Event details and registration links in the online calendar

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SPECIAL EVENT

Vagina Monologues - April 26th - 2 - 4 p.m. The Vagina Monologues is a groundbreaking play by Eve Ensler, based on interviews with over 200 women, that explores female sexuality, identity, and the stigma surrounding women's bodies through humorous, poignant, and powerful monologues. It launched the global V-Day movement to end violence against women and girls, using performances to raise awareness and funds for anti-violence organizations. The work is celebrated for giving voice to women's deepest experiences, from pleasure to trauma, and has become a cultural phenomenon. 

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MUSIC

KARAOKE @ the Gallery - Feb. 19, March 19, April 16, May 21, June 18, 6 - 9 p.m.

Songwriters workshop - https://vicinanza-studios.com/events/songwriting-workshop-mar7 - March 7th // 10 am - 1 pm

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WRITTEN / SPOKEN WORD

SUNDAY WRITES - every 1st and 3rd Sunday 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. — $10 // 2/15; 3/1; 3/15; 4/5; 4/19; etc.

 2nd SUNDAY POETRY & MUSIC - 4 - 6 p.m. - freewill offering - featured poets / open mic

*** 3/8 - Guilford poet laureate Mark McGuire Schwartz // McGuire Schwartz was unanimously voted in by the Board of Selectmen in March 2024. His work includes writing poetry in a new form he created called the “Seventeen", and he has been published in various journals. He has also written plays and published a chapbook titled Loss and Laughs, Love and Fauna.

*** 4/12 - CT poet Margaret Plaganis, and TBA

*** 5/10 - Rick Magee and TBA (Bethel poet laureate emeritus)

WRITING THROUGH GRIEF (6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - $10) - Tuesday - 2/24; 3/10; 3/24 …

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ART

Acrylic Pour with Faith - 11 - 12 - $35 https://vicinanza-studios.com/events/acrylic-pour-feb-21

Paper Making - always a lot of fun, Feb 28 // 11 - 1 // https://vicinanza-studios.com/events/paper-making-feb28-ca $40

UPCOMING EXHIBITS

Kelly Keenan (Director of SACA) February 1st - March 31st // Reception Feb 6th 6 pm

Jill Nichols (www.jillnichols.com) April 1st - May 31st // Reception April 10th 6 p.m.

Nigerian Tapestries - reprise June 1st - June 30th // Reception June 12th

Ox July 1st - July 31st // Reception June 10th 6 p.m.

David & JeriLyn Walsh August 1 - August 31st // Reception Aug 7th 6 pm