Enjoy using watercolors and collage to create your own personal book tracker for summer reading! Ages 11+. Please register @harwintonlibrary.org/events

Come try join us and make some beautiful coffee glasses, candy jars, wine glasses. Paint your cool designs with dots and glass paint for fun results!

18+ ONLY

Beginner workshops are perfect for you to grab your friends, grab a drink and come make tiny trees! We’re bringing the awesome art of bonsai out of the hedged in gardens and into the streets! Or at least into your favorite bars/breweries/pubs. Bonsai Bar is a night of fun you don’t want to miss. Learn the fundamental skills and techniques behind the art of bonsai while enjoying a night out with friends! Our teachers will introduce core concepts and guide your experience as you pot, prune, and design your very own bonsai tree!

Venue: Brewery Legitimus

Address: 283 Main Street, New Hartford, CT 06057

Website: https://bonsaibar.com/products/brewery-legitimus

This workshop will be hosted at Brewery Legitimus. Brewery Legitimus in New Hartford, CT brews high-quality craft beer, proudly independent and family owned. Our taproom, beer garden, and event space in a former factory building offer an inviting gathering place for beer enthusiasts. Owners Chris and Christina have a strong passion for craft beer and years of industry experience. Come visit our destination for beer lovers of all levels!

Bring down some extra plants you have and swap for what you need with fellow gardeners!

Create a portrait of your family pet with watercolor artist Nancy Roman! You will need a printed 5'' x 7'' photo of your pet.

Chess players of all ages are invited to join our Monday night Chess Club. Sharpen your skills and make new friends while you enjoy a friendly game. Players should already be familiar with the basics of how to play. Registration is helpful, but not required.

Join the Torrington Recreation Department on May 22nd at 5pm at the Torrington Armory for a paint and "sip" night. Ages 5-105 are welcome to join us to follow along our instructor Amber and create a fun spring themed painting. While painting, enjoy complimentary iced tea and lemonade to ring in that spring spirit! Tickets must be purchased in advance as there is limited space. Follow this link to join us!

Join Vanessa Fasanella to learn the basics of using jewelry tools, designing jewelry, and using a beading board. Make a bracelet and earrings set, and take home the beading board.

Chess players of all ages are invited to join our Monday night Chess Club. Sharpen your skills and make new friends while you enjoy a friendly game. Players should already be familiar with the basics of how to play. Registration is helpful, but not required.

Chess players of all ages are invited to join our Monday night Chess Club. Sharpen your skills and make new friends while you enjoy a friendly game. Players should already be familiar with the basics of how to play. Registration is helpful, but not required.

This month’s selection is The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett. Books are available to borrow at the library. Join us!

Flowers and plants have been used for centuries to make pigments and dyes for cloth and paper. Explore two different ways to make art with the color of real fresh flowers and learn what flowers to grow to make an art garden! Leave with some beautiful floral artwork we create in class. **This program is LOUD at times**

This month’s selection is Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party by Edward Dolnick. Books are available to borrow at the library. Join us!

Chess players of all ages are invited to join our Monday night Chess Club. Sharpen your skills and make new friends while you enjoy a friendly game. Players should already be familiar with the basics of how to play. Registration is helpful, but not required.

Chess players of all ages are invited to join our Monday night Chess Club. Sharpen your skills and make new friends while you enjoy a friendly game. Players should already be familiar with the basics of how to play. Registration is helpful, but not required.

Chess players of all ages are invited to join our Monday night Chess Club. Sharpen your skills and make new friends while you enjoy a friendly game. Players should already be familiar with the basics of how to play. Registration is helpful, but not required.

Please join the Bristol Gem & Mineral Club for our 53rd Annual Gem Show!

Every year, the club holds a Gem and Mineral Show, which showcases a wide assortment of gems, jewelry, fossils, crystals, educational exhibits, and children’s games.

The 2025 Bristol Gem & Mineral Show

• Saturday, October 18 • 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
• Sunday, October 19 • 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

At the Beals Community Center, 240 Stafford Ave. in Bristol (links to directions and map.)

Admission for the show is $5 for adults. Kids under 12 are free with paid adult, and scouts and 4-H members with leaders (in uniform) are free too.

The Bristol Gem & Mineral Club is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization.

Please join the Bristol Gem & Mineral Club for our 53rd Annual Gem Show!

Every year, the club holds a Gem and Mineral Show, which showcases a wide assortment of gems, jewelry, fossils, crystals, educational exhibits, and children’s games.

The 2025 Bristol Gem & Mineral Show

• Saturday, October 18 • 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
• Sunday, October 19 • 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

At the Beals Community Center, 240 Stafford Ave. in Bristol (links to directions and map.)

Admission for the show is $5 for adults. Kids under 12 are free with paid adult, and scouts and 4-H members with leaders (in uniform) are free too.

The Bristol Gem & Mineral Club is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization.