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Martin Espada Keynote and Book Signing at Southern State
Southern Connecticut State University 501 Crescent Street, New HavenCelebrate the power of poetry with Martín Espada, an award-winning poet and advocate for social justice, at Southern Connecticut State University. This keynote and book signing highlight Espada’s work and the transformative role of Latino Poetry: The Library of America Anthology in shaping cultural dialogue. Join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program at Southern […]
Visiting Artist Lecture – Jenny Lynn McNutt, Interdisciplinary Artist at Western Connecticut State University
Visual & Performing Arts Center WCSU Art Gallery 43 Lake Ave Extension, DanburyJenny Lynn McNutt is a multimedia artist living in Brooklyn and upstate NY. Her sculpture, painting, and performance work have been shown in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the U.S., most recently at Pamela Salisbury Gallery in Hudson, NY, and the Painting Center in NYC. She is the recipient of many residencies abroad, including Africa, Netherlands, […]
Lecture Series: Coastal Perspectives: Human-natural systems and the climate resilience of coastal communities
Avery Point Auditorium 1084 Shennecossett Road, GrotonGiovanna McClenachan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University Human-natural systems along the coast are at risk from climate change impacts of flooding (ocean, river, and precipitation driven) and extreme heat. These impacts are disproportionally felt by low-income neighborhoods and marginalized ethnicized and racialized (MER) communities, but these communities are […]
Gilded Age Properties Lecture with Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum
HMTX Industries | The Great Hall 27 Seir Hill Road, NorwalkThrough family letters, artifacts, handwritten notes, dusty newspaper accounts, tax records, wills, and deeds, Kathy Olsen, with a small team of Mansion researchers, was able to piece together the fascinating history of the holdings of two renowned Gilded Age families. Join us for this revealing talk, which will span generations and uncover family assets, surprising beneficiaries, […]
Angela Davis : Tanner Lectures at Yale: Whitney Humanities Center
Whitney Humanities Center 320 York Street, New HavenSave the dates! Angela Davis will deliver the 2025 Tanner Lectures on Human Values, April 15–16. For more information Humanities Quadrangle (HQ) (L02) "The Tanner Lectures on Human Values is a multi-university lecture series in the humanities, founded in 1978, at Clare Hall, Cambridge University, by the American scholar Obert Clark Tanner. In founding the lecture, he defined their purpose as follows: I […]
ERIC VELASQUEZ, ILLUSTRATOR at WCSU Visual and Performing Arts Center
Visual & Performing Arts Center WCSU Art Gallery 43 Lake Ave Extension, DanburyFree & Open to the Public Limited Seating Available Eric Velasquez is an illustrator who lives and works in New York. He was born in Spanish Harlem, the son of Afro-Puerto Rican parents, and attended the High School of Art and Design. He earned his BFA from the School of Visual Arts and also studied […]
Lecture Series: Coastal Perspectives: Plum Island – Telling the Story of One of the Most Mysterious Islands on the Eastern Seaboard
Avery Point Auditorium 1084 Shennecossett Road, GrotonThomas Halaczinsky A documentary in production Plum Island, located just 1.5 miles off Orient Point on the eastern tip of Long Island’s North Fork and 9 miles as the crow flies from the Connecticut shore, is most likely one of the most mysterious islands on the Eastern Seaboard. For more than 100 years, the 840-acre […]
Exhibition Opening Lecture: Revealing J. M. W. Turner at the Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art 1080 Chapel Street, New HavenJoin us for the opening lecture for the exhibition J. M. W. Turner: Romance and Reality on Wednesday, April 23, 5:30–6:30 pm ET. Lucinda Lax, Curator of Paintings and Sculpture, will explore the riches of the museum’s Turner holdings, the most comprehensive in North America. All are welcome to celebrate Turner’s 250th birthday with coffee, tea, and cake […]
Religious Ideals, Realities and Sermons – Congregationalists in the American Revolution on the Thames and Beyond at Lyman Allyn Museum
Lyman Allyn Art Museum 625 Williams Street, New LondonNew London County Historical Society, Lyman Allyn Art Museum and Thames River Heritage Park Foundation are pleased to present the 2025 lecture series – Seeds of Revolution on the Thames and Beyond. Events that seeded discontent and revolution along with the social, cultural, political, economic and ecological influences and their impact and influence on life […]
A Year in Kimono Presentation at Ferguson Library
DiMattia Building 1 Public Library Plaza, StamfordMay 11, 2025 Sono Kimono presents A Year in Kimono, a lecture about the history of kimono from its origins to its role in modern-day fashion. Participants will have the option to dress in yukata, the cotton summer kimono popular for festivals and celebrations. Sono Kimono's Robyn Mortiboys, Secretary of the Japan Society of Fairfield County, […]
Unrest, Rebellion and Protection: Revolutionary War Forts on the Thames at Lyman Allyn Museum
Lyman Allyn Art Museum 625 Williams Street, New LondonNew London County Historical Society, Lyman Allyn Art Museum and Thames River Heritage Park Foundation are pleased to present the 2025 lecture series – Seeds of Revolution on the Thames and Beyond. Events that seeded discontent and revolution along with the social, cultural, political, economic and ecological influences and their impact and influence on life […]
Lecture: Heimat Photography and the Art of Trude Fleischmann at Fairfield Un iversity
Fairfield University Bellarmine Hall 1073 North Benson Road, FairfieldElizabeth Cronin, author of Heimat Photography in Austria (2015), will explore Trude Fleischmann in relation to this type of photography. Elizabeth Cronin oversees the Photography Collection in the Wallach Division. She is the curator of The Awe of the Arctic: A Visual History. At NYPL, she curated Viewpoints: Latin America in Photographs and co-curated Public Eye: 175 Years of Sharing […]