Students learn to express their creativity using varied art methods and materials to create personal works of art inspired by Museum pieces. Explore a different area of the collection with new projects each week.

Valuable Discoveries Found In Unexpected Places - get yours appraised for free!

We've all made some unexpected discoveries before. Maybe you found a $20 bill in an old coat pocket or stumbled upon a surprise family heirloom while cleaning your basement.

Discoveries range from weird to invaluable and everything in-between. Hopefully, this posting inspires you to keep your eyes open and indulge your curiosity. Who knows? Maybe you’ll find something of value as well.

Bring your “discoveries” to ANTIQ’S - the only antique shop in Farmington, CT - where “every” Saturday is FREE antique appraisal day.

ANTIQ'S Voted the BEST antique shop in Farmington for 30+ years!

Just 3.3 miles off of I-84, Farmington, CT. Accepting all major credit cards and cash.

AND OF COURSE ~ BROWSERS WELCOME AND BUYERS ADORED

ANTIQ’S LLC – FARMINGTON, CT - Estd. 1990

Located on Hyde Rd., Farmington, CT at the corner of New Britain Avenue

Open every weekend Sat/Sun 11:00 am to 4:00 pm

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This program helps caregivers and young children discover art together in the Museum. Listen to a story and then explore line, shape, color, and other elements of art with teaching artist Kathy Lotko. Kathy holds a B.S. in Elementary Education and an M.S. in Art Education. She taught Art in the Berlin School System at both the Elementary and Middle School levels, as well as Integrated Language Arts. She is a Docent at NBMAA and comes to us with 29 years of teaching experience. She combines literacy with various artistic media to develop her innovative weekly programs that enhance the child’s experience here at the Museum.

No class May 24th due to Memorial Day Weekend

Confluence

Ready to find your people? 

Let's cultivate a space for a new way of being

With Julieanne Palmer, Shaman and Spiritual Mentor.

Fourth Saturdays starting March 22, 2025. 3:00-5:00 PM

This will be an open forum where

everyone belongs, any idea is welcome, and where your

words can be spoken and heard in a safe and open

environment. We will create a tapestry of ideas, dreams and

connection. We will openly discuss those areas of wisdom

that you have but no one to share them with. A place where

you can just be and listen to thoughts and ideas you never

would have envisioned and weave them into your own life’s

tapestry.

What participants should bring:

Water, snacks to share, a stone/crystal, journal.

Event Fee: Donation of $10 would be appreciated

Payment link: Venmo: jpmoonpath

Contact Info: ctshaman@gmail.com

About Julieanne: Julieanne lives in Barkhamsted where she has been

practicing her shamanism for thirty years. Her twenty-five

years as a Mesa carrier, studying with the Peruvian Q’eros,

working with people of diverse Medicine Ways, she brings a

vast amount of wisdom and energy to all she offers.

Julieanne would like to create a community of open minded,

creative thinkers, people who lead with the heart and can

envision a new way of being.

Solo Agers Connections & Coffee Social Hour

Building a community in person and online of Solo Agers-Lets meet for conversation over a free cup of coffee!

With Jill Kovalich – Founder of the unique online hub, SoloAgersConnect.com

Monthly on 4th Saturdays starting March 22 from  10-11 AM

Join us for this monthly, casual, one-hour meetup for Solo Agers looking for conversation over a free cup of coffee. This is an opportunity to get out and meet other local Solos. Let’s build our community together!

If you are over 50 and aging alone without a spouse, children, or family involved in your life, then you are a Solo Ager. We are building a community in person and online of Solo Agers, sometimes called Elder Orphans. Discover our new info hub at https://soloagersconnect.com/. Find information, resources, and a growing curated list of trusted service providers. Sign up the newsletter, too!

