FEATURED EVENTS

Wyland Returns

Restoration of the Great Sperm Whale Mural

Sat, APRIL 1 - Mon, APRIL 3

Downtown New London


Thirty years after painting a mural at the corner of Eugene O’Neill Drive and State Street, marine life artist and conservationist Wyland will return to New London to repaint the 175-foot-long by 35-foot-high mural on Saturday, April 1 and Sunday, April 2. Wyland will be working 10-hour days, starting at around 8:30 a.m. and ending around sunset. The city will be setting up bleachers across the street so the public can watch Wyland at work. A 20-foot-long blank canvas will be available for local children to paint alongside Wyland. Art supplies along with samples of local marine life to provide inspiration will also be provided for individuals to paint their own masterpieces.


On Monday, April 3 at 2 p.m a special dedication ceremony will celebrate the renewal of this important gateway to New London as well as launch the Wyland Foundation's National Mayor's Challenge for Water Conservation.To take part, go to mywaterpledge.com and make a series of pledges to conserve water on behalf of New London. In return, residents can win more than $50,000 in eco-friendly prizes.


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TRHP Reception & Lecture

Earth and Sky: Nature Meditations

in Word and Watercolor

Wednesday, APRIL 19

6:00 - 8:00 PM

Lyman Allyn Art Museum


Beautiful essays and painting the provide insights into the wonders of nature in southeastern Connecticut. Communications coordinator at Connecticut Sea Grant, Judy Benson is the editor of the award-winning magazine Wrack Lines. Roxanne Steed is a painter of well-loved places, a traveler, gardener, nature lover and teacher.


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AMA Dance Theater presents

Sleeping Beauty

Saturday, APRIL 1

7:30 PM

Garde Arts Center


Experience a timeless tale of enchantment and love expressed through the art of DANCE. Deep in a century-long slumber, Aurora, the beautiful princess, and her kingdom await the power of true love’s kiss. This classic performance, set to Tchaikovsky’s incredible score, will transport us through this beloved fairy tale with enchanting woodland characters such as Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Puss in Boots, a blue bird, benevolent Godmother Fairies, a wicked fairy named Carabosse and Aurora’s spell-breaking Prince Desire.


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Free First Saturday

April Fools Surprise Card

Saturday, APRIL 1

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Lyman Allyn Art Museum


Celebrate April Fool’s Day by making pop-up cards. Hide a surprise for someone and see if you can make them jump! While you’re here, explore the Museum and enjoy ongoing exhibits. Fun for the whole family!


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Fourteenth Annual Edible Book Festival

Sunday, APRIL 2

1:30 PM

Groton Public Library



An edible book is a food that can look like a book, be a pun on a book title, refer to a book character, or have anything to do with a book, as longs as it's edible. Everyone is invited to create an edible entry -- you can enter as a book group, family, or on your own. Entry forms are available at your library.


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Springtime StoryTime

Mondays

APRIL 3, 10, 17, 24

10:00 AM

Bill Memorial Library



Children with a caregiver are invited to a Spring Time Story Time, for children ages birth through age 5. Story Time meets every Monday at 10:00 AM at the library through April 24. Story Time features stories, songs with live music, and finger plays in the Children’s Room.


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Coastal Perspectives Lecture Series

Ensuring the Future Viability of Connecticut’s Natural Oyster Beds

Tuesday, APRIL 4

7:30 PM

Avery Point Auditorium / Virtual


In 2018, the state began a major planning effort to restore its oyster beds. The effort focused on characterizing oyster habitat across the state, compiling environmental and human use data for decision-making, and establishing management, research, outreach, and policy actions to help further facilitate oyster restoration. It is anticipated that these collective efforts involving a multitude of partner organizations will grow the state’s capacity for oyster restoration, result in a net gain in ecosystem services provided by oyster habitats, and ensure the sustainability of the shellfish industry that depends upon them.


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Music & Movement

Tuesday, APRIL 4, 11, 18, 25

10:00 AM

Bill Memorial Library


Join us for songs and activities with LIVE music! We’ll have you and your little one moving and grooving as we sing, stretch, and explore music with instruments. This program is supported by CT Humanities and no registration is required.



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Night at the Lyman Allyn

Upcycle for Spring

Thursday, APRIL 6

6:30 - 8:30 PM

Lyman Allyn Art Museum


Grab your friends and come to LAAM for drinks and art-making on the first Thursday of every month! Find new purpose in books, maps, and other paper goods to create your own upcycled work of art. Add color, cut, shape, and more in this transformative activity.



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Special Reception

Small Wonders

Thursday, APRIL 11

4:00 - 6:00 PM

Lyman Allyn Art Museum


Enjoy a family-friendly reception with avid insect collector Maishe Dickman. Examine real insect specimens and explore the exhibition by visual artist and technological pioneer, Bob Sober, who uses innovative photographic techniques to produce a series of beautiful images that bring the natural world to a scale rarely experienced until now. 



