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Lebanon American Club officers will be joined by Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton, Lebanon Gov. Representative(s) and other local, State and Federal Officials to recognize the contributions of the Lebanese-American community to greater Danbury and to Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Lebanon's Independence from France.
After the ceremony, there will be a traditional Lebanese Lunch at the Lebanon American Club located at 22 West Street in Danbury. RSVP for Lunch To RSVP contact Co-chairs: Tom Saadi at: 203-470-0322 or tomsaadi@aol.com or Joe Walkovich at 203-470-3271 or walkovich2000j@aol.com.

Bring along your current project or get started with something new! Enjoy a casual and friendly knitting group. 

Free! No registration, just drop in.  

This program is open to anyone 10 or older who would like to learn chess or learn more strategy. William Mattison is an experienced chess player and he will be on hand to teach basic beginner moves and strategy for the more experienced player. This program is free. Children under 10 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. 

Stop by and eat a free lunch (for kids 18 years old and younger) then pop over to the Farioly Program Room and enjoy a family-friendly (G or PG rated) movie!  Light snacks provided by the FRIENDS of the Danbury Library.  Movies will start at 2:15 but the length may vary depending on each film.

Movie titles will be announced approximately 1 week in advance.  NOTE: A parent or guardian must remain with children who are 9 years old or younger.  FREE!!!  For information call 203.797.4505, x 7730.

Whether
you know a little or a lot, join us for some melodious fun with music
trivia!  We’ll have a variety of
categories to try to stump you – from classical to rock.  Limit of 5 teams.  Maximum of 6 people per team.  Sign up as a team or join one!  Registration is required.  Shimmering trophies awarded to the
winners.  Pizza will follow this friendly
competition courtesy of the FRIENDS of the Danbury Library.  

Join in this interactive, fat burning, cardio class! Simple trainings for all levels. 

Wear comfortable clothes, sneakers and bring along water. Instruction generously provided by the Regional YMCA of Western CT.   Space is limited.  

FREE!  Come to one or come to all!

Parents or Caregivers with  toddlers are invited  to this traditional storytime which will
include age-appropriate stories, music and movement, short films, and a simple
craft. No Registration.

Bring along your current project or get started with something new! Enjoy a casual and friendly knitting group. 

Free! No registration, just drop in.  

Come paint a rock and brighten someone's day! This fun craft is guaranteed to make your day brighter, too! For students entering 4th grade and up.

This program is open to anyone 10 or older who would like to learn chess or learn more strategy. William Mattison is an experienced chess player and he will be on hand to teach basic beginner moves and strategy for the more experienced player. This program is free. Children under 10 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. 

Latin Dance is offered to beginners from July 5th to August 9th, altogether 6 sessions .  The instructor Lazero Chavez will teach salsa, bachata and merengue.  He has won many awards in dance competitions and has taught dance classes at Arthur Murray in Danbury for years.  Latin dance has many health benefits which reduces the feeling of stress, increases energy levels, improves muscle tone and can lower risks of heart disease, decrease blood pressure and assist people in managing their weight. .  You need to register to get in and it is free.  

Does the thought of writing your memoir sound interesting to you?Have you always wanted to be a writer?Have you started a memoir but need to know how to polish it off?Would you like to get feedback about fiction or poetry you have written?This class will start-off by learning about the essential “writer’s toolkit." While participants will be taught how-to write a memoir, writers of fiction and/or poetry are also invited to join this class to gain essential teachings in writing and to receive feedback on their writing over the summer.Space is limited!

Chemical free cleaning and "green living" has become a popular form of housekeeping today. Have you ever wondered if you could really ditch your chemical-based cleaning products and if chemical free cleaners really work? In this workshop, health advocate Katie Marquis will be presenting a workshop about how to clean one's home and office using natural products and scents without harsh chemicals. Ms. Marquis will provide tips on how to best introduce a green cleaning system into one's household, what products and tools may be needed and will answer any questions on "greening one's castle" for better health and wellness for all household members. 

July 13 Topic:  Fascists (Danbury Library)Embark on a jaunt to the past through this video seminar
series created through Open Yale Courses (OYC). 
The taped seminars were conducted by John Merriman, Charles Seymour
Professor of History at Yale University.  
Brigid Guertin, City Historian and Director of the Danbury Museum, and
John O’Donnell, Librarian will introduce the sessions with a few interesting
Danbury stories.   Programs will rotate
between the Library and Museum. 

