Community Calendar

Stitching Time features 12 quilts created by men who are incarcerated in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola Prison. These works of art, and accompanying recorded interviews, tell the story of a unique inside-outside quilt collaboration. The exhibition focuses our attention on the quilt creators, people often forgotten by society when discussing the history of the U.S. criminal justice system. Also on view in the gallery will be Give Me Life, a selection of works by women artists presently or formerly incarcerated at York Correctional Institution, a maximum-security state prison in Niantic, CT, courtesy of Community Partners in Action (CPA). The CPA’s Prison Arts program was initiated in 1978 and is one of the longest-running projects of its kind in the United States. Founded in 1875, CPA is celebrating 150 years of working within the criminal justice system.

Image: Kenny “Zulu” Whitmore, Etienne, Mutulu Shakur, and Maureen Kelleher (quilt design); Maureen Kelleher (quilting), James Baldwin: Quote #3, 2019, mixed cotton blends. Lent by Maureen Kelleher, © Maureen Kelleher

Monuments: Commemoration and Controversy explores monuments and their representations in public spaces as flashpoints of fierce debate over national identity, politics, and race that have raged for centuries. Offering a historical foundation for understanding today’s controversies, the exhibition features fragments of a statue of King George III torn down by American Revolutionaries, a souvenir replica of a bulldozed monument by Harlem Renaissance sculptor Augusta Savage, and a maquette of New York City’s first public monument to a Black woman, Harriet Tubman, among other objects from The New York Historical's collection. The exhibition reveals how monument-making and monument-breaking have long shaped American life as public statues have been celebrated, attacked, protested, altered, and removed.

The exhibition is curated by Wendy Nālani E. Ikemoto, Vice President and Chief Curator at the New York Historical.

Image: Johannes Adam Simon Oertel, Pulling Down the Statue of King George III, New York City, 11852-1853, oil on canvas. Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman. The New York Historical, 1925.6

Thursday, Sept. 11 opening with Jeffrey Greene, Connecticut Prison Art Project
5:30 p.m. – Opening Lecture – Dolan School of Business Events Space
6:30 p.m. – Reception – Dolan School of Business Event Space

Stitching Time features 12 quilts created by men who are incarcerated in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola Prison. These works of art, and accompanying recorded interviews, tell the story of a unique inside-outside quilt collaboration. The exhibition focuses our attention on the quilt creators, people often forgotten by society when discussing the history of the U.S. criminal justice system. Also on view in the gallery will be "Give Me Life," a selection of works by women artists who are presently or have been incarcerated at York Correctional Institution, a maximum-security state prison in Niantic, CT, courtesy of Community Partners in Action (CPA). The CPA’s Prison Arts program was initiated in 1978 and is one of the longest-running projects of its kind in the United States. Founded in 1875, CPA is celebrating 150 years of working within the criminal justice system.

Kelley H. Di Dio, Rush C. Hawkins Professor of Art History at the University of Vermont, discusses the issues around public commemoration of the past, with a particular focus on the Southern United States. Her talk forms part of the Edwin L. Weisl, Jr. Lectureships in Art History, funded by the Robert Lehman Foundation.
This lecture will be livestreamed.

About the Exhibition: Monuments: Commemoration and Controversy (organized by The New York Historical) explores monuments and their representations in public spaces as flashpoints of fierce debate over national identity, politics, and race that have raged for centuries. Offering a historical foundation for understanding today’s controversies, the exhibition features fragments of a statue of King George III torn down by American Revolutionaries, a souvenir replica of a bulldozed monument by Harlem Renaissance sculptor Augusta Savage, and a maquette of New York City’s first public monument to a Black woman, Harriet Tubman, among other objects from The New York Historical’s collection. The exhibition reveals how monument-making and monument-breaking have long shaped American life as public statues have been celebrated, attacked, protested, altered, and removed.

* This event is a part of Fairfield University Explores 250 Years of the American Experiment: The Promise and Paradox *
Image: Robert E. Lee Head in process of being melted down, from the statue group originally on Monument Avenue, Richmond, VA. Credit: Eze Amos/For Swords into Plowshares

Kelley H. Di Dio, Rush C. Hawkins Professor of Art History at the University of Vermont, discusses the issues around public commemoration of the past, with a particular focus on the Southern United States. Her talk forms part of the Edwin L. Weisl, Jr. Lectureships in Art History, funded by the Robert Lehman Foundation.

