Award-winning painter Frank Bruckmann and sculptor Gar Waterman will exhibit their most recent  work at the Kehler Liddell Gallery: "Nudes and Nudibranchs," from February 7- March 10, 2013. Frank Bruckmann and Gar Waterman are both traditionalists who use direct observation of nature and carefully applied technique to craft their work. Bruckmann's brushstrokes caress oil paint with an expert and familiar hand into the eternally complex landscape of the female figure, while Waterman's sculpture bends the liquid sheen of polished stone into impressions of rhythm and grace from the marine environment. 

Classes offer firsthand experience of the entire pottery-making cycle. Beginning emphasis is placed on working with one of the fifteen potter's wheels.  Beginning as well as advanced students are welcome. Sets of eight week classes are offered Tuesday or Thursday evening 6 to 9 p.m.,  year-round. Sign up now to reserve your place.

Call or go to the website for more information. 860-528-6090, www.greenleafpottery.net

2013 Keeney Lecture Series

Join us for the 2013 Keeney Lecture Series at the Keeney Memorial Cultural Center. All lectures will take place on Mondays at 7pm during the series. Doors open at 6:30pm.

March 4^th Dr. Walter L. Powell will present “Connecticut’s Civil War Report: Rev. John M. Morris of Wethersfield.”

March 24^th  Sunday at 4pm special musical performance by Tom Callinan, a musical performance of “Brother against Brother.”

April 8^th John Potter will present the lecture “It was the Hardest Trial of My Life, “ the 16^th Connecticut Regiment in Southern Prisons.

May 6^th Eric Miklich, Vintage Baseball Association Historian, will present “19^th Century Base Ball, the Unknown History.”

Admission is $5 for non- members. Information call 860.529.7656

High school and college students are challenged to write a 500-word short story about the painting of the iconic Avanti sports car "THE WHISPER AND THE ROAR" by Don Wieland. Champion wins $500 and has the story posted on Stellar Scholars e-magazine Cum Laude, The Scholarly Evening Post.  

http://stellarscholars.com/2013_avanti_and_aurora_awards

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