The draw of the naked dinner party is different for different people. Some want to feel more connected to their own bodies, while others want to make new, similarly uninhibited friends.
Spring is right around the corner, and there's no shortage of ways for Vermonters to connect learn and have a good time. We've compiled seven must-do events including a First Wednesdays talk from Alison Bechdel, the iconic cartoonist behind "Dykes to Watch Out For" and Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic.
Alison Bechdel, author of The Secret to Superhuman Strength
(Photo credit: Courtesy of Jeanette Spicer)
Before the pandemic, I spent most of my weekend mornings sweating, grunting, and trying not to hurl on the shiny hardwood floors of my beloved neighborhood YMCA. Something about my fellow gymgoers there moms whose kids sometimes escaped from the playroom downstairs to weave among the aerobicizers, retirees gingerly hoisting themselves up on spin bikes and then proceeding to crush it made the whole thing less noxious than other gyms. The last Saturday I spent at the Y, Phyllis, an effervescent woman in her 50s who runs the boot-camp classes, implored me to both love myself and run up 12 flights of stairs with a dumbbell raised above my head, instructions that struck me as hilariously incongruous. In the locker room afterward, I made small talk with another regular about hand sanitizer and hoarding beans. “By the way, I’ve noticed that you’ve toned down a lot in the las
Springside resident Jeanette Spicer gets her vaccine. Photo provided by Oswego Health.
OSWEGO – Mayor Billy Barlow and local pharmacy Wayne Drugs have partnered to host a COVID-19 vaccine clinic for City of Oswego residents on Saturday, March 6, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the McCrobie Civic Center in Oswego.
The vaccine clinic will be available, by appointment only, to individuals 65 years of age and older only.
“I am extremely excited to partner with Jamie Branshaw and the fine folks at Wayne’s Drugs to offer a COVID-19 vaccine clinic directly to the residents of the City of Oswego,” Barlow said. “Bringing a vaccine clinic to Oswego will ensure easy and direct access to residents who meet the current eligibility requirements and will surely help to expedite the local vaccination process. Our Oswego City Clerk’s Office is ready and available to help residents, by phone or in-person, who may not have internet access.”