Short Attention Span Literary Club
VirtualJoin us the first Wednesday of every month for conversation about a short story. This week’s selection is “Mrs. Manstey's View" by Edith Wharton.
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(Sold Out) Date Night: The Invention of the Cocktail
Looking for something different to do for Date Night?
Lunch and Learn: Serenity Mental Art for Meditation
Please join us as Artist Jampa Tsondue and Yeshi Dorjee, a Buddhist monk and artist, discuss Thangka art and meditation to promote healing.
Short Attention Span Literary Club
VirtualOnce per month, we get together to chat about short stories. This month’s selection is “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Mystery Home: Discover the Story of Your House! (Sold Out!)
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT, United StatesInterested in learning more about your home? This two-hour program will give you an introduction to researching the history of your house.
**Canceled** Lunch and Learn: The Neurocolorline — Locating Black Autism and Black Neurodivergence in the Archives
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford, CT, United StatesDr. Diana Paulin, of Trinity College, will talk about how the history of anti-black racism and ableism in the U.S. erases both the past and contemporary experiences of Black neurodivergence.
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Woodward Distinguished Lecture Series: Sebastian Junger
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, HartfordCHS is pleased to welcome Sebastian Junger, Award-Winning Journalist, Director, and Best-Selling Author of The Perfect Storm & TRIBE, to deliver this year’s Charles Guilford Woodward Lecture.
Short Attention Span Literary Club
VirtualOnce per month, we get together to chat about short stories. This month’s selection is “The Semplica-Girl Diaries” by George Saunders.
Frederick Law Olmsted: Bringing Nature to the City
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford, CT, United StatesJoin historian and filmmaker Laurence Cotton as he does a deep dive into the remarkable life and career of the landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.
Lunch and Learn: Punch and Judy — Tradition, Popular Culture, and Puppetry
VirtualFind our about the history of Punch and Judy, the comical and now-controversial hand puppet tradition.
Lunch and Learn: Puritans and Pequots — The Antinomian Controversy and Pequot War Across Colonial New England
VirtualIn this talk, learn about the interconnections between the Antinomian (or Free Grace) Controversy and the military conflict known as the Pequot War, in the early days of the New England colonies.
Short Attention Span Literary Club
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT, United StatesJoin us the first Wednesday of every month for conversation about a short story. This month's story is "Faith," by Sayaka Murata.