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Farmington Valley and Beyond • Connecticut 2024 Events + Programs

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Valley Town Sites – AvonCantonFarmingtonGranbySimsbury

Valley Libraries – AvonCantonFarmingtonGranby Simsbury

Info is accurate to our knowledge, but please confirm • Past Events: 2022-23

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Winter Holiday Covers – Books, Catalogs and Magazines

• December 2024 thru January 2025

Free • Info – AHS website

• Avon Historical Society exhibit – nearly 100 covers dating to 1854


Family Holiday Pops Concert

Northwest Catholic High School – West Hartford

• Saturday 12/7 – 3:00 pm

$20-$25Tickets

• Premiere of "A Harp Christmas" with acclaimed harp soloist Megan Sesma – plus audience sing-along of favorite carols


The Fantastic Toyshop – New England Ballet Theatre 

The Theater of Performing Arts – Hartford

• Saturday 12/7 – 7:00 pm

• Sunday 12/8 – 2:00 pm

$15-$30Tickets + Info – 860-255-7767 – admin@neballettheatre. com

• Choreographed by NEBT artistic director Rachael Gnatowski


Avon-based VFW – ongoing meetings

Prince Thomas of Savoy Italian Club – Avon

• Wednesday 12/11 – 5:30 pm – monthly meeting + $10 dinner

BeanZ & Co. – Avon

• Thursdays – weekly – 10:00-11:30 am

Free • Info – Veterans from all towns are invited for conversation and support


Farmington Nostalgia – Art Exhibit

Barney Library – Farmington

• Opening Reception – Saturday 12/14 – 3:00-5:00 pm

Meet the artist and enjoy light refreshments

• Show open: Tuesday 12/10 thru Sunday 1/5

FreeInfo – email: Kate@KateEmery. com

• Acclaimed artist Kate Emery says Farmington has been her home and muse


Avon Historical Society – 50th Anniversary Exhibit

• Thru December 2024

Free • Info – AHS website 

• The Avon Historical Society is 50 years old this year – view new artifact display from 700-item collection – in the library's History Room


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

Holiday Pop-Up: Support Local Artists – buy artwork for no more than $200

Three Solo Shows – Rob Loebell • Rowena Okie • David Owen

• Thru Saturday 12/14

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

End of the Year Show

Kalaveshi Arts​ – Avon

• Thru Sunday 12/15

   Tuesdays thru Saturdays – 11:00am-4:00pm

Free • Juried exhibition featuring works of 30 local artists


Walkie Talkies

LaSalle Market – Collinsville

• Tuesdays – 1:00 pm – 1/28 • 2/25 • 3/25

Free • Info – Avon-Canton COC 

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


Theater – Playhouse 44 

Avon High School – Auditorium

• February 2025 – dates TBA

• Specific show and other details TBA


Unearthing History – 2024 History Series • Online 

• Internationally significant find in Avon in Connecticut's Farmington Valley — a 12,500-year-old Paleo-Indian archaeological site

Free • Five Webinars – available on-demand here:

– Sponsors – Avon Historical Society, Avon Public Library, Avon Senior Center


New Avon History Museum – Buy A Brick 

• Ongoing fundraising campaign

$100-$250 • Purchase – click here 

• Help pave the way and transform a 200-year-old schoolhouse into a museum – tax-deductible – anonymous $15,000 donation jumpstarted fundraising drive


Red Cross Blood Drives

Numerous locations in Farmington Valley

• Various days + times

• Register + find a Valley blood drive – https://redcrossblood.org 


Blood Pressure + 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


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 •


Kala Farnham – Concert Schedule

 Connecticut State Troubadour • Award-Winning Songwriter • 

Info + Tickets – some shows Free – Kala's website • Tour Schedule 

• Kala Farnham 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 •

Autism Programs

Autism Families CONNECTicut

• Register – https://www.autismfamiliesct.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


