Connecticut Event News (United States)

The entire contents of a 7-room home and 3-room guest house of Anthony Morss, music director and principal conductor of the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera, will be sold at auction Saturday, Feb. 25, in Litchfield, Conn., by Tim's, Inc.

An early 1800s Eli Terry pillar-and-scroll clock and guitars signed by some of the greatest names in rock ‘n’ roll history are just a few of the items bidders will be vying for at the first annual auction to benefit the Norfolk Lion’s Club.

New Career Strategies Conference combines a full-day of professional development with nearly 20 speakers and an early-evening networking event. (May 22, 2012 at the Hilton Stamford Hotel & Executive Meeting Center)

Carl B. Weinberg, PhD, Chief Economist at High Frequency Economics, Ltd., will speak at the World Affairs Forum’s Annual Global Economic Trends Lecture on December 1st at the Pitney Bowes World Headquarters in Stamford

Renowned author Willard Sterne Randall will provide a free discussion of his most recent book, Ethan Allen: His Life and Times, at the Oliver Wolcott LIbrary on Thursday, November 10, 2011 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

The World Affairs Forum presents “The Velvet Revolution and the Arab Spring” by the current Czech Ambassador to the U.S., Petr Gandalovič, at a dinner on 11/9 at the Stamford Yacht Club. 203-356-0340.

Patricia Richardson will join Today's Caregiver magazine, caregiver.com, and the Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut at the Nov 3rd Fearless Caregiver Conference in New Haven. A limited number of tickets are still available.

Late additions to what was already a packed sale are promising to make the Shannon’s Fine Art Auction slated for Thursday, Oct. 27, an event to remember. New consignments by prominent artists have poured in just over the last couple of weeks.

The Fairfield County Chapter of The American Marketing Association (AMA) opens its season with a special event to expand each member’s connections with “First Impressions: Is What You See What Is Really There?” and a speed networking session.

Key Hyundai of Milford introduces Pays For A’s. Smarty-pants at Joseph A Foran High School & Jonathan Law High School in Milford, CT will receive a $10 CT Post Mall Gift Card for each academic report card A's during the 2011-2012 school year.

Key Hyundai and Local CT Hyundai Dealers Celebrated Connecticut Children's Medical Center receiving $50,000 from 2011 Hyundai Hope On Wheels Tour, a national effort eradicate pediatric cancer and give back to local communities.

Original works of art by such renowned painters as Jasper Cropsey, Birge Harrison, Martha Walter and others – plus a pair of original etchings by Rembrandt – will be sold Thursday, Oct. 27, by Shannon Fine Art Auctioneers in Milford, Conn.

Dr. Steven I. Wilkinson, Yale Professor of Political Science & International Affairs, will speak at a World Affairs Forum program 9/14 at UCONN/Stamford. 5:45 pm: Networking and refreshments; 6:30 - 7:30: program / Q&A.

NCRW kicks-off Aug. 25 with "Taste of the Town" stroll from 6pm to 9pm calling for participants to donate an item to the Food Pantry in exchange for an opportunity to win give-a-ways provided by sponsoring businesses, including America Airlines.

Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging is offering complimentary tickets for Grandparent caregivers, family and professional caregivers and Veteran caregivers to May 25th Fearless Caregiver. Register: FearlessCaregiver.com or 877-829-2734.

Today’s Caregiver magazine to award Family Fearless Caregiver with hundreds of dollars in recognition of their caregiving efforts. Nominations and registration for free tickets to conference are available at FearlessCaregiver.com or 877-829-2734

Rebootizer USA, exclusive distributor of Rebootizer® Detox Shaker, is bringing their urban wakeboarding show entitled ‘Rebootizer Rail’ to the Kulture Klash Arts Festival in Charleston, SC on Saturday, April 9.

Family caregivers concerned with aging, disability, legal, Social Security issues as well as learning to get help from family members will come together at seminar/ lunch on May 25th. Tickets sponsored by the Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging.

The entire contents of a 7-room home and 3-room guest house of Anthony Morss, music director and principal conductor of the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera, will be sold at auction Saturday, Feb. 25, in Litchfield, Conn., by Tim's, Inc.

An early 1800s Eli Terry pillar-and-scroll clock and guitars signed by some of the greatest names in rock ‘n’ roll history are just a few of the items bidders will be vying for at the first annual auction to benefit the Norfolk Lion’s Club.

The Waterbury Regional Chamber will host their annual Legislative Dinner on March 5. Invited guests include Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy, State Senators, 16 State Representatives plus municipal officials from 13 area districts.

Free acupuncture treatments for all new patients on Saturday, March 10.

