Clear Day Thunder: Rescuing the American Chestnut

deKoven House 27 Washington Street, Middletown, CT, United States

A FREE screening of CLEAR DAY THUNDER: RESCUING THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT will be held at The Rockfall Foundation’s deKoven House. This film screening is in partnership with The American Chestnut Foundation, Friends of Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown Garden Club, and The Rockfall Foundation. “This is the story of a tree.  A mighty wonder that graced the forests of Appalachia and sustained all forms […]

FREE

Live Poetry & Spoken Word at The Packing House Acoustic Venue

The Packing House 156 River Road, Willington, CT, United States

The Packing House Live Poetry Series Inaugural Event Thursday, September 21 | 6:30PM - 8:30PM (doors open 6:00PM) Free admission! The Packing House is a BYOB&F venue (Bring Your Own Beverage and Food - wine and beer only, ID required). This inaugural show of The Packing House Poetry Series is hosted by the Eastern Connecticut Center for History, […]

Free event

Cult Classics: Bubba Ho-Tep (R) (2002)

Avon Theatre Film Center 272 Bedford Street, Stamford, CT, United States

Cult Classics: Bubba Ho-Tep (R) (2002) Thu. 9/21 at 9 pm ️ https://bit.ly/45EKXBw All 2023 Cult Classics Series films are $9 a ticket!   Trailer: https://youtu.be/pa9331xmvhg?si=HD4TraTFZX6BEOqg After falling into a lengthy coma following a freak accident involving hip gyration, a now aged Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell) wakes up in an East Texas nursing home, where […]

$9

HOUSING+JOBS+CONSERVATION: A ROADMAP FOR ACTION

Salisbury School 251 Canaan Rd., Salisbury, CT, United States

Housing affordability in Northwest Connecticut, the southern Berkshires, and eastern Hudson Valley in New York will take center stage at the upcoming forum titled "Housing + Jobs + Conservation: A Roadmap for Action." Presented by the Salisbury Forum and Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation and hosted at the Salisbury School, this community event will address the […]

Free

Remarkable Women

Cedar Hill Cemetery 453 Fairfield Ave, Hartford, CT, United States

Meet the extraordinary women of Cedar Hill Cemetery who inspire with their stories of purpose and engagement, compassion and generosity, and strength and determination. Debbie Alter introduces you to Virginia Thrall Smith, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Anne Tracy Morgan and more. Admission to the program is $10.00 and free for Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation members. Advance […]

$10.00

How to Become an Author | Write With Purpose

Mark Twain House 385 Farmington Ave, Hartford, CT, United States

Do you want to write a book, or do you have a manuscript ready to publish? Is something holding you back from taking the next step?   We invite you to attend our 5th annual How to Become an Author Event on September 27th!   Join Publish Your Purpose and 20+ aspiring (and published) authors […]

The Black Lens: The Five Demands (NR) with Q&A

Avon Theatre Film Center 272 Bedford Street, Stamford, CT, United States

The Black Lens: The Five Demands (NR) ️ https://bit.ly/47WEfYZ Wed. 9/27 at 7 pm Post-screening Q&A with film subject Rosalind McLymont. Ticket Prices: Avon Members $9 General Public $14.50 Students & Seniors (Mon. - Thu.) $11 In April 1969, a small group of Black and Puerto Rican students shut down the City College of New […]

$9 – $14.50

Classroom Presentation: Edible Wild Plants and Fungi of Autumn

deKoven House 27 Washington Street, Middletown, CT, United States

Join us at the deKoven House Community Center on Thursday, September. 28th at 6:00 P.M. for a presentation about “Foraging Edible Wild Plants and Fungi of Autumn.” Autumn is a time of bounty and harvest for woodland creatures and foragers alike: nuts are falling to the forest floor, fruits are ripening and scenting the crisp fall air, roots and […]

$10

French Cinematheque: Contempt 60th Anniversary Screening

Avon Theatre Film Center 272 Bedford Street, Stamford, CT, United States

French Cinematheque: Contempt (1963) (NR) 60th Anniversary Tue. 10/3/23 at 7 pm ️ https://bit.ly/3QdTQwU Ticket Prices: Avon Members $9 General Public $14.50 Students & Seniors (Mon. - Thu.) $11   Trailer: https://youtu.be/TYGlHrp6XeM?si=LcVL1wjGS16GUICE Scenes from a marital breakdown between screenwriter (Michel Piccoli) and his wife (Brigitte Bardot), as both become enmeshed in the behind-the-camera struggles of […]

$9 – $14.50