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FUTURE
VEGETARIAN/VEGAN EVENTS
NEXT NCVS EVENT – FEBRUARY 28
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February
28, Sunday, 5 PM Northern Connecticut Vegetarian Society potluck will have Dr. Kathy
Dennis-Yawingu, MD, FACR, as the
featured speaker. Kathy Dennis-Yawingu, MD, attended Syracuse
medical school and did an Internal medicine residency at Winthrop
Hospital in Mineola,
Long Island. She next
completed a fellowship in Rheumatology at the University
of Pennsylvania in
2005. She joined the St
Francis Rheumatology Division in 2005 and has a practice focused on
rheumatic diseases. She has a keen interest in lifestyle medicine and
firmly believes that most diseases stem form lifestyle habits. She
advocates veganism to her patients as well as other healthy lifestyle
changes like getting adequate rest, water and exercise. She will enlighten us on her lifestyle as a vegan and how it
relates to her profession.
Bring a healthy vegan dish to share along with a note card listing your recipe and your
name. Also, please bring your place setting (plate, cup, and
utensils). A donation of $7 per adult is requested. Children
are free. The Carniglia Senior Center, 41 Oak Street, Windsor Locks,
CT, is the location for this event. Free parking is available in a
large lot across from the Center. For more information, telephone Harry at (860) 623-8082 or email Harry at veggyharry@aol.com.
EVENTS FOR VEGETARIANS AND VEGANS
- February 4, 11, and 18, Thursdays,
7-9 PM Imani and John will teach Raw Food Basics
at the Alchemy Café, 203 New Britain Ave, Hartford, CT. Learn the health
benefits of incorporating more living food into your diet, time saving
tips, tasty & EASY recipes take home! $99 is the cost for all 3 classes. For more information or to
register, email Imani@thegreenvibration.com.
- February 7, Sunday, 7 PM Cooks For Compassion will serve a vegan dinner at Evolution Café, 12 Chestnut Street, Florence, MA. All proceeds will go to Maple Farm Sanctuary
that provide lifelong homes for abused, abandoned and unwanted farm
animals while promoting veganism. Tickets start at $25,
which includes three vegan courses. For $35, you will enjoy four vegan
courses, and for $45, you will enjoy four vegan courses and a goodie
bag that will be worth the extra bucks! The Flying
Carpet jazz group and Rick Buckman will play some beautiful
music during the dinner. For more information,
see http://www.cooksforcompassion.com
or email Alice at alice.cherng@gmail.com. The Evolution Café’s
telephone number is (413) 586-0200.
- February 14, Sunday, 4 PM Northwest Connecticut Vegan Outreach will dine at
It’s Only Natural (ION) Restaurant, 386 Main Street, Middletown,
CT. ION’s telephone
number is (860) 346-9210.
For more information, see the Calendar Section of http://www.meetup.com/Northwest-Connecticut-Vegan-Outreach. To RSVP, call Karen at (860)
354-5263 before February 12.
- February 14, Sunday,
5:30 PM Valley Vegan Society will
have their Potluck at Evolution Café, 12 Chestnut Street, Florence, MA. Bring a vegan dish to feed 6-8 people and your
place setting. A donation of $2 is suggested. For more
information, see http://www.meetup.com/valleyvegansociety/ or call Evolution Café at
(413) 586-0200.
- February 14, Sunday,
5:30-7:30 PM Vegan Valentine’s Dinner will be held at
Georgie’s Diner, 427 West Elm Street, New Haven, CT. Celebrate this
holiday of love with a (com)passionate four-course dinner made without
eggs, dairy or any animal products. This special event will also
include a cooking demonstration by Chef Mary Lawrence and a
complimentary beverage. Cost: $40 pp. Reservations are required as
seating is limited. This event will fill up fast so please register in
advance by calling (860) 985-1645 or emailing Mary Lawrence at wellonwheels@hotmail.com.
- February
17, Wed., 6:45 PM Dr. T. Colin Campbell will speak at Tudor
Hotel New York, 304 East 42nd Street, New York, NY. He is the author of the best
selling book, The China Study: Startling Implications for Diet, Weight
Loss and Long-Term Health.
Dr. Campbell will detail the connection between nutrition and
heart disease, diabetes, and cancer and also its ability to reduce or
reverse the risk or effects of these deadly illnesses. He cuts through the haze of
misinformation and delivers an insightful message to anyone living
with cancer, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and those concerned
with the effects of aging.
The cost is $44.95.
Register at http://www.learningannex.com/live_classes/97.
- February 25,
Thursdays, 7-9 PM Hands-On Simple Fermentation
Class will be taught by Imani at Alchemy Café, 203 New Britain Ave, Hartford,
CT. Always
wanted to know how to make your own fermented kraut or veggies? Join
them for a hands-on how to - leave with you very own jar of
goods! Cost: $30 coop
member, $35 non-member. For more information or to
register, email Imani@thegreenvibration.com.
- February 28, Sunday, 5 PM Northern Connecticut Vegetarian Society potluck will have Dr.
Kathy Dennis-Yawingu, MD, FACR, as
the featured speaker. Kathy Dennis-Yawingu, MD, attended Syracuse
medical school and did an Internal medicine residency at Winthrop
Hospital in
Mineola, Long Island. She next completed a fellowship in Rheumatology
at the University
of Pennsylvania
in 2005. She joined the
St Francis Rheumatology Division in 2005 and has a practice focused on
rheumatic diseases. She has a keen interest in lifestyle medicine and
firmly believes that most diseases stem form lifestyle habits. She
advocates veganism to her patients as well as other healthy lifestyle
changes like getting adequate rest, water and exercise. She will enlighten us on her lifestyle as a vegan and how it
relates to her profession.
Bring a healthy vegan dish to share along with a note card listing your recipe and
your name. Also, please
bring your place setting (plate, cup, and utensils). A donation of $7 per adult is requested. Children are free.
The Carniglia Senior Center, 41 Oak Street, Windsor Locks, CT, is the
location for this event. Free parking is available in a large
lot across from the Center. For
more information, telephone Harry
at (860) 623-8082 or email Harry at veggyharry@aol.com.
- Sometime in February Boston Vegetarians will have a buffet dinner at Grasshopper
Vegan Restaurant, 1 North Beacon Street, Allston, MA . The buffet costs $9.50 plus
tip and tax. For more information, see http://www.bostonveg.org/ or call Evelyn Kimber at (617) 424-8846. Grasshopper’s telephone number is
(617) 254-8883.
- Sometime in February Worcester Vegan Meetup will attend Melanie
Joy’s talk and book signing of “Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, And Wear
Cows” at Harvard Coop, 1400 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA. The Coop’s telephone number is
(617) 499-2000. For more information, see http://vegan.meetup.com/365
or telephone Organizer Stephen Dunne at (508) 459-1074.
- April 22, Thursday, 7 PM Frank Giglio and David Vitalis will speak on
Exploring Beyond The Raw Diet at Alchemy Café, 203 New Britain Ave, Hartford, CT. For more information,
email Imani@thegreenvibration.com.
Note: All events
take place at 5:00pm at Carniglia Senior Center, 41 Oak Street, Windsor
Locks, CT (unless otherwise noted). Click here
for directions or contact Harry at veggyharry@aol.com
or (860) 623-8082. Please bring a dish to serve 6-8 containing zero animal
products (meat, fish, egg, dairy or honey).
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