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Quilters group hosts creativity lecture
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Award-winning quilter Victoria Finlay Wolfe will give her lecture, Creativity and Play: The What and Why’s of PLAY! at the September meeting of the Farmington Valley Quilters.
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Simsbury Grange Agricultural Fair
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The Simsbury Grange will host its annual Agricultural Fair on Saturday, Sept. 15, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The fair will feature a bake and craft sale, exhibits from local organizations and farms, kids’ activities, and contests with ribbons and cash prizes in several categories.
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Noble & Cooley News
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Bring your family and friends for an evening of live music and nostalgia at Guess That TV Theme Trivia Night on Thursday, Sept. 20, 6:30 p.m. at the NCCHP Museum, 42 Water St. in Granville.
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Jets and Vettes Car Show at NEAM
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The New England Air Museum will host its second Jets and Vettes Car Show on Sunday, Sept. 9, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The special theme is Chevrolet Corvettes through the Years, and awards will be presented to the Best in Show and Best Vintage.
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Last Blast of Summer at Old St. Andrew’s
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On Friday, Sept. 7, 5 to 8 p.m., dine and dance your way into fall on the grounds of the historic Old St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, located not far from the Tariffville Gorge on Rte. 187 (59 Tariffville Road, Bloomfield).
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Fall Tag and Bake Sale
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Copper Hill United Methodist Church will hold its annual fall tag and bake sale Saturday, Sept. 22, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Donation drop off is Saturday, Sept. 15, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Nationally recognized Summer STEM program coming to Simsbury
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Camp Invention, a nationally recognized, nonprofit summer enrichment camp program, is coming to Simsbury Public Schools the week of July 9 – July 13. A program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, in partnership with the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office, Camp Invention challenges children in grades K-6 to find their inner inventor by learning the process of innovation.
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Pizza night fundraiser at the Flatbread Company
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On Tuesday, Aug. 21, the Granby Senior Club will host a fundraiser from 5 – 9 p.m. at the Flatbread Company at the Shoppes at Farmington Valley.
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Scoundrels who made America great
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The Noble & Cooley Center for Historic Preservation (NCCHP) museum, 42 Water Street in Granville, Mass., hosts Martin Henley, author and professor emeritus of Westfield State University, for a presentation on the heroic acts of some of America’s most notorious scoundrels on July 18 at 6:30 p.m.
Americans like heroes to wear white hats and villains to wear black. Henley takes a fresh view of heroism by using dramatic events in the life of each scoundrel to illustrate how disreputable labels can obscure heroic deeds.
Come hear what Benedict Arnold had in common with John Brown, Tokyo Rose and other scoundrels in America’s history.
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Memorial Day Events
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The 2018 Memorial Day parade and ceremonies, Monday, May 28, marks the 100th anniversary of Memorial Day events in Simsbury. The Simsbury American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars are once again organizing two parades in celebration of Memorial Day.