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Upcoming Community Events

Date
Event | Start Time

Jan 20
Saturday Breakfast at the Museum, The American Museum of Tort Law, 654 Main St (every Sat 10am to April)

Winter Lecture Series: Indian Wars in Connecticut History, Soldiers' Monument, Beardsley Library, 40 Munro Pl (10:30am)

Family Fun Day, American Mural Project, 90 Whiting Street (10:30am)​
Jan 26
Jen Allen, Jazz Piano | After Work Happy Hour-A Blend of Music and Art, American Mural Project, 90 Whiting St (5pm)
Jan 27
Kitty Storytime with Sophia L'Orange Kitten Rescue, The Curious Cat Bookshop, 386 Main St (10:30am)
Jan 29-Feb 27
​The Women of the Antebellum, The Gallery at Founders Hall, CT State Northwestern, 4 Park Pl (Mon-Thu 9am)​
Date
Event | Start Time
Feb 3
Free Prom Dress Event,Beardsley Library, 40 Monroe Place (10 am)
Feb 11
​2nd Annual Valentine' Sip' n Shop, Makers Shoppes of Whiting Mills, 100 Whiting St (11am)
Feb  15
February Book Clubs, The Curious Cat Bookshop, 386 Main Street (7pm)
Feb 17
Winter Lecture Series Indian: Faugh a Ballagh, Soldiers' Monument, Beardsley Library, 40 Munro Pl (10:30 am)

Storytime: The Little Tiger by Nicola Killen, The Curious Cat Bookshop, 386 Main Street (10:30am)

NIKITA in Concert, LIVE@AMP, American Mural Project, 90 Whiting St (7pm)
Feb 23
Jeff Boratko, Singer/Songwriter | After Work Happy Hour-A Blend of Music and Art, American Mural Project, 90 Whiting St (5pm)
Feb 24
“An Inconvenient Cop,” Author Edwin Raymond: Book Signing & Presentation, AMP Talks, American Mural Project, 90 Whiting St (7pm) Purchase the book @ The Curious Cat Bookshop
Date
Event | Start Time

Mar 2
Free Prom Dress Event, Beardsley Library, 40 Monroe Place (10am)
Mar 7
March Book Clubs, The Curious Cat Bookshop, 386 Main Street (7pm)
Mar 15-Apr 19
Veteran Artist Exhibit, ​Winsted CBOC
Winchester Health Building, 115 Spencer Street (3pm)
Mar 16
​Winter Lecture Series Indian: Faugh a Ballagh, Soldiers' Monument, Beardsley Library, 40 Munro Pl (10:30am)

Storytime: "Fire Flight: A Wildfire Escape” with author Cedar Pruitt, and Book Signing, The Curious Cat Bookshop, 386 Main St (10:30am)

Radium Girls: The Fascinating History Behind the Best-Seller and Film, Colleen Nicastro, Director of Interpretation for the American Clock & Watch Museum, AMP Talks, American Mural Project, 90 Whiting St (2pm) 
Mar 22
Maria Centola, Classical and Tango Piano | After Work Happy Hour-A Blend of Music and Art, American Mural Project, 90 Whiting St (5pm)
​Mar 23/24
2nd Annual Rock & Mineral Show, Whiting Mills, 100 Whiting St (10am)
Date
Event | Start Time
Apr 13
History Talk about Beardsley Library with Ben Cruson, 150th Anniversary Beardsley  & Memorial Library, 40 Munro Place (11am) 
Apr 17
Small Business Seminar: The Business Model Canvas, NWCC Entrepreneurial Center, The Northwest CT Chamber of Commerce, 59 Field Street, Suite 120, Torrington (5:30pm)

​2024 Mad River Fest, CT State Northwestern, Founders Hall Auditorium, 4 Park Place (5:45pm)
Apr 20
Poet Taylor Mali & Ed Fast Trio, LIVE@ AMP, American Mural Project, 90 Whiting St (7pm/8pm)
Apr 26
​​​T.J. Thompson, Blues, Soul, and Jazz Piano | After Work Happy Hour-A Blend of Music and Art, American Mural Project, 90 Whiting St (5pm)​
Apr 27
Earth Day Cleanup, Friends of Main Street, Sidewalk 372-378 Main St (9:30am)

