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Join us for a pre-screening discussion Dr. Bethune is an expert in natural health & healthy eating, and can assist you in targeting route causes of ailments & find natural options to pharmaceuticals. Following Dr. Bethune’s discussion, FOODMATTERS – a film that will change the way you think about food and health. Join the world’s leading authorities on nutrition and natural healing as they uncover the true cause of disease. After the film, Dr. Bethune will answer questions about using food to attain the best health the most natural way possible. Ticket price for both discussion Discussion at 6:30 pm is $5. Film screening at 7:00 pm, is an additional $5, runtime is 80 minutes. R.S.V.P. to Stonington Natural Health Center at 860-536-3880 Click here for more information! |
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Mystic Independent Theater is Hygienic Art, New London Music Fest, Mystic Independent Theater and Hozomeen Press are proud to partner in presenting a special evening with our dear friend David Amram featuring a rare screening of the film Pull My Daisy (featuring Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and narration by Jack Kerouac). David Amram has composed more than 100 orchestral and chamber music works, written many scores for Broadway theater and film, including the classic scores for the films Splendor in The Grass and The Manchurian Candidate; two operas, including the groundbreaking Holocaust opera The Final Ingredient; and the score for the landmark 1959 documentary Pull My Daisy, narrated by novelist Jack Kerouac, as well as performing with Jack Kerouac on the first poetry reading in New York in 1957 at the Brata Art Gallery on East 10th Street. Click here for more information Visit www.davidamram.com for more information about David Amram! |
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Genotype Diet Seminar Presented by Lucyna Kwiatkowski The GenoType Diet uses the new science of epigenetics, which shows how environmental factors – including diet – allow you to change your genetic destiny! Click here for more information. R.S.V.P. to Stonington Natural Health Center at 860-536-3880 Seating is limited – |
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Dave DeAngelis & John Savage July 30 & 31, 2010 Tickets available online here in advance or day of the show at the door! Please join us as Ungar/Madison Entertainment and Mystic Independent Theater join forces to present a fantastic Concert of Acoustic Music with Dave DeAngelis and John Savage. This very unique concert will feature a wide variety of music, spanning many genres. Click here for more information!
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Friday July 23rd 7pm ~For cinema lovers! An amazing film from Québec~
Produced by Starring Mystic Independent Theater is pleased to present a wonderful filmUn capitalisme sentimental, brought to us by Marc-Antoine Bédard, of the Cultural Affairs and Cultural Development in New England for the Government of Québec. It is here for a limited time, and is a must see! Ironic, metaphorical, musical, funny, political, visually stunning, Un Capitalisme Sentimental is all that, as well as an homage to classic movies from a true cinema fanatic. Lucille Fluet stars as a woman caught between art and commerce: One moment, she's scratching out a living in her atelier in Paris, the next she's the toast of the New York Stock Exchange circa October, 1929. Click here for more information!
