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Global artists have sent in their wildest images, film, music and poems for Personaland's online art show

Personaland is an artist-driven global village transforming the world of art by using technology to bridge time zones and cultural boundaries. Our mission is to promote humanity, creativity, and community through a mix of entertainment, enchantment, and imagination.

Since its 2018 launch, Personaland, in its global reach, has showcased over 800 visual artists, filmmakers, musicians, and poets from 68 countries in 32 group art shows and 55 individual exhibitions, many with videos of artist profiles.  https://www.personaland.com

8/28/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

"Wearing Wild" - a wildest of art show

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Global artists have sent in their wildest images, film, music and poems for Personaland's online...
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The Merwinsville Hotel is excited to be continuing the Glass Orb Scavenger Hunt thanks to a generous donation from the New Milford Commission on the Arts.


There are 25 area historic sites and organizations that are participating with the Hotel. Each site is hiding four numbered and dated one-of-a-kind glass orbs (three clear and one colored) either inside or outside on their property. Participants can search for and keep any glass orb that they find, but please limit one orb per person/family so everyone has a chance! Be sure to register your orb on the Merwinsville Hotel website where you can also upload a photo. Share your find on social media and don't forget to tag the organization where you found it!


The blown glass orbs that are numbered, dated for 2025, and stamped with “MHR 50”. In addition to the clear glass orbs, there are 25 colored orbs for 2025. Reminder: Because each organization's hours vary, be sure to check their websites before you head out on your hunt.

PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS BY TOWN:

Bantam:

Bantam Cinema

Brookfield:

Brookfield Craft Center

Danbury:

Danbury Museum & Historical Society; Danbury Railway Museum

Gaylordsville - Celebrating its 300th Anniversary!

Browns Forge; Little Red Schoolhouse; Merwinsville Hotel Restoration, Inc.; The Washington Oak Park (DAR Roger Sherman Chapter)

Kent:

Connecticut Antique Machinery Association; Eric Sloane Museum; Kent Historical Society

Litchfield:

Litchfield Historical Society

New Fairfield:

New Fairfield Historical Society (at the Little Red Schoolhouse); Preserve New Fairfield

New Milford:

Gallery 25 & Creative Arts Studio; Harrybrooke Park; Merryall Center for the Arts; New Milford Historical Society; Pratt Nature Center; The Silo @ Hunt Hill Farm Trust; TheatreWorks; Village Center for the Arts

Sherman:

Sherman Historical Society

Washington:

Gunn Historical Museum

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8/28/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

2025 GLASS ORB SCAVENGER HUNT

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The Merwinsville Hotel is excited to be continuing the Glass Orb  Scavenger Hunt...
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Merwinsville Hotel Restoration, Inc.
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Gaylordsville
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Support our food, beverage and retail businesses. Get your Taste of Burlington card stamped at at least 12 of the following businesses between June 21, 2025 and September 1, 2025 for a chance to win gift certificates.

The B. Hive www.thebhiveburlington.com

Burlington Spirit Shoppe www.burlingtonspirit.com

Charming Thai Restaurant www.charming-thai.com

China Garden (860) 675-6666

Daily Mart (860) 675-7243

Delta Pizza www.delta-pizza.com

Enclave Grille www.enclavegrille.com

Greenhouse Tavern www.greenhousecafeandtavern.com

Happy Hippie Homestead www.facebook.com/people/Happy-Hippie-Homestead/61564351782316/

Hogan's Cider Mill www.hoganscidermill.com

I Know A Guy Deli www.iknowaguyfoodsllc.com

Kyle's Doghouse (860) 729-6146

Lamothe's Sugar House www.lamothesugarhouse.com

Larson's Garden Center www.larsonsgardencenter.com

Little Axe Market www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61569260639474#

Little Laurel's Cookie Co. www.littlelaurels.com

The Nevermind Shop www.nevermindshop.com

The Swimming Pool Store www.theswimmingpoolstore.com

Tonn's Marketplace www.tonnsmarketplace.com

Thank you to our sponsors: Torrington Savings Bank, M&T Bank and the Burlington CT Police Union

8/28/2025
Ongoing event
Food & Drink

Taste of Burlington

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Support our food, beverage and retail businesses. Get your Taste of Burlington card stamped at at...
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Burlington Economic Development Commission
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Burlington
Thu
Aug
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Thu
Aug
28

We’ve turned our entryway into a mini art studio! Stop by anytime this month to participate in our community collage project. The theme of this month’s collage is “Summer” — the rest is up to you! Use our supplies or add your own. Participate once or multiple times. Just don’t forget to sign the guest book so we know which artists we have to thank for the final product!


The finished piece will be displayed at Off the Trail Cafe.

8/28/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

Sidewalk Studio

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We’ve turned our entryway into a mini art studio! Stop by anytime this month to participate in...
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The Center on Main, Home of the Falls Village Children's Theater
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The Center on Main, Home of the Falls Village Children's Theater
Online Event
Falls Village
Thu
Aug
28
Thu
Aug
28
Activity Type: Hiking, Local Walks, & Trail Running | Hiking
Difficulty: 4 - Moderate
Trip Leader(s): Mary Anne Hardy
Registration Type: Registration
Please Click Here to RSVP: https://activities.outdoors.org/a5UUN000001TGgj
Audience: Everyone

Description: We will do a mostly flat hike about 10 miles in length at a pace of 2-2.5 mph. Our route will include Cranberry Pond, the boardwalk around Little Pond, and the Ice House Ruins trail. Registration requested (if you have to cancel, please do so 48 hours before the hike). Bring plenty of water, snacks/lunch, bug spray, sunscreen, and a personal first aid kit. Heavy rain cancels. We will meet at 8:45 AM to start hiking promptly at 9:00 AM. The end time of this activity is only an estimate. We will meet at the main entrance of the White Memorial Conservation Center, 80 Whitehill Road, Litchfield, CT. Park in the main lot near the center's building. Maps are available for purchase in the center. Leader Mary Anne Hardy, email hardy.bujalski@gmail.com cell (203) 376-8791 (please text, unknown callers are blocked).

Reminder: Please click the RSVP link above to register! It will bring you to the registration form on the AMC CT site. Meet up is only for advertising, you must rsvp at the link.
8/28/2025
Single event
Outdoors & Nature

White Memorial Foundation, Litchfield

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Activity Type: Hiking, Local Walks, & Trail Running | Hiking Difficulty: 4 - Moderate Trip...
Thursday
Aug 28
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White Memorial Conservancy Center
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Litchfield
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The "Life at Sea" photo exhibition offers a powerful and intimate look at the lives of seafarers — those unsung heroes who work tirelessly to keep the global trade economy afloat. Through a series of poignant images taken by seafarers themselves, the exhibition presents an insider’s view of daily life on board ships, shedding light on the often-overlooked human side of this essential workforce.


Through these images, the exhibition highlights the resilience, isolation, camaraderie, and pride that define life at sea. Whether capturing moments of profound solitude, the joy of small victories, or the sacrifices made to ensure global supply chains run smoothly, each photograph tells a story of hardship and hope. For many, this exhibition is a powerful reminder of the seafarers’ vital contributions —often invisible to the wider public.


At CT State Northwestern, we are incredibly proud to host this exhibition and bring attention to the spectacular photography that captures the essence of life at sea. This collection offers a rare opportunity for those outside the maritime world to connect with the human lives behind the shipping containers, cargo holds, and vast oceans. It is our hope that by showcasing these images, we can bridge the gap between the shoreline and the ships, fostering greater appreciation for the sacrifices made by this dedicated workforce.


This exhibition serves not only as a tribute to seafarers but as an educational tool, giving non-maritime audiences an unprecedented insight into the complex realities of life on board. We invite you to take a moment to reflect on the power of these images and the lives they represent. The stories shared here are not just about the challenges of the past, but also the ongoing realities that seafarers face every day—sacrifices that continue to shape our global economy.


All images are sourced from the ITF Seafarers' Trust's digital photo gallery www.lifeatsea.co.uk

8/28/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

Life At Sea

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The "Life at Sea" photo exhibition offers a powerful and intimate look at the lives of seafarers...
Thursday
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Northwestern Connecticut Community College
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Northwestern Connecticut Community College
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Winsted
Thu
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28
Thu
Aug
28

The Gunn Memorial Library is pleased to present the captivating floral photography of Nina McKitty, on view in the Stairwell Gallery from August 9th to October 4th.


Drawing inspiration from nature, travel, and the artistic traditions of both East and West, Nina McKitty brings a joyful and thoughtful lens to her digital photography. Her work explores the delicate beauty of flowers—each image carefully composed, captured, and refined in her studio to evoke both surprise and delight in the viewer.


Originally gifted a digital camera by her husband, McKitty transformed a curiosity into a profound creative journey. Over the past 15 years, she has immersed herself in the art and craft of digital photography, studying under acclaimed artists and continuously evolving her techniques. Her photographs are printed and framed by hand using archival materials, merging technical precision with artistic expression.


A former nurse practitioner and consultant, McKitty turned to photography in retirement, channeling her lifelong passions for nature and visual storytelling into a rich new chapter as a digital artist. Since 2019, her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including shows at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Employee Gallery, Kent Art Association, and Washington Art Association.

 


8/28/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

Gunn Memorial Library Stairwell Gallery: “Floral Portraits“ by Nina McKitty

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The Gunn Memorial Library is pleased to present the captivating floral photography of Nina...
Thursday
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Washington
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Get ready to go big! The New Hartford Artisans Guild is thrilled to announce our upcoming Big

Works Art Show, celebrating artwork that makes a bold statement. This is your chance to showcase

your largest, most impactful pieces—the only requirement is that one dimension must be at least

24 inches. Whether it’s towering canvases, sweeping landscapes, or grand sculptural forms, we

want to fill the gallery with work that commands attention. Don’t miss this opportunity to take up

space and let your creativity shine on a larger scale!

8/28/2025
Repeating event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

The Big Show

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Get ready to go big! The New Hartford Artisans Guild is thrilled to announce our...
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New Hartford
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 The Gunn Museum announces a new exhibit American Perspectives: Peril and Possibilities. This exhibit is part of our American Revolution 250 celebrations.

The exhibit tells the story of the impossible dream, a revolution against the world’s mightiest Empire that would create a new nation built on the ideals of freedom, liberty and opportunity. The exhibit discusses Connecticut and our community including during the war.




8/28/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
History

Peril and Possibilities Exhibit

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 The Gunn Museum announces a new exhibit American Perspectives: Peril and Possibilities ....
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Washington
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28

DRIFTLINES, a dual exhibition featuring new works by painter Heather Neilson and photographer Babs Perkins, explores the meditative connections between memory, place, premonition, and afterthought. The two artists are local to the Northwest Corner of Connecticut with studios at Whiting Mills in WinstedDRIFTLINES will be on display through Friday, September 12.

A reception for the artists will take place on Saturday, August 16, 5-7PM and an artist’s talk featuring the two artists in conversation is scheduled for Thursday, September 4 at 5:30PM. 


8/28/2025
Repeating event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

Art Exhibition DRIFTLINES: New Work by Heather Neilson and Babs Perkins

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DRIFTLINES, a dual exhibition featuring new works by painter Heather Neilson and photographer...
Thursday
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David M. Hunt Library & School Association
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Falls Village
David M. Hunt Library & School Association
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Falls Village
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Aug
28
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Online exhibition curated by Lani Ming Holloway with artwork by Maya Tihtiyas Attean, Laura Barr, Jordann McKenna, and Benoît Trimborn

exhibition dates:  August 1 – September 30, 2025, on www.kbfa.com



Stories told in light and silence


Poetry will make me violent

Violets outside our yard…

Why does the world have to be so hard?

Encompassing the hidden truths

 Of things unseen in what we view.

-       LMH


Kenise Barnes Fine Art is pleased to present the online exhibition Stories told in light and silence curated by Lani Ming Holloway featuring Maya Tihtiyas Attean, Laura Barr, Jordann McKenna, and Benoît Trimborn.


Maya Tihtiyas Attean is a Wabanaki artist raised on the Penobscot Reservation in Maine. Excerpted from her artist statement: “Through the lens of Wabanaki history and culture, my photographs intertwine forgotten truths within the landscape of what is now called Maine. My work explores the deep, complex relationships between the land, its people, and the lasting impact of colonization. The energy embedded in the landscape reverberates through my creations and reveals the scars left on both the earth and our bodies. My work invites contemplation on occupation and ownership, prompting reflection on who exploits the land and how systems of oppression have disrupted its balance.”


Maya’s work expresses the dichotomy the artist exists within, marrying mediums and different cultural techniques. “Does the Land Remember?” is an ongoing series photographing landscapes that hold the history of devastating events of colonization. The power of that residuum is felt in the images in a supernatural way, as the dualism of her lived experience is pronounced in the contrast of light and dark. Sunlight shimmers through the leaves as bright stars overhead look down upon the land, a fire burns. Maya’s work calls us to remember that nature feels the spirits.


Maya Tihtiyas Attean lives and works in Portland, Maine or Machigonne. She earned a BFA in Photography from Maine College of Art & Design, Portland. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME and the Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, ME.


Laura Barr’s work explores impermanence through oil paintings and oil pastel drawings on paper capturing passing moments in color, reflection on water, and light. Simplifying forms and illuminating the scale of special glimmers, her work considers the preservation of water and the protection of our environment. In Laura’s paintings in the exhibition, fireflies gleam in a starlit field and remind us that fireflies may not continue to glow on our planet, while a surfer catches the last evening wave the ocean offers, an Aurora Borealis dances in the night sky.


Laura Barr lives by the Thimble Islands in Branford, Connecticut. She earned her BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA and a BA in Fine Arts from Tufts University in Medford, MA and has studied at Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy.


From Ithaca, NY, Jordann McKenna paints and photographs the quiet beauty in everyday life in work that contemplates mundanity and the softly fleeting feeling within light and shadows around her. In lushly applied oil paint, flames flicker and shadows play across the scene. Jordann’s work in this exhibition reflects the peaceful, ephemeral moods of interiors and intimate still lifes, either staged or spontaneous. Jordann McKenna works from photographs and from memory to create images that serve to process rather than recreate, expressing not only what is seen but what is felt, and celebrating the beauty in the ordinary.


Jordann McKenna earned a BS in Visual Arts from State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, and an MFA from Maine College of Art & Design in Portland, ME. She lives and works in Portland, ME.


Born in Strasbourg, France, and trained as an architect, Benoît Trimborn describes his work as “contemporary impressionism”. Viewing the world as an architect, Benoît’s large-scale oil paintings evoke what his artist statement calls the “morphology of the landscapes… like an architect, I see in it a breath, a light, a rhythm, which alone can constitute a principle of beauty. The elements represented compose atmospheres of which I try to faithfully convey the impression, as the musician faithfully follows the score. In this process, the contemplative attitude prevails, much more than the adventurous attitude. No message, no story should disturb the projection of the viewer...”


In Benoît’s meticulously painted large-scale landscapes, the absence of the figure instills a quietude in the story while light is the present form in all its magic. Reflections play like a musical score on the surface of the water and golden glimmers illuminate the forest and emanate from a sunset sky.


