Arborist John Kehoe leads this walk featuring Cedar Hill Cemetery’s rare and notable trees. The tour, through the ornamental foreground and historic memorial sections, will highlight trees such as the beautiful European Weeping Beech, the unusual (for the Northeast) Umbrella Magnolia, and the Huss Hemlock named for a resident of Cedar Hill. The Tree Walk […]
Sneak Preview: A Case For Love (NR) Wed. June 7 at 7 pm ️ https://bit.ly/3Whpyuo Q&A with Director/Producer Brian Ide. Moderated by Avon Theatre Co-founder Deborah Goodrich Royce. Ticket Prices: Avon Members $9 General Public $14.50 Students & Seniors (Mon. - Thu.) $11 Film Trailer: https://vimeo.com/790684403 A different kind of film, a different kind […]
For more than 12 years, United Way Women United’s Power of the Purse Luncheon and Silent Auction presented by KeyBank Key4Women helps women and families achieve financial security. As more people struggle to make ends meet due to the complex job market and new sets of challenges, your support matters now more than ever. By […]
Join Connecticut’s Old State House and Connecticut State Library for the second installment of The State’s Filing Cabinet series and learn about the challenges of managing and safeguarding public records. Every year, state and local governments create more and more documents. How do we decide what to keep and how long to keep it? How […]
“WORDS” And How They Get That Way! A panel discussion with three of the top lexicographers in the country Friday, June 9th Immediately following the 8pm performance of Webster’s Bitch by Jacqueline Bircher. (Approximately 9:45pm) Free & open to the public When their Editor-in-Chief gets caught using some unexpected profanity, the employees of Webster's […]
Mary Falvey, Director of Hartford Preservation Alliance, shares the life and times of prominent Hartford architects on this walking tour of the historic cemetery. She will highlight the buildings and homes designed by notable architects including Walter P. Crabtree, Edward Hapgood, William Scoville and more. Admission to the program is $10.00 and free for Cedar […]
URISE Ventures, in collaboration with our esteemed sponsors, West Indian Foundation and The Prosperity Foundation, is proud to host a #SharkTank pitch-style competition for our community’s aspiring young entrepreneurs. During the event, youth, teens, and young adults will present their business ideas to a panel of local judges, competing for cash prizes. The competition aims […]
Erin Shaw is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and a seventh-generation Christian. Her art is featured, along with two other Native American artists, in the Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center’s current exhibition “Altars of Reconciliation.” During this online presentation, she’ll discusses her art and its place within the exhibition, which focuses on the practice […]
Donnie Darko (R) (2001) ️ https://bit.ly/3Hw4SJ1 Thu. June 15, 2023 at 9 pm Enjoy our 2023 Cult Classic series at the Avon Theatre Member promo price of $9 per ticket! Trailer: https://youtu.be/bKQ2wggG-C4 Before STRANGER THINGS combined science fiction, Spielberg-ian thrills, and 1980s nostalgia to much acclaim, Richard Kelly set the high-water mark with DONNIE […]
