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SUMMARY:Museum Closed
DESCRIPTION:The museum will be closed to the public on Monday\, July 29\, 2024. We will resume regular hours on Tuesday\, July 30\, 2024 from 1:00pm – 4:00pm.
URL:https://noahwebsterhouse.org/event/museum-closed-3/
LOCATION:Noah Webster House\, 227 South Main Street\, West Hartford\, CT\, 06107\, United States
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SUMMARY:Life on the Webster Farm: Work Days - From Yarn to Cloth
DESCRIPTION:July 20 – From Yarn to Cloth \nJoin us for a first-ever demonstration of our barn loom since its recent repair! Learn about the process of weaving and try your hand at different kinds of weaving during your visit! \nVisit the museum on select Saturdays from 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. and enjoy live demonstrations from our experienced team of museum educators. Each demonstration will focus on a unique aspect of early American work and play. Stop by and learn about the trades and activities of life on the Webster farm! \nThis program is included in museum admission. Enjoy FREE general admission for children under 12 for this event! \nJuly’s Work Day will focus on our historic loom! For more information\, please email events@noahwebsterhouse.org. \nThank you to our 2023-2024 Sponsor\, the Rotary Club of West Hartford!
URL:https://noahwebsterhouse.org/event/life-on-the-webster-farm-work-days-from-yarn-to-cloth/
LOCATION:Noah Webster House\, 227 South Main Street\, West Hartford\, CT\, 06107\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240718T183000
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SUMMARY:The Original Promise Of America: “The Pursuit of Happiness”
DESCRIPTION:The Original Promise Of America: “The Pursuit of Happiness”\nJuly 18\, 2024\nReserve your spot at www.noahwebster.yapsody.com\n\nJoin the Noah Webster House for a new\, three-part lecture series commemorating America250. Part One of this series is called “The Pursuit of Happiness.”\n\nMany Puritans settled in New England and many Quakers settled in Pennsylvania seeking salvation—eternal happiness in the next world.  But these religious folks sought to improve their lives in this world too\, as did all other voluntary migrants to British America.  Colonists and then Americans avidly pursued the earthly happiness of ensuring they always got enough to eat\, of rising in society\, above all of owning fertile land in a continent so lavishly stocked with it.   Their America was “a place wher [sic] they might have libertie and live comfortably.” \n\n\nThis series of lectures will explore how the Revolutionary generation—Noah Webster’s generation—defined the purposes and prospects of their new nation. Noah will make occasional appearances; he played a considerable part in creating a distinctive national culture. But the talks won’t foreground him\, nor will they bask in nostalgia for a simpler\, more hopeful age. Studies of the past inevitably reflect the present; they can also illuminate paths into the future. While focusing on Revolutionary Americans’ thinking about the promise of the United States in its childhood\, we will consider as well how much of their vision has survived\, how much ought to be preserved\, and why.
URL:https://noahwebsterhouse.org/event/opa1/
LOCATION:Noah Webster House\, 227 South Main Street\, West Hartford\, CT\, 06107\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cedar Hill Cemetery Tour
DESCRIPTION:West Hartford\, officially separated from the capital city in 1854\, was home to many well-known personages who now reside at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Connie Robinson introduces you to Yung Wing\, Ira Dimock\, Morgan Brainard and more\, on this tour of the historic cemetery.\nAdmission to the program is $10.00 and free for Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation and Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society members. Advance reservations are recommended and may be made online at www.cedarhillfoundation.org.\nCedar Hill Cemetery is located at 453 Fairfield Avenue\, Hartford. The walking tour begins at the flagpole at the end of the entrance drive.
URL:https://noahwebsterhouse.org/event/cedar-hill-cemetery-tour/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240704
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240705
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SUMMARY:Museum Closed
DESCRIPTION:The museum will be closed on Thursday\, July 4\, 2024. We will resume regular hours on Friday\, July 5\, 2024 from 1:00pm – 4:00pm.
URL:https://noahwebsterhouse.org/event/museum-closed-4/
LOCATION:Noah Webster House\, 227 South Main Street\, West Hartford\, CT\, 06107\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240608T133000
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SUMMARY:Life on the Webster Farm: Work Days – From the Garden
DESCRIPTION:Visit the museum on select Saturdays from 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. and enjoy live demonstrations from our experienced team of museum educators. Each demonstration will focus on a unique aspect of early American work and play. Stop by and learn about the trades and activities of life on the Webster farm! \nThis program is included in museum admission. Enjoy FREE general admission for children under 12 for this event! \nJune’s Work Day will focus on our historic garden! For more information\, please email events@noahwebsterhouse.org. \nThank you to our 2023-2024 Sponsor\, the Rotary Club of West Hartford! \nJune 8\, 2024 – From the Garden: How Early Americans & Indigenous People Benefitted From New England Herb Varieties \nOur museum teachers will lead you through a tour** of Webster’s east garden to explore how herbs were used for flavoring food\, making medicine\, fragrances and insecticides. Create a lavender sachet to take home with you… a relaxing and natural air freshener.
