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

Join a sacred morning of energetic renewal and spiritual alignment led by Aggregata Zupanova, an intuitive healer and facilitator of Source-guided energy work.

This special gathering offers a powerful group healing experience, created to help you release emotional heaviness, reconnect to your inner wisdom, and anchor a deeper sense of peace within your body and spirit.

Whether you’re new to energy work or seeking a space to reset and reconnect, you are welcome here – exactly as you are.

What you can expect:
Guided group energy clearing
Source-aligned transmission for healing and clarity
Time for inner stillness, integration, and reflection
A supportive, energetic field shared by all participants
Suggested Donation: $25
50% of all contributions go directly to support The Granite Church’s community initiatives and ongoing renovations of this special gathering space.

To register, please text the word “Register” along with the number of people attending to (845) 464-4676.

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.

Magic: The Gathering After School Program at Cajal Academy in SONO!
Tailored to empower Bright, Gifted and Twice Exceptional Kids

Come learn this popular strategic card game from a world-ranked player and Cajal Academy teacher, Darra Snow! Strategic planning, critical thinking, analysis

and social skills come together in this exciting game played around the world. All materials provided, but bring your own deck if you’d like! Ages 10 and up; application required.

Application required; students who have been accepted for an academic year, Workshop Wednesdays Enrichment Series or summer program in the last 18 months are automatically eligible!

For years, we’ve received requests to make our unique Neuro- and Trauma-Informed programs available to more families. Our new After School Program fills the need in our community for after-school programming tailored to the interests of naturally innovative kids like the twice exceptional students we serve, in a nurturing environment that fosters social growth and personal development--and delivered by an expert staff specially trained in the needs of gifted and 2e learners.

We’ll have new programs every 5 weeks; follow our newsletter to learn about new classes as they are announced. Apply today for this and our Workshop Wednesday Enrichment Series!

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

Bluegrass Nights
First Thursday of the Month: Oct 2, Nov 6, Dec 4, 7 PM – 10 PM
Open Bluegrass Jam: 7:30 PM
Granite House Bluegrass Band: 8 PM
Free jamming afterwards

Join us for our monthly celebratory night of bluegrass music! Come to listen, come to jam, come to learn. Live music from the Granite House Bluegrass band starting at 8 PM, an easy, led slow bluegrass jam for beginner and intermediate players starting at 7:30, and late night jamming open to all. Banjos, fiddles, guitars, dobros, mandolins, bass, and similar acoustic instruments welcome.

HOSTED BY AUSTIN SCELZO
Austin Scelzo (Danbury, CT) first studied various fiddle traditions at Mark O’Connor’s Berklee String Camps and over time learned all the bluegrass instruments as well as singing and songwriting. During four years as a middle school music teacher, his bluegrass journey began with performing in CT-based bands and teaching in-person and online. Now full-time in bluegrass, Austin performs with respected veterans The Rock Hearts and the Americana quartet On the Trail, teaches jam camps and has created groundbreaking online instruction materials. He has been named Connecticut Arts Hero and nominated as Mentor of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association.

Part of The Granite Bluegrass Series

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

Join a sacred morning of energetic renewal and spiritual alignment led by Aggregata Zupanova, an intuitive healer and facilitator of Source-guided energy work.

This special gathering offers a powerful group healing experience, created to help you release emotional heaviness, reconnect to your inner wisdom, and anchor a deeper sense of peace within your body and spirit.

Whether you’re new to energy work or seeking a space to reset and reconnect, you are welcome here – exactly as you are.

What you can expect:
Guided group energy clearing
Source-aligned transmission for healing and clarity
Time for inner stillness, integration, and reflection
A supportive, energetic field shared by all participants
Suggested Donation: $25
50% of all contributions go directly to support The Granite Church’s community initiatives and ongoing renovations of this special gathering space.

To register, please text the word “Register” along with the number of people attending to (845) 464-4676.

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.

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