Homeless shelter needs help, staff
Chapel House, Auburn's newly forming homeless shelter, needs the support of the entire community to open by winter. The greatest need is for night workers in any increment of time. Training will be provided. The only requirement is a caring heart.
Contact numbers for all volunteers are as follows (leave message if answering machine picks up): Night workers: John at 515-0703, maintenance: Rich at 252-6470, breakfast: Andrea at 252-6401, dinner: Carol at 252-6155, laundry: Rosemary at 252-6470 or Denise at 252-3946 after 6 p.m. and personal care supplies: Joan at 252-3961.
To make a donation, please mail to Father Dennis Shaw, Holy Family Rectory, 85 North St., Auburn, New York 13021.
Masonic Lodge collecting metal
Local residents that want to get rid of any scrap metal, may bring it to the Weedsport Masonic Lodge, Route 31 East in Weedsport to be disposed of. If residents can't get the metal to the lodge, call and lodge members may be able to pick it up. To learn more, call 834-9253.
Volkswagon to educate public
Volkswagen of America Inc. is bringing its Dieselution Tour, a traveling exhibit designed to educate the public on the importance of alternative fuels, to Rochester. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, on the campus of Rochester Institute of Technology. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
Using interactive displays and exhibits, the Dieselution Tour will highlight current environmental issues and showcase advances in diesel engine technology, design and performance. The exhibit is on a four-month tour, making stops at events and locations around the United States, including environmental and alternative fuel festivals, auto shows and the 2008 Super Bowl.
Auburn Players to stage ‘Henry's Wives'
“Henry's Wives,” an original play by Aoise Stratford in which history and humor are intermixed, will be performed by the Auburn Players at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, at the Morgan Opera House, which is located on the second floor of the Aurora Free Library, corner of Cherry Avenue and Main Street (Route 90) in downtown Aurora. The play features a few of the feistier wives of Henry the 8th reminiscing, comparing notes and vying, posthumously, for precedence on the throne and in the boudoir in this premier performance in the Gloria Peters Playwright Competition.
Tickets are $10 for general admission, $8 for students and seniors and $6 for children.
CCE to sponsor safe driving course
The Cornell Cooperative Extension will sponsor an AARP Driver Safety Program class on Oct. 15 and 16, at 248 Grant Ave., Auburn. Registration will be held at 12:15 p.m., and class times are 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Participants must attend classes on both days to receive AARP's certificate of completion to qualify for an insurance discount.
The class is intended for people age 50 years and older. Class size is limited and advance registration is required. Cost is $10. To pre-register, call 255-1183.
Memorial honors include Seneca Falls
National Geographic has recently released “Etched in Stone: Enduring Words from Our Nation's Memorials,” which highlights 50 historic memorials and the words immortalized on them. The Women's Rights National Historic Park in Seneca Falls is included, and the book dedicates four pages on the words seen at Wesleyan Chapel. The Declaration of Sentiments, which enumerates injustices toward women, is immortalized in several plaques that can be viewed at the chapel.
Other famous memorials include the Jefferson and Lincoln memorials in Washington, D.C., the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Ala. and New York's Statue of Liberty and World Trade Center Memorial.
“Etched in Stone” is currently available at major bookstores or online at a cost of $30. To learn more, visit www.nationalgeographic.com/books.
Cayuga Reads to hold discussions
A discussion of “The Tipping Point” by Malcolm Gladwell, this year's Cayuga Reads choice, will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Seymour Library, 176-178 Genesee St., Auburn.
A second discussion will be held at noon Thursday, Oct. 11, also at the library. Attendees to this meeting are encouraged to bring a bag lunch.
The Cayuga Reads project encourages people to read the same book at the same time. These discussions are free, and no registration is needed. For more information, call Seymour Library at 252-2571 or visit www.seymourlibrary.org/cayugareads.htm.
Art center to host fall poetry series
Schweinfurth Art Center's Fall Poetry Series will continue at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, with Betsy Anderson, Teresa Gilman and Michael Sickler.
Anderson won first prize in the 2004 CNY Penwomen's contest, and her recent poetry can be seen in Kimera, The MacGuffin and Peregrine. Gilman writes poetry, nonfiction and letters. Her work has appeared in Peregrine, Kalliope, Just Us and others, and she is also the author of two books, “Fumbling for the Flesh of Song” and “Roses in Sand, Your Hand.” Sickler is a professor of art/art history of Syracuse University and is an associate editor of the Comstock Review. He has been published in numerous journals and reviews, and is the author of two chapbooks.
The poetry series will continue each Thursday evening through Oct. 26, at the center, 205 Genesee St., Auburn. All readings are free and open to the public. To learn more, visit www.myartcenter.org.
Gallery to host pop-up books event
Rochester Institute of Technology's Bevier Gallery will hold a free opening reception for “Pop-Up Books: An Interactive Exhibition” from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, at the gallery, in the James E. Booth Building on RIT's Henrietta campus in Rochester.
The show runs through Nov. 14 and features works from top artists in the field. To learn more, call the gallery at (585) 475-2646.
- From staff reports
Contact numbers for all volunteers are as follows (leave message if answering machine picks up): Night workers: John at 515-0703, maintenance: Rich at 252-6470, breakfast: Andrea at 252-6401, dinner: Carol at 252-6155, laundry: Rosemary at 252-6470 or Denise at 252-3946 after 6 p.m. and personal care supplies: Joan at 252-3961.
To make a donation, please mail to Father Dennis Shaw, Holy Family Rectory, 85 North St., Auburn, New York 13021.
Masonic Lodge collecting metal
Local residents that want to get rid of any scrap metal, may bring it to the Weedsport Masonic Lodge, Route 31 East in Weedsport to be disposed of. If residents can't get the metal to the lodge, call and lodge members may be able to pick it up. To learn more, call 834-9253.
Volkswagon to educate public
Volkswagen of America Inc. is bringing its Dieselution Tour, a traveling exhibit designed to educate the public on the importance of alternative fuels, to Rochester. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, on the campus of Rochester Institute of Technology. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
Using interactive displays and exhibits, the Dieselution Tour will highlight current environmental issues and showcase advances in diesel engine technology, design and performance. The exhibit is on a four-month tour, making stops at events and locations around the United States, including environmental and alternative fuel festivals, auto shows and the 2008 Super Bowl.
Auburn Players to stage ‘Henry's Wives'
“Henry's Wives,” an original play by Aoise Stratford in which history and humor are intermixed, will be performed by the Auburn Players at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, at the Morgan Opera House, which is located on the second floor of the Aurora Free Library, corner of Cherry Avenue and Main Street (Route 90) in downtown Aurora. The play features a few of the feistier wives of Henry the 8th reminiscing, comparing notes and vying, posthumously, for precedence on the throne and in the boudoir in this premier performance in the Gloria Peters Playwright Competition.
Tickets are $10 for general admission, $8 for students and seniors and $6 for children.
CCE to sponsor safe driving course
The Cornell Cooperative Extension will sponsor an AARP Driver Safety Program class on Oct. 15 and 16, at 248 Grant Ave., Auburn. Registration will be held at 12:15 p.m., and class times are 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Participants must attend classes on both days to receive AARP's certificate of completion to qualify for an insurance discount.
The class is intended for people age 50 years and older. Class size is limited and advance registration is required. Cost is $10. To pre-register, call 255-1183.
Memorial honors include Seneca Falls
National Geographic has recently released “Etched in Stone: Enduring Words from Our Nation's Memorials,” which highlights 50 historic memorials and the words immortalized on them. The Women's Rights National Historic Park in Seneca Falls is included, and the book dedicates four pages on the words seen at Wesleyan Chapel. The Declaration of Sentiments, which enumerates injustices toward women, is immortalized in several plaques that can be viewed at the chapel.
Other famous memorials include the Jefferson and Lincoln memorials in Washington, D.C., the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Ala. and New York's Statue of Liberty and World Trade Center Memorial.
“Etched in Stone” is currently available at major bookstores or online at a cost of $30. To learn more, visit www.nationalgeographic.com/books.
Cayuga Reads to hold discussions
A discussion of “The Tipping Point” by Malcolm Gladwell, this year's Cayuga Reads choice, will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Seymour Library, 176-178 Genesee St., Auburn.
A second discussion will be held at noon Thursday, Oct. 11, also at the library. Attendees to this meeting are encouraged to bring a bag lunch.
The Cayuga Reads project encourages people to read the same book at the same time. These discussions are free, and no registration is needed. For more information, call Seymour Library at 252-2571 or visit www.seymourlibrary.org/cayugareads.htm.
Art center to host fall poetry series
Schweinfurth Art Center's Fall Poetry Series will continue at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, with Betsy Anderson, Teresa Gilman and Michael Sickler.
Anderson won first prize in the 2004 CNY Penwomen's contest, and her recent poetry can be seen in Kimera, The MacGuffin and Peregrine. Gilman writes poetry, nonfiction and letters. Her work has appeared in Peregrine, Kalliope, Just Us and others, and she is also the author of two books, “Fumbling for the Flesh of Song” and “Roses in Sand, Your Hand.” Sickler is a professor of art/art history of Syracuse University and is an associate editor of the Comstock Review. He has been published in numerous journals and reviews, and is the author of two chapbooks.
The poetry series will continue each Thursday evening through Oct. 26, at the center, 205 Genesee St., Auburn. All readings are free and open to the public. To learn more, visit www.myartcenter.org.
Gallery to host pop-up books event
Rochester Institute of Technology's Bevier Gallery will hold a free opening reception for “Pop-Up Books: An Interactive Exhibition” from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, at the gallery, in the James E. Booth Building on RIT's Henrietta campus in Rochester.
The show runs through Nov. 14 and features works from top artists in the field. To learn more, call the gallery at (585) 475-2646.
- From staff reports
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