On Wednesday, November 5, “Moving Moods,” a new kind of wellness fair, will use demonstration and participation to encourage physical activity as a way to relieve depression, anxiety, and loneliness. Demonstrations in a wide variety of exercise techniques on two separate stages can help you find the style that fits you the most. During each 40-minute section listed*, the leader(s) will give background information, demonstrate the movements and engage willing onlookers in learning basics of the movement demonstrated.

· Wednesday, November 5th • 11:00-1:30 p.m. • John Plymale - Porcini • $45.00 • “Sandwiches, Wraps & Paninis” Perfect for any occasion Chef John’s selections are sure to please! Come and see how he does it!

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With the grace and beauty of shadow puppetry, and performing to the 1919 Firebird Suite composed by Igor Stravinsky, Madcap tells the story of the kind Prince Ivan who captures the Firebird. In Madcap Puppet Theatre’s production of the Firebird, two ancient and timeless arts are combined-puppetry and storytelling. Using shadow puppetry, a style developed in China over 2,000 years ago, Madcap portrays one of the oldest known stories in the annals of fable: the legend of the Firebird, beloved in Russian literature for centuries and in ancient Egypt as the legend of the Phoenix.

Dry Creek Mariner, Red Meritage component tasting and blending. Dry Creek vineyards of Sonoma, California will present the five component varietals, cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, merlot, malbec & petit verdot along with their meritage blend called Mariner. Each participant will get to taste each wine and then try their hand a blending their own version of the wine. This is a very special tasting and the seating is limited to only 20 people. The cost is $15.

· Wednesday, November 5th • 6:30-9:00 p.m. • Maria Bell - Gyros Express • $45.00 • “Shish Kabobs - The Greek Way” In this class Chef Maria will show us how to prepare healthy and delicious shish kabobs using authentic Greek methods of preparation. Menu: Lamb Shish Kabobs • Chicken Shish Kabobs • Pork Shish Kabobs • Hummus • Mediterranean Rice Pilaf

FINAL YEAR—DON'T MISS OUT! With quick-change artistry and quicksilver dialogue, two actors portray the zany citizens of quirky Tuna, Texas for the final year of this ten-gallon evening of laughs and holiday cheer, in an irreverent comedy for adults. Sponsored by Texas Roadhouse

The Nutcracker Ballet performed by the Cincinnati Kinderballet and the Anneliese von Oettingen Ballet Company returns to the Historic Hoosier Theater for its traditional Christmas performance on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 11 am. The theater is located on Ferry Street in downtown Vevay, IN. Well known for its artistic and technical excellence, this unique children’s company will delight children of all ages. The production incorporates performers ages 7-19 in the classical ballet story told to Tchaikovsky’s beloved music.

Are you an Older, Wiser, Livelier Senior? Join Bernheim’s vibrant O.W.L.S. group on the first Wednesday of each month to meet some new friends and explore the natural world. November is a great time to get acquainted with nature’s surprise packages – the dozens of seed-bearing stalks that add beauty and interest to our autumn landscape. We’ll take an easy ramble while we gather seeds, seedpods, and dried flower stalks; then create some lovely dried arrangements or small art pieces from our discoveries.

Photographer Kendal R. Miller of Photography by Kendal of Dillsboro, IN will be the featured artist throughout November at The Main Street Café located at 117 West Main Street in downtown Vevay. Her work will feature both color and black and white landscape and scenic images from across four states.

Join us in welcoming the Monks of the Drepung Gomang Monastery as they create a Medicine Buddha Sand Mandala, the Healing Buddha, to invoke healing of the mind and body and promote well-being. The ancient Buddhist art of 'sand painting' is a time consuming, delicate process of creating an intricate design using millions of colored sand particles. The monks will be working on the mandala for 6 hrs a day over 5 days.

Discover the denizens of the field and forest with Bernheim's Scarecrow Jubilee! Enjoy this parade of uniquely crafted modern-day scarecrows now through November 30. Delight in adventures with (not so) Chicken Little, take a picture with Mr. Bernheim and the Creatures of the Forest, play a tune with a musical grasshopper and katydid because it's A Time for Fiddling Around and gather some ideas for your own scarecrow next year. Watch for details at bernheim.org in January 2009 - but come to Bernheim now and meet the forest's newest inhabitants!

Frye, associate professor of theatre arts, brings a deep background in the plays of Shakespeare. Author of “William Poel’s Hamlets: the Director as Critic” and Shakespearean scholar, Frye combines action and dialogue from several historic versions to include scenes that are rarely seen on modern stages. “It’s always a treat to work on one of the great plays and to engage with one of the greatest artistic minds of all times,” Frye said. “I vision Hamlet as a man of action rather than the depressive aesthete made popular in 19th century productions.”

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Tatjana Krizmanic "Journeys". New pastel drawings by Colorado artist. Krizmanic’s pastel works are whimsical displays of European-influenced public and domestic scenes in brilliant strokes of color, making what would seem to be an ordinary occurrence into an extraordinary experience. Her work contains a warm cheerfulness where shifting perspectives make everyday settings come to life. There will be an Artist Talk and Demonstration Friday, October 17 at 4 PM, followed by a reception for the artist from 5 - 7 PM. Exhibition continues through Novemer 18, 2008.

Come be a part of the third session of the Frazier Museum Sword Guild and learn the art of combat and sword fighting!! Barrett Cooper, Manager of the Interpretation Department, and Eric Frantz, Interpreter, will instruct students in the art of the long sword and stage combat utilizing the text of the 14th and 15th centuries! Over the course of 8 classes, each student learns the proper techniques for combat sword fighting used by the Frazier's own Intepretation Department. No prior experience is necessary. The Frazier Sword Guild will supply all weaponry and equipment needed.

The Frazier hosts Liberty on the Border: A Civil War Exhibit September 27, 2008 through January 19, 2009 as part of the Lincoln Bicentennial.