Want to start a project, dream one up or make one? If so, the Blackstone Library is offering a unique event this weekend. There’s also a great concert, a book reading by a young author, and a class to learn about animal tracking in the woods. It’s a weekend to think about thinking.
Friday, January 9
MakerLab Open House
Meet the MakerLab: The Blackstone Memorial Library is once again ahead of the game. The Maker Lab is a place where people can learn to use new technologies and equipment they may otherwise not have access to. You can get help on a project, dream one up and then make it. There will be demonstrations and you will get hands-on advice to learn how to create a 3D file or step in front of the green screen and make a video. Also see the 3D printer in action! From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Light refreshments will be provided.
Saturday, Jan 10
Winter Animal Tracking Classes
Learn to recognize animal footprints and other signs of their passage through the woods during an Animal Tracking Class sponsored by the Branford Land Trust’s Nature Explorer program. Classes will be led by Tom Cleveland and Chris Woerner at the Lake Saltonstall preserve. We’ll hope for snow, but it will be fun even without it! Meet at the Regional Water Authority parking lot on the north side of Hosely Avenue, down Hosely Avenue 0.3 miles from Brushy Plain Road. Bad Weather date is Sunday, Jan 11. Event runs from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Admission: Free.
Children’s Book Reading
Branford native Evan DeCarlo, 20, has published part two of his trilogy, “Children of the Noah: City of the Star Gods.” DeCarlo will give his first public reading of his new book at the Connecticut Experiential Learning Center (CELC), 28 School St., second floor, in Stony Creek. Event gets underway at 1 p.m. Free and open to the public. The book may be purchased at amazon.com.
Branford Folk Music Society. Karen Ashbrook and Paul Oorts, knowns as KA/PO, make their Branford debut at a concert at the First Congregational Church on the Green, 1009 Main St. Concert starts at 8 p.m. Karen performs mainly on the hammered dulcimer and her husband Paul on harp guitar, 10-string cittern, mandolin, and musette accordion. Both are considered master musicians. Warm music for cold evenings. Admission is $15 for non-members, $12 for BFMS members, and $5 for children 12 and under.
Sunday, Jan. 11
Meteorites in Connecticut and Beyond
Come join the Yale Peabody Museum’s Collections Manager of Mineralogy and Meteoritics, Stefan Nicolescu, for an engaging presentation on recent discoveries from the world of meteoritics. Henry Carter Hull Library,10 Killingworth Tpke, Clinton. Event begins at 7 p.m.
Sunday, Jan 18.
Afternoon Tea at Downton Abbey is a very special event sponsored by the Friends of the Blackstone Library. We are letting you know about it earlier than usual. Here is your invitation:
Your presence is cordially requested at this fundraiser for the Friends of the Library. The afternoon begins promptly at 1:30 PM with a performance by Kandie Carle, known as The Victorian Lady, who will present a talk and demonstration of Edwardian dress. Dressing from corset to glove, she explains each article of clothing and its significance. High tea with finger sandwiches, dessert and prizes will follow, of course.
Tickets are $20 for Friends members and $30 for non-members. Tickets will be held for you at the door. No one will be admitted to the performance after 1:30 PM. To buy your tickets online, please click the following link.
###
