1.  Over 65 vendors and organizations will have booths on a variety of topics. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn how to cut their heating/air conditioning costs, and about modern technologies including, solar, wind, geothermal, fuel cells, biodiesel, energy efficient furnaces, alternative heating sources, and different automotive technologes including flex fuel and hybrid cars.  We will have speakers, including Senator John Fonfara, a DEP representative, and Adam Ney from 4Elements Group and Managing Director of AuctorVerno, LLC.

2.  Workshops will take place on a variety of topics, including:  a. "Saving Energy & Saving Money" by Laurel Kohl, Energy Technical Specialist for Education and Training at The Institute for Sustainable Energy at Eastern CT State University.  b. "Green Cleaning" by Sarah Uhl, Environmental Health Coordinator for Clean Water Action.  c.    "What's Toxic, What's Not" by Dr. Gary Ginsberg, Toxicology Expert, Consumer Expert, Radio personality, and author of What’s Toxic, What’s Not.   d.  “Solar PhotoVoltaic Systems”, and “CT Clean Energy Fund Rebate and CT Solar Leasing Programs” by Gordon Schies.    e. Wethersfield Board of Education will have a workshop on the proposed renovations to the high school and Hamner elementary school.

3.  Wethersfield school students will do the following: a. High School Technology Department will have a booth focusing on the different types of transportation, including hybrid, electric, etc. b. High School Green Eagles will have a booth on recycling CFL's and electronics. c. Middle School Technology Department will have a booth on solar cars. d. Summer school programs, 2007 “Growing Up Green” (grades 4-10) will have a booth on what they learned about going green. e. Architect will have a booth on proposed renovations of Hamner School and the High School, where they plan to incorporate green technology. Tours of the high school will be given.

4.  Door prize giveaways will take place throughout the day, the top prize so far being 100 gallons of free heating oil from Citizen’s Oil Co-Op.

5.  PROSHRED will be onsite to shred up to 4 boxes of personal documents per person.  

6.  TwigTek will be onsite to collect old cell phones, MP3 players, external hard drives, and digital cameras for  recycling.  

7. CT Transit will be there with their hydrogen fuel cell bus and explain how the technology works.  

8.  Lynch Toyota is bringing a Prius and a Camry hybrid and Parsons Chevrolet is bringing a Malibu and Tahoe hybrid for viewing and possible purchase.

Sunday, Nov. 9 at 1 and 4 p.m.

Westport Country Playhouse Family Series presents "Madeline and the Bad Hat," an orginal musical capturing the carefree, touching spirit of Ludwig Bemelman's Madeline. Our story takes us to the day when Spanish Ambassador and his son moved into the house next door to 12 little girls who live in an old house covered with vines. Madeline, Miss Clavel and the other girls quickly discover that his son Pepito is a horror! Has Madeline met her match? Pre-show activity. Ages K-2. $15 per ticket; series packages available. For more information and tickets, call the box office at 203-227-4177. For out-of-towners, call toll-free at 888-927-7529, or visit the box office at 25 Powers Court, off Route 1, Westport.

Westport Arts Center presents:
Not All Rubber Ducks Look Alike

Thurs., Oct. 30 - Sunday, Nov. 30

Studio Party: Thurs., Oct. 30, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Studio Gallery

Lucy Sander Sceery's whimsical, charming take on rubber ducks.

Open to the public.

For more information, contact Westport Arts Center at 203-222-7070 or www.westportartscenter.org,
or visit the gallery M-F 10-4 and Sat-Sun 12-4 at 51 Riverside Ave., Westport.

November 9, 2008, 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.   

The 7th annual Signed, Sealed & Delivered returns this November with a Preview Party and Fundraiser where over 500 original works of art - postcard sized - 4"x6" by Silvermine Guild artists, faculty and invited artists of renown, are for sale, with an added element of mystery. The artist signature is on the back of card (not visible until after purchase!).

There is always a wonderful collection of paintings, prints, photographs, collages with each original artwork costing $50. Buy three, and you get the fourth free. 

The New Britain Chorale will present a fall concert on Nov. 9, 2008 at 4 p.m. at Trinity-On-Main, 69 Main St., New Britain. The concert will be staged in the beautiful Rotunda room in the historic building. The New Britain Chorale is an amateur chorus featuring singers from throughout central Connecticut and is affiliated with the New Britain Area Council of Churches. The Chorale is supported entirely by grants and donations. The concert is free to the public, but a free-will offering will be taken to help defray concert expenses.

"Postcards from America" will be a short, up-lifting hour of folk songs and spirituals. Selections will range from Copeland settings of several favorites and lesser-known songs to John Rutter's "Gaelic Blessing." "Goin' Home," set to one of the themes from Dvorak's "New World" Symphony, would move a stone to tears. The audience will hear a lovely version of "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" arranged by the conductor and a medley of "Ain-a That Good News" and "Ain't Got Time To Die" that will rock the house. William Hiely, Chorus Master of the CHorale, will conduct. Nathaniel Baker will serve as piano accomplanist. The concert will be followed by a reception for those attending.

Westport Arts Center presents:

Optomism

Sept. 26 - Nov. 30

An exhibition examining the role of art as a form of political activism. Open to the public.

