Our Town News

Put your glad rags on, knock twice on the secret door and whisper the password! New Canaan Library invites you to get in on the fun as it kicks off One Book New Canaan, the community’s month-long exploration of Bill Bryson’s One Summer; America, 1927, by transforming the Lamb Room into a genuine Prohibition-era speakeasy on Thursday, March 5 from 6:00 – 8:30 PM (Postponed due to weather! New Date: March 25th). Tickets are $15, can be purchased online at newcanaanlibrary.org and will reveal the secret password that lets you start “putting on the Ritz.”

Experience the fashions of 1889 as the Historical Society opens its latest costume exhibit, As We Were, in celebration of the Society’s 125th anniversary. The first meeting of the Historical Society took place on August 20, 1889, where 65 prominent New Canaan residents discussed how to maintain the town’s history. The exhibit features dresses like those that could have been worn at this initial meeting. Two residents that attended the meeting, Edna Hoyt Rogers and Henry Benjamin Rogers, were married around the same time. On display are Edna Hoyt Rogers’ wedding dress, along with several other dresses from the period. The Show runs through May 2015.

Join us on February 26 @ 12:00 pm us at the New Canaan YMCA as Dr. Evelyn Cusack and Dr. David His lead an informative discussion about men’s and women’s cardiac health.

You will learn the importance of a healthy lifestyle, potential risk factors, and the positive impact technology is having on cardiology .All seminars are FREE and OPEN to the community. Light refreshments will be served from 12:00-12:30 PM. Space is limited to 30 participants per seminar.

Registration is Required: Contact Stamford Hospital Call Center at 1-877-233-WELL (9355)

Several of the Silvermine Guild of Artists’ newest members will be exhibiting work that explores the territory between two media. Photography and glasswork, video and sound, drawing and collage, and painting and sculpture are a few of the disciplines that inform each other in this new exhibition. Silvermine’s new artists are also a surprisingly international group. Two are Brazilian artists, born in Belo Horizonte; one is from Gunma Prefecture, Japan; another was born and educated in the Croatian capital, Zagreb. The eleven new Guild Artists are: Moshe Bursuker (Purdys, NY); Robert Calafiore (West Hartford, CT); Susan Cox (Pound Ridge, NY); Edhu Nascimento (Norwalk, CT); Kyoshi Otsuka (White Plains, NY); Gina Piccirilli-Hayden (Spring Harbor, NY); Ronnie Rysz (New Haven, CT); Michele Shibley (West Springfield, MA); Dora Tomulic (Hartsdale, NY); Cris Xavier (Norwalk, CT); and Joan Zagrobelny (Newtown, CT).

Holiday Ornament Workshop December 22nd 4:00 – 5:30pm Afterschool Workshops at The New Canaan Historical Society Join us at the Society’s Townhouse For Crafts, treats and stories $15.00 per child/ $20.00 non-member *Food may contain nuts Reservations are required call 203.966.1776 info@nchistory.org

Santa’s Workshop – Weekends in December: 11am – 3pm

Old Faithful Fire Engine rides – Saturdays in December: 11am – 1pm

The annual Tree & Wreath sale begins on Saturday November 29th, it is the Club’s largest fundraising event enabling grants of more than $1,000,000 to twenty-two local charities over the past ten years. The Exchange Club Parenting Skills Center in Stamford, whose mission is to break the cycle of child abuse and neglect, is the largest beneficiary of our fundraising efforts. The sale runs through December 22nd Kiwanis Park is located at 77 Old Norwalk Road in New Canaan.

This annual event held on Friday November 21 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm features many one-of-a-kind handcrafted fashion and decorative items designed to make holiday gift giving and entertaining very special. All handcrafts are made by New Canaan Sewing Group members. A special feature of this year’s event will be beautiful hand knit “Winter Woolies” — hats, gloves, mittens, scarves and dog sweaters. Shoppers will also find their favorites such as gingerbread houses, doll clothes, needlepoint ornaments, infant and children’s hand knit sweaters and the very popular Gourmet Table. All proceeds benefit over twenty local non-profit organizations. For a Sneak Peak at the beautiful items to be sold check out the Play House window at 91 Elm Street! Admission is Free.

Help supply over 15,000 Turkeys to families in need this Thanksgiving holiday!

Donations and Checks made out to “Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County” can be mailed to:
NCHS Food Bank Volunteers Club c/o Jameson
33 Scofield Lane
New Canaan, CT 06840

Bring your Frozen Turkey (17-20 lbs) to New Canaan High School on: Wednesday November 19th 6:45am-10:00am by the Front Entrance. Donations will also be collected each morning the week of November 17-19th between 6:45am-7:30am.

Join Us for a Day of Traditional Family Fun! Activities for All Ages!Pony rides, hay maze, games & crafts, bungee jump, zip line, human hamster balls, apple sling shots, pumpkin decorating and much more! Great food, beverages and baked goods will satisfy hungry appetites as children and families listen and dance to the music. Don’t miss the Children’s Pie Eating Contest at 1:30 P.M.10:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. Early Entry for NCNC Members 9:30 A.M NEW! Starting at 11:00 A.M. SOAR ON A ZIPLINE across the meadow 30 feet high for 100 feet. Must weigh 60 lbs. to ride. Unfortunately, No Dogs are Permitted.

Caffeine & Carburetors requests donations for the New Canaan Food Pantry at its Sunday, October 19 gathering at Waveny Park, 677 South Avenue (Rte. 124), New Canaan, Conn., 8-11:30am. The Food Bank currently needs canned fruits and vegetables, powdered milk, crackers, cookies, kids’ juice boxes and snacks, gift cards to grocery stores and reusable grocery bags.