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APRIL 2024
April 4th, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Heirloom Market Poetry Society
Poetry Open Mic Night every first Thursday. Bring your own poetry or works from your favorite poets. You can read, or just watch and listen. More info!
April 6th, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Annual Taste of Wethersfield
Attendees pay one admission and can try offerings from several local restaurants, caterers, breweries, and wine vendors, all under one roof. iHeartMedia’s Renee DiNino will emcee and the Hot Cat Jazz Band, will provide the music. More info!
April 7th, 2:00pm - 4:00pm.
Garden Volunteer Info Session
Meet our head gardener, Peter Winne, and learn more about the history of the Amy Cogswell Colonial Revival Garden on the campus of the Webb Deane Stevens Museum. More info!
April 10th, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
An Evening with Leila Philip Author of Beaverland
Join Leila Philip best-selling author of Beaverland at the Keeney Center, 200 Main Street. Philip details not just our long history with beavers, but how the come-back of beavers in North America is a conservation miracle story and good news for the climate. Admission is free but donations are welcome. More info!
April 12, 7:00pm
Wine in America
Cultivating new vines and palates with Rachel Black. Lecture held in the Keeney Center, 200 Main Street. Admission is $10/ free for Wethersfield Historical Society Memebers. More info!
April 13th & 14th, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Portrait Drawing Essentials & Working in Graphite
Working with a live model, students will learn structural anatomy, achieving naturalistic likeness by observing light and form. Along with demonstrating process, Chelsea will offer individual instruction and critiques. More info!
April 13th, 9 - 3pm & April 14th, 9 - 1pm
The Webb Barn Sale
This legendary, beloved barn sale (formerly named Tags & Treasures) is back! Come shop for tableware, silver, art, kitchenware, toys, collectibles, linens, garden items, holiday decor, jewelry, rugs, small furniture, and more. More info!
April 15th - 17th, 9:00pm - 4:00pm
Working with Dry Media Palette & Reductive Portrait Drawing
Working with a live model, students will learn structural anatomy, achieving naturalistic likeness by observing light and form. Along with demonstrating process, Chelsea will offer individual instruction and critiques. More info!
April 17th, 6:30pm
Expansion and Inspiration
Alexandra Deutsch, John L. and Marjorie P. McGraw Director of Collections at the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, will speak about recent acquisitions and the ways in which collecting there has evolved while remaining anchored in Henry Francis du Pont’s legacy. More info!
April 25th, 6:30pm
The Landscape of Future History
The Webb Deane Stevens Museum is pleased to present landscape architect David Rubin. Rubin, the founding principal of DAVID RUBIN Land Collective, joins Executive Director, Brenton Grom for a fireside chat about their recent collaboration at the George Read II House & Gardens in Old New Castle, DE. More info!
April 26th, 7:00pm
What the Wangunk Drank
Katherine Hermes presents a history of beverages among the indigenous people of Wethersfield. In the Keeney Center Ballroom, 200 Main Street. Admission is $10/ free for Wethersfield Historical Society Memebers. More info!
April 27th, 9:30am
Arbor Day Celebration/Tree Planting
Join the Wethersfield Village Improvement Association along with Town dignitaries at Hanmer School. Fourth graders will read their poetry and show their drawings of trees. Hear the John Chester Fife and Drum Corp as they perform. More info!
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