Peaceful Palettes: Cardmaking | February 1, 10 am-11:30 am
Join us for another relaxing craft time in the Makerspace! De-stress as you listen to calming music and make cards with watercolor paints.
Ages 18+
Registration encouraged https://www.gunnlibrary.org/calendar/peaceful-palettes-cardmaking/
Gunn Memorial Library Makerspace
5 Wykeham Rd
Washington, CT 06793
https://www.gunnlibrary.org/calendar/peaceful-palettes-cardmaking/
Lunch and Learn: Katharine Hepburn- From Hartford to Hollywood
Join us for a delightful afternoon of good food and engaging conversations about local art and history!
Order ahead from Sweet Bella @ The MATT or bring your own lunch to enjoy. First Wednesday of Every Month | 12–1 PM
With a stage and film career that spanned six decades, Katharine Hepburn is an American icon. Born and raised in Connecticut, Hepburn had a career in stage, film and television that reflected the changing role of women in broader society. Challenging the norms of the day, she took control of her image and identity by establishing a unique sense of style which influenced countless women and fashion designers. This presentation will link her career and legacy to her roots in Connecticut to ask how she achieved her truly extraordinary legacy. Presented by the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History.
COST
$10.00 per Adult
$5.00 per Member
Pre-registration is suggested due to limited spots.
Interested in discounts, free admission, and more? Become a member today!
Sponsored by Christine and Eugene Shugrue
Mattatuck Museum
144 West Main Street
Waterbury, CT 06702
https://www.mattmuseum.org/calendar/lunch-and-learn-katharine-hepburn-from-hartford-to-hollywood/
Visiting Chef Carlos Nuno brings his Michelin-award winning Portuguese Cuisine straight from the Azores to Greca Mediterranean Kitchen for a very special one-night Five Course Tasting Menu.
Sunday Jan 12 5:00 PM
To purchase tickets: https://thesilo.org
Greca Mediterranean Kitchen + Bar
1 Kent Rd New Milford CT
FREE Admission – Access for All
February 8 @ 11 AM – 5 PM
Free admission and programming on the Second Saturday of each month. Free Family Yoga, Free Storytime, Kids Art Workshop, and gallery tours.
Support provided by the Art Bridges Foundation
Mattatuck Museum
144 West Main Street
Waterbury, CT 06702
February 7 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Get into the Valentine’s Day spirit and join us in the beautiful Mattatuck Museum, a center for art and culture in downtown Waterbury for a night full of dance, music, and fun! Certified salsa and dance instructor, Alisa Bowens-Mercado of Alisa’s House of Salsa, will lead a free lesson before the dance floor opens up to all!
COST
$15 general admission
Mattatuck Museum
144 West Main Street
Waterbury, CT 06702
Insights into the Mattatuck Collection: Collection Highlights with Jennifer Johnston
February 6 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Gain an inside look from the people who spend the most time in the Mattatuck Museum- our staff! Hear from Mattatuck Museum Director of Development, Jennifer Johnston, on her favorite pieces of art currently on display.
Cost
$10.00 per Adult
$5.00 per Member Adult
Sponsored by Christine & Eugene Shugrue
Mattatuck Museum
144 West Main Street
Waterbury, CT 06702
2/5/25
Each week, homeschoolers will focus on a different art movement and practice art fundamental skills such as color theory and perspective. Students of all ages will enjoy being artistic, social, and learning new skills!
Cost
$15.00 per Participant
Register at mattmuseum.org/calendar
Please contact Education and Tour Coordinator, Lillian Prescott to customize your homeschool experience at (203) 753-0381 x118 or at lillian@mattmuseum.org.
Mattatuck Museum
144 West Main Street
Waterbury, CT 06702
https://www.mattmuseum.org/calendar/home-away-from-homeschool-adventures-in-art-history-2/
Singer-songwriter Kerri Powers channels blues and soul with an eye-to-eye, earthy sensibility that makes for honest listening and reflection.