What participants should bring: nothing required

Event Fee: free

RSVP: https://soloagersconnect.com/events/

RSVP by the Friday before each event

To RSVP or for questions email Jill at: Solo@SoloAgersConnect.com

Bio: 

Jill Kovalich is the Founder of the unique online hub, SoloAgersConnect.com, for Solo Agers to easily find information, services, and resources they need, connect to a Facebook community with similar interests, and develop friendships. Solo Agers include people fifty and older who are navigating the challenges of aging without the support of a spouse or partner, children, or family nearby. She is also a Solo Ager with a positive outlook on aging and life.

Website: https://soloagersconnect.com/

Video about Solo Agers Connect: https://youtu.be/laNab1YoYi0?feature=shared

Parking: GPS MAY SEND YOU IN WRONG DIRECTION! Be sure that your GPS has chosen 304 Main Street FARMINGTON…

Entrances and Parking is in the back. Driveway is right next to the big white sign that says "304 Main Street". Parking is in the first 3 parking areas to the right. Use the entrance closest to first parking area (it’s in the corner of the building). Follow signs to Hope Studio.

WILD TAXI: A TRIBUTE CONCERT TO YUSUF/CAT STEVENS & HARRY CHAPIN

Saturday, May 24 @7:00 PM

Satinwood’s stunning tribute WILD TAXI features the music of legendary singer-songwriters Yusuf/Cat Stevens and Harry Chapin.

Featuring classic songs like “Cat’s in the Cradle” and “Wild World" performed by members of Satinwood along with Harry's original drummer Howard Fields. The WILD TAXI show features music from Chapin’s 1976 album "Greatest Stories Live" and Stevens’ "Tea for the Tillerman" released in 1970.

For all tickets visit www.cheneyhall.org or call 860-647-9824

Table Seating: $52

General Section:

Center Gold: $40

Center: $36

Left or Right Side Gold: $26

Left or Right Side: $22Discounts for Seniors, Students, Military, and Groups of 10 or more

The Portable Folk Music Festival (affectionately known as "The Portables") represent the "house band" of the Sounding Board Coffeehouse. Brace yourself for a stage full of talented singers and instrumentalists who present traditional folk and acoustic music from the American songbook. 

Doors open at 7 p.m. Concert starts at 7:30 p.m. There is no opening act.

Pole puppets are an accessible way to create a giant impact for any performance or protest and it will fold up to fit in your car!

Participants will learn cardboard construction, papier mache techniques, fabric design, puppet design, puppet assembly and how to operate them. Each person can design and create their own puppet to take home and decorate.

ALL MATERIALS PROVIDED. STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BRING THEIR OWN CARDBOARD, FABRIC, AND EMBELLISHMENTS.

Bloomfield Native Michael Borders To Unveil “The Panorama of Connecticut Industry” Mural This May

The Town of Bloomfield Public Arts Commission is excited to announce and honored to host a one-man show of Michael Borders’ epic mural “The Panorama of Connecticut Industry” each weekend of the month of May 2025. 

A Bloomfield native, Borders’ exhibit will be on display in the barn and in the Oliver Filley House at La Salette Open Space Park in Bloomfield from 12 pm – 4 pm Saturdays and Sundays on the following dates: May 3-4, May 10-11, May 17-18 and May 24-25.  The exhibit is free and open to the public.

The unique exhibition space creates a special backdrop, almost as if by design created to show off Borders’ work. With enthusiastic support and help from Ironwood Community Partners and multiple town departments, the Public Art Commission is excited to introduce Borders’ creative genius to the wider community.

The mural features eight 5-by-10 foot panels, each of which depicts the historic, topographical, social and industrial aspects of each county in Connecticut. It is both an abstract and realistic depiction of Connecticut’s peoples and industries and how they are interconnected. Over the course of several years Borders studied the details of the state’s major areas of settlements to learn about how certain places adapted to “what was intrinsic to them,” like iron in northwestern Connecticut, and fishing, boat building and maritime endeavors along the Connecticut shoreline. The mural also depicts the products and methods through which power was transmitted to the mills and factories that made the products possible. 

         Whether you’re young or old, an art, social studies or history student or just looking for something fascinating and out of the ordinary to do – this is an exhibit you won’t want to miss. It is quite simply, a stunning achievement of epic proportions.