Apply for Free Tuition – CT State Community College

• Thousands have received free tuition at Tunxis in Farmington and statewide

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


Photo Exhibit – Wendy Rosenberg

Roaring Brook Nature Center – Canton

Free • Info – RBNC website • 860-693-0263

• View wildlife images by an award-winning Canton photographer who has displayed numerous photo exhibits across the Farmington Valley

• Rosenberg-connected Today Magazine cover stories:

  • Wild Wonder 

Wendy ​received an SPJ award for this photo​ in Today Magazine:


Open Mic Night – Talcott Collective

• Tuesdays – 7:00-9:30 pm

Free to play and listen • Register on social media: FacebookInstagram

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


Open Mic Night – LaSalle

LaSalle Market & Deli – Collinsville

• Fridays – 6:00 pm

Free to play and listen • Register + Info • 860-693-8010

• Space limited: advance online sign-up advised – walk-ins if time allows


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


CT Freedom Trail Program • Online

Three Firsts – Pvt. Leverett Holden – Civil War veteran

Free On-Demand Video 

• Holden served and fought 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:


Pine Grove Schoolhouse

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

• Address: 3 Harris Road – Harris Road becomes Brickyard Road

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

  – Schedule visits at other times by appointment

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

Avon Historical Society • 860-678-7621


Simsbury Public Library – Recurring Events + Programs

Free • Register + Info • 860-658-7663

Online: Poetry Group

• Third Tuesday – monthly – 6:30-7:30 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


"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


Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center – 2024 Season

SMPAC – Iron Horse Boulevard – Simsbury

• May thru November

Ticket prices vary • Info – SMPAC events website 

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Unearthing History – 2023 History Series • Online 

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

• Internationally significant find in Connecticut's Farmington Valley

Free • Five Webinars – available on-demand here:

#3 – Big Importance of Small Things

• Info – www.avonctlibrary.info – Search > Unearthing History

• Sponsors: Avon Historical Society, Avon Public Library, Avon Senior Center


Unearthing History – 2022 History Series • Online

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

• Internationally significant find in Connecticut's Farmington Valley

Free • Five Webinars – available on-demand here:

#5 – Update on Scientific Analysis of Brian D. Jones Site in Avon, CT

Dr. David Leslie – Part 1Part 2

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

• Info – www.avonctlibrary.info – Search > Unearthing History

• Sponsors: Avon Historical Society, Avon Public Library, Avon Senior Center


Unearthing History – 2021 History Series • Online

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

Free • Five Webinars – available on-demand here:

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

• Dr. David Leslie – Senior Archaeologist for Avon CT Site

• Dr. Zachary Singer – Research Archaeologist + UConn Grad

Today Magazine cover story by Dr. David Leslie:

• Internationally significant find in Farmington Valley – in Avon, Connecticut


Coping with Grief + Loss During the Holidays • Online

Hosts – Carmon Community Funeral Homes – Avon

• Speaker – Joe Colletti • author + bereavement consultant

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

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


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

• View award-winning documentary – produced by Simsbury High students:


Valley-based Chambers of Commerce – Avon-CantonGranby-Simsbury


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PAST EVENTS

• THE EVENTS BELOW were listed previously in the main Calendar above


Open House

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


Savor the Flavor – Journey Home 

WeHa Brewing & Roasting Co. – West Hartford

• Chocolate and beer tasting event to benefit Journey Home — the nonprofit seeks to alleviate and end homelessness


Habitat Ambassador Workshops 

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

• One-hour mission overview about ongoing volunteer opportunities

• 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 

Barnes-Franklin Gallery – Tunxis Community College – Farmington

• Gallery Hours – Mondays thru Thursdays – 9:00am-8:00pm

Free • Info – gallery director Arthur Simoes: arthursimoes@ctstate. edu

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


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


Unite In Love Luncheon ​

•​ Speakers will share stories ​of their experience ​with grief and loss and the role​ Mary’s Place has played in their lives​