Benoît Trimborn’s work is in the permanent collection of Galerie Ariel Sibony in Paris, France, Absolute Art Gallery in Bruges, Belgium, and Galerie Bertrand Gillig in Strasbourg, France. He lives and works in Strasbourg, France.



Please contact Lani@kbfa.com, 860 560 3085 with inquiries.

Shipping is available worldwide throughout the exhibition.  

8/28/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

Stories told in light and silence

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Online exhibition curated by Lani Ming Holloway with artwork by Maya Tihtiyas Attean, Laura Barr,...
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Join us for Story Time on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 for new books, free play, and fun crafts!

8/28/2025
Repeating event
Community & Family

Story Time

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Join us for Story Time on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 for new books, free play, and fun crafts!
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Aug 28
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David M. Hunt Library & School Association
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Falls Village
David M. Hunt Library & School Association
Online Event
Falls Village
Thu
Aug
28
Thu
Aug
28

Enjoy the works of

Photographer Sarah Blodgett & Basket Weaver Tina Puckett

About the Artists 

Sarah Blodgett

Sarah Blodgett is a photographer from the Hudson Valley in New York. Born in New York City, daughter of a professional advertising photographer, she bought her first camera at the age of ten and has been shooting ever since. A commercial & portrait photographer professionally since 1993, her passion now lies with creating images of wildlife and natural areas. Her primary focus is on birds as well as landscapes, seascapes, still lives and florals. She also offers speaking programs to accompany her work with a focus on ecology and preservation of the natural world around us.

 https://westernconnecticut.blogspot.com/2025/07/art-lovers-covered-bridge-woven-hand_30.html

Tina Puckett

American Master Weaver Tina Puckett is a self-taught Artist. who has been weaving since 1981. For over 40 years the woven arts have been evolving and each one is indescribably dynamic and colorful. The character of each piece is an expression of Tina's imagination and her sense of color that she applies to the weaving and structural form. Throughout Tina’s career she has exhibited her woven arts at museums, art galleries, libraries and art shows. Also, has been featured in magazines, books, newspapers, TV and on different platforms on the web.

Artist Statement

My woven pieces from baskets to wall sculptures, ceiling hangers, to furniture has evolved and is the way I define myself as an artist, and as a woman. I am fulfilling my dreams that started out with my imagination as a set designer. My creative path took a turn. It was not set design—but the woven arts with its many forms and functions where I found the passion for my life’s work.

The natural beauty of Bittersweet always sparks my imagination and is at the heart of the many pieces I weave. My imagination guides all that I do and it has become very attuned to the harmony of shapes, forms, and colors of the vines and reeds. I am also influenced by the beauty of our natural world and wonder how to weave it.

My palette for color is very much influenced by this experience of growing up in South America. I mix my own dyes and enjoy building a palette for the reeds that will shape textures and forms with color into a

​ one of a kind woven art!

8/28/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

In and with Nature - Mixed Media Exhibit - Sarah Blodgett Photography & Tina Puckett Master Basket Weaver

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Enjoy the works of Photographer Sarah Blodgett & Basket Weaver Tina Puckett About the...
Thursday
Aug 28
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Souterrain Gallery of The Wish House
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West Cornwall
Souterrain Gallery of The Wish House
Online Event
West Cornwall
Thu
Aug
28
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Aug
28

Bismuth is a Boston-based artist known for her self-portrait photographs. Her work explores and challenges ideas surrounding identity and its fragile nature, politics and trans expression through a satirical and spontaneous approach. 


Recently, Bismuth has taken up oil painting as her primary medium, in which she creates numeric and interactive landscapes. 


Dismembered, showing at Peggy Mercury, will be her debut solo exhibit and will showcase her self-portrait images alongside painted works. Co-curated with James Boehmer and Gregory Fricke, the show will display Bismuth's current fascination with fragmentation and isolation, and so much more.


Peggy Mercury

Kent Barns

9 Maple Street, Unit 2

Kent, CT 06757


IG @itspeggymercury


For more information email us at hithere@peggymercury.com

8/28/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

DISMEMBERED by Bismuth Arsenide

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Bismuth is a Boston-based artist known for her self-portrait photographs. Her work explores and...
Thursday
Aug 28
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Peggy Mercury
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Kent
Thu
Aug
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Thu
Aug
28

Kenise Barnes Fine Art is thrilled to announce our midsummer exhibition focused on three artists whose keen observation and connection to the natural world invites us to pause and appreciate.


Margot Glass focuses primarily on drawing, using various traditional methods and materials as a foundation for her work, including traditional silverpoint and 14k goldpoint, homemade organic inks and oil and acrylic painting with mixed mica using fine point crow quill pens in place of brushes.


Glass is inspired by the tradition of idealizing nature in art and design as ornament across cultures while seeking to observe and represent her subjects as accurately as possible in all their irregularity and imperfection.


Central to her work is the exploration of ephemeral, fragile subjects, focusing primarily on weeds or ‘waste plants’, and other plants generally considered to be undesirable, to recognize their beauty in all their imperfection and asymmetry. Her focus on these marginal plants is guided by the question of what we value, what we consider ‘belonging’ to mean, and to highlight the beauty of what is present in the disrupted landscape that we find ourselves in today.


Margot Glass grew up in New York City, and studied art at The Art Students' League, Brown University, Rhode Island School of Design, and Fashion Institute of Technology. Glass’s work has been widely exhibited in the United States and internationally. She is a recipient of a Massachusetts Cultural Council STARS Artist Residency; Lost and Found Lab Artist-in-Residence and an Oak Spring Garden Foundation Interdisciplinary Fellowship. Her work is in private and public collections including the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie Mellon, PA, Weatherspoon Art Museum, NC, Oak Spring Garden Foundation, VA, Fidelity Investments Corporate Art Collection, MA, Hotel Del Coronado Collection, CA, Allentown Art Museum, PA, Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN, the Beth Rudin deWoody Collection, among others. She currently lives and works in Western Massachusetts.


Richard Klein has been copper plating organic objects for over three decades utilizing found objects that are intrinsically fragile and impermanent. The process allows Klein to encase natural objects in a thin coating of metallic copper, permanently preserving them. The alchemical transformation being both practical and poetic. 


In his most recent work, the artist juxtaposes electroplated natural findings with photo gravures of urban landscapes addressing our relationship with nature simultaneously reminding us that we are nature and that our detachment from nature is the source of much of the destruction to our planet. In particular, the artist’s interest in both fungi and copper hint at the convergence of natural and technological evolution: fungi, through their mycelium, connect virtually all terrestrial plant life, acting as natural communication networks; while copper is the material that the human-made electrical and digital networks depend on. 


Richard Klein is the former exhibitions director of The Aldrich of Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT. His work has been shown widely in US and is in the public collections of Norton Family Collection, Santa Monica, CA, De Cordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA, Connecticut Artists Collection, Hartford, CT and has been featured in The New Criterion, Two Coats of Paint, Hyperallergic, Art Forum, The Brooklyn Rail and Art New England to name a few. The artist lives and works in CT.


Francis Sills’s work is grounded in the perceptual-based, realist tradition. The artist works directly from observation in nature. In dealing with the intricacies and challenges of working from observation and the sustained experience of intense, visual scrutiny, the artist comes to understand and know his world. The flora series is an ongoing group of paintings utilizing the flowers and plants from the artist’s home garden. Sills recently been adding various shaped mirrors to the set ups, which both multiply the forms and fracture the space. Sills’ paintings are dense and subtle, revealing specific nuances of color, light, and form. Often, the underlying geometry and architecture of the composition are apparent in the application of paint, the artist’s analytic thinking about structure and his methodology still evident in the finished work.


Sills’s work has been exhibited throughout the United States, has been featured in publications such as Wall Street International Magazine, American Art Collector, The New York Times, I Like Your Work Podcast, and can be found in The Fine Art Program and Collection at Montefiore Einstein, New York, NY. Francis Sills earned his MFA at Parsons School of Design, New York, NY and BFA at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. The artist lives and works in South Carolina.


Please contact Lani Holloway, Associate Director, Lani@kbfa.com, 860 560 3085 with inquires or to arrange a preview of the exhibition.


8/28/2025
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Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

Walking Not Talking (Nature as Muse)

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Kenise Barnes Fine Art is thrilled to announce our midsummer exhibition focused on three artists...
Thursday
Aug 28
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Kent
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Aug
28

Bring your lunch, listen to stories, and enjoy a fun craft! All are welcome, this program is intended for preschool-aged children. This event will be offered in person in the Junior Room of the Library.

Registration is appreciated but not required.


8/28/2025
Repeating event
Education & Learning

Lunch Bunch Storytime

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Bring your lunch, listen to stories, and enjoy a fun craft! All are welcome, this program is...
Thursday
Aug 28
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Kent Memorial Library
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Kent Memorial Library
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Kent
Thu
Aug
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Thu
Aug
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🎨✨ August Light: A Sherman Artists Exhibition @ Kent Art Association

🗓 August 8–30

🎉 Opening Reception: Friday, August 8 | 6–8 PM

Celebrate the glow of late summer at August Light, a stunning exhibition presented by Sherman Artists at the Kent Art Association. This show features an inspiring collection of artwork in all genres and mediums—from painting and photography to sculpture and fused glass.

Join us for the opening reception on August 8 to meet the artists, enjoy refreshments, and explore this vibrant showcase of creativity.

🖼️ See something you love? Take it home!

Purchasing a piece directly supports local artists and helps keep the creative spirit thriving in our community.

Free and open to the public. Come be inspired—and maybe leave with something beautiful.

8/28/2025
Repeating event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

August Light: A Sherman Artists Exhibition @ Kent Art Association

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🎨✨ August Light: A Sherman Artists Exhibition @ Kent Art Association 🗓 August 8–30 🎉 Opening...
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Opening Reception. Friday, July 25 6-8 PM

7 Water ST, Torrington, CT

8/28/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture

Five Points 2025 Small Works Juried Exhibition

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Opening Reception. Friday, July 25 6-8 PM 7 Water ST, Torrington, CT
Thursday
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Beginners and seasoned stitchers alike are invited to visit the Makerspace for our new summer Crochet Club with guest coach Missy Stevens! Bring a project you’ve been working on or the supplies to start a new one- you can borrow yarn and hooks from the Makerspace, too! Learn to crochet, get help with a project, or enjoy a relaxing afternoon with fellow stitchers at this fun event.

Missy Stevens is a maker and studio artist who uses thread, fabric, and clay to create unique pieces inspired by her connection to the natural world. After learning how to sew as a child, Missy has since explored many forms of textile art, including weaving, embroidery, crochet, and the punch needle embroidery technique she uses to create richly colored thread paintings with densely stitched loops of sewing thread. Her work has been exhibited across the country and featured in numerous books and magazines. 

Ages 18+

Registration Required: https://www.gunnlibrary.org/calendar/crochet-club-with-missy-stevens-2/

Participants must have a signed GML Makerspace waiver on file. Please arrive a few minutes early to complete this paperwork if this is your first Makerspace program.

8/28/2025
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Community & Family

Gunn Memorial Library Adult Workshop - Crochet Club with Missy Stevens

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Beginners and seasoned stitchers alike are invited to visit the Makerspace for our new summer...
Thursday
Aug 28
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Gunn Memorial Library
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Washington
Thu
Aug
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Thu
Aug
28

For the first year, we will be hosting a summer market located at COE PARK on the same nights as our Summer Concert Series. Each Thursday between June and August, check out vendors of all different varieties from meats, veggies, maple syrup, handcrafted goods, and more! Check out our full vendor list soon! Inquire above if you would like to be a vendor!

8/28/2025
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Agricultural & Agritourism
Farmers Markets & Festivals

Torrington Recreation Summer Market

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For the first year, we will be hosting a summer market located at COE PARK on the same nights as...
Thursday
Aug 28
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Torrington
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Michael Albert will give a short talk and presentation and then lead a Hands-On Collage workshop where participants will have the chance to create their own masterpieces using Albert’s materials of choice, namely cereal boxes and other colorful cardboard packages including cookie boxes, cracker boxes, and soda cartons. All participants will receive a free signed poster of one of Albert’s creations as a special gift for joining him in this creative art making session.

8/28/2025
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Arts & Culture

Collage-Making

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Michael Albert will give a short talk and presentation and then lead a Hands-On Collage workshop...
Thursday
Aug 28
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New Milford Public Library
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New Milford Public Library
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New Milford
Thu
Aug
28
Thu
Aug
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Due to a hugely busy schedule, the Fine Arts Connection of Thomaston's Creative Writing Group is cancelled for Thursday, August 28th from 5:00-6:15 pm in Meeting Room 1 at Thomaston Town Hall, 158 Main St., Thomaston. New members are always welcome, as are those who are just exploring the medium. The Writing Group is currently working on sharpening skills through writing prompts, and planning for publishing their writings, along with artwork from the Ten-2-One Artists group and the Camera Club. Bring a laptop or notebook and pen, and get ready to make your musings real!! For further information, contact Vinni Carey, 860-921-7856.

8/28/2025
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Arts & Culture
Literary Arts

Creative Writing Group - CANCELLED FOR TODAY

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Due to a hugely busy schedule, the Fine Arts Connection of Thomaston's Creative Writing Group is...
Thursday
Aug 28
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Thomaston Town Hall
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Thomaston Town Hall
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Thomaston
Thu
Aug
28
Thu
Aug
28

Join us in celebrating the incredible talent of photographers from near and far at this year’s EXPOSURES 2025 at Gallery 25 in the Historic Train Station from August 21-Sept 7!

We’re honored to showcase a stunning collection of photographs that capture moments, moods, and stories through the lens of truly gifted artists.

Opening Reception

Saturday, August 23

2–4 PM

Gallery 25 | 11 Railroad Street, Downtown New Milford

Come support local art, meet the photographers, and enjoy an inspiring afternoon surrounded by creativity. All are welcome! Bring your friends and family!

Let’s fill the gallery with community and appreciation for the power of photography. See you there!

8/28/2025
Repeating event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

EXPOSURES 2025 – Open Juried Photography Show & Opening Reception

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Join us in celebrating the incredible talent of photographers from near and far at this year’s...
Thursday
Aug 28
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Gallery 25
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New Milford
Thu
Aug
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Thu
Aug
28

Come check out the Torrington Recreations 2025 Summer Concert Series at Coe Park! Over the course of 14 weeks, every Thursday, starting June 5th and running through September 4th, we will be hosting 14 different bands who will perform a range of different genres. Concerts will be held on the outside portico at the Coe Memorial Park (101 Litchfield Road) from 6pm-8pm. Bring your blankets, chairs, food and drinks to enjoy our concerts in the park!


The Torrington Symphony Orchestra will be performing a wide range of selections consisting of Broadway favorites, familiar melodies, and more!


8/28/2025
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Arts & Culture

2025 Summer Concert Series: The Torrington Symphony Orchestra

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Come check out the Torrington Recreations 2025 Summer Concert Series at Coe Park! Over the course of 14 weeks, every Thursday, starting June 5th and running through September 4th, we will be...
Thursday
Aug 28
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Coe Park Civic Center
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Coe Park Civic Center
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Torrington
Thu
Aug
28
Thu
Aug
28

In August, the Thursday evening book club at the Gunn will discuss another tour de force novel by Jodi Picoult: By Any Other Name. Readers are encouraged to participate in a dynamic discussion.