​15th Annual Quilt & Needle Show, Winchester Center Congregational Church, 1 West Road (Corner of Rt. 263 and Chapel Road) Winchester Center (10am)

​Spring Open Studios, Whiting Mills, 100 Whiting St (10am)

Independent Bookstore Day & CT Book Trail, The Curious Cat Bookshop, 386 Main St (10am)
Apr 28
​15th Annual Quilt & Needle Show,  Winchester Center Congregational Church, 1 West Road (Corner of Rt. 263 and Chapel Road) Winchester Center (10am)

​Spring Open Studios, Whiting Mills, 100 Whiting St (10am)
​
​Independent Bookstore Day & CT Book Trail, The Curious Cat Bookshop, 386 Main St (10am)
Date
Event | Start Time
May 1
Celebrate Law Day, American Museum of Tort Law, 654 Main Street (10am)
May 4
Touch-a-Truck, Northwestern’s Early Childhood Education Club, CT State Community College, Arts & Science Building, 209 Holabird Ave (10am)

Family Bicycle Rally, Fit To Be You/YMCA, Sue Grossman Greenway Trail at RBC Bearings Parking Lot
2788 Winsted Rd (12pm)
May 9
Intro to Beekeeping – Pollinator Land Management, Beeworks LLC, Daniel Watkins, Conservation Commission, P. Francis Hicks Conference Room, Winchester Town Hall, 338 Main St (7pm)
May 11
Creative Day at Whiting Mills, 100 Whiting Street (9am)
May 18
86th Annual Rotary Pet Parade, Main Street to East End Park (2pm)
May 19
Winsted Elk's Annual Kids Fishing Derby, Tatro Pond, 349 Walnut St (9am)

5K Run With the Animals 🦓, Northwest CT YMCA, Action Wildlife, 435 Torrington Rd, Goshen (10am)
May 23
The 91st Anniversary of the CCC & Its Work in CT, Historic Commission, P. Francis Hicks conference room, Winchester Town Hall, 338 Main St (7pm)
May 24
Senior Prom, Winsted Y, 480 Main St (5pm)
May 27
Memorial Day
10:15am – at the Soldiers’ Monument and Memorial Park - 84 Crown St
American Legion Honor Guard – bugle playing taps
10:30am – at the entrance to Forest View Cemetery – 171 Rowley St | Soldiers’ Monument Commission members place flowers at WWI Memorial
11:15am – at the George Dudley Memorial Park – corner of Division and Main Steets | Commission members honor soldiers from Korean and Persian Gulf Wars
11:30am – Beginning of the VFW lead Memorial Day Parade. Begins at the West end of town and concludes at the East End Park.
12:15pm – Commission organized Ceremony at East End Park to honor those who lost their lives in War. The Ceremony includes:
• Special memorial address.
• Reading of the names of 120 local fallen soldiers from the Revolutionary War to the Vietnam War.
• Placing of flags at the grandstand for each of the names read.
• Placing of flowers at the Civil War, World War II, and Vietnam Memorials.
2:00 – 4:00pm – OPEN HOUSE at the Soldiers’ Monument – 84 Crown St
Date
Event | Start Time

Jun 1
Town Y25 Budget Referendum, Pearson School, 2 Wetmore Ave (8am)

🥾 CT Trails Day Hikes Great Red Oak to Rosgen Woods (Moderate) 2 miles Winchester Land Trust​ (10am) and Mad River Recreation Area Hike (Difficult) 4 miles, Town of Winchester - Conservation Commission and Fit Together (1:30pm)​ and the Sue Grossman Still River Greenway ​any time/day.
Jun 8
Open House Day, American Mural Project, 90 Whiting St (10am)

Open House Day, The American Museum of Tort Law, 654 Main St (10am)

