Wed. Oct. 4

Art Exhibit

N. GROSVENORDALE --- The Friends of the Library will present “Quartet – Four Thompson Artists” through Oct. 27 at the Library. It is part of the Art @ the Library program. Opening reception is from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Oct. 4.

 

Thur. Oct. 5

Nature Program

HAMPTON --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret Center will present Full Moon Walk at 7:30 p.m. at Trail Wood on Kenyon  Road. Meet in parking lot. Free for CAS members; $5 for nonmembers. 860-928-4948.

 

Blood Drive

WOODSTOCK --- The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 1 to 6 p.m. at the First Congregational Church on Rt. 169. 1-800-RED CROSS.

 

Exhibit

POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret Center will present “What Does Light Pollution Look Like,” a Virge Lorents photography exhibit, through the end of October at the Grassland Bird Conservation Center on Day Road.  860-928-4948.

 

Art Exhibit

WILLIMANTIC --- The Art Gallery at Eastern Connecticut State University will present "Kingdom Animalia: Illustrations from New England" through Oct. 12. Free. All welcome.

 

Fri. Oct. 6

‘Fatal Murder’

PUTNAM --- The Bradley Playhouse on Front Street will present “Death by Fatal Murder” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6, 7, 13, 14, 20 and 21 at 2 p.m. Oct. 8, 15, and 22. 860-928-7887.

 

First Fridays

PUTNAM --- The Putnam Business Association will present its First Fridays event from 6 to 9 p.m. downtown. Discoverputnam.com.

 

Comics Day

DANIELSON --- Quinebaug Valley Community College will host this year’s 24-Hour Comics Day starting at 3 p.m. There will be 24 hours straight of amateur and professional cartoonists of any age. For info call 860-932-4156.

 

Sat. Oct. 7

Super Hero Fun Day

WAUREGAN --- The 2nd Annual Super Hero Fun Day will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  at United Services Wauregan Office on Putnam Road. The free, family event is sponsored by United Services Youth Service Bureau and features local first responder and other super heroes as well as a variety of super hero themed activities and a free lunch. Please RSVP by Sept. 22 to Robin at 860-412-8652. For more information, visit www.unitedservicesct.org.

 

Finnish Event

CANTERBURY --- The 7th Annual Fine Art & Craft Exhibit & Sale will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.  at the Finnish American Heritage Society at North Canterbury Road.  Indoor artisan exhibits and craft demonstrations. Tours of the Finnish Heritage Museum and Finnish sauna. Refreshments, live music, handicapped accessible. Free admission. 

 

Farmers Market

PUTNAM --- The Tractor Supply store on Rt. 44 will host a farmers market. Seeking farmers, crafters and artisans to sell their homemade and homegrown goods. To register, vendors can visit TSCEventPartners.com or the Putnam store. Nonprofit organizations and food trucks are also welcome to register.

 

Apple Fest

DAYVILLE --- The 4th Annual Big-Little Apple Festival will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Killingly Grange Hall on Rt. 101.  Free admission and parking. 860-705-3643.

 

Art Exhibit

POMFRET CENTER --- The Northeastern CT Art Guild and 'Walktober' will present "Fall Colors," an interactive art exhibit, demo and artisan sale, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 7, 8 and 9 at 11 Town House Drive. Exhibit and refreshments are free. All welcome. 

 

Auction

QUINEBAUG --- The VFW Auxiliary to the Thompson Memorial Post 10088 will hold its 14th annual auction at the VFW Post Home on Rt. 131. Food is served at 5 and the auction is at 6.  Benefits veterans and community programs.

 

Arts & Crafts

CANTERBURY --- The FACES at FAHS will present the 7th Annual Fine Art & Craft Exhibit & Sale at the Finnish American Heritage Society from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Canterbury road. Refreshments. Free admission. Tours.

 

Sound Garden

POMFRET --- The New Pomfret Public Library’s sound Garden will be dedicated from 11 a.m. to noon. Entertainment by Sally Rogers and Friends.  Kids can make your own upcycled musical instrument to take home.  Bubble Tea cart ---free beverage for the first 20 people to arrive.  

