Mid-Shore Life

2 Boomer Babes to Speak at St. Michaels Library

On Monday, April 5th at noon, in the St. Michaels branch of the Talbot County Free Library, Barbara Kline and Kathy Bernard, hosts of the radio show 2 Boomer Babes, will talk about some of their favorite on-air subjects, including coping with aging parents, romance in mid-life, health, and finance. Their radio program airs on WCEI, 96.7 FM, each Monday evening from 7 to 8 pm. The 2 Boomer Babes’ presentation represents the April offering in the Friends of the Library’s Brown Bag Lunch series. Patrons are invited to bring their lunch and enjoy coffee and sweets provided by the library. All library programs are free and open to the public. Patrons do not need to pre-register for this program. For more information, call the library at 410-745-5877, or visit www.tcfl.org.

FREE ‘YOGA-ON-THE-GO’ DEMO

Too busy to carve out time for a yoga class, but wish you could enjoy many of the benefits on-the-go?
Paulette Florio of The Studio, a yoga, dance and t’ai chi learning center in St. Michaels, will offer a free demonstration from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on Saturday, March 13, at The Studio, 933 S. Talbot Street, St. Michaels (St. Michaels Business Park, #14). R.S.V.P. by calling 410-924-2443.

Participants will learn how to relieve stress and tension in the neck, shoulders and spine and to promote good posture. No yoga experience is required, and all levels of fitness are welcome.

“The perfectly fit yoga students you see in photos often didn’t start out fit. Many originally come to class looking for a way out of pain and stress,” says Florio. “If you’re having pain after everyday activities like walking, driving or getting out of bed, think about tuning into rather than away from your body.”

Paulette Florio is a Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT) specializing in Neuromuscular Massage Therapy (NMT). She is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance and has has taught yoga for more than 20 years using  a blend of her yoga experience (Iyengar, Tri Yoga, Anusara and Yoga Works).

March 26, 6:30-8:30pm . . . Join Laurie Forster, The Wine Coach® and her husband, Chef Michael Forster, for “Great Partners: Wine & Pasta” on March 26 at the St. Michaels Winery. Learn pasta?making techniques and wine pairings with delicious selections from St. Michaels Winery. Tickets $49, includes three tastings of pasta, tasting of six wines, cooking lesson, and wine pairing instruction. Participants receive recipes to take home. Registration is limited, and advanced reservations are required.

    Enjoy a memorable evening of live music and dancing with friends and family:  circles, squares, line dances and contras on Saturday, February 27 at the spacious and welcoming Parish Hall of Christ Church, 103 Willow Street in downtown St. Michaels.   Award-winning musicians and recording artists Walt Michael and Ken Kolodner will be providing the dance music, accompanied by one of the most popular dance callers in the region, Greg Frock.   

All ages are welcome.  No need to bring a partner.  Arrive anytime and stay as long as you like.  No experience necessary. A professional dance caller will lead the way.  Those who want to watch from the sidelines and enjoy the music are also welcome.  The last part of the evening (8:30-9:30) will feature more advanced dances for the pleasure of our more experienced dancers.  

Admission to the dance is on a pay-what-you-can basis, less or more, to help pay the musicians’ fee and travel.  Any net proceeds will go to support arts programming in area schools and under-served communities.  Suggested donation: $7 adults, $3 students.  Refreshments provided.

FOR LOCAL MUSICIANS (teens and adults) – there will be an open band session 7-7:30 pm (and again at the end of the dance) -- for anyone who plays an instrument and would enjoy the opportunity to play some tunes in an ensemble setting. (Arrive 6:30 for warm-up before dancing starts at 7pm). Visit www.CarpeDiemArts.org to download tunes and practice in advance.  Please encourage your musician friends to give it a try.  The tunes are great fun to learn and sound even better with a band! 

