Week of Events
Virtual Homeschool Workshop: Supplies for Soldiers
Virtual Homeschool Workshop: Supplies for Soldiers
Did you know that nearly 55,000 people from Connecticut joined the Union Army during the Civil War? Children will look closely at a variety of images and posters to explore the ways in which people of Connecticut were recruited to be soldiers for the Union Army. Then, using primary sources as inspiration, children can create […]
Virtual Homeschool Workshop: A Day in the Life
Virtual Homeschool Workshop: A Day in the Life
Explore a day in the life of soldiers, battlefield nurses, and women working on the homefront during the Civil War. Through close-looking at a variety of primary sources, including letters, diary entries, and newspapers, children will explore the variety of roles and responsibilities of women during the Civil War. Then, tune into a live, virtual […]
Online Lunch and Learn: Meet Albert Walker from Glastonbury, the Magician Who Liked Large Noses
Online Lunch and Learn: Meet Albert Walker from Glastonbury, the Magician Who Liked Large Noses
Please join us for a virtual presentation by Robert Olson for a discussion of the life and magic of Albert Walker. Walker worked a variety of jobs throughout his lifetime to support himself. He made cigars, played the fiddle, repaired clocks, made guns, kept bees, farmed for his father, and worked in different factories. Walker […]
Five Guys Named Moe
Five Guys Named Moe
His woman left him, he’s broke, and it’s almost five a.m. But don’t worry about our hero. All he needs is the right music—and the right guys—to get him through. Enter five guys named Moe, stepping out through his radio to cajole, comfort and jazz him with dozens of whimsical hit songs from the extraordinary […]