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2012 PROGRAMS & WORKSHOPS
Tour: Behind-the-Scenes Collections Tour (monthly)
Tour: Secrets of the Veeder House (monthly)
Lecture: Eric Rutkow, The Rise and Fall of Two Great American Trees
Family Program: Make a Felt Tree Trivet
Adult Crafternoon: Valentine Paper Crafts
Book Talk: Richard DeLuca, Post Roads and Iron Horses: Transportation in Connecticut from Colonial Times to the Age of Steam
Family Program: Valentines for Kids
Family Program: Story & Crafts at the Museum
Panel Discussion: Imagine Your Town without Trees: A Panel Discussion about Urban Forestry, taped for broadcast on WNPR's "Where We Live"
Micro-exhibit Opening and Concert: Songs Along the Way: Music, Songs and Images from Migratory Bird Species of the Park River Watershed, in partnership with the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford
Lecture: Eileen M. Angelini, A Little Known History of Discrimination in New England: the Ku Klux Klan Attacks on Franco-Americans in the first half of the 20th Century, in partnership with Real ArtWays
Conference: A Tradition of Craft: Current Works by the Society of American Period Furniture Makers
- Keynote lecture: Philip Zea, A Collector's Passion for Craftsmanship: The Pioneering Path of George Alfred Cluett (1873-1955)
- Five Case Studies: John Davis; Sharon Mehrman; Freddy Roman; Glen Jewell; Nick Kotula, From Inspiration to Completion
- Lecture/Demonstration: Steven Lash and Vera Meyer, Benjamin Franklin's Glass Armonica
- Collections Tours and Workshops: Richard Malley and Dr. Thomas Kugelman
Family Program: Trees and Bugs, in partnership with the CT Audubon Society
Special Event: Step Back into the 1940s, a party in celebration of the release of the 1940 census, in partnership with the Connecticut Society of Genealogists and the New England Air Museum
Youth Program: History Day in Connecticut, in partnership with Connecticut's Old State House
Youth Program: Scout Day: Daisy Day at CHS
Family Program: Family Activity Pack Kick-Off
Family Program: Story & Crafts at the Museum
Family Program: Decorate your own Flowerpot
Special Event and Demonstrations: Traditional Crafts Day
Free Public Event: Connecticut Open House Day
Lecture/Demonstration: Will Neptune, Eliphalet Chapin: A Leading Force behind Connecticut Valley Furniture
Lecture: Alyce Perry Englund, Compete, Leave or Change: The Challenges of Connecticut Craftsmen, 1800-1820
Lecture/Demonstration: Steve Latta, New England Furniture Ornamentation in the Federal Period
Special Event:
Cheers to History! Celebrating G. Fox
Family Program: Toys over Time
Special Event: Furry Friends Pet Parade & Fair
Family Program: Test your Memory--Make your own Matching Memory Game
Lecture: John Alcorn, The Young Italian American Association: A Safety Net in an Immigrant Community in Connecticut, 1900-1945
Lecture: William Hosley, Silicon Valley of the 19th Century: Rediscovering the Connecticut Valley's Industrial Heritage
Workshop: Research Center Staff, Introduction to Genealogy Resources: Do You Know Where Your Ancestors Are?
Family Program: Toys for Pets
Family Program:
Tellabration--Storyteller Andre Keitt, in partnership with the Connecticut Storytelling Center
Gallery Talk: Mike Messina, Tiny Art: Connecticut Poster Stamps
Lecture: William Hosley, Sam & Elizabeth: Legend and Legacy of Colt's Empire
Adult Crafternoon: Holiday Poppers and Paper Crafts
Family Program:
Make your own Holiday Poppers
Micro-Exhibit Opening and Concert: Cats and Dogs in Sound and Music: Inspired by Cats and Dogs in Art and Life, in partnership with the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford
2011 Programs & Workshops
Demonstration and Marketplace: The Institute for Community Research, The Sewing Circle Project
Family Program: Valentines for Kids
February Vacation Programs: Teddy Bear Picnic | African-American Folktales Performance | Celebrate Connecticut Students Day
Family Program: Create your own Sewing Card
Lecture: Tricia Wilson-Nguyen, New England Samplers: A Closer Look
Lecture: Deborah Ash and Patty Oat, A Legacy in Silk Threads: The Story of Prudence Punderson
Book Talk: Marla Miller, Betsy Ross and the Making of America
Book Talk: Cathryn Prince, A Professor, A President & A Meteor: the Birth of American Science
How-To Workshop: Diana McCain and Karen DePauw, Needlework, Genealogy, and the Lives of Connecticut Women
Family Program: Kids in the Kitchen
Book Talk: Joshua Kendall, The Forgotten Founding Father: Noah Webster's Obsession and the Creation of an American Culture
Family Program: Celebrate Caribbean Culture at the CHS
Book Talk: Caroline Zinsser, Vine Utley: The Remarkable Country Doctor of Lyme Connecticut (1768-1836)
How -To Workshop: Rich Malley & John Potter, Words from the Front: Looking at Civil War Collections
Lecture: Walter Woodward, Making Connecticut Exhibit Opening Remarks
Family Program: Passport to Connecticut History
Book Talk: Matthew Warshauer, Connecticut in the American Civil War: Slavery, Sacrifice and Survival
Family Program: Toys Over Time
Family program: Create your own Colorful Collage