For a sneak peek and to see a video of Borders’ mural, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA2WQbj-jTo

About Michael Borders

Michael Borders has for over 50 years, 40 of them as a Bloomfield CT resident, been occupied creating murals, illustrations, formal and informal portraits and the production of original works of art for institutions and individuals. He has been influenced by artists including Henri Fantin-Latour, Diego Rivera, the Hudson River School artists, Frederick Church and Albert Bierstadt, but also contemporary artists like Aaron Douglas and David Driskell. His murals have been installed on the exterior and interiors of buildings, including universities and churches, night clubs, cafeterias, elementary schools, as well as in homes. His illustrations have been placed on record albums and CD cases, magazines, coloring books and posters. Ministers, judges, teachers, dancers and people from all walks of life have been the subjects of his portraits.

       With most of his time as an artist having been spent in the Hartford area he has said, “Many of my ideas have been stimulated by the history and personalities that have been important to this region. Growing up in Hartford gave me a certain appreciation and perception about what great creative ideas are possible, and I try to convey some of that spirit in my work, beyond the aesthetics.”

His lectures have been hosted at Fisk University, Howard University, The University of Hartford, Trinity College, Southern Connecticut State University, The Slater Museum, and many elementary and secondary schools.

To make a reservation:

Please call (860) 673-1441 x2

By 11:30 am Thursday to make a reservation for BOTH Friday & Monday Congregate Lunches

Lunch is served from

12:00pm - 1:00pm

321 New Britain Ave., Unionville, CT 06085

SUGGESTED DONATION:

$3.00 or what you can afford

All new clients must fill out a form to attend(Pick up at the H.O.P.E. Partners of Farmington office)

FRIDAY 5/2

SWEDISH MEATBALLS W/MUSHROOM GRAVY

CUT-UP SWEET POTATOES

SPINACH

WHEAT BREAD

FRESH FRUIT

MONDAY 5/5

CINCO DE MAYO

GRAPE JUICE

CHICKEN & BEAN ENCHILADA

RICE

VEGETABLE MEDLEY

FRESH FRUIT

FRIDAY 5/9

BEEF PATTY W/GRAVY

MASHED POTATOES

CHUCKWAGON VEGGIES

WHEAT BREAD

FRESH FRUIT

MONDAY 5/12

100% FRUIT PUNCH JUICE

TURKEY MEATBALLS W/SWEET & SOUR SAUCE

BROWN RICE

PEAS

WHEAT BREAD

FRESH FRUIT

FRIDAY 5/16

DICED PORK W/MILD SMOKEY BBQ SAUCE

MASHED POTATOES

CREAMED CORN

WHEAT BREAD

FRESH FRUIT

MONDAY 5/19

SWEET ITALIAN SAUSAGE W/PEPPERS & MARINARA SAUCE

PASTA & PARM CHEESE

BROCCOLI NORMANDY

BREAD STICK

FRESH FRUIT

FRIDAY 5/23

BATTERED FISH W/TARTAR SAUCE

TATER TOTS W/KETCHUP

PARSLIED CARROTS

WHEAT BREAD

FRESH FRUIT

MONDAY 5/26

 CLOSED FOR

MEMORIAL DAY

FRIDAY 5/30

BAKED CHICKEN DRUMSTICK

OVEN-ROASTED POTATOES

GREEN BEANS

WHEAT BREAD

FRESH FRUIT

The Revolution

For entrepreneurial minded "Boss Lady" women

Hosted by Lori Theriault, Julie Morgan and Ada Rios

Last Monday of each month from 5:30PM-8PM

First visit FREE

The world moves forward when women empower women.

The Revolution is a women's network for entrepreneurs that delivers RESPONSIVE, RESPECTFUL, RESOURCEFUL, and REVOLUTIONARY support, to disrupt existing markets through innovation. The goal is to provide a stronger and more effective women's support group and network that is currently missing and sorely needed. 

Why the Revolution?  

