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Eastern Art Gallery presents 'Circe: A Goddess of Our Time' through April
The Art Gallery at Eastern Connecticut State University will present "Circe: A Goddess of Our Time" until April 15. Part of Eastern's Big Read program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, the exhibition is based on Madeline Miller's bestse...
Jan 29, 2024, 12:37pm EST
Community members will plunge into icy river to support local soup kitchen
Every February, upstanding Willimantic community members submerge themselves in the freezing waters of the Natchaug River to raise money to help feed the hungry. This February is no different, with the 13th annual Olga Ezis Plunge for Hunger taking pla...
Jan 24, 2024, 12:00pm EST
Eastern Opera Theatre presents Sondheim tribute
Opera-theatre students and alumni of Eastern Connecticut State University will celebrate the career of iconic musical theatre composer Stephen Sondheim on Feb. 9 in a one-night performance of "Sondheim Tribute Revue." The performance will be presented...
Jan 23, 2024, 9:18am EST
Eastern's Pre-College Summer returns with more offerings for high schoolers
Eastern Connecticut State University is excited to welcome high school students to campus this July for its second annual Pre-College Summer. Following a successful inaugural run in 2023, the residential summer program is returning with additional sess...
Jan 17, 2024, 7:53am EST
Historian publishes 'Polish American Voices,' recounting 400 years of immigrant history
Eastern Connecticut State University Professor Emerita Anna Jaroszynska-Kirchmann's new book, "Polish American Voices: A Documentary History, 1608-2020," compiles 145 documents of Polish American immigrants and their descendants, telling more than 400 ...
Jan 11, 2024, 2:08pm EST
Westbook academic publishes dictionary of horror stories
Wolfmen, witches, vampires and zombies loom in tales told by humans for more than 6,000 years. That history is chronicled in a new book by a professor at Eastern Connecticut State University titled "Historical Dictionary of Horror Literature." "I've a...
Jan 9, 2024, 1:59pm EST
Eastern professor publishes dictionary of horror stories
Wolfmen, witches, vampires and zombies loom in tales told by humans for more than 6,000 years. That history is chronicled in a new book by a professor at Eastern Connecticut State University titled "Historical Dictionary of Horror Literature." "I've a...
Jan 9, 2024, 1:56pm EST
Women's basketball to hold annual breast cancer awareness game
Eastern Connecticut State University's women's basketball team will host its annual breast cancer awareness game on Jan. 27 in the Geissler Gymnasium against the University of Southern Maine. With a fundraising goal of $7,500, donations will benefit th...
Jan 8, 2024, 9:19am EST
Biologists confirm local lore that Nantucket's deer boom stems from two Michigan does
Most of the deer on Nantucket Island, which has one of the densest deer populations in the Northeast, likely descend from two does that were introduced to the island from Michigan in 1926. This conclusion is found in a new research paper in "Northeaste...
Dec 18, 2023, 2:26pm EST
Biologists confirm local lore that Nantucket's deer boom stems from two Michigan does
Most of the deer on Nantucket Island, which has one of the densest deer populations in the Northeast, likely descend from two does that were introduced to the island from Michigan in 1926. This conclusion is found in a new research paper in "Northeaste...
Dec 18, 2023, 2:19pm EST