Aspiring playwright Melina Green has just completed a powerful new drama inspired by her ancestor, the Elizabethan poet Emilia Bassano. But in today’s theater world—still riddled with inequality—Melina doubts her work will ever see the stage. Disheartened and hesitant to risk another rejection, she’s blindsided when her best friend secretly submits the play to a prestigious festival under a male pseudonym.

In 1581, young Emilia Bassano is a ward of the English court, her intellect and talent nourished by lessons in language, history, and literature. Yet as a woman, her voice is silenced. When she’s forced into a relationship with the influential Lord Chamberlain—the man responsible for all theatrical productions in England—Emilia discovers the profound power of words to stir hearts and minds. Determined to make her mark, she hatches a daring plan: to bring her play to the public by enlisting a young actor named William Shakespeare to present it as his own.

Spanning centuries and told through dual narratives, By Any Other Name is a sweeping story of ambition, resilience, and the unrelenting pursuit of creative freedom. As both Melina and Emilia navigate the barriers placed before them, the novel raises provocative questions about authorship, legacy, and the price women pay to have their voices heard. Anchored in historical research, this moving tale ensures that Emilia Bassano’s name—and story—are remembered.

Registration is required: https://www.gunnlibrary.org/calendar/gml-thursday-book-club-by-any-other-name-by-jodi-picoult/

8/28/2025
Single event
Community & Family

Gunn Memorial Library Thursday Evening Book Club - By Any Other Name, by Jodi Picoult

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In August, the Thursday evening book club at the Gunn will discuss another tour de force novel by...
Thursday
Aug 28
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Washington
Thu
Aug
28
Thu
Aug
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Call for new members, and welcoming returning members! Pot luck meet and greet to begin Fall singing season

8/28/2025
Single event
Arts & Culture
Musical Workshops

Thomaston Ladies Choral Club Fall semester\

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Call for new members, and welcoming returning members! Pot luck meet and greet to begin Fall...
Thursday
Aug 28
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8:00 pm
St Thomas Church, Lower Level
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St Thomas Church, Lower Level
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Thomaston
Thu
Aug
28
Thu
Aug
28

Thursday, August 28th, at 6:30, 2nd Home welcomes back the DenMar Jazz Trio. The trio is Dennis Marolda on drums, Dawn Zukowski on flugelhorn and trumpet, and Austin Tewksbury on guitar. We are thrilled to have the Trio back for our Thursday Jazz/Blues nights, and hope you will come down to enjoy what we know will be a night of great jazz.


For reservations (encouraged but not required) call 860-238-4500 or email us at momanddad@2ndhomelounge.com


See our complete event list - https://2ndhomelounge.com/events/


2nd Home Lounge

524 Main Street, Winsted


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8/28/2025
Single event
Arts & Culture
Concerts & Live Music

DenMar Jazz Trio at 2nd Home Restaurant/Lounge

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Thursday, August 28th, at 6:30, 2nd Home welcomes back the DenMar Jazz Trio. The trio is Dennis...
Thursday
Aug 28
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2nd Home Restaurant/Lounge
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WINSTED
Thu
Aug
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Thu
Aug
28

Beyond Blue and White: the Hidden History of Delftware and the Women Behind the Iconic Ceramic

In-Person & on Zoom:


An absorbing work of cultural history that reveals the stories behind one of the world's most coveted and beloved ceramicists.


When over seventy-five pieces of rare and intriguing 17th and 18th century Delftware are rediscovered in an historic Manhattan townhouse, decorative art advisor and writer Genevieve Wheeler Brown quickly recognized that, together, these pieces tell an amazing story. What begins as a curatorial exercise quickly evolves not only into an exploration of this colorful, expressive, and sometimes even humorous decorative art, coveted for hundreds of years, but also an unexpected uncovering of forceful female lives yet untold.


With illustrations of period objects, documents, maps, paintings, prints and drawings, Beyond Blue and White is a colorful celebration of an iconic decorative art and dynamic women living in extraordinary times. 


As a decorative art advisor and writer with over thirty years in the art world, including a decade with Christie’s in New York and London, Genevieve Wheeler Brown has been actively involved in the community of Delftware. She has also participated on the Antiques Roadshow as an appraiser with an eye out for overlooked “treasure.” In her role, she has held innumerable objects, from fake Stradivari violins to gold-mounted Faberge eggs, considering their value but also the stories they can tell.

 

Registration required only to attend in-person. Zoom link at owlibrary.org

8/28/2025
Single event
Arts & Culture
Literary Arts

Meet the Author: Genevieve Wheeler Brown

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Beyond Blue and White: the Hidden History of Delftware and the Women Behind the Iconic Ceramic...
Thursday
Aug 28
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Oliver Wolcott Library
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Oliver Wolcott Library
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Litchfield
Fri
Aug
29
Fri
Aug
29

Global artists have sent in their wildest images, film, music and poems for Personaland's online art show

Personaland is an artist-driven global village transforming the world of art by using technology to bridge time zones and cultural boundaries. Our mission is to promote humanity, creativity, and community through a mix of entertainment, enchantment, and imagination.

Since its 2018 launch, Personaland, in its global reach, has showcased over 800 visual artists, filmmakers, musicians, and poets from 68 countries in 32 group art shows and 55 individual exhibitions, many with videos of artist profiles.  https://www.personaland.com

8/29/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

"Wearing Wild" - a wildest of art show

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Global artists have sent in their wildest images, film, music and poems for Personaland's online...
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The Merwinsville Hotel is excited to be continuing the Glass Orb Scavenger Hunt thanks to a generous donation from the New Milford Commission on the Arts.


There are 25 area historic sites and organizations that are participating with the Hotel. Each site is hiding four numbered and dated one-of-a-kind glass orbs (three clear and one colored) either inside or outside on their property. Participants can search for and keep any glass orb that they find, but please limit one orb per person/family so everyone has a chance! Be sure to register your orb on the Merwinsville Hotel website where you can also upload a photo. Share your find on social media and don't forget to tag the organization where you found it!


The blown glass orbs that are numbered, dated for 2025, and stamped with “MHR 50”. In addition to the clear glass orbs, there are 25 colored orbs for 2025. Reminder: Because each organization's hours vary, be sure to check their websites before you head out on your hunt.

PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS BY TOWN:

Bantam:

Bantam Cinema

Brookfield:

Brookfield Craft Center

Danbury:

Danbury Museum & Historical Society; Danbury Railway Museum

Gaylordsville - Celebrating its 300th Anniversary!

Browns Forge; Little Red Schoolhouse; Merwinsville Hotel Restoration, Inc.; The Washington Oak Park (DAR Roger Sherman Chapter)

Kent:

Connecticut Antique Machinery Association; Eric Sloane Museum; Kent Historical Society

Litchfield:

Litchfield Historical Society

New Fairfield:

New Fairfield Historical Society (at the Little Red Schoolhouse); Preserve New Fairfield

New Milford:

Gallery 25 & Creative Arts Studio; Harrybrooke Park; Merryall Center for the Arts; New Milford Historical Society; Pratt Nature Center; The Silo @ Hunt Hill Farm Trust; TheatreWorks; Village Center for the Arts

Sherman:

Sherman Historical Society

Washington:

Gunn Historical Museum

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8/29/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

2025 GLASS ORB SCAVENGER HUNT

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The Merwinsville Hotel is excited to be continuing the Glass Orb  Scavenger Hunt...
Friday
Aug 29
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Merwinsville Hotel Restoration, Inc.
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Gaylordsville
Fri
Aug
29
Fri
Aug
29

Support our food, beverage and retail businesses. Get your Taste of Burlington card stamped at at least 12 of the following businesses between June 21, 2025 and September 1, 2025 for a chance to win gift certificates.

The B. Hive www.thebhiveburlington.com

Burlington Spirit Shoppe www.burlingtonspirit.com

Charming Thai Restaurant www.charming-thai.com

China Garden (860) 675-6666

Daily Mart (860) 675-7243

Delta Pizza www.delta-pizza.com

Enclave Grille www.enclavegrille.com

Greenhouse Tavern www.greenhousecafeandtavern.com

Happy Hippie Homestead www.facebook.com/people/Happy-Hippie-Homestead/61564351782316/

Hogan's Cider Mill www.hoganscidermill.com

I Know A Guy Deli www.iknowaguyfoodsllc.com

Kyle's Doghouse (860) 729-6146

Lamothe's Sugar House www.lamothesugarhouse.com

Larson's Garden Center www.larsonsgardencenter.com

Little Axe Market www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61569260639474#

Little Laurel's Cookie Co. www.littlelaurels.com

The Nevermind Shop www.nevermindshop.com

The Swimming Pool Store www.theswimmingpoolstore.com

Tonn's Marketplace www.tonnsmarketplace.com

Thank you to our sponsors: Torrington Savings Bank, M&T Bank and the Burlington CT Police Union

8/29/2025
Ongoing event
Food & Drink

Taste of Burlington

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Support our food, beverage and retail businesses. Get your Taste of Burlington card stamped at at...
Friday
Aug 29
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Burlington Economic Development Commission
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Burlington
Burlington Economic Development Commission
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Burlington
Fri
Aug
29
Fri
Aug
29

Join us to celebrate the newly released novel, The Memory Spinner, C.M. Cornwell's debut novel! Best suited for ages 8-14, this wondrous fantasy tale helps navigate grief and triumph through community and love. Come meet the author, chat about the book, and score your copy!

8/29/2025
Single event
Community & Family
Youth Programs

Honeybee Books & Tea Author Event - The Memory Spinner

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Join us to celebrate the newly released novel, The Memory Spinner, C.M. Cornwell's debut novel!...
Friday
Aug 29
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Honeybee Books & Tea
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New Milford
Fri
Aug
29
Fri
Aug
29

We’ve turned our entryway into a mini art studio! Stop by anytime this month to participate in our community collage project. The theme of this month’s collage is “Summer” — the rest is up to you! Use our supplies or add your own. Participate once or multiple times. Just don’t forget to sign the guest book so we know which artists we have to thank for the final product!


The finished piece will be displayed at Off the Trail Cafe.

8/29/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

Sidewalk Studio

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We’ve turned our entryway into a mini art studio! Stop by anytime this month to participate in...
Friday
Aug 29
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The Center on Main, Home of the Falls Village Children's Theater
Online Event
Falls Village
Fri
Aug
29
Fri
Aug
29

The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens is pleased to present an art exhibition, “A Frayed Edge,” featuring the works of Stace Dillard. This show is on view beginning Friday, August 29.


An opening reception will be held at the park on Saturday, August 30 from 3 to 5 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.


Dillard’s collage work is composed of vibrant, abstract mixed-media compositions characterized by geometric structures, overlapping elements, and a layering of colors, patterns, and textures. 


This show will remain on view through Sunday, September 21. Check our social media for weekly open hours: @judyblackpark on Instagram and Facebook.

8/29/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture

Stace Dillard Art Show

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The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens is pleased to present an art exhibition, “A Frayed...
Friday
Aug 29
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The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens
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Washington Depot
Fri
Aug
29
Fri
Aug
29

The Gunn Memorial Library is pleased to present the captivating floral photography of Nina McKitty, on view in the Stairwell Gallery from August 9th to October 4th.


Drawing inspiration from nature, travel, and the artistic traditions of both East and West, Nina McKitty brings a joyful and thoughtful lens to her digital photography. Her work explores the delicate beauty of flowers—each image carefully composed, captured, and refined in her studio to evoke both surprise and delight in the viewer.


Originally gifted a digital camera by her husband, McKitty transformed a curiosity into a profound creative journey. Over the past 15 years, she has immersed herself in the art and craft of digital photography, studying under acclaimed artists and continuously evolving her techniques. Her photographs are printed and framed by hand using archival materials, merging technical precision with artistic expression.


A former nurse practitioner and consultant, McKitty turned to photography in retirement, channeling her lifelong passions for nature and visual storytelling into a rich new chapter as a digital artist. Since 2019, her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including shows at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Employee Gallery, Kent Art Association, and Washington Art Association.

 


8/29/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

Gunn Memorial Library Stairwell Gallery: “Floral Portraits“ by Nina McKitty

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The Gunn Memorial Library is pleased to present the captivating floral photography of Nina...
Friday
Aug 29
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Washington
Fri
Aug
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Fri
Aug
29

Get ready to go big! The New Hartford Artisans Guild is thrilled to announce our upcoming Big

Works Art Show, celebrating artwork that makes a bold statement. This is your chance to showcase

your largest, most impactful pieces—the only requirement is that one dimension must be at least

24 inches. Whether it’s towering canvases, sweeping landscapes, or grand sculptural forms, we

want to fill the gallery with work that commands attention. Don’t miss this opportunity to take up

space and let your creativity shine on a larger scale!

8/29/2025
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Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

The Big Show

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Get ready to go big! The New Hartford Artisans Guild is thrilled to announce our...
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Aug 29
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New Hartford Artisans Guild
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New Hartford
Fri
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Fri
Aug
29

 The Gunn Museum announces a new exhibit American Perspectives: Peril and Possibilities. This exhibit is part of our American Revolution 250 celebrations.

The exhibit tells the story of the impossible dream, a revolution against the world’s mightiest Empire that would create a new nation built on the ideals of freedom, liberty and opportunity. The exhibit discusses Connecticut and our community including during the war.




8/29/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
History

Peril and Possibilities Exhibit

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 The Gunn Museum announces a new exhibit American Perspectives: Peril and Possibilities ....
Friday
Aug 29
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Washington
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Online exhibition curated by Lani Ming Holloway with artwork by Maya Tihtiyas Attean, Laura Barr, Jordann McKenna, and Benoît Trimborn

exhibition dates:  August 1 – September 30, 2025, on www.kbfa.com



Stories told in light and silence


Poetry will make me violent

Violets outside our yard…

Why does the world have to be so hard?

Encompassing the hidden truths

 Of things unseen in what we view.

-       LMH


Kenise Barnes Fine Art is pleased to present the online exhibition Stories told in light and silence curated by Lani Ming Holloway featuring Maya Tihtiyas Attean, Laura Barr, Jordann McKenna, and Benoît Trimborn.


Maya Tihtiyas Attean is a Wabanaki artist raised on the Penobscot Reservation in Maine. Excerpted from her artist statement: “Through the lens of Wabanaki history and culture, my photographs intertwine forgotten truths within the landscape of what is now called Maine. My work explores the deep, complex relationships between the land, its people, and the lasting impact of colonization. The energy embedded in the landscape reverberates through my creations and reveals the scars left on both the earth and our bodies. My work invites contemplation on occupation and ownership, prompting reflection on who exploits the land and how systems of oppression have disrupted its balance.”


