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FAMILY DAYS
Looking for creative, engaging activities for the whole family? AMP’s Family Days offer an exciting lineup of hands-on activities for children of all ages. Games, storytimes, art projects, and interactive learning programs spark kids’ curiosity and creativity—and celebrate the art of work. AMP’s Family Days are the perfect way to spend quality time together.

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Family Days also coincide with AMP’s popular Teen Art Studio from 10:30am–1:30pm—something for everyone in the family.

January 10 Family Day Schedule
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Includes scavenger hunts and kid-friendly tours.

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Put your senses to the test! White Memorial will be onsite, bringing along their Barred Owl, Zelda, and their Honduran Milk Snake, Peaches. Participants will explore the five human senses and compare them to the incredible sensory abilities of these animals.

AMP’s Family Days are supported by the generosity of the Comis Foundation and Torrington Savings Bank. The Teen Art Studio is made possible in part by Torrington Savings Bank Foundation.
Event Location

American Mural Project

90 Whiting Street,
Winsted, CT 06098
https://www.americanmuralproject.org/family-days

Steal My Style Market x Mobile Pub Events
A Community Thrift Pop-Up Event

Steal My Style Market is a community thrift pop-up bringing together local sellers, fashion lovers, and sustainable style—all under one roof. Hosted in collaboration with Mobile Pub Events, this event turns thrifting into a social, feel-good experience where connection is just as important as the clothes.

How It Works: Sell • Shop • Connect

SELL
Sellers reserve a rack space for a small fee and bring their own pre-loved clothing, accessories, and style finds. Each seller sets their own prices, manages their own sales, and keeps 100% of their earnings. We’re currently looking for sellers/vendors, whether you’re cleaning out your closet, reselling, or sharing your personal style with the community.

SHOP
Every rack is curated by a different seller, making this a true thrift-style treasure hunt. Browse freely and purchase directly from sellers. Shopping is free—please grab a FREE ticket so we can prepare for attendance and create the best experience possible.

CONNECT
This pop-up is about more than shopping—it’s about community. Meet local sellers, support small businesses, connect with fellow fashion lovers, and enjoy the relaxed, social atmosphere of the Mobile Pub Events space.

Where: Mobile Pub Events Space
9 Container Drive, Terryville, CT
When: Saturday, January 11
Time: 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/steal-my-style-market-x-mobile-pub-event-space-registration-1977454113485?aff=oddtdtcreator

The use of vibrational healing modalities and sound instruments activates the relaxation response to calm the mind, relax the body to release emotions and nourish your soul. Sound healing works by activating the parasympathetic nervous system—the opposite of fight/flight.

This modality helps with chronic stress and anxiety, muscle tension, sleep disorders, stuck emotions, high blood pressure and so much more.
It is also known to improve creativity, your senses and cultivate more body awareness.

Join Jeanine Chayka, the owner of Inspired Vibrations, as she offers a group session of Sound and Vibrational Healing to heal the mind, body and spirit.
She will use a variety of sound tools such as crystal and Himalayan bowls, chimes and drums to assist in activation the relaxation response to calm your mind, relax your body and balance your nervous system. It helps to release stress, emotions and nourish the soul.

We’ll be offering a three session series over the course of three months with Jeanine on the second Wednesday of each month, beginning on Wednesday, January 14 at 6:30 pm. Sessions held at the James Morris School auditorium. Please bring a mat and / or chair for your comfort.

Advanced registration is required—please email us to do so (Activities@MorrisCT.gov)!
Suggested donation of $10 per person, per session accepted upon your arrival.

Class dates:

Wednesday, January 14 – 6:30 pm
*Mindful Momentum: January invites us into the quiet threshold of a new year. This month’s theme honors the balance between rest and movement, allowing each breath and vibration to carry us forward with clarity and grace.

Wednesday, February 11 – 6:30 pm
*Awakening Bliss: February holds the tender transition between winter’s stillness and the first stirrings of spring. This month’s theme invites you to gently awaken to joy, presence and possibility.

Wednesday, March 11 – 6:30 pm
*Mindful Transitions: March is a month of transition, where the quiet of winter begins to dissolve into the vitality of spring. This theme embraces the refreshing energy of renewal, guiding you to move mindfully through change.

