July 2020
Stained Glass Windows Tour: Battell Chapel
Take a guided tour of Battell Chapel’s beautiful stained glass windows, designed by D. Maitland Armstrong and Louis Comfort Tiffany. Three large windows designed by Armstrong and made of opalescent glass fill the west end of the chapel. Tiffany’s five smaller windows face them from the east; they depict the four seasons, with a brilliant sunrise as the center.
Find out more »Food as Medicine: How to prepare healthy foods
Natural foods and herbs have been used to heal and prevent many illnesses and diseases since ancient times. Wendy Roberts of the Mountain View Green Retreat will demonstrate how to prepare a variety of foods, discuss how they can benefit the body and point out a few common ingredients to avoid. Click here to download a four-page PDF file of the recipes: Sweet potato & black bean burgers, fresh pressed juice, super easy homemade chocolates, virgin pina colada and homemade…
Find out more »Norfolk Artists & Friends 12th Annual Exhibition
Norfolk Artists & Friends (NAF) is celebrating its 12th Annual Exhibition of members' work. NAF members embrace a wide variety of visual arts including, but not limited to, painting, sculpture, photography, jewelry and decorative arts. Usually visible for only four days, this year the show is hanging at the Norfolk Library for the month of August, and this video tour lets you attend from anywhere in the world.
Find out more »Rock Painting for Kids
Please join us for a virtual rock painting session. All you will need is acrylic paint, a paint brush and few smooth rocks of your choosing. They make great garden or lawn decorations! While you paint, notice Botelle Elementary School's vegetable garden in the background. Hidden behind the school lies a wonderful garden containing 16 raised beds. This year, we are growing a wide variety of vegetables that we will be sharing with our town. Come check it out in…
Find out more »A Day at Lost Ruby Farm
Lost Ruby Farm is a small farmstead specializing in crafting cheeses from the milk of its small herd of pasture-raised goats. Owners Adair Mali and Antonio Guindon also raise chickens for egg production, pigs for their whey consumption and and for butchering, and a limited number of turkeys available at Thanksgiving. Join Adair as she shows you around the farm...she may even introduce you to the goats.
Find out more »A Nature Walk Around City Meadow
Take a virtual walk on the boardwalk through City Meadow to view this natural world up close. Learn what has changed since the Town began restoring the site to native plants. Learn to identify the animals and plants encountered, then come enjoy them in person when you can. Your guide will be biologist John Anderson of the Norfolk Conservation Commission.
Find out more »Workshop: Making Sun Catchers and Wind Chimes
Learn how to make sun catchers or wind chimes from objects you find around your house. Metal sculptor Karen Rossi teaches the art of choosing materials and adjusting the right balance. You'll need a hanger, beads and buttons, thin wire and something to cut it with. Everyone in the family will enjoy this one. Download a printable materials list.
Find out more »A Hike on the Norfolk Land Trust Trails
Norfolk has hundreds of miles of trails through beautiful woods and fields, many of them arriving at a summit like Dennis Hill or Haystack Mountain, from where you can look out at a broad, scenic view. This virtual walk lets you sample trails maintained by the Norfolk Land Trust, which publishes maps for downloading and use when you visit in person.
Find out more »Tour: Four Notable Norfolk Houses
This video tour compares and contrasts the exterior architecture of four notable Norfolk houses: The Joseph Battell House (aka Whitehouse), Knolly Brook, Beechwood Cottage and Tea and Cozy Cottage. The four represent different periods in Norfolk's history and demonstrate the changing visions of fashionable design. Tour leader Tom McGowan offers a glimpse of several other historic buildings along the way.
Find out more »Music, Music, Music: Performance by Luna & the Lost Souls
Angela Luna has been known as an innovative, soul-stirring vocalist for more than 25 years. In her early days, she fronted the indie rock darling Jamie Strange, receiving five consecutive “Best Vocalist” awards (Hartford Advocate Poll). Since then, Angela has traveled the world performing with such acts as The Evil Beetles, Jet Black Jane, Ramon & the Monster, Doug Wimbish, her acoustic duo the Angel & the Hustler, and hip-hop sensation Klockwise. Today, she has has returned to her home…
Find out more »Let’s Go Fishing
Fly fisherman Doug McDevitt shares his secrets for a good catch, complete with tips for casting the line and suggestions for places to go.
Find out more »Tour of Husky Meadows Farm
Take a virtual tour of one of Norfolk's most varied farms. Husky Meadows Farm grows organic produce and makes its own pickles and soups. It has a thriving farm stand, sells Consumer Supported Agriculture (CSA) shares and, when possible, will return to its accustomed place at the Norfolk Farmers Market.
Find out more »Studio Tour: Adam Paul Heller
Visit the studio of stone worker Adam Paul Heller and learn why he uses classic hand carving methods to cut and sculpt stone. He will also demonstrate some of his techniques.
Find out more »Studio Tour: Jon Riedeman
Sculptor Jon Riedeman opens his Norfolk studio, where he has worked for close to three decades. A former Sculptor-in-Residence at the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish, N.H., Jon has won several awards including a MacDowell fellowship, and his work has been shown in museums and galleries throughout the region. He currently is pursuing a special interest in portraying birds.
