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Condé Nast Traveler Loves Litchfield
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Read more: Condé Nast Traveler Loves LitchfieldCharlie Dumais Gives the Magazine the Scoop Condé Nast Traveler named Litchfield and Litchfield County to its list of The Best Places to Go in the US in 2025! Bantam Arts Factory design haven @dumais_made is among the local spots singled out and Charlie Dumais, shown here at the recent holiday studio sale, is credited by the influential…
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Arts & Entertainment Reader’s Choice Winners (Rural Intelligence)
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Read more: Arts & Entertainment Reader’s Choice Winners (Rural Intelligence)Congratulations to all the Litchfield winners in the Arts & Entertainment category of the 2024 RURAL INTELLIGENCE Readers’ Choice Awards! Litchfield Jazz Festival FIND • ART Kids Studiowar Alofft Gallery Bantam Cinema & Arts Center Litchfield Historical Society Oliver Wolcott Library Lindsey Victoria Photography Head to the Rural Intelligence website to see all of Litchfield’s…
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Lukas Hyder Handcrafted Holiday Trees at White Memorial’s Sip and Shop
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Read more: Lukas Hyder Handcrafted Holiday Trees at White Memorial’s Sip and ShopLukas Hyder, Executive Director of the White Memorial Foundation, is also a woodturner and the holiday trees he makes are sought-after collector’s items. He makes as many as he can each year for the holiday season and they sell out quickly. This year, the trees, which can only be purchased in-person at the White Memorial…
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Danielle Mailer OWL Exhibit Event Nov. 7; Runs through 12/20
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Read more: Danielle Mailer OWL Exhibit Event Nov. 7; Runs through 12/20“I’ve been lately painting dogs and cats. Not specific pets but a composite of all the qualities I love in these 4-legged creatures. There is somehow comfort in this! This exhibit will have my usual cast of characters, with a few pups and kitties sprinkled in.” –Danielle Mailer, November 2024 The opening reception for Danielle Mailer’s exhibit…
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Evening Glow Music Series at LCC
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Read more: Evening Glow Music Series at LCCThe autumn season of the Evening Glow Music Series at Litchfield Community Center continues this Thursday, Oct. 24, with pianist William Braun and baritone Christopher Grundy presenting “Schubert’s Song Cycle Winterreise” from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. All are welcome to join the community center for relaxing and reflective music to close the day. A Wine…
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Scarecrows in the Meadow Opens Oct. 19
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Read more: Scarecrows in the Meadow Opens Oct. 19The Scarecrows are coming! The Litchfield Historical Society has announced its 5th Annual Scarecrows in the Meadow. The scarecrows will be on display in the Tapping Reeve Meadow from Oct. 19 through Oct. 31 and open for visiting every day from dawn to dusk. The Opening Celebration will be held Saturday, Oct. 19, from 1 to…
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Icons on Ammo Boxes Exhibit at Lourdes in Litchfield
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Read more: Icons on Ammo Boxes Exhibit at Lourdes in LitchfieldLourdes in Litchfield is presenting the first showing in Connecticut of the travelling exhibit “Icons on Ammo Boxes,” created by Ukrainian artists Sonya Altantova and Oleksandr Klymenko. The exhibit continues through Oct. 6 and can be viewed for free from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and from 12:30 to 4 p.m. on Sunday. …
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Plein Air Litchfield Painting Festival Is Oct. 5
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Read more: Plein Air Litchfield Painting Festival Is Oct. 5The Town of Litchfield’s Economic Development Commission, the Litchfield Historical Society, and the local arts nonprofit Art Tripping have joined forces to sponsor and present the inaugural Plein Air Litchfield, a one-day painting festival on Oct. 5 featuring some of the finest landscape artists in the Northeast. Plein air painting, or en plein air in France where the practice originated in…
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1989 Tornado Remembrances, ‘Twisters’ Movie at Bantam Cinema
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Read more: 1989 Tornado Remembrances, ‘Twisters’ Movie at Bantam CinemaBantam Cinema & Arts Center is marking the 35th anniversary of the 1989 tornado with free community open houses July 20 and 27, being held in conjunction with the film “Twisters.” On July 10, 1989, a devastating tornado ripped through the Bantam and Milton sections of Litchfield, destroying the Methodist Church, Bantam Borough Hall, other properties and…