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A Stitch in Time Fiber Arts Festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Expected are spinners, knitters, weavers, quilters and other artists at the Hale Homestead, 2299 South St., Coventry. Donations accepted.
300 Years of Coventry Quilts exhibit will take place from noon to 4 p.m. Sponsored by the Coventry Historical Society at the Strong-Porter Museum, 2382 South St., Coventry. View nearly 100 antique and new quilts in all phases of construction along a picturesque woodland path.
May 1 kicked off the three-month National Bike Challenge (www.nationalbikechallenge.org). Whether you bike daily or infrequently, for recreation or for transportation, we need you and all of your biking friends to sign up.
Downtown Main Street will be closed to traffic from 5 to 9 p.m., and the streets will be taken over by bands and other entertainers, food vendors of all kinds – from burgers to falafel – and tables with representatives of civic groups and other local organizations, as well as a variety of craftspeople and artists.
This year, the competition is being conducted in tandem with the Gallery at Firehouse Square’s OpSail Plein Air Event. Juried submissions for the Connecticut Boater’s Guide Cover will be entered into the Plein Air Competition.
The 700 students, representing 130 schools statewide, were selected from nearly 10,000 youngsters at more than 100 local competitions.
Also, a field trip is scheduled for Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Boston Hollow.
From health info to history, some fun things to do.
The presentations are free, and the public is cordially invited to share the insights of this distinguished speaker.
Also on Saturday the Gilead Congregational Church, Meeting House Road and Route 85, Hebron, will host its annual chicken barbecue from 5 to 7 p.m.