Her 2023 release, ‘Love is Why,’ was Powers’ first self-penned full-length album since 2018 and it garnered much praise, including a number 1 placement on the Roots Music Report.
The New England-based artist explores the universal emotion of love and its huge influence on our decisions. In particular, she examines love in the context of holding on or letting go through human loss and grieving. The album’s original songs were written during the pandemic and after Powers lost her father, whom she calls “my best friend”.
“I wrote the songs from a place of loss and grieving and went from there,” she says. “Writing the songs was hard but a necessary part of healing. At the end of the day, all the songs were written from a place of love for humanity and the need to spread the message that love is essential.”
Love is Why was recorded in February 2021 at Dagotown Recorders in Boston. Produced by drummer Marco Giovino (Robert Plant, Tom Jones, Norah Jones) and engineered by Sam Margolis. The album includes musical luminaries Bo Ramsey, slide guitar; Luther Dickinson, slide guitar; Kelvin Holly, electric guitar; Doug Lancio, electric guitar; John Putnam, electric guitar; Regina and Anne McCrary, background vocals; Brother Paul Brown, Hammond/keyboard, Marty Ballou, bass; Charles Giordano, accordion; Asa Brosius, pedal steel; and singer-songwriter Paul Thorn on duet vocals during a transcendent cover of Gregg Allman’s “Please Call Home.”
Licia & Mason Beekley Community Library
10 Central Ave.
New Hartford, CT 06057
The Gunn Library is showing a brilliant and stunning new movie in February, so be sure not to miss it!
Conclave follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events–selecting a new pope. The Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world, locked together in the Vatican halls. Tasked with running this covert process, Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) finds himself at the center of a conspiracy and discovers a secret that could shake the very foundation of The Church. Also starring Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Isabella Rossellini and directed by Edward Berger.
https://www.gunnlibrary.org/calendar/category/adultlib/2025-02/
Gunn Memorial Library
5 Wykeham Road
Washington, CT 06793
https://www.gunnlibrary.org/calendar/category/adultlib/2025-02/
Three Contemporary Confessional Poets, With Mark Scarbrough
February 20 : Poet Ellen Bass, Indigo (2020)
March 20 : Poet Dorianne Laux, Life On Earth (2024)
April 17 : Poet Mark Doty, Deep Lane ( 2015)
Join us as we explore three contemporary U.S. poets who build upon and reshape the confessional form that Sylvia Plath and Robert Lowell pioneered. We will focus on the latest collections from Ellen Bass, Dorianne Laux, and Mark Doty and examine how these poets transform personal experiences through their craft.
We encourage you to read these collections thoughtfully, savoring a few poems at a time, and bring your copy to the discussion. Together, we’ll dive into the nuances of these outstanding poets and their evolving approach to the confessional style.
* Copies will be available for check out at the circulation desk or can be purchased through Hickory Stick Bookshop.
On Mark Scarbrough:
A former academic, Mark Scarbrough dropped out of seminary to do his doctoral work in nineteenth-century American literature at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has given papers on medieval literature at the International Medieval Conference in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and American literature at MLA and regional MLA conferences. He has also written screenplays for various production companies and developed most of the original food content in the early 1990s for a small internet start-up called America Online. Mark Scarbrough is the co-author of thirty-five titles (and a thriving) cookbook career. In 2020, Mark published his memoir, “Bookmarked: How The Great Works Of Western Civilization F*cked Up My Life,” which Will Schwalbe called “equal parts charm, wit, and withering self-reflection.” Having left the classroom, Mark again finds himself enmeshed in literature, leading grant-sponsored book groups and six- to eight-week literary seminars across Litchfield County, Connecticut, and Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
Registration is required. Visit us at:
https://www.gunnlibrary.org/calendar/three-contemporary-confessional-poets-with-mark-scarbrough-3/
Gunn Memorial Library
5 Wykeham Road
Washington, CT 06793
https://www.gunnlibrary.org/calendar/three-contemporary-confessional-poets-with-mark-scarbrough-3/
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