Open Air 2024 Sculpture Exhibition

The UConn School of Medicine Walk with a Doc (WWAD) is part of the national WWAD organization and we host a monthly walk in West Hartford, CT that is preceded by a brief talk about a common health issue by a community physician. To join our walks, simply come to Elizabeth Park Pond House in West Hartford, CT at 9am on the third Saturday of the month. Here is our chapter website that includes the pertinent information and our email address: https://walkwithadoc.org/join-a-walk/locations/uconn/. We welcome people of all ages, the topics of conversation lead by the physician that month implicate patients of a wide range. We are also very welcoming of our four-legged friends, the park is very popular for dogs and we love when people bring theirs!

The Connecticut State Museum of Natural History is excited to once again be collaborating with the Connecticut Fly Fisherman's Association (https://www.ctflyfish.org/)(CFFA) and the UConn Biodiversity Research Collections (https://biodiversity.uconn.edu/) (BRC) to hold our Aquatic Insects of Connecticut Fly Tying Workshop! Participants will learn to recognize the primary insect groups and how to tie patterns on hooks to simulate their behaviors and ecology while fly fishing in local rivers such as the Fenton, Farmington, and Willimantic Rivers. Participants are encouraged to use their new skills and lures with subsequent participation in the CFFA's educational programs of casting and advanced tying.Participants aged 12 – 16 must be accompanied by a chaperone. If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the CSMNH at 860-486-4460 or CSMNHinfo@uconn.edu by Monday, July 15, 2023.Registration is limited to 15 participants and closes July 15 or when registration is full.

Admission is free, and reservations are not required. Chairs will not be provided, and audience members are encouraged to bring their own blankets and seating. Seating space will be first come, first served. In case of rain, the shows will take place in the Ballard Institute Theater at 1 Royce Circle in Downtown Storrs. The Summertime Saturday Puppet Show Series is co-sponsored by the Mansfield Downtown Partnership and supported by a generous gift from Phillip Mairorana in memory of his wife Theresa Mairorana and donations by Ballard Institute supporters to UConn Gives.

Exhibits featuring painter Catie Lewis and photographer Mallorie Ostrowitz

The exhibiting artists are Jenny Carpenter, the CoyWolf Collective, Dan Devine, Walter Early, Johanna Jackson, Cara Lynch, R. Douglass Rice, Sebastian Shames, Margaret Roleke and Martha Willette Lewis. Plan your visit to explore these exciting sculptures and their relationship to the coastal landscape.