One Book 2009

One Book for Greater Hartford 2010



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Hartford, CT 06103
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2002 Breath, Eyes, Memory

Next Upcoming Events:

FILM SERIES

“Temple Grandin”
This is the real thing: winner of ten Emmy Awards this past August, the life story of one of the world’s most famous— and accomplished—adults with autism, starring

Capital Community College Auditorium:
Wednesday, December 1, 5:30 p.m.





OUTSIDER ART

Enjoy flat and dimensional art created by Enfield resident Michael Fluckiger, who is autistic, and the clients of HARC’s ArtSparks program, who have various intellectual challenges. Nada Farm Museum of Archetypes defines outsider art as work created by “the naive, the innocent, the self-taught, the visionary, the intuitive, the eccentric, the schizophrenic, the developmentally disabled, the psychotic, the obsessive, the compulsive.”

Downtown Library, Ropkins and Goodwin Branches:
October 16 – December 15




ADULTS

EMPLOYING PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
Learn how your company would benefit by hiring and training someone with an intellectual disability. Parents learn what the employment opportunities are for your children. Speakers are Joe Wendover, Outreach Manager, Walgreens Distribution Center in Windsor, and Shirley P. Boron, Vice President Employment and Day Services, HARC, Inc.

Downtown Library:
Tuesday, November 30, Program Room, 3rd Floor, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.








 

AUTHOR EVENT

Authors Gina Gallagher and Patricia Konjoian present “Shut Up About Your Perfect Kid – The Movement of Imperfection.”

Downtown Library:
Thursday, December 2, 6:30 p.m.

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