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Summer Pipes & Cider at Palmer-Warner House, East Haddam
Palmer-Warner House 307 Town Street, East HaddamSip cider and connect with Scotland during a trail walk around the beautiful Palmer-Warner led by Portland & District Pipers. Enjoy local cider tastings from Yankee Cider Co. including a signature “Dunstaffnage” bourbon designed to take you to the Scottish Moors through hints of Highland peat smoke. Bring your friends to test your knowledge in […]
Elections and Cakes: Connecticut Revolutions at New Haven Museum
New Haven Museum 114 Whitney Avenue, New HavenMaking Election Day a state holiday in 17th century Connecticut was a revolution. So was making Election Cake to celebrate it in the 18th century. Through the fiction of Harriet Beecher Stowe, journals of Thoreau, sermons of Ezra Stiles, petitions by Black citizens, period cookbooks, diaries, magazines, and memoirs, food historian Dr. Linda Civitello will […]
Anna Deavere Smith’s This Ghost of Slavery at Wesleyan
Crowell Concert Hall 60 Wyllys Ave, MiddletownWith her newest play, This Ghost of Slavery, Anna Deavere Smith combines her signature interview-based documentary theater with research into the archives of American slavery. Exploring the deep roots of historical trauma as it persists in the present, the play also considers how performance might provide new ways of understanding the collective stories we tell ourselves as individuals […]
UCONN: The Fall 2024 Draper Workshop: The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic
UCONN Pharmacy-Biology Building 69 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3092, StorrsThe Fall Draper Workshop will be a book launch for Draper Chair, Manisha Sinha’s recently published book, The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920. A group of eminent historians of the period will comment on the book with a response from Sinha, followed by a question-and-answer session with the audience. The event […]
Great Decisions Discussion Bonus Session with Mara Suttmann-Lea, Ph.D at Essex Library
Essex Library Association 33 West Avenue, EssexDuring our 2024 Great Decision series, we had many discussions about conflicts and challenges around the world, that fundamentally centered on “democracy and freedom”. But someone raised the question: Do we all define democracy and freedom in the same manner? Join us in this bonus conversation session where each may share and explore what these […]
Conscience of the Congress: John Lewis and the Politics of Voting at the New Haven Museum
New Haven Museum 114 Whitney Avenue, New HavenThe 2024 election is the perfect time to discuss the career of civil rights hero and congressman John Lewis, who helped bring about the Voting Rights Act and then fought for voting rights his whole career. Scholar and author David Greenberg will present “John Lewis and the Politics of Voting,” at the New Haven Museum […]
Talk with Manisha Sinha: Lafayette as an Antislavery Icon at New London Maritime
Custom House Maritime Museum 150 Bank Street, New LondonAs we continue celebrating the bicentennial of Lafayette's 1824-1825 tour of the United States, the New London Maritime Society welcomes renowned historian Dr. Manisha Sinha to the Custom House. Dr. Sinha will present a talk entitled 'Lafayette in the Abolitionist Imagination.' A reception to meet Dr. Sinha begins at 6:30 PM, with the talk starting at 7:00. Ticket prices range […]
Lisa Samia presents: “The Nameless and the Faceless of the Civil War”
Vernon Memorial Building 14 Park Place, VernonIn partnership with The Barnes Museum and Kinsman Brewing Company, Program Director Matt Award-winning poet and author Lisa Samia will present her work, an anthology of 28 poems and 28 essays on the average person that experienced the American Civil War. A collection of 28 poems and 28 essays along with a selection of historical […]
Winter Lecture Series: Connecticut River during the Revolution at Essex Meadows
Essex Meadows 30 Bokum Rd, EssexJoin your friends and neighbors with the return of Essex Historical Society’s (EHS) popular Winter Lecture Series, hosted by our partners at Essex Meadows. This year’s theme highlights the American Revolution. The series concludes on Sunday, January 19, at 3pm with "A Family at War: Colonel Jedediah Huntington and Faith (Trumbull) Huntington at the Outset […]
Connecticut 1775: The Revolution is Coming! in New Britain
Harrison J. Kaiser Hall at CCSU 1615 Stanley St, New BritainJoin us for an engaging, interactive, and collaborative community experience, which we are co-sponsoring with Central Connecticut State University! A one-day community event that explores Connecticut in 1775, filled with presentations and conversation that offer different ways to think about our State’s involvement in the national commemoration of the Declaration of Independence in 2026. Finish the day […]
Exhibit: “Weston…What Lies Beneath” at Weston History & Culture Center
Weston History & Culture Center 104 Weston Road, WestonThrough March 2, 2025. Open Sundays and Thursdays from 1pm - 4pm. The yard of one of Weston’s oldest homes, the Peter Thorp House, reveals its past lives in the new exhibit, “Weston…What Lies Beneath” at the Weston History & Culture Center. What started out as a weekend garden project turned into a discovery of […]
Yale American Furniture Study Center Highlights Tour
Collection Studies Center at Yale West Campus 900 West Campus Drive, West HavenJoin us on the first Friday of the month for a one-hour, in-person tour of the Leslie P. and George H. Hume American Furniture Study Center at the Collection Studies Center, Yale West Campus. See more than 1,300 examples of American furniture and clocks from the 17th century to the present in this facility, which […]