Otis Library

Join performer and lecturer Michael Langlois for an engaging exploration of America’s founding through two groundbreaking Broadway musicals: 1776 and Hamilton. In From Liberty to Legacy, Langlois examines how each musical presents a distinct vision of a nation at a crossroads, shaped not only by the Revolutionary era, but also by the times in which the shows themselves were created (1969 and 2015).
Through discussion and video clips from both productions, this lively lecture explores how changing cultural values, political tensions, and ideas about identity influence the way Americans tell their national origin story. Comparing the perspectives, themes, and historical interpretations found in 1776 and Hamilton, participants will gain a deeper understanding of how history is continually reimagined for new generations. Opportunities for reflection and conversation will be included throughout the program.
This program is sponsored by the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut.

Local Event: From Liberty to Legacy: Exploring American Ideals in the Musicals "1776" and "Hamilton"

New London County

Norwich

Connecticut

From Liberty to Legacy: Exploring American...

Join performer and lecturer Michael Langlois for an engaging exploration of America’s founding through two groundbreaking...

From Liberty to Legacy: Exploring American Ideals in the Musicals "1776" and "Hamilton"

Foxwoods Resort Casino

Pack up your bingo daubers and your favorite good luck charms - let’s play America’s favorite game for our favorite library! It’s time for high-stakes bingo at <a href="https://www.foxwoods.com/casino/choose/bingo/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Foxwoods</a>! Join us for an exciting fundraising event to benefit Otis Library. Tickets are $20 per person and will be available soon! Don't miss out on this chance to have fun and make a difference, because at a bingo fundraiser - everyone wins!

Local Event: Otis Library High Stakes Bingo Fundraiser at Foxwoods

Otis Library High Stakes Bingo Fundraiser at...

Pack up your bingo daubers and your favorite good luck charms - let’s play America’s favorite game for our favorite library!...

Otis Library High Stakes Bingo Fundraiser at Foxwoods

Join us for a mini film festival featuring 10 award-winning short films from four continents. Through drama, documentary, dance, comedy, and animation, these films explore the many possible responses to climate change; from hope and resilience to grief, rage, denial, and humor.
This engaging two-hour screening invites audiences to experience the artistic and human side of our changing climate while reflecting on the challenges, possibilities, and hope that shape our collective future.

Local Event: Climate Future Film Festival

Climate Future Film Festival

Join us for a mini film festival featuring 10 award-winning short films from four continents. Through drama, documentary,...

How did Connecticut women shape the fight for the right to vote? Join Natalie Belanger from the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History for an engaging look at the women who championed, and opposed, women’s suffrage in Connecticut. Learn about influential suffragists including Katharine Houghton Hepburn, Mary Townsend Seymour, and Isabella Beecher Hooker, while also exploring why some women fought fiercely against gaining the vote. Through stories of activism, resistance, and social change, this program offers a fascinating look at a pivotal moment in Connecticut and American history.
This program is sponsored by the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut.

Local Event: A Vote of Her Own: The Fight for Women's Suffrage in Connecticut

A Vote of Her Own: The Fight for Women's...

How did Connecticut women shape the fight for the right to vote? Join Natalie Belanger from the Connecticut Museum of Culture...

A Vote of Her Own: The Fight for Women's Suffrage in Connecticut

From Uncle’s barbecue sauce to Grandma’s cobbler, family recipes fill us with nostalgia and draw us closer to family—if they have been saved and if they actually work right, that is. So, what can you do if a beloved recipe is sketchy, outdated, impossible to read, or (far worse) never got written down? How can you make sure old recipes as well as heirloom photos and kitchen artifacts last for future generations? And did you ever stop to look at your recipes with a historian's eye, exploring what that family recipe may say if you read between the lines? Valerie J. Frey, archivist and author of Preserving Family Recipes, will lead an exploration of various aspects of your family’s heirloom recipes.This program will be presented virtually. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link.

Local Event: Preserving Family Recipes Virtual Program: How to Save and Celebrate Your Food Traditions

Preserving Family Recipes Virtual Program: How...

From Uncle’s barbecue sauce to Grandma’s cobbler, family recipes fill us with nostalgia and draw us closer to family—if they...

Preserving Family Recipes Virtual Program: How to Save and Celebrate Your Food Traditions

Is Bigfoot simply an undiscovered creature hiding in the forests of North America—or could there be something much stranger behind one of the world’s most enduring mysteries?
Join author, researcher, and television personality Ronny LeBlanc, from Discovery Channel’s Expedition Bigfoot and Travel Channel’s Paranormal Caught on Camera, for a fascinating exploration of the history, legends, evidence, and modern-day encounters surrounding Sasquatch.
Drawing from Native American traditions, eyewitness accounts, decades of research, his own investigations throughout New England, and four seasons in the field filming Expedition Bigfoot, Ronny shares some of his most compelling experiences and explores the unusual phenomena sometimes reported alongside Bigfoot encounters—including mysterious lights, orbs, UFOs, and other unexplained activity.
Whether you’re a lifelong believer, a skeptic, or simply curious, “What Is Bigfoot?” invites audiences to examine the evidence, question what we think we know, and decide for themselves what may be lurking beyond the edge of the known.

Local Event: What is Bigfoot? with Expedition Bigfoot's Ronny Leblanc

What is Bigfoot? with Expedition Bigfoot's...

Is Bigfoot simply an undiscovered creature hiding in the forests of North America—or could there be something much stranger...

What is Bigfoot? with Expedition Bigfoot's Ronny Leblanc

Kari Wall

Rich Kirby

Hartford Metropolitan Area

Montville

Ledyard

Waterford

Chris Rhatigan 

Groton

New London

Stonington-Mystic

The Lymes

Tolland County

Chris Dehnel

Mansfield-Storrs

Washington County

Hopkinton

Rhode Island

Westerly

Franco-American Civic & Social

THE BBQ HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO PREDICTED SEVERE STORM. THE NEEDS OF ECOLE&nbsp;AGAPE ARE ONGOING IN&nbsp;THESE&nbsp;PERILOUS&nbsp;TIMES IN&nbsp;HAITI, HOWEVER, SO PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING AT <a href="https://www.friendsofecoleagape.org/?page_id=1695" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">friendsofecoleagape.org/</a>. THANK&nbsp;YOU Enjoy the Food, Fun &amp; Games, Live Music , and Cash Bar while supporting Ecole Agape, the only free girls' school in Haiti! Five hours of food and fun! Free will donation.

Local Event: Annual BBQ and Concert

Windham County

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Annual BBQ and Concert

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From Liberty to Legacy: Exploring American Ideals in the Musicals "1776" and "Hamilton"

SEP

30

5:00 PM

Otis Library, 261 Main St, Norwich, CT

Otis Library High Stakes Bingo Fundraiser at Foxwoods

OCT

2

6:00 PM

Foxwoods Resort Casino, 350 Trolley Line Blvd, MASHANTUCKET, CT

Climate Future Film Festival

OCT

3

10:00 AM

Otis Library, 261 Main St, Norwich, CT

A Vote of Her Own: The Fight for Women's Suffrage in Connecticut

OCT

5

5:00 PM

Otis Library, 261 Main St, Norwich, CT

Preserving Family Recipes Virtual Program: How to Save and Celebrate Your Food Traditions

OCT

13

5:30 PM

Otis Library, 261 Main St, Norwich, CT

What is Bigfoot? with Expedition Bigfoot's Ronny Leblanc

OCT

19

5:30 PM

Otis Library, 261 Main St, Norwich, CT

Annual BBQ and Concert