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Create Your Own Winter Wonderland, Open Arts Day, a Pasta Dinner Fundraiser, and More in Middletown This Weekend

Check out what is going on in the region this weekend.

Create Your Own Winter Wonderland
Saturday, 10 a.m. - Winter is officially here! Families can visit hands-on exhibits and then make their own winter wonderland to take home. Participants will be creating snowflakes out of all different types of crafting supplies and a variety of materials. Free on-site parking is available. For more information, call 860-236-5621 x222 or e-mail erin_strogoff@chs.org. 

Open Arts Day at Guilford Art Center
Sunday, 1 p.m.
- Guilford Art Center is pleased to invite all community members to a free Open Arts Day on Sunday. The Art Center’s studios and classrooms will be open with instructor artists demonstrating their crafts and offering hands-on art projects. Visitors are invited to try out an art form (or two! Or three!) they want to learn more about, including, pottery, blacksmithing, sewing, drawing, beading, kids’ classes and more. No reservations or registration are necessary, and all activities are free of charge.

Pasta Dinner Fundraiser

Sunday, 4 p.m. - Join Gus Robotics as it kicks off its 16th year as a member of the FIRST Robotics Team. The Gus team is very excited and can’t wait to start building this year’s robot. Fundraising, grants, and sponsors are what keeps the Gus Robotics team running - without them there would be no team. Come out for fun, robots, pasta and raffles. Tickets will be available at the door and are $7 for adults. Children under 5 are $5. For more information on pasta dinner tickets call, Deb at 203-213-4542. To learn more about the Gus Robotics Team or for more information on FIRST, visit http://www.team228.org/. You can also check out Facebook.

Open Audition: Castle Craig Players
Sunday, 4 p.m. - The Castle Craig Players are holding open auditions for their next production, an audience participation murder mystery called The Wedding From Hell, by Eileen Moushey. Details on character breakdown, show synopsis, and show dates are available on www.castlecraig.org. For additional details, contact the director at mlaucella@comcast.net.


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