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…
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.…
