Gareth Jones, The Man Who Knew Too Much

Gareth Jones, The Man Who Knew Too Much

On Jan. 18, 2023, our special ZOOM presentation presented the fascinating story of Gareth Jones, the investigative journalist who told the world about Stalin’s 1932-1933 famine in Ukraine in which millions perished.

Our presenter was Margaret West, from Rhayader, mid-Wales, now a journalist based in Washington DC, and a founding producer of NPR’s "Talk of the Nation”. On the foreign desk, she edited reports from Russia and Europe.

This presentation drew world-wide interest, particularly from the Ukrainian diaspora, to make this our largest-ever WSWNE ZOOM audience.

You can watch the recording of our ZOOM event even if you did not sign up for the original live program.

WELSH FOOD STORIES on ZOOM from Wales

WELSH FOOD STORIES on ZOOM from Wales

On Jan. 8, 2023, our first SPECIAL ZOOM presentation of five to kick off 2023, WELSH FOOD STORIES, by the author Carwyn Graves, direct from Wales, was so good that a ZOOM recording has been made available to all for a limited time.

The author kept us spellbound as he took us along on what the Amazon.com book description called: A culinary travelogue across Wales.

Owain Glyndwr Wine And Welsh Cheese Tasting Event - Sept. 16, 2022

Owain Glyndwr Wine And Welsh Cheese Tasting Event - Sept. 16, 2022

A September Afternoon with Friends
by Margaret Korhonen, WSWNE Board Member
Reprinted from our WSWNE January Newsletter (recently given the name: Croeso!–Welcome!)

A sunny, warm September afternoon found many members and friends of WSWNE sharing time together at Lost Acres Vineyard in Granby, CT.

The Mabinogi Webinar Series

The Mabinogi Webinar Series

MABINOGI WEBINAR SUCCESS

During the month of March, almost thirty people signed on to Zoom each Thursday to join the Welsh Society of Western New England in learning about the Four Branches of The Mabinogi from members John Bollard and Margaret Lloyd of Florence, Massachusetts. Each week our homework was to read one of the four branches.

Welsh Choir Not Coming to U.S. in 2022

Welsh Choir Not Coming to U.S. in 2022

You may recall we had hoped to reschedule our major concert by the marvelous Cor y Penryn choir from Wales to near the date of NAFOW in 2022.

WSWNE Board Member Evan Williams, our primary contact with the choir, now reports that the choir will be unable to perform for us, or at NAFOW, in 2022, due to the continuing uncertainty of the pandemic situation, combined with the need to book their flight this month, or not at all.

St David’s Day 2021 - Event Report

St David’s Day 2021 - Event Report

Heard of praying to saints, but never heard of zooming to saints. Yet, that’s what the Welsh Society of Western New England did to celebrate our patron saint on Saturday, March 6, 2021 with over 40 of us from America, Canada and Wales gathered via Zoom.

By Heidi Williams McCloskey, Member WSWNE