Thursdays at 10:30am beginning 2/6
Perfect for 3-5 year olds, but fun for everyone!
Join Mrs. Tricia for a classic library storytime–books, songs, bubbles, and more! Come for early literacy skills, social connections, and fun! We will focus on one special picture book author each week.
Oliver Wolcott Library
160 South Street
Litchfield, CT 06759
https://www.owlibrary.org/childrens-events.aspx
Wednesdays in February: 5, 12, 19, 26 – at 10:30am
Perfect for up to 36 months, but fun for everyone!
Lots of rhymes, a sprinkling of songs, and one or two shared board books round out this library program that is perfect for little ones who need to get those wiggles out. Stay to play! After the rhymes, stay for some unstructured play time with other kiddos.
Oliver Wolcott Library
160 South Street
Litchfield, CT 06759
https://www.owlibrary.org/childrens-events.aspx
Region 20 Elementary Student Mixed Media Art Show
Opening Reception: Tuesday, February 6 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM
Show continues through February 28
Region 20 students in Kindergarten through Grade 5 will have their artwork showcased in this exhibit. The show is a collaboration of Region 20’s five elementary schools.
The artwork includes a range of projects and media:
• Mixed Media Turkeys
• Mondrian Collage
• Lion Color Wheel
• Collage Snowman
• Collage Owls
• Woven Paper
• Romero Britto Inspired Pumpkins
• Starry Night Interpretations
• Ships in a Bottle
• Keith Haring Figures
• Amate Bark Paintin
Oliver Wolcott Library
160 South Street
Litchfield, CT 06759
https://www.owlibrary.org/on-exhibit.aspx
Meet the Author: Tal Fagin
Thursday, February 20 from 6:30 – 7:30 PM
Live, In-Person & on Zoom:
Registration required for In-Person.
Meet Author Tal Fagin as she discusses the concepts in her book, Sometimes I Think I Suck. If you ever live with a negative inner voice that demeans and undermines you, insisting you’re not smart enough, successful enough, fit enough, productive enough, or just not good enough, you’re not alone.
In Sometimes I Think I Suck, Tal Fagin shares her personal journey from an ambitious, hard-driving lawyer to a contented, easy-going life coach, showing how she shed the perfectionism that once caused her so much pain. Drawing from years of experience coaching high achievers and other deeply self-critical clients, she offers practical tools and exercises to help you silence your inner critic, develop greater self-compassion, and find more profound satisfaction.
Tal Fagin, a former attorney and now certified life coach, helps already successful people who continue to feel dissatisfied despite their many achievements. Especially with themselves! She appreciates nothing more than connecting deeply and meaningfully with others.This is her first book.
Oliver Wolcott library
160 South Street
Litchfield, CT 06759
https://www.owlibrary.org/adult-events.aspx
The Friends of The David M. Hunt Library in Falls Village will hold its annual winter fundraiser, A Midwinter’s Night in the Village, at the library on Saturday, February 15, from 6pm to 8pm (snow date Sun Feb 16, 2PM).
The main feature is the library’s famous 16-ft long bread board piled high with a variety of homemade baked goods ranging from sweet dessert loaves
and hearty savory breads to delicious hors d’oeuvres and chocolate treats.
For entertainment, a roster of local personalities will perform poems and songs focused on love with a dose of laughter thrown in for good measure. A special music performance by returning band, Galactic Overtones, will be a highlight of the evening. Wine, beer, and non-alcoholic refreshments are included in the ticket price.
Tickets are $20 ($10 for children ages 3-17) and can be purchased by stopping by the library, The Friends of The David M. Hunt Library in Falls Village will hold its annual winter fundraiser, A Midwinter’s Night in the Village, at the library on Saturday, February 15, from 6pm to 8pm (snow date Sun Feb 16, 2PM).
The main feature is the library’s famous 16-ft long bread board piled high with a variety of homemade baked goods ranging from sweet dessert loaves
and hearty savory breads to delicious hors d’oeuvres and chocolate treats.
For entertainment, a roster of local personalities will perform poems and songs focused on love with a dose of laughter thrown in for good measure. A special music performance by returning band, Galactic Overtones, will be a highlight of the evening. Wine, beer, and non-alcoholic refreshments are included in the ticket price.
Tickets are $20 ($10 for children ages 3-17) and can be purchased by stopping by the library,The Friends of The David M. Hunt Library in Falls Village will hold its annual winter fundraiser, A Midwinter’s Night in the Village, at the library on Saturday, February 15, from 6pm to 8pm (snow date Sun Feb 16, 2PM).
The main feature is the library’s famous 16-ft long bread board piled high with a variety of homemade baked goods ranging from sweet dessert loaves
and hearty savory breads to delicious hors d’oeuvres and chocolate treats.
