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Avon Education Foundation’s No-Show
Gala thru Sunday, April 7 at 9 p.m., auction
items for bid on eBay, link to auction available
at www.avonedfoundation.org, contact Beth
Zweibel at 860-673-1011 or
bethzweibel@gmail.com for information
Avon Junior Women’s Club’s Whale of a
Sale Friday, April 5, 5-8 p.m., admission $5, and
Saturday, April 6, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., free admission,
at the Avon Senior Center, 635 West Avon
Road, infant and children’s consignment sale
(860-693-8495)
Progressive Animal Wellness’ Mini Pet
Expo Saturday, April 6, 2-5 p.m., Fairways
Plaza, Rt. 44, to support Connecticut Canine
Search and Rescue – canine massage, behavioral
consultations, grooming guidance,
puppy kissing booth, photo sessions, reptile
demo, and more
Mothers of Pre-Schoolers-MOPS meeting
Monday, April 8, 9:15-11:30 a.m., in Room 206
of Valley Community Baptist Church, 590
West Avon Road (avonmops@gmail.com)
e Avon Senior Center, 635 West Avon
Road, 860-675-4355:
• Living with an Irregular Heart Rate Tuesday,
April 9, 12:30 p.m., sign up
• Lunch & Learn – Asian Cultures Wednesday,
April 10, noon, sign up
• Taking Charge ursday, April 11, 12:30 p.m.,
sign up
Avon Congregational Church Rummage
Sale April 12 and 13, donations appreciated;
drop off items in good condition Sunday,
April 7, noon-3 p.m., Monday-Wednesday,
April 8-10, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and 6-8 p.m., or call
the church at 860-678-0488 for pick up
Senior Citizens Organization of Avon, 635
West Avon Road, Monday, April 8, board
meeting at 10:30 a.m., lunch pizza at noon followed
by bingo
Avon Historical Society annual meeting
Tuesday, April 9 – nominations open and
new members elected for its board of
trustees, ahs.mail.1830@sbcglobal.net or 860-
678-7621
McLean Home Care’s free Happy Heart Support
Group for seniors living in any town
Wednesday, April 10, 10-11 a.m., at the Avon
Senior Center, registration required, 860-658-
3950 or 3954
“Microcosm/Macrocosm?” an exhibit of
paintings by Gregory Wright in the Drezner
Visitors’ Gallery at the Farmington Valley Arts
Center, 25 Arts Center Lane, Avon Park North,
thru April 13, with an artists reception Friday,
April 12, 6-7 p.m.; encaustic painting weekend
workshop instructed by Wright April 13 and
14, 99 a.m.-4 p.m., call 860-678-1867 to register
UCC Churches Historians’ Workshop Sunday,
April 13, 10:15 a.m.-2 p.m. at Avon Free
at the library
Avon Public Library
281 Country Club Road, 860-673-9712,
www.avonctlibrary.info
• Game of rones ursday, April 11 at 7 p.m.,
discussion series, register
• ursday movies at 1:30 p.m.: April 11, “Citizen
Kane”
• Introducing 3D Mammography and Understanding
Your Breast Friday, April 5, 10-11 a.m.
