This year marks the tenth anniversary of Books & Blooms, the two-day celebratory garden-related event and benefit for the Cornwall Library in Cornwall, Connecticut, that is one of the most popular events on the Cornwall calendar.
On the first day, Friday June 20th, at 5:30 pm, come to hear Dee Salomon, who will speak on “What Makes a Garden a Garden?” at Cornwall Town Hall. She is the “Ungardener” columnist at the Lakeville Journal who writes, advocates and consults on native habitat restoration in the face of invasive species.
Following the presentation, there is an outdoor cocktail reception at the adjacent Cornwall Library, featuring live music by the Crownback Funk Trio. This group blends funk, blues and jazz to create spontaneous, dynamic soundscapes with every performance.
The next day, Saturday June 21, from 10am to 4pm, you can explore four delightful private Cornwall gardens, two of them new to the tour. At the library you can view Ellen Moon’s new exhibit of Cornwall gardens, called Thinking About Gardens. There is also a sale of out-of-print garden books.
Tickets cost $40 for the talk and cocktail reception, $30 for the garden tours, or $65 for both. Purchase on our website, or by visiting or calling the Library.
26 Pine Street at Cornwall Town Hall
30 Pine Street at Cornwall Library
Cornwall. CT 06753
Books & Blooms 2025
Test your knowledge of different dog breeds while learning how they came to be at this special presentation on June 26th at 3:30pm! CT Humane Society will lead this interactive program to show how genetics affect pet health and how breed knowledge can be a helpful part of taking care of pets. Life-size plush pets will be used for demonstrations and interactive learning. This event is free and open to the public.
David M. Hunt Library
63 Main Street
Falls Village, CT 06031
Beyond the Breed: Exploring Dog DNA with CT Humane Society
Our community garden is bursting with delicious vegetables — let’s use them! Join us for Garden Club on alternate Wednesdays June through August for Garden to Table, where we’ll take vegetables from the community garden and use them to create delicious bites. On June 25th we’ll be making Rainbow Wraps using lettuce, kale, and even radishes from the garden.
This event is free and open to the public.
David M. Hunt Library
63 Main Street
Falls Village, CT 06031
Garden to Table Series: Rainbow Wraps
Level up your game skills at the David M. Hunt Library this summer with our Learn to Play Fridays! Every Friday this summer we’ll be teaching and playing all kinds of old-school, screen-free games. Stop by on June 27th, National Bingo Day, for BINGO. Let the games begin!
David M. Hunt Library
63 Main Street
Falls Village, CT 06031
Learn to Play Fridays: BINGO for National Bingo Day
Level up your game skills at the David M. Hunt Library this summer with our Learn to Play Fridays! Every Friday this summer we’ll be teaching and playing all kinds of old-school, screen-free card games. Stop by on June 20th for Spit, Spoons, and Crazy 8s. Let the games begin! This event is free and open to the public.
David M. Hunt Library
63 Main Street
Falls Village, CT 06031
Learn to Play Fridays: Spit, Spoons, and Crazy 8s
The David M. Hunt Library and Out in the Corner will host local author Eric Schnall, in conversation with Dan Shaw, on Saturday, June 14th at 5 pm at the library. Eric is a Tony Award-winning producer and author of the novel “I Make Envy on Your Disco” which was the winner of the Barbara DiBernard Prize in fiction.
“I Make Envy on Your Disco” tells the story of Sam Singer, a New York art advisor, who travels to Berlin for a gallery opening and finds himself drawn to the city’s history, energy and culture. The novel explores Sam’s midlife anxieties as he encounters new connections, friendships, and possibilities in a city that is both a reflection of his own journey and a place of vibrant cultural rediscovery.
Books will be available for sale and signing, and refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to the public.
David M. Hunt Library
63 Main Street
Falls Village, CT 06031
Book Talk: Local Author Eric Schnall in Conversation with Dan Shaw on “I Make Envy on Your Disco”
Arianna String Quartet & Judith Gordon, Piano
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Major, Opus 18/1
Joan TOWER Night Fields
Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD Piano Quintet in E Major, Opus 15
*2PM Pre-Concert Talk with Judith Glyde, former cellist of the Manhattan String Quartet (in residence at Music Mountain 1981-88) and author of “Under the Goddess of the Sky – A Journey Through Isolation, Bach and the Himalayas.”
Gordon Hall, Music Mountain
225 Music Mountain Road
Falls Village, Connecticut 06031
https://musicmountain.org/show-details/arianna-string-quartet-judith-gordon-piano-1742540424
BOB PARKER’S JIVE BY FIVE
Jazz for any occasion!
Gordon Hall, Music Mountain
225 Music Mountain Road
Falls Village, Connecticut 06031
https://musicmountain.org/show-details/bob-parkers-jive-by-five
Euclid Quartet
Franz Joseph HAYDN String Quartet in D Minor, Opus 76/2, “Quinten”
Hugo KAUDER String Sextet
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Souvenir de Florence for String Sextet in D Major, Opus 70
*2PM Pre-Concert Talk with Barbara von Bechtolsheim. Three great refugee artists meet at a remote college – Hugo Kauder, Josef Albers, Walter Gropius – while the Gordon String Quartet travels from Music Mountain to Black Mountain College to give six concerts.
Gordon Hall, Music Mountain
225 Music Mountain Road
Falls Village, Connecticut 06031
https://musicmountain.org/show-details/euclid-quartet-1742454025
Wynona Wang, Piano
Domenico SCARLATTI Sonata in D Minor, K. 213 & Sonata in D Major, K. 29
Zhao ZHANG Kangding Love Song & Pi Huang
Franz SCHUBERT Wanderer Fantasy
Sergei RACHMANINOFF Piano Sonata #1 in D Minor, Opus 28
Gordon Hall, Music Mountain
225 Music Mountain Road
Falls Village, Connecticut 06031
https://musicmountain.org/show-details/wynona-wang-piano
