Dec 1 & 2. Plan YOUROpen Studio Tourby first visiting the AOS Preview Exhibit in the Windham ARTS Collaborative. Touring maps and brochures with studio locations are available. Gallery open Saturday 10:00 am - 3:00 pm; Sunday Noon - 4 pm
Coming Soon:
Holiday Shopping @
Swift Waters Artisans' Cooperative Connecticut's largest artisans' cooperative...
Holiday hours commence...with a special sale Swift Waters' is now open daily from 10 am - 6pm. Shop for jewelry, pottery, glass, paintings, photography, soap, and more at special pricing offered by over 30 Swift Waters artists and artisans!
750 Main Street, Willimantic, CT Phone: 860-423-1898
Eastern’s Akus Gallery - Sand Mandala A MUST SEE!
On Dec. 1, two of the Dalai Lama’s senior monks from Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies will be at Eastern Connecticut State University to create a sand mandala – an intricate three-dimensional work of art that represents the transitory nature of all material things.
Visitors are invited to watch the creation and the strategic placement of each grain of sand and also to attend a University Hour talk on Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 3 p.m. about the monks’ work.
A typical sand mandala can take several weeks to create, and upon completion, is dismantled, releasing the deity’s blessings into the world.
This is why the sand is generally collected in jars, wrapped in silk, and transported to a river or other place with moving water where it can be released back into the nature that it came from. The mandala to be created at Eastern will be walked to a nearby river with students on Dec. 9 at 11 a.m.
Akus Gallery Shafer Hall
83 Windham Street Willimantic, CT 06226
Hours:
Tuesday-Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 1pm - 7pm
Saturday-Sunday 2pm - 5pm
Now Available from Curbstone Press
America's Child A Woman's Journey through the Radical Sixties by Susan Sherman
"A book of interior and exterior voyages, a book of transformations, a courageous, honest, illuminating book." --Claribel Alegría
Tickets On Sale December 1! Call the box office at (860) 465-5636 to reserve your tickets now.
Show Dates: Thursday-Saturday, January 24-26 at 7:00pm and Sunday, January 27 at 2:00pm.
A Great Stocking Stuffer!
Windham Region Chamber of Commerce Presents 3rd Annual Wine & Beer Tasting Friday, November 30th, 2007 5PM-8PM Elks Lodge #1311, 198 Pleasent Street, Willimantic, CT 06226 Visit WindhamChamber.com for more information. Song-a-Day Music Center presents a Holiday Songshare, Acoustic Jam and Open House Sunday, December 9, 2007, 12noon - 5PM 903 Main Street, Coventry, CT. Songwriters, performers, and the musically curious from across Connecticut are invited to share music and discussion. Info @ 860-742-6878
Call for Entries Large Works on Paper Submission Deadline: Postmark December 7, 2007 Download a prospectus, www.papernewengland.org
To learn more about the WindhamARTS Collaboratives programs, mission, and how you or your business can support the arts as an economic force in Northeast CT visit: WindhamARTS.org