• Real Estate Lunch and Learn Saturday, April 6,
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., panel discussion, registration
recommended
• Teen Nutmeg Book Discussion Tuesday, April
9, 3-4:30 p.m., sign up, “Bruiser” by Neal Shusterman
Burlington Public Library
1 Library Lane, 860-673-3331,
26 The Valley Press April 4, 2013
Public Library, register by April 6, 860-233-5564,
ext. 105, walk-ins welcome - topics: Civil War
and Celebrating Church Anniversaries
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Congregational Church of Burlington
fundraisers:
• Clothing and Linen Drive Saturday, April 6,
8:30 a.m.-noon in the church parking lot,
Route 4 – bring cans, bottles and clean wearable
clothing (all seasons), etc., for pickup call
Maryann at 860-673-6949
• Night out at KC Dubliner, Route 4, Burlington
Commons, Saturday, April 6, 5 p.m.-close,
raffles, music by e Substitutes at 8 p.m. –
the church supports a local soup kitchen,
Covenant to Care for Children, Hurricane
Sandy mission trips and more
Parks & Rec spring programs: Kickbox
Combo Session II, thru June 12, walk-in fees
donated to Project Graduation
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East Hill Writers’ Workshop new poetry
writing workshop beginning Sunday, April
7 for six weeks from 7-9 p.m. with SChivas
Sandage, 860-559-8051 to register
“Days Of Our Lives” interview program
with CIS Talented & Gifted Students Monday,
April 8, 2-2:30 p.m., Senior Room in Canton
Community Center, 55+ residents who are interested
can sign up at 860-693-5811
Cherry Brook Garden Club meeting Tuesday,
April 9, 11 a.m., at the Canton Community
Center, 40 Dyer Ave., Lisabeth Billingsley
of Clinton teaching how to press flowers and
make pressed flower pictures/cards, guests
welcome
Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day at e
Shoppes at Farmington Valley Tuesday, April
9, noon-8 p.m., to raise money and awareness
in support of the Canton Volunteer Fire &
EMS Department
Canton League of Women Voters
fundraiser and gift basket raffle Tuesday,
April 9, 5-9 p.m., at Flatbread pizza in e
Shoppes at Farmington Valley
New Wednesday program, Wild Child,
April 10, 24, May 1, 8, 3:45-5:15 p.m., at Roaring
Brook Nature Center, 70 Gracey Road, for
grades 2-5, daily rate: $10 members, $15 nonmembers
and five week rate: $45/$65, preregistration
required at 860-693-0263
April Vacation Week at Roaring Brook Nature
Center Monday-Friday, April 15-19, 9
a.m.-noon, daily or weekly rates, call 860-693-
0263 for info
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At the UConn Health Center, 263 Farmington
Ave.:
• UConn Health Center Auxiliary Book Sale
Friday, April 5, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Cornucopia Gift
• “Play Again” screening/community dialogue
Saturday, April 6, 2 p.m., registration required
• TAC meeting ursday, April 11, 6:30 p.m.
Canton Public Library
40 Dyer Ave., 860-693-5800, www.cantonpubliclibrary.org
• Edible and Medicinal Plants All Around Us:
Weed Walk with Lisl Heubner Saturday, April 6,
11 a.m., registration requested
• Monday Evening Book Club April 8, 7 p.m.,
“Northwest Corner: A Novel” by John Burnham
Schwartz
Farmington Library
6 Monteith Drive, 860-673-6791, www.farmingtonlibraries.org
• Afternoon at the Bijou ursdays, 2-4 p.m.:
April 11, “Passage to Marseille”
• Friends of the Farmington Libraries Spring
Shop
• Childbirth Preparation Class Saturday, April
6, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Onyiuke Dining Room, limited
space, fee, call 869-679-7692 to register
• Bladder Cancer Support Group Saturday,
April 6, 3-4 p.m., Onyiuke Dining Room, for
patients, family members and caregivers
• Free Hospital Maternity Tours Saturday,
April 6, 3:30 p.m., main lobby, call 1-800-535-
6232 to register
• Celiac Disease Nutrition Class Wednesday,
April 10, 9-10 a.m., Dowling North Medical
Building, 3rd floor, fee, 860-679-7692 to register
• Free lecture: “Gun Violence in Connecticut:
A Public Health Issue” Wednesday, April 10,
noon-1 p.m., Onyiuke Dining Room, register
at hsecfs1.uchc.net/eventregistration
At Village Gate, 88 Scott Swamp Road,
R.S.V.P. 860-676-8626:
• Meet & Greet Farmington Police Super Dog
Drak Friday, April 5, 2 p.m.
• Children’s Book drive with Daisy the Pig Saturday,
April 6, 2 p.m.
