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Kids Clay Class Ages 7-12
Kids Clay Class Ages 7-12
Sawmill Pottery, we believe in introducing kids at an early age to the tactile, creative art of pottery. Kids will learn hand building, wheel-throwing and painting, decorating, and glazing at an age appropriate level.  Specific projects will be planned for each class after students have registered to ensure appropriate skill levels for each group depending…
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Kids Clay Class Ages 7-12
Kids Clay Class Ages 7-12
Sawmill Pottery, we believe in introducing kids at an early age to the tactile, creative art of pottery. Kids will learn hand building, wheel-throwing and painting, decorating, and glazing at an age appropriate level.  Specific projects will be planned for each class after students have registered to ensure appropriate skill levels for each group depending…
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Home School Day
Home School Day
Join us for one of two identical September Home School Days at Old Sturbridge Village. This month’s Home School Days will focus on the fall and the changing of the seasons. From apples to colorful leaves and landscapes, learn how rural 19th-century people prepared for the long winter ahead. Two activities this month will also…
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Free Community Puppet-Building Workshops for Celebrate Mansfield Festival
Free Community Puppet-Building Workshops for Celebrate Mansfield Festival
The Ballard Institute will once again offer fall community puppet-building workshops led by acclaimed puppeteer Sara Peattie to design and build life-size and over-life-size puppets for a new pageant production—The Conference of the Birds—to be performed at the Celebrate Mansfield Festival in Downtown Storrs.  The Conference of the Birds puppet pageant, directed by Sara Peattie,…
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Free Community Puppet-Building Workshops for Celebrate Mansfield Festival
Free Community Puppet-Building Workshops for Celebrate Mansfield Festival
The Ballard Institute will once again offer fall community puppet-building workshops led by acclaimed puppeteer Sara Peattie to design and build life-size and over-life-size puppets for a new pageant production—The Conference of the Birds—to be performed at the Celebrate Mansfield Festival in Downtown Storrs.  The Conference of the Birds puppet pageant, directed by Sara Peattie,…
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Kids Clay Class Ages 7-12
Kids Clay Class Ages 7-12
Sawmill Pottery, we believe in introducing kids at an early age to the tactile, creative art of pottery. Kids will learn hand building, wheel-throwing and painting, decorating, and glazing at an age appropriate level.  Specific projects will be planned for each class after students have registered to ensure appropriate skill levels for each group depending…
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Home School Day
Home School Day
Join us for one of two identical September Home School Days at Old Sturbridge Village. This month’s Home School Days will focus on the fall and the changing of the seasons. From apples to colorful leaves and landscapes, learn how rural 19th-century people prepared for the long winter ahead. Two activities this month will also…
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Kids Clay Class Ages 7-12
Kids Clay Class Ages 7-12
Sawmill Pottery, we believe in introducing kids at an early age to the tactile, creative art of pottery. Kids will learn hand building, wheel-throwing and painting, decorating, and glazing at an age appropriate level.  Specific projects will be planned for each class after students have registered to ensure appropriate skill levels for each group depending…
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Goodwin State Forest 60th Anniversary Festival
Goodwin State Forest 60th Anniversary Festival
Kids activities, guided forest walks, forestry demonstrations and more!
Celebrate Mansfield Festival
Celebrate Mansfield Festival
The Mansfield Downtown Partnership will host its 21st Annual Celebrate Mansfield Festival on Saturday, September 28 from 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM in Downtown Storrs (next to UConn in Mansfield, Connecticut). This year's celebration will feature a variety of activity booths hosts by Mansfield businesses and community organizations and UConn departments, programs, and student groups. Support local artists, crafters, and makers in…
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Kids Clay Class Ages 7-12
Kids Clay Class Ages 7-12
Sawmill Pottery, we believe in introducing kids at an early age to the tactile, creative art of pottery. Kids will learn hand building, wheel-throwing and painting, decorating, and glazing at an age appropriate level.  Specific projects will be planned for each class after students have registered to ensure appropriate skill levels for each group depending…
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Toddlers, Trails, and Tales
Toddlers, Trails, and Tales
Every Wednesday thru November 13 from 10 to 11:30 A.M. Parents, grandparents, and guardians come out for some fresh air with your toddlers, take a nature walk, and enjoy an activity or story. Led by retired Pomfret Community School kindergarten teacher, Carolyn Otto, the morning will be full of fun adventures. Meet at the Center,…
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Nature’s Real Vampires: Leeches, Bats and Other Spooky Creatures!
Nature’s Real Vampires: Leeches, Bats and Other Spooky Creatures!
In our Nature's Real Vampires program, just in time for Halloween, join us as we learn about real animals that scare and spook us! We will discover creatures that don't just come out on Halloween but are here all year round. Come learn and make a fun Halloween craft to bring home! Recommended for ages…