Conversational Italian, 13-sessions, is not a beginner class. It will be held on Fridays, April 25 to August 1, 9:15 to 11:15 a.m., with no class on May 30 or July 4. It is designed for those with a knowledge of basic Italian grammar and good vocabulary.  The required text is Conversational Italian: In 20 Lessons (Cortina Method) by Michael Cagno,  available online at abebooks.com.  

Kenise Barnes Fine Art is honored to present an exhibition featuring hand-painted cyanotypes by Julia Whitney Barnes and drawings by Sarah Morejohn.

Julia Whitney Barnes is well known for her innovations in Cyanotype (camera-less photographic printing process) paintings. Whitney Barnes’ multi-step process includes harvesting flora (flowers and weeds being equally important) and combining several species into a single composition on photo sensitive cotton paper. After exposing the work to UV light, the resulting blue and white image is carefully hand-painted in many layers of watercolor, gouache, and ink, reanimating the vitality to the ghost of the objects. The artist is most interested in creating work that feels both beautiful and mysterious. Her artwork symbolizes resilience and are the records of the historical moment in which they were made, the process, and the artist’s will and interest in reasserting the presence of the image.

Whitney Barnes recently completed permanent public installations in The Botanist’s Mural, Vassar College/Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, Brooklyn Botanical: PS 253 (glass commission), Public Art in Public Schools/Percent for Art, Brooklyn, NY, Planting Utopia (interior installation), Albany International Airport, Albany, NY, Planting Utopia (interior and exterior installation), Shaker Heritage Society, Albany, NY. The artist has received the following honors and awards; Maker-Creator Research Fellowship, Winterthur Museum, Library & Garden (2024-25), Individual Artist Grant, (partnering with Shaker Heritage Society), New York State Council on the Arts (2018), Individual Artist Commission, NY State Decentralization Grant, Arts Mid-Hudson, Poughkeepsie, NY (2015), Gowanus Public Arts Initiative Grant (ArtsGowanus, The Old Stone House & District 39), Brooklyn, NY, Residency with Site-Specific Installation & Fellowship, Fjellerup I Bund I Grund, Fjellerup, Denmark, to name a few. Her work has been featured in Architectural Record, Times Union, The B Magazine, The Jealous Curator, Create Magazine, American Art Collector Magazine and many other publications and podcasts. Julia Whitney Barnes earned her BFA Fine Arts, Painting, Parsons the New School for Design, New York, NY and her MFA Fine Arts, Painting & Combined Media, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY. The artist lives and works in NY.

Sarah Morejohn’s fascination with non-linear patterns in nature drives her work. Through drawing, she considers how the relationship to nature is mediated both by objective understanding and subjective imagining of it. Considering the symbolic connections between nature, the body, and climate change Morejohn draws partial six-fold symmetries. By building a drawing line by line, sharp angles soften and wiggle, cell-like shapes minnow along while branches and flowers become a part of the flotsam disconnected from the earth. Figurative snow crystals become interlaced with one another and their environment, jumbling towards their own future transformations. Morejohn’s drawing process is intuitive and organic, artifacts of the process, drips, spills, flaws and mistakes are embraced. By collaging the imperfect pieces of her drawings together the work becomes a metaphor for the ever-changing uncertainties of life.

Sarah Morejohn’s work in in the collections of Heustis Hall, 1% for Art Oregon Arts Commission, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, Echo Laboratory, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, Ursell Laboratory, Physics Department, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, Project Art & Medical Museum, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA. She was awarded residencies at Jentel Artist Residency, Banner, WY and Playa Art and Science Residency, Summer Lake, OR. Morejohn earned her BFA in Painting and Drawing, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. The artist lives and works in CA.

Please contact Lani Ming Holloway, Associate Director, Lani@kbfa.com, 860 560 3085 with inquires or to arrange a preview of the exhibition.

Yarn Bomb Drop-in Sessions are taking place at Five Points Gallery throughout the spring - free and open to the public of all ages, skills and techniques welcome!

MORE INFO HERE

Fridays (weekly):

1 - 2:30 PM

April 11, 18, 25

May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

Your imagination's the limit at our Invention Convention! Stop by the library on May 16th from 3:30 - 5:00 and use any of our available materials to create your own vehicle, toy, game, instrument, sport, robot -- you name it! Inventions will be on display at the library for the rest of May. 

*BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!*

Learn dance fundamentals and the basic steps plus even more for several of the most popular Ballroom Dances. Each of the 3 evenings we will choose from among these – BACHATA, CHA CHA-SALSA, HUSTLE, JITTERBUG SWING, MERENGUE, WALTZ and WEST COAST SWING. We have instruction sheets to help you remember what you learn and a possible “field trip” to get some real world experience.

ALL AGES welcome and NO partner or previous dance experience necessary. Have fun dancing to impress at your next dance party !

Instructor: Jim Zaccaria has taught dance since 1985. He helped found the Philadelphia Swing Dance Society and Swing On ! to teach new dancers the joys of boogieing to the beat !

This three - week session begins on Friday, May 9 from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm and meets at Community Hall at the Morris Town Hall.

Please CARRY IN smooth soled shoes for our lessons (Shoes that would allow you to pivot on the ball of your foot.). And wear comfortable clothes that are easy to move (and dance!) in.