 

Sun. Oct. 8

Prayer Service

PUTNAM --- A short, public prayer service, to continue the celebration the 125th anniversary of Cargill Council 64, Knights of Columbus, will be held at 10:15 a.m. at the grave of Cargill Council’s first Grand Knight, Edward Mullan.

 

Nature Program

HAMPTON --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret Center will present Second Sunday Walk at 2 p.m. at Trail Wood on Kenyon  Road. Bring binoculars and camera. Meet in parking lot. Free for CAS members; $5 for nonmembers. 860-928-4948.

 

Mon. Oct. 9

Exercise Group

WOODSTOCK --- The Woodstock Senior Exercise Group will meet from 9 to 10 a.m. every Monday and Wednesday in the Woodstock Town Hall lower level meeting room. Minimum fee. Local seniors welcome.  860-315-5175.

 

Tues. Oct. 10

Senior Fair

PUTNAM --- The Putnam Commission on Aging will present the second annual Senior Information Fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the St. Mary of the Visitation Church Hall on Providence Street. Bus service will be available (bus not handicapped accessible). For more info call Denise at 860-963-6800, ext. 100.

 

Meditation

PUTNAM --- A Mindfulness Meditation Group meets from 6 to 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the Putnam Public Library (downstairs). Free to all. 963-6826.

 

Wed. Oct. 11

Production

WILLIMANTIC --- "Thread City," the first Main Stage theatre production of the fall semester at ECSU, will show at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11, 13 and 14 and at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 12; at 11 a.m. Oct. 13 and 4 p.m. Oct. 15. The dialogue-free performance will convey - through actors' movements - the stories of immigrants who came to Willimantic to work in its historic thread mills. All showings will occur in the Proscenium Theatre of the Fine Arts Instructional Center. " This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

 

Blood Drive

N. GROSVENORDALE --- The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at TEEG on Thatcher Road. 1-800 RED CROSS.

 

Pork Dinner

DAYVILLE --- The Killingly Grange No. 112, on Rt. 101 and Dog Hill Road, will gold a roast pork dinner. From 5 to 6:30 p.m. $12. 

 

Thur. Oct. 12

Nature Program

HAMPTON --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret Center will present Trail Wood Bird Walk at 8 a.m. at Trail Wood on Kenyon  Road. Meet in parking lot. $5 for CAS members; $10 for nonmembers. 860-928-4948.

 

Sat. Oct. 14

Craft Fair

KILLINGLY --- The Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society craft fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Joseph’s on Hartford Pike in Dayville. Crafters wanted. 203 583 5073,  or the Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society. 

 

Art Festival

WOODSTOCK --- The First Congregational Church of Woodstock on Rt. 169 will host its 6th Annual Art and Craft Show both indoors and on the front lawn from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 14 and Oct. 15. Luncheon will be served inside both days from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Nature Program

POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret Center will present Screech Owl Night Hike at 7 p.m. starting from Grassland Bird Conservation Center on Day Road. $5 for CAS members; $10 for nonmembers. 860-928-4948.

 

Old Home Day

CANTERBURY --- The Canterbury Old Home Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Canterbury Green. Rain or shine. Parking on the town green around the First Congregational Church will be limited to visitors with handicapped permits. General parking will be at the Dr. Helen Baldwin Middle School on Rt. 14 with a free shuttle provided by the town of Canterbury running all day.

 

BBQ

CANTERBURY --- The Canterbury Lions Club chicken BBQ will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. at the community Center. $12 for half chicken, $10 for quarter chicken. Food items for the Canterbury Food Bank, eyeglasses and hearing aids will be collected.  860-546-6331.

 

Roast Pork

DANIELSON --- The Killingly-Brooklyn Interfaith Council is hosting a Roast Pork Dinner Fund Raiser for the local Fuel Bank from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Cornerstone Baptist Church. $12; kids 6 and younger eat for free.  Parking: Broad Street and at St. Alban's Episcopal Church and at the Temple Beth Israel Preservation Society on Killingly Drive.   

