fragmented, Colonized, and Lost”, paintings by Gordon Skinner, through Feb. 4, noon-8 p.m. Mondays, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, free, 133 Elm St., New Haven; 203-946-8130.New Haven Lawn Club, Paintings by Eileen Eder, through March 12, opening reception 5-7 p.m. Jan. 27, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, free, 193 Whitney Ave., New Haven; 203-777-3494.New Haven Museum, “New Haven’s Sentinels: The Art and Science of East and West Rock”, through May 25; “Reveal: Images of New Haven, 1850-1900”, through April 30, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, noon-5 p.m. Saturdays, $4, seniors $3, students $2, under 12 free, 114 Whitney Ave., New Haven; 203-562-4183.Outer Gallery at West Cove Studio, “Kevin Harty: Hybrids”, through March 25, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, free, 30 Elm St., West Haven; 203-500-0268.Paul Mellon Arts Center, Choate Rosemary Hall, Paintings by Steven Vaughan, through Feb. 3, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. daily, free, 333 Christian St., Wallingford; 203-697-2000.Provenance Center, “Opening to Good: An Exhibit Highligting the Good that is All Around Us”, Jan. 28-Feb. 25, opening reception 5-9 p.m. Jan. 28, 2-6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, 1-5 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, free, 165 State St., New London; 860-405-5887.Quick Center for the Arts, Fairfield University, “Sylvia Wald: Seven Decades”, through March 18, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, noon-4 p.m. Sundays, free, 1073 N. Benson Road, Fairfield; 203-254-4010.Real Art Ways, “Skull Couch”, works by Blake Shirley, through Feb. 12; “RUNawayHOME”, an exhibition by aricoco, who explores the meaning of ‘home’ in a garment created from discarded bags, through Feb. 22, 2-10 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays and Sundays, 2-11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, free, 56 Arbor St., Hartford; 860-232-1006.Scranton Memorial Library, Madison Art Society Members Show, Jan. 30-Feb. 24, reception 6:15-8:15 p.m. Jan. 31, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Mondays-Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays, 1-4 p.m. Sundays, free, 801 Boston Post Road, Madison; 203-245-7365.Seton Gallery, Dodds Hall, University of New Haven, “Art of Papua New Guinea” Seton Collection, ongoing exhibition, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, free, 300 Boston Post Road, West Haven; 203-931-6065.Silo Gallery, “Six Views”, photography of six high school students, through Feb. 19, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays, noon-5 p.m. Sundays, free, 44 Upland Road, New Milford; 860-355-0300.Silvermine Arts Center, New Guild Members Show, Director’s Choice, Jak Kovatch and Grace Stanley’s “Circle of Life – Then and Now”, through March 4, noon-5 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays, 1-5 p.m. Sundays, free, 1037 Silvermine Road, New Canaan; 203-966-9700.Six Summit Gallery, “Exquisite”, Feb. 3-March 10, reception 6-11 p.m. Feb. 4, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Wednesdays, 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, noon-5 p.m. Sundays, free, 6 Summit St., Ivoryton; 860-581-8332.Slater Memorial Museum, “Crocker’s Norwich: The Long Nineteenth Century”, group show, ongoing exhibit; “Around the World on the Yacht Eleanor: The Slaters’ Grand Tour”, ongoing, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, 1-4 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays, $3, seniors $2, students aged 12-18 $1, under 12 free, 108 Crescent St., Norwich; 860-887-2506.Southern Connecticut State University, “Found Objects/Assemblage”, through Feb. 15, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, free, 501 Crescent St., New Haven; 203-392-5200.St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church – Milford, “Meet Your Local Artists”, 2-4 p.m. Feb. 4, free, 283 Bridgeport Ave., Milford; 203-874-2701.Stratford Library, “Bella Italia”, photography by Debbie Gilbert, through Jan. 31, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturdays, 1-5 p.m. Sundays, free, 2203 Main St., Stratford; 203-385-4162.Sue and Eugene Mercy Jr. Gallery, The Richmond Art Center, The Loomis Chaffee School, Paintings by Cham Hendon, through Feb. 10, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, 1-4 p.m. Sundays, also 7:45-9 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, free, 4 Batchelder Road, Windsor; 860-687-6030.Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery, “Sound Influence, Part II”, group show, through March 2, reception 5-7 p.m. Feb. 3, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, free, 70 Audubon St., 2nd Floor, New Haven; 203-772-2788.Susan Powell Fine Art, Holiday Inspirations, group show, through Jan. 31, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays, noon-5 p.m. Saturdays, free, 679 Boston Post Road, Madison; 203-318-0616.The Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Mathews Park, Charlie Hewitt: Cut and Printed, Recent Color Woodcuts, through March 18, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, noon-5 p.m. Sundays, free, 299 West Ave., Norwalk; 203-899-7999.The Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, “Voices in the Streets: Polish Posters from the Collection of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York”, through March 1, noon-5 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, noon-4 p.m. Sundays, free, 5151 Park Ave., Fairfield; 203-365-7650.The Gallery of Fine Art @ Venetucci Home, Photography by Toni Leland, through Jan. 31, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sundays, free, 433 Boston Post Road, Westbrook; 860-388-7826.The Mill House Gallery, “Winter Mix”, works by James R. Riccio, through Feb. 26, reception 2-5 p.m. Feb. 4, 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Fridays-Sundays, free, 5 W. Main St., Chester; 860-526-5575.Ulla Surland, Gallery Eleven, Oil Paintings on Canvas by Lisie Orjuela, through March 3, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, free, 11 Unquowa Road, Fairfield; 203-550-2507.Westport Arts Center, “Toy Stories”, group show, Jan. 27-March 18, opening reception 6-8 p.m. Jan. 27, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, noon-4 p.m. Sundays, free, 51 Riverside Ave., Westport; 203-222-7070.Yale Center for British Art, “‘While These Visions Did Appear’: Shakespeare On Canvas,” through June 3, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, noon-5 p.m. Sundays, free, 1080 Chapel St., New Haven; 203-432-2800.Yale Institute of Sacred Music, “People, Piety, and Sacred Power in the Eastern Mediterranean”, an exhibition of photographs illustrating human interactions with the sacred in Istanbul, Mount Sinai, Hosios Loukas and Cyprus, through March 2, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, free, 409 Prospect St., New Haven ; 203-432-5180.Yale Peabody Museum Community Education Center, Botanical Oil Painting I & II, Feb. 4-March 24, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, instructor: Jan Prentice, $175. 117 Frontage Road, West Haven; 203-737-3065.Yale Peabody Museum Community Education Center, Drawing and Painting Museum Specimens, Feb. 4-March 10, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, $275; Fundamentals of Natural Science Illustration, Feb. 1-March 21, 1-4 p.m. Wednesdays, instructor: Susannah Graedel, $350; Botanical Illustration in Watercolor, Feb. 1-22, 1-4 p.m. Wednesdays, instructor: Cindy Gilbane, $175, 117 Frontage Road, West Haven; 203-737-3065.Yale School of Architecture Gallery, “Gwathmey Siegel: Inspiration and Transformation,” through Jan. 27, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays, free, 180 York St., New Haven; 203-432-2288.Yale School of Art’s 32 Edgewood Avenue Gallery, “Malcolm Morley In A Nutshell: The Fine Art of Painting 1954-2012”, Jan. 31-March 31, 1-6 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays, lecture by Malcolm Morley, 6:30 p.m. Jan. 30, free, 32 Edgewood Ave., New Haven; 203-432-1345.Yale University Art Gallery, “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery”, Jan. 31-April 8, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, Thursdays til 8 p.m., 1-6 p.m. Sundays, free, 1111 Chapel St., New Haven; 203-432-0600.

