The Woodbury-Bethlehem Community Music Foundation is hosting a 20th Anniversary Gala on Saturday, October 25, from 7-10, at The 1754 House Restaurant and Tavern, 506 Main Street South, Woodbury, CT. All are welcome! The event celebrates twenty years of music support, as well as $200,000 in grant giving. Join us in a fabulous celebration of jazz music that evening!
The TJ Thompson Quartet will be performing jazz standards at 8:00 P.M., while classical guitarist Brian Duford will open up the evening on guitar. Tickets are $50.00 and include music, a buffet of cheese, fruit, and dessert, as well as wine and beer from 7-9. For more information and to buy a ticket, please go to www.wbcmusicfoundation.org
The 1754 House Restaurant and Tavern, 506 Main Street South, Woodbury, from 7-10:00 P.M. on Saturday, October 25, 2025.
http://www.wbcmusicfoundation.org
WBCMF Chamber Concert
The Woodbury-Bethlehem Community Music Foundation will present a Concert in Memory of Bob Clarke on Sunday, September 28, at 3:00 PM, at the First Congregational Church, Main Street, Woodbury, CT.
Sisters Alyce Cognetta Bertz (violin) and Meg Cognetta Heaton (piano) will be performing for the memorial concert. Alyce is presently the Concertmaster of the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra. She studied violin with Syoko Aki of the Yale School of Music and with Charles Tregor of the Hartt School of Music. She studied chamber music with the Cleveland Quartet, the Juilliard Quartet and Joeseph Gingold. When in high school she performed in Vienna , Austria at the world premier with Leonard Bernstein’s “Mass”. She has performed concerts at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Mexico (La Philarmonica de las Americas), The Blossom Music Festival in Ohio, and The Waterloo Music Festival with members of the New York Philharmonic.
Meg Cognetta Heaton is active in the Finger Lakes region of New York, accompanying choral groups, Suzuki classes and soloists.
She has performed with the Rochester Philharmonic and the Finger Lakes Symphony and most recently, at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, enjoyed playing the piano solo in the Beethoven Choral Fantasy. Tickets for the concert may be purchased online at www.wbcmusicfoundation.com
The Concert will take place at First Congregational Church, Main Street, (parking at LaBonne’s supermarket behind the church) Woodbury, CT, at 3:00 PM, on Sunday, September 28, 2025.
Tickets are available at www.wbcmusicfoundation.org
The Voice of Art (TVOA) is organizing its fifth annual outdoor juried fine art show, “Fine Art Festival” Sharon on the Green. This show is free and open to the public and will showcase high-quality fine art and fine functional art created by the artists from CT plus six other states. TVOA’s Fine Art Festival will be a highlight for art collectors and residents from the Tri-State region and beyond.
TVOA’s “Fine Art Festival” Sharon on the Green
· Sat-Sun, Sept. 20-21, 2025 (10am-5pm)
· Sharon Town Green (63 Main St. Sharon CT)
· Free and Open to the Public
· Food trucks and FAF Raffle
· Fine Art & Fine Functional Art
Fine Art: Painting, Photography, Mixed Media (2D/3D), Digital Art, Graphics/Drawing, Printmaking and Sculpture
Fine Functional Art: Ceramics, Glass, Leather, Fiber Art, Wood Works, Metal and Jewelry
Event Location
Sharon Town Green
63 Main St. Sharon CT 06069
https://www.thevoiceofart.org/fine-art-festival-in-sharon
Twilight Talks & Presentations Series: Knit As To Turn Water
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Knit As To Turn Water: The History of New England’s Maritime Knitting.
It followed the fish, the flight paths of immigrants, the sea-lanes of war: the knitted clothing of New England reflects maritime cultures the world over. Rich with origin mythology and salty with sailors’ yarns, garments like nippers, half-handers, and the infamous fisherman’s sweater each hold a romantic yet real place in our coastal history. Explore knitting a WWI submariner’s outfit with the Navy League! Imagine learning to knit with a pair of whalebone needles you carved yourself! Join Rebecca Bayreuther
Donohue, historian & knitter, for an ode to wool and marvel once again at how the sea connects us all. A PowerPoint chronology comes to life with examples of breed-specific yarns and recreated garments.
Rebecca Bayreuther Donohue of Niantic has knit historical garments in between setting sails aboard New Bedford whalers, splitting codfish aboard Grand Banks fishing schooners, and lounging on O’Day Mariners. After more than 20 years at a major Connecticut maritime museum, she co-founded the Dirty Blue Shirts living history collective, whose participatory programs encompass everything from historic fashion & foodways to maritime culture & shipboard skills. Rebecca’s personal interest in historical
hand-knitting stems from always being cold, no matter what century she’s interpreting. With all the plastic in today’s oceans, she thinks it’s time to revisit wool as the preeminent fiber of sustainability,
versatility, and global community.
