Art and history enthusiasts can visit the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art with Lapham Center on Thursday, April 19 for guided tours of their featured exhibits, Colts & Quilts: The Civil War Remembered, a collection of paintings, costumes and artifacts, and Andrew Wyeth: Looking Beyond, a highly focused exhibition of rarely seen paintings, drawings and preparatory studies. The Wadsworth is the oldest public art museum in the United States and has collections of nearly 50,000 works of art spanning 5,000 years.
The day also time to check out some of the Museum's other collections and lunch at The Chowderpot IV in Hartford.
Reservations are necessary for this day trip and anything else described here; call 203-594-3620.
Joan Allocca, who has taught dozens of people to play mah jongg, will teach Beginning Mah Jongg on three Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. beginning February 8. Mah Jongg is an ancient Chinese game that is enjoying huge renewed popularity in the US. Please call to reserve.
Tomorrow's, February 3, Free Friday Film at 1 p.m. is Illegal, a French film about a young Russian woman who lives illegally in Belgium with her son. Wednesday's, February 8, film at the same time is The Perfect Game, an inspirational movie based on a true story about a group of Mexican boys who won the Little League World Series.
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