On February 20 from 8 - 11, the St. Michaels Community Center invites you to romance and dance to the fabulous sounds of Shelley Abbot at the "Sweetheart Ball" at Etherton Hall of Christ Episcopal Church in St. Michaels. Wine, hors d oeuvres friendship and fantastic music will be plentiful. Tickets are $25 per couple, $15 per person. Proceeds will go towars the programs and events of the St. Michaels Community  Center. Tickets will be available at SMCC at 103 Railroad Avenue or you may reserve tickets by calling 410-745-6073.

On Friday, February 19, the St. Michaels Community Center is serving up Chicken & Dumplings, Vegetable Beef and Cheese & Broccoli soup. A bowl of your favorite with a roll and drink is only $5 and proceeds to to support the programs and events of SMCC. Preorders are welcome by calling 410-745-6073 and deliveries will be available in St. Michaels.

Professor Greg Farley to speak about China

On Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at 2:00 Greg Farley, Assistant Professor of Biological Science at Chesapeake Community College will be speaking at the St. Michaels Branch of the Talbot County Free library. The subject of his talk is titled "Adventures in China:  Traveling and Teaching in the Middle Kingdom”. Mr. Farley spent two weeks teaching and traveling in China during June and July of 2008.  In the classroom, he worked with English teachers. One week was spent with elementary-school teachers, and one with high-school teachers, talking about American curricula, and giving teachers a chance to practice their conversational English. The teaching was in the city of Suzhou, about two hours inland from Shanghai.  While traveling around China, he was able to see Shanghai, Beijing, and Xi'an (home of the terra-cotta warrior army). Join us for an interesting afternoon of travel stories. All library programs are free and open to the public.  Patrons do not need to pre-register for this program.  For more information, call the library at 410-745-5877, or visit www.tcfl.org.

Anthropologist Gail Benjamin to Speak at St. Michaels Library

On Monday, March 1st, at noon, in the St. Michaels branch of the Talbot County Free Library, Gail Benjamin, an anthropologist who has done research in Japan on sociolinguistics and education will speak about “Lessons at Lunch”, a study of the cultural messages conveyed by the lunchtime rituals in Japanese kindergartens and elementary schools. She has taught in Japan, Israel and the United States. Her book, Japanese Lessons (NYU Press, 1997) is based in part on her observations as a mother of elementary school students in Japan as well as her own children’s experiences in a Japanese school. Patrons are invited to bring their lunch and enjoy coffee and sweets provided by the library. All library programs are free and open to the public.  Patrons do not need to pre-register for this program.  For more information, call the library at 410-745-5877, or visit www.tcfl.org

featuring   Andrea Hoag and Charlie Pilzer Janine Smith, caller  

Saturday, January 23, 2010 ~ 7 pm    Christ Church Parish Hall 103 Willow Street / St. Michaels, MD    

Enjoy a memorable evening of live music and dancing with friends and family:  circles, squares, line dances and contras on Saturday, January 23 and again on February 27, 7-9:15 pm 

Award-winning musicians and recording artists Charlie Pilzer and Andrea Hoag will be providing the dance music, accompanied by one of the most popular dance callers in the mid-Atlantic region, Janine Smith.  Don’t miss out!   All ages are welcome.  No need to bring a partner.  Arrive anytime and stay as long as you like.  No experience necessary. A professional dance caller will lead the way.  Those who want to watch from the sidelines and enjoy the music are also welcome.  For experienced dancers, the last part of the evening (8:45-9:15) will feature more advanced dances.   

FOR LOCAL MUSICIANS (teens and adults) – there will be an open band session 7-7:30 pm (and again at the end of the dance) -- for anyone who plays an instrument and would enjoy the opportunity to play some tunes in an ensemble setting. (Arrive 6:30 for warm-up before dancing starts at 7pm). Visit www.CarpeDiemArts.org to download tunes and practice in advance.  Please encourage your musician friends to give it a try.  The tunes are great fun to learn and sound even better with a band!  

Admission to the dance is on a pay-what-you-can basis, less or more, to help pay the musicians’ fee and travel.  Any net proceeds will go to support arts programming in area schools and under-served communities.  Suggested donation: $7 adults, $3 students.  Refreshments provided.