Nature at night doesn’t have to be spooky! Explore the Nature Center with your family on a guided night hike with stops along the way to test our night senses. After our hike we’ll toast marshmallows around the campfire. Meets at DPNC. Members $6.80, Nonmembers $8
Come to the Mystic & Noank Library for a special socially distant storytime on the library lawn! Saturday, October 31st at 10:30 am. Bring a picnic blanket, a snack, and your favorite stuffed animal, and listen to stories! Best for ages 2-5. We will be observing social distance and masks will be required. Registration required.
Come to the Mystic & Noank Library for a special socially distant storytime on the library lawn! Saturday, October 31st at 10:30 am. Bring a picnic blanket, a snack, and your favorite stuffed animal, and listen to stories! Best for ages 2-5. We will be observing social distance and masks will be required. Registration required.
Join us for a fun and socially-distant Halloween celebration on the farm. Kids of all ages are invited to don their costumes and join us for Halloween-themed crafts, Story Time, and a spider-themed Farm Walk between 1pm and 3pm on Saturday, October 31st. Halloween cookies and cider will be available for purchase through the Stone…
Join us for a fun and socially-distant Halloween celebration on the farm. Kids of all ages are invited to don their costumes and join us for Halloween-themed crafts, Story Time, and a spider-themed Farm Walk between 1pm and 3pm on Saturday, October 31st. Halloween cookies and cider will be available for purchase through the Stone…
Mystic Restaurant Week returns this November, with a special emphasis on take-out! Select restaurants from Groton, Mystic, and Stonington will offer special menus and pricing for breakfast, lunch, dinner and take-out options. Visit your favorites or try something new! Menus to be posted here: https://www.mysticchamber.org/mystic-events-calendar/mystic-restaurant-week/mrw-menus
Mystic Restaurant Week returns this November, with a special emphasis on take-out! Select restaurants from Groton, Mystic, and Stonington will offer special menus and pricing for breakfast, lunch, dinner and take-out options. Visit your favorites or try something new! Menus to be posted here: https://www.mysticchamber.org/mystic-events-calendar/mystic-restaurant-week/mrw-menus
Participants will share their sample cover letters and receive group feedback from others, in addition to a writing tutor. We will only read as many letters as we can get to in an hour and a half.
We are living in a digital age. From social media to banking and shopping, to applying for a job or signing up for classes, we are all using mobile devices and computers to share our personal information. More than ever we need to protect this information and ensure that we are being safe online. Join…
Bring your friends, start a team, and win prizes at Trivia Night from 7pm to 10pm. Trivia provided by Harrison who is back by popular demand hosting on the microphone. If you work in hospitality or at a local attraction, show your badge and enjoy $4 drafts and our Happy Hour Menu all night long!
Bring your friends, start a team, and win prizes at Trivia Night from 7pm to 10pm. Trivia provided by Harrison who is back by popular demand hosting on the microphone. If you work in hospitality or at a local attraction, show your badge and enjoy $4 drafts and our Happy Hour Menu all night long!
Grab your rake and a pair of gloves to help us tidy up the exterior grounds of our lovely library. We are so lucky to have many faithful and hard-working volunteers take care of our beautiful and historic property. Hope to see you then! We are planning a volunteer day for Saturday, November 7 at…
Believe it or not, November is a great time to start milkweed from seed! Our native common milkweed seeds need a period of cold in order to germinate so starting now is perfect! Remember that Monarch butterfly caterpillars only eat milkweed and having some in your yard will attract not only butterflies, but a whole…
Join Katie Shepherd, Registered Dietitian from Food Explorers to bake some Apple Crumb Bars! This fall dessert has a layer of caramelized apples on top of a delicious cookie crust with a streusel on top. Exploring food encourages children to learn through sensory experiences, hands-on activities and working together to create delicious results. Food Explorers…
If you have a Gmail account with Google, you also have access to helpful digital tools like Google Docs, Sheets, Forms, and Drive. These applications can help you work with a team in a workplace or remotely from home, and each of them are free to use. Join us for this three-part series to get…
Join us with Walt Woodward, State Historian and Associate Professor of History at the University of Connecticut, to learn about the deadliest disease to ever hit Connecticut. The influenza pandemic of 1918, like COVID-19, stopped life as people knew it in its tracks. This topic was the subject of his recent podcast episode of "Grating…
Bring your friends, start a team, and win prizes at Trivia Night from 7pm to 10pm. Trivia provided by Harrison who is back by popular demand hosting on the microphone. If you work in hospitality or at a local attraction, show your badge and enjoy $4 drafts and our Happy Hour Menu all night long!
Bring your friends, start a team, and win prizes at Trivia Night from 7pm to 10pm. Trivia provided by Harrison who is back by popular demand hosting on the microphone. If you work in hospitality or at a local attraction, show your badge and enjoy $4 drafts and our Happy Hour Menu all night long!
Caregivers can bring their loved one with dementia and Mind Matters staff will watch them while you attend the session. This is a free service! Please call to let us know you will attend. Meets 2nd Tuesday of every month.
Caregivers can bring their loved one with dementia and Mind Matters staff will watch them while you attend the session. This is a free service! Please call to let us know you will attend. Meets 2nd Tuesday of every month.