“The course offers a broad survey of modern European
history, from the end of the Thirty Years’ War to the aftermath of World War
II. Along with the consideration of major events and figures such as the French
Revolution and Napoleon, attention will be paid to the experience of ordinary
people in times of upheaval and transition. The period will thus be viewed
neither in terms of historical inevitability nor as a procession of great men,
but rather through the lens of the complex interrelations between demographic
change, political revolution, and cultural development.”  OYC website

Interspersed
among the sessions, we’ll have copies of recipes taken from older cookbooks at
the Museum that are reflective of that particular session’s time period.  We hope attendees will take a recipe and recreate
it to share at the final session on July 27th

About
Professor John Merriman
John Merriman
is Charles Seymour Professor of History at Yale University. Specializing in
French and modern European history, he received his Ph.D. from the University
of Michigan. His publications include The Agony of the Republic: The
Repression of the Left in Revolutionary France, 1848-1851, A History of
Modern Europe Since the Renaissance, and Police Stories: Making the French
State, 1815-1851. He is currently at work on Dynamite: Emile Henry, the
Café Terminus, and the Origins of Modern  
Terrorism in Fin-de-Siècle Paris. In 2000, Professor Merriman was the
recipient of the Yale University Byrnes-Sewall Teaching Prize.

About Open Yale Courses (OYC)

OYC provides
lectures and other materials from selected Yale College courses to the public
free of charge via the Internet.  No
course credit, degree, or certificate is available through the OYC website.

Learn about water by having fun with it! Kids are invited to play outside on the plaza with activities that will explore how water works. Each week will have a different activity. Kids may get wet, so wear play clothes! All ages are welcome. This program may be canceled if it is raining.

Let's make some music! Come make a bunch of instruments that you can really play. Each we will make a different instrument. Then you can take them home to play with! Ages 5+. No registration.

The Summer Bands program concludes with this wonderful concert. The Preparatory, Concert, Symphonic and Jazz Bands will perform under the direction of Albert Montecalvo and Assistant Director, Anthony Nunes. You will be entertained and amazed by these musicians. Come listen and enjoy!

Admission is free. Donations will be gratefully accepted at the door.

http://danburymusiccentre.org/summer-bands-concert/

On Saturday, July 14, the Danbury Railway Museum will host a celebration
honoring the legacy of Owney, the Railway Post Office dog. A centerpiece
of the day will be the museum’s fully-restored Pennsylvania Railroad
circa-1910 Railway Post Office (RPO) car where a US Postal Service
representative will sell stamps and cancel envelopes with a special one-day
“Owney Day” pictorial postmark. The event at the museum at 120 White
Street will run from 10am to 5pm. Admission for this event is $12.00
(under 3 is free) which includes a train ride, access to all activities, a
free Owney-cacheted envelope, and a free hot dog! Buy a postage stamp, put
it on your free envelope, and get the special USPS postmark applied. A
unique souvenir of the day!

Owney was a stray dog which found its way into the Albany, NY post office
in 1888 and was soon adopted by the Railway Mail Service clerks and became
the mascot of this elite government service. He traveled throughout the
state, and then all over the country, in the RPO cars, eventually venturing
around the world as a U.S. Post Office Department “emissary” in 1895. In
2011, the U.S. Postal Service issued a postage stamp to honor him. Owney
has been preserved and is on display at the National Postal Museum in
Washington, DC. Visitors to the Danbury Railway Museum on the 14th will
hear the true story of Owney, the mascot of the U.S. Railway Mail Service,
and can tour the lovingly-restored RPO car.

The “Railyard Local” – a short train ride in a 1920's passenger coach or a
caboose pulled by one of the museum’s vintage locomotives – will take
visitors through the historic rail yard and past over 70 vintage railroad
cars and locomotives, including a Boston & Maine steam locomotive built in
1907. Riders will have an opportunity to see the historic turntable —
currently undergoing a major restoration — and get a tour of the steam-era
water tower pump house. Trains depart hourly from 10:30 to 3:30.
Of course, the fascinating exhibits inside the restored 1903 Danbury
station will be open, along with a fully-stocked gift shop. The model
train layouts inside will also be operating.

The Danbury Railway Museum is a non-profit organization, staffed solely by
volunteers, and is dedicated to the preservation of, and education about,
railroad history. The museum is located in the restored 1903 Danbury
Station and rail yard at 120 White Street, Danbury, CT. For further
information, visit the Web site at http://www.danburyrailwaymuseum.org,
email to info@danburyrail.org, or call the museum at 203-778-8337.

Have you heard about Tibetan Art and Mandala Art? This latest trend to sweep art schools comes to Danbury.Participants are encouraged to bring their own gel pens and favorite mandala drawings.Tibetan music will be played to enhance the experience. 

On Sunday, July 15, dance will be the featured performance for the Newtown Savings Bank Fine Arts and Family Series at Ives Concert Park. Connecticut Ballet presents ‘Ballet Under the Stars.’ featuring ‘Pulse’ by Darrell Grand Moultrie, one of the works to be performed.

A FREE onstage Ballroom Class will be offered from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. with Ted Thomas instructing. Bring comfortable shoes or sneakers.

General Admission tickets are $10; children 12 and under are $5. Tickets will go on sale Friday, May 18, 2018 at 10:00 a.m.

Come to a different kind of book club this summer! There's no assigned reading. Just bring a book  that you're reading and loving, and tell your friends about it. It's a fun and stress free way to get your summer reading done!