• For entrepreneurial minded "Boss Lady" women
• Providing non-judgemental emotional support, effective business advice, and vital networking opportunities
• Resource oriented for faster results
• Supportive and community building networks
• All Industry inclusive
• Promotion of all business offerings
• We walk our talk
• Several "field trips" events are offered to promote greater opportunities for networking

Every woman knows that sometimes all that she needs is just a small nudge of encouragement in the form of timely guidance from another woman.  

Yet other times call for coordinated, thoughtful efforts for women in need. 

Overview: 

5:30-6PM: networking, conversation, buffet table

6PM-7PM: Upcoming announcements and Member Presentations

7PM-8PM: Break out meetings, support, connections.

First Visit FREE: See what we're all about

RSVP Strongly Recommended: contact Lori lori@workitcareers.com

For more info:

Website: https://jointherev.biz/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1079122839744530/

Bollywood Dance Classes with Qala Creations

Discover the passion and excitement of Bollywood dance as you groove to the beat and immerse yourself in a night of unforgettable fun.

Instructors: Rohan Shinde and Shradha Gujar

Weekly on Tuesdays from 5:30-7:30PM in the Awakening Room

5:30-6:30PM: Ages 4-7

6:30-7:30PM: Ages 8-11

7:30-8:30: Adults

Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of Bollywood dance and elevate your fitness routine. Learn choreographies to fun and upbeat music as you improve your aerobic abilities and reduce stress. This exhilarating weekly class offers a unique blend of exercise and cultural exploration.

OPTIONAL: there are opportunities to participate in local performances hosted by Qala Creations throughout the year (costumes and gear included with class tuition-GREAT VALUE!).

What to bring: Water, comfortable clothing to move/dance in (exercise/yoga clothes work well), sneakers or supportive footwear for dance. 

Price: $20.00 per class or pre-pay for the entire month on the first class/month. $80 for a 4 week month or $100 for a month with 5 weeks.

Payment Options: Cash at door or Zelle: 860.278.9461 (Shradha Gujar)

Bios:

Renowned instructor and director Rohan inspires dancers of all ages and abilities with his infectious passion for Bollywood dance. Committed to spreading the joy and beauty of this vibrant art form, Rohan fosters a supportive community that celebrates creativity, self-expression, and cultural exchange

Shradha's mastery of dance transcends genres, encompassing both classical and contemporary styles. Her exceptional skills and unwavering enthusiasm have made her a beloved figure in the dance community. As an inspiring instructor and director, Shradha nurtures her students' creativity and fosters a supportive environment where they can flourish

Parking: GPS MAY SEND YOU IN WRONG DIRECTION! Entrance and Parking is in the back. Driveway is right next to the big white sign that says “304 Main Street”. Drive to the end of the driveway and enter through the gray deck and take a right once inside the building.

Spiritual Support Group

Get grounded, feed your soul, and express yourself in a safe & supportive environment

With Ryan Drodz, Reiki Master & Sound Healer

Second and Fourth Tuesdays of each month starting May 27th from 7pm-8:30pm 

If you are seeking support on your spiritual path, craving authentic connection, and need a space to speak your truth, look no further! Ryan will open each group with a brief sound meditation to help participants get grounded, then share his own spiritual experiences, struggles, and self-expression practices. This group is held in an open forum style. Participants are encouraged to share their experiences, challenges, and joys with no pressure to do so. Sharing within the group is optional.

Ryan wishes to serve others walking a spiritual path after hearing similar struggles from others on their journey. Please read through the group rules before attending. These rules must be honored to provide safety, common ground, and respect for other participants.  

Is this group right for you? Read the below and if you agree to the below then this may be the right group for you:

1. Spiritual Support Groups are confidential–what is shared in the group stays within the group. Do not share names, stories, and details about attendees outside of a group that could be used to identify them. This is a safe space that encourages vulnerability, authentic expression, and spiritual growth.

2. The group is held in an open forum style. If you would like to speak, limit responses to 3-5 minutes to allow everyone a chance to speak. Refrain from crosstalk and talking over others. Discrimination and rudeness will not be tolerated in this group.

3. Offering genuine support and encouragement is highly recommended! Keep in mind that each person's spiritual journey is unique. I encourage you to share your journey and refraining from offering unsolicited advice to others. We do not “should” on others within the group because this is disempowering. For example, “You should do this, say this, try this” is not allowed.

What participants should bring: An open heart, mind, and the courage to express what may be dimming your inner light. 

Event Fee: $20 suggested donation.

PLEASE RSVP:  https://soundslikerad.setmore.com/book

For Questions: radliving13@gmail.com

Bio: Ryan has struggled with depression and undiagnosed chronic pain for years which led him to do much inner work. During this journey, he learned to identify ego vs soul and to trust his heart’s intuition over thoughts created by the mind. Ryan is a Reiki Master, Sound Healer, RYT-200, and eternal student.

Website: soundslikerad.com

Yoga for Resilience

A gentle Yoga practice for those with back issues, those with knee replacements or seek improved stability at the hip and shoulder joints. This also benefits those who seek to mindfully slow the nervous system.

Instructor: Kathy Conyers, Yoga Teacher RYT-500, Certificate in Yoga Therapy

Date and time:  Wednesdays, 10-11:15am

Resilience Yoga will help you develop a strong and flexible spine, feel ease in your joints, and be steady in balance. This class features breath centered movements adapted for all levels of participation.

Each class includes movements/postures to strengthen hip and shoulder stability, breathing exercises and use of some props to allow for modifications and adjustments if needed. You will practice movements in a chair, standing, prone, kneeling and supine.

 People who would benefit would include the following:

•   Desire to strengthen weak muscles & release tight muscles
•   Desire to strengthen hip & shoulder stability
•   Desire to slow down the breath/movement to release stress & increase ease

Some of the props you will use will be:

•   chair
•   block
•   strap
•   blanket
•   spinal strip

What participants should bring:  Strap, yoga mat and blanket (some are available to borrow)

Event Fee:  $80/per 4 week session or $25/drop in 

Payment can be cash, check or paypal via artyoga12@gmail.com

RECOMMENDED TO PREPAY TO ENSURE YOUR SPOT or RSVP Kathy to let her know you're coming: artyoga12@gmail.com

Bio:

Kathy Conyers, Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500 hour with Yoga Alliance. I have trained at the Integral Yoga Institute, 200 hour, 1989, the American Viniyoga Institute, 500 hour Certificate, 2007 and Functional Synergy, Yoga Therapy Certificate, 2023. I have experience teaching yoga classes for 34 years with specialties in Yoga for Back Care, Yoga for the Elderly and Pre-Natal Yoga. I have taught Yoga at the Integral Yoga Institute, The Bristol Hospital Wellness Center, The Southington Parks and Recreation, and privately.

The Lewis Walpole Library's latest exhibition has been curated by Alison FitzGerald, Associate Professor in the Department of History, Maynooth University, Ireland. Open Wednesdays 2-4:30 pm and other times by appointment. On view March 5 through August 22, 2025.

This exhibition explores the range of spectacular shows that were offered to the fee-paying public in Georgian London, from exhibitions of paintings, to scientific demonstrations, to the display of wondrous animals. The exhibition primarily focuses on images drawn from the extensive collections at the Lewis Walpole Library that announce, depict and satirize what people paid to gaze at. It will consider how derogatory ideas about spectacle were expressed in caricatures and political discourse.

Details at https://walpole.library.yale.edu/programs/exhibitions#Current%20exhibit

Money Conversation Cafe

With Corrin Burke, Certified Money Coach & Women’s Wealth Advisor

• What we’ll do

Are you ready to transform your relationship with money?!? Corrin will explain a little bit of the history of our brains relative to money and why we do and feel the way we do. Corrin will ask thought provoking questions that you may never have considered before. We will have open discussion and create a safe space to explore the answers to your questions.