Gallery Talkback: Wed, Nov. 12, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.

WAC Main Gallery

For more information, contact WAC at 203-222-7070, www.westportartscenter.org, or visit the gallery, M-F 10-4; Sat/Sun 12-4 at 51 Riverside Ave., Westport.

Six-Day November Event to Feature Affordable Prix Frixe Menus at Participating Fine Restaurants Throughout the City.

From Nov. 9 - 14, New Haven will host its first New Haven Restaurant Week featuring prix fixe lunch ($16.38, representing the year the city was founded) and dinner menus ($29) at participating restaurants. Gaining momentum as a "foodie" destination, New Haven is home to over 100 restaurants including 18 independent and award-winning restaurants, which will participate in the premiere event.

For a complete list of participating restaurants and additional details regarding New Haven Restaurant Week, visit www.infonewhaven.com/restaurantweek. Advance reservations are recommended.

Artistry on the Shoreline Holiday Sale

October 20 - January 11, 2009

Visit our website at www.guilfordartcenter.org.

Now through Dec. 14 -

Holidaze: The Real Story of Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas

Special exhibit at the Henry Whitfield State Museum

Learn why the Puritans did not celebrate Christmas, the myths behind the First Thanksgiving, and how All Hallow's Eve became a night of costumes and candy. The exhibit is available for viewing during regular museum hours and is included with museum admission.

Woodbury painter Matt Wood returns to nature’s essence
in “Pentimento” exhibition at Good News Cafe & Gallery

Woodbury artist Matt Wood returns to the essence of the subjects he paints from the natural world in his new exhibition titled “Pentimento,” showing through Jan. 5, 2009, at the Good News Cafe and Gallery, 694 Main Street South, Woodbury.

A native of southern California, Wood began his artistic odyssey with painting studies at the University of Iowa influenced by the work of Mauricio Lasansky. Wood notes that his own Polish and Russian heritage, and his marriage to Polish native Joanna Czaderna, have established a natural affinity for Lasansky’s passionate approach to the creative process that seeks to use art as a means to raise personal awareness.

Good News Cafe & Gallery is open from 11:30 am to 10 pm daily; closed Tuesdays.
 

On November 9 at 7:30 pm, Martin Fletcher will be the first in the NEW Jewish Book Festival series of celebrity authors to visit West Hartford’s Mandell JCC during 2008 and 2009. Mr. Fletcher is a five-time Emmy Award -winning news correspondent and NBC Bureau Chief in Tel Aviv. Over the past 30 years, he has covered major news stories in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and South Africa.

The Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society presents its annual members exhibition at Hartford Fine Art, 80 Pitkin Street, East Hartford, beginning with the opening reception and awards presentation on Friday November 7, 2008 from 6-8 pm. This year's juror is David Dunlop, well-known to CPTV viewers for his thirteen-episode series Landscapes Through Time With David Dunlop, which debuted this year to rave reviews. His careful selection of 72 works in oil, watercolor, pastel and acrylic makes this the most exciting show ever for this talented group of artists. The public is cordially invited to the opening reception to share insights and a glass of wine with many member artists. All works will be for sale and a drawing will be held for one lucky guest to win an original painting by a member artist. The exhibit will continue through January 31, 2009. Please go to www.hartfordfineart.com for gallery hours and directions.

In conjunction with the annual exhibit, the Gallery will host a series of artist demonstrations and panel discussions on selected Saturdays in November and December, including a hands-on demo by David Dunlop himself on December 6 from 11-1. This is an opportunity for artists and art lovers alike to gain insights from several artists into the painting process. For a complete schedule of events, please go to www.cpaps.org.

 Yale students and Gallery staff relate folktales and myths to works of art in the collection. All ages are welcome.

Seventh Annual Interfaith, Multicultural Kristallnacht ("Night of Broken Glass") Rememberance

At the Charter Oak Cultural Center

Sunday, Nov. 9 at 6 p.m.

Gather with your friends and neighbors to remember, with music, dance, and ritual, two nights in 1938 when the terror of the Holocaust began and the streets of Germany were strewn with broken glass. In this time of growing polarization and suspicion, join us as we stand together in solidarity to affirm the gifts and blessings of diversity. Light dinner to follow.

21 Charter Oak Ave.

Hartford, CT 06106

860-249-1207

www.charteroakcenter.org

Parking is available at Betances School diagonally across the street. Street parking is also available on Charter Oak Ave., Prospect St., and Charter Oak Place.

Charter Oak Cultural Center, housed in Connecticut's oldest synagogue building, is a non-profit, multi-cultural arts center committed to preserving the Jewish Heritage of our building, giving access to the arts to all people and doing the work of social justice.

Jennifer Jane Gallery has organized an art exposition with a cooperative of local artists in New Haven.

The best place around this holiday season to buy handmade, original gifts.

Original photography, paintings, stained glass, giclees, watercolors, jewlery, etc.

Located at ArLoW

838 Whalley Ave.

The Westville Arts District

New Haven, CT 06515

Hours: Wed - Sat, 12 - 6 p.m.; Sun 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

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