[CT-NFB] FW: Celebrate summer on the castle lawn

Tue Jun 3 15:14:03 UTC 2025

Check out what’s happening at the Wadsworth in the month of June!

Have a great day, 

Christina Thompson 

Outreach Director

National Federation of the Blind CT

111 Sheldon Rd. Unit 420

Manchester, CT 06045

(860)289-1971

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Second Saturdays for families

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SATURDAY, JUNE 14

Second Saturdays for Families: Lawn Party

Activities noon-2pm | FREE admission all day

Join us on the museum's front lawn as we kickoff the summer season with lawn games, face painting, glitter tattoos, and more! Cool off in our theater at 2pm for a screening of A Bug's Life with a complimentary bag of popcorn. 

ART MAKING, noon-2pm

Whirls and Twirls: Create your own colorful pinwheel with bright hues and unique patterns that spin with every breeze.

Buzzing Decor: Design a wind chime inspired by the buzzing insects that soar through the summer sky.

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, noon-2pm

Spin along with our friends from Bring the Hoopla for a fun-filled movement workshop.

MUSIC, 1-2pm

Enjoy a special drumming performance by FriendZWorld Music.

Program will move indoors in the event of inclement weather.

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A Bug's Life

2pm | Free as part of Second Saturdays

A misfit ant named Flik accidentally recruits a group of eccentric circus bugs to help defend his colony from greedy grasshoppers in this heartwarming adventure.

Directed by John Lasseter. 1998. US. 1 hour, 35 minutes. Rated G.

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Reminder!

First Thursdays: A Renaissance Faire

Thursday, June 5

5pm | Free, registration encouraged.

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Know Before You Go

$3 parking is always one block away at the Front Street South garage: 62 Front St. Crossing. Bring your ticket to the museum for validation to receive the special rate. 

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Images: Film stills from A Bug's Life and Firebrand.

Second Saturdays for Families is supported by the Art Bridges Foundation, Andrew J. and Joyce D. Mandell Family Foundation, the Ensworth Charitable Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee, Charles Nelson Robinson Fund, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee. Program supplies are generously donated by S&S Worldwide.

Funding has been provided by the Connecticut State Legislature, and is administered by the Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts. 

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