“The Sound of Love” Fundraising event featuring live music, benefiting victims of the recent hurricanes will take place October 21 st , 2017, with a rain date of November 4. The admission-free event will also accommodate free parking. Festivities begin at noon at the Litchfield Crossings, 169 Danbury Rd. New Milford, CT, 06776. The event ... Read more
The Hartford Yard Goats Baseball Club, the Double-A Eastern League Affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, will host the first ever Brew Fest at Dunkin’ Donuts Park on Saturday, October 21st, produced in conjunction with The Ferris Group. The G.O.A.T. “Greatest of All Time” Brew Fest will take place from 1:00 PM until 5:00 PM with ... Read more
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
Calling all ghosts and goblins! Don’t miss our annual Halloween-themed evenings, featuring activities and attractions geared toward guests ages 8-15 (although brave younger children have found the event enjoyable!) Brave children (and parents) can enter our haunted attractions: The Haunted Hayride, Farmer Beardsley’s Farmstead, and the Ghastly Greenhouse. Younger guests can enjoy magic shows, face ... Read more
Kids have FUN on school vacation at the Connecticut Science Center! Your child will love these hands-on day camps filled with fun and engaging science. Now registering for Camp dates December 27 – February 20 Campers in grades 1-6 will experience hands-on science enrichment through fun and engaging activities. Camps include structured activities with our STEM ... Read more
Join us for an evening of thrills, haunts, and mad science gone awry with Mystic Seaport's Nautical Nightmares: A Creature Among Us, inspired by Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.” In this frightening theatrical, you’ll meet a mad scientist, his haunted creation, and a troupe of terrified town folk, with four spine-chilling scenes of murder, mayhem, science, and ... Read more
New England is one of the best places in the world to enjoy the annual color that happens before our deciduous forests drop their leaves for winter. This walk across campus and through the Native Plant Collection, will highlight some of the most reliable species for adding fall color to your garden and review the ... Read more
Join the Railroad Museum of New England as they travel through the beautiful Naugatuck Valley, following the Naugatuck River on our historic, 1920s era passenger cars pulled by one of our vintage diesel locomotives. On this train ride you will experience breathtaking autumn views from the Thomaston Dam and ride alongside the Naugatuck River. Included in this ... Read more
Coventry Farmer's Market is making it SO EASY to shop local this holiday season… Sunday, October 22, they're helping you to jump start your holiday shopping with a highly-curated group of amazing Connecticut artisans and producers. Purchase wine, hard cider, housewares, soaps, jewelry, clothing, pottery, specialty foods, and one-of-a-kind furniture for the home. You’ll find something ... 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
