Calendar of Events

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Tue Mar 19
  • Knit Nights: Social Knitting Group with Alexandra Herst

     

    Every other Tuesday

    Time: 7:00 p.m.

    Location: The Litchfield History Museum (7 South Street)

    FREE

    Registration not required

    Join us for a bi-weekly knitting & crafting social meetup at the Litchfield Historical Society, where you can meet other knitters, get your questions answered about tricky patterns, and expand your knowledge. No experience is necessary, just a desire to learn to knit! Bring a project to work on and enjoy the company of your fellow crafters. It's a great place to roundtable your ideas and workshop any hiccups you might be encountering in your project.
     
    Hosted by Alexandra Herst, a local knitting & crafting enthusiast, is a deep believer in the capability of anyone to master the complexities of knitting, she takes the approach of empowering beginners through education to further their skills and encourage their creativity!

     

Thu Mar 21
  • Members Only Tour of LHS Collections Storage

     

    Date: Thursday, March 21st

    Time: 5:30 p.m.

    Location: The Tapping Reeve House and Litchfield Law School (82 South Street)

    FREE for LHS Members Only

    Registration Required - Space is Limited

    Members are invited for an exclusive tour of Litchfield Historical Society collections on Thursday, March 21 at 5:30 p.m. Meet us at the Tapping Reeve House and Litchfield Law School (82 South Street) for a behind the scenes tour with Curator Alex Dubois.
     
    Free for members! Space is limited! If space runs out, email skunic@litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org to be notified of an additional date.

Tue Apr 2
  • Knit Nights: Social Knitting Group with Alexandra Herst

     

    Every other Tuesday

    Time: 7:00 p.m.

    Location: The Litchfield History Museum (7 South Street)

    FREE

    Registration not required

    Join us for a bi-weekly knitting & crafting social meetup at the Litchfield Historical Society, where you can meet other knitters, get your questions answered about tricky patterns, and expand your knowledge. No experience is necessary, just a desire to learn to knit! Bring a project to work on and enjoy the company of your fellow crafters. It's a great place to roundtable your ideas and workshop any hiccups you might be encountering in your project.
     
    Hosted by Alexandra Herst, a local knitting & crafting enthusiast, is a deep believer in the capability of anyone to master the complexities of knitting, she takes the approach of empowering beginners through education to further their skills and encourage their creativity!

     

Thu Apr 4
  • Members Only Tour of LHS Collections Storage

     

    Date: Thursday, April 4

    Time: 5:30 p.m.

    Location: The Tapping Reeve House and Litchfield Law School (82 South Street)

    FREE for LHS Members Only

    Registration Required - Space is Limited

    Members are invited for an exclusive tour of Litchfield Historical Society collections on Thursday, April 4 at 5:30 p.m. Meet us at the Tapping Reeve House and Litchfield Law School (82 South Street) for a behind the scenes tour with Curator Alex Dubois.
     
    Free for members! Space is limited! If space runs out, email skunic@litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org to be notified of an additional date.

Sun Apr 14
  • Virtual Lecture: Self-Determination Strategies of Free Black Communities in the Old Northwest with Jill Rowe

     


    Date: Sunday, April 14th

    Time: 3:00 p.m.

    Location: Online via Zoom

    Cost: Free, donations accepted.

    Registration Required via Zoom

    For the final installment of the lecture series, Migration and Removal: Documenting the Historically Underrepresented Voices of Westward Expansion, the Litchfield Historical Society is excited to be hosting Jill Rowe for a virtual discussion on her book, Invisible in Plain Sight: Self-Determination Strategies of Free Blacks in the Old Northwest on Sunday, April 14th at 3:00 p.m. on Zoom.  

    Rowe’s talk focuses on the migration of free African Americans and racially mixed people from Virginia to Northwestern Ohio and analyze the role of structural constraints, relationships with Native American communities, contributions to Western Expansion initiatives, governmental policies, and the evolving social construction of race. Once in Ohio, these courageous settlers embraced self-determination by founding villages, actively participating in the Underground Railroad, and leading rich social lives with other free blacks in the surrounding communities.
     
    Jill Rowe is a professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Health Programs at Western Michigan University. As a medical anthropologist, her research explores health disparities through the lens of health-seeking behaviors and socioeconomic justice and examines the cultural, social, psychological, environmental, and historical factors that affect health in diverse communities.

    This program series is made possible through the generous support of the family of John Mayher.