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June 2024

Book Voyagers / Cartooning Workshop

June 24 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Danbury Public Library, 170 Main Street
Danbury, 06810 + Google Map
Free
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Author Event: The Next Mrs. Parrish with Liv Constantine

June 24 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Fairfield Public Library, 1080 OLD POST RD
Fairfield, CT 06824 + Google Map
Free
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Reader Favorites: Authors Liv Constantine & Wendy Walker (In-person)

June 25 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Avon Free Public Library, 281 Country Club Rd
Avon, CT 06001 United States + Google Map
Free
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Arts & Letters

June 26 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Cedar Hill Cemetery, 453 Fairfield Avenue
Hartford, CT 06114 United States + Google Map
$10.00
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Book Voyagers / Lionheart Puppet Company

June 26 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Danbury Public Library, 170 Main Street
Danbury, 06810 + Google Map
Free
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Book Voyagers / Mystic Seaport Workshop

June 26 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Killingly Public Library, 25 Westcott Rd
Danielson, CT 06239 United States + Google Map
Free
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Bus Trip Featuring Works by Helena Hernmarck

June 27 @ 8:15 am - 6:00 pm
Cooper Hewitt Museum, Manhattan sites New York City, + Google Map
$149
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Book Voyagers / Cartoon Workshop

June 27 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Wheeler Library, 101 Main Street
North Stonington, 06359 + Google Map
Free
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Book Voyagers / Animal Adventures

June 28 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Saxon B. Little Library, 319 Route 87
Columbia, 06237 + Google Map
Free
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The Plot Thickens

June 29 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cedar Hill Cemetery, 453 Fairfield Avenue
Hartford, CT 06114 United States + Google Map
$10
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GALLERY TOUR: Impressionism 150

June 30 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme Street
Old Lyme, CT 06371 United States + Google Map
Free
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July 2024

Book Voyagers / Al deCant

July 2 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Wheeler Library, 101 Main Street
North Stonington, 06359 + Google Map
Free
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5th Annual Reading of the Declaration of Independence of the Steps of Hoyt-Barnum

July 4 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Stamford History Center, 1508 High Ridge Rd.
Stamford, CT 06903 United States + Google Map
Free
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Summer 2024 Guided Tours: From 1640 to Hartford in History Today

July 6 @ 10:00 am - 1:30 pm
ancient burying ground association, 60 Gold Street
Hartford, 06141 + Google Map
$5
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Book Voyagers

July 6 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
West Woodstock Library, 5 Bungay Road
West Woodstock, CT 06281 United States + Google Map
Free
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Max Corvo For Freedom

July 10 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Middletown Hig School, 200 La Rosa Lane
Middletown, 06457 + Google Map
Free - Donations accepted
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Hiking Archaeological Ruins of Southern New England

July 10 @ 8:00 pm
Ridgefield Library, 472 Main Street
Ridgefield, 06877 + Google Map
Free
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Destination Westport: In Gatsby’s Shoes

July 13 @ 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Longshore Marina, Lot F Parking Area 260 Compo Rd S City Westport
Westport, CT 06880 United States + Google Map
$20 – $25
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Walking Tour – Memento Mori

July 13 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Memento Mori Cemetery, 71 Main Street
Farmington, 06032 + Google Map
$15 – $20
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Mark Twain’s Companions & Cohorts

July 13 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cedar Hill Cemetery, 453 Fairfield Avenue
Hartford, CT 06114 United States + Google Map
$10
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Book Voyagers / “Living Dragons”

July 13 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Willimantic Public Library, 905 Main Street
Willimantic, CT 06226 United States + Google Map
Free
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Connecticut’s Changing Coast in the Era of Climate Change at Pardee-Morris House

July 14 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
The Pardee-Morris House, 325 Lighthouse Rd.
New Haven, 06512 + Google Map
Free
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Author Talk with Joyce Maynard

July 15 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Fairfield Public Library, 1080 OLD POST RD
Fairfield, CT 06824 + Google Map
Free
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Author Visit: Jamie Deenihan

July 16 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Manross Memorial Library, 260 Central Street
Bristol, 06010 + Google Map
Free
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Connecticut Author Wakime Hauser

July 16 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Manross Memorial Library, 260 Central Street
Bristol, 06010 + Google Map
Free
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Celebrate West Hartford

July 17 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Cedar Hill Cemetery, 453 Fairfield Avenue
Hartford, CT 06114 United States + Google Map
$10
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Dinos in the Creek Week

July 17 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
The Legacy Theatre, 128 Thimble Islands Road
Branford, 06405 + Google Map
$5
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Husbands & Lovers: Author Event with Beatriz Williams (in-person)

July 18 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Avon Free Public Library, 281 Country Club Rd
Avon, CT 06001 United States + Google Map
Free
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The Original Promise Of America: “The Pursuit of Happiness”

July 18 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society, 227 South Main St
West Hartford, CT 06107 United States + Google Map
Free
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Oh, The Places We’ll Go!

