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April 2024
Lidia Bastianich, Celebrity Chef and Emmy Award Winning TV Host, To Speak at New Canaan Library
New Canaan Library is proud to host a special evening featuring top celebrity chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author, Lidia Bastianich. Ms. Bastianich will be speaking about her life and latest cookbook, Lidia’s: From Our Family Table to Yours, co-authored by her daughter Tanya Bastianich Manuali. In it, she shares the dishes she often cooks for those she loves the most, many inspired by her beloved mother. It includes a personal collection of more than a hundred favorite family recipes and…
Find out more »Men’s Club To Hear About Research on Treating Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury
New Canaan Men’s Club member Richard Sandberg, who serves as acting CEO of Resolys Bio, will describe the pharmaceutical firm’s research on developing a treatment for chronic traumatic brain injury (cTBI) in remarks at the club’s regular meeting Friday, 10 a.m. in St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. Chronic traumatic brain injury refers to conditions arising from concussions that do not heal. While often thought to affect primarily individuals in the military and athletics, Sandberg’s remarks will point out that about 2.8…
Find out more »ABC New Canaan’s 50th Anniversary Gala
ABC New Canaan's 50th Anniversary Gala
Find out more »New Canaan YMCA Family Field Day
Saturday, April 27 | 1:00-3:00 PM Location: New Canaan YMCA Back Field* Join the Y for a Family Field Day featuring fun, family activities! The event is free and open to all ages in the community! Participate in field day classics including a potato sack race, water balloon toss, three-legged relay, an obstacle course, limbo, and hula hoop and jump rope competitions, as well as special family exercise workouts with Y instructors, face painting, crafts, corn hole, snow cones, and…
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Changing Our Minds: Neuroscientific Underpinnings of Psychoanalytic Action
Dr. Gerber, president and medical director of Silver Hill Hospital, will describe a framework for understanding therapeutic action in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and then relate this to a neuroscientific understanding of these changes based on MRI research. In-person presentation with Q&A, Lunch, and Hospital Tour (optional).
Find out more »Spring Gardening Workshop | Compost and Soil
During this backyard composting workshop led by Master Gardener Lauren Elliott, learn how to repurpose kitchen scraps and garden debris into a homemade compost that enriches soil health for gardens, meadows, trees, and lawns.
Find out more »Beauty & Logic Concert & Conversation
Explore resonance during this educational concert fusing bold musical performances with brief dives into the math behind the sounds. This evening, recommended for ages 14 and up, is hosted by Grace Farms Music Director, saxophonist, and trained mathematician, Marcus G. Miller, who performs with this band, IWM.
Find out more »Hands For Life New Canaan 2024
Be a Hero! Learn Hands-Only CPR & AED! After training 900+ community members in 2013, Hands For Life New Canaan is back! Stop by the New Canaan YMCA on Sunday, April 28 anytime between 10am-4pm and learn Hands-Only CPR and AED use. Training takes only 20 minutes and no advance registration is required. All are welcome to come learn how to save a life! Event is proudly presented by the New Canaan YMCA, New Canaan EMS, and New Canaan CERT.
Find out more »Picnic Palooza
Bring your family and your favorite teddy bear to the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society lawn for a fun afternoon of picnicking, crafts, and live music provided by Music by Marcus. Bring your lunch, blanket and chairs and we will provide the family fun! All ages welcome. To register, email kidscommittee@nchistory.org In the event of poor weather, there is a rain date of May 5.
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