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Today Calendar 2025:​ ​CT Farmington​​ Valley​ and​ Beyond​

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Farmington Valley and Beyond Connecticut • USA

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We Are the Sons of Freedom – Exhibit

Avon​ Public Library – History Corner

•​ April and May – regular library hours

Free • Info: Avon Historical Society 

• ​Explore​ the history of Avon’s colonial​ residents in 1775​ and their response to the ​start of the Revolutionary War​


Walkie Talkies

LaSalle Market & Deli​ – Collinsville

• Monthly: fourth Tuesday – 1:00 pm • summer dates: 5/27 • 6/24 • 7/22 • 8/26

Free • usually hosted by Dr. Brian Magna

• 15-minute health-based talk followed by 45-minute walk – bad-weather venue: typically start at LaSalle, then TBD


Pine Grove Schoolhouse

Avon – corner of Harris Road + West Avon Road: Route 167

• Sundays • 2:00-4:00 pm – May thru September

Free • Listed on National Register of Historic Places – built in 1865

Avon Historical Society • 860-678-7621

Scholarship – Free Tuition 

CT State Community College

• Thousands have received free tuition statewide

• “It sounds too good to be true, but this is real" – CT State rep


Theater Shorts – Agent for Change​ • The Debate

Magna Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Center​ – Avon

•​ Friday ​5​/30​ – 6:30 ​pm

​Cost – freewill donation to Avon-based Playhouse 44 

• RSVP: brian@thelongevity.zone – sponsored by The Longevity Zone – two skits present humor as an essential ingredient for healthy living


Summer Art Programs and Events

Paint Nights​ • Kids Birthday Parties​ • Youth Summer Art Classe​s​ • more

Kalaveshi Arts Studio-Gallery​ – Avon

Free to visit gallery – program costs vary

•​ Register​ +​ Info > click Studio drop-down menu

• Award-winning Today cover story – From War-Torn To Art Reborn •


​Life Cycle – Art Exhibit

Parkville Art Gallery​ – Hartford​

•​ May • June • July

Free • Info – 860-874-5193

• Artists include acclaimed Avon-based painter Edith Skiba LaMonica — she has displayed work at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, New Britain Museum of American Art and Canton-based Gallery on the Green

• Today news story – Nature draws and beckons artist •


Gallery on the Green – Fine Art Shows 

Canton Green Road – Canton – between Dowd Avenue + Route 44

• Gallery Hours – Fridays-Saturdays-Sundays – 1:00-5:00 pm

Member​ + Guest Exhibition

Solo ​Shows – Kathy Schwartz ​+ Donna Namnoum

• Friday ​5​/30 thr​u​ Saturday ​6​/28

Opening Reception • Saturday ​5​/31​ – 6:00-8:00​ pm

Free • Farmington Valley artists and beyond – Gallery on the Green is operated by the Canton Artists’ Guild – cantonartistsguild@gmail. com

Connecticut Freedom Trail Dedication 

East Avon Cemetery – Avon Congregational Church

•​ Monday​ 6​/2​ – 6:30​ pm

Free • Info: Avon Historical Society 

• Dedication​ of memorial stone​ for Leverett Holden, Avon resident and Civil War veteran of 29th Connecticut Infantry Regiment​: Colored

