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Mental Health First Aid Training
Community Room 281 Country Club Road, Avon, CT, United StatesJoin us for an all day session, 9:00am-4:00pm, on Mental Health First Aid Training. Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders. This training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial support to someone who may be […]
Lit Lecture: Demon Copperhead/Bearing Witness to Southern Appalachia through the Eyes of a Child
Community Room 281 Country Club Road, Avon, CT, United StatesJoin us for an in-person lit lecture and discussion to kick off adult summer reading! “Not that I’m any witness”: Bearing Witness to Southern Appalachia through the Eyes of a Child. This presentation on Barbara Kingsolver’s poignant 2022 novel, Demon Copperhead privileges the voice of the vulnerable and resilient child narrator: “a little blue prizefighter,” […]
Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad (virtual)
Online (Zoom)Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad (virtual) Join Connie Martin as she tells the stories passed down to her great-grandmother Lizzie of how her family survived the antebellum period through trials and tribulations, and how they used quilts that contained hidden codes and secret messages to assist abolitionists–white and black–to […]
We Are Only Ghosts: Author Event with Jeffrey L. Richards (in-person)
Computer Lab, 1st Floor 281 Country Club Road, Avon, CT, United StatesMeet author Jeffrey L. Richards at the PRIDE Block Party! We Are Only Ghosts: A stunning, lyrical, and emotionally powerful novel of historical fiction spanning World War II-era Europe to 1960s New York City, We Are Only Ghosts is a haunting portrait of survival, loss, love, and redemption in all its human complexity. New York City, […]
LADY NIKI: Lady Gaga Tribute Artist
Community Room 281 Country Club Road, Avon, CT, United StatesLADY NIKI: Lady Gaga Tribute Artist Saturday, June 8, 2024, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM In Person - Community Room All Ages Nickie Fuller, known for her dazzling tribute to Lady Gaga, is a Singer, Dancer, and Entertainer. She is known for her ability to reinvent her image, and her versatility as a performer. […]