• What to bring

Journal, pen, open mind, open heart

 Important to know

This is a group that upholds compassion, healing and forgiveness in dealing with our money. It is a safe place to bring awareness to light and bring the unconscious to the conscious in dealing with our money. It is a place for conversation and healthy discussion.

• RSVP ARE REQUIRED! By the Tuesday before the event to corrin@successfulwealthstrategies.com

• Cost: FREE But Donations are always appreciated!!

About Corrin: Corrin Gibbs Burke is a holistic financial planner to her core. She created Successful Wealth® Strategies, LLC to help individuals and couples create a healthy, loving relationship, with their money. Having Successful Wealth® is about being and feeling successful with your money wherever you fall on the wealth spectrum. The goal of Successful Wealth® Strategies, LLC is to guide you toward balance and success in your relationship with money.

Contact info:

860-470-6238      

www.successfulwealthstrategies.com

Led by certified, experienced instructors from YWCA New Britain

All levels are welcome! Please bring your own mat.

Yoga will rotate in the galleries throughout the coming year depending on the current exhibitions.

Thursdays, 6-6:45 p.m.

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra is thrilled to bring back their Summer Music program! To get everyone ready, a string quartet will be performing musical selections from the pop series to be held this summer. Be sure to attend Thursday, May 29 at 6:30 PM at the Farmington Library, 6 Monteith Drive as they play fresh, pop-style arrangements that bring new life to the songs you know and love!

To make a reservation:

Please call (860) 673-1441 x2

By 11:30 am Thursday to make a reservation for BOTH Friday & Monday Congregate Lunches

Lunch is served from

12:00pm - 1:00pm

321 New Britain Ave., Unionville, CT 06085

SUGGESTED DONATION:

$3.00 or what you can afford

All new clients must fill out a form to attend(Pick up at the H.O.P.E. Partners of Farmington office)

FRIDAY 5/2

SWEDISH MEATBALLS W/MUSHROOM GRAVY

CUT-UP SWEET POTATOES

SPINACH

WHEAT BREAD

FRESH FRUIT

MONDAY 5/5

CINCO DE MAYO

GRAPE JUICE

CHICKEN & BEAN ENCHILADA

RICE

VEGETABLE MEDLEY

FRESH FRUIT

FRIDAY 5/9

BEEF PATTY W/GRAVY

MASHED POTATOES

CHUCKWAGON VEGGIES

WHEAT BREAD

FRESH FRUIT

MONDAY 5/12

100% FRUIT PUNCH JUICE

TURKEY MEATBALLS W/SWEET & SOUR SAUCE

BROWN RICE

PEAS

WHEAT BREAD

FRESH FRUIT

FRIDAY 5/16

DICED PORK W/MILD SMOKEY BBQ SAUCE

MASHED POTATOES

CREAMED CORN

WHEAT BREAD

FRESH FRUIT

MONDAY 5/19

SWEET ITALIAN SAUSAGE W/PEPPERS & MARINARA SAUCE

PASTA & PARM CHEESE

BROCCOLI NORMANDY

BREAD STICK

FRESH FRUIT

FRIDAY 5/23

BATTERED FISH W/TARTAR SAUCE

TATER TOTS W/KETCHUP

PARSLIED CARROTS

WHEAT BREAD

FRESH FRUIT

MONDAY 5/26

 CLOSED FOR

MEMORIAL DAY

FRIDAY 5/30

BAKED CHICKEN DRUMSTICK

OVEN-ROASTED POTATOES

GREEN BEANS

WHEAT BREAD

FRESH FRUIT

You are invited to the Gallery on the Green’s annual “Member/Guest Exhibition” showcasing artists who are members of the Canton Artists Guild and their invited guests. Members invite artists from their creative networks to display their artistic talents across a variety of media including painting, drawings, prints, sculpture, photography, ceramics, mixed media and fiber art. The result fills the main gallery with a superb display of local artistic talent.  