Spring Clothing Sale by Women’s Association
of First Church Congregational, 1652, 75 Main
St., Friday, April 5, 5-8 p.m. admission $5 and Saturday,
April 6, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. admission $2, boutique
items half price and all other $3 bag
Tunxis Community College offering “Mindfulness
for Education Professionals” Saturday,
April 6, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., offered thru
Tunxis Workforce Development and Continuing
Education’s Business & Industry Services,
fee, call Marcy Cain at 860-314-4700
At the Hill-Stead Museum, 35 Mountain
Road, 860-677-4787:
• Nature Walk: Spring Ephemerals Sunday,
April 7, noon-1 p.m., $5/$8
• First Sunday Gallery Talk: Souvenirs from
Abroad Sunday, April 7, 1-2 p.m. – find out
where the Popes went abroad and what they
brought back
• Wake Up the Sunken Garden Friday, April
12 and Saturday, April 13, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. – prepare
Sunken Garden for growing season,
bring tools and work gloves, contact Kate
Ebner at 860-677-4787 ext. 150 or ebnerk@hillstead.org
to volunteer
Monthly meeting of the Tunxis Senior Citizens
Association Monday, April 8, 1 p.m.,
Farmington Community and Senior Center,
Patsy Cline tribute from Janice Dompke, contact
Sandy O’Dell (860-673-4474) or Peg
Preato (860-673-5797) for info
“Doing the Truth in Love” program Wednesday,
April 10, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. or 7-9 p.m. at Our
Lady of Calvary Retreat Center, 31 Colton St.,
$25 offering for day program and lunch, $15
for evening, call 860-677-8519 for info
FVGLA hosting illustrated talk by William
Hosley “More an Books: Libraries, Community
& Historic Preservation,” ursday,
April 11, 7-8 p.m., at e Stanley-Whitman
House, 37 High St., R.S.V.P. to Melinda McKeown
at 860-677-9222
Book Sale ursday-Saturday, April 4-6, special
preview ursday from noon-3 p.m. with admission
$10 and 3-9 p.m. admission $5; Friday
hours 9 a.m.-8 p.m. (free) with sale specials on
adult fiction from 6-8 p.m.; Saturday hours 9
a.m.-2 p.m. (free) with a bag sale from 3-5 p.m.
at $6 per bag
• Accepting passport applications on behalf of
U.S. Dept. of State by appt. only
Simsbury Library
725 Hopmeadow St., 860-658-7663, www.simsburylibrary.info
• Free full-length practice SAT exam Saturday,
April 6, 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m., pre-register
• Mystery Book Group Monday, April 8, 11:30
a.m.-1:30 p.m., “e Second Opinion” by
Michael Palmer
• Ukulele lessons free for ages 6+ and adults
Monday, April 8, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
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Good Company eater’s “Oliver!” ursday
and Friday, April 4 and 5 at 7 p.m., Saturday,
April 6 at 2 and 7 p.m., and Sunday, April
7 at 2 p.m. at South Congregational Church
Fellowship Hall, 242 Salmon Brook St., tickets,
$81/$15/$20, available at Granby Pharmacy, 9
Hartford Ave. or online at www.goodcompanytheaterct.org
At the Granby Senior Center, 15 North
Granby Road, 860-844-5352
• Family Tree Workshop Fridays, April 5-May
3, 10 a.m., using scrapbooking techniques, $10
materials fee, sign up
• Italian Night Tuesday, April 16, 5 p.m., Italian-inspired
evening with dinner, $10, reservations
due by April 9
• AARP Tax Assistance by appointment Tuesdays
and Wednesdays through April 9,
• Trip to Aldrich Museum of Contemporary
Art Wednesday, April 17, 9:30 a.m., cost $10
due April 10
Tag and Bake Sale at Copper Hill United
Methodist Church, 27 Copper Hill Road,
East Granby, April 13, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; drop off
donations Saturday, April 6, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
(860-668-1031)
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Henry James Memorial School’s “e Little
Mermaid Jr.” ursday and Friday, April
4 and 5 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 6 at 2
and 7:30 p.m., in the Simsbury High School
auditorium, Farms Village Road, tickets $5
only available at the door before each performance
Senior Center at Eno Memorial Hall, 860-
658-3273:
• Friday Lunch Café April 5, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.,
$2 per sandwich, $2 per soup, (can call order
ahead)
• Wednesday Lunch at Eno, April 10, noon,
roast pork, R.S.V.P. by noon on Friday the
week before
Simsbury Junior Woman’s club’s annual
Ladybug Bash Saturday, April 6, 10 a.m.noon,
at Henry James School, tickets $5 per
child (under 1 admitted free) online at
www.simsburyjuniors.org, for preschool and
lower elementary aged kids
Tariffville Village Association annual
meeting and potluck supper Saturday, April
6, 5:30 p.m., Trinity Church Parish Hall, R.S.V.P.
to Jennie Winiarski at 860-651-7474 or Wanda
at 860-214-0100
Ghosts in Simsbury? A Journey into the
Paranormal Sunday, April 7 at 2 p.m. at the
Masonic Lodge, 991 Hopmeadow St., with
Adam Shefts, director of Northeast Paranormal
Investigation society, presentation on recent
investigation at the Phelps House, fee at
the door, R.S.V.P. 860-658-2500 (rescheduled
from February)
• Business/computer classes, pre-register:
Download to Kindle Tuesday-ursday, April 9-
11, 1-2 p.m. and 2-3 p.m.; Leveraging LinkedIn –
Beyond the Basics Wednesday, April 10, 6-8
p.m.
