Opening Lecture: Rewrite, Organize, Remix: Visions of Feminist Organizing
Knafel Center 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MAIn-Person or ZOOM The opening event for Rewrite, Organize, Remix: Visions of Feminist Organizing features the American Library Association president Emily Drabinski and the climate activist Thanu Yakupitiyage in conversation with the exhibition curator Mimosa Shah. Shouts of struggle echo through the Schlesinger Library’s collections. Rewrite, Organize, Remix: Visions of Feminist Organizing presents the dynamic stories of groups that mobilized to name and challenge injustice. […]
Starting Your Plants from Seed
Perrot Memorial Library 90 Sound Beach Avenue, Old GreenwichJoin us on Monday, April 1, at 7 pm for "Starting Your Plants from Seed," an evening with The Garden Club of Old Greenwich, to learn about seed starting. This event will take place in our Program Room, Radcliffe Children's Library. Learn tips from Master Gardeners about how and when to begin your seeds indoors […]
WCSU: Climate and Human Civilization Lecture Series: War on the Environment
WCSU Science Building 181 White Street, DanburyCLIMATE AND HUMAN CIVILIZATION: 8th annual series of lectures for the general public on climate change. Professors at WCSU will team up with students to present the latest information on climate change and its effects on our lives and future. From 7 to 8 p.m. in Room 219 of the Science Building on the Midtown campus. The public […]
AUTHORSLIVE: ADUS: THE PERFECT HOUSING SOLUTION: Sheri Koones in Conversation with Fred Camillo
Greenwich Library's Black Box Theater 101 West Putnam Avenue, GreenwichAuthorsLive welcomes author Sheri Koones to Greenwich Library's Marx Family Black Box Theater. She will be discussing her new book, ADUs: The Perfect Housing Solution, in conversation with Town of Greenwich First Selectman Fred Camillo and Greenwich Real Estate Agent Mark Pruner. An Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) is a smaller housing unit built on the same lot as a […]
VersoFest at The Westport Library
The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, WestportApril 3 through April , 2024 Opening event: Chuck D in conversation with Akashic Books publisher Johnny Temple, with media host, entrepreneur, and music executive June Archer introducing the guest of honor. VersoFest is The Westport Library’s annual music and media conference and festival where knowledge is shared and inspiration is discovered — a forum […]
Sound Off for Climate Action Day
Hartford Capitol 300 Capitol Ave, HartfordIt’s grind time! We are one month away from the end of the 2024 legislative session, and General Assembly has heard our issues relating to climate accountability and the need for increased investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy programs. Still, we need people power to push these priority bills past the finish line! That […]
From Seed to Harvest: Garden Planning Workshops at Yellow Farmhouse and Stone Acres Farm
Yellow Farmhouse 389 N. Main Street, StoningtonThree Dates: April 3, April 7 and May 1, 2024 Join our edible garden planning workshop, where farmers and educators from Yellow Farmhouse Education Center and Stone Acres Farm will lead participants through the process of creating customized garden designs - from seed to harvest. From selecting the perfect plants to arranging the layout, attendees […]
Paul Mellon Lecture | Lynda Nead: “Pauline Boty — Women, Desire, and the Image in Sixties Britain”
Yale School of Architecture 180 York Street, New HavenIn the 1960s a new kind of blonde femininity emerged in Britain. Part of a new regional and class configuration and a changing moral and sexual environment, Sixties Blonde was described as natural, energetic, impulsive, and self-sufficient, an urban figure who embodied modernity and was a staple of fashion photography and sixties cinema. For more […]
Pressed Flower Paper Lantern Workshop at Tox Brewing
Tox Brewing 635 Broad Street, New LondonJoin us for another craft night in the taproom on 4/3 at 6pm. We will be making paper lanterns with pressed flowers filled with fairy lights. These lanterns can be used as a table top display or for hanging. The lantern will be partially assembled for the sake of drying time, but a full tutorial […]
Lecture: Deborah Donovan: New London “Whalers” and Isles of the Southern Ocean
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. Bound for Desolation – New London “Whalers” and Isles of the Southern Ocean: Local historian Deborah Donovan shares stories about New London “whalers,” who harvested massive […]
Book Talk–“The Algorithm,” by Hilke Schellmann
Perrot Memorial Library 90 Sound Beach Avenue, Old GreenwichAuthor Hilke Schellmann, an Emmy award-winning investigative reporter and assistant professor of journalism at New York University, will discuss her latest book, The Algorithm: How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted, and Fired, and Why We Need to Fight Back. As a contributor to The Wall Street Journal and The Guardian, Schellmann writes about holding artificial intelligence (AI) […]
Yale Symphony Orchestra Concert 4 – Britten “War Requiem”
Yale School of Music Woolsey Hall 500 College Street, New HavenWith Katia Kim, Soprano, Gene Stenger, Tenor, Edmund Milly, Baritone and Yale Glee Club - Jeffrey Douma, Director, Yale Camerata - Felicia Barber, Director, Elm City Girls Choir - Rebecca Rosenbaum, Director and Trinity Boys Choir and Trinity Girls Choir - Walden Moore, Director. Program: Benjamin Britten - War Requiem, Op. 66 For more information […]