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• Spring Fling Craft Fair

  Please note that the Mum Festival is the only one taking vendor applications for our Spring Fling Craft Fair on March 29, 2025”.
  

  Saturday, Mar 29, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. ET
  Bristol Senior Community Center, Bristol, CT
• Exhibition - It Happened In Hartford

  It Happened In Hartford: 150 Years of the Mark Twain House September 2024 marks the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Clemens family in their newly built Hartford home and 50 years since the Mark Twain House formally opened as a Museum.
  

  Saturday, Mar 29, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. ET
  The Mark Twain House and Museum, Hartford, CT
• Exhibition - Blue Grass, Green Skies: American Impressionism and Realism from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

  In 1874, a group of avant-garde French artists, including Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, organized the first exhibition of the “Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, Printmakers, etc.” in Paris.
  

  Saturday, Mar 29, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. ET
  New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
• Exhibition - Justin Favela: Do You See What I See?

  Brilliant colors, tissue paper, cardboard, and untold stories converge in Do You See What I See? featuring works by Las Vegas-based artist Justin Favela (b.
  

  Saturday, Mar 29, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. ET
  New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
• Exhibition - Elizabeth Gourlay: A Tribute

  Spanning nearly fifteen years of creative expression, Elizabeth Gourlay: A Tribute commemorates the visionary work and life of Chester, Connecticut-based artist Elizabeth Gourlay (1961-2024).
  

  Saturday, Mar 29, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. ET
  New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
• Exhibition - Fritz Horstman: Valleys and Blue Light

  Light and shadows, landscapes, voids, and reversals; the subjects of Fritz Horstman’s exhibition are simultaneously very much of the everyday world and also something less easily defined.
  

  Saturday, Mar 29, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. ET
  New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
• Exhibition: Wide Awakes: Campaigning for Lincoln

  During a time of deep political division and fears of a civil war, five young men from Hartford, Connecticut formed a campaign organization that became a nationwide movement and helped elect a president.
  

  Saturday, Mar 29, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. ET
  Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Hartford, CT
• MAX Day of Giving Family Fun Fair

  Rain or shine!
  

  Saturday, Mar 29, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. ET
  South Windsor High School Annex, South Windsor, CT
• The Original Western Mass Home and Garden Show

  Our Home Show Committee & Staff are working hard to bring you great show features and promotions for our 70th Presentation of the show.
  

  Saturday, Mar 29, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. ET
  Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield, MA
• Exhibition: Birth, Death, And Alphabets

  The Salisbury Association Historical Society Presents an Exhibition of Samplers from the Collection of Alexandra Peters.
  

  Saturday, Mar 29, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. ET
  Salisbury Association Historical Society, Salisbury, CT

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  AARP CT Webinar Wednesday - UConn Basketball in the Calhoun Era, 4/2/25

  Wednesday, Apr 2, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. ET

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• AARP Smart Driver™: Wallingford Senior Center

  Wednesday, Apr 2, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. ET

  Wallingford Senior Center

  Wallingford, CT

• AARP Smart Driver™: William K. Sanford Town Library

  Wednesday, Apr 2, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. ET

  William K. Sanford Town Library

  Loudonville, NY

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				<div class="description">Spanning nearly fifteen years of creative expression, Elizabeth Gourlay: A Tribute commemorates the visionary work and life of Chester, Connecticut-based artist Elizabeth Gourlay (1961-2024).</div>
		
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				<img src="https://cdn-aarp.americantowns.com/img/vcc2/icons/location.svg" class="icon location opacity-75" style="margin: 0 -2px;"/>New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT					</div>
	
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				<div class="description">Light and shadows, landscapes, voids, and reversals; the subjects of Fritz Horstman&rsquo;s exhibition are simultaneously very much of the everyday world and also something less easily defined.</div>
		
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				<img src="https://cdn-aarp.americantowns.com/img/vcc2/icons/location.svg" class="icon location opacity-75" style="margin: 0 -2px;"/>New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT					</div>
	
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	<h3 class="title"><a href="/event/spring-fling-craft-fair-2025-03-29-bristol-ct.html" data-formelementid="LOCAL-BTN-CLK-EVENTS-SPRING-FLING-CRAFT-FAIR">Spring Fling Craft Fair</a></h3>

	
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				<div class="description">It Happened In Hartford: 150 Years of the Mark Twain House  September 2024 marks the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Clemens family in their newly built Hartford home and 50 years since the Mark Twain House formally opened as a Museum.</div>
		
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				<img src="https://cdn-aarp.americantowns.com/img/vcc2/icons/location.svg" class="icon location opacity-75" style="margin: 0 -2px;"/>The Mark Twain House and Museum, Hartford, CT					</div>
	