Touch-A-Truck, Winsted Recreation, Rowley Park, 75 Rowley Street (11am)
Jun 15
Books & Bake Sale, Second Congregational Church of Winsted, 800 Main St (9am)
Jun 16
​Father's Day Strawberry Shortcake, Winchester Center Congregational Church, Corner of Rt. 263 & West Road, Winchester Center (10am)
Jun 21
​Make Music Day, American Mural Project, 90 Whiting St (10am)
Jun 22
Juneteenth: Life & Times of William Webb, Soldiers’ Monument and Park – 84 Crown St (2:30pm)
Date
Event | Start Time

Jul 1-27
Where's Waldo?, The Curious Cat Bookshop, 386 Main St
Jul 4
Celebrating Independence Day, Soldiers' Monument and Memorial Park, 84 Crown St (2pm)
Jul 11
​​Summer Concerts: Silk n Steel, Friends of Main Street, East End Park (7pm)
Jul 14
Art Play Day​,Whiting Mills, 100 Whiting St (9am)​​
Jul 18
Summer Concert Series – Mad River Music, Friends of Main Street, East End Park (7pm)
Jul 25
​Summer Concert Series – West Hill Groove, Friends of Main Street, East End Park (7pm)
Date
Event | Start Time
Aug 1
Summer Concert Series – Farmington Valley Band, Friends of Main Street (Thursdays @ 7pm)
Aug 8
CANCELED TONIGHT! Summer Concert Series – The Kenn Morr Band, Friends of Main Street (Thursdays @ 7pm)
Aug 10
73rd Annual Grange Fair, Winchester Grange No. 74, 100 Newfield Road, Winchester Center (9am)

Theresa Thomason and the KC Sisters, LIVE@AMP  American Mural Project, 90 Whiting St (8pm)
Aug 15
​Summer Concert Series – Potter's Field, Friends of Main Street, East End Park (7pm)
Aug 17
Politics and Pollution: A Story of Nuclear Waste, The American Museum of Tort Law, 654 Main St (1pm)

​Shop local, Support local! Connecticut's First Shop Local Saturday in your local Connecticut Communities.
Aug 18
In Search of the Underground Railroad in Winchester Center, Soldiers' Monument and Memorial Park, 84 Crown St (2pm)
Aug 21
Have a Craft Beer on Us, Friends of Main Street, Little Red Barn Brewers, The Heather Room (6pm)​
Aug 22
​Summer Concert Series – Jr. Krauss & The Shakes, Friends of Main Street, East End Park (7pm)
Aug 21-24
​🚒​ Winsted Fire Dept. Annual Carnival and Parade, Winsted Fire Department, 75 Rowley St (6pm) ​
Aug 24
Brews & Views, American Mural Project, 90 Whiting St (4pm)
Aug 29
​Summer Concert Series – King Saison, Friends of Main Street, East End Park (7pm)
Aug 31
79th Colebrook Fair, 562 Colebrook Rd, Colebrook CT (9am)
Date
Event | Start Time
Sept 7
The Violin through the Ages, Sponsored by the Friends of he Library, Beardsley Library, 40 Munro Pl (10:30am)
Sep 11
Dedication Day Event and 9/11 Memorial Concert, Soldiers' Monument Commission, Soldiers’ Monument and Park, 84 Crown St (5pm)​
Sep 15
Grand Prix Race 5: Highland Lake 5K, Northwest CT YMCA, Highland Lake, (8:30am)
Sep 22
AMP Talks - Travel Talk & Book Signing with News Anchor Sarah Cody, AMP, 90 Whiting St (3pm)
Sep 27
Piano Happy Hour - Heather Reichgott, Classical Music, AMP, 90 Whiting St (5pm)
Sep 28
🍁​ ​The Fall Foliage Festival ​& Car/Motorcycle Show, Friends of Main Street, Main Street (10am) weather permitting

​Historic Church Tours, Winchester Historic Commission, 8 Churches (10am)

Double Book Signing on the Walk, The Curious Cat Bookshop, 386 Main St (2:30)

