• Zoom Language Conversation Group: Beginner/Intermediate French at The Westport Library

    The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, Westport

    The Westport Library's beginner/intermediate French conversation group meetings are each Wednesday from 10 to 11 am via Zoom. This is a conversation group rather than a language class — there are no textbooks, homework, or formal lessons. Participants engage in unscripted discussions in French on a variety of topics. The group welcomes anyone interested in […]

  • Ramblin’ Dan Stevens: Captain Daniel Packer Inne

    Little Red Barn Brewers 32 Lake Street, Winsted

    Ramblin' Dan Stevens performs an eclectic mix of traditional fingerstyle blues, americana and originals. He has entertained audiences throughout the US, Germany, UK, Canada and Virgin Islands. Of special interest is his unique style of "bottleneck" slide playing popularized by early Mississippi Delta Bluesmen including his use of a homemade, three stringed "Cigar Box Guitar" […]

  • Reading For Change: An Inconvenient Cop: My Fight to Change Policing in America: Edwin Raymond with the Stowe Center

    Hartford Public Library 500 Main St, Hartford

    Hybrid Event: Online or In Person About the Book An Inconvenient Cop: My Fight to Change Policing in America is Edwin Raymond’s gripping and deeply reflective account of his fifteen years within the New York Police Department. With unwavering candor and moral clarity, Raymond reveals the entrenched structures, racialized pressures, and unforgiving metrics that shape the […]

  • Matthew Reardon: The Revolution Along the Thames River at Lyman Allyn Museum

    Lyman Allyn Art Museum 625 Williams Street, New London

    This year’s theme is Freedom: The Victories, Promises, and Potentials of 1776. The speakers will explore the meaning of freedom in America, examining its historical implications for various segments of society, all from a local perspective. Historian and author, Matthew Reardon, will discuss A Heroic but Doomed Defense: The Battle of New London, September 6, 1781 based on […]

    $15 – $20
  • Changing Landscapes with Wildlife Biologist Ginny Apple at Lyme Public Hall

    Lyme Public Hall 249 Hamburg Road, Lyme

    We are pleased to partner with the Lyme Land Trust to present CT DEEP wildlife expert Ginny Apple and her presentation of Changing Landscapes, a talk about how wildlife species in our area have been affected by land use practices throughout the years, starting from colonial times. We hope you’ll join us for this fascinating evening! […]

    $10 – $20
  • Wednesday Night Sessions at Gaelic-American Club Fairfield

    Gaelic-American Club Fairfield 74 Beach Road Fairfield, Fairfield

    If you love traditional Irish music, come to our open session every Wednesday night from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at the Gaelic-American Club in Fairfield, CT (open to the public). This is a great opportunity for all ages and skill levels to come together and play music in a friendly atmosphere. Guests are welcome to […]

    $22 – $25
  • 37th Annual NDAL Symposium: Seeing the Forest and the Trees in Union,New Jersey

    Kean University 1000 Morris Ave, Union, New Jersey

    Designing Landscapes that Integrate Regional Specificity with Global Commonality Incorporating a region’s indigenous plant communities and ecological processes is at the heart of ecology-based design. But no natural system operates in isolation or is forever immune to change…..especially today where the effects of watershed alteration, soil disturbance, plant globalization, and climate change are at play […]

  • Center for Contemporary Printmaking: Artist Talk & Studio Tour: Irene Mamiye

    Center for Contemporary Printmaking Mathews Park, 299 West Avenue, Norwalk

    Join us for an Artist Talk & Studio Tour with Artist-in-Residence Irene Mamiye. Irene will discuss her multidisciplinary practice, spanning photography, printmaking, video, and installation, and share insights into her current residency at CCP. Rooted in analog processes and material experimentation, her work explores memory, identity, and transformation through surface, tactility, and accumulation. During the talk […]

  • First Look | Painters, Ports, and Profits: Artists and the East India Company, 1750–1850 at the Yale Center for British Art

    Yale Center for British Art 1080 Chapel Street, New Haven

    Lecture Hall and Livestream Join exhibition co-curators Laurel Peterson and Holly Shaffer to learn more about Painters, Ports, and Profits: Artists and the East India Company, 1750–1850, which draws primarily from the YCBA’s rich collection of works of art produced across Asia. Moderated by Romita Ray, a specialist in the art of the British Empire in […]

  • 250 Years of American Diplomacy Featuring Michael Brenes at the Pequot Library in Southport

    Pequot Library 720 Pequot Avenue, Fairfield

    As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, we’re taking a closer look at the powerful force that is U.S. diplomacy. The World Affairs Council of Connecticut and the Pequot Library invite you to a special evening exploring the evolution of U.S. diplomacy – from pivotal decisions to defining figures and from the impact of […]