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Seeing Climate Change? Exhibition at The Benton
Now through July 28, 2024 Technically, we can’t see climate change because climate is an abstraction, a categorical name for what we expect the weather to be. What we can see are natural phenomena related to climate such as tropical forests, desert dunes, and creeping ice sheets. This exhibition invites you to learn to see […]
3 events,
Art Opening: Munch and Kirchner: Anxiety and Expression
Now through June 23, 2024: Featuring more than 60 works on paper, this exhibition is the first to examine the prints of Edvard Munch alongside those of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, elucidating the fascinating overlaps in their creative output and personal biographies and demonstrating how these artists suffered from—and attempted to cope with—the anxieties of their […]
Phoebe’s BookCellar Fill-A-Bag Sale
Phoebe’s BookCellar Fill-A-Bag Sale Purchase a bag for $5 and fill it with quality books, CDs, and DVDs on display in the Library’s Community Room. All proceeds benefit the Library.
4 events,
Chinese Dinner: White Gate Farm
Chinese Dinner: White Gate Farm
Chinese Dinner — Fresh and Fragrant ! Gather friends of come alone and make new ones at this delicious family style dinner in the cozy Inn. Groups of 4 or more will be seated at their own table. Smaller parties will be at a communal table. BYOB is welcome. We all know how hard it […]
Lecture Series: Coastal Perspectives: A Tale of Two Estuaries: Patrick Lynch
Lecture Series: Coastal Perspectives: A Tale of Two Estuaries: Patrick Lynch
Please join us for our 28th season. This annual lecture series spans the breadth of human interactions with coastal waters, including speakers from the natural and social sciences as well as arts and humanities. A Tale of Two Estuaries Patrick Lynch, artist | author | designer | photographer Connecticut’s two largest riverine estuaries have long […]
6 events,
Design in Dialogue: A Conversation with Sheila Levrant de Bretteville
Design in Dialogue: A Conversation with Sheila Levrant de Bretteville
In a career that has spanned over 50 years, the renowned graphic designer, public artist, and educator Sheila Levrant de Bretteville (b. 1940, B.F.A. 1963, M.F.A. 1964) has created community-based and politically responsive work that champions principles of advocacy and inclusion. To celebrate the opening of the exhibition Sheila Levrant de Bretteville: Community, Activism, and Design, […]
Unsilenced: Music from Afghanistan – Arson Fahim & Cuatro Puntos Ensemble
Unsilenced: Music from Afghanistan – Arson Fahim & Cuatro Puntos Ensemble
This is a project organized and sponsored by Cuatro Puntos, in partnership with Arson Fahim. It features 12 musicians still inside Afghanistan who recorded their music in secret in 2023, not allowing even the ultimate in threats and possible punishments to stop them from their art. Cuatro Puntos ("four points" in Spanish) is a […]
Women in the Arts Lecture Series: Get the Picture with Bianca Bosker
Women in the Arts Lecture Series: Get the Picture with Bianca Bosker
In collaboration with the New Canaan Library: In Conversation with Bianca Bosker, author of NYT bestseller Get The Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See In her latest journalistic endeavor, Bosker immerses herself in the nerve center of the art world and the people who live for it: gallerists, collectors, […]
5 events,
Cato Corner Farm Bloomsday Sale
We have an exciting sale this weekend on one of our most popular cheeses - Aged Bloomsday! The current batches are earthy, intense, and complex. Perfect for pairing with dark beers, red wine, and whiskey. All the best winter sippers! Enjoy $10 off per pound this weekend at our farm shop and all our NY […]
Jimmy Greene Quintet at The Side Door
A native of Connecticut, Greene is considered one of the most respected saxophonists of his generation. His previous solo releases, Flowers: Beautiful Life Vol. 2 (Mack Avenue), the GRAMMY®-nominated Beautiful Life (Mack Avenue), Live at Smalls (SmallsLive), Mission Statement (RazDaz/Sunnyside), The Overcomers Suite (NuJazz), Gifts and Givers (Criss Cross), True Life Stories (Criss Cross), Forever […]
The Collapse of Nature: Insect Decline in the Anthropocene
The Collapse of Nature: Insect Decline in the Anthropocene
Join the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History and the Connecticut Entomological Society for a free lecture by Entomologist and UConn Professor Dr. David Wagner.Dr. Wagner will lecture on his entomological research surrounding invertebrate conservation, including topics such as pollinator decline, invasive species impacts, and climate-change threats. For more information
7 events,
Beatrice Cuming: Connecticut Precisionist at Lyman Allyn
Now through May 26, 2024: Artist Beatrice Cuming (American 1903-1974) celebrated modernity in her dynamic depictions of urban life in the 1930s, ‘40s, and early ‘50s. Painting in a Precisionist mode, she merged elements of European modernism with American subject matter to explore and elevate regional industry and the built landscape. For more information
“An Inconvenient Cop” Author Edwin Raymond: Book Signing and Talk
“An Inconvenient Cop” Author Edwin Raymond: Book Signing and Talk
