African Drums and Dance

Take Your Child to the Library Day is Saturday, February 4, and everyone is invited at 10 a.m. for a morning of African drums and dance. Soro Bindi, an interactive performance by Iddrisu Saaka that incorporates traditional African dances and songs with an exploration of Ghana, will introduce children to a new culture, lead them through various dances and include them in call-and-response chants. Kids can also bang on a kpanlogo drum, a percussion instrument used widely throughout Ghana. Refreshments will be provided, and each child will receive a book.

Winter Farmers Markets

The Farmers Market is operating food-only indoor markets every other Saturday through mid-April. The February markets will be held on February 4 and February 18 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the second floor of town hall. The 2017 outdoor season will begin on May 13.

Winter Woods Walk & Talk

Join Great Mountain Forest’s Manager Jody Bronson and outdoorsman Tom Stansfield for a walk in the woods on Saturday, February 4 from 1 to 3 p.m. Registration is required and limited, contact jody@greatmountainforest.org. Rain or freezing rain will postpone the event, as a camp fire cookout will conclude the event.

Land Trust’s Annual Meeting

The public is invited to attend the Norfolk Land Trust’s annual meeting at 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 4 at the Norfolk Library. William Stolzenburg, author of “Heart of a Lion,” will give a presentation on his book chronicling the journey of a young mountain lion that left his Midwestern home in the summer of 2009 and travelled more than 2,000 miles before meeting an untimely death on a Connecticut highway. To make reservations, please contact the library at 860-542-5075.

Norfolk Festival Listening Club

Jim Nelson and his popular Norfolk Festival Listening Club return to Norfolk on Saturday, February 11 at 2 p.m. with a program featuring the Argus Quartet, which holds the Quartet in Residence Fellowship at the Yale School of Music. Recent performances of the Argus include a standing room only showcase at the Chamber Music America Conference in New York. Designed to be fun and engaging, the Listening Club is an opportunity for both the experienced concertgoer and the classical music novice to enjoy an informal discussion of chamber music. Please reserve a seat by calling the library at 860-542-5075.

Women’s Club Luncheon

The Catholic Women’s Club invite all to join them for a potluck luncheon at Klauer Hall in the Immaculate Conception Church on Friday, February 17 at noon. Please bring a dish to share, as well as a friend. RSVP to Nancy at secretary@sacrament7.org or Gerry Brodnitzki at gbrodnitzki@gmail.com.

Great Mountain Forest Lecture

Come to the library on Sunday, February 25 at 4 p.m. to hear Jerry Jenkins’ presentation on The Northern Forest Atlas Project, which documents the current biology of the forests to help future naturalists and conservationists. An ecologist with the Wildlife Conservation Society, founder of the White Creek Field School and the director of the Northern Forest Atlas Project, Jenkins has 50 years of experience working in the northern forest as a botanist, naturalist and geographer. To reserve seats, call the library at 860-542-5075. Reception to follow.

Documentary Film: Alice’s Ordinary People

On Monday, February 27 at 7 p.m. the Norfolk Library will host filmmaker Craig Dudnick at a special screening of his documentary about the life of Alice Tregay, unsung heroine of the civil rights movement, whose work spanned the period from the marches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to the election of President Barack Obama. Dudnick will introduce the film, and a discussion will follow.