 

Arts & Crafts

WOODSTOCK --- Roseland Cottage holds its 35th annual Fine Arts and Crafts Festival from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 14 and Oct. 15. Admission for adults is $5. Historic New England members and children under 12 admitted free. Parking is free. Rain or shine. 860-928-4074.

 

Preserve Walk

WOODSTOCK --- The Wyndham Land Trust will present a Walktober Rapoport/Spalding Preserve Walk at 10 a.m. Park at end of  end of Calkins Road, by #129. Relatively easy and scenic 2-mile walk. Bad weather will cancel. Leashed dogs are welcome. 

 

 Library Talk

POMFRET --- The Pomfret Library Friends will present “Israel Putnam Walk and Talk” with Robert Ernest Hubbard at 10 a.m. at Wolf Den Campground. Free. No registration.  pomfretlibrary.org.

 

Preserve Hike

WOODSTOCK --- The Wyndham Land Trust will present a Walktober Bull Hill Preserve Hike at 1 p.m. About 4 miles. No dogs. 

 

Sun. Oct. 15

Palmer Legacy

WOODSTOCK --- The Legacy of Minnie Palmer Dean program will be held at 1 p.m. as part of TLGV’s Walktober events at the Palmer Hall/Arboretum on Rt. 169. Minnie Palmer Dean gave Woodstock Palmer Memorial Hall (former town hall) and Palmer Arboretum and also gifts to many other towns in New England. Learn about Minnie and her husband Charles Dean on a tour of the building and the park. Free. 

 

Wed. Oct. 18

Library Event

POMFRET --- The Pomfret Library Friends will present a free program, “Intro to Online Genealogy - Ancestry.com”with Nick Beams at 3 p.m. at the library. Register at:  pomfretlibrary.org

 

Fri. Oct. 20

Teen Weekend

POMFRET --- The Windham-Tolland 4-H Camp on Taft Pond Road will hold Teen Weekend from 5:30 p.m. Oct. 20 until 9 a.m. Oct. 22. For teens 13 – 17.  Bring your own pumpkin to carve. $50. Pre-registration required: 860-974-3379.

 

Sat. Oct. 21

Church Fair

PUTNAM --- The Congregational Church of Putnam will present a Harvest Fair and Luncheon ’17 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Benefits community charities. 860-928-4405.

 

Great Pumpkin Fest

PUTNAM --- The Putnam Business Association will present its Great Pumpkin Festival from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. downtown. Discoverputnam.com.

 

Tackle the Trail

POMFRET --- The QVCC Foundation annual fund-raiser, Tackle the Trail, will start at 9 a.m. at the Airline Trail and run to Willimantic. You can run as an individual or as a relay team. $100 for individual runner or relay team (up to 5 runners) $200. Supports foundation’s mission, to raise funds so that all residents of northeastern Connecticut are provided the opportunity to attend QVCC  regardless of income, to support education excellence, technological advancement, and professional 860- 932- 4174 .

 

Open House

PUTNAM --- King Cadillac GMC on Pomfret Street will hold its annual Open House and Customer Appreciation event from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Food, free fall checkups, displays and more.

 

Open House

POMFRET --- Pomfret School will hold an open house from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Limited interview slots available. Registration required: 860.963.6120.

 

Steak Supper

EASTFORD --- The Eastford Independent Fire Company No. 1 Inc. will hold an all-you-can-eat steak supper at 6:30 p.m. at the firehouse. $20. No tickets at door. 974-0256.

 

Nature Program

POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret Center will present Saw-whet Owl Banding at 8 p.m. Oct. 21 and Oct. 28 starting from Grassland Bird Conservation Center on Day Road. $15 for CAS members; $25 for nonmembers. Limit 20. 860-928-4948.

 

Book Sale

CANTERBURY --- The Friends of the Canterbury Public Library will hold a book sale and bake sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Community Room. http://canterburylibrary.org/