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Pancake Breakfast

Join us for one of Flanders’ sweetest traditions — our annual Pancake Breakfast!
Bring your family and friends for a delicious morning of fresh pancakes, local maple syrup, hot coffee, and community connection at the Woodbury Firehouse.

This beloved event celebrates the magic of late winter in New England and the start of maple sugaring season at Flanders. Enjoy a hearty breakfast, learn about our maple program, and spend a cozy morning surrounded by neighbors, volunteers, and the spirit of our community.

Whether you’re a longtime attendee or joining us for the first time, we can’t wait to welcome you to the table.

Woodbury Emergency Services Building
25 Quassuk Road
Woodbury, CT 06798

Pancake Breakfast

Curved Leg Stool Class (4-day)

In this 4 day immersive workshop (April 23-26), focus on undercarriage joinery and seat carving with hand tools! You’ll be guided through the construction of a Windsor counter-height stool originally designed by Pete Galbert. Steam-bend and spokeshave the finish on your legs, fit the joints, carve your seat! Knock it together, then get it ready for finish, to be applied outside of class. Full cost of this course is $1000, due before the end of class. No Experience Necessary. Everyone is Welcome! A non-refundable $250 deposit will reserve your spot

Workshop located at 292 S Main Street, Sheffield, MA

Andrew Jack Chairs
292 South Main St
Sheffield, MA 01257

https://www.andrewjack.net/store/p25/curvedlegstooldeposit.html

WBCMF Chamber Concert Series

Acclaimed pianist Andrew Armstrong will return to Woodbury on Sunday, March 22nd, at 3:00 P.M., to open the 2026 Chamber Concert Series sponsored by the Woodbury-Bethlehem Community Music Foundation (WBCMF.) Andrew’s concert will be the first of three offered this season and will feature his outstanding piano skills and his delightful wit. Tickets are available on the music foundation’s website and can be found at www.wbcmusicfoundation.org

Praised by critics for his passionate expression and dazzling technique, pianist Andrew Armstrong has delighted audiences across Asia, Europe, Latin America, Australia, Canada, and the United States, including performances at Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, and Warsaw’s National Philharmonic. Andrew has also appeared several times in Woodbury and has become an area favorite.
This 2025-26 season, Andrew will perform Grazyna Bacewicz’s Piano Concerto and Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, both with the South Carolina Philharmonic. This October 2025, Andrew launches the first presentation of his Tuscan Music Festival, October 11- 19. Throughout the calendar year 2026, Andrew joins longtime friend and duo partner, Two Time Grammy Winning violinist James Ehnes in a cross-country tour across Canada, playing in each capital, province, and territory. Back in the States, year-round, Andrew directs and hosts six thriving chamber music series. Three of them are in South Carolina – in Beaufort (USCB Chamber Music), in Columbia (SC Philharmonic’s Andy & Friends), and in Greenville (Sigal Music Museum presents Andy & Friends, a combination of evening chamber music concerts and daytime workshops with students at the remarkable public arts high school, the Fine Arts Center). He also directs New Canaan Chamber Music in Connecticut, Fabbri Chamber Concerts in NYC at Fabbri Mansion’s 1609 Italian Renaissance Library, a rare, intimate jewel with only 80 seats, and A Little Night Music at Tuckerman Hall in Worcester, MA, the vibrant city where Andrew lives happily with his wife Esty, their three children Jack (19), Elise (14), and Gabriel (8), and their dog Dooker.

The 2026 Chamber Concert Series includes three performances this year: Pianist Andrew Armstrong (3/22), Pianist Gustavo Miranda (4/17), and the duo of Molly Carr and Anna Petrova (10/4.) All concerts are at the First Congregational Church of Woodbury,214 Main Street South, Woodbury, CT. Season Tickets are still available at $90 for the three concerts. Individual tickets are available online for $35 at www.wbcmusicfoundation.org

First Congregational Church of Woodbury
214 Main Street South
Woodbury, CT 06798

3:00 P.M., Sunday, March 22, 2026

3/22/26

http://www.wbcmusicfoundation.org

Evening in the Garden

6-8pm
As the light fades and day turns to evening, enjoy the company of friends and neighbors and see the beauty of the garden in a different light.

