Sunday, May. 19, 2013, 1:00 pm

'Getting It Together'

Education/Lectures
The Mercy Center, 167 Neck Road, Madison, CT

Freewill offering.

Sunday, May. 19, 2013, 1:00 pm

FREE Healing Effects of Whole Foods Cooking Demo

Education/Lectures
Shoreline Center for Wholistic Health, 35 Boston Street, Guilford, CT , 06437

Set aside traditional notions of nutrition and enter a world of ancient healing traditions where your kitchen is your healer! Chef Bill Klar will prepare delicious dishes based solely on whole foods and explain how these foods can heal your body and restore your emotional balance.

Register at shorelinec@snet.net or 203-453-5520

Sunday, May. 19, 2013, 1:00 pm

Geocaching Workshop

Education/Lectures
Deep River Congregational Church, 1 Church Street, Deep River, CT

Sunday, May. 19, 2013, 1:30 pm

My Home Is Gone - Remnants of Jewish Poland

Education/Lectures
Godfrey Memorial Library, 134 Newfield Street, Middletown, CT , 06457

Please join the Jewish Genealogical Society of Connecticut on Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 1:30 pm at Godfrey Memorial Library, 134 Newfield Street, Middletown, CT. The program is free and open to all.

Award-winning speaker, author, teacher, and blogger Barbara Krasner presents her trip to Warsaw and her grandparents’ shtetlikh in 2008, which connected her to her roots. From the 16th century synagogue at Tykocin to Warsaw’s memorials to the Jewish ghetto, discover the Jewish heritage of Poland through this photographic journey.

Barbara Krasner is an award-winning speaker, workshop leader, and published author of 200 articles, four books, including Discovering Your Jewish Heritage (Heritage Quest, 2001), short stories, and poems for adults and young readers.

Monday, May. 20, 2013, 9:00 am

Computer Lab: 'Resumes with Microsoft Word'

Education/Lectures
Acton Public Library, 60 Old Boston Post Road, Old Saybrook, CT

Registration required.

Monday, May. 20, 2013,

Drop-In Computer Help Sessions

Education/Lectures
Public Library of New London, 63 Huntington St., New London, CT , 06320

Contact: Reference (860) 447-1411
Would you like to improve your computer skills? We can help with that in the Adult Computer Area. We can offer general assistance with:
Internet searching, setting up an email account, using Microsoft Office, help filling out an application, searching the library catalog, checking your library account, and downloading audio and ebooks.
Location: Adult Reading Area

Monday, May. 20, 2013, 10:00 am

Drop-In Computer Help Sessions

Education/Lectures
Public Library of New London, 63 Huntington St., New London, CT , 06320

Contact: Reference (860) 447-1411
Would you like to improve your computer skills? We can help with that in the Adult Computer Area. We can offer general assistance with:
Internet searching, setting up an email account, using Microsoft Office, help filling out an application, searching the library catalog, checking your library account, and downloading audio and ebooks.
Location: Adult Reading Area

Monday, May. 20, 2013, 10:15 am

Job Networking Group Meeting

Education/Lectures
Acton Public Library , 60 Old Boston Post Road, Old Saybrook, CT

Registration required.

Monday, May. 20, 2013, 7:00 pm

Open House, May 20, E.Lyme

Education/Lectures
Niantic Community Toastmasters, 170 Pennsylvania Avenue, East Lyme, CT , 06333

7-8:30 p.m., hear award winning speakers, develop leadership skills, have fun and make friends; free; (860) 691-1223.

Monday, May. 20, 2013, 10:00 am

Shoreline Works Events for Job Seekers

Education/Lectures
Acton Public Library, 60 Old Boston Post Road, Old Saybrook, CT , 06475

Job Networking Group: free; call to register (860) 395-3184.