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These are the secrets to farming. Farming systems like integrated pest control, organic farming and the usage of more natural, low-chemical chief agricultural products are part of moving to more sustainable farming methods. Later it was changed to the fourth Thursday of November. Features Crayfish farms raise crayfish that have been fed a mixture of processed and natural feeds such as grass, seaweed, hay and water plants. If you can, get in touch with his previous clients to know how their experience has been with the writer. Romans inserted the lobster's likeness in mosaics. Organic farms are likewise more able to handle severe climate conditions such as drought and therefore it produce better even with such externalities present. As the cold weather, cattle in the cowshed and activities within the rest of the time more, so most of the discounted bovine excrement, resulting in higher relative humidity sheds. It is the motivating force for me that month so that has been a radical approach to the puzzle. Problems such as disease can wipe out entire crops, but they can start again more easily than larger farms. Organic foods are produced without the use of synthetic substances that often leave behind toxic chemical residues on the crops, animals, and produce. I had pretty good items from the quests and I didn't need anything else. This is a friendly way to lessening the impact of that. Firstly, most of the players are trying the new content, like the new battlegrounds, leveling new toons, and Outland is pretty much without any competition when it comes to farming.

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Jan
27

Bird flu battle begins in state

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“Ten rapid reaction teams (RRT), including veterinarians, were involved in the culling exercise. It will continue till all poultry fowls in 19 villages within a 3-km radius from Keranga, the epicentre of the dreaded disease, are killed,” said fisheries and animal resources development secretary Satyabrat Sahu.

Two RRTs comprising 15 trained veterinarians and forest officers were engaged to cull the birds at the private farm. “This was the biggest poultry farm in the area. We buried the culled birds as per the standard protocol and safety measures,” Dr Sanjeet Kumar, nodal officer of the exercise, told TOI.

There are a couple of other small poultry farms in the vicinity. “We will soon move out to the 19 villages and cull domesticated birds. Villagers were asked to cooperate with us,” said Kumar, an Indian Forest Service officer.

Two pits, each 13 feet deep were created inside on the sprawling farm campus to bury the birds.

“We have imposed a three-month restriction on the raising of poultry birds in Keranga area. And the pits will not be opened up for the next five years,” Khurda district collector Roopa Mishra said. “Once the culling process is over, we would start doling out compensation announced by the government,” she added.

Earlier, tension prevailed at the culling site as the officers reached late to start the exercise. The villagers, who demolished portion of a boundary wall of the farm, razed down other concrete fences, notwithstanding heavy police deployment.

The Keranga residents, many of whom are in police and military services, urged the collector to ban poultry farming in the area. “Air pollution went up ever since the poultry raising started in the farm eight months ago. Population of deleterious insects such as flies has gone up, spreading pollution in nearby villages,” Idrish Khan, a villager said. Five other villages with a population of nearly 4,000, surround Keranga village.

The villagers are livid that the poultry farm led to the death of a number of chickens, hens and ducks in the vicinity. “Not less than 400 poultry birds died in the last 10 days. We suspect the birds died of avian influenza, which originated from the farm,” Sheikh Nasim, another villager said.

The collector said: “I will look into the demand of the villagers.”

Nodal officer of fisheries and animal resources department Gopal Tripathy denied of receiving fresh positive bird flu cases in Odisha on Thursday. A hen, a duck and a crow were found carrying the fatal H5N1 virus recently, sources said. “So far no human being has been affected by the bird flu virus,” Tripathy added.

The government stopped movement of poultry products into Keranga, thus depriving schoolchildren of eggs under the Midday Meal Scheme there.

In my opinion, the story of farming is different. (Please don't tell your spouse I said you could.) Money is not everything. This is a new agriculture economy. You can also combine certain quests if they are within the same area, being able to complete multiple quests within the same route is much better than completing them seperately. I will always remember that. You are going to have to decide what type of style you are going to use for your organic farm. Prepare a raised bed, about 6 to 8 inches high, and treat and fertilize the soil several weeks before planting (mid to late May). When the rubber meets the road I can avoid this head on. In other words, he does this business in his spare time! By what means do tutors wrangle sterling farming forums?

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Jan
27

Yoga Born: Expanding Their Reputation for Caring About Others with I am a FORCE4GOOD Organic Products

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1327705930 24 Yoga Born: Expanding Their Reputation for Caring About Others with I am a FORCE4GOOD Organic Products

South Windsor, CT (PRWEB) January 26, 2012

A South Windsor, Connecticut based Yoga & Healing Arts company, Yoga Born, has expanded their life changing services to include high end Organic Self Line products produced in alignment with a company called I am a FORCE4GOOD that has a program dedicated toward positively effecting the lives of women overcoming physical and emotional abuse.

