Jed Metzger Awarded Social Worker of the Year
Our board member Jed Metzger has been awarded Social Worker of the Year by the National Association of Social Workers, Genessee Region. There was a dinner in his honor on March 3. Well done, Jed!
Public Meeting 2009-11-30
NOVGOROD THE GREAT
ROCHESTER’S RUSSIAN SISTER CITY AT 1150 YEARS
Monday, November 30, 2009
Unitarian Church of Rochester
220 S. Winton Rd. [map]
RUSSIAN MUSIC CONCERT AT KILBOURN HALL
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Extravaganza of Russian Music: A Russian-American Friendship Concert. Musicians from Eastman Community Music School and members of Musica Spei a capella vocal ensemble perform music ranging from sacred songs to contemporary Russian classical music. Reception follows. |
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PRESIDENT’S LETTER—November 2009
Lilacs for Rachmaninov
This newsletter features news of the many activities Linkages has sponsored in the past several months. The activities are related to various Partnerships as well as to the major 
celebration this year of the 1150th anniversary of the founding of Velikiy Novgorod.
sign up for email
I have been encouraging people to sign up to receive email from Linkages. Of course, the signup page was broken. Apologies to anybody who tried to sign up. The page is now much improved. It has a "submit" button now. Maybe you could try again? Click here to sign up.
Lost & Found
The following were left at the August 20 picnic. Two paring knives : one 3-inch and one 4-inch.Stainless steel cutlery - all the same pattern - two forks, one teaspoon and one soup spoon. Contact us to claim them.
A Hanseatic Update
We received a report on the Hanseatic celebration, just a few days ago, in Novgorod. If the history of the Hanseatic League has slipped your mind, here is some help from Wikipedia. Our reporter is Oleg Demidov. Many more photos are here. (I am partial to the Hanseatic Biker League, myself)
A Travelling Blog
Jed Metzger and Debra Fromm-Faria (one of our newest board members) are taking a group of graduate students to Novgorod June 14-22. Some of the travellers will be blogging on the Nazareth website, here. It is already apparent that the students are looking forward to the trip. You can follow along if you like.
NOVGOROD 1150th ANNIVERSARY RUSSIAN TOUR
SEPTEMBER 13- 24, 2009
[CLOSED - Deadline was June 1]
Linkages of Rochester, Inc., invites you to join this special Anniversary Celebration Tour to Russia for
stays and sightseeing in Moscow, Novgorod and St. Petersburg. The Tour will feature 2 full days of historic and cultural activities, performances and exhibits presented for the official 1150th Anniversary Celebration of the founding of Novgorod, the “Father of Russian cities”, in 859 AD, viewed by Russian historians as the birth of the Russian state. (Here is the city's program schedule).
The City and citizens of Novgorod have invited Linkages’ members and interested friends from Rochester to join them in what promises to be a joyous spiritual, cultural and political event of national and international significance.
The official Rochester Delegation for the Novgorod 1150th Celebration will be accompanying the Tour group. Membership in Linkages is not required to join the Tour.
President's Letter, March 2009
Special thanks are due to Linkages members for their generosity in the 2008 annual appeal. Linkages members have typically been very supportive of the organization and in spite of the economy this year was no exception. Not surprisingly, many not for profits are reporting serious challenges in fundraising in this difficult economic environment. On behalf of the Board of Linkages, I extend sincere thanks to all who contributed.