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LOCATION:Noah Webster House\, 227 South Main Street\, West Hartford\, CT\, 06107\, United States
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SUMMARY:WordHouse Poetry
DESCRIPTION:WordHouse Reading Series                                                                             \nSaturday June 1\, 2p.m. – 4p.m. \n \n\nJoin us at the Noah Webster House for a series of FREE poetry readings\, hosted by James Finnegan\, West Hartford’s third Poet Laureate. These readings will take place from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. on February 17\, March 23\, April 6\, and June 1.\n\n\nEric Hoffman and Steven Ostrowski \nReading begins with an Open Mic. \nSteven Ostrowski is a widely-published poet\, fiction writer\, painter and songwriter. His novel\, The Highway of Spirit and Bone\, was published in 2023 by Lefora Publications and has been called “…a literary road trip for the ages.” His poetry chapbook\, Persons of Interest\, won the 2021 Wolfson Chapbook Prize and was published in 2022. Steven and his son Ben coauthored a full-length collaboration called Penultimate Human Constellation\, published in 2018 by Tolsun Books. Steven’s newest book of poems\, Life Field\, was published in early 2024. He is Professor Emeritus at Central Connecticut State University. Website: www.stevenostrowski.org. \nEric Hoffman is the author of several books of poetry and criticism. His most recent publications include Unfinished\, the complete haiku of Sumitaku Kenshin\, and Inscribed Red\, a selection of haiku by Akutagawa Ryunosuke\, both published by Spuyten Duyvil. His newest collection\, Come and See\, a verse interpretation of John’s Gospel\, is forthcoming from Dos Madres Press. He lives in Vernon\, Connecticut.\n\nRead here for the most up to date information on speakers. All readings take place at the Noah Webster House and begin with an open mic. No registration is required. Each poetry reading is free and open to the public. Donations are greatly appreciated in order to support future programming at the Noah Webster House. The Noah Webster House will be open 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. during each reading and visitors are encouraged to purchase tickets to tour the historic home.
URL:https://noahwebsterhouse.org/event/wordhouse-poetry-14/
LOCATION:Noah Webster House\, 227 South Main Street\, West Hartford\, CT\, 06107\, United States
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SUMMARY:Lecture - Zoning and Exclusion in West Hartford\, Then and Now
DESCRIPTION:Zoning and Exclusion in West Hartford\, Then and Now\nMay 16 at 6:00 PM at the Noah Webster House \nRegistration required. Click here to register! \nThe origins of residential zoning in Connecticut can be traced back to West Hartford’s attempt to block a Hartford Jewish grocer from building a store in a residential neighborhood. Although town leaders failed to block this store\, they sparked a statewide political movement to create stronger legal tools to control real estate development and exclude certain types of property – and people. This program will explore how West Hartford instituted Connecticut’s first zoning regulations in 1924 and efforts today to address economic segregation wrought by zoning over the past 100 years. \nSpeakers:\nJack Dougherty\, Professor and Director of Educational Studies\, Trinity College\nVictoria Asfalg\, Policy and Data Analyst\, Open Communities Alliance \nCo-sponsored by the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford and the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society \nAdmission:  FREE \nRegistration required. Click here to register! \nSeating:  Limited to 50 Guests \nThe Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society is located at 227 South Main Street.
URL:https://noahwebsterhouse.org/event/lecture-zoning-and-exclusion-in-west-hartford-then-and-now/
LOCATION:Noah Webster House\, 227 South Main Street\, West Hartford\, CT\, 06107\, United States
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SUMMARY:Webster's War of the Words
DESCRIPTION:Webster’s War of the Words\nSaturday\, May 11\, 2024\nTickets are available now at www.auctria.com/auction/www24 ! \n \nYou are invited to the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society’s annual fundraiser – War of the Words! \nJoin us on Saturday\, May 11\, 2024 for a word-based game show featuring celebrity contestants and hosted by Merriam-Webster Dictionary’s Peter Sokolowski! Register now– the first 500 registrants can watch the online show for FREE courtesy of Tsunami Tsolutions. The show will begin at 7:00 p.m. EDT. \nIn addition to the game show\, this year we are inviting you all to be a part of our Studio Audience! Join us at the Noah Webster House at 6:00 p.m. EDT for a night of non-stop fun featuring a Wine Tasting with Tilted Bottles\, a live auction with Jacques Lamarre\, and an American Blues performance with Ramblin’ Dan Stevens! Studio Audience members can also watch our live broadcast of the show! \nTo top it off\, check back here for our online auction! Although anyone can register to bid\, all ticket buyers will be automatically assigned a bidder number. Bidding will begin by Monday\, April 22\, 2024! \nWhether you attend\, bid\, or donate\, you help the museum preserve the 300-year-old National Historic Landmark birthplace of founding father Noah Webster\, care for collections related to Noah Webster and West Hartford history\, and host engaging programs. Thank you for your support! \nFor more information\, please email us at events@noahwebsterhouse.org \nIf you are interested in sponsoring this event\, or donating auction items\, please email Nat at aratajn@noahwebsterhouse.org.
URL:https://noahwebsterhouse.org/event/www24/
LOCATION:Noah Webster House\, 227 South Main Street\, West Hartford\, CT\, 06107\, United States
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SUMMARY:Life on the Webster Farm: Work Days – From Sheep to Yarn
DESCRIPTION:Visit the museum on select Saturdays from 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. and enjoy live demonstrations from our experienced team of museum educators. Each demonstration will focus on a unique aspect of early American work and play. Stop by and learn about the trades and activities of life on the Webster farm! \nThis program is included in museum admission. Enjoy FREE general admission for children under 12 for this event! \nMay’s Work Day will focus on spinning! For more information\, please email events@noahwebsterhouse.org. \nThank you to our 2023-2024 Sponsor\, the Rotary Club of West Hartford! \nMay 11\, 2024 – From Sheep to Yarn \nWhere does yarn come from? What is it used for? Our museum teachers (in 18th-century period attire) will demonstrate how to spin sheep’s wool into yarn on our reproduction spinning wheels. Want to learn how? Try your hand at “carding” the wool\, or finger-spinning and using the drop-spindle. Take home a sample of the wool …you’ve earned it!
URL:https://noahwebsterhouse.org/event/life-on-the-webster-farm-work-days-from-sheep-to-yarn-2/
LOCATION:Noah Webster House\, 227 South Main Street\, West Hartford\, CT\, 06107\, United States
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