Bike Fest, The Great Gatsby, New London Main Street Annual Meeting

 Movies, art, and a mix of other events on the New London Patch calendar and New London Main Street calendar are offering people a chance to get out and have fun in the coming week.

TDP Art Studio has been especially active on our events page, letting us know about a series of classes all starting at 7 p.m. A wine glass painting workshop takes place on Wednesday, followed by canvas classes for “Sun Rays” on Thursday, “Lovely Tree” on Friday, and “Cape Cods” on Saturday; check out the listings for more information on prices. In other art courses, LQM Gallery is offering summer youth workshops as well as portrait, live model, and Chinese Ink painting classes; more information on their website.

For art exhibits, it’s your last chance to catch Patti and Kat Murphy’s “It’s A Banner Day” and Do The Write Thing’s “Picture My World” at Hygienic Art as well as Robert Hauschild’s “The Art of Trains” at Studio 33. These shows are all ending on Saturday, and Studio 33 will bring in paintings by Aleksandr Trachishin on Tuesday. Ongoing shows include Danielle Campins’ “In-formed” at Expressiones and Matthew Cassar’s work at Spirit Gallery.

Two films vie for your attention on Wednesday evening, but cinephiles will have enough time to check out both if they so choose. The Public Library of New London shows the 1974 version of The Great Gatsby at 4:30 p.m., while Hygienic Art Park’s “Summer Flickers” series brings in the 1981 version of Clash of the Titans at 8 p.m.

Other events happening in the coming week include:

• The Friends of Fort Trumbull monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Fort Trumbull State Park conference center; the speaker will be Professor Glenn Gordinier, who will discuss Connecticut’s role in the War of 1812
• The New London Main Street annual meeting, starting at 8:30 a.m. on Friday at the Washington Street Coffee House
• A Henna tattoo program, 2 p.m. on Friday at the Public Library of New London
• A visit by Connecticut paranormal author Sydney Sherman, 3 p.m. on Saturday at Monte Cristo Bookshop
• The fifth annual Bike Fest, which includes a children’s bike helmet giveaway, free tune-ups, safety information, and more; 10 a.m. on Sunday at Waterfront Park

Did we miss something? Be sure to add your own event to the New London Patch calendar.

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