• ​Award-winning Today ​news story:​


Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast​ ​

Marriott – Downtown Hartford

•​ Wednesday 6/4​ – 8:00-10:00 ​am

Free • Register by email: RSVP@hfhncc.​ org​ – Info: volunteer@hfhncc.​ org

• Habitat celebrates the volunteers who power ​the nonprofit​'s mission


La Sylphide – New England Ballet Theatre 

Miss Porter's School – Farmington

• Saturday 6/7 – 7:00 pm

• Sunday 6/8 – 2:00 pm

$15-$30 • Tickets + Info 

• Avon-based NEBT presents one of the world's oldest surviving ballets


Two Hikes – National Trails Day

Canton Land Conservation Trust​ •​ Sun​day ​6​/8​

•​ 1​:00 pm – Beauty Over the Bridge​: Pratt Preserve

•​ 2:00 pm – Family​ Birdwatching Intro​: Sun, Wind and Woodland Preserve ​

​Free • Info – cantonlandtrust@gmail. com

•​ ​Tick protection​ recommended – no dogs please – rain​​ cancels​ ​


Strawberry Festival​ – 73rd​ annual

North Canton Community United Methodist Church​ – Route 179​

•​ Saturday 6/14​ – 11:00am-4:00pm

​Free to attendInfo – 860-693-4589

• Burger and hot dog booth – homemade baked goods sale – plant sale – silent auction – tag sale – early entry to tag sale at 9:00 with $10 fee


Longevity Walks​

 LaSalle Market & Deli​ • Collinsville​​ –​ Tuesday​s • 3:30 ​pm​

 Reservoir 6 rear lot • West Hartfor​d – Thursday​s • 9:30 a​m​

Free • Register one-time: Kathleen Arky • karky64@att. net

Info – Magna Physical Therapy: 860-679-0430 • office@magnapt. com

• ​Sponsored by The Longevity Zone – no dogs or other animals allowed – for Reservoir 6 walk, look for leader Kathleen Arky with red flag


Photo Exhibit – Wendy Rosenberg

$7-$9 • free for members • Info – 860-693-0263

• View wildlife images by a multiple award-winning photographer

• Rosenberg-focused Today Publishing cover stories:

  • Wild Wonder 

• Wendy ​has won an SPJ award for this photo​ in Today Magazine:

Open Mic Nights

 Talcott Mountain Collective • Simsbury – Tuesdays • 7:00-9:30 pm

Free to play and listen • Register on social media: Facebook – Instagram 

• Space limited: advance online sign-up advised – walk-ins if time allows – hosted by Michael Sasportas Music

 LaSalle Market & Deli • Collinsville – Fridays • 6:00 pm

Free to play and listen • Info: 860-693-8010

• Space limited: same-day sign-up at LaSalle – previously advance online sign-up was advised, but the current website link is old


Blood Pressure Clinic

Blood Sugar Clinic

Canton Senior Center – 40 Dyer Avenue

• Wednesdays – 11:30-1:00 pm

Free • Sponsored by Farmington Valley VNA – appointments not required

• For residents of all towns, not just Canton


Canton Café

Dine-In Lunch Program

Canton Community Center – 40 Dyer Avenue

• Wednesdays • Fridays – 12:00-1:00 pm

$5 – senior citizens • $7 – town employees

• Reservations required two days in advance – call 860-693-5811


Canton Area Boardgamers​

Christ Community Church – Collinsville​

•​ Sunday – second​ and​ fourth​ of month – 1:00​-5:00​ pm

Free • Facebook page • Info: organizer Kevin Salch – 860-597-6894

• Bring your own games or play ours​ – check​ Facebook to ​confirm the usual second-and-fourth​ Sunday meeting​ is on due to occasional​ reschedule​s


Kala Farnham – Concert Schedule

Connecticut State Troubadour • Award-Winning Songwriter

Info + Tickets – some shows free 

• Kala has opened for Don McLean, Tony Bennett and other notables –​ she has performed​ across Connecticut and the East Coast

• Songs on YouTube > David • Connecticut Grown • A Little Ghost Story •

Gildo T. Consolini VFW Post 3272 

Ongoing Meetings

• Monthly – fourth Wednesday

• Avon – Prince Thomas of Savoy Italian Club

  5:30 pm – Social

  6:00 pm – Dinner – $10

  6:30 pm – Meeting

• Weekly – each Thursday

• BeanZ & Co. – Avon – 8:30-11:00 am

Free • Veterans from all towns invited for conversation and support


Red Cross Blood Drives

Numerous locations in Farmington Valley

• Various days + times

• Register + find a Valley blood drive – www.redcrossblood.org 


Antique Appraisals

ANTIQ’S – Farmington

• Saturdays – 11:00am-4:00pm

Free • Info – 860-676-2670 • info@antiqs.com

• Free-of-charge appraisal of your antiques – every Saturday


American Parkinson Disease Association​ – Connecticut Chapter​

Free • Various locations – ongoing

• Click the above links to find a group or class near you

• Today Magazine cover story – Parkinson Puzzle •


Autism Programs

Autism Families CONNECTicut

• Register – https://www.autismfamiliesct.org 

• Today Magazine cover story:


Simsbury Public Library

Recurring Events • Programs

Free • Register + Info • 860-658-7663

Online: Poetry Group

• Monthly – third Tuesday – 6:30 pm

• Write and share poems for constructive feedback

Spanish Conversation Group

• Wednesdays – 11:00 am • Practice speaking Spanish with others

English Conversation Club

• Fridays – 10:30 am • Practice your English with others

• Today Magazine cover story – Burning Book​ ​Passion

CT Freedom Trail Program Online

Three Firsts – Pvt. Leverett Holden – Civil War veteran

Free • On-Demand Video 

• Holden was in CT's 29th Regiment Volunteer Infantry: Colored

• His gravesite is on the Connecticut Freedom Trail – a first for Avon CT

• Presented by Avon Historical Society president Terri Wilson 

• Wilson's award-winning Today Magazine story:


"We Are Very Likely To Die"

Incredible True Story of Sinking of Sea Surveyor

Free • On-Demand Video 

• Talk by survivor Walter Banzhaf, longtime Simsbury resident – presented at Simsbury Senior Center, Simsbury Library and elsewhere in CT

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Coping with Grief and Loss during the Holidays  Online

On-Demand ​Video – cogent talk starts at 21:20 mark after musical intro

  Speaker – Joe Colletti • author • bereavement consultant

• Hosts – Carmon Community Funeral Homes – Avon

Free • Info – visit above websites • 860-688-2200 • 860-673-8610

• Nine Carmon locations – Avon • Granby • Hartford • Rockville • South Windsor • Suffield • Vernon • Windsor • Poquonock: also in Windsor

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MLK in CT Memorial

Simsbury Free Library

Free • On-Demand Video – Unveiling Ceremony 

Ceremony occurred on MLK Day 2021 – at Simsbury Free Library 

• Award-winning Today Publishing coverage:

– Today Online feature – Unique memorial honors MLK's time in Valley 

– Today Magazine cover story – Their Dream: MLK Memorial

• Award-winning documentary – produced by Simsbury High students:

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Unearthing History 

2024 History Series • Online  • Internationally significant find in Connecticut's Farmington Valley

Discovery in Avon of 12,500-year-old Paleo-Indian Site

Free • Five webinars – available on-demand here:

– Sponsors – Avon Historical Society • Avon Library • Avon Senior Center

• Today Magazine cover story by Dr. David Leslie:

• David Leslie was senior archaeologist for the Avon site discovered in 2019


Unearthing History 

2023 History Series • Online 

• Internationally significant find in Connecticut's Farmington Valley

Discovery in Avon of 12,500-year-old Paleo-Indian Site

Free • Five webinars – available on-demand here:

• Big Importance of Small Things


Unearthing History

2022 History Series • Online

• Internationally significant find in Connecticut's Farmington Valley

Discovery in Avon of 12,500-year-old Paleo-Indian Site

Free • Five webinars – available on-demand here:

• Update on Scientific Analysis of Brian D. Jones Site in Avon CT

• Dr. David Leslie – Part 1 Part 2


Unearthing History

2021 History Series • Online

• Internationally significant find in Connecticut's Farmington Valley

Discovery in Avon of 12,500-year-old Paleo-Indian Site

Free • Five webinars – available on-demand here:

A Rift, not the River, Made the Farmington ValleyPart 1Part 2

• Dr. David Leslie – senior archaeologist • Avon CT site

• Dr. Zachary Singer – research archaeologist

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Valley Town Sites – Avon • Canton • Farmington • Granby • Simsbury 