July 20 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Cedar Hill Cemetery, 453 Fairfield Avenue
Hartford, CT 06114 United States + Google Map
$10
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Emerging Activists

July 20 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, 77 Forest Street
Hartford, CT 06105 United States + Google Map
Free
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Inheriting Freedom: An Intergenerational Tour

July 20 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, 77 Forest Street
Hartford, CT 06105 United States + Google Map
$20
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Book Voyagers / Xen’s Critters

July 25 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Thompson Public Library, 934 Riverside Drive
North Grosvenordale, CT 06255 United States + Google Map
Free
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Local Author Festival Reunion: Catch up with our Original Mystery Authors!

July 26 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Avon Free Public Library, 281 Country Club Rd
Avon, CT 06001 United States + Google Map
Free
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Book Voyagers / Music with Liz McNicholl

July 27 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
West Woodstock Library, 5 Bungay Road
West Woodstock, CT 06281 United States + Google Map
Free
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Leaders of the Five Iroquois Nations

July 27 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Kellogg Environmental Center & Osborne Homestead Museum, 500 Hawthorne Ave
Derby, 06484 + Google Map
Free
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White Sails, Black Hands: The African American Experience on the Thames Boat Tour

July 28 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
City Pier New London, 1 Waterfront Park
New London, 06320 + Google Map
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Captivating Books and Stories Inspired by Sites along the Thames River Boat Tour

July 28 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
City Pier New London, 1 Waterfront Park
New London, 06320 + Google Map
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GALLERY TOUR: Impressionism 150

July 28 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme Street
Old Lyme, CT 06371 United States + Google Map
Free
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Dirty Blue Shirts to Bring Federal-Style Fashion to Pardee-Morris House

July 28 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
The Pardee-Morris House, 325 Lighthouse Rd.
New Haven, 06512 + Google Map
Free
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August 2024

Water, Wampum & Medicine Wheels. Mohegan Life on the Thames Boat Tour

August 3 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
City Pier New London, 1 Waterfront Park
New London, 06320 + Google Map
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Book Voyagers / Drumming About You

August 3 @ 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
West Woodstock Library, 5 Bungay Road
West Woodstock, CT 06281 United States + Google Map
Free
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Well-Heeled and Wannabees. The Gilded Age along the Thames Boat Tour

August 4 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
City Pier New London, 1 Waterfront Park
New London, 06320 + Google Map
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Capitol America Book Talk and Luncheon

August 7 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Connecticut State Capitol, 210 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106 United States + Google Map
Free
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Long After We Are Gone: Author Event with Terah Shelton Harris (in person)

August 8 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Avon Free Public Library, 281 Country Club Rd
Avon, CT 06001 United States + Google Map
Free
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Sunset Notables

August 8 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Cedar Hill Cemetery, 453 Fairfield Avenue
Hartford, CT 06114 United States + Google Map
$10
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Walking Tour – Memento Mori

August 10 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Memento Mori Cemetery, 71 Main Street
Farmington, 06032 + Google Map
$15 – $20
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Barnstormers & Aviators

August 10 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Cedar Hill Cemetery, 453 Fairfield Avenue
Hartford, CT 06114 United States + Google Map
$10
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The Nutmeg Battalion Encampment at the Nellie McKnight House

August 10 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Nellie McKnight House, Ellington Historical Society, 70 Main Street
Ellington, 06029 + Google Map
Free
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Summer 2024 Guided Tours: From 1640 to Hartford in History Today

August 10 @ 10:00 am - 1:30 pm
ancient burying ground association, 60 Gold Street
Hartford, 06141 + Google Map
$5
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White Sails, Black Hands: The African American Experience on the Thames Boat Tour

