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Connecticut Lafayette Trail: Lafayette’s Bicentennial Tour of Connecticut in 2024
August 7- September 8, 2024 Connecticut Welcomes Lafayette – AGAIN! A statewide calendar of events in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette. In 1824-1825, as part of a nationwide tour […]
Symposium: Revolutionary and Human Rights Champion: Lafayette and his Legacy: Fairfield University
Fairfield University 1073 N Benson Rd, FairfieldSeptember 7, 2024 Join The American Friends of Lafayette for a day-long symposium sponsored by Fairfield University at the Fairfield University Campus on Saturday, September 7, 2024. Registration and ticket information […]
Talk: Lafayette in Norwalk: The Farewell Tour 1824-25
Norwalk Town House Museum 2 East Wall Street, NorwalkCommemorating the Marquis de Lafayette’s 1824 visit to Norwalk As a part of Lafayette’s Bicentennial Tour of Connecticut, the Norwalk Historical Society is collaborating with the Connecticut Bicentennial Committee to […]
Exhibition Opening Lecture: To Live One’s Life as a Work of Art at Yale
Yale University Art Gallery 1111 Chapel Street, New HavenIn the closing decades of the 19th century, artists like John Singer Sargent, Edwin Austin Abbey, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens created drawings and sketches that hearkened back to the Italian Renaissance. […]
Leonard Cohen: The Man Who Saw the Angels Fall/Virtual Author Talk with Christophe Lebold
Avon Free Public Library 281 Country Club Rd, AvonJoin us for a virtual event with Christophe Lebold, to discuss his new book, Leonard Cohen: The Man Who Saw the Angels Fall. This event will be moderated by Amy […]
Yale Windham-Campbell Prizes for Literature Fall Festival 2024
Yale University Art Gallery 1111 Chapel Street, New HavenTuesday, September 17 through Friday, September 20, 2024The fall festival showcases the extraordinary range of talent across the Windham-Campbell Prizes with a series of thought-provoking lectures, panel discussions, workshops, and […]
Live from the Boathouse! A Place Called Hope presents Think Outside the Bait Box at Connecticut River Museum
Connecticut River Museum 67 Main Street, Essex, CTRodenticide and similar poisons may seem like an effective method of pest control, but they pose real dangers to us, our pets and to wildlife – including bald eagles! Join […]
Live from the Boathouse! Michael Bell Presents The Vampire’s Grasp at Connecticut River Museum
Connecticut River Museum 67 Main Street, Essex, CTIncredible as it may seem to contemporary Americans, vampires preyed upon their not-so-distant ancestors. But these unseen killers did not resemble Count Dracula: New England’s authentic vampires were the pathogenic […]
Live from the Boathouse! Brenda Geer, endawnis Spears and Karyl Evans present: Working with Native Peoples in Connecticut at Connecticut River Museum
Connecticut River Museum 67 Main Street, Essex, CTBrenda Geer (Eastern Pequot), endawnis Spears (Diné/ Ojibwe/ Chickasaw/ Choctaw) and Karyl Evans have been working together for over four years on a documentary film project titled “Native Peoples […]
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 […]