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Garden Dialogues 2024: Water Mill, NY
Water Mill NY Water Mill, NYJun 15, 2024 Register now for exclusive access to three exceptional residential landscapes in the Hamptons designed by LaGuardia Design Group. The event begins at the firm’s elegant and spacious offices in Water Mill. Transportation and lunch will be provided and the tours will be led by firm principals Chris LaGuardia, Daniel Thorp, and Ian […]
Guided Tour: Bibliophilia X Taphophila: The Dead Shall be Read: Grove Street Cemetery New Haven
Two great archives are neighbors in New Haven: Grove Street Cemetery, the nation’s first chartered burial ground, and Beinecke Library, North America’s largest building dedicated exclusively to rare books and and manuscripts. Both exist to make the past accessible in the present for the future, and both offer many encyclopedias of stories to explore and […]
Saturday Introductory Tour of Beinecke Library at Yale
Beinecke Library 121 Wall Street, New HavenAn introductory tour of the Beinecke Library, its mission, history, architecture, collections, and services, led by a library staff or student guide. Tours last approximately 45 minutes. Reservations are not required. Note: see the library’s website (beinecke.library.yale.edu) for current public health protocols and other important visitor information. A reminder the Beinecke Library’s ground floor and […]
Connecticut’s Historic Gardens Day at The Stanley-Whitman House
Stanley-Whitman House 37 High Street, FarmingtonStanley-Whitman House is one of fifteen distinctive historic sites and gardens in Connecticut that will be offering tours as part of Connecticut's Historic Gardens Day, Sunday, June 23rd from 12 - 4 pm. The Museum will be offering free historic garden tours in its "Museum Without Walls" which include its dooryard garden, hops and dye […]
CT’s Historic Gardens Day 2024
Fifteen distinctive historic sites and gardens in Connecticut that will be offering tours as part of Connecticut's Historic Gardens Day, Sunday, June 23rd from 12 - 4 pm. Reservations are needed and can be made online. For more information
Guilford Center Scavenger Hunt: Guilford Giggles & Galore Hunt
Let's Roam has scavenger hunts in towns all over the country. They are self-guided walking games for people who enjoy solving puzzles. Let's Roam This event can happen whenever you would like it to! Welcome to the Guilford Center, Connecticut, scavenger hunt! Get ready for an exciting adventure through this charming and historic neighborhood. This […]
Garden Dialogues 2024: Concord, MA
Concord MA Concord, MAJune 29, 2024 Register now to explore this exceptional 2.4-acre property with rolling meadows and surrounded by a densely forested perimeter. This landscape includes a long, winding driveway, sunny perennial gardens, and elegant granite steps. The exclusive tour will be led by Michelle Crowley, principal of Crowley Cottrell, Architect Kelly Ennis Connellan of Jill Neubauer Architects, and […]
15th Annual Nantucket Garden Festival: Lighthouse School Benefit
Nantucket Lighthouse School 1 Rugged Rd, NantucketJuly 23-25, 2024 The Nantucket Garden Festival is a celebration of the island's natural beauty, featuring inspiring garden tours, engaging lectures, and vibrant floral demonstrations. Your sponsorship provides essential support for this beloved event and organization. Don't miss this opportunity to join us in cultivating beauty and sustainability on Nantucket. For more information
Yale American Furniture Study Center Highlights Tour
Collection Studies Center at Yale West Campus 900 West Campus Drive, West HavenJoin us on the first Friday of the month for a one-hour, in-person tour of the Leslie P. and George H. Hume American Furniture Study Center at the Collection Studies Center, Yale West Campus. See more than 1,300 examples of American furniture and clocks from the 17th century to the present in this facility, which […]
Water, Wampum & Medicine Wheels. Mohegan Life on the Thames Boat Tour
City Pier New LondonThe first inhabitants along the western side of the Massapequatuck (Thames) River — the Mohegan tribe — settled here from the time of Sachem Uncas’ birth toward the end of the 16th century. Led by Tribal members, their stories demonstrate how crucial the Thames River was for food, wildlife, transportation, and trade as well as […]
White Sails, Black Hands: The African-American Experience on Connecticut’s Waters on the Thames Boat Tour
City Pier New LondonSpend an afternoon with Hempsted staff on the Thames River Heritage Water Taxi to learn about New London's history. This tour will explore the stories of a fugitive slave, Black Revolutionary Patriots, Black Governors and Whalers, the Amistad and more. For more information and other tour topics and dates
Explorations—Poet CAConrad and Classical Landscape Painting at The Met
Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue, New YorkExperience The Met collection anew as artists working across disciplines—including poetry, theater, painting and more—respond to works on view in encounters that can only happen at The Met. Join poet CAConrad to reflect on the depiction of landscape in the galleries. Listen as they read from writings that emerged from a (soma)tic poetry ritual in […]