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Maritime Aquarium, 10 North Water St, Norwalk. Hours: daily 10 am-6 pm. Call 203/852-0700.

Through March 10, “In Style On The Nile: Boats of the Pharoahs,” 14 large-scale models of vessels used by ancient Egyptians, loaned from The Pharaonic Village, Egypt. Permanent exhibit featuring river otters Bell & Sprite; Shark Touch Pool; hands-on displays about fish; “Sandy Shore” habitat; “Jellyfish Encounter,” displays about & close studies of sea creature common to Long Island Sound. (See film calendar for IMAX listings.)

Military Museum of Southern New England, 125 Park Ave, Danbury. Hours: Fri-Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 12-5 pm. Open Martin Luther King Day & Presidents’ Day 10 am-5 pm. Call 790-9277.

Permanent life-size interior dioramas w/ major military vehicles, extensive outdoor displays, also “Names on the Wall,” computer program to help locate names on Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC.

Minor Memorial Library, 23 South St, Roxbury. Hours: Mon 11 am-7 pm, Wed 10 am-7 pm, Fr 10 am-8 pm, Sat 9 am-4 pm. Call 860/350-2181.

Through Feb 16, “People, Portraits and Places,” realistic oils by Jay Pinchbeck.

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The Bushnell/The Promenade Gallery, 166 Capitol Ave, Hartford 06106-1621. Call 860/987-6042.

March 31: Application deadline for 2000-2001 season, galery seeking CT artists to exhibit work, 1- or 2-person shows being scheduled for Sept 2000-May 2001, requires 10 slides (in plastic sleeve, individually labeled w/ name, medium, dimensions & title), resume, SASE, only 2-D works will be considered (due to nature of gallery & its space), call for additional info.

CT Poetry Society, PO Box 4053, Waterbury 06704-0053.

Feb 27: Deadline for Lynn DeCaro Poetry Competition 2000, open to all CT students in grades 9-12 (public, private or alternative), 3 cash prizes & publication in Connecticut River Review, write to DeCaro Contest, 41 Sunnybrook Bend, Waterbury 06708 for complete details.