Project Imo, Inc.

10/20/2026

🎨🎲 Paint a miniature. Find your next gaming crew!

TONIGHT at Idea Forge Studios, join Forge Gamers Society for a special Paint & Take and Tabletop Game Night!

Bring a miniature to life and take it home for its next adventure. First-time painters and seasoned miniature enthusiasts are welcome, with all ages invited to join the fun.

Meet fellow gamers, bring a favorite board game, or discover something new around the table. Come with friends or come meet some!

📅 Tonight, Tuesday, October 20
🕔 5–9 PM
📍 Idea Forge Studios at Project Imo
54 North Street, 2nd Floor, Willimantic

Details: https://projectimo.org/events/forge-gamers-society-special-paint-take-and-tabletop-game-night-at-idea-forge-studios/

Tabletop gaming Willimantic CT players have a place to gather at Idea Forge Studios. Join the Forge Gamers Society, an IFS Community bringing together board gamers, role-playing gamers, miniature enthusiasts, and anyone interested in discovering tabletop games. Paint & Take Night Bring a miniature t...

10/17/2026

TODAY 10am-4pm. Just a few of the many cool items you can bring home while you have fun at our BioBlitz!!

10/16/2026

🌿 Discover nature. Plant roots. Find treasures!

Join the Willimantic Whitewater BioBlitz October 17–18! Explore local wildlife, enjoy guided bird walks, and celebrate our Trees for Communities launch with a special tree planting at Whitewater Park. 🌳🐦

On Saturday, stop by Idea Forge Studios at Project Imo, 54 North Street, for our Craft & Tag Sale Fundraiser, 10 AM–4 PM. Shop, tour the studios, and support hands-on community learning!

Bring your curiosity, bring a friend, and use the map to explore! 🗺️

There will be prizes for folks who ID the most species during the weekend long BioBlitz event. a HUGE thank you to our sponsors!

https://projectimo.org/events/2026-willimantic-whitewater-bioblitz/

10/12/2026

JAM TONIGHT. FREE.

10/10/2026

🎶 Music is better together. Come make some with us!

Join BEATS Jam Society at Idea Forge Studios for a relaxed evening of playing, singing, and connecting with fellow music lovers.

Brand-new player? Seasoned musician? Dusting off an instrument you haven’t touched in years? You’re welcome here. Come join the jam or simply enjoy listening!

Bring your instrument or borrow one of ours. We’ll have keyboards, ukuleles, acoustic guitars, hand drums, and percussion instruments available.

📅 Monday, October 12
🕕 6:00–9:00 PM
📍 Idea Forge Studios · 54 North Street, 2nd Floor, Willimantic

✅ Free to attend. No membership or registration required.
🎹 Planning to borrow an instrument? An RSVP helps us get ready for you.

Come for a song or stay for the evening. Tag someone you’d love to jam with!

Details:
https://projectimo.org/events/open-jam-session-willimantic-beats-jam-society/

10/10/2026

🎃 Some voices raise the roof. Others raise the dead!

Spend Halloween night with BEATS Jam Society at Idea Forge Studios for FRIGHTENINGLY BAD KARAOKE! 🎤

Stop in from Trick or Treat on Main and see what all the ghoulish fun is about!

Enjoy snacks, music, and karaoke with a crowd ready to cheer you on. Sing your heart out, grab a friend for a duet, or sit back and enjoy the spectacle. Great singers are welcome. Enthusiastically terrible singers are, too.

👻 Costumes encouraged. Singing talent entirely optional.

📅 Saturday, October 31
🕕 6–9 PM
📍 Idea Forge Studios · 54 North Street, 2nd Floor, Willimantic

Tag your karaoke accomplice and tell us your song. What will you unleash on the microphone?

https://projectimo.org/events/frighteningly-bad-karaoke/

Frighteningly Bad Karaoke: Halloween Night with BEATS Jam Society Some voices raise the roof. Others raise the dead. Spend Halloween night with BEATS Jam Society at Idea Forge Studios for Frighteningly Bad Karaoke, an evening of music, snacks, and enthusiastic performances that may haunt us long aft...

10/09/2026

🔬 Curious minds of all ages, come meet The Curiosity Collective!

Join us after school at Idea Forge Studios for an open group meeting. Meet the CC crew, explore the Studios, and learn more about ForgeBOTS and the robotics projects we’re preparing to build together (and stream together for those into live robot battles!).

Discover opportunities in science, engineering, 3D printing, and hands-on experimentation. Bring your questions, share your ideas, and help shape what comes next!

📅 Tuesday, October 13
🕓 4:00–6:30 PM
📍 Idea Forge Studios · 54 North Street, 2nd Floor, Willimantic

✅ All ages welcome. Membership is not required for this event.
👨‍👧 Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.

What would you like to build, test, or discover? Tell us in the comments!

Details: https://projectimo.org/events/curiosity-collective-member-workshop-science-discovery-in-action/

10/07/2026

Join The Wildlife Research Alliance, Willimantic Whitewater Partnership, GROW Windham & Project Imo in exploring Whitewater Park and identify as many different plant and animal species as you can during the BioBlitz weekend.

The full BioBlitz event will last from 12:01 AM October 17th to 11:50 PM October 18th. You will use the free app iNaturalist to take photos of the species, identify them, and upload what you find to the Willimantic Whitewater Park Species Data Collection and Willimantic EcoBlitz (06226) projects.

Guided BioBlitz events are Saturday, October 17th from 10am to 4pm starting at Idea Forge Studios @ Project Imo (54 North St, Willimantic) and include: guided Blitz walks, Guided Bird Walks from Whitewater Park, a craft fair and tag sale fundraiser, music & games, and a ceremonial tree planting at the Whitewater Park with the Town of Windham and the Trees for Communities Urban Forestry program.

Find out more at this link: https://projectimo.org/events/2026-willimantic-whitewater-bioblitz/

10/01/2026

🛍️ CRAFT FAIR & TAG SALE FUNDRAISER! 🎨

We're filling Idea Forge Studios with multiple tables of handmade goods, craft supplies, maker equipment, household items, outdoor gear, collectibles and all kinds of unexpected finds!

📅 Saturday, October 17
⏰ 10 AM–4 PM
📍 Idea Forge Studios | 54 North Street, Willimantic

You'll find everything from quilting fabric, yarn, Creative Memories supplies, handmade cards, jewelry and 3D-printed creations to ukuleles, comics, bike gear, snowshoes, maker equipment, furniture, holiday décor and more.

🥁 PLUS: Two handmade drums from Ghana will be up for silent auction!

⚒️ Tour Idea Forge Studios while you're here
🌿 And join the Willimantic Whitewater BioBlitz happening the same day!

Best of all, your purchases support Project Imo's youth and community programs and help us put more tools, experiences and opportunities into the hands of our community.

Come treasure hunt with us - you never know what you're going to find!

🔗 Full details:

Craft Fair & Tag Sale Fundraiser at Idea Forge Studios Saturday, October 17, 2026 | 10:00 AM–4:00 PM Idea Forge Studios / Project Imo 54 North Street, Willimantic, CT Come treasure hunt, shop local, explore Idea Forge Studios, and help support Project Imo! On Saturday, October 17, we’re filling ...