Community Calendar

Katharine Hepburn was married once, to Ludlow Ogden Smith, in 1928. She kept her Babani gown, which was sold after she passed away and stored for twenty years. The Katharine Hepburn Museum has brought this dress back home to Connecticut and it will be exhibited alongside two others - one from the play "The Lake" (1933) and one from the film "The Sea of Grass" (1947) to create a stunning trio. This beautiful exhibit brings together Kate’s stage, screen, and personal lives in a never-before-seen way.

Museum Hours:
Tuesday through Friday 10 AM to 4 PM and one hour prior to performances. Closed major holidays.

Additional Summer Hours: Saturday and Sunday, 12 to 4 PM in July & August only

The Atelier at Flowerfield in St. James, NY announces a call to Artists for The Atelier Invitational: A Juried Show for Guest Artists, which will be on view November 6th, 2025 through December 11th, 2025.

The competition is open to artists 16 years or older. Artists working in any medium, with the exception of photography and video, are encouraged to enter. Up to three works are permitted per entrant.

PRIZES:
1st Place: $250
2nd Place: $150
3rd Place: $50

The submission fee is $30.00 per artist. Accepted artwork must be submitted framed or gallery wrapped and ready to hang.

IMPORTANT DATES:
• Submissions must be received no later than Monday, October 20th, 2025.
• Accepted works will be notified by Friday, October 24th, 2025.
• Work should be received no later than Monday, November 3rd, 2025.
• Opening Reception, Thursday, November 6th, 2025.

To submit your work, click here: https://www.cognitoforms.com/TheAtelierAtFlowerfield/AtelierInvitational2025

For more information, please call 631-250-9009 or go to administrator@atelierflowerfield.org

The Atelier at Flowerfield in St. James, NY announces a call to Artists for The Atelier Invitational: A Juried Show for Guest Artists, which will be on view November 6th, 2025 through December 11th, 2025.

The competition is open to artists 16 years or older. Artists working in any medium, with the exception of photography and video, are encouraged to enter. Up to three works are permitted per entrant.

PRIZES:
1st Place: $250
2nd Place: $150
3rd Place: $50

The submission fee is $30.00 per artist. Accepted artwork must be submitted framed or gallery wrapped and ready to hang.

IMPORTANT DATES:
• Submissions must be received no later than Monday, October 20th, 2025.
• Accepted works will be notified by Friday, October 24th, 2025.
• Work should be received no later than Monday, November 3rd, 2025.
• Opening Reception, Thursday, November 7th, 2025.

To submit your work, click here: https://www.cognitoforms.com/TheAtelierAtFlowerfield/AtelierInvitational2025

For more information, please call 631-250-9009 or go to administrator@atelierflowerfield.org

Come celebrate Stony Creek Farmers Market's last market of the season with us with a class on Late Fall Foraging! Come sip on some medicinal mushroom tea while learning how to ID late fall edible and Medicinals.
This class will be co-taught by the founder of eattheplanet.org, Joe Ross, and CT Foraging Club founder Amy Demers. Participants will learn how to identify and utilize edible and medicinal plants and mushrooms that can be found this time of year.

Class will consist of a 45-minute lecture where you will learn how to differentiate edible species from any toxic look-alikes. We will then go on a 45-minute walk where we will practice plant and mushroom ID.
This class will be $30 per person. To reserve a spot, email shroomsofct@gmail.com with the full name of all participants.

You will be sent an email the day before the class with further details.

We will run the class rain or shine.

Come learn more about New Pond Farm Education Center and all it has to offer – the stunning landscape, the fascinating history, the diverse habitats, the varied wildlife, the multitude of educational opportunities, and the warm and welcoming staff. Attendees will have the opportunity to explore the property, visit with the animals, sample delicious dairy products, and connect with members of our staff and Board.

We can’t wait to see you!

If you have any concerns about the weather, please check our website after 9 AM.

New Pond Farm Education Center is a small environmental education center and working dairy farm located at 101 Marchant Road in Redding.

Thursday, Sept. 11 opening with Jeffrey Greene, Connecticut Prison Art Project
5:30 p.m. – Opening Lecture – Dolan School of Business Events Space
6:30 p.m. – Reception – Dolan School of Business Event Space

Stitching Time features 12 quilts created by men who are incarcerated in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola Prison. These works of art, and accompanying recorded interviews, tell the story of a unique inside-outside quilt collaboration. The exhibition focuses our attention on the quilt creators, people often forgotten by society when discussing the history of the U.S. criminal justice system. Also on view in the gallery will be "Give Me Life," a selection of works by women artists who are presently or have been incarcerated at York Correctional Institution, a maximum-security state prison in Niantic, CT, courtesy of Community Partners in Action (CPA). The CPA’s Prison Arts program was initiated in 1978 and is one of the longest-running projects of its kind in the United States. Founded in 1875, CPA is celebrating 150 years of working within the criminal justice system.

The Queen of the Fall Flowers will be on full display in all their various forms for the 70th annual Long Island Chrysanthemum Show. See giant blooms, miniatures and the very rare chrysanthemum bonsai.

Share a delightful Sunday afternoon with the Toomai String Quintet at The Westport Library! Music lovers of all ages will enjoy the Quintet's Latin American repertoire, devoted to playing a variety of musical traditions from around the world.

The Toomai String Quintet is an ensemble whose music spans its own string arrangements and commissioned new works. The award-winning group has been engaging audiences across the US for over a decade, performing concerts in collaboration with presenters such as Carnegie Hall, 92 Y, and The Juilliard School, among others.

Central to Toomai's mission is the expansion of the Latin American repertoire for string ensemble. Toomai has arranged or commissioned over 25 works by Latin American composers. The ensemble also facilitates educational workshops that teach young people creative approaches to music through the lens of Cuban and other Latin American traditions. In 2018, Toomai released its debut album, Cuerdas Cubanas. In 2024, the group released its second album, Passos Brasileiros, featuring original arrangements of music by legendary Brazilian composers such as Chiquinha Gonzaga, Milton Nascimento, Hermeto Pascoal, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and more.

Formed in 2007 at The Juilliard School, the quintet is named after Rudyard Kipling’s short story Toomai of the Elephants, in which a young boy journeys into the jungle to witness the dance of the wild elephants. The Toomai String Quintet aims to foster a similar sense of curiosity and discovery by exploring diverse music and sharing it with its audience. The quintet members are violinists Emilie-Anne Gendron and Alex Fortes, violist George Meyer, cellist Hamilton Berry, and bassist Andrew Roitstein.

The Suzuki Music School of Westport will host the second concert of their 2025-2026 Pillow Concert series on Sunday, November 2nd at 3:00pm in the Blake Recital Hall (246 Post Road East, Lower Level, Westport CT 06880). It will feature cellist Sophie Shao with pianist John Blacklow. Students from the Suzuki Music School will participate in a masterclass with Sophie following the performance.

The Pillow Concert Series features professional artists performing in an informal setting designed for the whole family. Children of all ages can bring a pillow and sit up close with the performers. Concerts are about 45 minutes long and suitable for children ages 4 and up.

The event is free and open to the public. Tickets can be reserved at https://suzukischools.org/events/the-childrens-pillow-concerts-sophie-shao-cello-fa25/

This fall’s Artolution exhibition will feature works from the UNHCR exhibition launched at UN Headquarters on World Refugee Day 2024. A companion panel with alumni working in NGOs and related sectors will explore today’s global refugee crisis.

Representative works from their collection will be on view at 1720 Post Rd. and a companion panel discussion will take place at Fairfield Theatre Company on Sanford St.

Presented by the Center for Social Impact