Short Attention Span Literary Club
This month's story is "The Paper Menagerie," by Ken Liu.
12 events found.
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Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford
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Family Program: Journey to Prehistoric Connecticut
Journey to the past right in your own backyard! Families will learn how to recognize dinosaur tracks and prehistoric plants that still live in Connecticut today, dig for replica fossils of Connecticut dinosaurs, and then create their very own fossil to take home!
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French Canadian Jam
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT, United StatesGet acquainted with French Canadian traditional tunes at this monthly jam session, happening Saturday afternoons on First Free Weekends!
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Rebellious Exhibition Tour
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford, CT, United StatesLast chance for guided tour through Rebellious, an exhibition that reflects on moments throughout Connecticut history when its people came together, pushed back, and sparked change to pursue their own visions of life, liberty, and happiness in America.
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Lunch and Learn – Black & Off Black: The Minstrel Tradition in New England
VirtualJoin us for a virtual presentation as KT Turner explores minstrelsy and other forms of entertainment in Connecticut and parts of New England to gain more insight on the cultural underpinnings of American Reconstruction.
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Teacher Workshop: Connecticut and the American Revolution
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, HartfordThis teacher workshop will provide teachers with content and tools to use their classrooms as we explore Connecticut's role in the American Revolution.
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The Legacy: Building with my Great-grandfather’s Tools
Join us for our next Made to Last event with woodworker, Anne Marie Elder. She will share her personal collection of woodworking tools passed down through her family from her great-grandfather. Anne Marie will share her passion for early American craftsmanship and discuss historical facts, traditional techniques, and her own journey in crafting custom handmade pieces.
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Common Ground: Local Indigenous Food Systems
Mohegan anthropologist chef, Rachel Sayet (Akitusut), will host a panel of local indigenous experts to discuss modern foodways and systems. The panel will consist of indigenous chefs, herbalists, and farmers...
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Drawn Here Gallery Talk
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT, United StatesJoin a member of our staff for an interactive, introductory experience in our newest exhibition, Drawn Here: Stories from Hartford’s North End.
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RESCHEDULED! Lunch and Learn – Lydia Sigourney: Unsung Mother of American Literature
VirtualJoin us for a virtual presentation as Professor Kete and Professor Petrino introduce us to Lydia Sigourney’s central role as an American poet, educator, and rights activist and to the Lydia Sigourney Digital Archive Project.
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Newcomers to Nutmeggers: Jewish History in Greater Hartford
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford, CT, United StatesJoin us on November 19 for a panel discussion about how and why thousands of Jewish immigrants from Central and Eastern Europe made the North End of Hartford their home in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Behind-the-Scenes Tour: Remembering G. Fox & Co.
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford, CT, United StatesJoin us for a behind-the scenes tour at the Connecticut Museum to see our collection of memorabilia from Hartford’s most iconic department store.
$15