May
18
Fri
Parade, A Musical Drama @ Broad Brook Opera House
May 18 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm

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Amid religious intolerance, political injustice and racial tension, the stirring Tony Award-winning Parade explores the endurance of love and hope against all the odds. With a book by acclaimed playwright Alfred Uhry (Driving Miss Daisy) and a rousing, colorful and haunting score by Jason Robert Brown (Songs For a New World, The Last Five Years, Bridges of Madison County), Parade is a moving examination of the darkest corners of America’s history.

Adults: $21
Over 60/Under 12: $17
OPENING NIGHT ONLY, ALL TICKETS: $17

For tickets visit our website www.operahouseplayers.org
Or call our box office at (860)-292-6068

DIRECTOR: SHARON FITZHENRY
MUSIC DIRECTOR: BILL MARTIN

May
19
Sat
Plant Sale w/Broad Brook Congregational Church @ Broad Brook Congregational Church
May 19 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

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Spring has finally sprung! Come find some hearty plants to add to your landscape, vegetable plants, gift baskets to share and more. Our sale will be held rain or shine on the driveway of the church.

SPRING RUMMAGE & BAKE SALE @ Grace Episcopal Church
May 19 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

SPRING RUMMAGE & BAKE SALE(rain or shine)
You might find a “treasure” at a really good price and also spy some delicious goodies you have to have!!
Please join us, everyone is welcome!!Image may contain: 3 people, people smiling, people standing, table, outdoor and food

 

Cheerleading w/ Ellington Road Runners (Open to EW Youth) @ Brookside Park
May 19 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
East Windsor/Ellington Youth Football @ Brookside Park
May 19 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Get Your Spring Reading (Bag Sale) @ Warehouse Point Library
May 19 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

The Friends  of   The Warehouse Point    Library ‘Bag Sale’

The Friends of the Warehouse Point Library will be holding a Bag Sale starting Saturday May 5th to Saturday May 19th..The bags are $6 unless you provide your own yellow Friends bag, then the cost is $5..

The sale will go on during Library Hours :

Monday – Wednesday 10:00am – 8:00pm 

Thursday – Saturday    10:00 am – 5 pm

Sunday  Closed

Come get your Spring Reading!!  

INFOSHRED invites you to”Open House and Lions Appreciation Day Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation” @ Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation, Bloomfield Campus
May 19 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

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Join INFOSHRED for our 2018 Open House at Fidelco’s Bloomfield campus!

This fun, family event features:

  • Dog Demonstrations
  • Blindfold Walks ($5 suggested donation)
  • Police K-9 Unit Demo
  • Self-Guided Tours and Scavenger Hunt
  • Caricature Drawings by Christopher Eastwood
  • Face Painting by Haley & Zachary Weinberg
  • Info-Shred – Secure, on-site document shredding while you watch. ($10 per box).
  • Tea Cup Auction
  • and, of course, Fidelco pups!

Other participating exhibitors:

  • Woodside Studios
  • Marc Youngquist
  • The Dog Bone, LLC
  • iHeart Radio/WFSB
  • Harvey & Lewis Opticians
  • Fidelco merchandise sales and more!

Rain or shine, we’ll be here. Sorry, no visiting dogs allowed.

A special thank you to our 2018 Open House Sponsors:

  • Harvey & Lewis Opticians – Puppy Playtime Sponsor
  • C. M. Smith Agency, LLC – Puppy Playtime Sponsor
  • Middlesex Eye Physicians – Scavenger Hunt Sponsor

Interesting Stats on Fidelco Guide Dogs

1. Fidelco Guide Dogs are given to all clients at no cost
2. It takes 2 years, 15,000 hours, and $45,000 direct costs to breed, train, and place every guide dog. (from birth to placement)

Infoshred is donating a truck to Fildeco Guide dogs Open House this weekend on Saturday May 19 th. $10 per bag or box and all the funds raised go directly back to Fidelco’s programs.Image may contain: 1 person, smiling, sitting

See link below for more information.

https://www.fidelco.org/Calendar-of-events…

Spring Art Show @ Warehouse Point Library
May 19 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

It is that time of year again for the East Windsor High School Spring Art Show at the Library. Through the month of May, the library will be displaying artwork in both the Community Room and in the Young Adult section of the main library. A new change this year is the addition of select artworks from the Middle School as well! This show will showcase stunning examples of student artwork from here in town. High School Art Teacher, Katherine Boiczyk and Middle School Art Teacher, Kathryn O’Brien hope many will view and enjoy how the students’ hard work has paid off! Mon-Wed till 8pm No automatic alt text available.

Spring Fling Beer & Winetasting @ CT Trolley Museum
May 19 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

 The Connecticut Trolley Museum presents Spring Fling Beer and Winetasting 

  Sample wine and beer from local wineries and breweries while enjoying all the Museum has to offer! Just Jeannie and New Earth will be performing. Cost will be $15 for adults and seniors (21+) which will cover admission to the museum and the tastings. Children ages 3 and under free, ages 4-12 $7 and ages 13+ $10.

Additionally, take as many trolley rides as you would like operated by period dressed motormen. Learn historic information about each car you ride and how the museum began. Inside the Visitor Center you will find static trolley cars and artifacts, trolleys and a gift shop to buy that ‘special’ souvenir. On the same grounds is the Connecticut Fire Truck Museum complete with antique fire trucks and apparatus. All activities, tastings and Fire Truck Museum entrance is included with your admission price.

Taco Tequila Food Truck will be on site, have lunch and relax while you watch the trolleys arrive and depart from North Road Station. Free Lunch Comics will be on-hand creating caricatures, free with admission!

Confirmed Breweries are Broad Brook Brewery, Powder Hollow Brewery, The Old Burnside Brewing Co, Thomas Hooker Brewery & Wineries are Lost Acres Vineyard, more to be updated.

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Ferdinand Movie Showing @ Warehouse Point Library
May 19 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

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Saturday, May 19, 1 pm
Join us for the movie based on the book written by Munro Leaf and illustrated by Robert Lawson.  Children 11 and under must be accompanied by an adult throughout the entire movie.