Wilton Y Hosts Menopause Lecture, Book Signing

This Tuesday, Jan. 26, the Wilton Family YMCA is hosting a lecture and book signing with Dr. Mickey Harpaz, author of the book, Menopause, Reset! According to the email description, the lecture is about “education for an easier and more bearable menopause journey, through targeting the triggers of menopause and their symptoms, and evaluating any possible treatments and remedies.”

A former accomplished professional athlete, Harpaz took his love of fitness, physiology and nutrition, and turned it into a career to help thousands of patients all over the world. He earned his advanced degrees in applied physiology and nutrition at Adelphi University (MS, 1984) and at Teachers’ College, Columbia University (EdDC, 1993).

The book signing is at 6 p.m., and the lecture follows at 6:30 p.m.. The event is free and open to the public.

Breaking Down the Box Movie and Discussion about Racial Justice and Solitary Confinement

The Wilton Quaker meeting is holding a series of movies and discussions on various aspects of racial justice. These interesting and informative discussions will be held at the Quaker Meeting House (317 New Canaan Rd.).

The oncoming film in the series is called Breaking down the Box and highlights the issues around solitary confinement. This will be presented on Saturday, Jan. 23 from 7-9 p.m..

According to organizers, the film Breaking Down the Box, produced by filmmaker Matthew Gossage, examines the mental health, racial justice and human rights implications of the systemic use of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons. It is a call to action for communities of faith to engage in the growing nationwide movement for restorative alternatives to isolated confinement that prioritize rehabilitation, therapeutic interventions, and recovery.

The Wilton Historical Society hosts “Booked for Lunch,” a reading group that focuses on books with a historical bent. The event is a brown bag lunch, with the Society providing beverages and a dessert. All are welcome.

The next book discussion group will meet at the Wilton Historical Society on Tuesday, Feb. 2 from 12–1:30 p.m.. The book to be discussed is Flappers:  Six Women of a Dangerous Generation by Judith Mackrell.

Glamorized, mythologized and demonized — the women of the 1920s prefigured the 1960s in their determination to reinvent the way they lived. Flappers is in part a biography of that restless generation, starting with its first fashionable acts of rebellion just before the Great War, and continuing through to the end of the decade when the Wall Street crash led another cataclysmic world change. The book focuses on six women who between them exemplified the range and daring of that generation’s spirit.

Diana Cooper, Nancy Cunard, Tallulah Bankhead, Zelda Fitzgerald, Josephine Baker and Tamara de Lempicka were far from typical flappers. Although they danced the Charleston, wore fashionable clothes and partied with the rest of their peers, they made themselves prominent among the artists, icons, and heroines of their age. Talented, reckless and willful, with personalities that transcended their class and background, they re-wrote their destinies in remarkable, entertaining and tragic ways. And between them they blazed the trail of the New Woman around the world.

There is no charge, but participants are asked to register for this program, either by email or by calling 203.762.7257.

The Wilton Historical Society is located at 224 Danbury Rd./Rt. 7.