Upstairs are two solo exhibitions. In a show entitled, “Everyday People,” Kathy Schwartz celebrates the human form and the expression of the human spirit through the lines and shapes of the physical body.  The twenty pieces on display include a variety of materials including pastels, acrylic pours, fabric, dried plants and more. “My techniques are varied. Experimenting with different materials allows me to better express both the artistry of my work and the subjects themselves”.

In “Cracked and Crazed” Donna Namnoum, the second solo artist, is exhibiting over thirty ceramic works that incorporate the covered jar and other wheel thrown forms.  Throughout her career Namnoum has used the potter’s wheel as her main tool of expression helping her to create an evolving series of sculptural forms. Her current display features abstracted plant-like growths. “Each of the parts is made on the potter’s wheel and then is altered and assembled, creating forms that look alive – growing, twisting and even wilting.”

Namnoum received her M.A. in Art Education and Ceramics from the Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford. She has exhibited throughout New England and the United States, often earning awards for her entries. Namnoum’s work has frequently appeared in a variety of publications including the Hartford Courant, Art Scope and Sculpture magazine and Ceramics Monthly magazine.

Help Cuatro Puntos welcome our newest international guest artists: Subhasish Bhawal and Madhurjya Barthakur. Esteemed in India for their work in North Indian Classical Music, this will be their first ever concert in the USA.

Sounds of Color will include our two guest artists as well as Ameen Mokdad, Kevin Bishop, and other members of Cuatro Puntos Ensemble. Together they will blend together two ancient traditions: the magical sounds of Hindustani classical music and the mystical strains of maqaam music from around the Middle East. You'll experience tabla, vocals, and strings playing raga that transports you to distant lands.

Cuatro Puntos amplifies silenced, persecuted and underrepresented musicians and their unique styles of music. You may experience our 13 years of commitment to intercultural dialogue and diversity by delving into our recordings and videos at CuatroPuntos.org

This event is free, however any donations will help us to continue amplifying silenced musicians. You may donate when reserving your ticket on Eventbrite, or at the door.

If you are unable to attend this event, you may attend the concert on May 22 in Glastonbury. Sign up at CuatroPuntos.org

Students learn to express their creativity using varied art methods and materials to create personal works of art inspired by Museum pieces. Explore a different area of the collection with new projects each week.

Valuable Discoveries Found In Unexpected Places - get yours appraised for free!

We've all made some unexpected discoveries before. Maybe you found a $20 bill in an old coat pocket or stumbled upon a surprise family heirloom while cleaning your basement.

Discoveries range from weird to invaluable and everything in-between. Hopefully, this posting inspires you to keep your eyes open and indulge your curiosity. Who knows? Maybe you’ll find something of value as well.

Bring your “discoveries” to ANTIQ’S - the only antique shop in Farmington, CT - where “every” Saturday is FREE antique appraisal day.

ANTIQ'S Voted the BEST antique shop in Farmington for 30+ years!

Just 3.3 miles off of I-84, Farmington, CT. Accepting all major credit cards and cash.

AND OF COURSE ~ BROWSERS WELCOME AND BUYERS ADORED

ANTIQ’S LLC – FARMINGTON, CT - Estd. 1990

Located on Hyde Rd., Farmington, CT at the corner of New Britain Avenue

Open every weekend Sat/Sun 11:00 am to 4:00 pm

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This program helps caregivers and young children discover art together in the Museum. Listen to a story and then explore line, shape, color, and other elements of art with teaching artist Kathy Lotko. Kathy holds a B.S. in Elementary Education and an M.S. in Art Education. She taught Art in the Berlin School System at both the Elementary and Middle School levels, as well as Integrated Language Arts. She is a Docent at NBMAA and comes to us with 29 years of teaching experience. She combines literacy with various artistic media to develop her innovative weekly programs that enhance the child’s experience here at the Museum.

Xen's Critters will bring a corral filled with animal farm friends. Goats, sheep, bunnies, chickens, ducks, geese and guinea pigs are some of the critters coming to Bolton. Make sure to register for this fun and engaging event!