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~ Join us for a very special film event!~ May I Be Frank Film Screening followed by Thursday, July 15th ~
Join us for an encore screening!~Saturday, July 17th May I Be Frank documents the transformation of Frank Ferrante’s life. Frank is 54 years old, obese, depressed and addicted. He stumbles into a local raw, organic and vegan restaurant in San Francisco, Café Gratitude. When Ryland, a server at Café Gratitude asks Frank “What is one thing you want to do before you die?” Frank replies, “I want to fall in love one more time, but no one will love me looking the way I do”. Ryland, his brother Cary, and Conor, his best friend, are inspired by the possibility of helping Frank. For the next 42 days, Frank will eat only raw food, practice gratitude, visit local holistic practitioners, and get a weekly colonic. Ryland, Conor, and Cary get to support Frank’s miraculous transformation. Frank gets a new body, a clearer mind, and most importantly, a soaring spirit. May I Be Frank documents the essence of the human condition and what it truly means to fall in love again. Click here for event details. Visit www.mayibefrankmovie.com for more information! |
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Social Security Planning Featuring Guest Speaker Wednesday, June 23, 2010 After being told for years that Social Security is "going broke," baby boomers are realizing that it will soon be their turn to collect. But the decisions they make now can have a tremendous impact on the total amount of benefits they stand to receive over their lifetime. Questions boomers are asking include: Will Social Security be there for me? How much can I expect to receive? When should I apply for Social Security? How can I maximize my benefits? Will Social Security be enough to live on in retirement? This seminar will be hosted by Albert D’Agosto and Charles Yannich of Maffe Financial Group, Inc. in East Hartford, CT and sponsored by Chris Libutti of Genworth Financial. Seating is limited and reservations are recommended. Unfortunately, the theater is not wheelchair accessible. Individuals may reserve space by Click here for more information! |
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Join Naturopathic Doctor Stephanie Bethune, ND for a free discussion~ Tuesday June 22nd •Learn how: The toxin-fat connection prevents you from losing weight •Reducing toxins can help you stay lean for life •To use supplements as your “secret weapons” •To slim down, clean up, and enjoy life! Click here for more information |
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The Best of Scottish Folk Music~ North Sea Gas
On world tour! Sunday June 20th, 7pm One of Scotland's most popular bands, North Sea Gas entertains with guitars, mandolin, fiddle, bouzouki, bodhran, whistles, banjo, and great vocals featuring tremendous three part harmonies. Going for thirty years and stronger than ever! Over the years North Sea Gas has recorded 16 albums and are constantly adding new material to their show.With Gold and Silver disc awards from the Scottish Music Industry Association they consistently sell out shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Click here for more information! |
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Traditional Celtic~ From the mountains of N Carolina, this trio of twin fiddles and bouzouki are a force to be reckoned with. Straight pure Irish spirit bottled in North Carolina...played as well as you might find in Galway, Cork or Dublin. Click here for more information! |
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~Music Masters Series~ Mystic Independent Theater is pleased to announce our Music Masters Series. The Dan Hartman Quintet explores masters of jazz with some of the greatest compositions of the 20th century, and shares a wealth of knowledge about the music’s rich history. Click here for more information! |
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Geography of the Human Spirit Sunday, April 18, 2010
Premiered at the Fantadia Festival in Asolo, Italy in May 2009, this hour-long multi-media presentation is a journey through history, photography and the human condition. In this mixed-media presentation, Todd Gipstein weaves together stories and observations drawn from 40 years of travel and photography, much of it for National Geographic. Todd speaks live as the media sequences unfold behind him. Geography of the Human Spirit is, indeed, a journey through life and touches on a wide range of subjects. These include an old train station, world places, everyday moments, big events, the Korean War Memorial, the 60s, JFK and the space program, the Vietnam War Memorial, China, Greece, the Boston Marathon, friendship, 9/11, the Titanic, evocative objects, old photographs, found art on city walls, humor, portraits of people around the world, the Civil Rights Movement, world cultures & the common humanity that unites us. Along the way, Todd reflects on the art of photography and the meaning of what he has experienced and photographed. This emotional show is somewhat autobiographical, but it is also explores universal themes of life. It offers stories and insights that both engage viewers and invite them to reflect on their own experiences and memories. As one viewer remarked, this is a show that reaches out and touches the soul. The stories in Geography of the Human Spirit show are wonderful to experience, hard to describe, impossible to forget.
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Old time songs and tunes from the back country
Date: Monday, April 5, 2010 Old Sledge is a trio of young musicians who fiddle tunes and sing songs from the southwest Virginia and West Virginia mountain communities where they make their home. Inspired by the rich tradition around them, they play old hymns and ballads full of joy and sorrow, along with rousing banjo and fiddle tunes from at all-night square dances that have been passed down, one generation to the next, to land at their feet. Thanks to Craig Edwards for bringing us this wonderful trio from Virginia, who will be passing through these parts while on tour. Don't miss them!