Yoga Born now offers to clients the following:

  • Hand & Body Wash with a focus on long-term beneficial effects from Revitalizing, Softening & Protecting the client’s skin

  • Glycerin Soap that provides not only an incredible scent but also a non-irritating mixture that leaves the skin feeling as soft as a baby’s rear end

  • Cold Process Soap with a makeup from natural oils such as Palm & Coconut that cleanses with a gentle effect on the skin

“Our entire operation is first class with a daily emphasis on providing the best in services for our clients with I am a FORCE4GOOD’s products,” said Dawn Greenfield, Founder and Certified Yoga Teacher of Yoga Born “and we are thrilled to have made the decision to partner with them as the overall effects bring a life changing process for woman that were involved in physical abuse relationships as our business connections provides these women steady employment via a production facility that produces these wonderful products. With our focus at Yoga Born on giving back to our community in Connecticut via working in tandem with a Local Food Bank this is a “WIN/WIN” story for this upcoming year for all that are involved!”

Yoga Born Studios, offers a balanced practice suitable for all ages and abilities in a supportive, non-competitive environment. Their classes are playful and inviting; empowering and inspiring and effective in helping to heal both emotional and physical pain. For more information contact Yoga Born at 1735 Ellington Road, South Windsor, CT or phone 860-432-5678 or go to yogaborn.com.

I am a FORCE4GOOD is a direct distribution company which markets 100% natural organic products. These items are produced by non profits and small independent businesses that promote training and support to women and men from disadvantaged backgrounds. These disadvantaged women and men are from various social areas and consist of single parents, abused women, elderly, homeless and disabled people. For more information go to iamaforce4good.com or contact Community Relations at 877-762-7411 ext 2.

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Jan
27

A Christmas Story: Smelly Sheep and Felt Balls

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1327704728 20 A Christmas Story: Smelly Sheep and Felt Balls

I wasn’t raised on a farm. I’ve never even been on a farm, frankly. I’ve seen farm animals up close, but only at the State Fair.

I’ve read about farm animals—much of my knowledge comes from James Herriot’s series of books and the PBS series, which gave me almost all the information I needed. He writes honestly and lovingly about the farm animals he helped while working as a veterinarian in England.

Of all the farm animals, I’ve got a singular fondness for sheep. They seem so sweet and unassuming, yet can be driven to extreme and valiant measures if threatened. This information I got from watching Wallace and Gromit’s “A Close Shave.”

Emboldened by the vast knowledge gained from these reliable sources, I entered the world of wool this weekend. This latest interest of mine has nothing to do with fashion, mind you. I can’t tolerate the feel of wool against my skin. I might as well be wearing an outfit made of cockleburs—the sensation is that unpleasant. No, instead, it all has to do with Christmas ornaments.

The other day I bought a charming bird ornament made out of a felt ball. See how adorable this is!

And it drove me to coveting more. I wanted far more than one of these. I wanted an entire covey, a flock, a gaggle! Whatever a gang of bird ornaments is called, I wanted more. Of course, I didn’t want to pay for them. When faced with limited funds, but an enormous amount of creativity, pluck and clumsy skill, I tend to make my own objects of my desire. I decided to make felt bird ornaments much like the one I have.

But first, I needed felt. I didn’t even know what felt was before I started this adventure in crafting. I thought felt was the stuff bought in small, tidy, colored squares at JoAnn Fabrics. Silly me.

Thanks to Google, I discovered an entire world of felt—wool felt roving, in particular. But woe is me! Woe, woe, woeful day! Where was I to find felt roving? Of course, I could purchase it online! But those prices! My goodness! Is the wool felt roving I found online gathered from the Queen Mum’s sheep?

This wouldn’t do. I couldn’t embark on yet another craft that would inevitably require much of one paycheck to develop into a profitable sideline.

So, in great discouragement and frustration over having craftiness and an entire set of felt bird ornaments thwarted, I gave up … sort of. I decided to stop by some thrift and antique shops in the hopes of finding ornaments made of felt balls that I could take apart and use for my darling little birds.

After an hour of searching, it was clear that I wasn’t going to find the raw materials for my new project. And my two Boston Terriers were becoming fidgety and annoyed. I said, “Okay, girls, we’re going home.” And as soon as I said that, I decided to stop by an antique store on the way back to my house. I was certain that I’d find an ornament or two made of felt balls.