New Career Strategies Conference combines a full-day of professional development with nearly 20 speakers and an early-evening networking event. (May 22, 2012 at the Hilton Stamford Hotel & Executive Meeting Center)

Key Hyundai of Milford concludes successful Pays for A's program after area high school students received nearly $10,000 for good grades after just one marking period. The Connecticut Hyundai dealer plans to reach even more students next year.

The vibrant floral and still life paintings by Litchfield, Connecticut artist, Liliana Kleid, will be on display in the Oliver Wolcott Library Art Gallery from January 31- February 24, 2012.

1/18/12 Evening reception, book signing & presentation by Steven Solomon, author of Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power and Civilization, at the Stamford Yacht Club. Reservations, 203-356-0340.

Trashformations: Trash to Treasure Holiday Art Exhibit will open at the Silver Circle Gallery in Putnam, Connecticut, this Friday, December 2, with an opening celebration from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Opening is free and open to the public.

This show contains a variety of abstract and representational works by the artists of GalleryONE and will offer an unusually wide selection of paintings, sculptures and photography for Holiday giving.

Carl B. Weinberg, PhD, Chief Economist at High Frequency Economics, Ltd., will speak at the World Affairs Forum’s Annual Global Economic Trends Lecture on December 1st at the Pitney Bowes World Headquarters in Stamford

Two Southbury, CT businesses, Pet Aesthetics Salon and Boutique and Premier Designs will host a holiday event, "Bling for Paws" November 29. Proceeds Premier Designs acquires to go to not-for-profit Animals for Life, Inc. in Middlebury, CT.

Renowned author Willard Sterne Randall will provide a free discussion of his most recent book, Ethan Allen: His Life and Times, at the Oliver Wolcott LIbrary on Thursday, November 10, 2011 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Free Acupuncture Day at Many Rivers Community Acupuncture on Saturday, December 3 from 10 am - 2 pm

GalleryONE presents a memorial exhibition of the work of Chien Fei Chiang. The show runs November 8 to 20 with a reception on Friday November 11 from 5:30-7:30. This exhibition presents over fifty works from all periods of Chien Fei's artistic life.

Walter Kostrzewski , DMD of Milford, CT is helping to support our troops by getting the local community to donate Halloween candy to ship to U.S. soldiers in harm's way.

The World Affairs Forum presents “The Velvet Revolution and the Arab Spring” by the current Czech Ambassador to the U.S., Petr Gandalovič, at a dinner on 11/9 at the Stamford Yacht Club. 203-356-0340.

Patricia Richardson will join Today's Caregiver magazine, caregiver.com, and the Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut at the Nov 3rd Fearless Caregiver Conference in New Haven. A limited number of tickets are still available.

Join Amy Kalafa and John Turenne, on October 24th, for a high impact workshop that teaches attendees successful approaches for overcoming common obstacles to making school meals more healthful and sustainable.

The 127th Annual Session of the Connecticut State Grange will be held Thursday through Saturday, October 20 - 22, at the Hartford Plaza Hotel, East Hartford.

Litchfield Bancorp sponsors the Nights Under The Lights weekend.

All About Water VII is the current exhibition at GalleryONE in Old Saybrook. It presents a wide variety of the work of area artists describing, visually and emotionally, the fluid world running through, within and around us.

Late additions to what was already a packed sale are promising to make the Shannon’s Fine Art Auction slated for Thursday, Oct. 27, an event to remember. New consignments by prominent artists have poured in just over the last couple of weeks.

Upload a Used Car Horror Story Video on Key Hyundai's Facebook page and one freaky, fun-tastic video will be chosen to win the Key Hyundai October Prize Package: $1000 worth of Halloween goodies, including a gotta-get-a-bigger-place LCD HDTV!

The Fairfield County Chapter of The American Marketing Association (AMA) opens its season with a special event to expand each member’s connections with “First Impressions: Is What You See What Is Really There?” and a speed networking session.

Author of "10 Ways to Stand Out from the Crowd", Connie Podesta, a popular radio and television personality, will be a keynote speaker October 18 at the 2011 Business Women's Forum (BWF) in Hartford, Connecticut.

Special Olympics International Hall of Famer, Loretta Claiborne, will be one of two keynote speakers at 2011 BWF in Hartford, CT on Tuesday, October 18. Ms. Claiborne will be introduced by TV Actress & Special Olympics Advocate, Susan Saint James

Branford, CT based Thought-reader & paranormal entertainer Keith Zalinger brings his acclaimed "Extra-Sensory Performance" show to the Branford Elks Lodge 1939. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Ronald McDonald house of New Haven, CT.

The estate of the late James B. Irwin, a longtime resident of Litchfield, will be sold Sunday, Oct. 9, in a two-session, on-site auction at Thunder Ridge Farms on Beach Street in Litchfield, Conn., by Tim's, Inc., a locally-based auction house.

