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| Mar, 17 | St. Patrick's Day concert | Get ready for St. Patrick’s Day by enjoying this year’s Caringorn Concert on Saturday, March 15th from 7:30p-9:30p at the Burton Leavitt Theatre, 779 Main Street, Willimantic. Join us for an evening of traditional Celtic and acoustic folk music as Gordon MacDonald and family play and sing Scottish and Irish ballads accompanied by guitar, bodhran, bagpipes, harmonica, banjo and pennywhistle. Tickets are $8.00 each and can be purchased at the door. For more information, call the Windham Theatre Guild at 860-423-2245 or visit www.windhamtheatreguild.org.
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| Mar, 18 | Art forum | The Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism holds a forum from 9:30 a.m. to noon in the Student Center of Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic. Topic: careers in the arts for people with disabilities. Input from organizations and artists with disabilities welcome. Registration and information: 256-2721.
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| Mar, 18 | Bilinguql (Spanish and English) playdates | Bilingual story times, free play, a healthy snack, crafts/hands on activities, lots of field trips and special activities!!!Preschool Routine. Children 0-5 years old. Everybody is welcome. Room 8 of school. For info contact 465-2592 |
| Mar, 18 | Stroke support group | The Mansfield Senior Center, 303 Maple Road, Storrs, sponsors its Stroke Support Group at 11 a.m. Facilitated by physical therapists from Nayden Clinic. Information: 429-0262, ext. 102.
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| Mar, 18 | Lebanon Jr/Srs | Lebanon Jr/Srs meets for a luncheon at noon at the Lebanon Fire Safety Complex, 23 Goshen Hill Road, Lebanon. Luncheon price: $3. Transportation: 642-2024.
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| Mar, 18 | Book Voyagers | The Booth & Dimock Memorial Library, 1134 Main St., Coventry, sponsors its Book Voyagers program from 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. for children in grades 2 and older. Book discussion program featuring books with children who encounter problems in school and home. Led by Linda Marchisio. Registration required. Parents and caregivers welcome. Information: 74r2-7606.
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| Mar, 18 | First aid/CPR/AED challenge | The Charter Oak Chapter of the American Red Cross sponsors its First Aid/CPR/AED Challenge at 6 p.m. at the Chronicle, One Chronicle Road, Willimantic. Format designed for those already skilled and knowledgeable with lifeguarding, first aid and/or CPR. Written and skill tests. No instruction. Reservations, fees or information: (877) 243-5727, ext. 4324 or www.charteroak.redcross.org.
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| Mar, 18 | Beetle farmer workshop | The University of Connecticut Home and Garden Education Center sponsors a free beetle farmer workshop from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the W.B. Young Building, Room 207, 1376 Storrs Road, on the UConn campus. Learn how to raise beneficial beetles to control the invasive wetland plant purple loosestrife. Registration required by calling 486-6448.
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| Mar, 18 | Book Voyagers | The Andover Public Library, 355 Route 6, Andover, sponsors its Book Voyagers program for children ages 6 to 10 and parents or caregivers from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. Led by Jim Harriman, storyteller and writer. Features traditional and contemporary children’s books. Theme: Coping: Deal With It. Books: “Ira Sleeps Over” by Bernard Waber, “The Giving Tree” by Shei Silverstein and “Winfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge” by Mem Fox. Information: 742-7428.
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| Mar, 18 | Book discussion | The Saxton B. Little Free Library, 319 Route 87, Columbia, sponsors a book discussion at 7 p.m. Book: “The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them” by Roxanne Coady. All welcome. Registration and information: 228-0350.
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