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SUMMARY:Short Attention Span Literary Club
DESCRIPTION:Once per month\, we get together to chat about short stories. Anyone can join in\, no commitment required! \nThis month’s selection is “Mrs. Manstey’s View” by Edith Wharton. You can find the story here. \nThe club meets online using Zoom. Click here to register. You’ll receive a confirmation email containing the Zoom link. \nWe’re offering this program for free\, but if you would like to make a donation to support our public programming\, please click here. Or\, to learn about the benefits of museum membership\, click here! \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/saslc-51-2/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Online Learning,online programming
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SUMMARY:Family Program: S'more History\, S'more Fun!
DESCRIPTION:Join the CMCH for a day of summer fun! Families will make a s’mores-inspired snack using Connecticut-made ingredients\, like Munson’s chocolate. Then\, they can experience the fun of ‘camping’ with tents\, games\, and more. In the event of inclement weather\, this program will be moved indoors to the auditorium. \nThis program is free and great for children of all ages. For more information\, please contact Katerina Mazzacane\, Youth and Family Programs Manager\, at 860-236-5621 x222 or email katerina_mazzacane@chs.org. \nThis program is made possible through the generous support of Berkshire Bank.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/family-program-smore-history-smore-fun/
LOCATION:CT
CATEGORIES:Family Programs,Free First Saturday
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SUMMARY:French Canadian Jam
DESCRIPTION:Get acquainted with French Canadian traditional tunes at this monthly jam session at the CMCH. New players and new listeners are always welcome! If you would like to join in\, please get in touch with jam organizer\, Joe Lavariere\, at joesondra@juno.com.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/august6jam/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free First Saturday
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SUMMARY:(Sold Out) Date Night: The Invention of the Cocktail
DESCRIPTION:*We’re sorry\, this event has sold out!* \nLooking for something different to do for Date Night? \nBring your sweetie (or bestie) to the museum to explore the history of the cocktail. You’ll get to go behind the scenes to see some of the vintage bar ware in our collection. Then\, the team from The Wise Old Dog will give you a crash course in the history of cocktails\, while demonstrating how to mix up a classic Negroni! \n$30 per couple\, includes drinks and snacks. Spaces are limited\, so reserve your spot today! \nQuestions? Contact Adult Programs Manager Natalie Belanger via email at natalie_belanger@chs.org\, or call (860) 236-5621 x289. \nImage: Janice Shepardson and Friends in a Bar\, CMCH collection 2002.109.31-
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/date-night-cocktail/
LOCATION:CT
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Serenity Mental Art for Meditation
DESCRIPTION:Our current exhibition\, Common Struggle\, Individual Experience: An Exhibition on Mental Health includes several ways that Connecticans approach healing and support for mental health. Please join us as Artist Jampa Tsondue and Yeshi Dorjee\, a Buddhist monk and artist\, discuss Thangka art and meditation to promote healing. \nThangka are sacred Tibetan Buddhist artworks. Thangka art is more than just images\, it contains the information you need to relax your mind and find peace. In this talk\, Jampa will share with us how thangka artworks promote natural healing within each person. Yeshi will share with us steps to meditate upon the thangka to decrease mental and physical suffering and increase healing. \nThis presentation is virtual and free. Click here to register. The Zoom link will be in the attached ticket you receive with your confirmation email. \nQuestions? Email Jennifer Busa at jennifer_busa@chs.org. \nAbout the Speakers \nJampa Tsondue was born in India to Tibetan refugee parents. He began his art studies at age 13. He became an apprentice to this famous painter at the Gyudmed Tantric University. He trained in the Buddhist holy tradition of thangka painting for 20 years. Jampa has painted many thangka for different monasteries with his mentor. Their most important project took four painters nearly four years to complete – recreating forty-one thangkas in the Dalai Lama’s collection\, each 4 feet by 3 feet\, depicting the past lives of the Buddha. \nJampa moved to Connecticut in 1992. Today\, he continues to paint and teach apprentice artists. As is his tradition\, every morning he prays and meditates to reflect on compassion\, loving kindness\, and tolerance. \nYeshi Dorjee was born in Bhutan after his mother escaped from Tibet. As a child he entered into Gyueme Monastic University in India to study art and philosophy until he was 36. He moved to California and taught art and meditation at the University of California Santa Barbara and at other centers. He presented at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 2000. Yeshi is a master of Tibetan thangka painting as well as butter sculpture. \nIn 2019\, Yeshi moved to Connecticut. He provides spiritual guidance to the growing Buddhist community in Old Saybrook and Norwich. Yeshi knows\, presents\, and has written down many traditional narratives of the Tibetan people as well as Buddhist allegories and lesson stories. as well. \nImage: Mental Replacement\, First Step of Meditation\, 2001. Yeshi Dorjee.
