Madrigal Feaste: Local fundraiser recreates medieval times
"The idea is to offer an evening of spectacular music, food and entertainment," said Mady Noble, a member of the madrigal choir who plays recorder in two medieval/Renaissance music groups. She will be one of many local residents performing in the upcoming Madrigal Feaste on Nov. 3 and 4. The event is presented by the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Wayne County. The tradition began in...Dalton Holidays Festival seeks royalty applications
The 41st Holidays Festival, held in Dalton, is now taking applications for the 2017 Holidays Festival Queen and Jr. Royal Court. Royalty travel all over the state the following year, representing the festival and surrounding community as goodwill ambassadors. The various titles are Holidays Festival Queen for girls age 15-19, and Snow Princess is for girls age 10-14. Candidates may be from...
Women Supporting Success supports Reeves Museum
Twice a year more than 50 women make a choice to support a local nonprofit by writing a check to that organization. In less than an hour, twice a year, the Women Supporting Success has donated more than $4,000 to the New Philadelphia Rotary Carousel Restoration Project and Movers and Shakers. The March 2014 meeting resulted in $2,400 awarded to Historic Schoenbrunn Village, and years 2015-17...
Charlotte is the Cat of the Week
Charlotte is a large, quiet and independent cat who likes to have her ears scratched. She gets along well with other cats, is up to date on vaccines and flea and tick prevention, and is spayed. Her adoption fee has been reduced to $40 for a limited time. The first step to the adoption process is to fill out an application from the website or at the shelter. The shelter adopts in order of...
Dan Rice to speak about Zoar and the Ohio and Erie Canal
The award-winning Historic Zoar Village Speaker Series will continue on Saturday, Nov. 4 with a discussion about how the Ohio and Erie Canalway was built in Northern Tuscarawas County. The presentation will begin at 1 p.m. in the Zoar Schoolhouse, 221 E. Fourth St., Zoar. Dan Rice, president of the Ohio and Erie Canalway Coalition, will share how the Society of Separatists in Zoar helped dig...
Women in Agriculture to offer program
The Ohio State University Extension East Ohio Women in Agriculture program will offer other area women an evening of networking, idea sharing and a meal on Tuesday, Nov. 14 from 6-8:30 p.m. at Raven’s Glenn Winery, 56183 County Road 143, West Lafayette. Program participants will learn to identify their top time wasters and problem areas as well as gain perspective and tools for...
In awe of fall's many murmurations
Have you seen them? Fall’s murmurations are everywhere, or at least they were. They can be as fickle as fall weather. In fact it’s autumn’s cooler temperatures and shorter daylight hours that often spur them on. European starlings create the defining form of murmurations that are often caught on video. Massive, migrating flocks of starlings whirl, dance, gyrate and swirl, darting high...
Birds were scarce, but there were some good ones in Utah
For the last week we have been traveling through Central and Southern Utah, staying mainly in campgrounds at a variety of national parks and monuments. The weather was sunny, although nights got quite cold in some places. Birds were scarce, but there were some good ones. After spending almost two weeks in Idaho, our trail led south toward Salt Lake City. The first night we camped at Antelope...
One should be prepared to stumble in the kitchen now and then
I had a friend who ate falafel.“Try it,” she said. “It ain’t so awful.”Eager for my own falafel tale,I cooked some up, to a miserable fail. There are two things in the world of food about which I have rather strong feelings: Food is a chance to experience other cultures unlike any other, and one should be prepared to stumble now and then and learn from mistakes. Both scenarios...