Monday, May. 20, 2013, 9:00 am

Shoreline Works Events for Job Seekers

Education/Lectures
Acton Public Library, 60 Old Boston Post Road, Old Saybrook, CT , 06475

Computer Lab-Resumes with MS Word

Tuesday, May. 21, 2013, 6:00 pm

'How to 'Right Size' Your Home'

Education/Lectures
Old Lyme-Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library, 2 Library Lane, Old Lyme, CT

Tuesday, May. 21, 2013, 6:00 pm

'Maximize Your Social Security Benefits'

Education/Lectures
Hamden AAA Office, 35 Worth Avenue, Hamden, CT

Registration required.

Tuesday, May. 21, 2013, 4:00 pm

'Social Networking for Seniors: All About Twitter'

Education/Lectures
Guilford Free Library, 67 Park Street, Guilford, CT

Reservations required.

Tuesday, May. 21, 2013, 10:00 am

Law of Attraction In Action Group

Education/Lectures
Shoreline Center for Wholistic Health, 35 Boston Street, Guilford, CT , 06437

Learn to create your heart's desire in a supportive, fun environment through meditation, guided imagery, and laughter. Please bring a journal. $20.00/ session or $60.00/any 4 sessions.

Tuesday, May. 21, 2013, 6:30 pm

Maximize Your Social Security Benefits

Education/Lectures
Old Saybrook Library, 60 Old Boston Post Road, Old Saybrook, CT

Reservations required.

Tuesday, May. 21, 2013, 6:30 pm

Ronald and Sandra LaPorto, Healthy Foods for Healthy Hearts

Education/Lectures
Edward SMith Library, 3 Old Post Road, Northford, CT

Registration required.

Tuesday, May. 21, 2013, 6:30 pm

Social Security Benefits Workshop in Old Saybrook – FREE

Education/Lectures
Old Saybrook Library, 60 Old Boston Post Road, Old Saybrook, CT , 06475

Free Maximize Your Social Security Benefits information workshop that is open to the public will be held on Tuesday, May 21st 6:30 p.m. at the Old Saybrook Library, 60 Old Boston Post Road. This workshop will help participants maximize, project, and protect their Social Security and other retirement income. Tom Perrone, CLU, an endorsed AAA Retiree Advisor, President of New England Consulting Group of Guilford, Inc., and Member of Business and Personal Benefit Planning Group, will lead the discussion. Call toll-free 888-211-3662 to reserve your seat or email your reservation request to tpnecgginc@comcast.net.

Tuesday, May. 21, 2013, 6:30 pm

Veteran Pension Benefits and Life Planning Workshop

Education/Lectures
St. Rita's Church, 1620 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CT

Reservations required.

Wednesday, May. 22, 2013, 6:00 pm

Art League Studio Instruction

Education/Lectures
New London Art League, 147 State St.. , New London, , 06320

call Debra for information; 860-705-1333

Wednesday, May. 22, 2013,

Basic Photography Course with Steve Nadler

Education/Lectures
Old Lyme - Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library, 2 Library Lane, Old Lyme, CT , 06371

Basic Photography Course: 4 Classes Wednesdays,
May 22nd, 29th, June 5th and 12th 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM.

This course is designed to allow students who want to photograph what they are seeing and have that image come out looking the way it should. Registration is required, class size is limited to 8. Each class consists of 1 1/2 hours in field photo taking (various locations in southeastern CT) and 1 hour of classroom critique (Community Room of Old Lyme - PGN Library).

Required Materials
Any Single Digital Lens Reflex or Point and Shoot camera.
Course (4 Classes) Fee is $150.00.

Please mail checks to:
Steve Nadler Photography
23 High Street
Essex, CT 06426

Wednesday, May. 22, 2013, 2:00 pm

Celebration of Healthy Aging

Education/Lectures
Owenego Beach and Tennis Club, 40 Linden Avenue, Branford, CT

Wednesday, May. 22, 2013, 1:00 pm

Genealogy Program

Education/Lectures
North Haven Memorial Library, 17 Elm Street, North Haven, CT

Registration required.