Maya’s work expresses the dichotomy the artist exists within, marrying mediums and different cultural techniques. “Does the Land Remember?” is an ongoing series photographing landscapes that hold the history of devastating events of colonization. The power of that residuum is felt in the images in a supernatural way, as the dualism of her lived experience is pronounced in the contrast of light and dark. Sunlight shimmers through the leaves as bright stars overhead look down upon the land, a fire burns. Maya’s work calls us to remember that nature feels the spirits.


Maya Tihtiyas Attean lives and works in Portland, Maine or Machigonne. She earned a BFA in Photography from Maine College of Art & Design, Portland. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME and the Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, ME.


Laura Barr’s work explores impermanence through oil paintings and oil pastel drawings on paper capturing passing moments in color, reflection on water, and light. Simplifying forms and illuminating the scale of special glimmers, her work considers the preservation of water and the protection of our environment. In Laura’s paintings in the exhibition, fireflies gleam in a starlit field and remind us that fireflies may not continue to glow on our planet, while a surfer catches the last evening wave the ocean offers, an Aurora Borealis dances in the night sky.


Laura Barr lives by the Thimble Islands in Branford, Connecticut. She earned her BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA and a BA in Fine Arts from Tufts University in Medford, MA and has studied at Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy.


From Ithaca, NY, Jordann McKenna paints and photographs the quiet beauty in everyday life in work that contemplates mundanity and the softly fleeting feeling within light and shadows around her. In lushly applied oil paint, flames flicker and shadows play across the scene. Jordann’s work in this exhibition reflects the peaceful, ephemeral moods of interiors and intimate still lifes, either staged or spontaneous. Jordann McKenna works from photographs and from memory to create images that serve to process rather than recreate, expressing not only what is seen but what is felt, and celebrating the beauty in the ordinary.


Jordann McKenna earned a BS in Visual Arts from State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, and an MFA from Maine College of Art & Design in Portland, ME. She lives and works in Portland, ME.


Born in Strasbourg, France, and trained as an architect, Benoît Trimborn describes his work as “contemporary impressionism”. Viewing the world as an architect, Benoît’s large-scale oil paintings evoke what his artist statement calls the “morphology of the landscapes… like an architect, I see in it a breath, a light, a rhythm, which alone can constitute a principle of beauty. The elements represented compose atmospheres of which I try to faithfully convey the impression, as the musician faithfully follows the score. In this process, the contemplative attitude prevails, much more than the adventurous attitude. No message, no story should disturb the projection of the viewer...”


In Benoît’s meticulously painted large-scale landscapes, the absence of the figure instills a quietude in the story while light is the present form in all its magic. Reflections play like a musical score on the surface of the water and golden glimmers illuminate the forest and emanate from a sunset sky.


Benoît Trimborn’s work is in the permanent collection of Galerie Ariel Sibony in Paris, France, Absolute Art Gallery in Bruges, Belgium, and Galerie Bertrand Gillig in Strasbourg, France. He lives and works in Strasbourg, France.



Please contact Lani@kbfa.com, 860 560 3085 with inquiries.

Shipping is available worldwide throughout the exhibition.  

8/29/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

Stories told in light and silence

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Enjoy the works of

Photographer Sarah Blodgett & Basket Weaver Tina Puckett

About the Artists 

Sarah Blodgett

Sarah Blodgett is a photographer from the Hudson Valley in New York. Born in New York City, daughter of a professional advertising photographer, she bought her first camera at the age of ten and has been shooting ever since. A commercial & portrait photographer professionally since 1993, her passion now lies with creating images of wildlife and natural areas. Her primary focus is on birds as well as landscapes, seascapes, still lives and florals. She also offers speaking programs to accompany her work with a focus on ecology and preservation of the natural world around us.

 https://westernconnecticut.blogspot.com/2025/07/art-lovers-covered-bridge-woven-hand_30.html

Tina Puckett

American Master Weaver Tina Puckett is a self-taught Artist. who has been weaving since 1981. For over 40 years the woven arts have been evolving and each one is indescribably dynamic and colorful. The character of each piece is an expression of Tina's imagination and her sense of color that she applies to the weaving and structural form. Throughout Tina’s career she has exhibited her woven arts at museums, art galleries, libraries and art shows. Also, has been featured in magazines, books, newspapers, TV and on different platforms on the web.

Artist Statement

My woven pieces from baskets to wall sculptures, ceiling hangers, to furniture has evolved and is the way I define myself as an artist, and as a woman. I am fulfilling my dreams that started out with my imagination as a set designer. My creative path took a turn. It was not set design—but the woven arts with its many forms and functions where I found the passion for my life’s work.

The natural beauty of Bittersweet always sparks my imagination and is at the heart of the many pieces I weave. My imagination guides all that I do and it has become very attuned to the harmony of shapes, forms, and colors of the vines and reeds. I am also influenced by the beauty of our natural world and wonder how to weave it.

My palette for color is very much influenced by this experience of growing up in South America. I mix my own dyes and enjoy building a palette for the reeds that will shape textures and forms with color into a

​ one of a kind woven art!

8/29/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

In and with Nature - Mixed Media Exhibit - Sarah Blodgett Photography & Tina Puckett Master Basket Weaver

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Enjoy the works of Photographer Sarah Blodgett & Basket Weaver Tina Puckett About the...
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Aug 29
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Souterrain Gallery of The Wish House
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West Cornwall
Souterrain Gallery of The Wish House
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West Cornwall
Fri
Aug
29
Fri
Aug
29

Kenise Barnes Fine Art is thrilled to announce our midsummer exhibition focused on three artists whose keen observation and connection to the natural world invites us to pause and appreciate.


Margot Glass focuses primarily on drawing, using various traditional methods and materials as a foundation for her work, including traditional silverpoint and 14k goldpoint, homemade organic inks and oil and acrylic painting with mixed mica using fine point crow quill pens in place of brushes.


Glass is inspired by the tradition of idealizing nature in art and design as ornament across cultures while seeking to observe and represent her subjects as accurately as possible in all their irregularity and imperfection.


Central to her work is the exploration of ephemeral, fragile subjects, focusing primarily on weeds or ‘waste plants’, and other plants generally considered to be undesirable, to recognize their beauty in all their imperfection and asymmetry. Her focus on these marginal plants is guided by the question of what we value, what we consider ‘belonging’ to mean, and to highlight the beauty of what is present in the disrupted landscape that we find ourselves in today.


Margot Glass grew up in New York City, and studied art at The Art Students' League, Brown University, Rhode Island School of Design, and Fashion Institute of Technology. Glass’s work has been widely exhibited in the United States and internationally. She is a recipient of a Massachusetts Cultural Council STARS Artist Residency; Lost and Found Lab Artist-in-Residence and an Oak Spring Garden Foundation Interdisciplinary Fellowship. Her work is in private and public collections including the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie Mellon, PA, Weatherspoon Art Museum, NC, Oak Spring Garden Foundation, VA, Fidelity Investments Corporate Art Collection, MA, Hotel Del Coronado Collection, CA, Allentown Art Museum, PA, Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN, the Beth Rudin deWoody Collection, among others. She currently lives and works in Western Massachusetts.


Richard Klein has been copper plating organic objects for over three decades utilizing found objects that are intrinsically fragile and impermanent. The process allows Klein to encase natural objects in a thin coating of metallic copper, permanently preserving them. The alchemical transformation being both practical and poetic. 


In his most recent work, the artist juxtaposes electroplated natural findings with photo gravures of urban landscapes addressing our relationship with nature simultaneously reminding us that we are nature and that our detachment from nature is the source of much of the destruction to our planet. In particular, the artist’s interest in both fungi and copper hint at the convergence of natural and technological evolution: fungi, through their mycelium, connect virtually all terrestrial plant life, acting as natural communication networks; while copper is the material that the human-made electrical and digital networks depend on. 


Richard Klein is the former exhibitions director of The Aldrich of Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT. His work has been shown widely in US and is in the public collections of Norton Family Collection, Santa Monica, CA, De Cordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA, Connecticut Artists Collection, Hartford, CT and has been featured in The New Criterion, Two Coats of Paint, Hyperallergic, Art Forum, The Brooklyn Rail and Art New England to name a few. The artist lives and works in CT.


Francis Sills’s work is grounded in the perceptual-based, realist tradition. The artist works directly from observation in nature. In dealing with the intricacies and challenges of working from observation and the sustained experience of intense, visual scrutiny, the artist comes to understand and know his world. The flora series is an ongoing group of paintings utilizing the flowers and plants from the artist’s home garden. Sills recently been adding various shaped mirrors to the set ups, which both multiply the forms and fracture the space. Sills’ paintings are dense and subtle, revealing specific nuances of color, light, and form. Often, the underlying geometry and architecture of the composition are apparent in the application of paint, the artist’s analytic thinking about structure and his methodology still evident in the finished work.


Sills’s work has been exhibited throughout the United States, has been featured in publications such as Wall Street International Magazine, American Art Collector, The New York Times, I Like Your Work Podcast, and can be found in The Fine Art Program and Collection at Montefiore Einstein, New York, NY. Francis Sills earned his MFA at Parsons School of Design, New York, NY and BFA at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. The artist lives and works in South Carolina.


Please contact Lani Holloway, Associate Director, Lani@kbfa.com, 860 560 3085 with inquires or to arrange a preview of the exhibition.


8/29/2025
Repeating event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

Walking Not Talking (Nature as Muse)

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Kenise Barnes Fine Art is thrilled to announce our midsummer exhibition focused on three artists...
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Aug 29
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Kenise Barnes Fine Art
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Kent
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29
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Aug
29

Bismuth is a Boston-based artist known for her self-portrait photographs. Her work explores and challenges ideas surrounding identity and its fragile nature, politics and trans expression through a satirical and spontaneous approach. 


Recently, Bismuth has taken up oil painting as her primary medium, in which she creates numeric and interactive landscapes. 


Dismembered, showing at Peggy Mercury, will be her debut solo exhibit and will showcase her self-portrait images alongside painted works. Co-curated with James Boehmer and Gregory Fricke, the show will display Bismuth's current fascination with fragmentation and isolation, and so much more.


Peggy Mercury

Kent Barns

9 Maple Street, Unit 2

Kent, CT 06757


IG @itspeggymercury


For more information email us at hithere@peggymercury.com

8/29/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

DISMEMBERED by Bismuth Arsenide

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Bismuth is a Boston-based artist known for her self-portrait photographs. Her work explores and...
Friday
Aug 29
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Peggy Mercury
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Kent
Peggy Mercury
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Kent
Fri
Aug
29
Fri
Aug
29

Join us in celebrating the incredible talent of photographers from near and far at this year’s EXPOSURES 2025 at Gallery 25 in the Historic Train Station from August 21-Sept 7!

We’re honored to showcase a stunning collection of photographs that capture moments, moods, and stories through the lens of truly gifted artists.

Opening Reception

Saturday, August 23

2–4 PM

Gallery 25 | 11 Railroad Street, Downtown New Milford

Come support local art, meet the photographers, and enjoy an inspiring afternoon surrounded by creativity. All are welcome! Bring your friends and family!

Let’s fill the gallery with community and appreciation for the power of photography. See you there!

8/29/2025
Repeating event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

EXPOSURES 2025 – Open Juried Photography Show & Opening Reception

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Join us in celebrating the incredible talent of photographers from near and far at this year’s...
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Aug 29
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Gallery 25
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Gallery 25
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New Milford
Fri
Aug
29
Fri
Aug
29

Join us in watching a movie at the Library! Popcorn and drinks will be served. Bring a lunch and join us at 1:00pm before the movie starts! Registration is suggested.

8/29/2025
Single event
Hobbies & Crafts

Lunch and a Movie

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Join us in watching a movie at the Library! Popcorn and drinks will be served. Bring a lunch and...
Friday
Aug 29
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New Milford Public Library
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New Milford Public Library
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New Milford
Fri
Aug
29
Fri
Aug
29

DRIFTLINES, a dual exhibition featuring new works by painter Heather Neilson and photographer Babs Perkins, explores the meditative connections between memory, place, premonition, and afterthought. The two artists are local to the Northwest Corner of Connecticut with studios at Whiting Mills in WinstedDRIFTLINES will be on display through Friday, September 12.

A reception for the artists will take place on Saturday, August 16, 5-7PM and an artist’s talk featuring the two artists in conversation is scheduled for Thursday, September 4 at 5:30PM. 


8/29/2025
Repeating event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

Art Exhibition DRIFTLINES: New Work by Heather Neilson and Babs Perkins

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DRIFTLINES, a dual exhibition featuring new works by painter Heather Neilson and photographer...
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Aug 29
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David M. Hunt Library & School Association
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Falls Village
David M. Hunt Library & School Association
Online Event
Falls Village
Fri
Aug
29
Fri
Aug
29

🎨✨ August Light: A Sherman Artists Exhibition @ Kent Art Association

🗓 August 8–30

🎉 Opening Reception: Friday, August 8 | 6–8 PM

Celebrate the glow of late summer at August Light, a stunning exhibition presented by Sherman Artists at the Kent Art Association. This show features an inspiring collection of artwork in all genres and mediums—from painting and photography to sculpture and fused glass.

Join us for the opening reception on August 8 to meet the artists, enjoy refreshments, and explore this vibrant showcase of creativity.

🖼️ See something you love? Take it home!

Purchasing a piece directly supports local artists and helps keep the creative spirit thriving in our community.

Free and open to the public. Come be inspired—and maybe leave with something beautiful.

8/29/2025
Repeating event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

August Light: A Sherman Artists Exhibition @ Kent Art Association

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🎨✨ August Light: A Sherman Artists Exhibition @ Kent Art Association 🗓 August 8–30 🎉 Opening...
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Aug 29
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Fri
Aug
29
Fri
Aug
29

Opening Reception. Friday, July 25 6-8 PM

7 Water ST, Torrington, CT

8/29/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture

Five Points 2025 Small Works Juried Exhibition

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Opening Reception. Friday, July 25 6-8 PM 7 Water ST, Torrington, CT
Friday
Aug 29
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Five Points Center for the Visual Arts
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Torrington
Five Points Center for the Visual Arts
Online Event
Torrington
Fri
Aug
29
Fri
Aug
29

Fridays from end of May through mid-October. 3:00 TO 6:00 PM Rain* or Shine!

Held at the KENT LAND TRUST FIELD, 37 South Main Street (Route 7 just south of the traffic light) and across the road from Kent Greenhouse & Gardens


Fresh produce, baked goods, homemade preserves, fresh poultry, gourmet mushrooms, herbal teas & products, honey, maple syrup, salsa, guacamole & chips, and more!!


*In case of heavy rains or storms we will be located at CT Antique Machinery Association, 31 Kent Cornwall Rd (Route 7 North) - advance notice will be given.

8/29/2025
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Food & Drink
Food Markets

Kent CT Farmers Market

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Fridays from end of May through mid-October. 3:00 TO 6:00 PM Rain* or Shine! Held at the KENT...
Friday
Aug 29
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Kent Land Trust Field
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Kent Land Trust Field
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Kent
Fri
Aug
29
Fri
Aug
29


Friday, August 29, 2025


You don’t have to be a kid to participate in this fun event! Put on your favorite jammies and take an easy stroll (geared towards kids) around the main area. Look out for bats! Perhaps you’ll hear frogs, owls, and katydids. Our destination is Ongley Pond, a cozy campfire, S’Mores, and family fun!.6:00 p.m., Meet in the A. B. Ceder Room. Suggested donation: $5.00. Please pre-register: Pajama Parade Registration


We encourage you to carry a festive flashlight or lantern and bring a picnic supper on the Ceder Room lawn before our parade!


