Southport, CT – Pequot Library’s Southport Garden Stroll is back! After having to cancel it last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pequot Library is thrilled to revive this signature event supporting the library’s services, programs, and other offerings. The Southport Garden Stroll will be held on June 4, 2021, with morning and afternoon tour blocks…
Norwalk Historical Society Museum to Open for Self-Guided Tours
NORWALK, CT – The Norwalk Historical Society Museum is opening its doors for the first time since March of 2020. The museum reopens on Wednesday May 26, 2021 and will be open every Wednesday through Saturday, except for holidays. Self-guided tours are at Noon, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm. Tickets must be purchased in advance at:…
Wilton Library brings Broadway talk to town June 1
Wilton, CT – Broadway shows are still a few months away from opening, but Wilton Library is bringing the sense of Broadway to town with a virtual visit from Caseen Gaines, author of Footnotes, on Tuesday, June 1, 7 to 8 p.m. Gaines’s engaging account captures the triumphant story of the all-Black Broadway musical that…
Cindi Bigelow, Housatonic Community College Philanthropist, To Receive Honorary Degree
BRIDGEPORT, CT – Cindi Bigelow, President and CEO of Bigelow Tea, will receive an honorary degree from Housatonic Community College (HCC) at its 54th commencement exercises later this month for her longtime support of the college. Bigelow Tea, and the Bigelow family, have been strong supporters of HCC for nearly 20 years. In addition to…
Mary E Woolley – activist, educator & president of Mount Holyoke College – Brought to Life During Upcoming Virtual Presentation
NORWALK, CT – Join the Norwalk Historical Society on Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 5:30pm via Zoom for “A Virtual Chat with Mary E. Woolley – Activist & Educator” with guest presenter, Dr. Darla Shaw – professor emeritus of education and women’s studies at WCSU. Dr. Shaw, who is known for taking on the roles…
Maritime Aquarium seeks volunteer divers to swim with its sharks
NORWALK, CT – The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk is seeking divers who will willingly and regularly volunteer to plunge in among its 7- to 9-foot sharks. The Aquarium is recruiting experienced scuba divers to join its Volunteer Dive Team to help make public educational presentations from inside the 110,000-gallon “shark tank,” home to six sand…
Housatonic Community College To Host In-Person Graduation Ceremony On May 27
BRIDGEPORT, CT – On May 27, at the Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater in Bridgeport, CT, Housatonic Community College will proudly celebrate the accomplishments of 565 potential graduates. The graduation ceremony will be particularly special this year because the event will take place in-person – the first time the class has been together in over a year.…
LiveGirl and Carriage Barn Host Annual “She Is Rising” Art Exhibit and Benefit
New Canaan, CT – LiveGirl will again partner with the Carriage Barn Arts Center for its fourth annual arts exhibit. This year’s curated exhibit, She Is Rising, is a celebration of women of various ages, backgrounds, and ethnicities – some captured from life, and others imagined – who represent female power in a myriad of…
First indoor musical since lockdown comes to Curtain Call
Hallelujah, the nuns are coming! Now, more than a year after Nunsense should have played at Curtain Call, this laugh-filled tuner about a group of nuns raising money to bury their dead sisters, is finally able to open in The Kweskin Theatre, Stamford, on June 3. Unapologetically silly as ever, and strewn with groaners and…
Impact Fairfield County awards $248,000 in grants to local nonprofits
GREENWICH, CT – Impact Fairfield County (Impact FFC), the area’s premiere women’s collective giving circle, awarded two $100,000 Core Mission Grants to Hall Neighborhood House (Bridgeport) and INTEMPO (Stamford). Impact FFC also awarded three $16,000 unrestricted general operating grants to Catholic Charities of Fairfield County (Bridgeport), Person-to-Person (Darien), and Women’s Mentoring Network (Stamford). The winners…