Critically acclaimed author Edwin Raymond, former NYPD lieutenant, will discuss and sign his book, An Inconvenient Cop: My Fight to Change Policing in America. Raymond is depicted prominently in his former role as a police officer in AMP’s mural of workers, on permanent exhibit in Winsted, CT. During the evening’s presentation, he will be joined by […]
Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra Sounds of Scotland
Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra Sounds of Scotland
Scotland’s rugged, island-bound geography and the romantic history of its tartan-wearing clans have captivated audiences for centuries, right up to today’s streamers of Outlander. Setting the tone for the ECSO’s February 24 concert will be the overture to Giuseppe Verdi’s 1847 opera Macbeth, based on William Shakespeare’s tragedy about the murderous 11th-century Scottish general. With a […]
9 events,
Maple Sugar Fest Sundays
Maple Sugar Fest Sundays
Join us for our annual First County Bank Maple Sugar Fest Sundays as we make our very own line of maple syrup from the 200+ mature maple trees found right here on our 118-acre campus. We’re one of only two official maple sugar producers in Fairfield County! Each Sunday we’ll open our site at 10 am with […]
DPNC: Leila Philip (Beaverland) Author Talk and Signing
DPNC: Leila Philip (Beaverland) Author Talk and Signing
Bank Square Books presents an author talk and signing at Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center (DPNC) with Leila Philip for the book, Beaverland. An intimate and revelatory dive into the world of the beaver—the wonderfully weird rodent that has surprisingly shaped American history and may save its ecological future. From award-winning writer Leila Philip, Beaverland is a […]
Stamford Acoustic Music Circle
Stamford Acoustic Music Circle
Hey fellow musicians! I’m Larissa and I’m the new organizer of the Acoustic Circle! Let’s keep this group going! I look forward to meeting you and making music together. The Greenwich Acoustic Music Circle (GAMC) is a monthly play/sing along jam for those interested in playing and singing acoustic rock. We welcome people at INTERMEDIATE […]
6 events,
Connecticut River Conservancy LiveStream: Geologic Time Travel Through the Connecticut River Basin
Connecticut River Conservancy LiveStream: Geologic Time Travel Through the Connecticut River Basin
LiveStream Season 5, Episode 1 Join the Connecticut River Conservancy for our first LiveStream of the season as we welcome Alfred (Fred) Venne, Museum Educator at the Beneski Museum of Natural History at Amherst College, for a riveting journey back and forth through time to explore the geological history of the Connecticut River valley. Fred will share […]
Lunchtime Chamber Music
Lunchtime Chamber Music
School of Music students perform a midday chamber music concert. Full programs can be viewed about 24 hours in advance at issuu.com/yalemusic. For more information
Wilton Land Trust – 2024 Annual Meeting
Wilton Land Trust – 2024 Annual Meeting
At the 59th Annual Meeting of the Wilton Land Trust (WLT), members and the community will hear from WLT’s President, Treasurer, Committees, and Executive Director. The meeting will be held in person at the Wilton Library’s The Brubeck Room on Wednesday, Feb. 28, with the Member’s Meeting starting at 6:30 p.m. and the Public Meeting at 7:00 p.m. The highlight of the evening is guest speaker, Amy Barnouw, Director of […]
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Exhibit: Keeping Stamford Healthy: The History of Medical Practice from 1641-1970
Now through May 31, 2024: Stamford History Center presents Keeping Stamford Healthy: The History of Medical Practice in Stamford from 1641-1970 opening September 28th from 6-8pm! Learn about the history and beginnings of Stamford Hospital, and local pharmacies of yesteryear along with commemorating notable medical professionals like Dr. Ursula Joyce Yerwood, the first female African […]
“Moving Forward: Community Dialogues on the Opioid Epidemic”
“Moving Forward: Community Dialogues on the Opioid Epidemic”
Symposium seeks solutions to opioid epidemic Eastern forum will convene experts and community membersSolutions for curbing the local and national opioid epidemic will be discussed at a symposium at Eastern Connecticut State University on Feb. 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Student Center. Titled “Moving Forward: Community Dialogues on the Opioid Epidemic,” […]
Lambert Environmental Lecture: Restore / Rewild: Collaborating with Non-Human Species: Laura J. Martin
Lambert Environmental Lecture: Restore / Rewild: Collaborating with Non-Human Species: Laura J. Martin
GNCE presents the 2024 Lambert Environmental Lecture: Restore / Rewild: Collaborating with Non-Human Species. Laura J. Martin, author, historian, ecologist and environmental studies professor at Williams College asks if wild nature be designed? Which environmental harms are truly irreversible, and how can ecological restoration be made more socially just? Martin will venture answers to these […]
Operation Schnitzel: Wine Tasting Class with Spencer and Lynn
Operation Schnitzel: Wine Tasting Class with Spencer and Lynn
Smetana European Food Truck is back in Groton! Join us anytime from 5:30 through 7:00 for an educational tasting showcasing what makes Austrian wines so darn delicious while Smetana serves up some schnitzel. From Smetana: Hand-held schnitzel bites with preserved cherries and carrot-celery root slaw Polish potato salad (salad jarzynowa) This class will be held […]