8/29/2025
Single event
Community & Family
Neighborhood Gatherings

Pajama Parade!

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Friday, August 29, 2025 You don’t have to be a kid to participate in this fun event! Put on your...
Friday
Aug 29
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White Memorial Conservation Center
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Litchfield
White Memorial Conservation Center
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Litchfield
Fri
Aug
29
Fri
Aug
29

Come join me in listening to this country cover band outside on a hill with food and drinks.

Our ‘Friends Friday’ Summer Concert Series is sure to be a huge hit!

LOCATION ~ The Hilltop’ @ March Farm. Drive past the farm store (farm store on left), continue up the road bearing to the right at the top of the hill and look out for a ‘HILLTOP’ sign on your left. Head up the drive to park.

TICKETS ~ Your receipt is your ticket. Print it out or show us digitally on the day of each concert.

FOOD & DRINKS ~ We do not forbid outside food or drinks but ask that you PLEASE support our vendors. To be a food/beverage vendor at these events takes a lot of prep, time and energy. Help make it all worth it!

PETS ~ We ask that you leave you precious pooches at home.

EQUIPMENT ~ BYO Chairs, blankets, soccer balls, footballs, and of course dancing shoes or bare feet!!!

https://www.facebook.com/CTRakesBand/videos/1823434407704056/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

8/29/2025
Single event
Community & Family

The Rakes Cover Band

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Come join me in listening to this country cover band outside on a hill with food and drinks. Our...
Friday
Aug 29
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March Farms
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Bethlehem
March Farms
Online Event
Bethlehem
Fri
Aug
29
Fri
Aug
29


The legendary Labor Day Weekend Benefit Art Sale returns to The Cornwall Library this year, on Labor Day weekend only. It opens with a Cocktail Reception at the Library on Friday, August 29, and continues through Monday September 1. Everyone is welcome. 


There will be original works for sale by an extraordinary range of notable artists, including Amedeo Modigliani, Enrique Chagoya, Marc Simont, Leonard Baskin, Ruth Gannett, Robert Andrew Parker, Nicole Eisenman, and R. H. Quaytman, among many others. 


Artwork will run from the antique to the contemporary, jazzy and colorful to classic black and white, realistic to abstract. There will be prints, watercolors, posters, photographs and paintings, with an occasional small three-dimensional piece. All work will be documented to the extent feasible and be very reasonably priced, starting at $20 and running up into much more.


We are also featuring for sale a selection of vintage photographs, paintings and posters from the collection of the late artist Duncan Hannah (1952-2022). 

As works are purchased, new pieces take their place, refreshing the show every day. Come search for a treasure, a gift, or something to enliven your walls—there will be something here for everyone.


Sale Hours:

Friday, August 29, 6 to 8 pm. Includes Cocktail Reception.

Saturday, August 30, 10 am to 4 pm.

Sunday, August 31, 10 am to 4 pm.

Last day: Labor Day, September 1, 11 am to 2 pm. 

Visit the library event website for more information about this special sale.


8/29/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

Benefit Art Sale in Scenic Cornwall, CT

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The legendary Labor Day Weekend Benefit Art Sale returns to The Cornwall Library this year, on...
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Aug 29
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The Cornwall Library
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Cornwall
Fri
Aug
29
Fri
Aug
29

Join us for some cream as we celebrate the end of summer! For kids entering Grades 5 and above only, please.

Registration is appreciated, please email the Junior Room (kmljuniorroom@biblio.org) to register or for more information, or register online.

8/29/2025
Single event
Education & Learning

Teen & Tween End-of-Summer Ice Cream Social

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Join us for some cream as we celebrate the end of summer! For kids entering Grades 5 and above...
Friday
Aug 29
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Kent Memorial Library
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Kent
Kent Memorial Library
Online Event
Kent
Fri
Aug
29
Fri
Aug
29

Friday, August 29th, at 7:00 PM, Robert C. Fullerton (https://www.robertcfullerton.com/) returns to 2nd Home. It's been too long since we have had Robert here, and we are looking forward to having him back. His original and cover material, along with his storytelling, are a don't miss. Always great fun!


For reservations (encouraged but not required) call 860-238-4500 or email us at momanddad@2ndhomelounge.com


See our complete event list - https://2ndhomelounge.com/events/


2nd Home Lounge

524 Main Street, Winsted


2dhomelounge.com


Join our mailing list - https://2ndhomelounge.com/email-sign-up/

8/29/2025
Single event
Arts & Culture
Concerts & Live Music

Robert C. Fullerton at 2nd Home Restaurant/Lounge

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Friday, August 29th, at 7:00 PM, Robert C. Fullerton (https://www.robertcfullerton.com/) returns...
Friday
Aug 29
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2nd Home Restaurant/Lounge
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WINSTED
2nd Home Restaurant/Lounge
Online Event
WINSTED
Fri
Aug
29
Fri
Aug
29

Paint and sip located above Toothpick on Water Street in Torrington!

BYOB! Painting new types of still life's every week.


All materials included in price

RSVP online

8/29/2025
Repeating event
Arts & Culture

Sip Dip Done

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Paint and sip located above Toothpick on Water Street in Torrington! BYOB! Painting new types of still life's every week. All materials included in price RSVP online
Friday
Aug 29
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9:00 pm
Riverton Frame Company
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Torrington
Riverton Frame Company
Online Event
Torrington
Fri
Aug
29
Fri
Aug
29

7:00 on Friday night, Disney Music Trivia

8/29/2025
Single event
Arts & Culture

Trivia at the brewery

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7:00 on Friday night, Disney Music Trivia
Friday
Aug 29
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9:30 pm
Bad Dog Brewing Company
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Torrington
Bad Dog Brewing Company
Online Event
Torrington
Fri
Aug
29
Fri
Aug
29

Ditch the swiping and come meet real, local singles in person!

If you're tired of the same old routine, this is your chance to mix things up, meet new people, and have fun putting yourself out there! Our speed dating events make it easy and natural to spark connections—without the pressure of a full date.

Note on Age Range: While this event is primarily focused on singles in the age range specified in the title, this is only a suggestion—not a strict requirement. If you're slightly outside this range but feel you'd connect well with this group, you're welcome to join! Our goal is to create well-balanced events where everyone can meet compatible matches.

How the Evening Unfolds

Casual Mixer Kickoff: The night starts with a relaxed mingle where you can grab a drink (not included, but encouraged) and ease into the atmosphere before the dating rounds begin.

Guided Conversations: Not great at starting conversations? No worries! We provide an icebreaker question each round, and our high-energy host keeps things flowing smoothly.

Perfect-Length Connections: You'll have just enough time with each person to feel out their vibe before moving on to meet someone new—all in a positive, supportive, lighthearted, pressure-free atmosphere.

Simple Matching System: After each round, simply mark "friend," "date," or "none" on our easy matching system. Mutual matches receive contact info the next day!

Important Details

⏰ Arrive 15–30 minutes early to settle in! We start promptly, and late arrivals may not be accommodated.

💡 Remember: This event is all about active listening, learning, and exploring connections. While many attendees do meet someone special, the key to enjoying the experience is focusing on meeting new people without specific expectations.

Space is limited to ensure quality interactions and a balanced group. Reserve your spot now!

Follow us @sipsandsparks on social media for event updates, sneak peeks, and surprise promo codes! 🎉

Event Terms & Policies


Age Guidelines & Inclusivity

The age range for this event is a general recommendation. We welcome all participants regardless of age or gender and do not verify this information at check-in. We do not perform background checks on participants, so please exercise your own judgment when meeting new people, just as you would on any dating platform. Our goal is to create a welcoming and enjoyable environment for everyone.

Gender Balance & Attendance Disclaimer

We work hard to maintain a balanced ratio of male and female attendees by carefully managing ticket releases. However, we cannot guarantee exact gender ratios at the event, as last-minute no-shows are beyond our control.

No refunds will be issued due to uneven gender balance.

To reduce no-shows, we have a three-strike policy — anyone who misses three events without notice may be banned from attending future events.

We believe a positive mindset goes a long way — your experience is what you make of it, and many guests have a great time regardless of the final numbers.

Attendance & Community Disclaimer

We’re proud to host events that celebrate and welcome all identities within the LGBTQ+ community. Because of the diversity in gender identities and preferences, these events are not structured around a traditional pairing or ratio system.

Event Changes & Cancellations

We reserve the right to postpone or cancel events with insufficient registrations. If this happens, you'll receive either a full refund or the option to transfer your ticket to another event.

Waitlist Information

When events sell out, join our waitlist through Eventbrite. You'll receive an email notification when spots become available and can then secure your ticket through our Eventbrite page.

Important: Tickets must be purchased through Eventbrite only. We do not accept payment at the venue on event day.

Accessibility Notice

Some venues may not have elevators or full accessibility features. If you need specific accommodations, please contact us at sipsandsparksevents@gmail.com before purchasing your ticket so we can confirm availability at that location.

Safety & Liability

By attending, you agree that participation is at your own risk. You release Sips and Sparks LLC, our team, venues, and partners from liability for any accidents, injuries, or damages that may occur during or after the event, including from interactions with other participants.

Photography & Social Media

We may take photos and videos during events for promotional purposes. By attending, you consent to being photographed and having your image used in our marketing materials.

Don't want to be in photos? Simply let our event host know when you arrive, and we'll make sure to respect your privacy.

Refund Policy

1+ week before event: Full refund guaranteed (minus Eventbrite processing fees). For refunds, email us at sipsandsparksevents@gmail.com.

8/29/2025
Single event
Community & Family

Speed Dating Ages 30s-40s in Washington, CT at Spring Hill Vineyards

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Ditch the swiping and come meet real, local singles in person! If you're tired of the same old...
Friday
Aug 29
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Spring Hill Vineyards
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Washington
Spring Hill Vineyards
Online Event
Washington
Fri
Aug
29
Fri
Aug
29

Join the Sherman Chamber Ensemble for Bartók’s World, the music of Béla Bartók and his influencers.


Inspired on one hand by the folk music of eastern Europe, and on the other by Strauss and Debussy, Bartok created his own unique style and is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century. The Piano Quintet, written when he was just 22, is richly scored with a virtuoso piano part and is a post-Romantic masterpiece.


• Suite Paysanne Hongrois for flute and piano (trans. Paul Arma)

• Piano Quintet, Sz 23 in C


Performing are Margaret Kampmeier (piano), Eliot Bailen (cello), Susan Rotholz (flute), Doori Na (violin) and Sarah Adams (viola).


Tickets $30. Children ages 16 and under free. As seating is limited, we recommend purchasing tickets in advance at https://www.scemusic.org/ticketsandprograms. Tickets available at the door, subject to availability.

8/29/2025
Single event
Arts & Culture
Concerts & Live Music

Bartok's World

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Join the Sherman Chamber Ensemble for Bartók’s World, the music of Béla Bartók and his...
Friday
Aug 29
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Merryall Center for the Arts
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New Milford
Merryall Center for the Arts
Online Event
New Milford
Fri
Aug
29
Fri
Aug
29


ACCLAIMED MAGICIAN BELINDA SINCLAIR PERFORMS HER THEATRICAL MAGIC WITH CAPTIVATING SLEIGHT OF HAND, FUSING ALLEGORY WITH HISTORICAL STORIES ABOUT MAGIC IN THE HANDS OF WOMEN, AND HOW THEY CONVINCED US ALL THAT MAGIC WAS REAL AND THAT OUR POTENTIAL IS GREATER THAN WE THINK IT IS

8/29/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Performing Arts

BELINDA SINCLAIR IN "THE LAST ILLUSION"

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ACCLAIMED MAGICIAN BELINDA SINCLAIR PERFORMS HER THEATRICAL MAGIC WITH CAPTIVATING SLEIGHT OF...
Friday
Aug 29
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12:00 am
The Hughes Memorial Library
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Cornwall
The Hughes Memorial Library
Online Event
Cornwall
Sat
Aug
30
Sat
Aug
30

Global artists have sent in their wildest images, film, music and poems for Personaland's online art show

Personaland is an artist-driven global village transforming the world of art by using technology to bridge time zones and cultural boundaries. Our mission is to promote humanity, creativity, and community through a mix of entertainment, enchantment, and imagination.

Since its 2018 launch, Personaland, in its global reach, has showcased over 800 visual artists, filmmakers, musicians, and poets from 68 countries in 32 group art shows and 55 individual exhibitions, many with videos of artist profiles.  https://www.personaland.com

8/30/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

"Wearing Wild" - a wildest of art show

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Global artists have sent in their wildest images, film, music and poems for Personaland's online...
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The Merwinsville Hotel is excited to be continuing the Glass Orb Scavenger Hunt thanks to a generous donation from the New Milford Commission on the Arts.


There are 25 area historic sites and organizations that are participating with the Hotel. Each site is hiding four numbered and dated one-of-a-kind glass orbs (three clear and one colored) either inside or outside on their property. Participants can search for and keep any glass orb that they find, but please limit one orb per person/family so everyone has a chance! Be sure to register your orb on the Merwinsville Hotel website where you can also upload a photo. Share your find on social media and don't forget to tag the organization where you found it!


The blown glass orbs that are numbered, dated for 2025, and stamped with “MHR 50”. In addition to the clear glass orbs, there are 25 colored orbs for 2025. Reminder: Because each organization's hours vary, be sure to check their websites before you head out on your hunt.

PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS BY TOWN:

Bantam:

Bantam Cinema

Brookfield:

Brookfield Craft Center

Danbury:

Danbury Museum & Historical Society; Danbury Railway Museum

Gaylordsville - Celebrating its 300th Anniversary!

Browns Forge; Little Red Schoolhouse; Merwinsville Hotel Restoration, Inc.; The Washington Oak Park (DAR Roger Sherman Chapter)

Kent:

Connecticut Antique Machinery Association; Eric Sloane Museum; Kent Historical Society

Litchfield:

Litchfield Historical Society

New Fairfield:

New Fairfield Historical Society (at the Little Red Schoolhouse); Preserve New Fairfield

New Milford:

Gallery 25 & Creative Arts Studio; Harrybrooke Park; Merryall Center for the Arts; New Milford Historical Society; Pratt Nature Center; The Silo @ Hunt Hill Farm Trust; TheatreWorks; Village Center for the Arts

Sherman:

Sherman Historical Society

Washington:

Gunn Historical Museum

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8/30/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

2025 GLASS ORB SCAVENGER HUNT

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The Merwinsville Hotel is excited to be continuing the Glass Orb  Scavenger Hunt...
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Aug 30
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Support our food, beverage and retail businesses. Get your Taste of Burlington card stamped at at least 12 of the following businesses between June 21, 2025 and September 1, 2025 for a chance to win gift certificates.

