Community Corner

Great Food for Everyone, Strategy Games Club, and the American Experience

Five things on Tuesday, October 15.

  1. Today's supposed to be partly cloudy with a high of 70F, according to Weather Underground. Tonight is supposed to be partly cloudy with fog overnight and a low of 54F.
  2. Tuesday muni meetings: The Jabez Smith House Committee meets at 4:30 in the Jabez Smith House; Old Mystic Fire Department Board of Director's Meeting meets at 6:30 p.m. in the Old Mystic Fire District Station 1; the Board of Education - Regular Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the Groton Senior Center; Historic District Commission meets at 7 p.m. in the Town Hall Annex - Community Room 2; Noank Fire District Zoning Commission meets at 7 p.m. at Noank Fire House;  Town Council Personnel/Appointments/Rules/Legislation Committee - Special Meeting meets at 7 p.m. at  Town Hall Annex - Community Room 1; Old Mystic Fire Department Regular Membership Meeting meets at 7:30 p.m. at Old Mystic Fire District Station 1; Town Council meets at 7:30 p.m . at Town Hall Annex - Community Room 1.
  3. Jacques Pepin, internationally recognized French chef and television personality, and Michel Nischan, leader in the sustainable food movement and two-time James Beard Foundation Award winner, discuss Great Food for Everyone. Featured will be a dialogue between two chefs who both believe that restaurants hold great power in changing our country. The discussion will focus on sustainable farming, views on local and regional food systems and heritage recipes. At 7 p.m. at the Groton Public Library.
  4. The Strategy Games Club meets at 7 p.m. at the Groton Public Library.
  5. "Westernization among Amerindian: the Bari People of Venezuela" is the subject of tonight’s lecture in the Marine Sciences Building at UCONN’s Avery Point. All lectures are free and open to the public.  For directions/campus map, please visit their website.

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