August 10 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
City Pier New London, 1 Waterfront Park
New London, 06320 + Google Map
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Captivating Books and Stories Inspired by Sites along the Thames River Boat Tour

August 10 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
City Pier New London, 1 Waterfront Park
New London, 06320 + Google Map
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Book Voyagers / TaleWise

August 13 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
West Haven, 260 Benham Hill Road
West Haven, 06515 + Google Map
Free
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Book Voyagers / TaleWise’s “Adventure of the Lost Treasure’

August 13 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
West haven Library Ora Mason Branch, 260 Benham Hill Road
West Haven, 06516 + Google Map
Free
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Bristol Author Judy Humphrey

August 13 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Manross Memorial Library, 260 Central Street
Bristol, 06010 + Google Map
Free
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Chats on the Past: Waite “Schoolboy” Hoyt

August 14 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Virtual Event
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1940s Fun & Games Kids Camp

August 15 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Weston History & Culture Center ( Weston Historical Society), 104 Weston Rd
Weston, 06883 + Google Map
$10 – $15
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VIRTUAL LECTURE: The Day Impressionism Began

August 15 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme Street
Old Lyme, CT 06371 United States + Google Map
$10
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A Farewell to Arfs: Author Event with Spencer Quinn (in-person)

August 15 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Avon Free Public Library, 281 Country Club Rd
Avon, CT 06001 United States + Google Map
Free
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A Home’s Legacy: Weston & James Melton

August 15 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
CT United States + Google Map
$15 – $20
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Gravestone Cleaning Workshop

August 17 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Memento Mori Cemetery, 71 Main Street
Farmington, 06032 + Google Map
$20 – $25
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Mark Twain’s Companions & Cohorts

August 17 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cedar Hill Cemetery, 453 Fairfield Avenue
Hartford, CT 06114 United States + Google Map
$10.00
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Sweet Dreams: A Bedtime Story Comes to Life

August 17 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
The Legacy Theatre, 128 Thimble Islands Road
Branford, 06405 + Google Map
$20
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Bee Day

August 17 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Stanley-Whitman House, 37 High Street
Farmington, 06032 + Google Map
Free
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Emerging Activists

August 17 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, 77 Forest Street
Hartford, CT 06105 United States + Google Map
Free
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The French and Indian War

August 17 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Kellogg Environmental Center & Osborne Homestead Museum, 500 Hawthorne Ave
Derby, 06484 + Google Map
Free
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Inheriting Freedom: An Intergenerational Tour

August 17 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, 77 Forest Street
Hartford, CT 06105 United States + Google Map
$20
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Turning Grief Into a Message of Hope – Book Reading at Pardee-Morris House with author Emily Franke

August 18 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
The Pardee-Morris House, 325 Lighthouse Rd.
New Haven, 06512 + Google Map
Free
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The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia: Author Event With Juliet Grames (in-person)

August 19 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Avon Free Public Library, 281 Country Club Rd
Avon, CT 06001 United States + Google Map
Free
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Author Visit with Joanna Schaffhausen, to celebrate the release of All The Way Gone!

August 20 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Avon Free Public Library, 281 Country Club Rd
Avon, CT 06001 United States + Google Map
Free
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A Monumental Man: The Art of James Batterson

August 21 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Cedar Hill Cemetery, 453 Fairfield Avenue
Hartford, CT 06114 United States + Google Map
$10
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GALLERY TALK: Fresh Impressions: New Research on American Impressionism

August 21 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme Street
Old Lyme, CT 06371 United States + Google Map
Free
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American Revolution Hero Lafayette Returns to New Haven: Reenactor and Historian to Appear at New Haven Museum

August 21 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Ave
New Haven, CT 06510 United States + Google Map
Free
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Destination Westport: In Gatsby’s Shoes

August 22 @ 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Longshore Marina, Lot F Parking Area 260 Compo Rd S City Westport
Westport, CT 06880 United States + Google Map
$20 – $25
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Conversation Club: Pat Wilson Pheanious

August 22 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Stanley-Whitman House, 37 High Street
Farmington, 06032 + Google Map
Free
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Cinema at the Cemetery

August 22 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Cedar Hill Cemetery, 453 Fairfield Avenue
Hartford, CT 06114 United States + Google Map
Free
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International Cultural Arts and Food Fusion Festival

August 24 @ 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Edgewood Park, New Haven, CT 06515, 740 New Whalley Ave.,
New Haven, 06515 + Google Map
Free
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Well-Heeled and Wannabees. The Gilded Age along the Thames Boat Tour