The B. Hive www.thebhiveburlington.com

Burlington Spirit Shoppe www.burlingtonspirit.com

Charming Thai Restaurant www.charming-thai.com

China Garden (860) 675-6666

Daily Mart (860) 675-7243

Delta Pizza www.delta-pizza.com

Enclave Grille www.enclavegrille.com

Greenhouse Tavern www.greenhousecafeandtavern.com

Happy Hippie Homestead www.facebook.com/people/Happy-Hippie-Homestead/61564351782316/

Hogan's Cider Mill www.hoganscidermill.com

I Know A Guy Deli www.iknowaguyfoodsllc.com

Kyle's Doghouse (860) 729-6146

Lamothe's Sugar House www.lamothesugarhouse.com

Larson's Garden Center www.larsonsgardencenter.com

Little Axe Market www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61569260639474#

Little Laurel's Cookie Co. www.littlelaurels.com

The Nevermind Shop www.nevermindshop.com

The Swimming Pool Store www.theswimmingpoolstore.com

Tonn's Marketplace www.tonnsmarketplace.com

Thank you to our sponsors: Torrington Savings Bank, M&T Bank and the Burlington CT Police Union

8/30/2025
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Food & Drink

Taste of Burlington

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Burlington Economic Development Commission
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Burlington
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Sat
Aug
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We’ve turned our entryway into a mini art studio! Stop by anytime this month to participate in our community collage project. The theme of this month’s collage is “Summer” — the rest is up to you! Use our supplies or add your own. Participate once or multiple times. Just don’t forget to sign the guest book so we know which artists we have to thank for the final product!


The finished piece will be displayed at Off the Trail Cafe.

8/30/2025
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Visual Arts

Sidewalk Studio

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We’ve turned our entryway into a mini art studio! Stop by anytime this month to participate in...
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The Center on Main, Home of the Falls Village Children's Theater
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Falls Village
Sat
Aug
30
Sat
Aug
30


Goshen Community Care will host their annual Water Sale Fundraiser at the Goshen Fair beginning Saturday August 30 through Monday September 1. 


The Goshen Fair has supported Goshen Community Care’s longstanding mission to provide supportive care services to the members of the Goshen community by allowing GCC to be the exclusive seller of bottled water at the Goshen Fair each year.  All proceeds from this water sale will go directly to benefit Goshen Community Care programs and services


Bottles of water will be available for purchase for $3.00 each, or 4 bottles for $10.00. You can find water bottles for sale at Goshen Community Care’s booth, as well as through their partner vendors, the American Legion and Steak Tips and Tenders.


For more information about GCC Goshen Fair Water Sale or Goshen Community Care and its efforts, visit GoshenCommunityCare.org or call 860-491-4673.


8/30/2025
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Community & Family
Local Festivals

Goshen Community Care Water Sale Fundraiser at the Goshen Fair

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Goshen Community Care will host their annual Water Sale Fundraiser at the Goshen Fair beginning...
Saturday
Aug 30
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Goshen
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Sat
Aug
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Come join us for a Saturday on the Arethusa Farm. Enjoy the animals, be creative with a farm related craft/game, and story time with author & illustrator Ms. Parmelee! 

Saturday's starting 7/19

9:00 - 11:00 AM

Ages 5 & under

$35 per family

For questions, email: erikae@arethusafarmfoundation.org

To register and pay, please visit: www.arethasatarmcoamdation.org

8/30/2025
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Agricultural & Agritourism
Farm Visits & Tours

The Littlest Farmhands - Saturday mornings

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Arethusa Farm Foundation
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Litchfield
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Sat
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The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens is pleased to present an art exhibition, “A Frayed Edge,” featuring the works of Stace Dillard. This show is on view beginning Friday, August 29.


An opening reception will be held at the park on Saturday, August 30 from 3 to 5 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.


Dillard’s collage work is composed of vibrant, abstract mixed-media compositions characterized by geometric structures, overlapping elements, and a layering of colors, patterns, and textures. 


This show will remain on view through Sunday, September 21. Check our social media for weekly open hours: @judyblackpark on Instagram and Facebook.

8/30/2025
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Arts & Culture

Stace Dillard Art Show

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The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens is pleased to present an art exhibition, “A Frayed...
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Aug 30
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Washington Depot
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Aug
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Sat
Aug
30

Join us each Saturday and Sunday for UPicks in the flower fields! Walk through 50+ rows of colorful blooms and cut your own bouquet. Enjoy the scenic views and peaceful sounds of nature while you're here and discover your new favorite place to be.

8/30/2025
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Agricultural & Agritourism
Pick-Your-Own Farms

Weekend UPicks

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Join us each Saturday and Sunday for UPicks in the flower fields! Walk through 50+ rows of...
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Aug 30
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Fox and the Buck Farm
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Fox and the Buck Farm
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Litchfield
Sat
Aug
30
Sat
Aug
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The Gunn Memorial Library is pleased to present the captivating floral photography of Nina McKitty, on view in the Stairwell Gallery from August 9th to October 4th.


Drawing inspiration from nature, travel, and the artistic traditions of both East and West, Nina McKitty brings a joyful and thoughtful lens to her digital photography. Her work explores the delicate beauty of flowers—each image carefully composed, captured, and refined in her studio to evoke both surprise and delight in the viewer.


Originally gifted a digital camera by her husband, McKitty transformed a curiosity into a profound creative journey. Over the past 15 years, she has immersed herself in the art and craft of digital photography, studying under acclaimed artists and continuously evolving her techniques. Her photographs are printed and framed by hand using archival materials, merging technical precision with artistic expression.


A former nurse practitioner and consultant, McKitty turned to photography in retirement, channeling her lifelong passions for nature and visual storytelling into a rich new chapter as a digital artist. Since 2019, her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including shows at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Employee Gallery, Kent Art Association, and Washington Art Association.

 


8/30/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

Gunn Memorial Library Stairwell Gallery: “Floral Portraits“ by Nina McKitty

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The Gunn Memorial Library is pleased to present the captivating floral photography of Nina...
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Aug 30
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Washington
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Aug
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The Litchfield Farmers Market is one of the few year-round markets in the Connecticut. The weekly Saturday market offers fresh seasonal produce, fruit, berries, herbs, sustainably sourced fish; artisanal cheeses, breads and baked goods, local honey, maple syrup and gifts - all raised, grown or crafted by 15+ local vendors. 

The market occasionally hosts live music and supports non-profits from throughout the Litchfield area.

INDOOR MARKET - November through mid-June (intermittent Saturdays through the winter months -- check the website for dates.) Open Saturdays 10am - 1pm at the Litchfield Community Center located at 421 Litchfield Road, Litchfield, CT.

OUTDOOR MARKET - mid- June through October located at Center School, Litchfield.

8/30/2025
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Agricultural & Agritourism
Farmers Markets & Festivals

Litchfield Hills Farm Fresh Market

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The Litchfield Farmers Market is one of the few year-round markets in the Connecticut. The weekly Saturday market offers fresh seasonal produce, fruit, berries, herbs, sustainably sourced fish;...
Saturday
Aug 30
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Litchfield Center School
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Litchfield
Sat
Aug
30
Sat
Aug
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Get ready to go big! The New Hartford Artisans Guild is thrilled to announce our upcoming Big

Works Art Show, celebrating artwork that makes a bold statement. This is your chance to showcase

your largest, most impactful pieces—the only requirement is that one dimension must be at least

24 inches. Whether it’s towering canvases, sweeping landscapes, or grand sculptural forms, we

want to fill the gallery with work that commands attention. Don’t miss this opportunity to take up

space and let your creativity shine on a larger scale!

8/30/2025
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Visual Arts

The Big Show

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Aug 30
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New Hartford
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 The Gunn Museum announces a new exhibit American Perspectives: Peril and Possibilities. This exhibit is part of our American Revolution 250 celebrations.

The exhibit tells the story of the impossible dream, a revolution against the world’s mightiest Empire that would create a new nation built on the ideals of freedom, liberty and opportunity. The exhibit discusses Connecticut and our community including during the war.




8/30/2025
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Arts & Culture
History

Peril and Possibilities Exhibit

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 The Gunn Museum announces a new exhibit American Perspectives: Peril and Possibilities ....
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Online exhibition curated by Lani Ming Holloway with artwork by Maya Tihtiyas Attean, Laura Barr, Jordann McKenna, and Benoît Trimborn

exhibition dates:  August 1 – September 30, 2025, on www.kbfa.com



Stories told in light and silence


Poetry will make me violent

Violets outside our yard…

Why does the world have to be so hard?

Encompassing the hidden truths

 Of things unseen in what we view.

-       LMH


Kenise Barnes Fine Art is pleased to present the online exhibition Stories told in light and silence curated by Lani Ming Holloway featuring Maya Tihtiyas Attean, Laura Barr, Jordann McKenna, and Benoît Trimborn.


Maya Tihtiyas Attean is a Wabanaki artist raised on the Penobscot Reservation in Maine. Excerpted from her artist statement: “Through the lens of Wabanaki history and culture, my photographs intertwine forgotten truths within the landscape of what is now called Maine. My work explores the deep, complex relationships between the land, its people, and the lasting impact of colonization. The energy embedded in the landscape reverberates through my creations and reveals the scars left on both the earth and our bodies. My work invites contemplation on occupation and ownership, prompting reflection on who exploits the land and how systems of oppression have disrupted its balance.”


Maya’s work expresses the dichotomy the artist exists within, marrying mediums and different cultural techniques. “Does the Land Remember?” is an ongoing series photographing landscapes that hold the history of devastating events of colonization. The power of that residuum is felt in the images in a supernatural way, as the dualism of her lived experience is pronounced in the contrast of light and dark. Sunlight shimmers through the leaves as bright stars overhead look down upon the land, a fire burns. Maya’s work calls us to remember that nature feels the spirits.


Maya Tihtiyas Attean lives and works in Portland, Maine or Machigonne. She earned a BFA in Photography from Maine College of Art & Design, Portland. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME and the Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, ME.


Laura Barr’s work explores impermanence through oil paintings and oil pastel drawings on paper capturing passing moments in color, reflection on water, and light. Simplifying forms and illuminating the scale of special glimmers, her work considers the preservation of water and the protection of our environment. In Laura’s paintings in the exhibition, fireflies gleam in a starlit field and remind us that fireflies may not continue to glow on our planet, while a surfer catches the last evening wave the ocean offers, an Aurora Borealis dances in the night sky.


Laura Barr lives by the Thimble Islands in Branford, Connecticut. She earned her BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA and a BA in Fine Arts from Tufts University in Medford, MA and has studied at Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy.


From Ithaca, NY, Jordann McKenna paints and photographs the quiet beauty in everyday life in work that contemplates mundanity and the softly fleeting feeling within light and shadows around her. In lushly applied oil paint, flames flicker and shadows play across the scene. Jordann’s work in this exhibition reflects the peaceful, ephemeral moods of interiors and intimate still lifes, either staged or spontaneous. Jordann McKenna works from photographs and from memory to create images that serve to process rather than recreate, expressing not only what is seen but what is felt, and celebrating the beauty in the ordinary.


Jordann McKenna earned a BS in Visual Arts from State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, and an MFA from Maine College of Art & Design in Portland, ME. She lives and works in Portland, ME.


Born in Strasbourg, France, and trained as an architect, Benoît Trimborn describes his work as “contemporary impressionism”. Viewing the world as an architect, Benoît’s large-scale oil paintings evoke what his artist statement calls the “morphology of the landscapes… like an architect, I see in it a breath, a light, a rhythm, which alone can constitute a principle of beauty. The elements represented compose atmospheres of which I try to faithfully convey the impression, as the musician faithfully follows the score. In this process, the contemplative attitude prevails, much more than the adventurous attitude. No message, no story should disturb the projection of the viewer...”


In Benoît’s meticulously painted large-scale landscapes, the absence of the figure instills a quietude in the story while light is the present form in all its magic. Reflections play like a musical score on the surface of the water and golden glimmers illuminate the forest and emanate from a sunset sky.


Benoît Trimborn’s work is in the permanent collection of Galerie Ariel Sibony in Paris, France, Absolute Art Gallery in Bruges, Belgium, and Galerie Bertrand Gillig in Strasbourg, France. He lives and works in Strasbourg, France.



Please contact Lani@kbfa.com, 860 560 3085 with inquiries.

Shipping is available worldwide throughout the exhibition.  

8/30/2025
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Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

Stories told in light and silence

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This solo exhibition marks Brewster’s return to public exhibition after a significant studio hiatus, shaped by the pandemic and the arrival of his two young children.


Spanning two to six feet in width, Brewster’s latest works are immersive and meditative, exploring vast, perhaps virtual, landscapes. These meticulously layered oil paintings hint at human presence through subtle traces—a balanced stone, a resting stick—evoking a haunting stillness. In his signature style, Brewster uses old-master techniques and translucent glazes to explore the tension between presence and absence, clarity and ambiguity. “Some of these paintings verge on the apocalyptic while others suggest eerie calm or quiet hope,” Brewster notes. “They balance loneliness and community, action and avoidance. They are tightly tied to the physicality and geometry of the canvas itself.”

Brewster studied at Yale University and received his MFA from the Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art. He has held solo exhibitions in New York City, North Carolina, and Newfoundland, and has participated in numerous curated group shows including Icons of the 21st Century in New York and Academy 2003 at Conner Contemporary in Washington, D.C. His work has been featured in New American Paintings and reviewed in publications such as ForbesLife and The National Post.


8/30/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

New Paintings by Abraham Brewster

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This solo exhibition marks Brewster’s return to public exhibition after a significant studio...
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Aug 30
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Roxbury
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Aug
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Sat
Aug
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Join us in celebrating the incredible talent of photographers from near and far at this year’s EXPOSURES 2025 at Gallery 25 in the Historic Train Station from August 21-Sept 7!

We’re honored to showcase a stunning collection of photographs that capture moments, moods, and stories through the lens of truly gifted artists.

Opening Reception

Saturday, August 23

2–4 PM

Gallery 25 | 11 Railroad Street, Downtown New Milford

Come support local art, meet the photographers, and enjoy an inspiring afternoon surrounded by creativity. All are welcome! Bring your friends and family!

Let’s fill the gallery with community and appreciation for the power of photography. See you there!

8/30/2025
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Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

EXPOSURES 2025 – Open Juried Photography Show & Opening Reception

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Aug 30
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Gallery 25
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New Milford
Sat
Aug
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Sat
Aug
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Saturday mornings 10-1 in West Cornwall

Locally grown , foraged , produced artisanal products , French and other baked goods , Lindera Farm Native Plants , Mother Tree Remedies, Jams and Preserves , Knife sharpening by Nick the Knife , Goat milk products by Cabra Farm , Produce by Church Farm , Coffee - Tea -Etc. Coffee and more

www.cornwallfarmmarket.org

8/30/2025
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Farmers Markets & Festivals

West Cornwall Farm Market

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Saturday mornings 10-1 in West Cornwall Locally grown , foraged , produced artisanal products ,...
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Aug 30
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Cornwall
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The legendary Labor Day Weekend Benefit Art Sale returns to The Cornwall Library this year, on Labor Day weekend only. It opens with a Cocktail Reception at the Library on Friday, August 29, and continues through Monday September 1. Everyone is welcome. 


