In this episode of the Mayor’s Corner, Mayor Sean Reardon begins with a recap of last weekend’s Chamber events. Witches Night Out and Octoberfest were both wildly successful. There’s a huge match-up in high school football on Friday night when The Newburyport Clippers meet the North Reading Hornets. Mayor Reardon, along with Drew Moholland, will be the commentators on Joppa Radio WJOP 96.3.  The kick-off is at 6:30 p.m. at James T. Stehlin Field. Recycling and Energy Director, Molly Ettenborough, hosted National Grid at the Newburyport Senior Community Center yesterday, regarding the November 1st electricity increase. National Grid was there to explain the increase and discuss ways in which to save. If you missed the event, you can watch it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BsuGeybvMM. Tonight, a new School Committee member will be chosen during a special joint meeting between the School Committee and the City Council. The meeting will take place in the City Hall Auditorium at 6:00 p.m. The Plum Island dredging project is well underway. The Mayor’s Office receives daily updates from the Army Corps of Engineers. Please follow this link for more information on the dredge: https://www.cityofnewburyport.com/planning-development/harbor-dredging-project. There will be a statewide mattress and textile ban effective on November 1st. Please see more information here: https://www.cityofnewburyport.com/recycling-energy-sustainability/news/mattress-textile-ban-effective-11012022 . There will be a paper-shredding event on Saturday, October 22nd at The Elks form 9 – 11:30 a.m. Next Thursday night, City Hall will host Trick or Treat from 5 – 6 p.m. All are welcome to join! Finally, stay tuned for another spooky Halloween episode next week from Mayor Reardon’s festive neighborhood!

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Mayor's Corner 2022-10-20

On this week's episode, Mary Jacobsen talks with playwright and theatrical producer and director Anna Smulowitz and Newburyport Literary Festival founder Vicki Hendrickson about upcoming cultural events.

Smulowitz discusses “Fran Dalton Remembered: Tribute to an Artist, Friend, and Courageous Human Being,” to be held at the Firehouse Center for the Arts on March 23rd at 7 p.m. The event is produced by the Actors Studio for Women’s HERstory month.
The event will feature a slide presentation of Dalton’s photos and “Stories to Share,” told by a panel of Dalton’s friends, which Smulowitz will moderate. Jabberwocky Books will be on hand to sell copies of “Images of Life, Change, and Beauty,” compiled by Dalton’s lifelong friends, Colleen and Frank Stiriti. Information on the event can be found at www.firehouse.org. Tickets will be $20 or $15 for seniors and students. Proceeds will benefit the Newburyport Arts Collective.

Hendrickson talks about the  origins of the Newburyport Literary Festival, which has hosted hundreds of authors and thousands of participants over its 18 year history, and will discuss how integral the engagement of the Newburyport community has been to its success. This year’s Festival will take place April 28th – 30th, and will be a hybrid of in-person events on Friday and Saturday and virtual events on Sunday. Friday evening’s kickoff event at the Firehouse Center will feature longtime Festival favorite, local author Andre Dubus III, in conversation with 2023 Festival Honoree, Peter Orner, Director of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College and author of short stories, novels, and essays, whose newest release, “Still No Word From You,” has been longlisted for the 2023 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. Other featured writers will include nonfiction authors Alan Lightman, M.G. Barlow, Dr. Karen Fine, and Dr. Katherine Sharp Landdeck and fiction authors Kai Harris, Rebecca Makkai, William Martin, and Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, among many others.

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Morning Show with Mary Jacobsen 2023-03-09 Remembering Fran Dalton & NBPT Literary Festival

On this week's episode, Mary Jacobsen talks with James Kimmel, Jr. about the psychology of grievance and revenge. Kimmel is lecturer in psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine and co-director of the Yale Collaborative for Motive Control Studies.
Kimmel talks about the role of grievances and retaliation in violent crime, including studies that reveal that “your brain on grievance looks a lot like your brain on drugs.” Harboring a grievance – a perceived wrong or injustice, either real or imagined, says Kimmel – “activates the same neural reward circuitry as narcotics.”
Just as people become addicted to drugs or gambling, people may become addicted to seeking retribution on perceived enemies, or as Kimmel calls it, “revenge addiction.” Kimmel also talks about how cultivation of grievances has become a contagious and dangerous political tool, notably in the wake of the Big Lie and the Jan. 6th insurrection.
“Revenge-seeking” also contributes to domestic violence, youth violence and bullying, police brutality, and terrorism.
According to Kimmel, it’s critical to “increase public education, from school age through adulthood, about healthy ways to process feelings of hurt and humiliation.”
Kimmel will explain “motive control” treatment strategies being piloted successfully at the Yale Collaborative as a means of disrupting grievance addiction and disarming the craving for retaliation.

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Morning Show with Mary Jacobsen 2023-03-09 Remembering Fran Dalton & NBPT Literary Festival

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