Discover Victorian-Era rituals of death and dying at our award-winning annual Spirit Voices: Victorian Mourning & Spiritualism event. From 19th-century funeral traditions such as “widow’s weeds” and “safety coffins,” to the rise of the seance, learn how those who died were remembered and honored by loved ones. View the parlor decorated for a wake, see ... Read more
Visit the Samuel Smith Farmstead for a 1685 farmstead tour, to see farm animals, demonstrations of antique tools, hands-on family activities including sheep wool carding, dyeing wool with plant dyes, cider pressing, corn cracking, butter churning and candle dipping. Enjoy live music, cider, apples and donuts. Handmade beeswax candles and Fall decorations will be available ... Read more
Come for the treats, stay for the spooky tales as part of the Town of East Lyme’s “Trick or Trunk” Halloween program! The first floor of the Smith-Harris House will be lit by candlelight, while several slightly-creepy, but not too scary, local and regional folktales are shared. This event is perfect for families with young ... Read more
The Walk of Horror walk will be held at the Smith-Harris House in East Lyme. Come prepared to be scared. This walk is not for young children or the faint-of-heart! Donations get you in for Free. Cash donations will go to Friends of Smith-Harris House. Non perishable food items will go to the East Lyme ... Read more
Join HighHopes Therapeutic Riding Center as they transform their arena into a Holiday Marketplace. You can expect all the food trucks, sweet treats, live music, lotions & potions, paintings & fine creations, whittled wooden wares, edible fare, jewels, kids crafts, photos, charms & baubles, cozy apparel, abodes for birds, up-cycled finds, perfect presents and earthenware ... Read more
Come tour the Samuel Smith Farmstead house which will be lit by electric candles, and smell our own hanging herbs as we decorate the Samuel Smith Farmstead. In our barn, we will offer Christmas wreaths (pine cone, grapevine and evergreen), swags, topiaries, burlap bags filled with assorted greens, beeswax hand-dipped candle pairs, hand-knitted and thrummed ... Read more
East Lyme Touch a Truck to feature Fire Trucks and Fire Safety On Saturday, May 19, 2018 the East Lyme Auxiliary of Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut and the East Lyme Parks and Recreation Department will co-sponsor our eleventh annual Touch-a-Truck event. This family event will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 ... Read more
East Lyme Parks and Recreation invites bikers, hikers, history buffs and everybody who loves a great BBQ to join us on Saturday, September 29 for East Lyme’s 3rd Annual Preservation Bike, Hike and BBQ to raise money for East Lyme’s historic places and open spaces. See the Event Details and Schedule section of the East Lyme Town Hall website to select the ... Read more