Stop by and eat a free lunch (for kids 18 years old and younger) then pop over to the Farioly Program Room and enjoy a family-friendly (G or PG rated) movie!  Light snacks provided by the FRIENDS of the Danbury Library.  Movies will start at 2:15 but the length may vary depending on each film.

Movie titles will be announced approximately 1 week in advance.  NOTE: A parent or guardian must remain with children who are 9 years old or younger.  FREE!!!  For information call 203.797.4505, x 7730.

Bring your baby  to our lapsit
program!  This program is designed for
you and your baby and will introduce rhythmic songs and nursery rhymes, bouncy
tunes, easy books and a short playtime with toys.  All help form connections in your baby’s
brain for language development.  No
Registration

You and your Tiny Tot, ages 12 – 23 months will have fun
singing, playing circle games, doing fingerplays, and learning to share in a
short playtime with toys.  This program
will tune up your toddler to get ready for the big kids storytime.  No Registration

Space Rocks! Come to the cool Farioly room to enjoy some special films from NASA! 

7/11 Our Movie will be. "The Farthest Voyager in Space."7/18. "The Planets. An HD Odyssey."7/25 "The Earth. An HD Odyssey."

Join in this interactive, fat burning, cardio class! Simple trainings for all levels. 

Wear comfortable clothes, sneakers and bring along water. Instruction generously provided by the Regional YMCA of Western CT.   Space is limited.  

FREE!  Come to one or come to all!

Parents or Caregivers with  toddlers are invited  to this traditional storytime which will
include age-appropriate stories, music and movement, short films, and a simple
craft. No Registration.

Bring along your current project or get started with something new! Enjoy a casual and friendly knitting group. 

Free! No registration, just drop in.  

Come paint a rock and brighten someone's day! This fun craft is guaranteed to make your day brighter, too! For students entering 4th grade and up.

This program is open to anyone 10 or older who would like to learn chess or learn more strategy. William Mattison is an experienced chess player and he will be on hand to teach basic beginner moves and strategy for the more experienced player. This program is free. Children under 10 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. 

Latin Dance is offered to beginners from July 5th to August 9th, altogether 6 sessions .  The instructor Lazero Chavez will teach salsa, bachata and merengue.  He has won many awards in dance competitions and has taught dance classes at Arthur Murray in Danbury for years.  Latin dance has many health benefits which reduces the feeling of stress, increases energy levels, improves muscle tone and can lower risks of heart disease, decrease blood pressure and assist people in managing their weight. .  You need to register to get in and it is free.  

Join us for a 45-minute shark-themed magic show that is both
educational and entertaining.  Children
will help Magician Steve Woyce make the magic happen as they learn some amazing
shark facts in this high-energy comedy magic show.  July 19 at 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm.  Ages 3-10  Registration is required.

July 20 Topic:  Collaboration and Resistance in World War II (Danbury Library)Embark on a jaunt to the past through this video seminar
series created through Open Yale Courses (OYC). 
The taped seminars were conducted by John Merriman, Charles Seymour
Professor of History at Yale University.  
Brigid Guertin, City Historian and Director of the Danbury Museum, and
John O’Donnell, Librarian will introduce the sessions with a few interesting
Danbury stories.   Programs will rotate
between the Library and Museum. 

“The course offers a broad survey of modern European
history, from the end of the Thirty Years’ War to the aftermath of World War
II. Along with the consideration of major events and figures such as the French
Revolution and Napoleon, attention will be paid to the experience of ordinary
people in times of upheaval and transition. The period will thus be viewed
neither in terms of historical inevitability nor as a procession of great men,
but rather through the lens of the complex interrelations between demographic
change, political revolution, and cultural development.”  OYC website

Interspersed
among the sessions, we’ll have copies of recipes taken from older cookbooks at
the Museum that are reflective of that particular session’s time period.  We hope attendees will take a recipe and recreate
it to share at the final session on July 27th

About
Professor John Merriman
John Merriman
is Charles Seymour Professor of History at Yale University. Specializing in
French and modern European history, he received his Ph.D. from the University
of Michigan. His publications include The Agony of the Republic: The
Repression of the Left in Revolutionary France, 1848-1851, A History of
Modern Europe Since the Renaissance, and Police Stories: Making the French
State, 1815-1851. He is currently at work on Dynamite: Emile Henry, the
Café Terminus, and the Origins of Modern  
Terrorism in Fin-de-Siècle Paris. In 2000, Professor Merriman was the
recipient of the Yale University Byrnes-Sewall Teaching Prize.

About Open Yale Courses (OYC)

OYC provides
lectures and other materials from selected Yale College courses to the public
free of charge via the Internet.  No
course credit, degree, or certificate is available through the OYC website.

Learn about water by having fun with it! Kids are invited to play outside on the plaza with activities that will explore how water works. Each week will have a different activity. Kids may get wet, so wear play clothes! All ages are welcome. This program may be canceled if it is raining.

Let's make some music! Come make a bunch of instruments that you can really play. Each we will make a different instrument. Then you can take them home to play with! Ages 5+. No registration.