WOODBURY — The Glebe House Museum plans a festive fundraiser, “Wine, Cheese & Art, Please,” from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 3, in the Gertrude Jekyll Garden on Hollow Road. Surrounded by bursts of summer flowers and local artists, the work of local artists Cynthia M. Gillette, Viktoria Stockmal and Heather Scofield, guests can sample cheeses and fresh hand-cut seafood, hors d’oeuvres and wine. Guests will have the opportunity to purchase art pieces from the artists, as well as participate in a silent auction of special items chosen for this event. The museum will be open for the evening. Read moreWine, Cheese & Art, Please: Glebe House Sets Festive Event
NEWTOWN — A new exhibition by Kimberly Day Proctor and Missy Stevens will open on Saturday, June 10, at Art and Frame, 77 Main St. The public is invited to an opening reception from 4 to 6 p.m. June 10. In the exhibition titled Interwoven-Seeing and Making, artists Kimberly Day Proctor and M…
SOUTHBURY — The Jewish Federation of Western Connecticut will host its Annual Meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 13, Walzer Family Community Campus, 444 Main St. North.
WASHINGTON — The Gunn Memorial Library and the Hickory Stick Bookshop will co-sponsor an author talk with Seh-Lynn Chai, co-author of “The Hard Road Out: One Woman’s Escape From North Korea,” at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 3, at the Judy Black Memorial Park and Garden, 1 Green Hill Rd.
SOUTHBURY — The artwork of Betsy Rogers-Knox and her students, “Botanical Explorations,” will be on display at the Gloria Cachion Gallery at the Southbury Public Library from Friday, June 2 through Saturday, July 29, at 100 Poverty Rd.
SOUTHBURY — Justice Southbury has announced that the third-year commemoration of the weekly gatherings at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 28, will be led by Matt Meyer.
NAUGATUCK — Richard Franklin Donohue will present the story of the memorials in Connecticut that honor World War I veterans during a program called, “Remembering the Dough Boys,” at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 3, at the Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House, 380 Church St.
BETHLEHEM — The town’s Conservation Commission offers hikes and hay rides from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 3, at Swendsen Farm Preserve on Route 132.
LITCHFIELD — The White Memorial Conservation Center will celebrate Connecticut Open House Day with free admission all day on Saturday, June 10 at 80 Whitehall Rd.
SOUTHBURY — Educator and activist Ben Greene will speak on concepts of gender identity and gender expression at 7 p.m. Friday, June 2, as part of the Erev Shabbat worship, at B’nai Israel, 444 Main St. North
OXFORD — The Oxford United Church of Christ, 3 Academy Rd., plans an indoor tag/bake sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 3, at the church.
WATERBURY — A few spots remain open in two different free, six-week Live Well With Diabetes phone workshops starting in June.
WOODBURY — Woodbury poet laureate Sandy Carlson has recently published a new collection of sonnets, “Taking Time,” that explores both the struggle for happiness and the nature of victory.
SOUTHBURY — The Youth Services Department at the Southbury Public Library, 100 Poverty Rd., will host a Back to Bach music program for children in grades 1 to 5 at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 27, in the Kingsley Room.
WATERTOWN — Main Street will be closed to traffic on two Saturday nights this summer to bring residents and visitors together for good, old-fashioned fun during the annual summer block parties.
WOODBURY — The Woodbury Lions Club will present its annual Car Show and Summerfest on Sunday, June 4, at Hollow Park.
LITCHFIELD — The White Memorial Conservation Center hosts Yoga in the Garden with Judith Ehrman-Shapiro at 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays, June 7, 14, 21 and 28.
SOUTHBURY — The Southbur Public Library, 100 Poverty Rd., offers a program on how to improve smartphone photography from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 6, in the library’s Kingsley Room and via Zoom.
LITCHFIELD — The White Memorial Conservation Center will observe Connecticut Trails Day from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 3, by offering A Hike Along the Lake Trail to Butternut Brook at 80 Whitehall Rd.
SOUTHBURY — The Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony will take place on Monday, May 29.
WATERBURY — Through Sunday, June 25, the non-denominational non-profit organization Acts 4 Ministry, Inc., which serves the greater Waterbury region, is participating in the popular Travelers Championship Birdies for Charity fundraising event.
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Lions Club will pay homage to the country’s fallen military heroes and all those who have served in the nation’s military at a Veterans’ Memorial Day Observance at noon Sunday, May 28, at the Middlebury Cemetery, Route 64 behind the Middlebury Garage.
WOODBURY — Dog licenses may be obtained in person from the Town Clerk’s Office, 275 Main St. South, from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, beginning Thursday, June 1.
OXFORD — Oxford Ambulance Association’s Training Center, offers two summer EMT courses.
NEWTOWN — The Newtown Senior Center features the Crafting Crew, a women’s discussion group, men’s breakfast club, ping pong players’ group, art classes, technology assistance, poker group, Spanish lessons, knitting and crocheting group and a garden club.
