SOUTHBURY — The town will hold a Snow and Ice Festival from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, February 4, on the Town Hall Green, 501 Main St. South, as part of the Southbury’s year-long 350th anniversary celebration. The festival is a free, family-friendly event, offering ice carving demos, winter games, old-fashioned arts and crafts, a photo booth, hot food and drink, prizes, history trivia and more. Read moreFebruary 4 in Southbury: Snow and Ice Festival Scheduled
WOODBURY — The 28th Woodbury Earth Day Festival will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at Hollow Park.
WASHINGTON — The Gunn Memorial Library’s virtual Short Story Discussion Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 14, to discuss two short stories from T.C. Boyle’s 2022 collection, “I Walk Between the Raindrops.”
SOUTHBURY — The Southbury Public Library, 100 Poverty Rd., will offer a virtual program, “Bending Towards Justice: African Americans as Subjects and Creators in American Art,” from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Friday, February 10, via Zoom.
NAUGATUCK — The Whittemore Library, 243 Church St., will feature the artwork of award-winning artist Sandra Daignault during February.
WOODBURY — The Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition will host a Rain Barrel Workshop from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, February 15, in the Community Room at the Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department, 25 Quassuk Rd.
LITCHFIELD — The White Memorial Conservation Center will host Nature’s Nursery from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, February 2, in the A.B. Ceder Room at 80 Whitehall Rd.
WOODBURY — The Woodbury Indoor Mini Golf Open will take place, beginning at 10 a.m. Friday, February 17 and concluding at 4 p.m. Monday, February 20 at the Woodbury Senior Community Center at 281 Main St. South. The event was canceled for the past two years due to Covid concerns.
LITCHFIELD — The White Memorial Conservation Center will host Winter Tales by the Fire: Remembering David K. Leff at 2 p.m. Saturday, February 18, at 80 Whitehall Rd.
WASHINGTON — The Gunn Memorial Library will offer a paint night and a workshop for aspiring authors at 5 Wykeham Rd.
OXFORD — Immanuel Lutheran Church will host a Circulate the Love Blood Drive, sponsored by the Membership and Outreach Ministry in the church hall at 25 Great Hill Rd.
NEWTOWN — St Rose Bingo Night will return on Friday, February 10, in the Msgr. Weiss Gathering Hall at 40 Church Hill Rd.
LITCHFIELD — The White Memorial Conservation Center will host a Museum Children Free Week, Thursday, February 16 to Wednesday, February 22, at 80 Whitehall Rd.
WOODBURY — The Great Decisions World Affairs Discussion Group will offer a bi-weekly program from 6 to 7 p.m. beginning Thursday, February 16, at the Woodbury Public Library, 269 Main St. South.
BETHLEHEM — In recognition of the annual nation-wide celebration “Take Your Child to the Library Day,” the Bethlehem Library will offer a puppet show at noon, Saturday February 4.
MONROE — The Monroe Public Schools online registration for children eligible to start kindergarten in the fall of 2023 will begin on Monday, February 6.
WASHINGTON — Gunn Memorial Library and Museum will be celebrating Love Your Library Day on Saturday, February 11 with an array of programs for library lovers of all ages at 5 Wykeham Rd.
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Senior Center is located at 1172 Whittemore Rd. Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday.
OXFORD — The Naugatuck Valley Genealogy Club will meet at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, February 11, via Zoom.
NEWTOWN — The Newtown Arts Festival has announced a competition with a $1,000 award for the artist whose work is chosen the 2023 festival’s signature art.
SOUTHBURY — Each month, the Mattatuck Unitarian Universalist Society, 283 Main St. North, focuses on a specific theme regarding the human spirit.
LITCHFIELD — The White Memorial Conservation Center will offer the program, Cut It Out! The Local Practice and History of Ice Harvesting from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, February 11, in the museum at 80 Whitehall Rd.
WATERBURY — Registration is underway for two sessions of the free, six-week Live Well With Chronic Pain telephone workshops.
SOUTHBURY — The Southbury Public Library, 100 Poverty Rd., plans a virtual program on Presidential Birthplaces from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, February 23, via Zoom and streamed to the Kingsley Room at the library.
SOUTHBURY — The Southbury Public Library invites interested teens in grades 6 through 12 for a Teen DIY: Magazine Collage Silhouette Art event from 4-5 p.m. Monday, February 13 in the Brown Room of the library at 100 Poverty Rd.
LITCHFIELD — The White Memorial Conservation Center will host Babies in Backpacks with Kelly Orr for ages six months to 2 years at 10 a.m. Thursday, February 16, meeting in the Pollinator Garden at 80 Whitehall Rd.
WOODBURY — Teens are invited to join Edward Montoya of City Youth Theater for a four-week acting class at the Woodbury Public Library beginning Saturday, February 4 through 25, meeting at 11 a.m. at 269 Main St. South.