Donations will be accepted at the Door
* Pre-registration is advised
Litchfield Community Center
421 Bantam Road
Litchfield, CT 06759
860-567-8302
https://thecommunitycenter.org/event.php?id=21141
Children aged 0-3 and their caregivers to invited to enjoy time in the Museum galleries for some art and history fun while practicing developmental, social, and mobility skills- all while the museum is closed to the public! A museum educator will facilitate storytime and 30 minutes of playtime in the galleries with an opportunity to mingle with other parents and caregivers.
Cost: $5 per child
Mattatuck Museum
144 West Main Street
Waterbury, CT 06702
https://www.mattmuseum.org/calendar/museum-minis-8/
Fall Exhibition Celebration
Enjoy a look at the exciting fall exhibitions with remarks from Chief Curator Keffie Feldman, Executive Director Bob Burns, and some of the artists on view.
Sunday, October 12 | 11–4 PM (Remarks at 1 PM) | $5 Reduced Admission Day
Mattatuck Museum
144 West Main Street
Waterbury, CT 06702
https://www.mattmuseum.org/calendar/opening-celebration-fall-exhibitions/
Lunch and Learn: History of the Blues: Music in America
Join us for a delightful afternoon of good food and engaging conversations about local art and history!
Order ahead from Sweet Bella @ The MATT or bring your own lunch to enjoy.
First Wednesday of Every Month | 12–1 PM
A history of the blues as it has impacted American life and culture, from slave songs to electric blues. Brian Torff will utilize material from his research in the Deep South to show how music and the history of America are intertwined. Brian Q. Torff is a renowned bassist, composer, author and educator. Currently he is Professor of Music and Music Program Director at Fairfield University.
COST
$10.00 per Non- Member
$5.00 per Member
Pre-registration is suggested due to limited spots.
Interested in discounts, free admission, and more? Become a member today!
Sponsored by Christine and Eugene Shugrue
Mattatuck Museum
144 West Main Street
Waterbury, CT 06702
https://www.mattmuseum.org/calendar/lunch-and-learn-blues/
Katrina Majkut is an American Ukrainian artist working in New York. Majkut works in cross stitch, paint and other media to create artwork with a strong feminist voice and message. Her work includes images of objects used in obstetrics, sex education, and often depicts sports figures and early female explorers.
In my practice, I also seek to democratize embroidery, make it more widely accessible, and an intersectional platform for diverse expression, subjects, and narratives. I believe this way it can be a unique platform for education, empathy, and listening. My goal is to modernize time-honored rituals so that they support and represent modern lifestyles, values, and feminist goals. I hope modernizing certain rituals and customs will also inspire activism and empowerment in its viewers. By exploring historically repressive social folk art, traditions and rituals, my artwork endeavors to graduate it beyond its domestic stereotypes, limited narratives, and exclusionary practices. It aims to examine the nature of our customs, their affect, and create a productive conversation surrounding identity politics and the hidden social influences that hold society back.
— Katrina Majkut (excerpted from artist statement), 2025
Kenise Barnes Fine Art
7 Fulling Lane
Kent, CT 06757
Gallery hours: Thursday – Saturday 11 – 5:30, Sunday 12 – 4
https://www.kbfa.com/exhibitions/296
FREE Crochet Club with Missy Stevens | September 25, 2:00-4:00 pm
Beginners and seasoned stitchers alike are invited to visit the Makerspace for this month’s Crochet Club with guest coach Missy Stevens! 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.
Missy Stevens is a maker and studio artist who uses thread, fabric, and clay to create unique pieces inspired by her connection to the natural world. After learning how to sew as a child, Missy has since explored various forms of textile art, including weaving, embroidery, crochet, and the punch needle embroidery technique, which she uses to create richly colored thread paintings with densely stitched loops of sewing thread. Her work has been exhibited across the country and featured in numerous books and magazines.
Ages 18+
Registration Required
Gunn Memorial Library
5 Wykeham Rd
Washington, CT 06793
https://www.gunnlibrary.org/calendar/crochet-club-with-missy-stevens-4/
Join us anytime between 7 and 9 am before the farm opens to the public. Enjoy a cup of coffee and fresh baked goodies while watching the butterflies and bees in the cutting garden and snip a pail of flowers to start off your weekend! Bring your favorite coffee mug if you’d like; you can even come in your jammies! We will be serving coffee and breakfast treats. This price includes bringing your own one-gallon pail, or you can purchase a new pail to fill and take home.
We are also offering an option to bring a guest to help you pick.
**Please note: if your guest wants to fill their own pail of flowers, please purchase an additional ticket instead.
This event will be held rain or shine, with limited tickets available, and by advance purchase only.
Northern Farm & Flowers
59 Old Middle Street
Goshen, Connecticut 06756
https://shop.northernctfarm.com/product/sunrise-sip-n-snip-september-20-2025/RP2JSRE4POHIK3VSIFIPFXSU?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false
