JUNE 2013
1 Simsbury Celebrates Spring Market & Tag Sale, Simsbury Farms Ice Rink, 8:30 am-1pm. Admission of $1 supports Simsbury Celebrates; the free family-oriented holiday held the
Saturday after Thanksgiving; 658-3836, or www.simsburycelebrates.com
1 "Discover Enslaved People in Connecticut," Stanley-Whitman House, Farmington, 9:30am-2pm, registration required, 677-9222
1 Farmington Valley Trails Council's 16th Annual Trails in Motion Bike Tour Event, beginning on Iron Horse Boulevard, Simsbury. Visit www.fvgreenway.org for registration and ride schedules
1 CT Trails Day Walk, Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, 1-2:30 pm, free, 677-4787 ext 112, www.hillstead.org
2 First Sunday Gallery Talk: "150 Years of Photography," Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, 1 pm, 677-4787, www.hillstead.org
2 First Sunday Guided Estate Walk, part of CT Trails Days, Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, 1 pm, free, 677-4787, www.hillstead.org
2 Antique Auto Show, New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, 10am-3pm, museum
admission, 623-3305
5 Nook Farm Book Club: The Secrets of Mary Bowser, Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, Hartford, 7-8:30pm, registration, 522-9258 x 317
6 "Discover The Village," Avon Village Marketplace (formerly Old Avon Village), 5:30-7:30pm, 676-8878
7 "Dinner with Friends," Opening Day for this Farmington Valley Stage Company, Production, Canton. Visit www.fvstage.org or call 404-3081 for information, dates & times
8 CT Open House Day. Consult your favorite museums and galleries to see if they're participating in this state-wide free event. Here are just a few offerings:
• Barkhamsted Historical Society's Squires Tavern will be open from 1-4pm
• The Mark Twain House & Museum presents "Tom Sawyer Day in King Arthur's Court" 10am-4pm
• The Simsbury Historical Society's Phelps Tavern & Carriage House Gallery are open from 12-4pm
• Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, Hartford presents Stowe's 202 birthday
12 OPENING DAY for Hill-Stead’s Sunken Garden Poetry Festival. The Festival takes place every other Wednesday evening through Aug. 7. Gates open at 4:30pm, preludes from 5-6pm, music begins at 6:15pm, and poetry begins at 7:15pm. $10 pp, free ages 18 and under. Free parking. Visit www.hillstead.org or sunkengardenpoetry.org.
12 "The Trouble Begins at 5:30: Mark Twain's Homes & Mark Twain
House & Museum, Hartford, reception at 5pm, discussion at 5:30pm, 247-0998
14 "Liquid Lounge: Birthday Bonanza," CT Science Center, Hartford, an adult gathering, from 7-11pm, reservations, 520-2177
14 "Get a Clue," Tours, Mark Twain House & Museum, Hartford, 6-10pm, reservations for the hour tour required, 280-3130
15 "New Ways of Getting Published," a Saturday Afternoon Workshop, Mark Twain House & Museum, Hartford, 1-4pm, registration and tuition, 280-3137
15 "The Living Museum," multiple activities at the Canton Historical Museum, Collinsville, free, 1-4pm, 693-2793
15 "Walk Through Time," a hike through People's Forest, 10am,
free, 738-2456
15 "Family Fest" at Ski Sundown, benefiting the Village for Families & Children, 11:30-6pm, Music, children's activities, refreshments and more, happening after the bike ride. Call 379-7669 or visit www.skisundown.com for details
22 "Bike the Valley," and enjoy the YMCA Camp Chase in Burlington. Call 653-5524 or visit
www.ghymca.org/farmington
22 Harry Connick Jr. in concert at Simsbury Meadows, Simsbury, 8pm, 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com
23 CT's Historic Gardens Day, Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, 12-4pm, 677-4787. For more participating gardens, visit
cthistoricgardens.org
26 Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington. The Festival takes place every other Wednesday evening through Aug. 7. Gates open at 4:30pm, preludes from 5-6pm, music begins at 6:15pm, and poetry begins at 7:15pm. $10 pp, free ages 18 and under. Free parking. Visit www.hillstead.org or sunkengardenpoetry.org.
28 Talcott Mountain Music Festival begins, with Mozart in the Moonlight, 7:30pm, fireworks, 244-2999 or www.hartfordsymphony.org
Bridge Street Live, Collinsville: 693-9763
www.41bridgestreet.com
- 1 Comedy Night: Jim Florentine
- 2 Noah Preminger Group "CD Release & Birthday Performance"
- 6 The Steel Wheels
- 7 Tab Benoit's Voice of the Wetlands Allstars
- 8 Catie Curtis w/ special guest Wendy Cahill
- 9 Lost Straitjackets w/Sarah Borges Band
- 11 "We've Only Just Begun: Carpenters Remembered" 1st show
- 12 "We've Only Just Begun: Carpenters Remembered" 2nd show
- 13 Fred Eaglesmith's Traveling Steam Show
- 14 Burlesque-A-Pades Beach Party
- 15 Gypsophilia
- 21 Comedy Night: Big Jim McCue
- 22 Jeremy Wallace Trio
- 29 Jr. Krauss and The Shakes + The Delta Generators
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