Discover the out of this world adaptations that snakes have and create art with real snake skin. This program is limited to 10 children. Adults must wear masks when dropping off and picking up children. Masks for children are required indoors and outdoors when not able to maintain a six foot distance. This class is…
Have your children ages 6 to 10 step away from the screen and spend some time experiencing nature. Learn about the secret life of lichen and go on a scavenger hunt to identify several key CT lichen species. This program is limited to 10 children. Adults must wear masks when dropping off and picking up…
The winter months--and even the impending colder weather--can be hard on physical health for many people. Combine that with holiday eating and stress, plus cold-and-flu season, and it can be more challenging to feel your best. Learn more about ways to potentially support your immune function. Please note that this talk is for educational purposes…
Join us with author Patricia Walsh Chadwick for a book talk about her memoir Little Sister. The author sheds light on her childhood experience, growing up in a religious cult in the 1950s and 1960s, with no access to the outside world or its influences--radio, newspapers, television--or contact with anyone, including family. Her only exposure…
During this class we will learn how to draw red fox, with instruction from DPNC artist/educator Rob Reas. This class is offered via Zoom. While you can work in whatever medium you have at home, we will cover drawing in pencil for shape, proportion and contour, with recommendations of how to add color in pastels…
Join health and wellness coach, Rachna Tewari, for a fall inspired Ayurvedic cooking class. In this you will learn how to create a warm, fresh , grounding meal, suitable for the fall season. The menu includes warm whole green mung bean lentil soup, turmeric rice, root vegetables with spices, ginger burfi and saffron tea. This…
Children ages 3 to 5 with special needs, and a caregiver, will make fun fall discoveries and explore seasonal topics through outside activities and art. In addition to learning about nature, this class will provide plenty of social time for children and caregivers. Meets at DPNC. This class will be outdoors and adults are required…
One of the most important steps in growing great vegetables actually happens before planting, - testing the soil where you plan to plant the garden. Soil and the microbiology in the soil is more important than anything else that makes your vegetables grow. A soil test lets you know which Minerals, Trace elements, Anions and…
On Saturday, November 14 at 3:00, Sophia Gipstein, Education Associate from the Lyman Allyn Art Museum will lead kids in an art project! Our project will be based on the museum's "Young at Art: A Selection of Caldecott Book Illustrations" exhibition. You can learn more about the museum's exhibition here. Grab and Go Art kits…
If you have a Gmail account with Google, you also have access to helpful digital tools like Google Docs, Sheets, Forms, and Drive. These applications can help you work with a team in a workplace or remotely from home, and each of them are free to use. Join us for this three-part series to get…
Bring your friends, start a team, and win prizes at Trivia Night from 7pm to 10pm. Trivia provided by Harrison who is back by popular demand hosting on the microphone. If you work in hospitality or at a local attraction, show your badge and enjoy $4 drafts and our Happy Hour Menu all night long!
Bring your friends, start a team, and win prizes at Trivia Night from 7pm to 10pm. Trivia provided by Harrison who is back by popular demand hosting on the microphone. If you work in hospitality or at a local attraction, show your badge and enjoy $4 drafts and our Happy Hour Menu all night long!
During this class offered via Zoom, we will discuss how to choose from the different types of feeders and seed, as well as how bird biology and migration should factor into your feeding plans. We will also learn what species you can expect to see in your backyard with identification tips and tricks. This program…
Wednesday, November 18, 1:30 - 3:30 pm Have your children ages 6 to 10 step away from the screen and spend some time experiencing nature. Bust some myths about opossums, learn what makes these wacky mammals so marvelous and make an opossum craft to take home with you! This program is limited to 10 children.…
Bill Memorial Library and Outer Light Brewery are presenting a Virtual Beer Tasting on Thursday, November 19, at 6 p.m. This won’t be your typical Zoom meeting! Taste and learn about four local beers with Outer Light’s Tom Drejer and Mariah Billian in the comfort of your own home. Tasting kits can be purchased for…
During this class we will learn how to draw a red-shouldered hawk, with instruction from DPNC artist/educator Rob Reas. This class is offered via Zoom. While you can work in whatever medium you have at home, we will cover drawing in pencil for shape, proportion and contour, with recommendations of how to add color in…
Schooling at home and homeschooling are different, but there's also a lot of overlap. Get some tips and tricks for Remote Learning from 20 year homeschool veteran, Linda Hincks. We'll talk about how to relieve overscheduling stress and revive energy for learning. Bring your questions and concerns. Let's talk about what's most useful for you.…
Participants investigate what makes birds unique by their calls, beak and body shapes, and explore their habitats. We'll then engineer our own bird and a nest for its home! This is an online event. Registration is required to attend this program. You will receive a Zoom invitation the morning of the program.
The kids need a night out! What better way than an evening at the Nature Center? Children will have fun learning all about “Deer” through games, activities, meeting live animals and a night hike. We’ll have pizza for dinner and round out the evening with s’mores around the campfire. This program is for ages 6…
If you have a Gmail account with Google, you also have access to helpful digital tools like Google Docs, Sheets, Forms, and Drive. These applications can help you work with a team in a workplace or remotely from home, and each of them are free to use. Join us for this three-part series to get…
