A Haystack Book Talk
Karin Roffman, author of “The Songs We Know Best: John Ashbery’s Early Life,” will hold a public conversation with critic and scholar Willard Spiegelman at the Norfolk Library on Sunday, August 6, at 2 p.m. New York Times critic Andrew Epstein writes: “‘The Songs We Know Best’ tells the story of a shy, sensitive, preternaturally gifted […]
Historical Gravestones Offer Hints About Past Lives
Tales from the Old “Buryal Yard” By Ryan Bachman Walking through an old graveyard can be like stepping back in time. The strange designs and archaic language carved on historic gravestones can tell little known and unusual facts about the history of a community and its residents. Two hundred and sixty years ago this […]
City Meadow Moves Forward With Help From Private Foundations
By Wiley Wood The City Meadow project is on track, according to Samuel “Pete” Anderson, a member of the town’s City Meadow Committee. Construction on the proposed park in the sunken wetlands below Station Place is now expected to start in mid-August. The committee met on July 10 to iron out difficulties, cash flow among […]
Norfolk NET: A Conversation With the Rev. Erick Olsen
By Kelly Kandra Hughes Norfolk NET (Networking Everyone Together) is a collaborative, grassroots effort to alleviate poverty and strengthen community relationships in Norfolk. One of the lead collaborators, the Rev. Erick Olsen, pastor of the Church of Christ Congregational (UCC), recently agreed to share with Norfolk Now his thoughts on this initiative and his hopes […]
Show of Christopher Little Photographs at Infinity Bistro Gallery
By Ruth Melville Have you ever wondered what it’d be like to be immortalized by a famous artist—Rubens, say, or Velázquez? That’s obviously not going to happen, but photographer Christopher Little has come close to realizing that dream in his latest project. His idea was that, by playing around with photography and Photoshop, he […]
Placing Classical Music Within a Wider Conversation
New Director at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival By Wiley Wood Melvin Chen, the new director of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, talks about music in a distinctly down-to-earth way. “Just like in a relationship,” he says to the young musicians who have performed a Franck piano quintet for him at a public masterclass, […]
Without a Car in Norfolk? From Feet to Bike to eBike
By David Beers You have probably noticed a biker plodding his way up the steep hill from Winsted in the rain and snow. If you’re like me, you probably felt a pang of pity because of the difficult terrain and weather. Well, let me assure you, this particular biker does not want your pity, […]
Five Graduating Seniors Receive Lions Club Scholarships
Every year, the Norfolk Lions Club holds a pancake breakfast to raise money for scholarships for Norfolk students graduating from high school who will going on to further education. This year’s winners are (from left to right) Hallie Moore, Linden Wilson, Jake Green, Sara Frieze and (not pictured) Faith Farrar. The recipients and their parents joined […]
Christodora Program Brings City Youth to Study in Great Mountain Forest
Trading Cell Phones for Compasses By Susan MacEachron Is there a correlation between the density of hay-scented fern and the tick population? How do soil conditions affect the growth of Late Low blueberries? What is the impact of environmental conditions on the red eft, which is the orange, land-dwelling, juvenile stage of the eastern […]
Multidisciplinary Retreat Brings Creative Artists to Norfolk
Courtney Maum’s The Cabins Project By Ruth Melville Courtney Maum is a writer married to a filmmaker, so perhaps it’s natural for her to think about how artists from different fields can learn from each other. For years, she would go to writing conferences and meet other writers whose stories seemed perfect for filming. […]
