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Listening Events Today
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Atomic English - daily English sessions online
Hello, I'm Alex, an English teacher from London.
Atomic English is based on the idea that doing something tiny for your English every single weekday is the fastest way to get brilliant, fluent English.
- live sessions 10am - every weekday
- daily vocabulary quiz
- daily feedback and corrections on your speaking
- £50 month pass
https://www.englishwithalex.online/atomic-english
Learn new phrases, get corrections, build your confidence using tricky structures…every day.
The idea came from my own frustrations of learning languages (I study Italian and Portuguese).
"I’ll study for 2 hours tomorrow", I say to myself. When tomorrow comes I do nothing. I think it’s because I build up huge expectations in my mind and then feel overwhelmed by the thought of a 2 hour study session.
If only I had lowered my expectations and committed to 30 minutes a day, I’d be fluent by now!
I see similar patterns with my students so that’s why I started Atomic English.
- you’ll build your vocabulary
- eliminate your mistakes
- get confidence
... everyday (or at least as often as you can make it). These tiny, Atomic English will transform your English.
https://www.englishwithalex.online/atomic-english
It’s £50 for a month pass and you can come every weekday, you get corrections and feedback every day and learn 3 language points every day.
See you there!
Let's practice advanced English on Zoom
Join us to practice and learn advanced English through vocabulary, idioms, telling stories, and fun exercises and games. We want to help you make friends and learn about life in America, whether you've just arrived or have lived here for a long time.
15 Minutes of Mindfulness
Stop what you're doing and give yourself 15 minutes to just "be". Together we'll let go of all of the noise, the distractions, the to-dos...and just sit in silence and reset. You're allowed! Make 2021 the year that you start being kind to yourself and recognize that you need a break every now and then.
TOTM! Tea Talk the Podcast Returns
Tune into TOTM! Tea Talk on Blogtalk Radio Mondays at 2pm.
The premiere place to speak about all things relevant to that time of the month.
https://www.blogtalkradio.com/mytotm/2021/07/26/totm-tea-talk-with-val-carey--periods-do-not-stop-for-pandemics
Headingley Speakers Meeting ONLINE - for confidence and communication skills
Come and enjoy an hour of stimulating speaking. No pressure, no obligations until you choose to take an active role. Just bring yourself, and, maybe, a friend! Meetings online are fun and have freed us from the stress of the traffic.
Listening Events This Week
Discover what is happening in the next few days
Listening Hour
What it is
A weekly 1 hour connection and empathy space currently hosted by people who have experience in NVC, for anyone interested in NVC.
This is not a workshop but a peer listening space to encourage listening.
Who it’s for
Everyone who is interested in NVC is welcome. No need for formal training but it’s great if you have been to some trainings.
Come if you want to practice listening.
Come if you’d enjoy a listening ear.
What happens
We offer a structure which offers clear guidance to everyone about what to do.
Format (Each host will hold the space in a slightly different way but the overall structure will be the same)
• Check-in
• breakout into 3s for empathy and listening. (Empathy guidelines will be given and you can respond to the generative question ‘What do you want empathy for or to talk through?’)
• Closing
Self responsibility
This is a reminder that everyone is responsible for themselves and we encourage you to take care of your own emotional safety.
Bear in mind your listening partners aren’t trainers or therapists.
Is there any cost?
We’re offering these sessions for free as we’d like to contribute to making empathy support more accessible, especially during these challenging times. Afterwards, if you are moved to do so, and can afford it, we’d be grateful for a donation to our chosen organisation:
NVC Matters (the national organisation for NVC in the UK): Bank account: 65414848 SC: 089299
Please register here to get the zoom link sent to you for each session https://subscribepage.io/LHsignup
Irvine Project Masters Meeting
Irvine Project Masters, winner of the President’s Distinguished Club Award several years in a row, invites you to participate in our strong personal development program:
Overcome your fear of public speaking
Build self confidence as a speaker and as a leader
Become a better listener and thinker.
Model yourself after experienced members.
Learn how to give and receive constructive criticism.
Network with professionals.
Develop the skills needed to become a more effective persuader & presenter.
Have fun and meet new friends.
Mantra Sound Party Night
Ring in the New Year with our New livestream event. Join us Fridays at 7:30 for rocking mantra melodies! Tune in on Facebook live!
French Meet English - Online Language Exchange (via Zoom!)
★ FME speakers! ★
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● Join us every Sunday and Wednesday from 19:30 to 21h00 (French Time) for the weekly "FrenchmeetEnglish" online language exchange via ZOOM.
● The event is 100% free, however donations really help! For those who would like to support our language exchange group, you can make donations here- https://paypal.me/frmeeten?locale.x=fr_FR
About this Event
★ FME speakers! ★
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HOW IT WORKS:
40 English/French speakers from all over the world will be split into small groups of 4 and will engage in 2 rounds of conversation; 15 minute French/15 minutes English. The host manages the switch overs and informs speakers when to change languages.