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				<div class="description">In 1874, a group of avant-garde French artists, including Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, organized the first exhibition of the &ldquo;Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, Printmakers, etc.&rdquo; in Paris.</div>
		
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				<img src="https://cdn-aarp.americantowns.com/img/vcc2/icons/location.svg" class="icon location opacity-75" style="margin: 0 -2px;"/>New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT					</div>
	
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				<div class="description">Brilliant colors, tissue paper, cardboard, and untold stories converge in Do You See What I See? featuring works by Las Vegas-based artist Justin Favela (b.</div>
		
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				<img src="https://cdn-aarp.americantowns.com/img/vcc2/icons/location.svg" class="icon location opacity-75" style="margin: 0 -2px;"/>New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT					</div>
	
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				<div class="description">Spanning nearly fifteen years of creative expression, Elizabeth Gourlay: A Tribute commemorates the visionary work and life of Chester, Connecticut-based artist Elizabeth Gourlay (1961-2024).</div>
		
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				<img src="https://cdn-aarp.americantowns.com/img/vcc2/icons/location.svg" class="icon location opacity-75" style="margin: 0 -2px;"/>New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT					</div>
	
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	<h3 class="title"><a href="/event/exhibition-fritz-horstman-valleys-and-blue-light-2025-03-29-new-britain-ct.html" data-formelementid="LOCAL-BTN-CLK-EVENTS-EXHIBITION-FRITZ-HORSTMAN-VALLEYS-AND-BLUE-LIGHT">Exhibition - Fritz Horstman: Valleys and Blue Light</a></h3>

	
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				<div class="description">Light and shadows, landscapes, voids, and reversals; the subjects of Fritz Horstman&rsquo;s exhibition are simultaneously very much of the everyday world and also something less easily defined.</div>
		
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			Saturday, Mar 29, 2025 at 10:00&nbsp;a.m. ET 			
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				<img src="https://cdn-aarp.americantowns.com/img/vcc2/icons/location.svg" class="icon location opacity-75" style="margin: 0 -2px;"/>New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT					</div>
	
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				<div class="description">During a time of deep political division and fears of a civil war, five young men from Hartford, Connecticut formed a campaign organization that became a nationwide movement and helped elect a president.</div>
		
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				<img src="https://cdn-aarp.americantowns.com/img/vcc2/icons/location.svg" class="icon location opacity-75" style="margin: 0 -2px;"/>Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Hartford, CT					</div>
	
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	data-url="/event/max-day-of-giving-family-fun-fair-2025-03-29-south-windsor-ct.html" 
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				<img src="https://cdn-aarp.americantowns.com/img/vcc2/icons/location.svg" class="icon location opacity-75" style="margin: 0 -2px;"/>South Windsor High School Annex, South Windsor, CT					</div>
	
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	<h3 class="title"><a href="/event/the-original-western-mass-home-and-garden-show-2025-03-29-west-springfield-ma.html" data-formelementid="LOCAL-BTN-CLK-EVENTS-THE-ORIGINAL-WESTERN-MASS-HOME-AND-GARDEN-SHOW">The Original Western Mass Home and Garden Show</a></h3>

	
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				<div class="description">Our Home Show Committee &amp; Staff are working hard to bring you great show features and promotions for our 70th Presentation of the show.</div>
		
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				<img src="https://cdn-aarp.americantowns.com/img/vcc2/icons/location.svg" class="icon location opacity-75" style="margin: 0 -2px;"/>Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield, MA					</div>
	
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	<h3 class="title"><a href="/event/exhibition-birth-death-and-alphabets-2025-03-29-salisbury-ct.html" data-formelementid="LOCAL-BTN-CLK-EVENTS-EXHIBITION-BIRTH-DEATH-AND-ALPHABETS">Exhibition: Birth, Death, And Alphabets</a></h3>

	
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				<img src="https://cdn-aarp.americantowns.com/img/vcc2/icons/location.svg" class="icon location opacity-75" style="margin: 0 -2px;"/>Salisbury Association Historical Society, Salisbury, CT					</div>
	
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				<div class="description">In 1874, a group of avant-garde French artists, including Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, organized the first exhibition of the &ldquo;Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, Printmakers, etc.&rdquo; in Paris.</div>
		
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				<img src="https://cdn-aarp.americantowns.com/img/vcc2/icons/location.svg" class="icon location opacity-75" style="margin: 0 -2px;"/>New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT					</div>
	
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				<div class="description">Brilliant colors, tissue paper, cardboard, and untold stories converge in Do You See What I See? featuring works by Las Vegas-based artist Justin Favela (b.</div>
		
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				<img src="https://cdn-aarp.americantowns.com/img/vcc2/icons/location.svg" class="icon location opacity-75" style="margin: 0 -2px;"/>New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT					</div>
	
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