Events
Check out the Connecticut Public Community Calendar for events in your local community. If you have an event you would like to add, submit it through the calendar below and it will go through our approval process.
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Earth Art
New Pond Farm Education Center 101 Marchant Road, CT, United StatesThis special Family Event will be led by Redding artist Alice Smith. Participants will be given a brief introduction to the Earth Art movement of the late 60s and early 70s. Small groups will then be led out to explore and gather materials from the farm’s wildflower meadow, wetlands, and woodlands, paying careful attention not…
Carving Birds of the Redding Woods
New Pond Farm Education Center 101 Marchant Road, CT, United StatesRenowned bird carver and wildlife sculptor, Peter Bowe, offers an exciting hands-on bird carving workshop entitled, “Birds of the Redding Woods”. Participants will work alongside Peter to carve and paint their own Chickadee or a White Breasted Nuthatch. Having worked as a wildlife artist for the past 48 years, Bowe specializes in birds and marine…
Five Points Arts Print Festival Featuring Big Ink
Five Points Art Center 855 University Drive, Torrington, CT, United StatesImmerse yourself in the many forms of contemporary and traditional printmaking at this free, two-day festival hosted by Five Points Arts, featuring Big Ink’s giant custom press. See art in action with demonstrations by professional printmakers and carvers, peruse the juried print show, browse prints for sale by local artists, and place your bid in…
Exhibit- Rushnyky: Sacred Ukrainian Textiles
Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center 1 State Street, New Haven, CT, United StatesMarch 25, 2023 – September 10, 2023 “A house without a rushnyk is not a home.” — Ukrainian proverb The word rushnyk derives from ruka, “hand,” and while it can refer to an ordinary towel, the ceremonial rushnyk is distinct in its ornamentation and its importance. In almost any Ukrainian home, the family icons—and, more…
Exhibit- Altars of Reconciliation
Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center 1 State Street, New Haven, CT, United StatesMarch 25, 2023 – August 13, 2023 Artists Erin Shaw, Tony Tiger and Bobby C. Martin explore a theme rarely confronted in the art world: the practice of Christianity among Native peoples. There is and continues to be a long, rich and layered history of Native churches and Christian tradition, but there is an equally…
Hike Cedar Wood Preserve
Cedar Wood Preserve North Wawecus Rd., Groton, CT, United StatesThis hike is at one of Avalonia’s newest acquisitions and only Norwich property, Cedar Wood Preserve —47 acres of field, woods, and water. This 1.4-mile hike goes through an upper trail with open fields and good birding opportunities and through a lower forested trail. This will be a moderate hike with some hills/slopes and a narrow, somewhat precarious path crossing a dam in the forested section. Avalonia is hosting this adventure, but please register…
ANTIQUE APPRAISAL DAY – FREE VERBAL APPRAISAL – Every Saturday
ANTIQ'S LLC 1839 New Britain Ave, Farmington, CT, United StatesANTIQUE APPRAISAL DAY - FREE VERBAL APPRAISAL - Every Saturday ANTIQUE APPRAISAL DAY – FREE - EVERY SATURDAY Free verbal appraisal of your antiques FREE “EVERY” Saturday 11:00 am to 4:00 pm Bring in your antiques or bring pictures of your antiques COME DISCOVER WHAT YOUR TREASURES ARE WORTH!! Everyone welcome even if you don’t…
New Pond Farm Education Center Invitational Art Show
New Pond Farm Education Center 101 Marchant Road, CT, United StatesThis fantastic biennial event showcases artwork by some of the region’s finest artists, and includes a silent auction, art demonstrations, and activities for children and adults, all celebrating the timeless themes of nature and agrarian life inspired by the Education Center's property.
Lenox Wine Fete
Pizzeria Boema 84 Main Street, Lenox, MA, United StatesFood, music, wine lectures offered. A portion of event proceeds goes to the Lenox Library.
Bethel CT Pride’s Annual LGBTQ Parade & Celebration
We are celebrating in Pride Month for the first time ever! Our FREE event will take place rain or shine outside on Saturday, June 3, from 12-5PM at the Municipal Center, 1 School St, Bethel, CT. *FREE!* *Family friendly!* RAIN OR SHINE (outdoor event) Live music and entertainment, food, artists, 50+ vendors, kids’ activities station,…
Double Stroll Through the Herman E. Sheets Family Forest
Herman E. Sheets Family Forest 94 Puttker Rd., North Stonington, CT, United StatesThis event is an adventure at The Herman E. Sheets Family Forest, an 87-acre picturesque preserve that lies adjacent to the Green Fall River which opened last year. It’s a mixed forest with ponds and brooks to be crossed by bridges. The hike will start out on the yellow trail (south loop). After about 0.75 miles,…
Artist-Poets Exhibit
Arts Center East 709 Hartford Turnpike, Vernon, CT, United StatesExhibit Dates: May 27–June 18, 2023 Gallery Hours: Thursday–Sunday, 1:00–5:00pm Opening Reception & Reading: Saturday, May 27, 2:00–4:00pm Eureka Gallery Free and open to the public A special Poetry Rocks installment will feature an Artist-Poet Exhibit of visual arts and poems, May 27 to June 17, at Arts Center East in Vernon. An opening reception…
National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica
Described as one of the most innovative dance companies to have achieved world acclaim in the last half-century, the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica blends the lore, music and dance traditions of Jamaica, Africa and the American South with both modern and classical ballet forms, dance performances, training and engagement programs for all people.