Thursday, May. 23, 2013, 6:30 pm

'Maximize Your Social Security Benefits'

Education/Lectures
North Branford Public Library, 1720 Foxon Road, North Branford, CT

Reservations required.

Thursday, May. 23, 2013, 6:00 pm

Attack on Stonington, 1814, May 23, Waterford

Education/Lectures
Waterford Public Library, 49 Rope Ferry Road, Waterford, CT , 06385

6-8:30 p.m., Nancy Steenburg is the President of the New London County Historical Society and is an adjunct professor of history at Avery Point. She will read from the dramatic text of the attack on Stonington as written by F. M. Caulkins, based on eyewitness accounts. A question and answer period will follow the performance. May is National Historic Preservation Month and the program is co-sponsored by the Waterford Public Library and the Waterford Historic Properties Commission; free; (860) 444-5805.

Thursday, May. 23, 2013, 5:30 pm

Historic Interiors: Evolution and Preservation

Education/Lectures
New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT

Thursday, May. 23, 2013, 2:00 pm

Probate Workshop in Northford – FREE

Education/Lectures
Ed Smith Library, 3 Old Post Road, Northford, CT , 06472

Free Probate information workshop that is open to the public will be held on Thursday, May 23rd 2 p.m. at the Ed Smith Library, 3 Old Post Road. This workshop will explain how Probate works and instruct how to arrange your estate to pass assets to heirs with the least amount of delay and cost. Tom Perrone, CLU, an endorsed AAA Retiree Advisor, President of New England Consulting Group of Guilford, Inc., and Member of Business and Personal Benefit Planning Group, will lead the discussion. Call toll-free 888-211-3662 to reserve your seat or email your reservation request to tpnecgginc@comcast.net.

Thursday, May. 23, 2013, 2:00 pm

Talk on Probating Estates

Education/Lectures
Edward Smith Library, 3 Old Post Road, Northford, CT

Registration required.

Thursday, May. 23, 2013, 12:30 pm

What To Do Before Your Book Launch Workshop with M.J. Rose & Randy Susan Meyers

Education/Lectures
R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, Madison, CT

Join authors M.J. Rose and Randy Susan Meyers for an informative workshop on what to do before your next great book launches!



Internationally bestselling authors and publishing pros M.J. Rose and Randy Susan Meyers have joined forces to create the “What to Expect” guide to publishing with What To Do Before Your Book Launch, an invaluable and vital resource for authors, offering advice on everything from working with your publisher, to reading in public, to help for publicity and marketing, to using (and misusing) social media, to book trailers, author photos and much more. Complete with cautionary tales, interviews with agents, authors and publishing professionals, worksheets, timelines, and etiquette tips, What To Do Before Your Book Launch is a “publishing Bible” for writers.

Friday, May. 24, 2013, 12:45 pm

'Living a Heart-Healthy Lifestyle'

Education/Lectures
Estuary Council Senior Center, 220 Main Street, Old Saybrook, CT

Friday, May. 24, 2013, 1:00 pm

Dedication Day for Spanish American War Commemorative Display

Education/Lectures
Blackstone Memorial Library, 758 Main Street, Branford, CT

Saturday, May. 25, 2013, 10:00 am

Genealogy Conference, May 25, Mystic

Education/Lectures
Mystic Hilton, 20 Coogan Blvd, Mystic, CT , 06355

10 a.m.-3 p.m., hosted by The Denison Homestead Museum; $65 pp, includes a luncheon.

Conference topics include: DNA in Genealogical Research; Deeds, Depositions, & Documents in Genealogical Research; Forensic Genealogical Research; Locating Missing Heirs & Ancestors; and Computer Technology & Genealogical Research.

Speakers include Marian Pierre-Louis, Mary Ann Boyle, Ph.D. CG, Shellee Morehead, Ph.D. CG, and Beau Sharbrough.

call to register (860) 536-9248 by May 18, 2013.