Online and in-person Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, August 28th and continues throughout the semester.
To register online, click on the blue button above. Or, you may stop by the front desk at the
Guilford Community Center to register yourself or purchase a gift card to register a friend.
September Schedule
OPENING DAY RECEPTION AND CONCERT
Tuesday, September 3
10:00 a.m. at GCC
Program #48241
Cost: Free
Presenter: Central City Stompers
We welcome back this popular group who will perform classical jazz standards from the first half of the 20th
century and more recent works from great revivalist bands.
SHOREBIRDS OF CONNECTICUT
Friday, September 6
10:00 a.m. at SML
Program #48242
Cost: $3
Presenter: Joe Attwater, Connecticut Audubon Society
Our speaker is the Conservation and Education Coordinator at Connecticut Audubon Society. His graduate research focused on migrating songbirds and seabirds. In addition, as a VISTA volunteer, he studied sustainable food systems and concentrated on local agriculture. Our speaker also leads many popular bird-focused community programs and webinars.
Program Description
Perhaps no other group of birds connects continents like shorebirds, many of which make the longest migrations of any species. These incredible athletes also face numerous challenges, from coastal development to climate change. Learn about the migrations of these amazing birds, the conservation efforts to protect them, and the species you can expect to see in Connecticut.
MANET, RENOIR AND THE REVOLUTION OF IMPRESSIONIST ART
Tuesday, September 10
10:00 a.m. at GCC
Program #48243
Cost: $3
Presenter: Bob Potter, Art Historian
The speaker is a graduate of Syracuse University’s School of Visual and Performing Arts. He was an art director and marketing executive for leading media companies, created arts therapy programs, and was a corporate development officer for the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. He later launched a career development program for art majors at the Lyme Academy of Art and is currently a docent at the Yale Center for British Art.
Program Description
In the mid 19th century, the Impressionists were considered artistic radicals, even revolutionaries. Manet, Renoir and their fellow artists violated all the rules of Western art and French academic painting. They would instead create a new way of seeing and painting with expressive brush strokes of vibrant color showing the real world around them. The Impressionists would change the art of painting forever, leading the way to every artistic movement that would follow.
SHOULD YOU BRING YOUR PET TO THE EMERGENCY CLINIC?
Tuesday, September 17
10:00 a.m. at GCC
Program #48244
Cost: $3
Presenter: Dr. Amanda Sterman, DMV
Dr. Amanda Sterman earned her veterinary degree from Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine in 2018 followed by clinical training at N.C. College of Veterinary Medicine. She performed her internship at Piper Memorial Veterinary Center and now works as an emergency room clinician at Central Hospital of Veterinary Medicine in North Haven. She also works with the team at Connecticut Humane Society and is committed to community education teaching others how to respond to animal emergencies.
Program Description
Join us in learning what constitutes an emergency for your pet and what situations you can handle at home.
TRIP: PUBLIC ART SPACES IN NEW HAVEN
Wednesday, September 18
9:15 a.m. at SGC
Program #48245
Cost $10
Our guide, Laura Clarke, holds an MA in American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, and an MA in architecture from UCLA. She was Executive Director and Editor of the magazine, Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation and is the Executive Director and founder of Site Projects New Haven (SPHN). SPNH is a non-profit organization that commissions world-class public artwork, programming, and events in partnership with local agencies and organizations that enhance New Haven’s cultural heritage and diversity.
Program Description
We will tour public art projects in New Haven followed by lunch on your own at Bear’s Smokehouse Barbeque. This is a bus and walking tour. You must be able to get on and off the bus and stand for a while.
SWAMP FORESTS, GREAT APES, AND CONSERVATION REALITIES: PRIMATE RESEARCH IN INDONESIA
AND THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Thursday, September 19
10:00 a.m. at MSC
Program #48246
Cost: $3
Presenter: Katherine Meier, Ph.D. Candidate
The speaker is a doctoral candidate in Yale’s combined Anthropology/Environmental Studies Ph.D. program. Her interests include great ape field research, tropical forest conservation, wetland forest ecology, and environmental anthropology. She studied lemurs in northwest Madagascar and orangutans in Indonesia. These experiences shaped the research she is now undertaking for her doctoral degree.
Program Description
Imagine walking every day through a rainforest with water up to your waist, pythons and crocodiles lurking beneath tree roots as well as surviving off a seasonal diet of caterpillars and forest honey. Get a glimpse into the life of a field primatologist and the lives of the great apes in the swamp forests of Indonesia and the Congo Basin.
THE HISTORICAL REVISION OF CIVIL LIBERTIES IN The SUPREME COURT
Tuesday, September 24
10:00 a.m. at GCC
Program #48247
Cost: $3
Presenter: Andy Schatz, ESQ.
Our speaker is a retired lawyer and former president of the ACLU of Connecticut. He writes essays on the Constitution and the Supreme Court that have been published in regional and national media. He currently works with local, state, and national boards committed to social justice, including the Commission for Social Action of Reform Judaism.
Program Description
For the past two years, the now solidly conservative Supreme Court has reversed major Court decisions from the past 55+ years. In civil liberties, the new approach focused on “history and tradition”, promises (or threatens) significant further change. We will discuss some of the decisions and what they may mean for the future of civil liberties in America.
CANNABIS AND INNOVATIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING
Thursday, September 26
10:00 a.m. at SML
Program #48248
Cost: $3
Presenter: Eric Jackson, Ph.D., Executive Director, Connecticut Transportation Institute and Director of the CT Transportation Safety Research Center at UCONN.
Program Description
The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) and the Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center (CTSRC) have developed a first of its kind training to allow officers to hone their skills at detecting individuals who are unsafe to drive due to cannabis or muti-substance use. Dr. Jackson will talk about the research, the training of our local police departments, and the success of the innovative program held in Guilford, CT.