Book Talk: Christopher L. Webber, American to the Backbone: the Life of James W.C. Pennington, the Fugitive Slave Who Became One of the First Black Abolitionists
Bus Trip: Connecticut's Civil War Treasure Troves with tour escort and historian Bill Hosley
Lecture and Magic Show: Robert Olson, Exploring the World of Magician Albert Walker, 19th-Century Magician
Book Talk: Kevin Murphy, Crowbar Governor: The Life & Times of Morgan Gardner Bulkeley
Book Talk: David E. Koskoff, The Senator from Central Casting:, The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Thomas J. Dodd
Workshop: Research Center Staff, Do you Know Where Your Ancestors Are? Introduction to Genealogy Resources
Concert: The Rosewood Chamber Ensemble, The Musical World of John Quincy Adams (A Hartford Symphony Musical Dialogues Program)
Family Concert: Phil Rosenthal, Bluegrass Performance
Exhibit Program: Thankful for Trees Day
How-To Workshop: Nancy Finlay & Samuel Benton Guiney III, Researching Your Historic House
Writers' Workshop: Lessons from a Bestseller with NY Times best-selling author Steve Berry
Family Program: Make your own Holiday Popper
Book Talk: Keith Stavely & Kathleen Fitzgerald, Northern Hospitality: Cooking by the Book in New England
Workshop: Research Center Staff, Do You Know Where Your Ancestors Are? Introduction to Genealogy Resources
Adult Crafternoon: Holiday Paper Crafts
2010 Programs & Workshops
Family Program: Valentine's Day Card Workshop
Lecture: Barbara Miller and Kate Steinway, Victorian Hartford in Words and Pictures
Workshop: Diana McCain, A Look at the Federal Census--Past and Present
February Vacation Program: Victorian Vacation Day
Book Talk: Aife Murray, Maid as Muse: How Servants Changed Emily Dickinson's Life and Language
Book Talk: M. Wm. Phelps, The Devil's Rooming House
Gallery Talk: Nancy Finlay, Pictures of Victorian Hartford
Family Program: Silhouette Saturday
Book Talk: Graham Hodges, David Ruggles: A Radical Black Abolitionist and the Underground Railroad in New York City
Workshop: Diana McCain, Digging into Tax Records
Family Program: Mother's Day Mosaics
Lecture: Kiki Smith, Contemporary Artist Draws Inspiration from 18th-Century Embroidery
Book Talk: Jelle Zeilinga de Boer, Stories in Stones: How Geology Influenced Connecticut History and Culture
Workshop: Karen DePauw, Caring for Your Historic Textiles
Lecture/Demonstration: James Reed, From Stone to Paper, the Lithographic Process
Book Talk: Daniel Okrent, Last Call: the Rise and Fall of Prohibition
Connecticut Trails Day: Ed Richardson, Tree Walk through the West End
Panel Discussion: Georgia Barnhill, Dr. James Brust, John Zak, Donald Cresswell, Reflections on Hartford's Kellogg Brothers
Outdoor Concert: Phil Rosenthal Duo, Folk and Bluegrass Concert (Made possible by a grant from the Evelyn W. Preston Memorial Trust Fund)
Family Program: Experience a Colonial School Day
Book Talk: Bruce Epperson, Peddling Bicycles to America: The Rise of an Industry
Family Program: JuggleJoy presents "Circus Fun for Everyone"
Conference:
Connecticut Needlework: Women, Art, and Family
- Susan Schoelwer, Needlework in Connecticut: Recent Findings, New Directions
- Linda Baumgarten, Layered Meaning: Quilted Petticoats of Connecticut, 1740-1760
- Deirdre Windsor, 18th-19th-Century Connecticut Needlework: Exploring the Impact of Past Intervention and Present Conservation Treatments
- Linda Eaton, The Material Culture of Needlework: Why it Matters
Family Program: Simple Stitching for Kids
Book Talk: John Laurence Busch, Steam Coffin: Captain Moses Rogers and the Steamship Savannah Break the Sound Barrier
Family Program: Create your own Holiday Poppers
2009 Programs & Workshops
Book Talk: Louis P. Masur, The Soiling of Old Glory: The Story of a Photograph that Shocked America
Family Program: February Vacation at CHS
Lecture: Kristin Haas and Frank Mitchell, Citizen Soldiers, the Flag, Wars, and Presidents
Youth Program: Scout Day at CHS
WNPR Panel Discussion: John Dankosky (Moderator), Dr. William Howe, Christine A. Baker, Allison Kasic, Title IX: On the Court and Off
Family Program: Planting a Seed
Lecture: Susan P. Schoelwer, Return to Ford's Theater: Authenticating the Lincoln Assassination Flag
Family Program: Mom and Me
Lecture: Abbott Lowell Cummings, A is for Abigail: The Abigail Ball Box
Family Program: Dad and Me
Family Program: The Circus Comes to Town
Family Program: Grandparents' Day at CHS
Special Event: Lincoln Bicentennial Civil War Encampment
Special Event: Valley Collector Car Club Show
Lecture: Walter Woodward, Connecticut's Western Reserve
Family Program: Exploring Family History at CHS
Youth Program: Scout Day at CHS
Lecture: Patricia Warner, She Shoots... She Scores! But How Does She Manage in Those Clothes?
Special Event: Half-time at Turkey Time
Book Talk: John Puzzo, The Vietnam War Through the Eyes of a Connecticut Veteran
Book Talk: Briann Greenfield, Out of the Attic: Inventing Antiques in Twentieth-Century New England
Book Talk: Joel Richard Paul, Unlikely Allies: How a Merchant, a Playwright, and a Spy Saved the American Revolution
Family Program: Celebrate the Holidays with a Bang--Poppers at CHS