NEWINGTON
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Dancing for dogs Friday, June 7, 2013
Food for thought
Newington Youth Ballet show to benefit animal rescue charity By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
Massachusetts. Each show she puts together goes to benefit a different cause or non-profit organization. Last year Newington Human Services was a beneficiary. Levin, who has performed professionally with The New York City Ballet and as a soloist with
Next Wednesday evening is an opportunity to witness first-hand the talent of acclaimed dancers and simultaneously help rescue abused and neglected animals. About 25 nationally and internationally award-winning young dancers from the Newington See BALLET, Page 2 Youth Ballet will take to the stage at Newington Town Hall to per- Volume 53, No. 22 Free form for a local audience. They hail from across the state and beyond, as the ballet’s artistic director and founder Jane Alissa Levin, a Newington resident, teaches in five different dance studios in Connecticut and
On Monday, June 3, The Lucy Robbins Welles Library hosted a McDonald’s Fun Night at the McDonald’s Restaurant on the Berlin Turnpike. The event was orchestrated by children’s librarian Michelle Royer and Pat Michell, McDonald’s marketing and training manager. Children were able to hear a story, make various crafts, have their face painted and have a balloon animal made for them. McDonald’s also gave each child a free ice cream cone. The event was part of the library’s Dig into Reading theme.