SOUTHBURY — Sustainable Southbury, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and EyeRecycle will hold collection day events on the first Sunday of every month.
WOODBURY — The Woodbury Public Library, 269 Main St. South, will offer author and illustrator David Carroll for a virtual conversation about his award-winning book, “Following the Water: A Hydromancer’s Notebook,” via Zoom.
BETHLEHEM — The Bethlehem Library will present a talk entitled, “Let’s End Gun Violence Together: Learn the Full Facts of Gun Deaths and Actions You Can Take to Make Our World a Safer Place,” at 7 p.m. Monday, June 5, in the Leever Room at the library, 32 Main St. South.
MONROE — The Save Our Stepney Task Force will celebrate the town of Monroe’s bicentennial by hosting the Stepney Bicentennial Celebration from 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 10, and from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, June 11, on the Stepney Green, Main Street.
SOUTHBURY — Volunteers are needed for a food scraps recycling pilot program at the Southbury Transfer Station.
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SOUTHBURY — Femina Melodia, a women’s a cappella group, founded and directed by Jan Gregory, will offer its annual spring concert, presented by B’nai Israel, at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 21, at the synagogue, 444 Main St. North. Although the program is mostly a cappella, the concert will feature “B…
WOODBURY — The Candlewood Brass Quintet will perform in concert at the Leroy Anderson House in Woodbury at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 20 at 33 Grassy Hill Rd. The quintet will perform a variety of classical, popular and patriotic music by J.S. Bach, Gustav Holst, George Gershwin, John Philip Sousa…
Nunnawauk Meadows Resident Association will host their annual Tag and Bake Sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 27 and from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, May 28at 3 Nunnawauk Rd. in Newtown. Items will be half-price on May 29. Items for sale include jewelry, household, glassware, handbags, toys…
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Public Library, 30 Crest Rd., will offer programs for adults and children in June.
MIDDLEBURY — “Two Artists, Two Friends, Many Visions” by artists Marilyn DiChiara and Katie Piazza, is now on exhibit at the Art Gallery at Shutter Speed Photo through June 17.
SOUTHBURY — Justice Southbury, a local social justice advocacy group, will offer the 10th in a series of interactive Zoom conversations relevant to its vision of a more fair and kind community for all at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 21.
BETHLEHEM — The Ken Meady Memorial Scholarship Committee’s first fundraising event, “The Rakes on the Hill at March Farm,” will take place from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 4, at March Farm, 160 Munger Ln.
SEYMOUR — The Seymour Public Library will host Dr. Wendy Hurwitz for a free, in-person talk, Tips for Sleep at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 24 at 46 Church St.
MONROE — The Parks and Recreation Department will celebrate Connecticut Trials Day with a free, all-ages trail event from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 4, at the Great Hollow Lake section of Wolfe Park, 454 Purdy Hill Rd.
SOUTHBURY — Karaoke night is scheduled for Friday, May 26, at the South Britain Congregational Church, 693 South Britain Rd.
OXFORD — The Oxford Garden Club will host its annual Plant Sale from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 20, at the Oxford Grange, 482 Oxford Rd., rain or shine.
BRIDGEWATER — The Bridgewater Senior Center, known as The Hilltop Center, is located at 132 Hut Hill Rd. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday.
WATERBURY — St. Mary’s Hospital conducted a colleague Donate Life - Blue & Green Day Walk on April 19. Wearing blue and green, colleagues gathered in front of the hospital for a group picture before walking together around the hospital building in recognition of National Donate Life Month.
LITCHFIELD — The White Memorial Conservation Center will host Amphibian Amble with Pam Velez from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, June 10 in the A.B. Ceder Room at 80 Whitehall Rd.
NEWTOWN — The Newtown Senior Center features the Crafting Crew, a women’s discussion group, men’s breakfast club, ping pong players’ group, art classes, technology assistance, poker group, Spanish lessons, knitting and crocheting group and a garden club.
MIDDLEBURY — U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Genevieve Zasada of Watertown will speak at the Westover School’s commencement ceremony on May 27.
SOUTHBURY — The town of Southbury and Newbury Musical Theatre Company in Southbury will present a community talent show at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 20, at the Jewish Federation of Western Connecticut, 444 Main St. North.
SOUTHBURY — The Southbury Senior Center is located at 561 Main St. South.
NEWTOWN — Newtown Parent Connection will host “Vaping Me Crazy,” an informational forum on the risks of vaping, from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, May 22, at the Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West St.
LITCHFIELD — The White Memorial Conservation Center will host the program, Edible Plant Walk with Andy Dobos, from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 27, meeting in the A.B. Ceder Room, 80 Whitehall Rd.
OXFORD — The Oxford United Church of Christ will host an indoor Tag and Bake Sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 3 at 3 Academy Rd.
LITCHFIELD — The White Memorial Conservation Center will host Museum Children Free Week from Thursday, May 25, to Wednesday, May 31, at 80 Whitehall Rd.
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