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The Mystic Irish Parade Film Festival Date: Saturday, March 27, 2010
Aoife Clancy comes from a small town called Carrick-on-Suir in Co Tipperary Ireland. She is the daughter of Bobby Clancy of the Clancy Brothers and grew up in a family steeped in music. Her performance will include family songs along with stories of her upbringing in Carrick-on-Suir and Ring Co Waterford where her mother is from and also where her uncle Liam Clancy resided. Aoife Clancy is one of the brightest lights in fusing traditional and contemporary Celtic and American music. She is a former member of the popular Cherish The Ladies. Now with seven recordings under her belt in the last decade, Aoife has clearly established herself as one of the Divas of Irish and contemporary Folk Music. Be sure not to miss this totally enchanting performer! For more information about Aoife, visit: www.aoifeclancy.com. ~Sponsored by the Mystic Irish Parade Foundation~ |
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Special Event Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 3 pm
The musicians include: Sheila Falls Keohane, a three time North American Irish fiddle champion who won the All-Ireland championship at age 15. Acoustic guitar player John Brennan whose credits include touring with POCO and Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Stonington native, singer Haley Plourde-Cole who trained at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and was a contestant on American Idol will be a special guest. She will perform several songs including an unforgettable version of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.”
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(Above) Haley Plourde-Cole (Left) Sheila Falls Keohane |
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Resources & Information from our: Our Lyme Disease Day of Awareness took place on February 20th to a full theater of people, which included a screening of Under Our Skin (link to Under Our Skin Website is here) followed by a Q&A session by the Lyme Disease Association's Kimberlee Pappa. A few were just curious, but an overwhelming majority were there because they or or their families have been affected by Lyme disease, some with debilitating effects of untreated, previously misdiagnosed, and late-stage recurring Lyme disease. We explored advances and obstacles in Lyme disease treatment, and presented issues particularly affecting CT residents. Discussions highlighted the difficulties in diagnosis, and testing which is often not accurate, with false positives and negatives. After diagnosis patients may not receive adequate treatment, and may continue to suffer for years, all the while losing quality of life. Audience members who shared their personal stories of illness, anguish and enjoyable and healthful life lost confirmed this. CT Attorney General Richard Blumenthal wrote to us, after we invited him to participate in our Day of Awareness. An existing obligation prevented him from attending, however he wrote: "I will be with you in spirit for this important educational event. I applaud your efforts and advocacy in educating the public about Lyme disease and your dedication to the ongoing discussion and scientific research for its treatment." • State Senator Andrew Maynard outlined steps the CT legislature has taken to help those suffering with Lyme disease, CT Attorney General Blumenthal’s landmark antitrust investigation into the Lyme treatment guidelines of the IDSA & House Bill 6200, recently signed by Governor Rell, which shields doctors who treat patients with chronic Lyme. State Senator Maynard graciously invited all who are concerned about legislative issues to contact him at: www.senatedems.ct.gov/Maynard.html
• Pamela Weintraub shared her personal story, how her family was misdiagnosed with Lyme disease, how they are still affected by it, and how she came to research and write her amazing book about Lyme disease after many years of meticulous research. Pamela is senior editor at Discover magazine and the author of Cure Unknown: Inside the Lyme Epidemic, published by St. Martin’s Press and 2009 winner of the prestigious American Medical Writers Association award for the best medical book for the public. Cure Unknown is in part a memoir, but mostly, a journalistic investigation into the medical history, patient experience, and brutal political war over Lyme disease. Previously, Pam was editor in chief of OMNI magazine, consulting editor for Psychology Today, and executive editor of MAMM, a national magazine for women with breast and gynecological cancers. Her articles have appeared everywhere from Redbook to Audubon to Health. She has worked as a journalist covering health and biomedicine for national media since 1981, and is the author of 16 prior books on topics from the infant brain to bioterrorism to emergency medicine.She left the hyperendemic hamlet of Chappaqua, New York, where her family got so sick, in 2004, and today lives amid brownstones and cobblestones