Events

Check out the Connecticut Public Community Calendar for events in your local community. If you have an event you would like to add, submit it through the calendar below and it will go through our approval process.

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BookWyrm Fest

Noah Webster Library 20 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT, United States

BookWyrm Fest is West Hartford’s annual celebration of all things adventure, fantasy, board games, live action roleplaying (LARP), and tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs). Here are just a few of the things you can do at BookWyrm Fest: Learn how to wield a sword from a real knight Jump into a tabletop adventure Have your face painted […]

Free

Cowboy Al’s Wild West Museum

Cowboy Al's Wild West Museum 67 Chestnut Hill Road, Litchfield, United States

Come visit the wonderful, free collection 80-years in the making. Contact cowboyal336 at gmail dot com.

Free

Walk-In Tours | “The Land Carries Our Ancestors”

New Britain Museum of American Art 56 Lexington Street, New Britain, CT, United States

Join a Docent-led tour through the NBMAA's exhibition The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans. Sundays at 1 p.m. | April 21 - September 15

Visit with Children’s Author Jamie Deenihan

Manross Memorial Library 260 Central St, Bristol, CT, United States

Join us for an interactive visit with author Jamie Deenihan. What do we do when life gives us lemons? Make lemonade, of course! Ages 5+. Join us for an interactive visit with author Jamie Deenihan. Please register in advance by visiting the Manross Library, calling 860-584-7790, or online @ BristolLib.com/manross

Free

Author Jamie Deenihan

Manross Memorial Library 260 Central St, Bristol, CT, United States

Join us for an interactive visit with author Jamie Deenihan. What do we do when life gives us lemons? Make lemonade, of course! All ages. Please register in advance by visiting the Manross Library, calling 860-584-7790, or online: BristolLib.com/manross

Free

CT Author Wakime Hauser

Manross Memorial Library 260 Central St, Bristol, CT, United States

Meet Connecticut author, educator, CEO of Workout Harder Fitness, and motivational speaker Wakime Hauser who will discuss the process that led him to write his autobiography and works of poetry. Please call to register: #860-584-7790, visit, or go online: BristolLib.com/manross

Free

Celebrate West Hartford

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

West Hartford, officially separated from the capital city in 1854, was home to many well-known personages who now reside at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Connie Robinson introduces you to Yung Wing, Ira Dimock, Morgan Brainard and more, on this tour of the historic cemetery. Admission to the program is $10.00 and free for Cedar Hill Cemetery […]

$10.00

Armchair Travel: Visiting Our National Parks

South Windsor Library 1550 Sullivan Avenue, South Windsor, CT, United States

In August 2016 the National Parks Service celebrated its 100-year anniversary. It had been a varied, and some would say controversial 100 years. From parks having to be guarded by the army, to the extirpation of apex predators like wolves and cougars, to roads cutting through 80 miles of pristine wilderness and road cuttings seven […]

Free

Ctrl+Shift Democracy: Big Data and You

Connecticut's Old State House 800 Main St, Hartford, C, United States

The Connecticut Democracy Center is please to present a thought-provoking program “Big Data and You,” as part of a summer series, entitled "Ctrl + Shift Democracy: The Impact of Technology on Society and Governance. This second of three panel discussion explores the profound impact of big data on government and citizens, focusing on its potential to […]

Free