Valley Libraries – Avon • Canton • Farmington • Granby Simsbury 

Valley Chambers of Commerce – Avon-CantonGranby-Simsbury

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PAST EVENTS – events below were listed previously in Calendar above


Cruising the ​Rivers of Europe •​ Presented by Jean Foisie​ of TravelVision​​ and AMA Waterways cruise​ line – 860-693-2515 • jeanfoisie@yahoo.​ com​


Spring ​Concert​s –​ Better Together – Farmington Valley Chorale ​


Historic Trades of the Revolution – Simsbury Historical Society 


Senior Conference ​and Resource Fair • SCARF •​ New Season in Life​​


Bird Hike Canton Land Trust 


Memory Walk Mary's Place: A Center for Grieving Children and Families 


National Day of Prayer​ •​ All welcome – 7​4th annual observance –​ established by Continental Congress in 1775, this tradition predates founding of U.S.​


PAST EVENTS – these events were listed previously in the main Calendar


Theater – Playhouse 44 

Second Storytelling Night – Relatively Speaking


House of Changes –​ Fundraiser

•​ The House of Changes​ nonprofit seeks to help men with mental health, substance abuse and incarceration challenges


HarttWorks​ – ​Dance​-Music ​Performance Hartt School Community Division


Diabetes Plus with Dave Oliver

Magna Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine – Avon

• 860-679-0430 • Sponsored by Magna PT and The Longevity Zone •


Group​ Art Exhibition –​ Inspire Art​s 

Free • Info – Rebecca Maloney​ – 860​-382-3020​

• Supported Living Group​ offers platform for artists living with disabilitie​s


PAST EVENTS – these events were listed previously in the main Calendar


New Avon History Museum – Buy A Brick 

• ​Fund 200-year-old schoolhouse renovated as museum


Have A Heart – benefit campaign

• This nonprofit aims to support children and families grieving a death


Saturday Night Dinner and a Movie Sound of Hope 

Valley Community Baptist Church – Avon

• ​Film ​based on a true foster-care-and-adoption story

• Today Magazine award-winning cover story:


Avon Historical Society50th Anniversary Exhibit


Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center

SMPAC – Iron Horse Boulevard – Simsbury

• Today Magazine cover story:


PAST EVENTS – these events were listed previously in the main Calendar


Open House

Free • 860-688-9621 – info@marysplacect. org


Habitat Ambassador Workshops 

Free • Register • Info – 860-541-2208 – volunteer@hfhncc.org

• Today Magazine cover story – Homegrown Hope: Making Dreams Reality 

• Today Magazine follow-up – Local Habitat Celebrates 35th Birthday •


Art Exhibition – Rhythms in Time

Solo Show – Edith Skiba LaMonica 

Free • LaMonica's work has been featured in Philadelphia Museum of Art, New Britain Museum of American Art, Canton-based Gallery on the Green


Red Stone Pub – Simsbury • Tuesday Trivia – 7:00 pm


Unite In Love Luncheon ​


Casino Night to End Alzheimer's Anthology of Simsbury •


Play Auditions – Playhouse 44 

• Brand-new theater venture – many age ranges – join email list •


PAST EVENTS – these events were listed previously in the main Calendar


Warehouse Tag Sale Journey Home 

• Info – 860-808-0336 – volunteer@journeyhomect. org

• Journey Home seeks to end homelessness


Roaring Brook Nature Center

Summer 2024 – Discovery Days Programs

RBNC – Canton • Info – 860-693-0263

• Today Magazine cover story – Nature and Nurture •


Habitat Youth Advocacy & Engagement Conference

Habitat – Winter Warrior Public Build Days 

Free • Register + Info • 860-541-2208 – volunteer@hfhncc. org


Driving Away Parkinson’s Golf Tournament​

American Parkinson Disease Association​ – Connecticut Chapter​ ​

• Today Magazine cover story – Parkinson Puzzle •


TableScapesFundraiser – Avon Historical Society

• Info – 860-678-7621 – info@avonhistoricalsociety. org


• PAST EVENTS – Today Calendar 2022-23 •


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