WELCOME:
19h30 - 19h45 - Speakers join the meeting from all over the world (patience)
ROUND 1:
19h45 - 20h15 - Speakers are split into small groups and speak for 15minutes in FR followed by 15 minutes in English(we try to keep and FR/EN balance between groups & you'll receive a message when to change languages)
BREAK:
20h15 - 20h25 - Participants are automatically brought back to the main room/ A short pause
ROUND 2:
20h25 - 20h55 - New breakout groups
WRAP UP:
20h55 - 21h00 - Important message from hosts
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(Simply register for the meeting and you'll be sent the ZOOM link via email... It may end up in the junk email so check that too ;)
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Download ZOOM here:
- iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zoom-cloud-meetings/id546505307
- Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=us.zoom.videomeetings&hl=fr
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● Rejoignez-nous les mercredis et dimanches de 20h00 à 21h30 (heure française) pour l'échange linguistique hebdomadaire "FrenchmeetEnglish" via ZOOM.
● L'évènement est 100% gratuit, cependant vos participations nous aide beaucoup!!
Cliquez ici si vous voudriez soutenir ce groupe- https://paypal.me/frmeeten?locale.x=fr_FR
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COMMENT ÇA MARCHE:
Un maximum de 100 anglophones / francophones du monde entier seront répartis en petits groupes de 4 et participeront à 2 séries de conversations; 15 minutes français / 15 minutes anglais. L'hôte gère les changements et informe les participants quand il faut changer de langue.
L’ACCUEIL:
19h30 - 19h45 - Les participants se joignent à la réunion des 4 coins du monde (épreuve de patience)
SÉANCE 1:
19h45 - 20h15 - Les participants sont divisés en petits groupes de ~ 4 et parlent pendant 15 minutes en FR et puis 15 minutes en anglais (nous essayons de garder un équilibre FR / EN entre les groupes et vous recevrez un message quand il faut changer de langue)
PAUSE:
20h15 - 20h25 - Les participants sont automatiquement ramenés dans la salle principale
SÉANCE 2:
20h25 - 20h55 - Nouveaux groupes de discussion (Comme premier séance)
CLÔTURE:
20h55 - 21h00 - Message important de l'hôte
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(Inscrivez-vous simplement à la réunion et vous recevrez le lien ZOOM par e-mail)
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Téléchargez ZOOM ici:
- iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zoom-cloud-meetings/id546505307
- Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=us.zoom.videomeetings&hl=fr
A très bientôt.
Music Makers ONLINE!!
Click on the below link and follow the steps to join. You can join from a computer, phone or tablet, computer has best audio usually. See tips below. To join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/342195107?pwd=sDziLcXI-KlmCcnAc3cRWA
Meeting ID: 342 195 107
Password: musicmaker
A lovely session of music and song in a relaxed and supportive environment. All levels of musician and singer welcome. You can come and sing or play one song or just come and listen to the other members. Great way to build up your playing skills and build up your confidence.
To maintain our zoom and music maker accounts we request a €2 contribution. It is difficult to collect money for the online events so we are suggesting that if possible we could use revolut to transfer the €2 if you don't have an account I'm sure you know someone who could do the transaction for you. The host will identify the Revolut number on the night. If you don't have access to revolut it doesn't matter we will look at some other way to collect the €2 euro.
Zoom is not optimized for music, but we have tested it and think it's decent enough for a get together in the absence of a face to face meeting. Voice is better than instrument.
Zoom is pretty simple to get into and use. You don't need an account but if you want to test it out beforehand, you can get a free one by searching for it where you get your apps or downloading it on the web.
A few simple guidelines to ensure it runs smoothly.
1. Stay on mute while someone else is playing or singing. You can join in ONLY if you are on mute, because the delay over the internet does not allow simultaneous playing online.
2. When you are playing, stay as close to your device's microphone as possible for best results.
3. There are two views - Gallery view and Active Speaker view. Active speaker will put the video on the person singing, Gallery view will show everyone. You may have to search a bit to find each view, it is different on each device.
4. You can mute your audio and/or your video.
The host reserves the right to mute anyone whose line is causing audio interference.
5. There is an interesting option to record yourself first and then share it - the quality will be better.
In Zoom there's an icon called "Share Content", if you click that you get the option to share files on you Google Drive etc. I've just tried it out and it allows you to throw up pre-recorded audio and/or video files. These replace your video picture while they play. When they finish just hit the share content icon again and your video image comes back. So this might be an option for anyone to pre-recrord (good quality), load onto Google Drive, join a Zoom session and, when it comes to their turn, introduce their song and share the pre-recorded song from G Drive.
