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Yale University Art Gallery Program for Kids

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 20:12:38 -0400

Start: 10/01/2005 - 10:30am

End: 10/01/2005 - 12:00pm

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ARTFUL TALES: READING PORTRAITS, SEEING STORIES
Saturday, October 1
10:30 AM - 12:00 NOON

For kids ages 5-8 accompanied by an adult.
Fee: $15 per session. Enrollment limited.
For more information and to register, please call 203.432.9525.

Peabody Museum Program - Lost City: The Discovery of Machu Picchu

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 20:11:20 -0400

Start: 10/01/2005 - 11:00am

End: 10/01/2005 - 12:00pm

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 11:00 AM

A Special Children's Program: Recommended for ages 8 to 12.

Lost City: The Discovery of Machu Picchu

Caldecott Honor winner Ted Lewin's beautifully illustrated children's
book, "Lost City: The Discovery of Machu Picchu," stars the young
Quechua guide who helped lead Hiram Bingham to the ruins of Machu Picchu.

Ted will be here himself to tell about this thrilling journey by Bingham
to the wilds of Peru and the treacherous path he carved through
snake-filled jungles and across perilous mountains in search of
Vilcapampa, the lost city of the Incas. Guided the last steps by the
Quechua boy, however, he discovered not the rumored lost city, but the
ruins of Machu Picchu, a city totally unknown to the outside world, and
one of the wonders of the world. Ted illustrates his narrative on the
big screen with the powerful paintings he created of this remarkable
ancient city.

Museum of Early Engineering Technology Open House

Sun, 04 Sep 2005 10:30:14 -0400

Start: 09/08/2005 - 5:00pm

End: 09/08/2005 - 8:00pm

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Fourth Annual Open House
Museum of Early Engineering Technology
121 South Main Street, Westbrook, CT

Slide rules, calculating devices
Early computer devices
Apollo, Mercury, & Gemini space program artifacts
David Bushnell information (inventor of the submarine)
House is dated 1678 and fully restored
Many new exhibits including lunar excursion module "LEM" ascent engine
Free F=MA slide rule (Newton's second law)
Light refreshments
For more info call Leighton Lee at 203-245-5963

Directions:
I-95 to Westbrook. Take Exit 65 to Route 153 south.
Go approx 1/2 mile to small triangular village green.
Turn right at the light to follow Route 1 west.
Immediately at next light (at firehouse) turn left on South Main St.
Museum is on right about 1/4 mile past the firehouse.

Venus & Jupiter

Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:32:29 -0400

Start: 08/26/2005 - 7:30pm

End: 09/09/2005 - 8:30pm

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Happening in the western sky at sunset... just go outside & look where you have a clear view to the west (the sunset). You can't miss 'em. Really.

Just after the sun sets, and before the first stars appear is an especially nice time to look. (Around 7:30 - 8:30pm.)

Here's a link:
Sunset Planets article at NASA site.