The community includes an aquatic and fitness center and an on-site health clinic. Residents can participate in ongoing education, social and cultural programs.
The following Presidents' College programs take place at Duncaster beginning at 4:45pm: See brochure.
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May 15 |
Kathleen McGrory “What Is the Holy Grail and Where Can You Find It?” is the question Dr. McGrory will ask — following in the steps of many in the past, from Lancelot on. As a medievalist, she has studied the legend of the Grail and unearthed information about those who have pursued it — up to and including the novelist Dan Brown. Registration Form |
4:45pm |
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| Aug 20 | Acceptance of Art Work | ||
| Aug 26 | Art Show Opening Details coming soon. |
Location: 40 Loeffler Road, Bloomfield, CT
For more information visit: www.duncaster.org. See brochure for description of events.
Completed programs at Duncaster:
| February 21 |
Edward Cumming On March 11 at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph, the Hartt Symphony Orchestra will perform Richard Strauss’s great tone-poem “Also Sprach Zarathustra”and Saint- Saens’ magnificent Organ Concerto. Maestro Cumming will offer an introduction to these two works. |
4:45pm |
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| March 13 |
David Pines Without safe food and drinkable water, nothing is possible. Engineering professor David Pines and his colleagues and students have been working to bring clean water and sanitation to a community in India and safe food to villages in Western Kenya. It’s not enough to solve the engineering problems involved: if the projects are to succeed, they must be sustainable – which means community buy-in, self-help, and ingenuity. This presentation will summarize the successes, challenges, and lessons learned from five years of working with these communities. |
4:45pm |
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| April 24 | Sentimental Sailors in Nineteenth Century Literature - Bryan Sinche Lydia Sigourney, known as the Sweet Singer of Hartford, was immensely popular among lovers of popular poetry in the mid-nineteenth century. She was particularly known for her sentimental verses for and about sailors (“Out on the waters! On the deep, deep sea!”) — sailors who prefer Bibles to rum (“Messmates! Let us do without it!”) as they “dare the whelming wave.” Dr. Sinche, whose own preferences in this regard are not recorded, will introduce us to Sigourney’s poetry and the tradition that she represents. |
4:45pm |
