Wed. Jan. 8
Art Show
POMFRET --- From Nov. 13 to Jan. 8 the Abington Social Library on Rt. 97 will host its first annual Community Art Show. The art show, titled “Gallery 1793,” can be viewed during library hours: 3 to 6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday and from 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays. https://theabingtonsociallibrary.org/
Art Display
THOMPSON --- The Friends of the Thompson Public Library will present, as part of their Art @ the Library series, Phylis Worley – Display of Madame Alexander Wendy Dolls through Jan. 31.
Sat. Jan. 11
Fund-raiser Performance
POMFRET --- Nine6teen will perform at the Tang Center at 7 p.m. to support Partners in Development. Snow date: 2 p.m. Jan. 12. This is a benefit concert, and donations will be gratefully accepted. For more information about Partners in Development go to www.pidonline.org.
Opossum Program
POMFRET --- The educational ambassador opossums of Ferncroft Wildlife Rescue (FWR) in Woodstock will be at The Connecticut Audubon Society (CAS) Center on Day Road at 2 p.m. Registration for the program is appreciated but not required. Adult admission is $5 for CAS members; $10 for non-members; free for children 10 and under. ctaudubon.org/Pomfret
Sun. Jan. 12
Open House
POMFRET --- The Windham-Tolland 4-H Camp Open House will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Early bird discounts – details available at the open house or on the website. www.4hcampct.org
Tues. Jan. 21
Film
POMFRET --- Pomfret Green Team Community Film Series will present "Saving the Dark" at 6:30 p.m. at the Connecticut Audubon Center on Day Road. Also: Tues. Jan. 28 “Humans and the Night Sky: Our Lost Heritage” will be presented at 6:30; and Tues. Feb. 25 “Light Pollution and Its Impacts on Our Green Spaces” will be presented at 6:30 p.m. Free admission and popcorn. https://www.ctaudubon.org/pomfret-home/
Sat. Jan. 25
Family Dinner Dance
POMFRET --- The Windham-Tolland 4-H Camp on Taft Pond Road will hold a Sno-Ball Family Fun Dinner Dance from 5 to 8. JD/dancing follows dinner. Door prizes, drawings, family photos. Benefits the Jim Logee Campership Fund. Adults $20; kids 10 and under $15. For tickets: 860-974-3379. Snow date Feb. 1
Sun. Jan. 26
Lecture
POMFRET --- Pomfret School will present the Schwartz Public Lecture by Bill T. Jones, dancer and choreographer from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Hard Auditorium. Free. All welcome. Registration required: pomfret.org/schwartz.
Sat. Feb. 15
Black History Program
PUTNAM --- The Putnam Public Library will present, at 12:30 p.m., “The Remarkable Women of the Six Triple Eight,” the only all-black, all-female unit to be sent overseas in WWII. Presented by Melodye Whatley. Snow date Feb. 22.
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