Brianne Chasenoff and Mary Gardner will be performing at the Mattatuck Unitarian Universalist Society.  Admission to the coffeehouse is $10 at the door.

 

MUUS is located at 214 Main Street South in Woodbury. It shares space with the First Church of Woodbury. Parking is behind the church in the LaBonne's lot. The historic sanctuary is a lovely acoustic venue. The phone number is (203) 266-4810 if there are questions or see www.muusct.org .

 

Brianne Chasanoff and Mary Gardner make the perfect duo as their sensitivity and depth of emotional expression blend seamlessly. They have performed at various venues including  Infinity Hall  (Norfolk, CT), Falcon Ridge Folk Festival (Emerging Artists Showcase), Merryall Center for the Arts (New Milford, CT),  The Towne Crier Cafe , The Mews (Provincetown, MA) and various locations in New York City.

Because neither side in the battle for Israel-Palestine is going to disappear, ending the struggle for Israel-Palestine would require Israeli and Palestinian concessions. When we think about resolving the conflict the same old options are on the table, variants of the one-state and two-state solution. This talk will consider the core questions: What are the differences between the variants? What are the pros and cons for each option? What obstacles stand in the way of realizing a resolution?  This is the topic Associate Professor Jeremy Pressman will be addressing at the Woodbury Senior/Community Center on May 17 at 7:00 p.m.  The talk, open to all, culminates this year's Great Decisions Discussion program, sponsored by the Jill Smith Fund at the Woodbury Library.  Dr. Pressman's talk is sponsored by funding from the Martin DeSomma Memorial given to the Woodbury Public Library last year.  Dr. DeSomma had an avid interest in current events.  To register for this program, please visit www.woodburylibraryct.org or call the library at 203-263-3502 for more information.

 

Jeremy Pressman is associate professor of political science and director of Middle East Studies at the University of Connecticut. He is co-director, with Prof. Erica Chenoweth, of the Crowd Counting Consortium at crowdcounting.org; they write a monthly column at the Washington Post on protests in the United States. He has written two books, Warring Friends: Alliance Restraint in International Politics (Cornell University Press, 2008) and Point of No Return: The Deadly Struggle for Middle East Peace, with Geoffrey Kemp (Brookings Institution Press, 1997).  His articles have appeared in Diplomatic History, International Security, Cooperation & Conflict, Perspectives on Politics, Security Studies, and elsewhere. Pressman is on twitter @djpressman, http://jeremy-pressman.uconn.edu

With Dana Christos of River Glen Health Care Center.-  Experiment with cake decorating tips in this free class.  Please sign up - class is limited to 10 people.