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Gallery on the Green – Fine Art Shows

• Gallery hours: Fridays-Saturdays-Sundays – 1:00-5:00 pm

• Out of the Blue – show opens Friday 1/8 and closes Saturday 2/6

• Love, Love, Love – show opens Friday 2/12 and closes Saturday 3/13

Free • Over 100 artists from towns across the Farmington Valley – learn more

Local First Campaign 2021

Avon Chamber of Commerce

Free entry • Farmington Valley businesses are offering great neighborhood deals

• See the list of participating local businesses here

Hartford County Big January of Birding

Hartford Audubon Society

• January – entire month

Free • Get outside during the month of January and participate in this birdwatching contest for a chance to win prizes – more info here

Online: Impacts of Dementia Caregiving on the Workplace

Solutions for Caregivers and Employers

• Thursday 1/21 — 8:30 am

Free • Register here • With Kathy Subasic (PhD, OTR/L, ECHM) from Forever Home • Sponsored by Avon Chamber of Commerce and Avon Free Public Library

Online: "So Runs the World Away" Civil War Lecture

• Saturday 1/23 – 2:00 pm

Free • Join Lisa Samia's discussion of Asia and John Wilkes Booth's relationship • Call-in: 646-749-3129 • Register online

For All Ages Tea @ 3 Community

• Registration deadline – Friday 1/29

• Mondays 2/8 thru 4/26 – 3:00 pm

Free • Meet a Tea-Mate of another generation for a phone call once a week

Register here before 1/29

Author Marie Bostwick discusses The Restoration of Celia Fairchild

Avon Free Public Library

• Wednesday 3/10 – 2:00 pm • online if live event must be canceled

Free • Join author Marie Bostwick as she discusses her new novel

Info – 860-673-9712 • tpanik@avonctlibrary.info

Online: Stroll Through Granby History

Salmon Brook Historical Society, Granby

Free • www.salmonbrookhistoricalsociety.com/strollthroughgranbyhistory

Canton Café – Senior Lunch Program “Grab-N-Go”

Canton Community Center

• Wednesdays + Fridays – 12:00-12:45 pm

$3 for Canton residents – $3.50 for nonresidents – $5 for Canton town staff

• Call 860-693-5811 to sign up – fresh + local food

Red Cross Blood Drives

Numerous locations in Farmington Valley

• Numerous days + times

Find a Valley blood drive and register here – www.redcrossblood.org

Online: Free Fitness Classes for Kids!

• Mondays – 4:45 pm • all ages

Free • Register – www.thebarreandbeyond.com

Online: Beginner Pilates

Online: Intermediate Pilates

Magna Physical Therapy, Avon

• Beginner – Thursdays 6:00-7:00 pm

• Intermediate – Mondays 9:00-10:00 am + Wednesdays 8:30-9:30 am

Register – 860-679-0430

Online: Virtual Autism Programs

Autism Families CONNECTicut

• Fridays + Saturdays

Free • Register – www.autismfamiliesct.org

50th Reunion: Simsbury High Class of 1970

• Postponed – new date TBD

Info – dcramphin @ renbrook.org

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Choral Evensong from St. John’s

Livestreamed from www.reddoormusic.org

Sunday 1/24 – 5:00 pm

Free

A traditional evening service with

The Anglican Choir, guest singers

Pipes Alive! Scott Lamlein

Livestreamed from www.reddoormusic.org

Sunday 2/7 – 12:30 pm

Free

Half-hour pipe organ concert from

St John’s Episcopal Church, West Hartford

Choral Evensong from St. John’s

Livestreamed from www.reddoormusic.org

Sunday 2/28 – 5:00 pm

Free

A traditional evening service with

St. John’s Youth Choirs and guests

Celebrity Organ Concert: David Hurd

Livestreamed from www.reddoormusic.org

Saturday 3/6 – 3:00 pm

Free; $20 donation suggested

Celebrity organ concert with one of

America’s foremost pipe organists

Pipes Alive! Carolyn Craig

Livestreamed from www.reddoormusic.org

Sunday 3/7 – 12:30 pm

Free

Half-hour pipe organ concert from

St John’s Episcopal Church, West Hartford

Choral Evensong from St. John’s

Livestreamed from www.reddoormusic.org

Sunday 3/28 – 5:00 pm

Free

A traditional evening service with

The St. John’s Schola

Leonid Sigal and Friends

Livestreamed from www.reddoormusic.org

Friday 4/16 – 7:30 pm

Free; $20 donation suggested

Recital by the concertmaster of the

Hartford Symphony Orchestra

Choral Evensong from St. John’s

Livestreamed from www.reddoormusic.org

Sunday 4/25 – 5:00 pm

Free

A traditional evening service with

The Choirs of St. John’s

Pipes Alive! Edward Clark

Livestreamed from www.reddoormusic.org

Sunday 5/2 – 12:30 pm

Free

Half-hour pipe organ concert from

St John’s Episcopal Church, West Hartford

Jazz at the Red Door: Nat Reeves

Livestreamed from www.reddoormusic.org

Friday 5/14 – 7:30 pm

Free

Bassist Nat Reeves friends

Jazz standards and much more!

Pipes Alive! Sean McCarthy

Livestreamed from www.reddoormusic.org

Sunday 6/6 – 12:30 pm

Free

Half-hour pipe organ concert from

St John’s Episcopal Church, West Hartford