12 events,
Art Opening: Bookstein Projects: Olive Ayhens: Metabolic Metropolis
Now through April 12, 2024: Bookstein Projects is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings and works on paper by Olive Ayhens made between 1996 and 2023. Ayhens’ work has often focused on the intersection between the man-made and natural world; blending bustling cityscapes with rich vistas to transform familiar locations into dreamlike compositions. Spanning […]
Connecticut Guitar Festival at MoCA Westport
Suzuki Music School sponsored concert, classes, competition and fundraiser dinner: March 1 Global Kick-off Concert with Daniel Lippel, Djani Sehu, David Steinhardt & The Quarantined Quartet March 2 Education Day with David Steinhardt, Joao Luiz, Dan Lippel & Djani Sehu March 2 The Connecticut Guitar Festival Competition Finals March 2 The Speakeasy Jazz Club – […]
Art Exhibition” PETER SACKS For the Record at Sperone Westwater
Now through April 20, 2024: Sperone Westwater is pleased to present “Peter Sacks: For the Record,” the artist’s third exhibition with the gallery. Deviating from the traditional structure of the canvas, Sacks incorporates diverse and challenging found materials to examine the totemic power of objects and cycles of societal ruin and rebirth. VISIT: The gallery's […]
Single-Session Open Studios at Lyme Academy of Fine Art: Printmaking/Sculpture/Drawing
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 Sculpture 1:30 4:30 pm Monitored […]
Music: The New Consort: Vocal Chamber Ensemble
The New Consort, one of America’s most exciting new vocal chamber ensembles, will be presenting their new program: RETURN/REVIVE pairs two major works of grief and hope - one ancient, and one brand new. Tudor composer Robert White’s Lamentations a5, which gorgeously, viscerally express Jeremiah's sorrow at the destruction of Jerusalem in 587 BCE, are the first piece […]
Women Take Flight at The New England Air Museum
Women Take Flight at The New England Air Museum
Meet local women in the aerospace industry, participate in hands-on STEM activities, climb aboard historic aircraft, use flight simulators, and more! Keynote Speaker: Terry VandenDolder, Lt. Col., USAFR (Ret) CAPT, B-777, American Airlines Talk at 11:00am For more information
Salon at the Benton – “Building a Sustainable Future”
Salon at the Benton – “Building a Sustainable Future”
As we grapple with the challenge of climate change, this panel, aligned with the exhibit Seeing Climate Change?, examines how the next generation is leading the charge of building a more sustainable tomorrow. Highlighting innovative strategies, entrepreneurial approaches, and multidisciplinary perspectives, panelists will discuss the integral role young people play in creating a resilient and equitable […]
Ted Rosenthal Trio at The Side Door
Ted Rosenthal Trio at The Side Door
Ted Rosenthal is one of the leading jazz pianist/composers of his generation. He actively tours worldwide with his trio, as a soloist, and has performed with many jazz greats, including Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, Phil Woods, Bob Brookmeyer, and James Moody. Winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition, Rosenthal has released fifteen CDs as a […]
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Cabaret: Down in the Depths at The Wilton Playshop
Through March 11, 2024: An elevated, erudite and emotional exploration of the life and music of Cole Porter Starring Mel McGuire Music Direction by Rodney Loren Spend the evening getting to know Cole Porter in the cabaret "Down in the Depths", a musical deep dive into Porter's life and catalog. The music selections range […]
Saturdays at the Stonington Village Farmers’ Market
Saturdays at the Stonington Village Farmers’ Market
About the Farmer's Market The Stonington Farmers’ Market began in 1997 under the initiative of Geoffrey Little. The enormously popular market attracts residents from the Borough and surrounding communities who come to buy fresh, healthy, local food. In 2008 the Stonington Farmers’ Market became a year-round event, moving inside during the winter months. For more […]
Conference: Yale: New Perspectives in Energy History
Conference: Yale: New Perspectives in Energy History
Yale University’s working group on Global Environmental History is pleased to announce its Spring 2024 “New Perspectives in Energy History” conference. Registration is now open. Yale Environmental History will host its “New Perspectives in Energy History” conference on March 2, 2024 to showcase new projects in the field. The conference will include three moderated panel sessions featuring […]
Lecture: Yale: Taking the Field: Soldiers, Nature, and Empire on American Frontiers: Amy Kohout
Lecture: Yale: Taking the Field: Soldiers, Nature, and Empire on American Frontiers: Amy Kohout
In the late nineteenth century, at a time when Americans were becoming more removed from nature than ever before, U.S. soldiers were uniquely positioned to understand and construct nature’s ongoing significance for their work and for the nation as a whole. American ideas and debates about nature evolved alongside discussions about the meaning of frontiers, […]