Founded in 1976, Farmington Valley Arts Center is a not-for-profit organization that caters to the public and artists by featuring viewing galleries and offering studios for rent. FVAC strives to create a strong, vibrant and diverse community where artists can explore their individual inspirations and create, create, create.
Glastonbury Chamber of Commerce promotes the business community and works to enhance the quality of life in Glastonbury. The chamber has over 550 members which include local businesses large and small. Every year in October the chamber sponsors the Apple Harvest Festival, the largest event in the area. The Riverfront Musical Festival is co-sponsored by the chamber.
The Historical Society of Glastonbury was established in 1936 to preserve the town's historical heritage and to display it in an educational and entertaining manner. Its museum, located in the former town hall at 1944 Main Street, houses exhibits ranging from Native American artifacts to early 20th century items. The society maintains an extensive schedule of house tours and walking tours, and hosts the annual Farm Festival and Antiques Festival.
The Waterford Public Library, located just down the street from Town Hall, offers a huge variety of various media, from traditional newspapers and magazines to online publications and audio books. Next to the library is a tranquil duck pond, part of Civic Triangle Park, the perfect spot to begin your new read. The library offers a wide variety of programs and classes for adults and children, along with a children's section.
The Westport Arts Center is a visual and performing arts organization that offers arts experiences to the entire community. The center has been in the community since the 1960s, when it was incorporated as the Westport-Weston Arts Council in 1969. Since that time, the center has worked to preserve Westport's cultural heritage and tradition of supporting the arts.
The Westport Arts Center offices and galleries are located on the banks of the Saugatuck River in downtown Westport. In addition to presenting exhibitions, concerts, lectures and film screenings in its 2000 square-foot gallery, the center also has a studio where children's workshops are held as well as a smaller Studio Gallery annex.
The Center for Progressive Therapies in Manchester is a community of holistic practitioners offering Tai Chi classes, counseling services, saunas, community meetings and other wellness programs. Call today for more information about offices and studios available for rent, or about the practitioners already on the property.
The Mystic YMCA, formerly known as the Mystic Community Center, is part of the Ocean Community YMCAs. Members of the Mystic YMCA can also use the facilities in Westerly and Wyoming, Rhode Island.
The YMCA offers adult and child fitness classes and has basketball courts, a swimming pool, beach and tennis courts.
One of Newtown's most prolific benefactor, Mary Eizabeth Hawley donated the library to the town.
Named after her maternal grandfather, who worked as a doctor for 50 years during the 19th century, The Cyrenius H. Booth Library opened on Dec. 17, 1932 with 25,000 volumes.
Constructed to be fireproof and containing cork floors and ceiling tiles that helped to deaden sound, the building also had a built-in humidifier and centralized vacuum cleaner. Philip Sutherland, who also designed Edmond Town Hall, was the architect.
An addition was begun in 1996 that added meeting space and areas for library displays.
Wesleyan Potters is a non-profit cooperative guild that promotes the learning and development of skills in crafts. Studio classes are conducted year-round, with lectures, exhibits, demonstrations and films scheduled as special events with visiting craftsmen. Wesleyan Potters also has a gallery and gift shop.
The Connecticut Community Providers Association is a trade association. It represents different organizations that provide services and support for people suffering from disabilities and other issues. These include children and adults with substance abuse issues, mental illnesses as well as development and physical disabilities. Additionally, the association collaborates with community providers as well as state legislatures and agencies. The Connecticut Community Providers Association is led by president and chief executive officer Terry Edelstein.
Nutmeg Community TV is an independent non-profit organization that provides television programming for three public, education and government channels reaching viewers in eight Connecticut towns. It also offers free training for independent producers and production crews.
One good reason to visit Stamford Museum and Nature Center is simply to appreciate the beauty of the nature trails, tree specimens and farm animals juxtaposed with old world sophistication. Once the country estate of fashion magnate Henri Bendel, the property opened as a nature center to the public in 1955. Surprisingly large at 118 acres, the park includes an impressive lake (Bendel's Pond) with a waterfall at the majestic entrance and an otter pond. An organic vegetable garden is seasonally maintained by staff members. Hekscher Barn, just next door, is a farm animal mecca with goats, chickens, turkeys and other fowl. There is also a planetarium on the premises, which has a public show each 2nd Sunday of the month at 3pm.
This is the perfect place to bring the whole family, or just yourself, to explore history, art and nature.
The Eastern Connecticut Ballet was founded as a non-profit in 1992 with the mission of developing a professional performing arts center that would provide high quality instruction to area youth. It is a serious ballet that seeks to rigorously prepare dancers for professional performance. To achieve this lofty goal, expert instructors guide young learners through a series of programs beginning with a young children's program open to those 3 to 8 years old and advancing through a seven-level pre-professional curriculum.