About the Exhibition: Monuments: Commemoration and Controversy (organized by The New York Historical) explores monuments and their representations in public spaces as flashpoints of fierce debate over national identity, politics, and race that have raged for centuries. Offering a historical foundation for understanding today’s controversies, the exhibition features fragments of a statue of King George III torn down by American Revolutionaries, a souvenir replica of a bulldozed monument by Harlem Renaissance sculptor Augusta Savage, and a maquette of New York City’s first public monument to a Black woman, Harriet Tubman, among other objects from The New York Historical’s collection. The exhibition reveals how monument-making and monument-breaking have long shaped American life as public statues have been celebrated, attacked, protested, altered, and removed.

* This event is a part of Fairfield University Explores 250 Years of the American Experiment: The Promise and Paradox *
Image: Robert E. Lee Head in process of being melted down, from the statue group originally on Monument Avenue, Richmond, VA. Credit: Eze Amos/For Swords into Plowshares

COMMUNITY SING!
No audience. Just fun!

You’re invited!

What is a community sing?
It’s an event where all are welcome to sing together, regardless of music experience. Whether you are a car stereo karaoke star, or have sung in choir before, there is a spot for you. No experience necessary!

MHS music teacher Josh Cushing will teach melodies and harmonies to the group that have been arranged especially for this come-as-you-are choir. This time around, we have some '90s pop and R&B ready for you!

Why is there a community sing?
1. Research indicates group singing improves quality of life for all humans, but…
2. Group singing is no longer a common activity in our daily lives. So...
3. MHS Choir hosts community sings every semester to provide an opportunity to sing and connect with our neighbors through music.

Help advertising throughout the Southeastern CT region is appreciated!

Please feel free to reach out with any questions.

Thank you,

Joshua Cushing
Music Teacher
Montville High School
jcushing@montvilleschools.net

A conversation about how the Constitution has balanced power and promoted the public interest since its founding. Speakers: US Senator Richard Blumenthal, CT state Senator Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox, ACLU-CT Legal Director Dan Barrett, and CT Democracy Center President/CEO Paul Skiff; moderator Bobbi Brown, President of the NAACP Greater Bridgeport Branch.

Book Sale at the Weston Library!
The Friends of the Weston Library are sponsoring a book sale Friday, Nov. 7th through Monday, November 10th.
The Library’s Community Room will be filled with over 5000 donated books, in excellent condition, suitable for holiday gift-giving. There will be adult fiction and mysteries, young adult books, young adult fiction, puzzles and games, children’s books for all ages, CDs and DVDs. Non-fiction books are sorted into categories such as Art, Biography, Business & Politics, Cooking, Design, Gardens & Pets, Health, History, Holidays, Parenting, Religion and Sports
Some categories of interest include vintage and collectible books (including signed editions and Easton Press leather-bound volumes), a great selection of classical CDS, and a number of large-print books.
Prices are:
Adult hardcover: $3, paperback $2
Children’s hardcover $2, paperback $1
DVDs & CDs $1
Puzzles & Games $3
Some art books and collectible books priced higher.
Payment accepted: Cash, Venmo, Credit Cards (no checks)

Schedule of opening:
Friday, November 7 – 9am to 5pm
Saturday, November 8 – 9am to 5pm
Sunday, November 9 – 10 am to 5 pm All books half-price!
Monday, November 10 – 9am to 11am All books free!

Katharine Hepburn was married once, to Ludlow Ogden Smith, in 1928. She kept her Babani gown, which was sold after she passed away and stored for twenty years. The Katharine Hepburn Museum has brought this dress back home to Connecticut and it will be exhibited alongside two others - one from the play "The Lake" (1933) and one from the film "The Sea of Grass" (1947) to create a stunning trio. This beautiful exhibit brings together Kate’s stage, screen, and personal lives in a never-before-seen way.

Museum Hours:
Tuesday through Friday 10 AM to 4 PM and one hour prior to performances. Closed major holidays.

Additional Summer Hours: Saturday and Sunday, 12 to 4 PM in July & August only

Discover the beauty and versatility of colored pencils. Students will understand the properties of color pencil as a painting medium. Using a photo reference of your own choosing, you will learn how to layer the pencil pigment by exploring basic pencil strokes, shading, and blending to produce a variety of effects to create a finished painting.

Liz Fusco is an award-winning Long Island artist and has been painting and drawing for most of her life. Liz began painting in oils and her subjects were typically landscape and nature scenes. Liz had always wanted to learn the skill of Botanical Illustration. After completing a three-year-long process at the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx, New York, Liz added Certified Botanical Illustration to her other education credentials.

The cost for this 4-hour, 1-day workshop is $95 per person. Students should bring a full set of good-quality color pencils (PRISMACOLOR, or Faber Castell is recommended); Stonehenge or Strathmore Bristol paper, Mi Tientes colored paper (either black or dark blue), graphite pencil HB, H; a good pencil sharpener, and a Staedtler Mars eraser.

You may register for this workshop online at https://theatelieratflowerfield.org/workshops
or call 631-250-9009 for more information.