Short Attention Span Literary Club

Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford, CT

This month’s story is “Herman Wouk Is Still Alive," by Stephen King.

Lunch and Learn: A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington

Virtual

In this lunchtime talk, Will McLean Greeley will discuss how Connecticut Senator George P. McLean helped establish lasting legal protections for birds, overseeing passage of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

Lunch and Learn: Hannah Watson and Women Printers in Early America

Virtual

In this lunchtime talk, New England Regional Fellowship Consortium grantee, C.C. Borzilleri, addresses how the work of women printers could prove to be the critical component in keeping print businesses and newspapers alive in early America.

Short Attention Span Literary Club

Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT

This month’s story is “The Door" by E.B. White.

Short Attention Span Literary Club

Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT

This month’s story is “Passion" by Alice Munro.

Free

Lunch and Learn: Remembering G. Fox & Co.

Virtual

Join us for a virtual overview of the history of the iconic department store, and the story of Beatrice Fox Auerbach, the pioneering businesswoman who led G. Fox & Co. through its golden age.

Free

Lunch and Learn: Indigenous Unfreedom and Race Making in Early New England

Virtual

This virtual presentation by Dr. Joanne Jahnke-Wegner, a New England Regional Fellowship Consortium grantee, will examine how English enslavement of Indigenous peoples during the Pequot and King Philip's Wars contributed to the racialization of Indigenous peoples in early New England.

Free

Ann Petry: Life and Legacy

Virtual

Learn about one of Connecticut's most unique and powerful literary voices.

Free

Lunch and Learn: Discover Connecticut’s Black Antebellum Communities

Virtual

Pre-Civil War Black communities provided free and enslaved people in Connecticut with spiritual, economic, social, and personal opportunities that people used to build rich, meaningful lives. Join us to learn about a recent project at the Connecticut Museum that aims to bring these lives into focus.

Free