Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, January at Stowe

January at Stowe MLK Day Open House Shaping Social Change Film Series and more Happy New Year!    Open House Martin Luther King, Jr. Day January 16   9:30 AM - 5 PM Harriet Beecher Stowe Center  Join us for a free open house commemorating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Tour the Katharine Seymour Day House Enjoy hands-on writing & crafts activities for all ages Ring bells for nonviolence and peace View and discuss 13th, director Ava Duvernay's in-depth look at the prison system in the U.S. Donate new bath towels and feminine hygiene products for emergency shelters -- a project of the Muslim Coalition of CT   More on the day's schedule     Shaping Social Change Film Series Films & Speakers Co-Presented with Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art and The Amistad Center for Art & Culture Hunter Gatherer (2016) January 21 & 22  2 PM Ashley Douglas thinks everything should fall in place when he's released from prison: Friends should come to his welcome home party and his girlfriend should greet him warmly. When things don't go as planned, Ashley restarts his life with next to nothing. Followed by: February 22 6:30 PM The Birth of a Nation (2016) March 1 6:30 PM Moonlight (2016) March 15 6:30 Loving (2016) All events take place at  Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Speakers to be announced Tickets at the door: $9 Seniors & Students: $8 Stowe Center Members: $7 More Information Directions & Parking   The Preservation Tour Saturday, January 14 at 3 PM Harriet Beecher Stowe Center  Ticketed Event Go behind the scenes! $3.3 million preservation project  in the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, a National Historic Landmark Hear about: Project planning Packing, moving & storing historic collections New discoveries about Stowe's interiors     More Information Tickets Upcoming Programs Salons at Stowe, Author Events & More! Looking for activities to chase away the winter blahs? We've got lots in store for you at the Stowe Center: SALONS AT STOWE   5:30 - 7:30 PM February 16 If You Can't See It, Can You Be It? Race and gender representation in film & popular culture More March 9 Continuing the Dream: What Are the Challenges Facing Undocumented Students? More March 23 Unpacking Islamophobia More AUTHOR TALK & BOOK SIGNING   7-8:30 PM February 15 Author Teja Arboleda with multicultural educator Dr. Bill Howe Mixed Feelings and In the Shadow of Race...Again More Find more events on our online calendar   Welcome New Staff Interpreter Chelsea Austin loves history and first visited the Stowe Center when she was 8 years old! The 2014 UCONN grad is pursing a masters in marketing. Look for Chelsea's smiling face on your next tour! In This Issue MLK Day Film & Speaker Series The Preservation Tour Winter Programs Welcome New Staff  Support the Stowe Center   click here to: STOWE HOUSE PRESERVATION    The 1871 Stowe House   is getting:  * New climate systems * State-of-the-art fire    suppression   *Historic windows restoration *Refreshed carpeting and wallcoverings    The Stowe Center remains OPEN for visitors More Information          TOURS                  The Stowe-Twain Experience Tour the Stowe Center and get $3 off a tour of the neighboring Mark Twain House & Museum.  More Information         Art as Social Justice, Jan. 11, 7-9 PM, Charter Oak Cultural Center      Stowe Center   Program Calendar  Contact Us   Stowe Center Website Membership  Visit Us Salons at Stowe Blog   E-mail  Info@StoweCenter.org Call 860.522.9258 Katherine D. Kane  Executive Director         Subscribe to our events on  Facebook!

Stowe Center Mission The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center preserves and interprets Stowe's Hartford home and the Center's historic collections, promotes vibrant discussion of her life and work, and inspires commitment to social justice and positive change. Stowe Center program support is generously provided by our Members, Donors and:       Aetna Foundation Inc.; Barnes Group Foundation; Bartlett Brainard Eacott; Bradley, Foster & Sargent, Inc.; Charles Nelson Robinson Fund, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee; Chubb Group; Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts; Conning; Day Pitney LLP; Elizabeth Carse Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee; Eversource; Fairview Capital Partners; Fiduciary Investment Advisors; George A. and Grace L. Long Foundation, Bank of America Co-Trustee; Greater Hartford Arts Council; Greater Hartford Arts Council's United Arts Campaign; Hartford Foundation for Public Giving; Jewelers Mutual; Lincoln Financial Foundation; Pratt & Whitney; Premier Accounting Group; Pullman & Comley LLP; Robinson + Cole LLP; Tauck World of Giving; The Hartford; The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co.; Travelers; United Technologies Corporation; William Beecher Scoville Foundation.