Not so. But upon entering one small vendor’s area of the store, I noticed a wall of craft materials. I bent closer. Closer. On the bottom of the wall hung a very large plastic bag packed with wool roving. Fortuity! Coincidence! Providence! Whatever. I grabbed the bag, paid the dollar for it and hurried home.

In my studio, I opened the bag of wool roving and began to pull it out. The sensation was unpleasant. The wool was quite greasy. Okay, no biggie. Sheep = lanolin. It all made sense. Following the directions from one web site, I managed to make this one felt ball.

Imperfect, yes, but I knew that I could do better. I went back to the large bag and pulled the entire contents out onto my painting table. The sensation then was one of pure horror and revulsion.

This was not clean wool. This was not the wool you’d purchase online. There were things in it. Brown, clumpy things. The smell was horrifying. Imagine sweating sheep roasting on a tanning bed. Imagine sheep being dipped in lanolin, left out in the sun for a month. Imagine Satan’s breath.

But I couldn’t give up now. After all, I only paid a dollar for the stuff! So, I tried to wash it in my utility sink. I didn’t turn the lights on in the utility room because I couldn’t bear to see this mass of wool up close. The smell was overpowering. The water turned dark, dark brown.

I gave up on that method. I didn’t want to touch it anymore. I gathered it up, threw out some of the larger chunks of brown unmentionables and put the entire mess into a nylon bag. I shoved it into the washing machine with ample detergent, turned the water temperature to high and prayed that my washing machine would tolerate the stink and not spit it all out onto the floor in disgust.

After taking it out of the washer, I put it aside to dry. The next morning, I removed the mass from the bag and saw this:

Pretty, huh? And it doesn’t smell bad at all.

I proceeded with the next steps in felt ball creation, using a different method, which involved dipping small masses of the wool into soapy water, rolling them into balls, tying nylons around each one, and then tossing them into a grateful washing machine. After the cycle completed, I have this:

This is not what I expected. There is work left to do to get a nice compact ball.  But, hey, I’ve got 364 days to work on this.

This is my last post before Christmas, and besides wishing all of you a wonderful holiday and my everlasting gratitude for having you all as readers, I leave you with this thought:

Seize 2012 by the scruff of the neck. Don’t be thwarted by negative comments and opinions; don’t be waylaid by negative people nor events. Believe in yourself. Believe that you can do what you set out to do.

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27

From Exile at The Goat Farm, Fri., Oct. 15

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After nearly three years in the void, From Exile’s return in the Rodriguez Room at the Goat Farm on Friday night had the feel of a great big warehouse party; just across the way from the big room where Goat Farm shows usually happen. It’s a big concrete box, so naturally the sound ricocheted off of the walls until it hits your ears at terminal velocity. Remember what Eyedrum sounded like before they hung those acoustic cushions from the ceiling? You get the picture. From Exile played to a mostly packed room, so all of those soft bodies soaked up the sound, giving the show a good, even keel, sharp edges intact.

The five members of From Exile stood opposite the room’s entrance, mostly staring at their shoes while their fingers moved up and down their fret boards like spiders as they tore through a web of heavy rhythms and blackened prog stylings culled from the group’s ’09 CD, Monolith. Only a few songs into the set it became apparent that From Exile isn’t really a metal band per se. Metal is certainly an influence, and “prog” applies, but both terms walk all over the subtle intricacies of the music. It’s fast and complex, but the music’s many working parts don’t draw attention to themselves — the music has more in common with Fugazi than Rush, and it’s more on akin to Kylesa than King Crimson.This dynamic really stood out in a bleak, but expansive cover of Nine Inch Nail’s “Ruiner.”

The group’s singer, guitarist and principle song writer Eric Guenther (right) stood at the front and center of it all, sans any dialogue with the crowd. The rest of the band remained tight-lipped as well, glancing at each other during changes, and giving each other nods of approval when the audience shouted between songs. Guenther clearly has a stronger stage presence than the rest of the group, but give them a break. They’re new guys for the most part, and these songs don’t look like they’re easy to play at all. But it sounded good, and this grand return to playing live felt like the seed of something much larger… Monolith was just the beginning.

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