SESSIONS:

Friday, May 9 / 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Friday, May 16 / 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Friday, May 23 / 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

COST FOR THE THREE WEEK SERIES:

Morris residents - $30 couple / $20 single

Non residents - $35 couple / $25 single

Please email us at Activities@morrisct.gov to register!

Five Points Gallery presents three new exhibitions: 

“In Praise of Cities”, by Merrill French,

“Ongoing”, by Patricia Weise

& “ For Real”, featuring Peter Christ, Kathy Hodge, Brian McClear

The Fantasy Book Club will meet at the Morris Public Library on Friday, May 16, 6:30 PM to discuss “Reckless” by Lauren Roberts.

The kingdom of Ilya is in turmoil…

After surviving the Purging Trials, Ordinary-born Paedyn Gray has killed the King and kickstarted a Resistance throughout the land. Now she’s running from the one person she had wanted to run to.

Kai Azer is now Ilya’s Enforcer, loyal to his brother Kitt, the new King. He has vowed to find Paedyn and bring her to justice.

Across the deadly Scorches, and deep into the hostile city of Dor, Kai pursues the one person he wishes he didn’t have to. But in a city without Elites, the balance between the hunter and hunted shifts—and the battle between duty and desire is deadly.

New registrations and book requests: 860-567-7440 or https://morrispubliclibrary.net/library-calendar-event-registration/

On Friday, May 16th, at 7:00 2nd Home welcomes back Tom Turci (https://tomturci.com/). Tom is a guitarist, singer and songsmith from central Connecticut whose musical roots stem from bluegrass, blues, folk, rock and country. Tom says his original music echoes sounds from the 70's and earlier. Fingerstyle guitar, downhome strumming, harmonicas singing and a voice all his own to give it life. Great music, drinks, food, and fun!

For reservations (encouraged, but not required) call 860-238-4500 or email us at momanddad@2ndhomelounge.com

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Paint and sip located above Toothpick on Water Street in Torrington!

BYOB! Painting new types of still life's every week.

All materials included in price

RSVP online

Get ready for an incredible night of Songs & Stories with up and coming songwriter/ storyteller, Troy Ramey!

Join us for an intimate night with Troy Ramey—the soulful singer-songwriter who brought Celine Dion to tears, turned all 4 chairs on The Voice ✌️, and landed a spot on the soundtrack of Love Island Allstars. 🎶

🎤 About the Artist

Troy, a folk/Americana/heartland country artist, performs with his 4-piece band in an intimate, storyteller-style show, weaving each original song with the story behind it.

Known for blending witty commentary with deeply personal, heartfelt songwriting, Troy creates a truly immersive experience. Audiences can expect a journey that moves effortlessly from laughter to tears, making for an unforgettable evening.

🎸 If you’re into artists like Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, or Zach Bryan, you’ll love Troy’s unique blend of unfiltered emotion and captivating storytelling. With over 25 million Spotify streams and his underground hit song “Woman” becoming a wedding favorite, Troy’s voice will leave you mesmerized.

Don’t wait—Troy's last 12 shows SOLD-OUT Weeks in advance! Tickets are limited and selling fast! 🎟️

Friday, May 16th 

Doors open at 7 p.m., Show starts at 8 p.m.

Admission Range $35 - $65

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Come to our big Spring Book & Bake Sale sponsored by the Friends of the Beardsley Library. Saturday, May 17, 2025. Rain or shine, from 8:30 am to 3 pm at the Barkhamsted Town Garage, Route 44, Barkhamsted.

Examine the bold and direct capabilities of woodcut and monotype in combination. Learn to print multiple layers of transparent inks and observe how images develop with lush color relationships and luminous surfaces. Participants will develop skills in color ink mixing, registration, printing, and stencil making.

Layered Color Woodcut/Monotype

with Jim Lee

Saturdays, May 3, 10 & 17, 2025

9 AM – 5 PM

Members: $252 / Non-Members: $280

MORE INFO & REGISTER

In addition to our high-quality, organically grown produce, we offer a variety of certified organic garden seedlings for you to transplant into your own home garden in the spring. including a tempting selection of annual flowers. We grow heirloom, standard, cherry, plum, and patio tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, eggplant, cucumbers, summer and winter squash, melons, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, lettuce, roots, greens, a tempting selection of annual flowers, and a wide selection of culinary herbs.

GOSHEN GARDEN CLUB 2025 PLANT SALE FUNDRAISER will be held at the Goshen Fair Grounds South Entrance on May 17, 2025. Order forms for the pre-ordered perennials, annuals, herbs and hanging baskets are available online at

goshengardenclub.org. Order forms can also be found at Goshen Town Hall,

Goshen Library and Goshen Wine & Spirits. Completed order forms must be received by May 3, 2025. Member Grown Perennials, Baked Goods and a Raffle will be for sale on the day of pre-ordered plant pick up Saturday, May 17, 2025.

Presented by Tim Maurer

Take your faith to new levels: live more appreciatively of God’s intimate love and many GIFTs; live a more on-fire, TRANSFORMATIVE faith. Be inspired by testimonies of God gifting people in amazing ways and by examples of God’s people transforming the world with their gifts. Find more JOY, purpose, meaning and impact living through the faith pillars of GIFT and TRANSFORMATION. Regard the love of Jesus and Mary more profoundly and JOY-fully.

Lunch is included.