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SUMMARY:Summer Concert Series: Hartford Steel Symphony
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an outdoor concert featuring music from Hartford Steel Symphony! This concert will take place on the beautiful CMCH lawn. Grounds are open for seating and picnicking from 5 PM\, and music is from 6PM-7:30PM. All of the CMCH outdoor concerts are free and open to the public. Visitors are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs and food\, and a food truck will be available onsite. In case of rain\, the concerts will move indoors to our auditorium. All our summer concerts will be livestreamed to our YouTube Channel. \nAbout the Band \nHartford Steel Symphony was founded in 1989 in Hartford and has become the area’s premier steel band. Kelvin Griffith\, the band’s director\, is well-known in Trinidad as a panist\, or steel drum player. Griffith is also a maker of steel drums\, and all the steel drums in the band are made by him. The steel pans reflect other instrument names based on the kind of sound they make—like cello\, bass\, guitar\, and tenor pan. \nHartford Steel plays a wide variety of musical genres specific to the West Indies\, including soca\, calypso\, and reggae\, and also can play pop\, classical\, gospel\, and jazz\, all arranged to reflect the rhythms of the islands. The band’s members have competed in years of steel band competitions—part of the culture of steel band performance in the Caribbean—and can always be found at the annual Taste of the Caribbean festival\, and at the West Indian Independence Celebration and Parade in Hartford\, as well as West Indian independence celebrations around New England. Hartford Steel Symphony has also played with The Hartford Symphony Orchestra and celebrities like Bernadette Peters and Len “Boogsie” Sharp\, one of the steel drums’ greatest panists. \nOur Summer Concert Series is funded through the support of the Evelyn W. Preston Memorial Fund\, Bank of America\, N.A.\, Trustee; the Connecticut Office of the Arts/DECD; and the National Endowment for the Arts.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/hartfordsteel/
LOCATION:Connecticut Museum of Culture and History\, 1 Elizabeth Street\, Hartford\, CT\, 06105\, United States
CATEGORIES:CHAP,Concert,Food Truck,Free
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SUMMARY:Negra\, negra\, negra soy
DESCRIPTION:Come witness as Black women share their words\, stories\, and creative talents to show the diversity of Blackness. Negra\, negra\, negra soy (“Black\, Black\, I am a Black woman”) is a community performance created by the afrofeminist arts collective\, Kukily\, that creates interdisciplinary work in performance\, installation\, audiovisual and community-based projects. The US premiere of this project (first conducted in Argentina) is being directed by Connecticut artist and co-founder of Kukily\, Colleen Ndemeh Fitzgerald. \nColleen shares\, “The creative process of ‘Negra\, negra\, negra soy’ creates space for participants to get to know each other\, for the audience to get to know them\, and for bridges to be constructed between individuals and communities. I also think this project is very important now because people of African descent have been disproportionately affected by the ongoing pandemic. Creating art together is healing\, especially art that uplifts the voices of Black women and folks of diverse gender expressions.” \nKukily emphasizes choosing performer-collaborators of different ages\, nationalities\, ethnic backgrounds\, skin tones\, languages\, hair textures\, professions\, religions\, generating essential conversations around who we are and how we create networks of solidarity within our communities. \nThe event will take place on August 20th at Kamora’s Cultural Corner at 75 Sterling St.\, Hartford\, CT. The event will include the Black Art Heals Bazaar with local vendors starting at 4pm\, and the performance will begin by 5pm. The CMCH is proud to be a fiscal sponsor for this event. For more information about the event and to reserve a “pay as you can” ticket\, visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/negra-negra-negra-soy-community-performance-event-tickets-387610081187 \n 
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/negra-negra-negra-soy/
LOCATION:Kamora’s Cultural Corner\, 75 Sterling St\, Hartford\, CT\, United States
CATEGORIES:CHAP,Events,Hartford
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