Hope on the Green, Hosted by MuddyBoots, East End Park (3pm) 
Sep 29
📚​ Beardsley Library 150th Celebration, Beardsley Library, Little Red Barn Brewers, 23 Lake St (2pm)
Date
Event | Start Time
Oct 3
By the Stars Above: Bird Migration and Dark Skies, Sponsor: Winchester Land Trust, Co-sponsored by: Highland Lake Watershed Association, New Hartford Land Trust, and Norfolk Land Trust. American Mural Project, 90 Whiting Street (6pm)
Oct 5
3rd Fall River Clean Up, Conservation Commission/Friends of Main Street, East End Park (9:30am)

​Whiting Mills Spooktacular Whiting Mills, 100 Whiting St (10am)
Oct 11-13
​Riverton Fair, Riverton Fairgrounds, Riverton, CT Fri (4pm), Sat & Sun (8am)
Oct 19
Cemetery Walk, Soldiers' Monument Commission, Old Cemetery Burial Grounds, West Park Pl (12pm)

Puttin' on the Ritz, Brooks-Greenwoods Chapter NSDAR, Little Red Barn Brewers, 32 Lake St (5pm)
Oct 22
Small Business Seminar: Business Model Canvas II, Entrepreneurial Center, The Norfolk Hub, 2 Station Pl, Norfolk (5:30pm)
​Oct 25
Piano Happy Hour - Isabella Mendes
Brazilian & Jazz, AMP, 90 Whiting St (5pm)
​
​9th Annual Winsted Lions Club Halloween Party Fundraiser, Crystal Peak, 164 Torrington Rd. (6:30pm)

​WYSB 20th Annual Fall Fundraiser, Haunted Hollywood, Crystal Peak,164 Torrington Rd (6:60pm)

Cybercrime: A Growing Threat, Winchester Economic Development Commission, The American Museum of Tort Law, 654 Main St (7:30pm)
Oct 26-27
Halloween Window Painting Contest​,​ Friends of Main Street, 398 Main St (9am)
Oct 26
Trunk or Treat, Winchester Recreation Department, Rowley Street Playground Parking Lot (5:30 pm)
Date
Event | Start Time
Nov 11
Veteran's Day and Reading of President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburgh Address , Soldiers' Monument Commission, Soldiers’ Monument and Park – 84 Crown St (2pm)
Nov 16
Eight to the Bar, LIVE@AMP, American Mural Project, 90 Whiting St (7pm/8pm)
Nov 20
Small Business Seminar: Legal 101, Entrepreneurial Center, Main Street Creatives, 100 Lawton St, Torrington (5:30pm)
Nov 23
NWR7 Holiday Craft Fair, Parents, Friends, and Alumni group of the Northwestern Regional FFA,
NWR7, 100 Battistoni Dr (9am)
Date
Event | Start Time
Dec 7
A Winsted-Winchester Christmas (8am)
(8 am – 4:30 pm)
  • 102nd Christmas Fair (8 am to 3 pm) at First Church of Winsted
  • Christmas Bazaar (9 am to 2 pm) at St. Joseph Church ​
  • Living Nativity, Caroling, Cocoa (10 am to 4 pm), Faith Bible Church, 368 Main St
  • Holiday Open Studios Weekend December 2 & 3, (10 am to 4 pm) at Whiting Mills
  • Mural Tours (10 am to 5 pm) at American Mural Project, see recycled outfits on display!
  • Holiday Open House (11 am to 1 pm) at Beardsley Library
  • Holiday Open House (11 am to 4 pm) American Museum of Tort Law, 654 Main St​​
  • Pictures with Santa (1 pm to 4 pm), donated by Little Fox Portraits at 424 Main St. ​
  • Winsted Recreation Department, Rowley Recreation Building and East End Park (2 pm – 4:30 pm)​​​​
            – Pictures with The Grinch
            – Music
            – Best Elf Contest (preK-2nd grade)
            – Caroling
  • Tree Lighting (4:30 pm) at East End Park 
            – S'mores sponsored by Winsted Fire Dept.
Dec 8
A Winsted-Winchester Christmas ​
Winchester Center Congregational Church Winchester Center (1 pm – 4:30 pm)
  • Nativity Walk
  • Cooky Walk
  • Annual Christmas Tree Lighting & Carol Singing (4:30 pm)
Dec 21
The Gator Parade, Winsted Fire Department, Main Street (5pm)