SOUTHBURY — Heritage Village Activities recently hosted a presentation by Professor Marci Shore of Yale University on the topic of events in Ukraine.
WATERBURY — The Valley Chordsmen is offering singing Valentines on Valentine’s Day, Tuesday, February 14.
BETHLEHEM-WOODBURY — Online registration is open for children in Bethlehem and Woodbury who will be attending kindergarten for the 2023-24 school year.
SOUTHBURY — Pianist Matthew Fishteyn will entertain from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, February 11, in the Kingsley Room of the Southbury Public Library, 100 Poverty Rd.
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WOODBURY — Nonnewaug High School students Samantha Duncan, Maggie Keane and Skylar Chung, who will participate in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society 2023 Greater Connecticut Student Visionaries of the Year competition, are seeking help from the community in their fundraising effort. The kick-…
The Burnham Library, 62 Main St. South, Bridgewater, offers a new art show, beginning Wednesday, February. “Beautiful Bridgewater” will feature photography by local resident Maureen McCauley, including “Quiet Morning.” The show runs until Saturday, March 18. An opening reception for the publ…
WOODBURY — Carole Peck, owner and chef of Good News Restaurant and Bar, 694 Main St. South, will host a special fundraiser called Sharing Love With Ukraine from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, February 9, to support the World Central Kitchen’s mission of serving millions of fresh meals to Ukr…
WASHINGTON — The Gunn Memorial Library will offer a history program and short story discussion at 5 Wykeham Rd.
SOUTHBURY — Sue Duval, a certified professional organizer and owner of The Organized Hive in Newtown, will offer strategies and motivation for handling clutter in the home at 11 a.m. Friday, February 10, at the Southbury Public Library, 100 Poverty Rd.
WOODBURY — The Woodbury Public Library, 269 Main St. South, is offering an on-demand, virtual Chocolate and Cheese Fondue Workshop through Tuesday, January 31 at www.woodburylibraryct.org.
WOODBURY — The Woman’s Club of Woodbury will meet at 12:30 p.m. Monday, February 6, in the Emergency Services Building, Orenaug Firehouse, 25 Quassuk Rd.
WOODBURY — Studio Hill Gallery, 507 Main St. South, will host its new coffeehouse, Speak Easy, Spoken Word series on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month, starting at 5:30 p.m. and hosted by poets “MayaRoseSpokenWord” and “Rap to God.”
ROXBURY — The Minor Memorial Library will present “Ghost-Writer,” a live reading of the Michael Hollinger play, at 2 p.m. Saturday, February 4, in the Hodge Memorial Library, 4 North St.
WASHINGTON — The Gunn Memorial Library and Museum, 5 Wykeham Rd., will host the next meeting of the Washington History Club at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 7, in the library’s Wykeman Room.
WOODBURY — The Woodbury Public Library, 269 Main St. South, will host the Nonnewaug High School Senior Showcase featuring student artwork by Gabrielle Berardis, Madison Dannenhoffer, Gretchen Davis, Helena de Castro, Eliana Groben, Kayla Hall, Timnah Kaufmann, Samantha Molzon, Kailey Moore, …
SOUTHBURY — The Southbury Senior Center is located at 561 Main St. South.
LITCHFIELD — The White Memorial Conservation Center will host Life Below Snow with Erin Josefson at 2 p.m. Saturday, February 18, meeting in the A.B. Ceder Room at 80 Whitehall Rd. and via Zoom.
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Public Library, 30 Crest Rd., will offer programs for adults and children in February.
WOODBURY — The Woodbury Ambulance Association will hold a Stop the Bleed class on the fourth Wednesday of every other month.
BRIDGEWATER — The Bridgewater Senior Center, known as The Hilltop Center, is located at 132 Hut Hill Rd. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday.
SOUTHBURY — The Southbury Public Library, 100 Poverty Rd., offers a program on Gene Kelly, one of Hollywood’s most famous dancers, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Friday, February 3, on Zoom and streamed to the Kingsley Room at the library.
WASHINGTON — HORSE, the Humane Organization Representing Suffering Equines, now celebrating its 41st year, will hold a two-day tack sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, January 28 and 29, at 43 Wilbur Rd.
SOUTHBURY — The Southbury Public Library invites interested teens in grades 6-12 for a Teen Trivia Tuesday event from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 14 in the Brown Room of the library at 100 Poverty Rd.
WOODBURY — The film, “The Life and Music of Leroy Anderson,” will be shown at 10 a.m. Saturday, January 28, at the Woodbury Public Library, 269 Main St. South.
SOUTHBURY — The Southbury Public Library invites interested teens in grades 6 to 12 for a Minute to Win It Monday event from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, February 28 in the Kingsley Room of the library at 100 Poverty Rd.
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