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…
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!
Over half a million lights will be on display at Olde Mistick Village, the largest lights display in southern New England! The lights will turn on at 4pm on November 25th, and the spectacular will run through January. Shops will be open Mon-Thurs 10am-8pm, Fri-Sat 10am-9pm and Sun 11am-6pm. Face coverings are required and social…
It’s time to get outside and celebrate the fall season with a bit of imagination. Pick-up a packet of art supplies and ideas for your family from outside the JX Barn and find a place to work along the trails, fields and woods at Coogan Farm. After creating your masterpiece, stop back by to share…
Celebrate the full Beaver Moon during a hike at the Nature Center. Please note full moon hikes happen even on overcast nights, and are suitable for adults and older, interested children. Heavy rain cancels. Meets at DPNC. Hikes are limited to 8 people. You MUST preregister and wear a mask the entire time hiking. Members…
Louisa May Alcott (born November 29, 1832 - 1888) is most famous for Little Women, a novel that shaped the way many women since the Victorian era have defined girlhood and family. Alcott was also a Civil War nurse, an avid supporter of women's suffrage, and, through her writing, the sole breadwinner for her family.…
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!
Have your children ages 6 to 10 step away from the screen and spend some time experiencing nature. Learn about what deer are doing during this busy time of year, play a fun deer game and complete a deer craft to take home with you! This program is limited to 10 children. Adults must wear…
Please come and join us as the author of The Big Scary Virus, Brittney Marie, discusses how she wrote an illustrated children's book this year. Learn more about the writing process, working with an illustrator, how to get published, and why the author wrote a book for children about the coronavirus. Participants will be able…
Hygienic’s annual holiday show, “Art = Gift” is back, featuring handcrafted, affordable art by local and regional artists! Showcasing special pieces with gift-giving in mind, all works are priced to be especially affordable for the holiday season. All works will be made available for purchase online via an online store through Hygienic Art. Opening Reception…
Fridays, Dec. 4, 11, 18 , 10 - 11:30 am Ages 2 to 3 with a Caregiver Early winter outdoor adventure awaits you and your little ones at the Nature Center! Stories, live animals and nature exploration will ensure a good time for everyone in this class for ages 2 to 3 with a caregiver.…
You’ve decided to homeschool. What’s next? How do you know What To Do? Find out not only what but how. Set some goals, link it together and make a cohesive plan for the way things can work for you and your family. Bring your questions and join Linda Hincks of Wren Homeschool Consulting for fun…
Mystic Seaport Museum invites the public to mark the holidays with a new event, Lantern Light Village, an outdoor, free-roaming experience designed to celebrate the best of both the contemporary and 19th-century holiday seasons. The Lantern Light Village will seamlessly transition between the Christmas of today and the Christmas of the past. Entry to the…
Can Paper Be Cool? Of COURSE! How strong is paper? Using the engineering design process participants create incredible paper structures and a fun game they can play at home! Participants discover the science behind some cool physical changes we can make with paper. This is an online event. Registration is required to attend this program.…
One-night only five-course dinner featuring a special menu prepared by Chef Dennis Anderson in collaboration with Sommelier Robert Rustico, featuring expert pairings courtesy of St. Helena, CT based winery, Orin Swift.
We could all use a little stress relief these days. Luckily, the plants are here to help! Join Nora Toomey, Clinical Herbalist of True Bloom, to dive deep into a handful of plants that nourish and support the nervous system. In this one-hour program, you will learn plant actions and energetics, as well as practical…
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.
The Yellow Farmhouse Education Center is hosting a virtual screening of the new documentary film Gather. Gather is an intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political and cultural identities through food sovereignty, while battling the trauma of centuries of genocide. Registrants will be sent a link to view…
From wood frogs freezing solid to groundhog's hibernation, animals get through the winter in diverse ways. Learn more about our local wildlife's winter survival strategies including migration, hibernation and dormancy. Upon registration you will receive the Zoom link to the program, if you don’t receive it please email khargrave@dpnc.org. This program is suited for adults.…
Have your children ages 6 to 10 step away from the screen and spend some time experiencing nature in person. Discover all of the ways that local animals deal with the challenges of winter, search for signs of winter animals and paint a guided portrait of a winter animal on a natural canvas! . This…
On Wednesdays December 9th and 16th, enjoy downtown sidewalks lined with luminaria and shop as stores stay open late until 8pm.
Fridays, Dec. 4, 11, 18 , 10 - 11:30 am Ages 2 to 3 with a Caregiver Early winter outdoor adventure awaits you and your little ones at the Nature Center! Stories, live animals and nature exploration will ensure a good time for everyone in this class for ages 2 to 3 with a caregiver.…
Mystic Seaport Museum invites the public to mark the holidays with a new event, Lantern Light Village, an outdoor, free-roaming experience designed to celebrate the best of both the contemporary and 19th-century holiday seasons. The Lantern Light Village will seamlessly transition between the Christmas of today and the Christmas of the past. Entry to the…
Friday, December 11 - https://dpnc.org/calendar/luminaria-walk/ Saturday, December 12 - https://dpnc.org/calendar/luminaria-walk-2/ Sunday, December 13 - https://dpnc.org/calendar/luminaria-walk-3/ 5:30 to 8:30 pm Come experience the wonder of a winter walk in the woods at the Nature Center, lit by the soft glow of over 400 luminaria. Enjoy a self guided walk through woods, and then warm up by…
Friday, December 11 - https://dpnc.org/calendar/luminaria-walk/ Saturday, December 12 - https://dpnc.org/calendar/luminaria-walk-2/ Sunday, December 13 - https://dpnc.org/calendar/luminaria-walk-3/ 5:30 to 8:30 pm Come experience the wonder of a winter walk in the woods at the Nature Center, lit by the soft glow of over 400 luminaria. Enjoy a self guided walk through woods, and then warm up by…
Friday, December 11 - https://dpnc.org/calendar/luminaria-walk/ Saturday, December 12 - https://dpnc.org/calendar/luminaria-walk-2/ Sunday, December 13 - https://dpnc.org/calendar/luminaria-walk-3/ 5:30 to 8:30 pm Come experience the wonder of a winter walk in the woods at the Nature Center, lit by the soft glow of over 400 luminaria. Enjoy a self guided walk through woods, and then warm up by…
Tired of getting a pop-up on your phone that you're running out of storage? Come learn some best practices in data management on your mobile phone, and clear out much needed space for new photos, videos, and memories. We will cover how to clean up space on both Apple and Android products, and talk about…
St. Mark's Anti-Racism Team will be "re-starting" holding a monthly intentional book club on the topic of racism. This intentional book club, Mystic Conversations on Race (MyCOR), is intended for people who understand that the toxicity of historic and contemporary racism must be confronted...in our hearts, in our minds, and in our communities. We are…
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!