There will be original works for sale by an extraordinary range of notable artists, including Amedeo Modigliani, Enrique Chagoya, Marc Simont, Leonard Baskin, Ruth Gannett, Robert Andrew Parker, Nicole Eisenman, and R. H. Quaytman, among many others. 


Artwork will run from the antique to the contemporary, jazzy and colorful to classic black and white, realistic to abstract. There will be prints, watercolors, posters, photographs and paintings, with an occasional small three-dimensional piece. All work will be documented to the extent feasible and be very reasonably priced, starting at $20 and running up into much more.


We are also featuring for sale a selection of vintage photographs, paintings and posters from the collection of the late artist Duncan Hannah (1952-2022). 

As works are purchased, new pieces take their place, refreshing the show every day. Come search for a treasure, a gift, or something to enliven your walls—there will be something here for everyone.


Sale Hours:

Friday, August 29, 6 to 8 pm. Includes Cocktail Reception.

Saturday, August 30, 10 am to 4 pm.

Sunday, August 31, 10 am to 4 pm.

Last day: Labor Day, September 1, 11 am to 2 pm. 

Visit the library event website for more information about this special sale.


8/30/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

Benefit Art Sale in Scenic Cornwall, CT

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Enjoy the works of

Photographer Sarah Blodgett & Basket Weaver Tina Puckett

About the Artists 

Sarah Blodgett

Sarah Blodgett is a photographer from the Hudson Valley in New York. Born in New York City, daughter of a professional advertising photographer, she bought her first camera at the age of ten and has been shooting ever since. A commercial & portrait photographer professionally since 1993, her passion now lies with creating images of wildlife and natural areas. Her primary focus is on birds as well as landscapes, seascapes, still lives and florals. She also offers speaking programs to accompany her work with a focus on ecology and preservation of the natural world around us.

 https://westernconnecticut.blogspot.com/2025/07/art-lovers-covered-bridge-woven-hand_30.html

Tina Puckett

American Master Weaver Tina Puckett is a self-taught Artist. who has been weaving since 1981. For over 40 years the woven arts have been evolving and each one is indescribably dynamic and colorful. The character of each piece is an expression of Tina's imagination and her sense of color that she applies to the weaving and structural form. Throughout Tina’s career she has exhibited her woven arts at museums, art galleries, libraries and art shows. Also, has been featured in magazines, books, newspapers, TV and on different platforms on the web.

Artist Statement

My woven pieces from baskets to wall sculptures, ceiling hangers, to furniture has evolved and is the way I define myself as an artist, and as a woman. I am fulfilling my dreams that started out with my imagination as a set designer. My creative path took a turn. It was not set design—but the woven arts with its many forms and functions where I found the passion for my life’s work.

The natural beauty of Bittersweet always sparks my imagination and is at the heart of the many pieces I weave. My imagination guides all that I do and it has become very attuned to the harmony of shapes, forms, and colors of the vines and reeds. I am also influenced by the beauty of our natural world and wonder how to weave it.

My palette for color is very much influenced by this experience of growing up in South America. I mix my own dyes and enjoy building a palette for the reeds that will shape textures and forms with color into a

​ one of a kind woven art!

8/30/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

In and with Nature - Mixed Media Exhibit - Sarah Blodgett Photography & Tina Puckett Master Basket Weaver

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Enjoy the works of Photographer Sarah Blodgett & Basket Weaver Tina Puckett About the...
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West Cornwall
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Aug
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Aug
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Join us for an hour of story time hosted in our Children's Section at Honeybee Books & Tea!

Our story selection is thoughtfully curated including Caldecott Honor books and Newberry Medal winners. Our staff brings excitement to reading through their storytelling, and all books that are read are available for purchase for you to bring the magic home. The readings can be curated by age group, offering an assortment of reading-level material.

For more information, visit our website or speak to an associate in-store.

8/30/2025
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Community & Family
Family

Honeybee Books & Tea Read-Aloud Hour

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Join us for an hour of story time hosted in our Children's Section at Honeybee Books & Tea!...
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Aug 30
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Honeybee Books & Tea
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New Milford
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Specializing in making the perfect burger or sandwich for you, The Mobile Meltdown has a variety of hand-cut, gourmet burgers and chicken sandwiches!

8/30/2025
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Food & Drink
Culinary Events

Mobile Meltdown Food Truck

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Specializing in making the perfect burger or sandwich for you, The Mobile Meltdown has a variety...
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Aug 30
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Sunset Meadow Vineyards
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Goshen
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Kenise Barnes Fine Art is thrilled to announce our midsummer exhibition focused on three artists whose keen observation and connection to the natural world invites us to pause and appreciate.


Margot Glass focuses primarily on drawing, using various traditional methods and materials as a foundation for her work, including traditional silverpoint and 14k goldpoint, homemade organic inks and oil and acrylic painting with mixed mica using fine point crow quill pens in place of brushes.


Glass is inspired by the tradition of idealizing nature in art and design as ornament across cultures while seeking to observe and represent her subjects as accurately as possible in all their irregularity and imperfection.


Central to her work is the exploration of ephemeral, fragile subjects, focusing primarily on weeds or ‘waste plants’, and other plants generally considered to be undesirable, to recognize their beauty in all their imperfection and asymmetry. Her focus on these marginal plants is guided by the question of what we value, what we consider ‘belonging’ to mean, and to highlight the beauty of what is present in the disrupted landscape that we find ourselves in today.


Margot Glass grew up in New York City, and studied art at The Art Students' League, Brown University, Rhode Island School of Design, and Fashion Institute of Technology. Glass’s work has been widely exhibited in the United States and internationally. She is a recipient of a Massachusetts Cultural Council STARS Artist Residency; Lost and Found Lab Artist-in-Residence and an Oak Spring Garden Foundation Interdisciplinary Fellowship. Her work is in private and public collections including the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie Mellon, PA, Weatherspoon Art Museum, NC, Oak Spring Garden Foundation, VA, Fidelity Investments Corporate Art Collection, MA, Hotel Del Coronado Collection, CA, Allentown Art Museum, PA, Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN, the Beth Rudin deWoody Collection, among others. She currently lives and works in Western Massachusetts.


Richard Klein has been copper plating organic objects for over three decades utilizing found objects that are intrinsically fragile and impermanent. The process allows Klein to encase natural objects in a thin coating of metallic copper, permanently preserving them. The alchemical transformation being both practical and poetic. 


In his most recent work, the artist juxtaposes electroplated natural findings with photo gravures of urban landscapes addressing our relationship with nature simultaneously reminding us that we are nature and that our detachment from nature is the source of much of the destruction to our planet. In particular, the artist’s interest in both fungi and copper hint at the convergence of natural and technological evolution: fungi, through their mycelium, connect virtually all terrestrial plant life, acting as natural communication networks; while copper is the material that the human-made electrical and digital networks depend on. 


Richard Klein is the former exhibitions director of The Aldrich of Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT. His work has been shown widely in US and is in the public collections of Norton Family Collection, Santa Monica, CA, De Cordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA, Connecticut Artists Collection, Hartford, CT and has been featured in The New Criterion, Two Coats of Paint, Hyperallergic, Art Forum, The Brooklyn Rail and Art New England to name a few. The artist lives and works in CT.


Francis Sills’s work is grounded in the perceptual-based, realist tradition. The artist works directly from observation in nature. In dealing with the intricacies and challenges of working from observation and the sustained experience of intense, visual scrutiny, the artist comes to understand and know his world. The flora series is an ongoing group of paintings utilizing the flowers and plants from the artist’s home garden. Sills recently been adding various shaped mirrors to the set ups, which both multiply the forms and fracture the space. Sills’ paintings are dense and subtle, revealing specific nuances of color, light, and form. Often, the underlying geometry and architecture of the composition are apparent in the application of paint, the artist’s analytic thinking about structure and his methodology still evident in the finished work.


Sills’s work has been exhibited throughout the United States, has been featured in publications such as Wall Street International Magazine, American Art Collector, The New York Times, I Like Your Work Podcast, and can be found in The Fine Art Program and Collection at Montefiore Einstein, New York, NY. Francis Sills earned his MFA at Parsons School of Design, New York, NY and BFA at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. The artist lives and works in South Carolina.


Please contact Lani Holloway, Associate Director, Lani@kbfa.com, 860 560 3085 with inquires or to arrange a preview of the exhibition.


8/30/2025
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Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

Walking Not Talking (Nature as Muse)

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Kenise Barnes Fine Art is thrilled to announce our midsummer exhibition focused on three artists...
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Bismuth is a Boston-based artist known for her self-portrait photographs. Her work explores and challenges ideas surrounding identity and its fragile nature, politics and trans expression through a satirical and spontaneous approach. 


Recently, Bismuth has taken up oil painting as her primary medium, in which she creates numeric and interactive landscapes. 


Dismembered, showing at Peggy Mercury, will be her debut solo exhibit and will showcase her self-portrait images alongside painted works. Co-curated with James Boehmer and Gregory Fricke, the show will display Bismuth's current fascination with fragmentation and isolation, and so much more.


Peggy Mercury

Kent Barns

9 Maple Street, Unit 2

Kent, CT 06757


IG @itspeggymercury


For more information email us at hithere@peggymercury.com

8/30/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

DISMEMBERED by Bismuth Arsenide

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Bismuth is a Boston-based artist known for her self-portrait photographs. Her work explores and...
Saturday
Aug 30
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Peggy Mercury
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Kent
Peggy Mercury
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Kent
Sat
Aug
30
Sat
Aug
30

Join the Junior Room staff at the Golden Falcon Field for snow cones and tons of fun activities!


8/30/2025
Single event
Community & Family

Kent Carnival

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Join the Junior Room staff at the Golden Falcon Field for snow cones and tons of fun activities!
Saturday
Aug 30
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12:00 pm
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4:00 pm
Golden Falcon Lot
in
Kent
Golden Falcon Lot
Online Event
Kent
Sat
Aug
30
Sat
Aug
30

Sip and Paint at Casa VALIJO Torrington CT

Join us for a vibrant afternoon of creativity and fun at Casa Valijo’s Sip & Paint on Saturday, August 30, 2025 from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM!

Whether you’re a seasoned artist or just looking for a new experience, this event is perfect for anyone who enjoys great drinks, good company, and a splash of color.

  • 🎟️ Tickets: $45 (available on Eventbrite)
  • 🎨 Includes:
    • One signature craft drink
    • All painting supplies (canvas, brushes, paints)
    • Step-by-step guidance from our art instructor
  • 🪑 Limited seating — Reserve early!

📍 Casa Valijo | 131 Water St, Torrington, CT

📞 For questions, call 860-618-2706

Expect a lively, welcoming environment with music, cocktails, and laughs — plus you’ll leave with your very own painted masterpiece! Bring a friend or come solo and meet new people!

8/30/2025
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Hobbies & Crafts

Sip and Paint at Casa VALIJO Torrington CT

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Sip and Paint at Casa VALIJO Torrington CT Join us for a vibrant afternoon of creativity and fun...
Saturday
Aug 30
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12:30 pm
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2:30 pm
131 Water St
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Torrington
131 Water St
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Torrington
Sat
Aug
30
Sat
Aug
30

Join the Sherman Chamber Ensemble as the musicians "let their hair down" to bring you a hand-clapping, toe-tapping free Bluegrass concert.


Featuring The SCE Bluegrass Band, fiddler Paul Woodiel, plus special guests. Free Admission. Donation of $10 per person suggested. Tickets available at https://www.scemusic.org/ticketsandprograms


By the Gazebo at the Sherman Town Center, across from the Daily Market. Please park to the rear of the field.

8/30/2025
Single event
Arts & Culture
Concerts & Live Music

Bluegrass Jamboree

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Join the Sherman Chamber Ensemble as the musicians "let their hair down" to bring you a...
Saturday
Aug 30
from
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2:15 am
Sherman Town Center
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Sherman
Sherman Town Center
Online Event
Sherman
Sat
Aug
30
Sat
Aug
30

Opening Reception. Friday, July 25 6-8 PM

7 Water ST, Torrington, CT

8/30/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture

Five Points 2025 Small Works Juried Exhibition

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Opening Reception. Friday, July 25 6-8 PM 7 Water ST, Torrington, CT
Saturday
Aug 30
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1:00 pm
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5:00 pm
Five Points Center for the Visual Arts
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Torrington
Five Points Center for the Visual Arts
Online Event
Torrington
Sat
Aug
30
Sat
Aug
30

🎨✨ August Light: A Sherman Artists Exhibition @ Kent Art Association

🗓 August 8–30

🎉 Opening Reception: Friday, August 8 | 6–8 PM

Celebrate the glow of late summer at August Light, a stunning exhibition presented by Sherman Artists at the Kent Art Association. This show features an inspiring collection of artwork in all genres and mediums—from painting and photography to sculpture and fused glass.

Join us for the opening reception on August 8 to meet the artists, enjoy refreshments, and explore this vibrant showcase of creativity.

🖼️ See something you love? Take it home!

Purchasing a piece directly supports local artists and helps keep the creative spirit thriving in our community.

Free and open to the public. Come be inspired—and maybe leave with something beautiful.

8/30/2025
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Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

August Light: A Sherman Artists Exhibition @ Kent Art Association

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🎨✨ August Light: A Sherman Artists Exhibition @ Kent Art Association 🗓 August 8–30 🎉 Opening...
Saturday
Aug 30
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Kent Art Association
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Kent
Kent Art Association
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Kent
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Aug
30
Sat
Aug
30

Welcome back, fellow Spartans! Join us for an afternoon of reminiscing, catching up, and making new memories at the 10 Year Reunion of SVHS Class of 2015 at Housatonic River Brewing on Saturday, August 30th from 1-4pm. Don't miss out on this special event - mark your calendars and spread the word! We can't wait to see you there!

Kindly RSVP / purchase your ticket(s) by August 1, 2025.

8/30/2025
Single event
Community & Family

10 Year Reunion of the Shepaug Valley High School Class of 2015

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Welcome back, fellow Spartans! Join us for an afternoon of reminiscing, catching up, and making...
Saturday
Aug 30
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Housatonic River Brewing
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New Milford
Housatonic River Brewing
Online Event
New Milford
Sat
Aug
30
Sat
Aug
30

Please join us for the 19th Annual Cornwall Open Studios on  Saturday August 30, 1-5pm. Past year's Open Studios have really showcased part of what makes Cornwall special. I hope many of you will be able to to visit us !

for more info and the map please see link below .

https://cornwallct.org/event/cornwall-open-studio-2025/

The Wish House in West Cornwall will have printed versions on hand .

At the Souterrain Gallery of the Wish House you will find Master Basket Weaver Tina Puckett who will be giving weaving demonstrations as well as Photographer Sarah Blodgett who will share her expertice .

