Registration will close the Tuesday before each session.  Improve your energy and stamina as you move to the music with certified Tai Chi instructor Joe Atkins. Joe will teach gentle movements that improve balance, flexibility, and mobility and reduce stiffness and soreness. Wear comfortable clothes. All levels welcome!   Price: $8 Members | $12 General  Support provided by the Connecticut Community Foundation.  Register for this event

Registration will close the Wednesday before each session.  Join Michele Morcey as she teaches strength-building poses, balances, and flows that link breath with movement. Students will explore pranayama (breath work), meditation, and final relaxation. While this practice is more vigorous than a gentle yoga class, it is accessible to most levels, as it is led with the idea that all practices serve us differently. Bring your own mat.  $8 Members | $12 General Support provided by the Connecticut Community Foundation.  Register for this event  …

Registration will close the Thursday before each session.  Leave behind today’s concerns and distractions with Mindfulness teacher, Ranji Latchmansingh, as he leads you through a guided mindfulness session utilizing art. Interact with art in a different way as you learn to slow down and focus.  Free Members | $5 General  Support provided by the Connecticut Community Foundation. Register for this event   Ranji Latchmansingh has been a certified Hatha Yoga instructor since 2010 and has been practicing and teaching Hatha Yoga and…

Join artist Shanna Melton as she explores the theme of transition through poetry and painting. Transition could mean a new career, hobby, gaining a new family member or pet, or the loss of a loved one.  Melton will lead participants through poetry exercises that will explore their own personal life transitions. Participants will then utilize their poetry to create a personalized art piece.  Price: $25 Members | $30 General Register for this event Shanna T. Melton is an award-winning poet, painter, and art consultant from Bridgeport, CT who has been performing, exhibiting, and creating…

Learn to create more peaceful and calming thoughts with the help of Mindfulness teacher Ranji Latchmansingh. During these sessions, Ranji will teach the foundations of Mindfulness which will help you manage life’s stresses. Different sessions will also incorporate mindfulness looking at art.      Support provided by the Connecticut Community Foundation.   Registration will close the Friday before each session.  Price: $5 General | FREE for Members  Register for this event Ranji Latchmansingh has been a certified Hatha Yoga instructor since 2010 and has been practicing and teaching…

Murder Mystery, Vol. 7 Thursday, April 22 - 7:00 to 9:00 PM Do you know what happens when the lights go off and staff leave for the night? You can find out by helping us solve another gruesome murder! Due to the success of last year, this event will be held COMPLETELY virtually! Once tickets are purchased, you will be sent a link to the secret Facebook group where you’ll be able to watch the opening scene, interrogate the suspects,…

Join us for a celebration of our exciting summer exhibitions on view @ The MATT. Teaching artists will be on-site to preview our summer workshops for both adults and kids, and filmmaker Mya Saree’ Gray will be screening an excerpt of her original documentary A Face Like Mine.   Remarks at 2:00PM will be streamed on Facebook Live Admission: Free for Members & Children (16 & under) | $5 General Pre-registration requested. Masks and social distancing are required. Register for this…

Thursday, May 6, 5:30–6:30 pm   Registration will be open until Wednesday, May 5  Join dancer, storyteller, and drummer, Iddi Saaka for an exciting night of exploring Ghanaian culture. Participants of all ages will enjoy Soro-Bindi, an interactive performance that incorporates traditional Ghanaian dances, songs, and stories. Families will learn dances such as the Kpanlogo dance and the Bawa harvest and try their hand at Ghanaian percussion instruments.  Price: $5 Members | $10 General  Register for this event  Support provided by Art Bridges.    Iddi Saaka is a versatile and award-winning dancer, dance teacher, choreographer, and…

All are invited to this community discussion on how to further gender equality for women of color. Anne-Marie Knight, Director of the Black Business Alliance; Tatiana Mori, Director for the Greenwich Arts Council; Latisha Nielsen, Professor of Sociology at NVCC; and Kathy Taylor, Professor of Legal Studies at NVCC and Co-chair of the Center for Racial Dialogue and Communal Transformation, will help guide this discussion on the importance of gender equality by sharing their own experiences within their respective fields. This is an open conversation, so everyone is free to share their own experiences and ways they have faced gender inequality.   Registration will be open until Wednesday, May…

Put on your coolest cosplay outfit and join us for a conversation on the changing image of African Americans in comic books. Retired Naugatuck Valley Community College Professor and comic book enthusiast, William Foster will lead participants through a presentation and discussion on the negative stereotypes of African Americans portrayed in comics and how the representation of African Americans has changed over time.   Professor Foster's presentation will be followed by a cosplay competition. The first-place winner will receive a $50 gift card for Richie’s…