For entertainment, a roster of local personalities will perform poems and songs focused on love with a dose of laughter thrown in for good measure. A special music performance by returning band, Galactic Overtones, will be a highlight of the evening. Wine, beer, and non-alcoholic refreshments are included in the ticket price.
Tickets are $20 ($10 for children ages 3-17) and can be purchased by stopping by the library, The Friends of The David M. Hunt Library in Falls Village will hold its annual winter fundraiser, A Midwinter’s Night in the Village, at the library on Saturday, February 15, from 6pm to 8pm (snow date Sun Feb 16, 2PM).
The main feature is the library’s famous 16-ft long bread board piled high with a variety of homemade baked goods ranging from sweet dessert loaves
and hearty savory breads to delicious hors d’oeuvres and chocolate treats.
For entertainment, a roster of local personalities will perform poems and songs focused on love with a dose of laughter thrown in for good measure. A special music performance by returning band, Galactic Overtones, will be a highlight of the evening. Wine, beer, and non-alcoholic refreshments are included in the ticket price.
Tickets are $20 ($10 for children ages 3-17) and can be purchased by stopping by the library, visiting our online ticket portal below, or by calling 860-824-7424.
David M. Hunt Library
63 Main Street
Falls Village, CT 06031
https://huntlibrary.arreva.online/upcoming-events?EV=276
Join us for an art talk by Jon Kopita on his newest ArtWall exhibit, Jon Kopita: Read Between the Lines, on Thursday, February 27th at 5:30pm! Kopita will dive deep into his process and inspiration for the works in this new exhibit. This event is free and open to the public.
In February and March, the David M. Hunt Library in Falls Village (CT) will host “Read Between the Lines,” an exhibition of artworks by Jon Kopita, focusing on the playfulness of language, syntax, meaning, graphics, and identity. These framed drawings utilize lined cursive writing paper and document the artist’s meditative thoughts, observations, and obsessions. Resembling rhythmic chants or musical scores, the works are often imbued with subtle variations in spelling and meaning that lead to gentle resolutions and enlightened understanding. Mr. Kopita said, “While a picture might be worth a thousand words, I believe a thousand words are worth a picture. As a teacher, words really matter to me. My practice of making art started with trying to fit my very best longhand between the lines, utilizing lined paper that teachers used for decades to teach their students how to write cursive.”
Included in the exhibition is “Untitled: Pandemic,” a grouping of 25 pieces completed during the first 150 days of the 2020 lockdown. Being shown for the first time, they mark the five-year anniversary of the beginning of the Covid pandemic.
A reception for Jon Kopita will take place on Saturday, February 22, from 4PM to 6PM. In conjunction with the exhibition, Jon will also give an art talk on Thursday, February 27, from 5:30PM to 7PM. The exhibition will be on display from February 14 through March 21, 2025.
Born in Ohio, Jon Kopita graduated from Cornell University with a degree in chemistry and a concentration in physics and art history. For more than 30 years he has tutored and counseled middle school, high school, and college students and has coached young adults embarking on their career paths. In the early 1990s Jon’s extensive travels found him collecting all sorts of writing pads, tablets and bound blank journals, especially from Eastern Europe. He began to write miscellaneous thoughts over and over “in the spirit of old-school teachers of my childhood, punishing students by making them write the same sentence over and over. However, for me, the experience of repetitive writing became meditative and cathartic, more of an exorcism of thoughts rather than something either punitive or tedious. I often present my drawings in groupings or grids, much like tiles, highlighting both similarities, differences, and patterns in the written form of words, revealing in turn the essence of a particular theme. I love the subtle differences in my writing that appear within a single page or between two or more pages juxtaposed.”
In 2012, Jon Kopita and his husband, Olaf, bought a seasonal fishing cabin on the Housatonic River in Falls Village that they knocked down in 2016 to build a year-round home. After the 2020 pandemic they realized their dream of spending most of their time in the NW Corner.
David M. Hunt Library
63 Main Street
Falls Village, CT 06031
Join us for our ArtWall reception honoring our newest ArtWall exhibit, Jon Kopita: Read Between the Lines, on Saturday, February 22nd from 4-6pm! This event is free and open to the public.
In February and March, the David M. Hunt Library in Falls Village (CT) will host “Read Between the Lines,” an exhibition of artworks by Jon Kopita, focusing on the playfulness of language, syntax, meaning, graphics, and identity. These framed drawings utilize lined cursive writing paper and document the artist’s meditative thoughts, observations, and obsessions. Resembling rhythmic chants or musical scores, the works are often imbued with subtle variations in spelling and meaning that lead to gentle resolutions and enlightened understanding. Mr. Kopita said, “While a picture might be worth a thousand words, I believe a thousand words are worth a picture. As a teacher, words really matter to me. My practice of making art started with trying to fit my very best longhand between the lines, utilizing lined paper that teachers used for decades to teach their students how to write cursive.”
