Event Announcement ~ Arbor Rose at Jerome Home presents ‘Author’s Lunch’ featuring history advocate Amy Melissa Kirby. NEW BRITAIN - Author Amy Melissa Kirby will present a program about her book, “Legendary Locals of New Britain,” on Wednesday, Jan. 21, from noon to 1:30 p.m. This free program will be held at Arbor Rose at Jerome Home, 975 Corbin Ave. A light lunch will be served. Kirby, a California native, moved to Connecticut in 2007 when her husband accepted a position at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain. She has a love of history, especially enjoying the research of local and family history in the context of major national historical events. With two academic degrees in history, she has spent several years celebrating New Britain’s history by researching its interesting residents of the past and how their influence extended to the world beyond. She developed “Timeless Tales of Fairview Cemetery,” a popular local history program produced in collaboration with the city’s parks and recreation department. In 2012, she founded the New Britain Historical Society, also curates the New Britain Police Museum collection, and co-administrates “I Remember New Britain” on Facebook, which encourages current and former residents to share stories and photographs of New Britain’s history. The public is welcome to this program. Space is limited and reservations are required. To RSVP, call Denise Lebrocquy, retirement counselor, at (860) 229-3707. Arbor Rose, offering independent and assisted living with memory care on the campus of Jerome Home, is a not for profit member of Central Connecticut Senior Health Services, a Hartford HealthCare Partner.
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 20:29:14 +0000
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