This event will feature Uché Blackstock, MD, Founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity and author of LEGACY: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine. In a conversation with Connecticut Public’s Lucy Nalpathanchil, Dr. Blackstock will share insights from her memoir, exploring why profound racial health inequities still exist in this country today and […]
Meet pilots, engineers, and aerospace professionals from around the region, participate in hands on activities, climb aboard our historic aircraft, win prizes at Women Take Flight bingo, and more! Hear from Keynote Speaker Terry VandenDolder, Lt Col USAFR (Ret), CAPT, B-777, American Airlines, who will speak at 11AM. Fat City Kid food truck will be […]
Jesse Cole, founder of Fans First Entertainment and owner of the Savannah Bananas, will be speaking at UHart as a part of the Rogow Distinguished Lecturer Series, on Tuesday, March 5 at 5:30 p.m. in the Chase Arena. If you've heard of the Savannah Bananas, you're likely already aware that Cole is no stranger to […]
This seminar is intended for adults who want to learn strategies to pro-actively budget their money and avoid the cycle of living paycheck to paycheck. Before the end of this seminar, you will understand the importance of good money management habits, how to create a budget for yourself and the importance of staying out of […]
Have you ever wanted to learn ASL? Get a head start with this free class offered through the Ledyard Public Library and taught by an expert from Signing Basics! This class will cover the basics of ASL including the Alphabet and some basic phrases, pleasantries, sentence structure, and more! Registration is required and there is […]
The public is invited to join Avalonia Land Conservancy at Otis Library in Norwich for a forum on a proposed accessible trail at Cedar Wood Preserve, Avalonia’s first fully owned open space property in Norwich. A PowerPoint presentation on the meadow section of this beautiful 47-acre parcel will be followed by questions, answers, and discussion. […]
Booked for Lunch is a free program that invites a local author or speaker to present their work or present their thoughts on a current book. Guests are welcomed to bring a bagged lunch to enjoy during the program. Steve Straight was professor of English and director of the poetry program at Manchester Community College. […]
The Legacy Foundation of Hartford's Black Excellence Speaker Series brings prominent thought leaders to Hartford to discuss current and relevant issues of race, diversity, social justice, and the future of black excellence. The inaugural event of the series on Thursday, March 7 will feature Charles F. Coleman, Jr., an esteemed figure in civil rights law […]
A prolific artist, Susie M. Barstow (1836-1923) captured on canvas and paper the larger American landscape experience as it evolved across the nineteenth century. A notable figure in the field of American landscape painting, Barstow is featured in the exhibition Women Reframe American Landscape. Dr. Nancy Siegel’s lecture examines the life and career of this fascinating […]