Find out more »Studio Tour: Jim Jasper
Virtual tour of painter and print maker Jim Jasper's Norfolk studio, including a look at some of the artist's recent work, a set of paintings illustrating the three cantos of Dante's "Divine Comedy." Previously, Jim created illustrations for Herman Melville's novel, "Moby Dick."
Find out more »Studio Tour: Susan Rood
Susan Rood, a print maker who works in linocut, monotype and collage, has opened her studio for a virtual tour. Susan grew up in Northwest Connecticut and presently lives on the Rood family farm. Her work reflects her agricultural roots and its changing environment, and includes images of animals and plants that are tied together with a narrative thread.
Find out more »Tour of Historic Center Cemetery
Center Cemetery is the oldest of Norfolk’s burial grounds, established in 1757 on Old Colony Road. Many Norfolk notables are interred there, including James Mars, who in 1798 at the age of eight was the last slave bought and sold in Norfolk. Mars was freed at age 21, eventually wrote an autobiography and lived until 1880. This virtual tour is led by historian William Hosley, former curator of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, and former director of…
Find out more »Studio Tour: Karen Linden
Join a virtual tour of Karen Linden's studio. Karen, who works primarily in oils, studied painting and drawing at the University of Minnesota. She is a member of Norfolk Artists & Friends.
Find out more »A Visit with John Thew
After being a renowned weathervane maker for many years, John Garret Thew has turned to creating what he calls “kitchen watercolors.” In this virtual visit to his studio, John demonstrates his watercolor techniques using a painting of one of the dolls made by his late wife, Eve.
Find out more »Workshop: Printing with Leaves and Found Materials
Join artist/printmaker Susan Rood as she demonstrates how to use leaves, found materials, paint and paper to create art. Fun for all ages but the very young will probably need some help. Materials List Leaves with obvious, raised veins are best. Please use care when gathering. Cut or break off gently, don’t pull. Watch out for poison ivy. (Leaves of three = leave them be!) Look for different sizes and shapes. Enjoy the search. Found materials such as clean plastic…
Find out more »The Norfolk Library, Gilded or Golden?
This virtual tour sets the background for the design of the Norfolk Library…a product of the late 19th century’s Golden Age of architecture. Author and narrator Ann Havemeyer is library director and curator of the Norfolk Historical Society.
Find out more »Music, Music, Music: Andrew Thomson
Percussionist Andrew Thomson, aka the Pipeman because of his bagpipe skills, has earned an international reputation as a composer, performer and educator. He has collaborated with a variety of organizations, ranging from the acclaimed choirs of Joyful Noise to the United States Marine Corps, where he was both a a rifleman and the youngest member of the composition and arranging staff at the Armed Forces School of Music. Andrew currently teaches percussion in northwestern Connecticut and gives clinics, recitals and…
Find out more »Music, Music, Music: Josh and Ginny DeCerbo
Josh and Ginny DeCerbo have been making music together since Ginny (Josh’s daughter) was a toddler. Josh will be playing guitar and they’ll both be singing. They’re performing in their South Norfolk music studio.
Find out more »Music, Music, Music: Jamal Ford-Bey
Jamal Ford-Bey is a musician, songwriter and singer, and author. He has written music for commercials, web series and podcasts, and has appeared in theatrical productions throughout New England and New York.
Find out more »A Look Through the Lens of Marie Kendall
Marie Hartig Kendall was a noted 19th century photographer based in Norfolk. The historical society has filmed this short video highlighting some of the locations and subjects Kendall photographed often around the Village Green.
Find out more »Music, Music, Music! Performance by Jude Mead
Music, Jude Mead says, is timeless and ageless. From the time she was 16, she has played guitar and written lyrics. To help pay her way through college she sang in coffee houses, then toured with such bands as Dirty Linda, Out of the Blue and Rising Tides, and was even the opening act for Sha Na Na. Later she returned to songwriting and cut two albums of original music: On the Loose and No Guarantee. Jude went down other…
Find out more »Music, Music, Music! Performance by Mike Cobb and Adam Pincus
Former Island Records recording artist Mike Cobb has been playing music since 1990. Originally from Norfolk, Conn., he has toured the U.S. and Spain, playing and singing in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian, and has shared the stage with Oasis, the Urban Pioneers, the Legendary Shack Shakers and many more. Today, he is based in Brooklyn, N.Y., and leads the Crevulators, who play eclectic Americana. He also produces 1st Place Radio, a podcast with a focus on local and…
Find out more »August 2020
Concert: Klughart, Beethoven and Mendelssohn
Enjoy a rebroadcast performance of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival's Emerging Artist Showcase featuring works of Klughart, Beethoven and Mendelssohn for winds and strings. View the concert program.
Find out more »Concert: Mozart, Beethoven and Schumann
Enjoy a rebroadcast performance of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival's Emerging Artist Showcase featuring works of Mozart, Beethoven and Schumann for piano ensembles. See program details.
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