Bus tour to visit local historic sites April 30

The Farmington Valley CT Heritage Network, formerly Historic Sites of Connecticut’s Farmington Valley, will hold its first bus tour in three years. This long-awaited event on Saturday, April 30, explores “Lively Lore and Legends: Fact or Fiction?”, focusing on the towns of Barkhamsted, Granby and Simsbury.

Out of Town

The New England Air Museum brings live theater into its hangars for the first time!

A Christmas Carol in Suffield

The Suffield Players are ready to impart some holiday cheer with our annual holiday benefit featuring the classic tale by Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, adapted for stage by Ryan Bird.

Holiday Tours at Historic Ellsworth Homestead

The Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution are pleased to announce the return of Christmas Open House tours at the historic Oliver Ellsworth Homestead Museum, 778 Palisado Avenue in Windsor, on Saturday, Dec. 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Cottage Craft Fair

The 38th Annual Christmas Cottage Craft Fair will be held in a new location this year; St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 224 Lovely Street in Avon. The fair runs on Thursday, Nov. 4 and Friday, Nov. 5 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on Saturday, Nov. 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Polish Kosciusko Squadron Exhibit

The New England Air Museum is honored to premier a new exhibit featuring the Polish Kosciusko Squadron 303 pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain and arguably changed history. Winston Churchill called it “one of the decisive battles of the war” and, according to many historians, the Battle of Britain would have been lost if not for the Polish airmen.