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BOOKSTORE EVENT: The Winsted Community Bookstore at 414 Main Street, Winsted will be hosting a three-part Spring Sunday Series. Sunday, 4 p.m., Roxanne Lovell will present a program on Preparing Your Garden. Bring soil samples from your garden and have them sent to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station for analysis. They will mail you the results. Instructions and form can be found on our website: www. winstedbookstore.com or at the bookstore. OPEN HOUSE: Naugatuck Valley Community College, 750 Chase Parkway, Technology Hall, Waterbury, will hold a spring open house on Sunday, 1-4 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. EARTH DAY PLANT SALE: 35th Annual Earth Day Plant Sale, sponsored by the Northwest Conservation District (NCD), returns to the Goshen Fairgrounds, 116 Middle Street (Route 63) in Goshen, April 21, 22,23. Gardeners will find thousands of green and growing plants, including native shrubs and perennials, bare root and evergreen tree plugs, edibles from strawberries and asparagus to fruit trees, flowering and ornamental trees, groundcovers and ornamental grasses. The selection of plants is geared towards native species to provide habitat for wildlife and food sources for pollinators, butterflies and birds. A demonstration rain garden is being featured to help homeowners clean up storm water runoff one yard at a time. Visit the NCD online store at www.nwcd.org or call 860626-7222. SING OUT! CT CONCERT: SingOut! CT, Connecticut’s Premier Glee Group for Young Voices, returns for a Spring Extravaganza to welcome the beauty of the season. This performance is on Sunday, April 23 at 2 p.m. the Gunn Memorial Library in Washington. For more information visit www.singoutct. org. Registration is required; call 860-868-7586 or email gunnprograms@biblio.org SPRING MARKETPLACE: Spring Marketplace, a Boutique of Home Party Vendors shopping event, will be held April 23, 1-4 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 835 Riverside Ave., Torrington. Featuring Pampered Chef, LulaRoe, PartyLite and more, this fundraiser will benefit the church’s capital campaign. Attendees donating non-perishable food items (to be donated to local food pantries) will receive raffle tickets for great prizes. For more information, call 860482-4705. DORSEN LECTURE: Roxana Robinson, author of nine books and a Cornwall resident, will give the Norman Dorsen endowed lecture on Sunday afternoon, April 23, at 3 p.m. at the Town Hall in Cornwall Village. Robinson’s topic is “What Are Women Doing in Politics?” HENRY JAMES: Henry James: A Book Discussion led by Mark Scarbrough, will be held April 23, 1-2:30 p.m. at the Oliver Wolcott Library, 160 South St., Litchfield. Library events are free and open to the public. Space is limited. Registration is required and can be done by calling 860-567-8030 or logging onto www.owlibrary. org and clicking on Programs/Adult Programs. WOODBURY WALK: Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust, in cooperation with the Old Woodbury Historical Society, is offering a guided walk down Woodbury’s Main Street on April 23 at 2 p.m. The walk is led by Sue Chetheam, a longtime member of the Woodbury Historical Society who will share tales as well as some unknown secrets. Meet at the Canfield Corner Pharmacy, 2 Main Street North, Woodbury. The walk is free; donations are welcome. PANCAKE BREAKFAST: The Women’s Auxiliary of the Warren Volunteer Fire Company, Inc., will hold a Pancake Breakfast at the Warren Community Center, Sackett Hill Road, April 23, 7:30 -11 a.m. Proceeds from the breakfast will benefit the Auxiliary Scholarship Fund. The breakfast includes pancakes, sausage, coffee or tea; adults $5, children $2, free under 3. For more information, call 860-868-2187.

Monday, April 24

SMALL BUSINESS SEMINAR: he Town of Burlington Economic Development Commission and the Connecticut District Officer of the Small Business Association will host a small business seminar and networking event on Monday, April 24, 5-7 p.m. at Burlington Town Hall Auditorium, 200 Spielman Highway (Route 4), on “How to Start and Grow Your Business in Burlington.” For more information and to register for the event, visit https://tinyurl.com/burlingtonbusiness. AUTISM AWARENESS OPEN HOUSE: An autism awareness open house will be held Monday, April 24, 4-6 p.m. at the Center for Children’s Therapy at the Brooker Memorial, 157 Litchfield St., Torrington. Meet staff and hear about Speech, Occupational, Physical,and ABA Services. For information contact Brenda Johnson, Program Coordinator, at 860-294-7473 or CCTinfo@ edadvance.org. QUILTS THAT CARE: Quilts that Care, an organization that makes quilts for people who undergo cancer treatment, announces its meetings for April. The group will meet April 29, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Quilts that Care Headquarters, 130 Scott Road, Waterbury; and April 24, 5-8 p.m. at Quilts that Care Headquarters, 130 Scott Road, Waterbury. For information, call Deb at 860782-1043 or email Deborah@ quiltsthatcare.org.

Tuesday, April 25

DUPLICATE BRIDGE: Duplicate Bridge at the Sullivan Senior Center, East Albert Street, Torrington, Tuesday evenings from 7-10 p.m. For more information call John Townsend at 860-5670671. Leave a message, he will return your call. Bringing a partner is encouraged but not required. Cost: $5 per person. HATHA YOGA: Hatha Yoga with Barbara Putnam will be held April 25, 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Wisdom House, Litchfield. All levels welcome. For more information or to register, email bdputnam@alum.mit. edu or call 860-567-4465 to register. POETRY FUNDRAISER: NHPS Poetry Project in Conjunction with CT Food Bank will hold a book launch of Poetry for the Pantry: Feed a Body, Feed Your Soul, a collaborative collection of original poems by elementary school students and senior volunteers from the community, on April 24 at 7 p.m. at Ann Antolini School, 30 Antolini Road, New Hartford. For information, call Sheila Hawley at 860-489-8322.