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Parks and Recreation Regular Meeting

Family Yoga with Miss Sherri! Family and Gratitude

You and your preschooler are invited to enjoy a morning of yoga and mindful movement practice with Miss Sherri from Kidding Around Yoga. Miss Sherri is a certified yoga instructor who will lead you and your little one through a series of simple mindfulness movements. Celebrate Family and Gratitude in this class designed for ages 2 and up with a parent/caregiver. Feel free to bring your own yoga mat if you have one.

STEAM: Emoji Painting (Ages 7-12)

Paint your favorite emoji! For children ages 7 and up. Registration is required.

Book Talk with Randall Beach: "Connecticut Characters: Profiles of Rascals and Renegades"

Randall Beach is a columnist for Connecticut magazine. He is a former columnist and reporter for the New Haven Register. In June 2023 Globe Pequot published “Connecticut Characters: Profiles of Rascals and Renegades,” a collection of his favorite New Haven Register columns from 1980-2020. He writes about people from all different walks of life around Connecticut. Some of his subjects could be considered odd and eccentric with a different view of the world and of living. The collection focuses on some well-known people, such as former Yale University President A. Bartlett Giamatti, but mostly the profiles are of people, some colorful, who are part of the fabric of the state. It’s a remarkable and fascinating collection of profiles about Connecticut people. Randall Beach: “There’s nothing more fulfilling than finding a unique, interesting and unknown person, interviewing him or her and bringing that personality out of the shadows and into the public eye.” Join Randall Beach on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 6:30 pm in Thornton Wilder Hall for a reading from his book and learn more about the fascinating encounters with "Connecticut Characters" he experienced. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Seating is limited. Randall Beach worked as a reporter and columnist for the New Haven Register from 1997 to 2020 and prior to that he was the rock music critic for the Register from 1978 to 1984. He later wrote about rock music for the New Haven Advocate, the Hartford Courant, and Billboard magazine. In addition, he writes the “Beachcombing” column for Connecticut magazine. He is also the co-author of the book “The Legendary Toad’s Place: Stories from New Haven’s Famed Music Venue” with Brian Phelps in 2021. He lives in New Haven.