Our Town News

Join us for Harvest Festival on Saturday, October 3 from 7:00-10:00 P.M. Bring your friends and join us as we sample a variety of beers, wine and gluten free beer this year.

1-1/4 lb. lobster, corn on the cob, fresh roll, coleslaw, coffee or soft drink, fruit and homemade baked goods. Beer & Wine, and takeout available! All proceeds to benefit New Canaan and International Communities.

Hands For Life is a free CPR training event that can teach anyone to be a lifesaver. Since its inception in 2009 we have trained nearly 10,000 people in Stamford, New Canaan, Darien and the surrounding communities, including our World Record setting event in 2012. We are now gearing up for our most ambitious event ever.

The non-profit New Canaan Historical Society has received permission to host a special advance showing of the PBS American Masters documentary, “Pedro Guerrero, A Photographer’s Journey” on Sunday, August 30, 3pm, at the New Canaan Historical Society, 13 Oenoke Ridge.

“Historic Barns: Yesterday & Today” Photographs by Kip Farrell will be on display starting May 21. Featuring photographs of New Canaan barns by author, photographer, and historic barn expert, Kip Farrell, as well as background on the local barn preservation ordinance. The exhibit runs through September.
“The Cartoonists of Silvermine: Past and Present” is an historical retrospective exhibiting over seventy reproductions of seventeen cartoonists who at one time worked and/or lived in Silvermine from 1900 though the present. Exhibit runs through August 15th.

Have a safe summer! Join the American Red Cross for CPR training on Saturday July 11th 1:00 pm at the New Canaan Library. The purpose of the American Red Cross Citizen CPR course is to teach untrained bystanders how to perform hands-only CPR. Having more citizen bystanders trained in this simple skill can help save lives by putting more cardiac arrest victims within a few steps of lifesaving assistance.

Join us under the big top on Saxe Middle School field for the 6th Annual New Canaan Family Circus featuring the famous Zerbini family! Kick off summer with aerialists, clowns, acrobats, jugglers, camel rides, food and fun for the entire family! Tickets: $20 in advance $25 at the door Kids 2 and under are free Tickets go on sale beginning June 1. Tickets are available online*, at the Y Front Desk, and throughout town at Baskin Robbins, TD Bank, and Walter Stewart’s Market. All proceeds from the event benefit youth programming in New Canaan including financial assistance at the New Canaan YMCA and the Kiwanis Club of New Canaan’s community fund.

The New Canaan Mile was started in 2012 by New Balance owners Ron and Tina Rosenfeld to reward two student athletes at the New Canaan High School for the following merits: Strong Leadership Qualities, Hard Working, and Good Grades. Most importantly the scholarship is not awarded to the students who are necessarily the best athletes, but the indivduals that come to practice with a positive attitude and helps others. We give a $1000 scholarship to a person decided on by the coaches.

We will pack 150,000 to 200,000 meals in one weekend. We will be packing meals Saturday June 6 and Sunday June 7 at New Canaan High School. We need close to 1000 volunteers to participate a 2 hour packing session filling meal bags with ingredients formulated to help starving children. The event is coordinated with Feed My Starving Children that ships the meals to children in desperate need. Teams, Families, and Youth organizations are welcome. Sign ups begin on May 18th go to www.puravidaforchildren and look for the sign up. Donation of any amount are being accepted by Pura Vida to help pay for the ingredients. We are close to packing 1 million meals in the past few years, help us reach our goal.

Please join us on June 5th from 12:30 pm – 7:30 pm for the 4th Annual Match Point for Mikey event! – It is a Men’s & Women’s Round Robin Doubles Tennis Tournament. All proceeds will go towards The Mikey Czech Foundation whose mission is to raise funds for pediatric brain tumor research! To sign-up please visit the MCF website at www.mikeyczech.org! Sponsored by: Czech Asset Management, L.P.; William Raveis Real Estate; Lake Club; New Canaan Field Club; USTA.