James Morris School gymnasium / 10 East Street, Morris

https://www.morrisct.gov/entities/beach-recreation

Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons
by Sam Steiner

FREE Play Readings by Connecticut Theater Exchange
Sponsored by The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens

Saturday, Jan 31, 2026 at 6 pm
Sunday, Feb 1, 2026 at 3 pm

The average person will speak 123,205,750 words in a lifetime. But what if there were a limit? Oliver and Bernadette are about to find out. This play imagines a world where we’re forced to say less. It’s about what we say and how we say it; about the things we can only hear in the silence; activism, eye contact, and lemons, lemons, lemons, lemons, lemons.

Due to limited seating, advanced registration is required for these free readings.

The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens
One Green Hill Road
Washington Depot, CT 06794
https://forms.gle/Nt7G7SSMnnNYGDFH7

A final Toast in 2025… Enjoy a NYE pre-party with Bubbly, Cocktails, Oysters & Bites by the South Farms Kitchen.

Join us for one last Toast in 2025. Indulge with some Bubbly, Cocktails, Oysters & Delicious Bites by the South Farms Kitchen. December 31, 5-8pm.

Food will be plentiful enough for a light dinner, but served cocktail style on small plates. Perfect for mingling and meeting new people, or bring a group!
Tickets on Sale, $75/pp, +21 and over.

South Farms
21 Higbie Road
Morris, CT 06763
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/south-farms-early-new-years-eve-toast-tickets-1977967724710?aff=oddtdtcreator

Flanders is hosting a Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) course in collaboration with Northwest Conservation District. This program is designed to immerse participants in information, ideas, and inspiration on how to design sustainable, regenerative systems for your home and property.
Permaculture is a design philosophy that aims to meet our essential needs through systems that mimic the patterns and relationships found in natural ecosystems. To understand permaculture, we first need to observe nature deeply and be informed by it.
Your home is its own eco-system. By studying permaculture, you can apply principles of environmentalism and sustainability to ensure the maximum productivity of your home and land, while minimizing the resources required to maintain it.

Cost: $1450 (Members) | $1500 (Non-Members) (Payment plans available)
Dates: Saturdays: January 10 & 24 | February 7 & 21 | March 7 & 21 | April 11 & 25
Time: 9 AM to 5 PM
All classes are held in-person at Flanders. In the event of inclement weather, the program will be held online.

The Studio at Flanders Nature Center
5 Church Hill Road
Woodbury., CT 06798
(Field trips to local sites may be scheduled)

Permaculture Design Course

Lila Rick Jewelry Trunk Show at Rentrayage Kent Barns
December 20th
11am-5pm

Rentrayage
Kent Barns
6 N Main Street
Kent CT

Wednesday, January 28
9:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Presented by Laura McEvoy, M.S., L.P.C.

Learn how to cultivate joy, which is always possible, regardless of the circumstances. Based on the teachings of the Dalai Llama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, as revealed in their book, “Lasting Happiness in a Changing World, The Book Of Joy,” learn to remove the obstacles to joy. Join us as we practice spiritual disciplines that help foster and sustain joy in our daily lives.

COST | $50, lunch included

Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center
229 E Litchfield Rd
Litchfield, CT 06759
https://www.wisdomhouse.org/program-calendar/creating-joy

A Quiet Moment

Wisdom is a tree of Life to those who hold Her close
And all who embrace Her find joy.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all Her paths are Peace. (Proverbs 3:18)

A three part ZOOM series discovering Wisdom ~
Who She is
Where She comes from
Who She is for me/for us today

Through prayer and reflection, silence and conversation, questions and ponderings, may we come to know more deeply the Divine Feminine, Wisdom, Who yearns for us…Who delights in us!

Start a Day a Month with a Quiet Moment, discovering Wisdom, in the sacred texts and in your life. Begin your journey with Her. Deepen your journey with Her. Every day is an embrace of Love.

Second Tuesday of the Month
January 13, February 10, March 10
10 am – 11:15 am

This is a free program. Donations are most welcome and appreciated to support our Ministries of Spirituality, Wellness, the Arts and Ecology. Thank you.
Online via Zoom
COST | FREE

Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center
229 E Litchfield Rd
Litchfield, CT 06759
Program is online via ZOOM. Call 860-567-3163 with any questions.

https://www.wisdomhouse.org/program-calendar/quiet-moment

Saturday, January 10
9:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Buddhist priest Brian Vaugh of Naugatauck and Woodbury poet laureate emerita Sandy Carlson will lead participants on an inward journey through guided meditations, reflection and discussion of passages from the Tao Te Ching, and a writing workshop. Participants will be invited to find their way by engaging the imagery of the Tao in their poetic expression.

$75, lunch is included

Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center
229 E Litchfield Rd.
Litchfield, CT 06759
https://www.wisdomhouse.org/program-calendar/finding-our-way