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The Black Rock Community Council and The Norden Club present an outdoor summer concert featuring the Celtic sounds of Pogey. Straight from Novia Scotia, this is their only East Coast appearance for their 2009 tour! Tuesday, July 28 - 6pm-10pm Admission $20.00 plus one non-perishable food item is required. A concert to benefit the Black Rock Food Pantry.
The Art Gallery of Black Rock is now presenting the work of V. Michael Raleigh. Mr. Raleigh as a gift to the Black Rock Food Pantry, will donate the proceeds of his work titled “Wait No More” The Painting is on sale now for $500.00 and showing ends July 16. Please visit the galley at 2861 Fairfield Avenue in Black Rock. The Gallery hours are Thursday - Saturday 11 AM - 5:30 PM. For more information call 203-814-6856 or visit www.TheGalleryofBlackRock.com
Please Join us at The Gallery at Black Rock for an Artist Reception with Michael Raleigh
If you missed out on the opening of Greeting from Ghostland now is the chance to meet Michael, see his beautiful work and talk ghost stories with him.
The Gallery will host the reception on:
Friday July 3rd 2009
6pm until 9pm
The Neighborhood will be hopping with Artwalk that night weather permitting so there is lots to see an do in the "hood".
The Ash Creek Conservation Association won a major victory with regards to the Toner dock application. The Proposed Final Decision issued on June 23 not only impacts Toner’s dock, in denying the dock application, but future dock applications, (if any) in tidal wetlands throughout Connecticut with powerboat use are unlikely to be approved.
Please send an e-mail as soon as possible asking for the proposed budget cuts to be restored. Two sample letters are provided below. Feel free to cut and paste.
Dear Governor Rell:
I am writing to urge you to please reconsider your budget cuts which zero out all state funding to the Beardsley Zoo, The Discovery Museum and Planetarium and the Maritime Aquarium.
If you would like to receive e-mail updates on community events, please register for updates (see right sidebar). On the registration page you can decide whether to register for just community updates, or for the Ash Creek Conservation Association updates, or for real estate updates, or any combination of the three. The updates sometimes include invitations to special events or late breaking news. We also use the e-mail updates to send out Block Watch alerts.
On June 18th, hundreds of Black Rock residents gathered at the Black Rock Branch Library for State Rep. Auden Grogin's forum on the proposed budget cuts. Donna Curran gave a passionate speech on behalf of the Discovery Museum that spoke so eloqently to the issues at the heart of the budget cuts for all, that we have chosen to share it here:
Thanks to all those who participated in the BRHA meeting at the Black Rock Library last Wednesday. As you know we are monitoring the following sites very closely as all are high potential development sites:
1. Black Rock Art Center
2. St. Marks
3. The Chimney's
Following our very lively and informative meeting last week, the CT Post ran the following three articles. If you did not get a chance to read them please click on the following links:
Black Rock Congregation
Black Rock Arts Center
Chimneys
Join State Representative Auden Grogins as she welcomes Speaker of the House Christopher Donovan and other local legislators for a discussion of the devastating impact of Governor Rell's proposed budget cuts on our children's invaluable and NOW endangered educational resources.
Let your voices be heard. Learn what you can do to help protect the invaluable resources our kids rely on as well as the impact on tourism for the economic future of our state on:
Beardsley Zoo
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Click Here for Ash Creek
