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Stress & Disease Program this Week!

Stress & Disease

Tuesday, October 18 at 2 PM

This lecture is presented by Dr. Wendy Hurwitz. Up to 90% of all visits to doctors’ offices are stress-related, according to Harvard. Stress can be considered as much a risk factor for disease as smoking. Why can two people be in the same situation and respond to stress in different ways? Can changing the way we carry stress be a learnable skill? Come and learn the difference between good and bad stress, increase awareness of how stress impacts the body, and hear about the emerging pattern matching specific symptoms and diseases with specific stresses. Everyone will learn a technique to minimize stress and maximize vitality. Registration is required.

Film Screening: Where the Crawdads Sing

Film Screenings begin promptly at 7 PM. Seating is first come, first served. No registration required.

Rated PG-13 | Mystery, Drama | 2h 5m

From the best-selling novel comes a captivating mystery. Where the Crawdads Sing tells the story of Kya, an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from her community. Drawn to two young men from town, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world; but when one of them is found dead, she is immediately cast by the community as the main suspect. As the case unfolds, the verdict as to what actually happened becomes increasingly unclear, threatening to reveal the many secrets that lay within the marsh.

Author Visit: Gail Lerner

Wednesday, October 12 at 4:30 PM

Come hear writer and director Gail Lerner talk about her new middle grade novel, The Big Dreams of Small Creatures! Afterwards, join her for a brief improv workshop. Books will be available for purchase.

Gail Lerner has been a television and film writer/director for almost twenty-five years. She has recently directed her first feature film, a reimagining of Cheaper by the Dozen, for Disney+. Additionally, she has written and directed for iconic and beloved shows such as Black-ish, Happy Endings, Ugly Betty, Grace and Frankie, and Will & Grace. Her work has garnered her a Peabody Award, 6 NAACP Image Awards, and multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. The Big Dreams of Small Creatures is her first novel.

Registration Required.

Weekly Indoor Movies Start in September!

We’re starting back with indoor movies this September! Film Screenings begin promptly at 7 PM.  Seating is first come, first served. No registration required.

Thursday, September 1 – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Thursday, September 8 – Fatherhood

Thursday, September 22 – Montana Story

Thursday, September 29 – Death on the Nile

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Nature as Healer

Step up your ability to tap into Nature’s vital essence, whether you live in a rural, urban, or suburban community. Deepen your capacity to tap into its powers to guide, calm, inform, and restore — the why and how will be investigated and experienced in this program.

Self-evidence is key to revitalizing our sensory connections to the healing power of Nature. You will investigate our vast potential as sensitive human beings. Learn why sensitivity is a real asset for those of us living in a culture whose numbing speed and information excess collude, often leaving exhaustion and dispiritedness in its wake.

Refine your innate ability to receive and respond to the web of life’s brilliant wisdom in this workshop. You will learn how sensory-ecology has empowered and enlightened those of us living in a consumer-based culture.

A review of the challenges of reclaiming our authentic Nature, as well as a five point strategy for developing resilience, will be presented. We will have time for group discussion. This 90-minute program includes an informative Keynote talk enhanced by beautiful illustrations, enlivening nature connection activity, and a deeply relaxing guided meditation. No meditation experience is needed.

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