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Family
Fun in Mansfield is compiled by Becky Lehmann for Mansfield
Advocates for Children (formerly: Mansfield School Readiness Council)
. Please contact her (423-5807; slehmann@snet.net) if you wish to suggest
items for future editions. Publication of Family Fun in Mansfield
is supported by a grant from the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Foundation.
Special
Notes
- Ballard Institute
& Museum of Puppetry (486-4605) (bimp.uconn.edu)
(486-4605) (bimp.uconn.edu) is located on the UConn Depot Campus.
The current exhibit, Shadows and Substance, is open Fri., Sat. &
Sun. 12 noon – 5 pm, through Nov. 17. Be a puppeteer in the
“Try-it” Room: try a variety of shadow puppet styles &
make a shadow puppet to take home!
- Community School
of the Arts (486-1073) (continuingstudies.uconn.edu/csa)
offers a wide variety of music, art and theater programs for children
of all ages plus Art Birthday Parties! Call for a copy of the 2007/2008
program brochure.
- CT State Museum
of Natural History & CT Archaeology Center (486-4460)
(cac.uconn.edu) which has a
spectacular new multi-media exhibit – Human's Nature: A Closer
Look at the Relationship Between People and the Environment -- on
the 2nd floor, is open Tues.-Sat.10am-4pm (closed Sundays and Mondays).
Call for a copy of the Fall 2007 program brochure, which includes
many programs for children.
- Husky Heritage
Sports Museum (486-2240) (uconnalumni.com),
in the UConn Alumni Center, brings alive remarkable images & stories
of UConn's winning teams, determined coaches & gifted student-athletes,
and is open Mon.-Fri., 8am-5pm.
- Mansfield Parks
and Recreation Dept. (429-3015) (mansfieldct.org)
has many classes, programs and activities for young children. Check
the Fall 2007 brochure sent to every household for information about
After-School Friends, after-school science programs, school vacation
camps, fee waivers for eligible Mansfield residents, NEW Mansfield
parks and preserves brochures, Friends of Mansfield Parks, and many
other offerings!
- Mansfield Public
Library (423-2501) (biblio.org/mansfield)
offers 3 drop-in program series for children: Family Storytime (all
ages welcome, with caregiver), Saturdays @ 10:30am, Sept. 1-Dec. 29;
Toddler Time (birth-36 mos. with caregiver), Fridays, 10:30am-12noon,
Sept. 7-Nov. 30; Wonderful Wednesdays, 10:30am, Oct. 3-Dec. 5.. Watch
for Halloween event!
- Mark Edward Freitas
Ice Forum (486-2712) opens Sept. 21. Call for information
about general skating dates and times and to check out skating lessons
for ages 4 & up starting Sept. 23!
- UConn Co-op
(486-5027) (bookstore.uconn.edu)
has a large selection of children’s books.
- William Benton
Museum of Art (486-1705) (benton.uconn.edu)
is open Tues.-Fri., 10am-4:30pm, Sat. & Sun. 1-4:30pm. but closed
Dec. 22-Jan.21. Call to inquire about exhibits of interest to/appropriate
for children..
For more information
about the events listed in this calendar, check the following sources:
BIMP
= Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry (486-4605) (bimp@uconn.edu)
CANR = College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
(UConn) (486-2413) ( canr.uconn.edu)
CSA =
Community School of the Arts (486-1073) (UConn) (continuingstudies.uconn.edu/sca)
CSMNH = CT State Museum of Natural History &
CT Archaeology Center (UConn) (486-4460) (cac.uconn.edu)
CT4-H = CT
4-H Program (486-4127) (http://www.4-h.uconn.edu/
)
EOS = E.O.Smith High School (487-0877) (eosmith.org)
JCPA = Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts (UConn) (486-4226)
( jorgensen.uconn.edu/ )
MMS = Mansfield Middle School (429-9341)
MPL = Mansfield Public Library (423-2501) (biblio.org/mansfield)
MPRD = Mansfield Parks and Recreation Department
(429-3015) (mansfieldct.org)
We welcome your
suggestions and comments, and we do read and consider each one.
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