8/30/2025
Single event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

Cornwall Artists OPEN STUDIO Tour

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Please join us for the 19th Annual Cornwall Open Studios on  Saturday...
Saturday
Aug 30
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1:00 pm
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5:00 pm
Souterrain Gallery of The Wish House
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West Cornwall
Souterrain Gallery of The Wish House
Online Event
West Cornwall
Sat
Aug
30
Sat
Aug
30
ELEVATE
An Afro-Caribbean ROOFTOP Experience
Elegant. Sexy. Chic.
Join us for an unforgettable day on a rooftop where Afro-Caribbean vibes meet upscale sophistication.
Dress to impress in your finest attire.

Date: Saturday, Aug 30th
Time: 4 PM - 10 PM
Location: MM - 26 Park Place waterbury CT
Age: 21+ | ID Required

Sounds by:
DJ JUNIOR | DJ KWAME | SAMMIE SOCA | DJ DEXX
Spinning the best of Afrobeat | Dancehall | Soca | Amapiano | Kompa

Vibes:
Luxury meets culture in the heart of the city.

Tickets and VIP available now
Follow us: @Mr_onemanband | Info: (203)807-9488
8/30/2025
Single event
Arts & Culture

ELEVATE

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ELEVATE An Afro-Caribbean ROOFTOP Experience Elegant. Sexy. Chic. Join us for an unforgettable...
Saturday
Aug 30
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4:00 pm
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10:00 pm
Mattatuck Museum
in
Waterbury
Mattatuck Museum
Online Event
Waterbury
Sat
Aug
30
Sat
Aug
30

A Community Tradition! Dine outside (weather permitting) on Slow roast Roast Beef, Local fresh picked corn, baked potato, cole slaw, bread, finished off by ice cream and homebaked cookies, and brownies. Bring your family and neighbors. If it rains, it will be inside.

Tickets at the door, Adults: $25, Seniors: $20, and children under 10:$5

All proceeds support the good work of the church.

8/30/2025
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Community & Family

Annual Beef Barbecue

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A Community Tradition! Dine outside (weather permitting) on Slow roast Roast Beef, Local fresh...
Saturday
Aug 30
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Roxbury Congregational Church
in
Roxbury
Roxbury Congregational Church
Online Event
Roxbury
Sat
Aug
30
Sat
Aug
30

DRIFTLINES, a dual exhibition featuring new works by painter Heather Neilson and photographer Babs Perkins, explores the meditative connections between memory, place, premonition, and afterthought. The two artists are local to the Northwest Corner of Connecticut with studios at Whiting Mills in WinstedDRIFTLINES will be on display through Friday, September 12.

A reception for the artists will take place on Saturday, August 16, 5-7PM and an artist’s talk featuring the two artists in conversation is scheduled for Thursday, September 4 at 5:30PM. 


8/30/2025
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Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

Art Exhibition DRIFTLINES: New Work by Heather Neilson and Babs Perkins

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DRIFTLINES, a dual exhibition featuring new works by painter Heather Neilson and photographer...
Saturday
Aug 30
from
6:00 pm
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9:00 pm
David M. Hunt Library & School Association
in
Falls Village
David M. Hunt Library & School Association
Online Event
Falls Village
Sat
Aug
30
Sat
Aug
30

Saturday, August 30th, at 7:00 PM, 2nd Home welcomes back GypsySole (formerly Carm & St. George). Gypsysole is a guitar and vocals group consisting of Carmine Matrascia, Michael St. George, and Brian and Paul Buckles. They specialize in four-part harmony Americana. A unique blend of folk, rock, and a little country. We're looking forward to having them, and hope you'll join us to make them feel welcome.


For reservations (encouraged but not required) call 860-238-4500 or email us at momanddad@2ndhomelounge.com


See our complete event list - https://2ndhomelounge.com/events/


2nd Home Lounge

524 Main Street, Winsted


2ndhomelounge.com


Join our mailing list - https://2ndhomelounge.com/email-sign-up/

8/30/2025
Single event
Arts & Culture
Concerts & Live Music

Gypsysole at 2nd Home Restaurant/Lounge

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Saturday, August 30th, at 7:00 PM, 2nd Home welcomes back GypsySole (formerly Carm & St....
Saturday
Aug 30
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7:00 pm
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10:00 pm
2nd Home Restaurant/Lounge
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WINSTED
2nd Home Restaurant/Lounge
Online Event
WINSTED
Sat
Aug
30
Sat
Aug
30

PAUL WINTER: BRAZILIAN JOURNEY


Tickets: $50-65, Under 19 Free

Musicmountain.org or 860-824-7126 for tickets and more information


8/30/2025
Single event
Arts & Culture
Performing Arts

Music Mountain Summer Festival: PAUL WINTER: BRAZILIAN JOURNEY

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PAUL WINTER: BRAZILIAN JOURNEY Tickets: $50-65, Under 19 Free Musicmountain.org or 860-824-7126 for tickets and more information
Saturday
Aug 30
from
7:00 pm
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9:00 pm
Music Mountain
in
Canaan
Music Mountain
Online Event
Canaan
Sat
Aug
30
Sat
Aug
30

New Milford's Concerts on the Green is a free music series held every Saturday evening at 7 p.m. during August.

Residents are invited to gather around our historic bandstand with blankets and lawn chairs. There's something for everyone, as the music ranges from blues to country to pop classics.

Go to artsnewmilfordct.org for more information.

Concert Line Up:

August 2nd - Nina Et cetera

August 9th - Ace & Friends

August 16th - The Afro-Semitic Experience

August 23rd - Mike Burns and Highway 53

August 30th - The Red Dirt Girls

*In the event of rain, concerts will be held at First Congregational Church, 36 Main Street, New Milford.



8/30/2025
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Arts & Culture
Concerts & Live Music

Concerts on the Green

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New Milford's Concerts on the Green is a free music series held every Saturday evening at 7 p.m....
Saturday
Aug 30
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7:00 pm
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9:00 pm
New Milford Town Green
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New Milford
New Milford Town Green
Online Event
New Milford
Sat
Aug
30
Sat
Aug
30

Join the Sherman Chamber Ensemble for Bartók’s World, the music of Béla Bartók and his influencers.


Inspired on one hand by the folk music of eastern Europe, and on the other by Strauss and Debussy, Bartok created his own unique style and is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century. The Piano Quintet, written when he was just 22, is richly scored with a virtuoso piano part and is a post-Romantic masterpiece.


• Suite Paysanne Hongrois for flute and piano (trans. Paul Arma)

• Piano Quintet, Sz 23 in C


Performing are Margaret Kampmeier (piano), Eliot Bailen (cello), Susan Rotholz (flute), Doori Na (violin) and Sarah Adams (viola).


Tickets $30. Children ages 16 and under free. As seating is limited, we recommend purchasing tickets in advance at https://www.scemusic.org/ticketsandprograms. Tickets available at the door, subject to availability.

8/30/2025
Single event
Arts & Culture
Performing Arts

Bartók’s World

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Join the Sherman Chamber Ensemble for Bartók’s World, the music of Béla Bartók and his...
Saturday
Aug 30
from
7:30 pm
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8:45 pm
St. Andrew's Church
in
Kent
St. Andrew's Church
Online Event
Kent
Sat
Aug
30
Sat
Aug
30


ACCLAIMED MAGICIAN BELINDA SINCLAIR PERFORMS HER THEATRICAL MAGIC WITH CAPTIVATING SLEIGHT OF HAND, FUSING ALLEGORY WITH HISTORICAL STORIES ABOUT MAGIC IN THE HANDS OF WOMEN, AND HOW THEY CONVINCED US ALL THAT MAGIC WAS REAL AND THAT OUR POTENTIAL IS GREATER THAN WE THINK IT IS

8/30/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Performing Arts

BELINDA SINCLAIR IN "THE LAST ILLUSION"

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ACCLAIMED MAGICIAN BELINDA SINCLAIR PERFORMS HER THEATRICAL MAGIC WITH CAPTIVATING SLEIGHT OF...
Saturday
Aug 30
from
10:30 pm
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12:00 am
The Hughes Memorial Library
in
Cornwall
The Hughes Memorial Library
Online Event
Cornwall
Sun
Aug
31
Sun
Aug
31

Global artists have sent in their wildest images, film, music and poems for Personaland's online art show

Personaland is an artist-driven global village transforming the world of art by using technology to bridge time zones and cultural boundaries. Our mission is to promote humanity, creativity, and community through a mix of entertainment, enchantment, and imagination.

Since its 2018 launch, Personaland, in its global reach, has showcased over 800 visual artists, filmmakers, musicians, and poets from 68 countries in 32 group art shows and 55 individual exhibitions, many with videos of artist profiles.  https://www.personaland.com

8/31/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

"Wearing Wild" - a wildest of art show

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Global artists have sent in their wildest images, film, music and poems for Personaland's online...
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Aug
31

The Merwinsville Hotel is excited to be continuing the Glass Orb Scavenger Hunt thanks to a generous donation from the New Milford Commission on the Arts.


There are 25 area historic sites and organizations that are participating with the Hotel. Each site is hiding four numbered and dated one-of-a-kind glass orbs (three clear and one colored) either inside or outside on their property. Participants can search for and keep any glass orb that they find, but please limit one orb per person/family so everyone has a chance! Be sure to register your orb on the Merwinsville Hotel website where you can also upload a photo. Share your find on social media and don't forget to tag the organization where you found it!


The blown glass orbs that are numbered, dated for 2025, and stamped with “MHR 50”. In addition to the clear glass orbs, there are 25 colored orbs for 2025. Reminder: Because each organization's hours vary, be sure to check their websites before you head out on your hunt.

PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS BY TOWN:

Bantam:

Bantam Cinema

Brookfield:

Brookfield Craft Center

Danbury:

Danbury Museum & Historical Society; Danbury Railway Museum

Gaylordsville - Celebrating its 300th Anniversary!

Browns Forge; Little Red Schoolhouse; Merwinsville Hotel Restoration, Inc.; The Washington Oak Park (DAR Roger Sherman Chapter)

Kent:

Connecticut Antique Machinery Association; Eric Sloane Museum; Kent Historical Society

Litchfield:

Litchfield Historical Society

New Fairfield:

New Fairfield Historical Society (at the Little Red Schoolhouse); Preserve New Fairfield

New Milford:

Gallery 25 & Creative Arts Studio; Harrybrooke Park; Merryall Center for the Arts; New Milford Historical Society; Pratt Nature Center; The Silo @ Hunt Hill Farm Trust; TheatreWorks; Village Center for the Arts

Sherman:

Sherman Historical Society

Washington:

Gunn Historical Museum

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8/31/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

2025 GLASS ORB SCAVENGER HUNT

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The Merwinsville Hotel is excited to be continuing the Glass Orb  Scavenger Hunt...
Sunday
Aug 31
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11:45 pm
Merwinsville Hotel Restoration, Inc.
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Gaylordsville
Merwinsville Hotel Restoration, Inc.
Online Event
Gaylordsville
Sun
Aug
31
Sun
Aug
31

Support our food, beverage and retail businesses. Get your Taste of Burlington card stamped at at least 12 of the following businesses between June 21, 2025 and September 1, 2025 for a chance to win gift certificates.

The B. Hive www.thebhiveburlington.com

Burlington Spirit Shoppe www.burlingtonspirit.com

Charming Thai Restaurant www.charming-thai.com

China Garden (860) 675-6666

Daily Mart (860) 675-7243

Delta Pizza www.delta-pizza.com

Enclave Grille www.enclavegrille.com

Greenhouse Tavern www.greenhousecafeandtavern.com

Happy Hippie Homestead www.facebook.com/people/Happy-Hippie-Homestead/61564351782316/

Hogan's Cider Mill www.hoganscidermill.com

I Know A Guy Deli www.iknowaguyfoodsllc.com

Kyle's Doghouse (860) 729-6146

Lamothe's Sugar House www.lamothesugarhouse.com

Larson's Garden Center www.larsonsgardencenter.com

Little Axe Market www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61569260639474#

Little Laurel's Cookie Co. www.littlelaurels.com

The Nevermind Shop www.nevermindshop.com

The Swimming Pool Store www.theswimmingpoolstore.com

Tonn's Marketplace www.tonnsmarketplace.com

Thank you to our sponsors: Torrington Savings Bank, M&T Bank and the Burlington CT Police Union

8/31/2025
Ongoing event
Food & Drink

Taste of Burlington

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Support our food, beverage and retail businesses. Get your Taste of Burlington card stamped at at...
Sunday
Aug 31
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11:45 pm
Burlington Economic Development Commission
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Burlington
Burlington Economic Development Commission
Online Event
Burlington
Sun
Aug
31
Sun
Aug
31

We’ve turned our entryway into a mini art studio! Stop by anytime this month to participate in our community collage project. The theme of this month’s collage is “Summer” — the rest is up to you! Use our supplies or add your own. Participate once or multiple times. Just don’t forget to sign the guest book so we know which artists we have to thank for the final product!


The finished piece will be displayed at Off the Trail Cafe.

8/31/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture
Visual Arts

Sidewalk Studio

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We’ve turned our entryway into a mini art studio! Stop by anytime this month to participate in...
Sunday
Aug 31
from
7:00 am
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11:00 pm
The Center on Main, Home of the Falls Village Children's Theater
in
Falls Village
The Center on Main, Home of the Falls Village Children's Theater
Online Event
Falls Village
Sun
Aug
31
Sun
Aug
31


Goshen Community Care will host their annual Water Sale Fundraiser at the Goshen Fair beginning Saturday August 30 through Monday September 1. 


The Goshen Fair has supported Goshen Community Care’s longstanding mission to provide supportive care services to the members of the Goshen community by allowing GCC to be the exclusive seller of bottled water at the Goshen Fair each year.  All proceeds from this water sale will go directly to benefit Goshen Community Care programs and services


Bottles of water will be available for purchase for $3.00 each, or 4 bottles for $10.00. You can find water bottles for sale at Goshen Community Care’s booth, as well as through their partner vendors, the American Legion and Steak Tips and Tenders.


For more information about GCC Goshen Fair Water Sale or Goshen Community Care and its efforts, visit GoshenCommunityCare.org or call 860-491-4673.


8/31/2025
Ongoing event
Community & Family
Local Festivals

Goshen Community Care Water Sale Fundraiser at the Goshen Fair

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Goshen Community Care will host their annual Water Sale Fundraiser at the Goshen Fair beginning...
Sunday
Aug 31
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8:00 pm
Goshen Fairgrounds
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Goshen
Goshen Fairgrounds
Online Event
Goshen
Sun
Aug
31
Sun
Aug
31

The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens is pleased to present an art exhibition, “A Frayed Edge,” featuring the works of Stace Dillard. This show is on view beginning Friday, August 29.


An opening reception will be held at the park on Saturday, August 30 from 3 to 5 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.


Dillard’s collage work is composed of vibrant, abstract mixed-media compositions characterized by geometric structures, overlapping elements, and a layering of colors, patterns, and textures. 


This show will remain on view through Sunday, September 21. Check our social media for weekly open hours: @judyblackpark on Instagram and Facebook.

8/31/2025
Ongoing event
Arts & Culture

Stace Dillard Art Show

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The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens is pleased to present an art exhibition, “A Frayed...
Sunday
Aug 31
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9:00 am
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5:00 pm
The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens
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Washington Depot
The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens
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Washington Depot
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