American Flygirl: Author Event with Susan Ankeny (virtual)

Online (Zoom)

Join us for a virtual author event to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander month; we'll be celebrating the release of Susan Ankeny's new book, Fly Girl.  A uniquely hidden figure, Hazel Ying Lee was a pioneering trailblazer in the history of WWII, aviation, women, the military, and America, yet her inspiring story and extraordinary accomplishments […]

(In-Person Event) Spring and Summer Gardening Tips

Community Room 281 Country Club Road, Avon, CT, United States

Spring and Summer is the perfect time to begin your gardening journey. The weather is warm, the sun is shining. As a gardener you might encounter many puzzling issues. This presentation will discuss and answer some common questions about general care, pruning, water management, fertilizing, and disease control in lawns, flower gardens, and vegetable gardens. […]

Author Event with Mindy McGinnis

Community Room 281 Country Club Road, Avon, CT, United States

When: Thursday, May 9th from 6:00 - 7:00 pm Where: First Floor, Community Room   Join us in welcoming award-winning author Mindy McGinnis to discuss her latest novel Under This Red Rock. We will be selling copies of Under This Red Rock as well as copies of some of Mindy's other Young Adult novels. Mindy […]

(In-Person) A History of Electric Vehicles

Community Room 281 Country Club Road, Avon, CT, United States

There were more than 150,000 working horses in NYC by 1890. They had become both indispensable and unsustainable. To advocates of a newly emerging technology, the solution seemed obvious: get rid of horses and replace them with self-propelling motor vehicles, known at the time as horseless carriages. Electric cars were first introduced in the United […]