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The Annual Historic New England Summit in Portland, Maine
Westin Portland Harborview 157 High St, Portland, MaineNovember 14 and 15, 2024 The annual Historic New England Summit presents two days of exciting conversations that explore how twenty-first-century challenges and opportunities are transforming the fields of historic […]
Rob Sheffield – HEARTBREAK IS THE NATIONAL ANTHEM at the United in Westerly
United Theater 5 Canal St, Westerly, RIThe UNITED and Bank Square Books host Rob Sheffield, a leading music journalist at Rolling Stone, to celebrate his new book Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music. There are two ticketing options for this event – General Admission (NO BOOK) – $6; and General Admission (WITH BOOK) – $34. Copies of Heartbreak Is […]
Lecture on Law and Society: Changing the Law by Changing the Lawyers at Ferguson Library
Ferguson Libray Main Branch 1 Public Library Plaza, StamfordJames Forman Jr., the J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law at Yale Law School, will present Changing the Law by Changing the Lawyers. Can the shape of what lawyers do in our society be reformed by changing the characteristics of who succeeds in gaining admission to law school? Each year the Howard C. Kaplan Memorial Lecture […]
Marine Sciences Seminar: Sustainable Fisheries: Tim O’Donnell at UConn Avery Point
UConn Lowell P. Weicker Jr. Building 1080 Shennecossett Rd, GrotonGloucester Marine Genomics Institute Inc. Using eDNA to support fisheries assessment and conservation in Massachusetts Sustainable fisheries management relies on monitoring surveys that accurately represent fish stock abundance, distribution, and dynamics, especially among shifting ocean conditions. Environmental DNA (eDNA) measures genetic material shed by an organism into the surrounding water, revolutionizing our ability to identify […]
MICHAEL JORDAN’S STEAK HOUSE: Delicious Discussions Author Luncheon with Tessa Wegert
Michael Jordan's Steakhouse 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd, UncasvilleNews of a missing Instagram celebrity brings Senior Investigator Shana Merchant to a frozen island community of just eight people. When the visit turns deadly, her hunt for a killer collides with a cold case she'll never forget . . . It’s February in the Thousand Islands and, cut off from civilization by endless ice, […]
Yale Peabody Museum to Launch Speakers Bureau Series
Koffee? 104 Audubon St, New HavenThe Yale Peabody Museum’s Speakers Bureau is kicking off its 2024-2025 programing with an evening of Lightning Talks at Koffee?, located on Audubon Street, Wednesday, November 20 at 5:30 pm. Each graduate student will have five minutes and five slides to describe an important aspect of their studies. Listen to rapid-fire talks, engage with early-career […]
Author Talk: Ann Napolitano (Hello Beautiful) Author Talk and Signing at Bank Square Books
Bank Square Books 80 Stonington Road, Mystic, CTBank Square Books presents an author talk and signing with Ann Napolitano, for the paperback release of Hello Beautiful. Unable to attend this event, but still want a signed copy? Purchase the book below and specify your signing and personalization request in the order comments and we will do our best to accommodate the request. Please […]
Paris 1874: Inventing Impressionism with Page Knox at Darien Library
Darien Library 1441 Post Road, Darien150 years ago, the first Impressionist exhibition opened in Paris on April 15,1874. "Hungry for independence," Monet, Renoir, Degas, Morisot, Pissarro, Sisley and Cézanne finally decided to free themselves from the rules by holding their own exhibition, outside official channels: Impressionism was born! Join Page Knox for a virtual tour of this celebratory show, which […]
Amor Towles at the Greenwich Library
Greenwich Library 101 West Putnam Avenue, GreenwichAmor Towles is the author of New York Times bestsellers Rules of Civility, A Gentleman in Moscow, and The Lincoln Highway. The three novels have collectively sold more than five million copies and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. Towles lives in Manhattan with his wife and two children. Born and raised in the Boston area, Amor Towles graduated from Yale and received an MA in English from Stanford. Having […]
Art History Short Course – Books that Changed Art History: Hillstead
Hillstead Museum 35 Mountain Rd, FarmingtonErnst Gombrich, Art and Illusion (1960) Art history is more than a series of facts about artists, artworks, dealers, and patrons. It is also a mode of inquiry that, over decades, indeed centuries, has been shaped by the writing and research of many different scholars. Taking this insight as its starting point, this short course […]
Your Life as Sacred Ground: Finding Meaning and Wonder in Daily Life” Trinity Spiritual Center in Southport
Trinity Episcopal Church Southport 651 Pequot Avenue, SouthportMirabai Starr “Finding Meaning and Wonder in Daily Life” On November 21, from 6:30 to 8:00 PM, world-renowned spiritual teacher and award-winning author will discuss her new book “Ordinary Mysticism.” Drawing on lessons learned from applying the wisdom of spiritual teachers across the centuries and her own lived experience, Starr reminds us that our daily […]
History Has Its Eyes On You: The Story of America as told by Hamilton l at Darien Library
Darien Library 1441 Post Road, DarienLet's look to Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton to learn much about the political culture of America in its earliest years. Indeed, many of the important plot points in the musical describe dramatized events in the lives of figures such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, Eliza Hamilton, and naturally, the eponymous Alexander. This might read as dry […]