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Author Event with Mindy McGinnis
Community Room 281 Country Club Road, Avon, CT, United StatesWhen: Thursday, May 9th from 6:00 - 7:00 pm Where: First Floor, Community Room Join us in welcoming award-winning author Mindy McGinnis to discuss her latest novel Under This Red Rock. We will be selling copies of Under This Red Rock as well as copies of some of Mindy's other Young Adult novels. Mindy […]
(In-Person) A History of Electric Vehicles
Community Room 281 Country Club Road, Avon, CT, United StatesThere were more than 150,000 working horses in NYC by 1890. They had become both indispensable and unsustainable. To advocates of a newly emerging technology, the solution seemed obvious: get rid of horses and replace them with self-propelling motor vehicles, known at the time as horseless carriages. Electric cars were first introduced in the United […]
*Update* Changed to Virtual: Health at Every Size
Online (Zoom)Saturday, May 18, 2024 11 am - 12 pm *Update* Changed to Virtual, Zoom Webinar (Previous: 1st Floor Community Room) Health at Every Size (HAES) is a holistic approach that views health not in terms of a lack of illness, but rather an individual resource that we all have the opportunity to work toward if we […]
The Original Fly Girls: A History of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (in-person)
Community Room 281 Country Club Road, Avon, CT, United StatesThe Original Fly Girls: A History of the Women Airforce Service Pilots During World War II more than one thousand American women served as Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) in support of the war effort. These pioneering women faced discrimination from the U.S. military and American society, and because their records were sealed after the […]
Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic/Virtual Author Event with Tabitha Stanmore
Online (Zoom)Join us for a virtual conversation with Tabitha Stanmore to celebrate the release of her new book, Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic (May 28). It’s a spritely and deeply researched history of magical problem-solving in a distant, unsettled, and strangely familiar time. Imagine: it’s 1600, and you’ve lost your keys. You’ve scoured your house. They’re […]