December 1, 2015 Finger Lakes Connected ENewsletter
As I told my daughter, who was a bit weepy going back to school after the Thanksgiving Holiday, in less than three weeks it will be the Winter Solstice. December 20th marks the shortest day of the year. After this, we get just a little bit more sunlight each day. Let's look at the bright side of things. For every angry Black Friday shopping experience you saw on the news, there probably were 25 happy, friendly, peaceful exchanges. Life is good.  Happy December! 
Blue Skies,
Donna Bennett 
 
 
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LIVE & LOCAL
 
Jose & Willy's, 905-0017
Tuesdays- Open Mic Jammin' on the Lake, 7:30pm till ? 
Fri, Dec 11- Whiplash and Son, 9pm
 
Pickering Pub, 396-9060
Tuesday- Karaoke
Fri - DJ
Sat - DJ
  
The Upstairs Bistro, NYWCC, 394-7070 
Fri, Dec 4 - The Everheart Band, 6-9pm

Nick's Chophouse, 393-0303
Dec 4 - Aron Cole on Piano, 6:30-9:30pm
Dec 5 - Call for info

Rio Tomatlan, 394-9380
Dec 5 - Flower City Orchestra, 8-11pm
 
Farmers, 393-0129
Wed - Open Jam with Casey & Hakeem, 9pm-1am
Thurs - Karaoke w/ DC Entertainment, 8:30pm-12:30am
Sun - Live Music with Hakeem, Matt, and Rich, 9pm-1am

CBC (Canandaigua Brew Company),
Saturdays - Karaoke w/DC Entertainment, 9pm-1am
Wed, Dec 2- Karaoke w/ DC Ent
 
Twisted Rail Brewing Co, 396-0683
Wednesdays - Twisted Trivia w/ Ian, 6pm
Dec 4 - Kat's Bday w/Key Dreamers, 7-10pm

Oasis East, 905-3268
Thursdays- Open Mic with Matt Hermann, 8-11pm
Sat, Dec 5 - Charlie Ellis, 8pm
 
Rocky's, 394-2160
Saturday - DJ

Prosecco, 924-8000
Fri, Dec 4 - Call for info
Sat, Dec 5 - Call for info
 
Stay A While Bar & Grill @ The Travelodge, 398-7394
Wednesdays- Karaoke with DJ Mazur Blade, 8pm-12am
 
Café Sol, 229-2233
Sat, Dec 5 - Big Blue House
Sat Dec 12 - Meyer & McGuire
 
Brew & Brats at Arbor Hill, Naples, 374-2870
Sat, Dec 5 - Baker & Paul (Open Mic), 6-9pm

The Naples Hotel, 374-5630
Thurs - Open mic w/ Rick Constantino, 9pm
Fri -  Karaoke, 9pm-1am
Sat, Dec 5 -PJ Elliott , 9pm
  
Waterside Wine Bar, Phelps, (585) 752-1634
Call for info

  
Click on Frosty for more info!
Teen Book Festival Reading Club Wed, Dec 2, 4-5:30PM For grades 9-12.  We're reading Hunter by Mercedes Lackey.  Join us for discussion and get a copy of the book.

New Yorker Discussion Group. Thurs, Dec 3, 3-4PM. Fans of The New Yorker Magazine gather weekly to discuss the latest articles.  Go to Wood Library Calendar to find the articles to be discussed each week.
 
Viola Duet PerformanceThurs, Dec 3, 7-8PM. Eastman School of Music violists Caroline Diaz and Bridget Kinneary will appear at Wood Library to perform the Kenji Bunch Viola Duets and Stamitz Viola Duets.  Free.

 

Mother Goose Time. Fri, Dec 4, 10:15-10:35AM Walkers & Fri, Dec 4 11-11:20AM Pre-walkers. Nursery rhymes, short stories, finger plays, music and songs with Children's Librarian Mrs. Ferris.  For children 6-24 months, with a parent or caregiver.  Registration requested.

 

Local History Author Book Sale and Signing Event. Sat, Dec 5, 10AM-2PM. Just in time for the holiday gift-giving season!  Nine authors from Canandaigua and the Finger Lakes will be at Wood Library to discuss, sell, and sign their books.
 
American Girl Doll Holiday CelebrationSat, Dec 5, 11AM-12:00PM. Learn how Americans celebrate Christmas and the winter season through the stories of American Girl dolls.  View favorite items from the dolls' wintertime collections.  Snacks and crafts.  Dress up and bring your favorite doll.  For school-aged children.  Registration requested. For a complete listing of library classes and events, go to Wood Library Calendar. 



 
"Holidays at the Gallery" is coming!
Small works and miniatures create the focus of this holiday display and features original art by established and emerging regional artists. Take in a "holiday picture" show this season!  Featuring unique and original artistic gifts: miniature paintings and mixed media, drawings, pastels, jewelry, glass, sculptures, ceramics and hand-crafted tree ornaments. Click HERE for our WINTER CLASS schedule!
NYWCC -Private Gatherings
                                 
Great Holiday Deals at Vineyards! Stock up for the holidays - open Thanksgiving, 9am-4pm
 
Located in the old Wegman's Plaza. Click here for website!
Safety is a prime concern for everyone and Canandaigua The Medicine Shoppe has many products that will help keep our loved ones safe and secure. Consider a transfer bench (this helps one to safely move into and out of the bath). A bath bench with suction cup tips on all 4 legs and makes it safer and more stable to sit inside a bathtub or shower. You can also improve bathroom safety by installing toilet safety rails. Tub bars attach to a wall and provide support while standing in the shower or getting up and down from a bath bench or chair. Grab bars can help with stability while bathing. These get installed inside the tub or shower. If you think you or a loved one needs some assistance in these areas stop into Canandaigua The Medicine Shoppe and let our knowledgeable staff help you enjoy life to the fullest in a safe way.
Get Involved, Canandaigua!

 
Town of Canandaigua Republicans.
The Canandaigua City Democratic Committee
Click here for more info.
 
Interested in joining the City of Canandaigua Republican Committee? Please contact Dudley Purbeck.
 
Town of Canandaigua Democrats
Click here for more info or email us.
 
Conservative Party meetings:  Click here for Facebook page with meeting dates.

Canandaigua Tea Party Meetings are the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of each month. Click here for details. 
Canandaigua School Board meetings, click here.

 Canandaigua Lions Club Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesday, 7:00p (Sept-June). Wood Library 134 North Main Street, Canandaigua, NY  14424

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For Sale:
Dakota Rims with studded tires (4). $100 or best offer. 394-4851
TWO Holiday Events @ Sonnenberg!  Christmas Gala Ball - December 6th!  5-9pm      
Come and step into a Victorian Christmas Fantasy! Enjoy our annual ball and Christmas party in a festively decorated Victorian mansion!
Dancing, music, hors d'oeuvres, desserts, and a cash wine bar in the Sonnenberg Mansion. Perfect backdrop for holiday pictures - bring your cameras! Pre-paid reservations requested.
$55/Person, $45/Sonnenberg Member

and...
December 12 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Come see the Sonnenberg mansion festooned in holiday decorations. Refreshments and a children's choir sings at 1 pm. While this event is free to the community, donations are gratefully accepted.
                   
 
Santa and More!
Santas in the House Thursdays and Fridays 6-8pm and Saturdays and Sundays 12-4pm

Horsedrawn Wagon Rides by Galdacres Farms Saturdays and Sundays 1-4pm

Downtown Canandaigua Wine Walk
December 5 from 4-7 pm 
 
Friends & Family Night 
in Downtown Canandaigua 
Saturday, December 5 from 4-8 pm 
 
A Christmas Carol- December 5 
Reception starts at 5 pm followed by the performance at 6:30 pm at Finger Lakes Gallery & Frame

Call (585) 396-0300 for more details!

CANANDAIGUA FITNESS @ Cobblestone!
December $5 Fitness Schedule Below!
 Like us on Facebook1622 State Route 332. Class descriptions on the website....
www.CanandaiguaFitness.com  
Harlem Wizards come to Canandaigua to take on the Braves! Dec 2!
Click here for all the info!!!


Click on Santa to get more info!
                          

On this Giving Tuesday don't forget to donate to the Canandaigua YMCA. The Y strives to make all programs and services available to everyone thanks to our financial assistance program. Here is more information on our scholarship program.
 
What are you doing this Saturday night? Come enjoy FAMILY NIGHT at the Y! Every Saturday, 6 - 8 pm is family night. You can bounce, swim & run around as a family!


How Biotechnology Changed the World
  
Finger Lakes Community College biology professor James Hewlett examines the "biotech boom" of the 1980s in a free lecture on Tuesday, Dec. 8, at 12:45 p.m. in Stage 14 at the main campus in Canandaigua. Arrive early to allow for parking.
  
His talk, titled "How Biotechnology Changed the World: The 1980s Biotech Boom," is part of the FLCC 50th anniversary lecture series.
  
The decade featured the release of amazing new therapeutics, technologies that would accelerate drug development, genetically modified foods, and the launch of the human genome project. The same decade featured the birth of the anti-biotechnology movement, led by Jeremy Rifkin. Hewlett explores this critical decade and discusses the legacy it has left on the industry.
  
For more on the series, click here.

 

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Holiday Bazaar Set for This Thursday!
The 24th annual Holiday Bazaar hosted by UR Medicine's Thompson Health will be Thurs, Dec. 3, 8am-4pm in the M. M. Ewing Continuing Care Center, 350 Parrish St., Canandaigua. This year's event will feature arts and crafts vendors with an assortment of handcrafted holiday gifts and decorations, the Thompson Health Guild Bake Sale, photos with Santa and a drawing for prizes.
ˇ         Prizes include:
ˇ         $500 cash
ˇ         An Apple iPad Mini, with 16GB and a backpack charging unit ($325 value)
ˇ         A Dine Around Town Gift Basket ($200 value)
ˇ         A $150 Guild Gallery Gift Shop Gift Certificate
The prize drawing will be held immediately following the bazaar, but ticket holders need not be present in order to win.  Tickets are $1 apiece or six for $5. They are on sale at the cashier's window just off the lobby at M.M. Ewing, and at the cashier's window on the first floor of the adjacent Thompson Hospital. Proceeds from the bazaar benefit the palliative care and recreation therapy programs for residents of M.M. Ewing.  Call (585) 396-6049 for more info.
  
Dec. 5 'Christmas Carol' Event Benefits Thompson Patients
Kim Tenreiro will give a special performance of his acclaimed one-man enactment of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5, at Finger Lakes Gallery & Frame in downtown Canandaigua. A pre-performance reception, at 5 p.m., will feature "Dickensian delights" from Fezziwig's party.
Pre-sale tickets are $20 per person or $35 per couple. They available at Finger Lakes Gallery & Frame, located at 175 S. Main St., or by contacting hosts Rob or Carole Lillis at 585-394-5811 or email. Proceeds from the performance benefit the Breast Health Patient Navigation Program at the Breast Imaging Center of UR Medicine's Thompson Health. The center, which held its grand opening Aug. 31, is located at 195 Parrish St. in Canandaigua.
  Get your wood NOW, before more snow flies! Seasoned hardwoods ready for pickup! 65/f-cord. Call Billy 585-394-4851