August 25 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
City Pier New London, 1 Waterfront Park
New London, 06320 + Google Map
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Experience Revolutionary New Haven at Pardee-Morris House Family Day

August 25 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The Pardee-Morris House, 325 Lighthouse Rd.
New Haven, 06512 + Google Map
Free
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LECTURE & DEMONSTRATION: The Impressionist Palette

August 25 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme Street
Old Lyme, CT 06371 United States + Google Map
$15
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Water, Wampum & Medicine Wheels. Mohegan Life on the Thames Boat Tour

August 31 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
City Pier New London, 1 Waterfront Park
New London, 06320 + Google Map
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Submarines, Battlefields and Betrayers. Military on the Thames Boat Tour

August 31 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
City Pier New London, 1 Waterfront Park
New London, 06320 + Google Map
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September 2024

Submarines, Battlefields and Betrayers. Military on the Thames Boat Tour

September 1 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
City Pier New London, 1 Waterfront Park
New London, 06320 + Google Map
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Blowholes, Blubber & Breaches. Whaling Tales on the Thames Boat Tour

September 1 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
City Pier New London, 1 Waterfront Park
New London, 06320 + Google Map
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Author Anya Liftig

September 5 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Manross Memorial Library, 260 Central Street
Bristol, 06010 + Google Map
Free
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When the Aztec Eagle Soared Over Bridgeport with Abraham Lima

September 7 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Bridgeport Public Library, 925 Broad Street
Bridgeport, 06604 + Google Map
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Destination Westport: In Gatsby’s Shoes

September 7 @ 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Longshore Marina, Lot F Parking Area 260 Compo Rd S City Westport
Westport, CT 06880 United States + Google Map
$20 – $25
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Mystery Scavenger Hunt

September 7 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cedar Hill Cemetery, 453 Fairfield Avenue
Hartford, CT 06114 United States + Google Map
$10
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Book Voyagers / Sign & Sing

September 7 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Waterford Public Library, 49 Rope Ferry Road
Waterford, 06385 + Google Map
Free
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Lunch and Learn – “Anomalous Characters”: The Children of the Loyalists

September 10 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
online
Free
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Leonard Cohen: The Man Who Saw the Angels Fall/Virtual Author Talk with Christophe Lebold

September 11 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Avon Free Public Library, 281 Country Club Rd
Avon, CT 06001 United States + Google Map
Free
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Decoding the Antikythera Mechanism

September 12 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Fairfield University, Barone Campus Center, 1073 North Benson Road
Fairfield, 06824 + Google Map
Free
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Samson Occom: Indigenous Sovereignty in Revolutionary Connecticut

September 12 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, 1 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105 United States + Google Map
Free – $15
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Exhibition Curator Tour: “Playful Pastimes”

September 12 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Westport Museum for History and Culture, 25 Avery Place
Westport, 06880 United States + Google Map
$10
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Lest We Forget

September 14 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cedar Hill Cemetery, 453 Fairfield Avenue
Hartford, CT 06114 United States + Google Map
$10
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Forgotten Leaders of the American Revolution

September 14 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Kellogg Environmental Center & Osborne Homestead Museum, 500 Hawthorne Ave
Derby, 06484 + Google Map
Free
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Spirit of Resilience: Exhibit Program with Ed Johnetta Miller

September 15 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Prudence Crandall Museum, 1 South Canterbury Road
Canterbury, CT 06331 United States + Google Map
Free
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The Counterfeit Countess: Author & Book Discussion at the Greenberg Center

September 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
University of Hartford Wilde Auditorium, 200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117 United States + Google Map
Free
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Eternal Homes of Cedar Hill

September 18 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Cedar Hill Cemetery, 453 Fairfield Avenue
Hartford, CT 06114 United States + Google Map
$10
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Chats on the Past: Marilyn Chambers

September 18 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Virtual Event
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Opening Reception for “Arwe Journey: Twentieth-Century Afri-Caribbean Migration”

September 18 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Housatonic Museum of Art, 900 Lafayette Blvd.
Bridgeport, 06604 + Google Map
Free
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The Battle of Ridgefield

September 18 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
St. Stephen’s Church North Hall, 353 Main Street, Ridgefield CT, 353 Main Street
Ridgefield, 06877 + Google Map
Free
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