6. As mentioned above, Zoom is optimised for voice rather than music so it actually tries to filter out music thinking that it's background noise but that filter can be disabled but only on Windows and macOS as follows:
On the Zoom Home page on you laptop:
Click on 'Settings' (top right)
Then click on 'Audio' (left pane)
Then click 'Advanced' (bottom right)
Then tick the box at the top of the screen 'Show in-meeting option to "Enable Original Sound" from microphones'
Then, when you're on a call, a toggle switch appears at the top left of your screen "Turn on Original Sound".
Click that - it changes to "Turn off Original Sound" and you're done.
Preferred setup for anyone with an instrument might thus be:
1) Windows or macOS
2) Turn on Original Sound
3) Direct connect to router (rather than Wi-Fi)
Even better if you have a microphone connected via an audio interface device to your laptop/PC.
7. Don't forget your drink!
Listening Events Near You
Connect with your local Listening community
Pop-up Book Club 4: Going to Meet The Man, stories by James Baldwin
Let’s meet and share discussion of the James Baldwin short story collection, Going to Meet The Man.
Rays Of Light Spiritualist Church Service
Rev. Steven Clevenger is an ordained spiritualist minister with over 40 years experience as a Spiritual Healer, Clairvoyant and Spiritual Teacher, educated and trained at the White Lily Chapel.
Rev. Siobhan Wolf Shaffer is an ordained spiritualist minister and certified medium and healer with over 20 years experience. She began her development in 1988 in Pennsylvania and continued when she moved to Ohio in 1998 where she studied at Rays of Lights Church with Rev. Steven Clevenger.
Our full worship services consist of an inspirational lecture, healing meditation, and messages from the spirit world that serve to demonstrate evidence of eternal life.
Please visit our Official Church Website (http://raysoflightchurch.com) for more information.
The Non-competitive Tennis Partner Program
We connect you with up to 30 Men or Women tennis partners close to your PLAYING REGION and skill level. This program is less competitive, no champions crowned, no league standings just dedicated tennis partners who want to meet up with you on the courts. Players will meet up to play a tennis match or just to hit around. Just go through the [Join Page](https://www.tenniscolumbus.com/partner-program) to enter this program.
[https://www.tenniscolumbus.com/partner-program](https://www.tenniscolumbus.com/partner-program)
Feel Good Friday: POWER BALLAD at the Gateway Film Center + SHAKE NO. 8!
Join us as we get together to see Paul Rudd in the latest comedy-drama-musical from John Carney, POWER BALLAD! The film follows a washed-up wedding singer, a fading boy band singer and a stolen hit song. Here’s a description, trailer and plan for this event:
DESCRIPTION: Rick, a washed-up wedding singer, and Danny, a fading boy band star, bond over music and a late-night jam session. When Danny turns Rick's song into a hit, Rick sets out to reclaim the recognition he believes he deserves. Power Ballad is written/directed by John Carney, the master of the modern musical and creative mind behind Once, Begin Again and Sing Street! It stars Paul Rudd, Nick Jonas, Peter McDonald, Marcella Plunkett, Havana Rose Liu and Jack Reynor.
BUZZ & ACCLAIM: The film premiered to rave reviews at this year’s Dublin International Film Festival where critics call it “a sure-fired crowd-pleaser” that “just might be the feel-good hit of the year!” Others say, “Paul Rudd delivers a career-best performance in this charmer” that’s both “hilarious and deeply moving!”
SUMMER OF ICE CREAM, VOL 2: SHAKE NO. 8! Ranked the #1 Ice Cream Shop in Columbus in 2024, this is the perfect place to kick off our Summer of Ice Cream and grab a sweet treat after the show! Their menu features an array of traditional, specialty and vegan shakes, hot cocoa, and more! You can check out their full menu here: [https://www.shakeno8.com/menu.php](https://www.shakeno8.com/menu.php)
PLAN: We’ll plan for a 7pm-ish showing and will meet in the lobby area about 20 minutes before the show. Once showtime is announced, advance ticket purchase is advised! Once you have yours, please list your seat number in the Comments section of this event. We'll head to nearby Shake No. 8 immediately following the show!
Should be a fun one, Dan
Westerville Pride Festival
Westerville Pride Festival
Sat\. June 6\, 2026 \| 5 PM \- 8 PM
If you're thinking of attending, or being a sponsor, vendor, or volunteer, visit our website at https://www.westervillequeercollective.org/pride for more information!
Location and other info will be announced soon :)
Sunday Afternoon Coffee at Grandview Grind
Who else is ready to sit outside?
Join us for a casual chat over coffee & tea at Grandview Grind! Come out and meet some new people, enjoy your favorite drink, and make some new friends!




