Come have a glass of wine in the barn. Then enjoy a walk in the garden where you will delight in the intimate outdoor spaces, bordered by dramatic hedges and overflowing with exuberant plantings.

A perfect start to a summer weekend.

This event will take place rain or shine. In the event of inclement weather we will enjoy wine in the barn!

300 Nettleton Hollow Rd.
Washington, Ct 06793

8/7/26

Evening in the Garden

6-8pm
As the light fades and day turns to evening, enjoy the company of friends and neighbors and see the beauty of the garden in a different light.

Come have a glass of wine in the barn. Then enjoy a walk in the garden where you will delight in the intimate outdoor spaces, bordered by dramatic hedges and overflowing with exuberant plantings.

A perfect start to a summer weekend.

This event will take place rain or shine. In the event of inclement weather we will enjoy wine in the barn!

300 Nettleton Hollow Rd.
Washington, Ct 06793

7/10/26

Evening in the Garden

6-8pm
As the light fades and day turns to evening, enjoy the company of friends and neighbors and see the beauty of the garden in a different light.

Come have a glass of wine in the barn. Then enjoy a walk in the garden where you will delight in the intimate outdoor spaces, bordered by dramatic hedges and overflowing with exuberant plantings.

A perfect start to a summer weekend.

This event will take place rain or shine. In the event of inclement weather we will enjoy wine in the barn!

300 Nettleton Hollow Rd.
Washington, Ct 06793

6/12/26

Mother’s Day at Hollister House

Celebrate Mother’s Day at Hollister House Garden
May 10 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Join us on Sunday, May 10, for a special open day as Hollister House Garden honors mothers, grandmothers, and the mother figures in our lives. Stroll through blooming paths and take in the colors and scents of spring. Explore the different garden rooms, perfect for reflection, conversation, and capturing memories together. Free admission and thoughtful touches in the garden will make this day special for everyone in the family.

Hollister House Garden
300 Nettleton Hollow Road
Washington, CT 06759

5/10/26

Celebrate Mother’s Day at Hollister House Garden

Poetry Workshop w/ Poet Laureate

Negative Capability: Poetry of Keats and Company
presented by Robert Piazza, poet laureate of Litchfield

Rekindle your creative fire! Poets of all levels, from beginner to advanced, come together to read, write, and recite. In a letter to his brother, John Keats proposed a revolutionary new theory for modern poetry: the ability to be “in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason.” Join us for a generative workshop in which we explore the poetry of Keats, Dickinson, Frost, and many modern authors to see how we can apply Keats’ theory of negative capability to our own writing. Bring pencils & notebooks. Poems will be provided. Enjoy opportunities to nurture your Muse!

9:30 AM-3:00 PM
COST | $75, lunch included

Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center
229 E Litchfield Rd
Litchfield, CT 06759

3/14/26

https://www.wisdomhouse.org/program-calendar/negative-capability

Planter Pals (Adults)

10:00-11:30 AM
Free
Transform an ordinary flower pot into an adorable spring planter with some help from April’s Maker Machine of the Month! After painting a terra cotta pot with your favorite colors, you’ll learn how to use the Cricut machine and Cricut Design Space software to cut a face out of adhesive vinyl and apply it with transfer tape.

Ages 18+
Registration Required

Gunn Memorial Library
5 Wykeham Rd
Washington, CT 06793

4/18/26

https://www.gunnlibrary.org/calendar/planter-pals-adults/

Crochet Club

Free
2:00-4:00 PM

Beginners and seasoned stitchers alike are invited to visit the Makerspace for this month’s Crochet Club! Bring a project you’ve been working on or the supplies to start a new one- you can borrow yarn and hooks from the Makerspace, too! Learn to crochet, get help with a project, or just enjoy a relaxing afternoon with fellow stitchers at this fun event.

Ages 18+

Registration Encouraged

Gunn Memorial Library
5 Wykeham Rd
Washington, CT 07693

4/17/26

https://www.gunnlibrary.org/calendar/april-crochet-club/

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