American Revolution Hero Lafayette Returns at New Haven Museum

New Haven Museum 114 Whitney Avenue, New Haven

On August 21, 2024, beginning at 5 p.m., New Haven Museum (NHM) and The American Friends of Lafayette will host a two-part welcoming celebration for the Marquis de Lafayette when he returns (in full regalia) to New Haven, exactly 200 years after his last triumphal visit to the city. Register here for this free NH250 event. The evening begins in the […]

Ocean House Author Series: Patricia Walsh Chadwick: TALES FROM THE WITCH OF WALL STREET

Ocean House 1 Bluff Avenue, Watch Hill, Rhode Island

Join us as Ocean House owner and author, Deborah Goodrich Royce moderates a conversation with our featured authors. This week, New York Times bestselling authors Allison Pataki and Join us as Ocean House owner and author, Deborah Goodrich Royce moderates a conversation with a featured author. This week, author Patricia Chadwick will be discussing (and signing) […]

$45

Movies in the Plaza at Pitkin Park

Movies in the Plaza is back, bringing you free Wednesday night (and now select Sunday afternoon) movie screenings May through October in downtown New Haven’s beloved Pitkin Plaza! Grab your lawn chairs, picnic blankets and some takeout from a local spot, and spend an evening under the stars enjoying blockbusters, nostalgic blasts from the past, […]

Destination Westport: In Gatsby’s Shoes with the Westport Museum for History and Culture

Longshore Marina 260 Compo Rd S Lot F Parking Area, Westport

Imagine it’s the summer of 1920. Westport is a sleepy farm community that lures New York’s most glamorous couple-F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald—to its shores. Seeking respite from their whirlwind Jazz era lives, the Fitzgeralds set up in an 18th century farmhouse that has seen Revolution and the building of a nation over many decades. Zelda […]

$25

Exhibit: “Weston…What Lies Beneath” at Weston History & Culture Center

Weston History & Culture Center 104 Weston Road, Weston

Through March 2, 2025. Open Sundays and Thursdays from 1pm - 4pm. The yard of one of Weston’s oldest homes, the Peter Thorp House, reveals its past lives in the new exhibit, “Weston…What Lies Beneath” at the Weston History & Culture Center. What started out as a weekend garden project turned into a discovery of […]

$3 – $5

Outstanding in the Field Dinner: Watson Farm: Jamestown, RI

Watson Farm 455 North Rd, Jamestown, Rhode Island

This dinner promises a heavyweight pairing of star chef and spectacular setting. The seaside hillsides and stone walls of Watson Farm may look familiar to movie buffs; the historic site served as the set for Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom. Host farmer Max raises Red Devon cattle on the farm and – alongside his good friend […]

$395

The174th Annual Brooklyn Fair

W.C.A.S Brooklyn Fair 15 Fairgounds Road, Brooklyn

August 22-25, 2024 The Brooklyn Fair is an annual agricultural fair, sponsored by the Windham County Agricultural Society. The first fair was held in 1809 in Pomfret, CT. The fair was a success and it was held on a rotating basis between the towns of Brooklyn, Pomfret, and Woodstock. In 1849, the Society purchased the […]

Free – $13

Zohara Farm Dinner at Sub Edge Farm in Farmington

Sub Edge Farm 199 Town Farm Rd, Farmington

Mid-summer is one of our favorite seasons for cooking and eating – it’s the sweet spot in the year when farms and gardens are overabundant with just about everything. Tomatoes are their sweetest, greens sprout bigger and faster than you can pick them, and apples are so plentiful they start falling from their trees; perfect […]

$140

The Steel Wheels – at Ballard Park in Ridgefield

Ballard Park 485 Main Street, Ridgefield

There are no reservations or tickets. Just come with your blankets, chairs and picnics. The Steel Wheels have long been at home in the creative space between tradition and innovation, but always moving forward with insightful lyrics and an evolving sound. In recent years they continue to explore deeply rooted yet fresh folk rock sounds. https://www.thesteelwheels.com […]

THE CHESTER FAIR!

Chester Fairground 11 Kirtland Terrace, Chester

AUGUST 23-25, 2024 This "country fair for all ages" features area livestock, food, rides, and more. This year's theme is "caring for the environment." Friday, August 23: Opening night with music by Leaf Jumpers, antique tractor pull, and various exhibits. Saturday, August 24: Livestock judging, composting and recycling presentations, frying pan toss contest, chainsaw carving […]

$8 – $10

Five Points Arts Center : Water, Water Everywhere

Five Points Arts 855 University Drive, Torrington

West Gallery: August 16 – September 21, 2024 Laura Barr, Karen Bonanno, Phyllis Crowley, Emilia Dubicki, Annie Wildey In-person Artist Talk: Friday, September 15, 6:30 PM For more information Monday - Friday: 9 am - 5 pm & by appointment