• Free business assistance and mentoring with a
SCORE counselor Wednesday April 10, 10 a.m.-
2 p.m., register in advance
• Living with an Irregular Heart Rate Wednesday,
April 10, 6:30-8 p.m.
• Adult Book Discussion ursday, April 11, 7-
8:30 p.m., “e Optimist’s Daughter” by Eudora
Welty
Children’s/teen programs
• Lego Mania Saturday, April 6, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.,
ages 5 and up, drop in
• Chess and Go Club Tuesday, April 9, 3:45-4:45
p.m., grades 2-6, drop in
• Crafty Kids: Pigs ursday, April 11, 1:30 p.m.,
ages 3 and up, register
check it out
Drop-in Book Club at Simsbury Free Library,
749 Hopmeadow St., Tuesday, April 9,
11:15 a.m., “Magician of the Modern” by Eugene
Gaddis
Simsbury Chamber of Commerce Chamber
Business Expo with a Twist! Tuesday,
April 9, 5-8 p.m., at Tower Ridge Country
Club, $20 in advance, $25 at the door
Simsbury Community Gardens for rent on
Sand Hill Road, 600 sq. ft. $25, 1,350 sq. ft. $50,
info at www.simsburyrec.com or call 860-658-
3836
Caregiver lecture presented by e Atwater
at McLean, 75 Great Pond Road, Wednesday,
April 10, 5 p.m., R.S.V.P. 860-658-3786
Town of Simsbury seeking nominations for
Hometown Hero awards, submitted by
April 22, forms available at town hall and on
town website at www.simsbury-ct.gov
e Valley and beyond
Farmington Valley Trails Council’s 4th annual
Trail-wide Clean-up Day Sunday, April 7, 10
a.m.-2 p.m., rain date April 14, staging areas:
Brickyard Trail Shelter on Brickyard Road in
Farmington; Iron Horse Boulevard in Simsbury;
the River Trail Pavilion at Route 4 in
Unionville and Copper Hill Road in Granby;
bring brooms, rake and clippers, volunteer
barbecue at Flamig Farm from 1-3 p.m., sign
up at www.fvgreenway.org
Coming
Attractions
At Bridge Street Live, 41 Bridge St.,
Collinsville, 860-693-9763: April 5, 9 p.m.,
e Dave Keller Band & e Mighty Soul
Drivers; April 6, 8 p.m., e Spampinato
Brothers w/Ray Mason; April 7, 7 p.m.,
e Last Waltz; April 11, 9 p.m., Bill Frisell
At Infinity Hall, Rte. 44, Norfolk, toll
free 1-866-666-6306: April 5, 8 p.m., Jane
Monheit; April 6, 8 p.m., Paula Poundstone;
April 7, 2 p.m., Eric Andersen;
April 7, 7:30 p.m., Chris omas King;
April 10, 8 p.m., An Evening w/Renaissance;
April 11, 8 p.m., Rickie Lee Jones
At Maple Tree Cafe, 781 Hopmeadow
St., Simsbury, 860-651-1297, 8:30 p.m.:
April 5, Steppin’ Out; April 6, Soul Sensations;
April 7, Musician’s Benefit
Multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter
Harvey Reid Saturday, April 6,
7:30 p.m. at Roaring Brook Nature Center,
70 Gracey Road, Canton, $18/$20,
860-693-0263
Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra
Woodwinds! Concert, NSO Woodwind
Quartet with Neely Bruce, pianist,
Saturday, April 6, 7:30 p.m., at
Trinity Episcopal Church, 220 Prospect
St., Torrington, tickets at www.NutmegSymphony.org
Farmington Valley Band performance
Sunday, April 7, 3 p.m., at the
North Congregational Church, 17
Church St. North, New Hartford
Baroque and Beyond Sunday Serenades
Chamber Music Series Sunday,
April 7, 2 p.m., at the Wadsworth
Atheneum, 600 Main St., Hartford
(860-244-2999)
Historic Schoolhouse Bus Tour in
Farmington Valley Saturday, April 27,
9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., reservations required,
call FVVA at 860-676-8878