Andre Rochester to Speak On “Why Art Matters – 10 Ways Art Benefits Your Community”
West Hartford, CT - Andre Rochester, fine artist, curator, and arts advocate from the Greater Hartford region, will be speaking on “Why Art Matters – 10 Ways Art Benefits Your Community” on April 25, 2024 at 6 PM at the Bishop’s Corner Senior Center at 15 Starkel Road in West Hartford. “Engagement with the arts can help everything from challenging inequities within a community to providing economic opportunities and boosting our health,: Stated Rochester. “West Hartford is a wonderful community, with
Poetry on Park to be Held April 20
Poetry on Park to be Held April 20 Event to Showcase Local Poets and the Park Road Neighborhood (West Hartford, CT) - The public is invited to join River Bend Bookshop, the West Hartford Public Library, the West Hartford Commission on the Arts, the Park Road Association and all our fabulous neighbors on Park Road for the first ever Poetry on Park event on April 20 in celebration of National Poetry Month. Over twenty local poets will be stationed in front of various businesses on Park Road,
Seniors Job Bank Elects Officers and Welcomes New Board Members
The Seniors Job Bank (SJB) announced the election of Officers and four new members to the Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting in March.New Board members include: Jeff Ferketic (West Hartford), Valerie Gordon (Avon), Lauren Milardo (Middlefield), and Robert Rau (West Hartford). They join the current Board: President, Lester Primus (Suffield), Vice President, Clem Sayers (West Hartford), Secretary, Novelette Williams (West Hartford), and members Robert Calef (Bloomfield), Bob Cave (West Hartford), Anne