Casino Night to End Alzheimer's

• Play casino games to support the fight to end Alzheimer's


September Serenaders – presented by Playhouse 44 

Raymour & Flanigan – Avon

• Unique musical event featuring CT singer-songwriters who aren’t famous but should be — seating limited: email to secure a spot


After the Roses – Equine Rescue Fundraiser

• Concert: Manchester Symphony Orchestra + Marston Smith, Lord of the Cello


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


Warehouse Tag Sale – Journey Home 

Journey Home warehouse location – 635 New Park Avenue – West Hartford

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

• Two-part opportunity > Donate items for our tag sale > Buy items like furniture, tools, household goods/decor and more

• Journey Home seeks to end homelessness

• Volunteers from the Valley and beyond have invested in this win-win mission


Roaring Brook Nature Center

Summer 2024 – Discovery Days Programs

RBNC – Canton

Info • 860-693-0263

• Unique blend of education and recreation for students of various ages

• Today Magazine cover story – Nature and Nurture •


Intro to Artificial Intelligence & Applicable Business Use

Holcomb ​Farm –​ Granby

Info –​ ​mary.mcpheat@groundedlogic.​ com​

•​ AI ​specialist Mary McPheat on AI​ history​, practical business applications​, more


Painting Party – Avon Historical Society 

Derrin House – Avon

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

• Join the fun by painting the exterior of the historic Derrin House​ at 249 West Avon Road​ – paint and supplies provided​ – no bathroo​ms or water on property​


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


9 Tens on 44 – Playhouse 44 

Avon High School – Auditorium

• Series of quirky, reflective 10-minute plays – in one, Bill Shakespeare deals with a theater manager who has issues with the language of Hamlet


Simsbury High School

• Iconic show directed by David Addis, theater pro and Simsbury High grad


Habitat Youth Advocacy & Engagement Conference

Rockville High School – Vernon

• Wednesday 7/31 – 9:00am-3:00pm – register by 7/17

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

• Ages 11-18 – lunch and snacks provided free-of-charge

• Habitat 101 overview – Habitat homeowner story session – picnic table building project for Habitat homeowners – youth and school groups welcome

• Countless volunteers from the Valley have invested in Habitat's win-win mission


Kalaveshi Arts – Avon

• Gallery hours: ​Tuesday thru Saturday – 11:00am-4:00pm

Free • Info • Today Magazine cover story – From War-Torn To Art Reborn •


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


Red Stone Pub – ongoing events

Red Stone Pub – Simsbury

Trivia – Tuesdays – 7:00-9:00 pm

   Eat – Drink – Think – Prizes

Live Music – Saturday evenings


Modern Day Monet​ – 1​st Annual Juried Exhibition​

Hill-Stead Museum – Farmington​

Info – 860-677-4787 – Artwork by Valley-connected artists Edith Skiba LaMonica​, Francie Brown Holmes​, Kate Emery​ and more — annual Hill-Stead memberships start at $25


Driving Away Parkinson’s Golf Tournament​

American Parkinson Disease Association​ – Connecticut Chapter​ ​

• Today Magazine cover story – Parkinson Puzzle •


​National Trails Da​y – Three Hikes

Canton Land Conservation Trust​ • Free – CLCT website  Trail Info •


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


Play Auditions – Playhouse 44 

• All roles available for brand-new theater venture – many age ranges – join email list •


Kalaveshi Arts Exhibition

Duncaster – Bloomfield

Free • Info – Kalaveshi website 

• The Kalaveshi Arts gallery is located in the Riverdale Farms plaza in Avon — this art show was at the Bloomfield-based Duncaster retirement community


Habitat – Winter Warrior Public Build Days 

Free • For individuals and teams – support new-home construction and help families move into their new homes on schedule


Heart-Healthy Living • Host Marie Cancellieri aims to help you incorporate small yet impactful habits for a heart-healthy lifestyle


TableScapes Fundraiser

Benefit – Avon Historical Society

North House – Avon • Info: click here – 860-670-3225​

• Benefit for new Avon History Museum​




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