in downtown Brooklyn, NY. About Cure Unknown: www.cureunknown.com To buy Cure Unknown: Inside the Lyme Epidemic: www.amazon.com/Cure-Inside-Epidemic-Pamela-Weintraub/dp/0312378122 • Kimberlee Pappa, is Chapter Chair, Eastern CT Chapter, Lyme Disease Association, LDAECC. Kimberlee shared information about The Lyme Disease Association, which is an all-volunteer national nonprofit dedicated to Lyme disease education, prevention, raising monies for research, and patient support. If you have Lyme disease, or think you may, the LDA is a great place to find doctor referrals and more. The Lyme Disease Association's Website: www.lymediseaseassociation.org • Dr. Megan Marco & Dr. Stephanie Bethune from Stonington Natural Health Center, Stonington, CT both discussed their work: Megan Marco is a Licensed Acupuncturist and Doctor of Acupuncture. Megan has been in practice for 9 years and created Stonington Natural Health Center (also at Quiambaug Cove) four years ago in order to bring a collaboration of healers together to help people. At the event, Dr. Marco spoke about how Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine, Herbs, and Massage can all be helpful for sufferers of Lyme disease. From Dr Marco: "These modalities help to relieve pain and stress, soothe sore muscles and joints, aid with digestion and sleep, and most importantly improve the immune system. As an Acupuncturist, she has helped people with chronic Lyme disease to improve their quality of life. Each of the Practitioners at Stonington Natural Health Center has empathy and healing to share." Dr. Stephanie Bethune is a licensed and board-certified primary care Naturopathic Doctor. Dr. Bethune spoke about intensive hour-long sessions and individualized treatment that she offers. Dr. Bethune: "can order the labwork to have you tested for Lyme Disease, and she can analyze the results with a fine-toothed comb. In addition, Dr. Bethune has tests kits for hormones, neurotransmitters, and allergies, to name a few. She prescribes Homeopathic Remedies, Herbs, and Nutritional Support and Programs to help you be strong and heal." www.snhc.com • Daniel F. Hartman, MD from Natura Medica, Mystic, CT offered valuable information about holistic care in addition to traditional medicine that is available to Lyme patients that boost the immune system and can aid in recovery from Lyme disease. From Dr. Hartman: "In my practice of Classical Homeopathy, I treat a wide variety of chronic physical and emotional complaints of adults and children. I have found Homeopathy to be gentle yet very powerful healing tool for many of the chronic conditions that have become so prevalent, and I have a special interest in treating emotional disorders of adolescents. I maintain a respect for conventional "western" medicine, and often prescribe homeopathy in conjunction with conventional medicines, if needed, although usually the goal of my patients is to become well enough to stop their prescription medicines." Dr. Hartman can be found at: www.naturamedicamystic.com • Connecticut Tick Control had a presence at our tables, and is conversant in all practices of Lyme disease prevention, taking pride in being a major advocate for Lyme disease awareness. They offer an integrated approach to tick prevention and control, and are available at: www.nixticks.com Connecticut Tick Control had a presence at our tables, and is conversant in all practices of Lyme disease prevention, and is an advocate for Lyme disease awareness. Connecticut Tick Control has worked with the CDC, and are leaders in research projects that have benefited Connecticut residents. They conducted a five-year study on Mason’s Island that greatly reduced the tick population using its Maxforce Tick Management System. This system uses black boxes that attract and treat mice that can carry up to 150 ticks each at peak season. While the deer population has gotten a bad rap for tick infestation, mice play a big role. The mice are not killed, but the ticks are, and they stop spreading ticks to the deer. The system interrupts the Lyme disease cycle without harming wildlife or damaging the environment.
Under Our Skin can be found here: http://www.underourskin.com/ |
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Get a Fresh Start for the New Year! Banish the post-holiday blahs Stonington Natural Health Center's Join Naturopathic Doctor Stephanie Bethune, ND for a FREE TALK on safe and effective ways to:
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Grand Opening Celebration! Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend — November 27th – November 30th, 2009 |
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| Date: Friday, November 27, 2009 Event: Linda Lee's Laugh's on Us FREE SHOWS! Times: 12 Noon, 1 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm Join us for a fun-filled afternoon for the kids with Linda Lee, loveable clown & magician. Free half-hour shows will be held inside the theater beginning at noon, ending at 3:30. |
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