Oscar Shorts at the Ivoryton Library
Ivoryton Library 106 Main Street, IvorytonOscar Nominations are out and what are those Short Films, anyway? Join us to watch 9 of the 15 films over two Sundays, February 25 & March 3, at 6:00 pm. The films will be grouped according to duration to keep each evening under 2.5 hours. Snacks and beverages provided but feel free to BYO. […]
Award-Winning Film Screening and Conversation: ‘Below Surface’ An Exploration of Connectedness, Community, and Healthy Longevity
The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, WestportScreening in the Library’s Trefz Forum, Below Surface is an award-winning short documentary that reveals the extraordinary power of community through an unlikely subject: a YMCA Aquafit class – that is, the Westport/Weston YMCA. This exercise class, led by gifted and compassionate instructor Patty Kondub, inspired the connection among a group of multicultural and multigenerational individuals as they […]
Collaboration Dinner with Chef Chris Scott: Millwright’s Restaurant
Millwright's Restaurant 77 West Street, SimsburyJoin us in the loft with our friend Chef Chris Scott from Butterfunk Biscuit Co. & Top Chef season 15 for a collaboration dinner. $175 per person includes 5 courses and beverage pairings. We will be offering N/A and alcoholic beverage pairings. For more information
Connecticut Poetry Circuit stops at Western Connecticut State University
Kathwari Honors House 181 White Street, DanburyWestern Connecticut State University will host the five Connecticut college students selected to be Connecticut Poetry Circuit Poets at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5, at the Kathwari Honors House on the university’s Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. Among the featured poets will be WCSU senior Meaghan Canavan, a Professional Writing student from Hopewell […]
Connecticut Poetry Circuit stops at Western Connecticut State University
Kathwari Honors House 181 White Street, DanburyCONNECTICUT POETRY CIRCUIT READING: The Connecticut Poetry Circuit will visit WCSU: WCSU Writing major Isabella Bullock will join fellow Connecticut Collegiate Poets Sara Greene of Eastern Connecticut State University, Oliver Egger of Wesleyan University, Alisa Mejia of Quinnipiac University and John Nguyen of Yale University, who will read from their own work at 7:30 p.m. in the Kathwari […]
Student Contest: Energy Ideas: eesmarts: DEADLINE 3/29
Now through March 29, 2024: Registration Now Open for the 19th Annual Energize Connecticut℠ eesmarts™ Student Contest NEW BRITAIN, Conn. – Energize Connecticut℠ Sponsors, Eversource and Avangrid, Inc. subsidiaries United Illuminating, Southern Connecticut Gas and Connecticut Natural Gas, announced today that registration is open for the 19th annual eesmarts™ Student Contest. For nearly two decades, the contest has invited Connecticut students in grades […]
Lecture: Matt Warshauer: New London, the Sugar Trade, and Slavery in the West Indies
Lyman Allyn Art Museum 625 Williams Street, New LondonThe Lyman Allyn Art Museum is pleased to partner with the Thames River Heritage Park to host their 2024 lecture series, Stories from the Park: Island Affairs of the Thames. Connecticut’s Sweet Tooth – New London, the Sugar Trade and Slavery in the West Indies: Professor Matt Warshauer shares stories about the Thames River region when it […]
Single-Session Open Studios at Lyme Academy of Fine Art: Printmaking/Sculpture/Drawing
Lyme Academy of Fine Arts 84 Lyme Street, Old LymeThese are ongoing studio sessions: For more information and scheduling Open Studio Printmaking Thursdays, 10:30 am – 2:30 pm, monitored Saturdays, 10:30 am- 2:30 pm, monitored Open Studio Figure Drawing Saturday Morning Open Figure Drawing – Short Pose 10 am-1 pm Monitored by Ethan Martin Location: Cole Studio Open Studio Sculpture Saturday Morning Open Studio […]
Exhibition: A Female Landscape and the Abstract Gesture
Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery Byerly Hall, 8 Garden Street, Cambridge, MANow through June 22: During the long decade of the 1970s, artists replaced traditional artistic gestures with other operations, creating new abstract languages and vocabularies. This exhibition shows how four artists nailed, glued, unraveled, twisted, folded, pierced, and tied, and most importantly, fastened—all to aesthetic effect—to highlight the labor of art making. For more information […]
Lecture: Maren Hassinger in Conversation with Chassidy A. Winestock: On the Occasion of A Female Landscape and the Abstract Gesture
Knafel Center 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MALecture is in person or online: In conjunction with Harvard Radcliffe Institute’s exhibition A Female Landscape and the Abstract Gesture, join us for a special conversation between the artist Maren Hassinger, whose work is included in the exhibition, and the curator Chassidy A. Winestock. This dialogue will be introduced and moderated by the art historian and curator Mary Schneider […]
State of the Arts in Manchester 2024
Manchester Country Club 305 South Main Street, ManchesterManchester Arts Commission sponsors a networking event for Art and Artists. 5:30-6PM - We invite you to enjoy some small bites and a cash bar so you can mix and mingle with fellow creatives. 6-7:30p - There will be some introductions, presentations, inductions, and an update on the State of the Arts. SHARE You or a […]
Author Talk – Peter Vermilyea, “Litchfield County & The Civil War”
Gunn Memorial Library 5 Wykeham Road, WashingtonThe Gunn Memorial Library and the Hickory Stick Bookshop are pleased to welcome author Peter Vermilyea for a captivating talk on his latest book, "Litchfield County and the Civil War". The talk is titled "The Strange Case of Dr Beckwith: A Tale of Scandal and Intrigue in Civil War Litchfield County". For more information