Included in the exhibition is “Untitled: Pandemic,” a grouping of 25 pieces completed during the first 150 days of the 2020 lockdown. Being shown for the first time, they mark the five-year anniversary of the beginning of the Covid pandemic.
A reception for Jon Kopita will take place on Saturday, February 22, from 4PM to 6PM. In conjunction with the exhibition, Jon will also give an art talk on Thursday, February 27, from 5:30PM to 7PM. The exhibition will be on display from February 14 through March 21, 2025.
Born in Ohio, Jon Kopita graduated from Cornell University with a degree in chemistry and a concentration in physics and art history. For more than 30 years he has tutored and counseled middle school, high school, and college students and has coached young adults embarking on their career paths. In the early 1990s Jon’s extensive travels found him collecting all sorts of writing pads, tablets and bound blank journals, especially from Eastern Europe. He began to write miscellaneous thoughts over and over “in the spirit of old-school teachers of my childhood, punishing students by making them write the same sentence over and over. However, for me, the experience of repetitive writing became meditative and cathartic, more of an exorcism of thoughts rather than something either punitive or tedious. I often present my drawings in groupings or grids, much like tiles, highlighting both similarities, differences, and patterns in the written form of words, revealing in turn the essence of a particular theme. I love the subtle differences in my writing that appear within a single page or between two or more pages juxtaposed.”
In 2012, Jon Kopita and his husband, Olaf, bought a seasonal fishing cabin on the Housatonic River in Falls Village that they knocked down in 2016 to build a year-round home. After the 2020 pandemic they realized their dream of spending most of their time in the NW Corner.
David M. Hunt Library
63 Main Street
Falls Village, CT 06031
In February and March, the David M. Hunt Library in Falls Village (CT) will host “Read Between the Lines,” an exhibition of artworks by Jon Kopita, focusing on the playfulness of language, syntax, meaning, graphics, and identity. These framed drawings utilize lined cursive writing paper and document the artist’s meditative thoughts, observations, and obsessions. Resembling rhythmic chants or musical scores, the works are often imbued with subtle variations in spelling and meaning that lead to gentle resolutions and enlightened understanding. Mr. Kopita said, “While a picture might be worth a thousand words, I believe a thousand words are worth a picture. As a teacher, words really matter to me. My practice of making art started with trying to fit my very best longhand between the lines, utilizing lined paper that teachers used for decades to teach their students how to write cursive.”
Included in the exhibition is “Untitled: Pandemic,” a grouping of 25 pieces completed during the first 150 days of the 2020 lockdown. Being shown for the first time, they mark the five-year anniversary of the beginning of the Covid pandemic.
A reception for Jon Kopita will take place on Saturday, February 22, from 4PM to 6PM. In conjunction with the exhibition, Jon will also give an art talk on Thursday, February 27, from 5:30PM to 7PM. The exhibition will be on display from February 14 through March 21, 2025. All events are free and open to the public.
Born in Ohio, Jon Kopita graduated from Cornell University with a degree in chemistry and a concentration in physics and art history. For more than 30 years he has tutored and counseled middle school, high school, and college students and has coached young adults embarking on their career paths. In the early 1990s Jon’s extensive travels found him collecting all sorts of writing pads, tablets and bound blank journals, especially from Eastern Europe. He began to write miscellaneous thoughts over and over “in the spirit of old-school teachers of my childhood, punishing students by making them write the same sentence over and over. However, for me, the experience of repetitive writing became meditative and cathartic, more of an exorcism of thoughts rather than something either punitive or tedious. I often present my drawings in groupings or grids, much like tiles, highlighting both similarities, differences, and patterns in the written form of words, revealing in turn the essence of a particular theme. I love the subtle differences in my writing that appear within a single page or between two or more pages juxtaposed.”
In 2012, Jon Kopita and his husband, Olaf, bought a seasonal fishing cabin on the Housatonic River in Falls Village that they knocked down in 2016 to build a year-round home. After the 2020 pandemic they realized their dream of spending most of their time in the NW Corner.
David M. Hunt Library
63 Main Street
Falls Village, CT 06031
Cursive Club is back this winter! Reading and writing in cursive is an important foundational skills for students. Recent studies have shown that writing in cursive improves memory and comprehension as students process the information they put on paper. In addition to learning cursive, students will be developing fine motor skills, observational skills, and research skills.
Cursive Club is for all area students in grades 3-6. Classes are held on Tuesdays in February from 4:00-5:30 at the Litchfield History Museum (7 South Street.) Students can be dropped off after school, between 3:45-4:00. $50 for members and $65 for non-members for series.
The National Ski Patrol will be having a Safety Day event this Saturday 1/18 from 12pm-3pm hosted by NSP Mohawk’s own safety captains Nick Puchini and Provo Schuch!
Come bring the family to learn about medical techniques ski patrollers use and how to stay safe on the mountain, and answer trivia questions for a chance to spin the famous National Ski Patrol wheel of destiny to win prizes!
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