There's a lot to do in Windsor! - Town of Windsor

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The most beautiful New England fall is right here in Windsor!
September 20: Clover Street School’s
Open House/Curriculum Night for Grades
4 & 5 will be held tonight from 6:30 PM to
8:00 PM. Meet the teachers and learn about
your child’s curriculum. Call 687-2050 ext. 0
for information.
September 20: Adult Tennis Lessons
begin tonight from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM at
the L.P. Wilson Community Center and continue
Thursdays through October 11. $40.00.
Call 285-1990 for information.
September 22: American Heritage
River: Rediscovering the Art, Scenic,
and Historic Treasures of the
Connecticut Valley. The Windsor Historical
Society celebrates its 80th anniversary with a
buffet dinner and slide lecture at Loomis Chaffee
School. William Hosley will survey the people,
places, and things that figured prominently in the
cultural and artistic life of the Connecticut Valley
during its first two centuries. Aspects of regional
history will be explored through gravestones,
architecture and household furnishings. These
objects illustrate the bond that linked the neighboring
towns of the Connecticut Valley while
offering insights into the people who owned
them. The Valley’s transformation from an
essentially provincial and agrarian culture to
the vanguard of the 19th century’s high tech
industrial revolution will be discussed. Please
reserve in advance. At the Loomis Chaffee
School Dining Hall, 4 Bachelder Road, Windsor
from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. $25.00; $20.00
for Windsor Historical Society members. Call
688-3813 for information.
September 22: Ceramic Painting will be
held today from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM at the
Wilson Branch Library. Ceramicist Cynthia Politt
Goldsnider will show how to paint fired, cleaned
bisqueware to create a finished piece you can
take home. Please register in advance. Free. Call
247-8960 for information.
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September 22: Participate in the Freedom
Trail Run beginning at 5:30 AM at the Archer
Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church. The Freedom Trail
Run is a significant event, which provides individuals
and families an opportunity to pay tribute to
those brave souls who fled from the South in
search of freedom by way of the Underground
Railroad. While taking part in this event, participants
will have time to reflect upon the sacrifices
made by the ancestors of the African American
people who live today.
The run is 7.4 miles beginning at the Archer
Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church and ending at the
entrance to Keney Park. Participants will stop at
two Windsor Freedom Trail sites including the
Joseph Rainey House and the Nancy Toney
gravesite. Participants are welcome to run the full
7.4 miles or any portion of it. Call 688-2479 for
information.
September 24: GED Prep and Adult
Basic Education classes begin today at Oliver
Ellsworth School from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM and
continue each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
through December 20. Transportation is available
for Windsor residents. Free. Call 687-2070 for
information.
September 24: The Windsor High School
PTSA meets tonight at 7:00 PM at the high
school. Tonight is Meet the Administrators night.
Free. Call 688-7172 for information.
September 25: Windsor’s Low-Vision/
Blind Support Group meets today from
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the L.P. Wilson
Community Center. This group is for persons who
have low vision or who are blind as well as their
caregivers. The group will have the opportunity to
gain information through speakers, accessing the
community as well as a chance to share concerns
and ideas. Free. Call 285-1842 for information.
September 25: The Evening Book
Discussion Group meets tonight from
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM in the upstairs Conference
Room at the Windsor Public Library. The featured
book is The First Salute, by Barbara Tuchman.
Copies will be available at the Checkout Desk
for four weeks prior to the meeting. Free.
Call 285-1925 for information.
September 29: Windsor Library Annual
Used Book Sale! Stop in at the Windsor
Public Library from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM for
the library’s Annual Used Book Sale. There is
a $5.00 early bird entrance charge from
9:00 – noon. No entrance charge in the afternoon.
Paperbacks are just 50 cents and all other
books are $1.00. The sale continues through
October 1. Call 285-1918 for information.
Entertain the family with a trip to the
Northwest Park Country Fair
September 29: The annual Northwest
Park Country Fair will be held today from
10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the park. This annual
event is a day of family fun with arts & crafts,
music entertainment, games and a box lunch
auction. Don’t miss this wonderful day of family
fun in our beautiful park. Rain date is September
30. $1.00. Call 285-1886 for information.