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Little Richard

I Am Everything

Tuesday, APRIL 11

7:30 PM

Garde Arts Center


A-WOP-BOP-A-LOO-BOP! The untold story of the larger-than-life legend who changed music. Join us at the Garde for a special theatrical screening. 


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Ed Popielarczyk

Magic Show

Wednesday, APRIL 12

1:00 PM

Bill Memorial Library


An entertaining and amazing magic performance where audience participation and fun are a MUST for children ages 5 and up. Registration is required. For more information and to register call 860-445-0392.


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Murstein Lecture

An Illuminating Look at Tiffany Lamps

Friday, APRIL 14

2:00 - 4:00 PM

Lyman Allyn Art Museum


Please join us for a special lecture An Illuminating Look at Tiffany Lamps with renowned scholar Lindsy R. Parrott. This lecture is held in conjunction with the Lyman Allyn’s 90th anniversary to celebrate the Museum’s collections.



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The Ricky Martin Memorial Fund presents

The Spring Fling Showcase

Friday, APRIL 14

8:00 PM

Garde Arts Center


Linda Belt, Lunar A Cappella, and Tales of Joy. The Ricky Martin Memorial Fund has been established to celebrate Ricky’s life, and to serve as his legacy, by bringing recognition and support to agencies that serve the marginalized, youth, and at-risk populations of Greater New London and its environs.



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2nd Annual Month of the Military

Child Event

Saturday, APRIL 15

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Submarine Force Museum


Meet our friends at the CT Audubon Society, Fleet and

Family, Niantic Children's Museum, the Avery House, and

more!


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Science Saturday

For the Birds

Saturday, APRIL 15

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Lyman Allyn Art Museum


Celebrate Spring by making a bird feeder. Learn about what birds live in this geographic area and what is nutritious for their bodies.


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Taino Productions LLC presents

Spring Salsa Social

Saturday, APRIL 15

7:30 PM

Garde Arts Center


Join Taino Productions at the Garde for an evening of live salsa music.



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Terry Fator

On the Road Again

Sunday, APRIL 16

7:00 PM

Garde Arts Center


Terry Fator: On the Road Again features comedy, modern songs and favorites from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s, hilarious musical parodies and Terry’s unique ventriloquism skills that have made him a must see Las Vegas headline for the past 13 years.



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Jibboom Club

The Campaign to Save Plum Island

Tuesday, APRIL 18

1:30 PM

New London Maritime Society


April's JIBBOOM brings Louise Harrison, of Save the Sound, to present an update on the campaign to preserve Plum Island. Says Louise, It certainly is time for us to provide the latest information! There has been progress and we are feeling quite optimistic.


Admission: FREE

Coastal Perspectives Lecture Series

The Art of Water, Waste, and Wonder

Tuesday, APRIL 18

7:30 PM

Avery Point Auditorium / Virtual


In this talk on interdisciplinary art, collaborating with water, and the act of embedding in a municipal agency as an artwork, sTo Len will cover his evolution as an artist and his on-going Sanitation residency that has included ride-a-longs on collection trucks, activating lost archives, and trips to waste processing centers across NYC. 


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Sweet Stuff

Teens Make Candy Mosaics

Thursday, APRIL 20

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Bill Memorial Library


Teens, do you want to make edible art that’s totally sweet? With candy and frosting you create your artistic design. Registration is required. For more information and to register call 860-445-0392.


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Friends of Fort Griswold

Monthly Meeting

Thursday, APRIL 20

7:30 PM

Zoom


Join the FoFG at their monthly meeting to help plan programs and events, which preserve the heritage and legacy of this historic fort and battlefield.


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ECSO Earth Day Celebration

Mendelssohn and Debussy

Saturday, APRIL 22

7:30 PM

Garde Arts Center


The Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orechestra’s 2022-23 season at the Garde Arts Center concludes on an environmental note to mark Earth Day - first celebrated on April 22, 1970.



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Being Alive

Mandy Patinkin in Concert

Saturday, APRIL 29

8:00 PM

Garde Arts Center


Before he was an Emmy-winning TV star, Mandy Patinkin was already a Tony-winning Broadway legend. Mandy Patinkin in Concert: BEING ALIVE, presents the acclaimed actor / singer / storyteller in his most electrifying role: concert performer. “Mandy Patinkin is in the business of show-stopping,” raves The New Yorker, and that’s exactly what he does in this powerful, passionate evening of song.


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Thames River Heritage Park.

Visit Our Park Sites

Thames River Heritage Park Foundation is a 501(c)3 charitable organization committed to connecting, preserving, supporting and promoting the history and heritage sites along the Thames River estuary today and for generations to come.

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Historic boat tours, full moon and fireworks cruises, Stories of the Thames Wine & Cheese Lecture Series, Docent Academy and more.

One River. A Thousand Stories.


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