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| Apr, 23 | Wallace Stevens Poetry Program | The English Department of the University of Connecticut sponsors its Wallace Stevens Poetry Program at 8 p.m. in the Konover Auditorium of the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center on the campus in Storrs. Featured poet: Alice Fulton.
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| Apr, 24 | Bird walk | The Connecticut Audubon Society sponsors a bird walk at 8 a.m. at Trail Wood, 93 Kenyon Road, Hampton. Led by Andy Rzeznikiewicz, naturalist. Price: free for members, $5 others.
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| Apr, 24 | Fast Food Nation | Fast Food Nation” in ECSU’s Webb Theatre 110 beginning at 8:15 p.m. Admission is free but nonperishable food items for St. Paul’s Kitchen are requested. |
| Apr, 24 | Home lawn maintenance | The Brooklyn Extension Office, 139 Wolf Den Road, Brooklyn, sponsors a free seminar for home lawn maintenance from 10 a.m. to noon. Topics include selecting turf grass, repairing lawns, establishing lawns, fertilizer options, moss, weed, grub and crabgrass control. Public welcome.
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| Apr, 24 | Discrimination and regulations | Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic sponsors a talk by Stuart J. Ishimaru, commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, at 11 a.m. in the Paul E. Johnson Sr., Community Conference Room of the J. Eugene Smith Library. Topic: Major discriminatory and regulatory issues related to the U.S. economy.
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| Apr, 24 | Blood drive | A blood drive takes place from 1 to 5:45 p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church, 330 Church St., Route 85, Hebron. Walk-ins welcome. Appointment: (800) GIVE-LIFE or www.bloodct.org.
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| Apr, 24 | Senior book worms | Columbia Seniors Organization sponsors its Bookworms meeting at the Beckish Senior Center, Route 66, Columbia, at 1:30 p.m. Book: “Daughters of Juarez” by Teresa Rodriguez. Led by Janet Dobush. Information: 228-0759.
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| Apr, 24 | Food Lecture | Shoshana Levinson, will give a lecture on “Mindful Eating: Making Peace with Food”. From 3-5p.m. in the ECSU Student Center Theatre. Learn how to savor what we eat without falling into the traps of getting fat or feeling guilty. Admission is free to all events, though if you would like, you are more than welcome to donate nonperishable food items for St. Paul’s Kitchen. |
| Apr, 24 | Holy Week service | The Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, 414 Valley St., Willimantic hold its Matins of Great and Holy Friday service. Confessions at 5 p.m. Reading of the Twelve Passion Gospels at 5:45 p.m.
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| Apr, 24 | Child trafficking | The Storrs Community Church sponsors a program about child trafficking in Connecticut from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Hope Lutheran Church, 62 Dog Lane, Storrs. Speaker: Raymond Bechard, president of Ahava Kids.
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