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Cool Events This Weekend, Here & Beyond

Hesperornis was a bird with sharp, pointed teeth.

A bit of English aristocracy, poetry, natural history, and the great outdoors are all among the Cool Events for you to explore this week. All of these activities are bound to work up an appetite, so stop by the Parthenon, our restaurant of the week, to refuel! 

Restaurant of the Week: Parthenon Diner
You can never go wrong stopping by the diner. The Parthenon Diner, an award-winning family-owned business, has served up breakfast, Greek, and American classics since 1985. Open 24/7, they’ll be there for you regardless of the time of day or what you’re craving. For more information, visit http://parthenondiner.com.

Peabody’s 150th Anniversary

Who doesn’t enjoy the Peabody Museum?

The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History is marking its 150th anniversary with an exhibition that utilizes treasures” from the museum’s collections to weave a story of innovation and scientific revelation spanning from the Peabody’s founding in 1866 through to the present day. See top photo.

The exhibit, Treasures of the Peabody: 150 Years of Exploration & Discovery,” features 150 artifacts and specimens from the museum’s collections alongside stories about the scientists and researchers who have shaped people’s understanding of life on Earth.

Peabody Director David Skelly curated the exhibition with Thomas J. Near, curator of the Peabody’s Bingham Oceanographic Collection and associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Yale.

Treasures of the Peabody” is arranged into seven sections, each focusing on a different aspect of the museum’s history. The opening section offers an overview of the introduction of the sciences to Yale. It features the first microscope acquired by Yale College, which purchased it in 1735 — 70 years before the school hired Benjamin Silliman, its first science professor.

Treasures of the Peabody” runs through Jan. 8. The museum will host a series of programs throughout the year to celebrate its 150th anniversary. Details and a calendar of events are available on the Peabody’s website.

Saturday, April 16

New Haven Ballet Sneak Peek” Rehearsal
The award-winning New Haven Ballet, with studios in New Haven and Branford, will present its annual spring show at the Shubert Theater on May 21.

Branford Arts & Culture Alliance members are invited for a sneak peek” at New Haven Ballet Branford Studios, 9 Business Park Drive, on Saturday, April 16, at 2:30 p.m. to see New Haven Ballet’s talented, young Company and Apprentice Company dancers rehearsing classical works choreographed and staged by Artistic Director, Lisa Sanborn, including Le Corsaire and La Fille Mal Gardée, a new neoclassical ballet featuring violist, Dan Stone, playing Bach’s Suite 1 in G Major, which is choreographed by former NYCB dancer and founder/director of Tom Gold Dance, Tom Gold, and an exciting contemporary work, choreographed by former Miami City Ballet principal dancer and NHB faculty member, Jeremy Cox.

For reservations, email Eunice Lasala, [email protected].

Sunday, April 17
Teacups & Catwalk

Artemis by Krista Hanniford

Downton Abbey” is off the air, but you can still have a spot of tea, scrumptious finger foods and sweets and catch up on the latest spring fashions at Branford Compassion Club’s Teacups & Catwalk,” a spring tea and fashion show benefit from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Pine Orchard Yacht & Country Club. Donna Urso, manager of Saybrook Country Barn, is the fashion coordinator for the event, which includes a silent auction (cash and checks only) and raffle. BCC members and supporters will serve as models.Tickets for the traditional tea are $45 and are available by email at [email protected].Inside Emily Dickinson: Her Poetry & Her Life This inspiring biographical portrait is based on the letters, life stories and poems of Emily Dickinson. Sponsored by the Friends of Blackstone Library, the presentation will take place at the Blackstone Library, 785 Main St., from 2 to 3:30 p.m. It combines performance with interactive workshop activities. In the course of the show, Ginger Grace, who created and performs the presentation, reaches out to the audience for ideas, words and phrases, and with their input, new poems are created. The spirit of Emily Dickinson is celebrated not only with her story – filled with heart and humor – but with the immediate creativity taking place in the room! Registration required. Go to http://www.blackstone.lioninc.org/events/placeholder-for-inside-emily-dickinson‑2/ to register.

Friday, April 22

Branford Walkers

On Friday, April 22, Branford Walkers will walk Branford Trail 5. The North boundary runs from Route 1 at Goldsmith Road to Northford Road. The group will meet at the Northford Road parking area, east of Brookhills Road or park along Brookhills Road. For more information, call Sam Saulys at 203 – 887-5213.

Wednesday, April 27

How to Watch Birds

Do you know how to watch birds? How to really watch and enjoy our local bird population? Then come to the Branford Land Trust’s April lecture How to Watch Birds,” an illustrated and animated presentation by artist and naturalist Robert Braunfield on Wednesday, April 27, 7 p.m., at the Blackstone Memorial Library, 758 Main St. Sponsored by he Branford Land Trust, the event is free and open to the public. One of Braunfield’s characters, the Bowerbird” advertises the store of the name in Old Lyme. His artwork and writings have appeared in many national publications and in exhibits as diverse as the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, the Antiquarian and Landmarks Society of Connecticut, Mystic Marinelife Aquarium, and Bloomingdale’s in New York City.
Braunfield teaches bird watching classes, leads birding trips and has been involved in a number of conservation projects and research studies, including his 25-year Bluebird Nestbox Project, which has fledged over 5,000 Eastern Bluebirds in the Lyme/ East Haddam area, and his 20-year Breeding Bird Survey, conducted on 1,000 acres of property owned by The Nature Conservancy in East Haddam where he lived for 23 years.
For more information about the BLT or its Winter/Spring lecture series, call Martha Rice at 203 – 314-7128.

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