One of eight workshops being presented at the 2011 Business Women's Forum-BWF in Hartford, Connecticut on October 18 will be "Communicating Effectively for Best Results" presented by Susan Lapine with Post University and Waves of Change Partnership.

A Waterbury, Connecticut Mayoral Debate and luncheon will be held on Wednesday, October 12 at the Villa Rosa Ponte Club in Waterbury. Hosted by the Waterbury Regional Chamber, the debate will be between the current three mayoral candidates.

Key Hyundai of Milford introduces Pays For A’s. Smarty-pants at Joseph A Foran High School & Jonathan Law High School in Milford, CT will receive a $10 CT Post Mall Gift Card for each academic report card A's during the 2011-2012 school year.

The 29th annual BWF-Business Women's Forum will feature eight business development workshops throughout the full-day conference in Hartford, Connecticut Oct. 18. "Power, Passion, Purpose" is the theme of the 2011 BWF to be held 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Connecticut & New York metropolitan-area radio talk show personality Lisa Wexler will host a workshop titled "Are You Laissez-Faire or a Dictator? Exploring Your Leadership Style" during the Oct. 18 2011 Business Women's Forum (BWF) in Hartford, CT.

Around 325 lots of antique arms, firearms, swords and more will cross the block on Sunday, Oct. 9, at Nadeau’s Auction Gallery, in the firm’s showroom facility located at 25 Meadow Road in Windsor, starting promptly at 11 a.m. (EST).

"The Power to Connect: Use the Leveraging Temperament Quadrant System to Facilitate the Most Productive Interviews" will be the workshop topic to be given by Polly Merritt Maglio during the October 18 2011 Business Women's Forum (BWF) in Hartford.

On October 18, the 2011 Business Women's Forum (BWF) in Connecticut, will award two $3,000 scholarships to two Post University students. Shanna Kay-Anderson of Waterbury, and Krystal Florio of Killingworth, Conn. are the two 2011 recipients.

The 2011 Business Women's Forum (BWF) in Hartford, Connecticut on October 18 will feature a workshop titled, "To Friend or Not to Friend: Latest Trends of Social Media in the Workplace", presented by attorney Daniel Schwartz of Pullman & Comley LLC.

Connecticut's largest, and longest-running full-day business development conference, the Business Women's Forum - BWF, will be held October 18 in Hartford, CT. Life purpose coach, Barb Scala of Westbrook, will host "Re-Invent Your Career" workshop.

Key Hyundai and Local CT Hyundai Dealers Celebrated Connecticut Children's Medical Center receiving $50,000 from 2011 Hyundai Hope On Wheels Tour, a national effort eradicate pediatric cancer and give back to local communities.

Therapeutic Boarding Schools, preparatory School for learning disabilities, dyslexia, ADHD, ADD, autism, aspergers, and more

Webster Bank security expert, Rosemary Gaidos, will host "Piloting the Perils of Financial Fraud" workshop at the October 18, 2011 Business Women's Forum (BWF) in Hartford, CT. Over 700 New England businesspeople anticipated to attend full-day event.

The lifetime, single-owner bottle and flask collection of Tom McCandless – a dedicated collector whose recent passing left a void in the bottle and glass collecting field – will be sold in three sessions by Norman C. Heckler & Company.

EVANS Group Financial Advisors in Cheshire, CT, will host a free investment and financial opportunities seminar on Wednesday, September 21 titled "Dealing with Debts, Dips and Doubts". Keynote speaker will be Dr. Chris Ball of Quinnipiac University.

"You're All Woman: Keeping Healthy and Vibrant at Any Age" will be the timely topic of a workshop led by Dr. Eisa Benzoni of Saint Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, Connecticut, during the 2011 Business Women's Forum (BWF) on October 18 in Hartford, CT.

With Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene hitting Connecticut hard, many local Agricultural Fairs and other events have had to close their doors early, postpone, or cancel entirely. These events rely on Mother Nature to steer their fate.

Original works of art by such renowned painters as Jasper Cropsey, Birge Harrison, Martha Walter and others – plus a pair of original etchings by Rembrandt – will be sold Thursday, Oct. 27, by Shannon Fine Art Auctioneers in Milford, Conn.

Shoreline Dental Care celebrated the National Safety Month with local radio stations and Connecticut's Own Volvo & Mazda in Milford. Giveaways as well as free and discounted dental services were offered at the dental practice's booth.

Dr. Steven I. Wilkinson, Yale Professor of Political Science & International Affairs, will speak at a World Affairs Forum program 9/14 at UCONN/Stamford. 5:45 pm: Networking and refreshments; 6:30 - 7:30: program / Q&A.

NCRW kicks-off Aug. 25 with "Taste of the Town" stroll from 6pm to 9pm calling for participants to donate an item to the Food Pantry in exchange for an opportunity to win give-a-ways provided by sponsoring businesses, including America Airlines.