Storytelling, open mic nights are online

MIDDLETOWN — The doors of The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts Center remain closed, but online programs are continuing, including live music, open mic nights, yoga and storytelling. Visit buttonwood.org.

Mondays: Anything Goes Open Mic & Moments of Gratitude, 7-10 p.m. Sign up starts at 6:30 p.m., the open mic at 7:00 pm. A donation of $5 per person is suggested.

Tuesdays: Laughter Yoga with Mylene, 6-7 p.m. Laughter decreases stress hormones and increases immune cells and infection-fighting antibodies, thus improving your resistance to disease. A donation of $5 per person is suggested.

Thursdays: Acoustic Open Mic with Bob Gotta, 6-9 p.m. Sign up starts at 6 p.m. A donation of $5 per person is suggested.

Saturdays: Align with Source, A Spiritual Empowerment Workshop with Annaita Gandhi, 10:30 a.m.-noon. To attend this program, contact the Buttonwood Tree directly for Zoom information. A donation of $10 per person is suggested.

Aug. 23: The Listening Tree, 1 p.m. The Listening Tree Talk Show's next guests are K9-Koda and Officer Matthew Bloom from the Middletown Police Department. Tune in on the Buttonwood Tree’s Facebook Live and YouTube channel.

TBT Talk: The Buttonwood’s new podcast. Each week, two of our “sensational six” summer interns will sit down with artists, performers, instructors, and familiar faces at The Buttonwood to find out the role they play in making The Buttonwood an internationally recognized performing arts center and learn how they got involved in what they love to do. New episodes ever week. Search “TBT Talk” on those podcast platforms! Episode one is already on Spotify featuring Terri Lachance and the next episode will be released soon and featuring Deni Young.

Subscribe to TheButtonwoodTree@gmail.com to find out about more events and concerts in the area and online.

Contributed photo The Listening Tree’s next installment is scheduled for Aug. 23, courtesy of The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts Center in Middletown.