The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut, presents a fascinating array of both famous and little-known works in its new exhibition and catalogue Paris Portraits: Artists, Friends, and Lovers. This is the first museum show to feature the great mosaic of Parisian art as a “group portrait” of its leading practitioners.  
At no other time and place […]

An exhibition of paired large-format photographs of mountains and glaciers, recorded in the early to mid-1900s and again from 2005 to 2007, that document the story of a warming planet in these panoramas of melting ice from Alaska to Switzerland. The exhibition is supported by the Charles M. and Deborah G. Royce Exhibition Fund. Please […]

The exhibition takes visitors on a journey through Earth’s history of climatic changes. From 700 million years ago, when the Earth may have been almost completely covered in ice, to today’s warming climate, examine the fossil and modern evidence for climatic variations. Learn how scientists mine ancient ice from Greenland’s ice sheet and the Andes […]

HUGE COMMUNITY TAG & BAKE SALE
 Saturday, April 5th      9am - 4 pm
Nearly 20 vendors at this community event - Don’t miss out on a bargain!!!!!   All welcome - someone’s trash could be your treasure!!!
Enjoy fresh waffles and coffee and a delicious assortment of HOME BAKED goods for sale: Pies, Cakes, Cookies, brownies, etc. […]

The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut, presents a new exhibition on a familiar topic of conversation - the weather - opening March 8, 2008, and running through November 30, 2008.  Phenomenal Weather is a family-friendly exhibition that showcases the astounding variety of weather events that take place around the globe and explores the subject through […]

The Banksville Community House
12 Banksville Road (off North Street)
Winter/Spring 2008 Events/Activities
Saturday, Feb 9th    KID’S  DANCE PARTY AT BCH  6:00-9:00 pm
Friday night fun at the BCH for kids grades K-5…Music, pizza, popcorn, dancing,  Bring a friend and a favorite music CD!!!
FREE TO MEMBERS      $5.00 non-members
Questions?  Contact     BCHinfo@optonline.net   or call 203/622-9597
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Saturday, March 15th   ANNUAL BCH EASTER […]

Friday, March 21 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. - Paint Me a Picture, a children’s vacation workshop for 2nd through 6th graders. Children will visit Bush-Holley House and make their own masterpiece using acrylic paints. $12 per workshop. Reservations required. Call (203) 552-5329 ext. 4.
For more information on the Historical Society, please visit www.hstg.org.

During winter vacation week, from Tuesday, February 19 to Thursday, February 21, Bush-Holley Historic Site will offer Children’s Vacation Workshops for 2nd through 6th graders around the theme, Paint Me a Picture. Each day children will use a different kind of paint to create works of art. On Tuesday children will use tempera paint. Wednesday […]

On Thursday, February 14, Bush-Holley Historic Site will present a special Valentine Celebration for children from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. Children will celebrate the holiday by designing their own Valentines Day cards and decorating special heart-shaped cookies. The workshop will take place in the Vanderbilt Education Center and is open to children of all ages. […]

On Saturday, January 26 from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. the American Classical Orchestra will present The Magic Recorder in the Vanderbilt Education Center. The program introduces children to the pleasures of classical music in an interactive, age-appropriate and entertaining format. Audiences learn the differences between the period instruments and their modern counterparts. “The Magic Recorder” […]