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Hike the Peaks Challenge

Norfolk Land Trust Trails Norfolk, CT

Take the three-day, six-peak Norfolk Land Trust hiking challenge: snap a selfie at the top of all six trails, then present the images to win a Land Trust "Icebox of Connecticut" t-shirt. Download the peaks map or pick it up at a WIN information center. The peaks are Dennis Hill Gazebo, Dennis Hill Pavilion, Haystack […]

Free

Walking Historical Norfolk

All around town Norfolk, Connecticut

Pick up a tour guide to Norfolk’s historic houses and walk around the village to see fine examples of Norfolk’s development over several eras, from Revolutionary days to the Gilded Age of architecture. Brochures are available at the Historical Society museum, the Norfolk Library and the Norfolk Hub.

Free

Ashpohtag Road Treasure Sale

Ash Ashpohtag Road, Norfolk, Connecticut

Come find a street full of treasures! Ashpohtag Road artists are putting out the welcome mats and showing a variety of art and crafts, joined by neighbors offering books, furnishings, plants and lots more. You may even get lucky and catch an artist's demo, so come at 11:00 and plan to linger. Ends at 4:00. […]

Free admission

Open House: Connecticut-Asia Cultural Center

Connecticut-Asia Cultural Center 207A Westside Road, Norfolk, Connecticut

Tour the Connecticut-Asia Cultural Center. The nonprofit Center is located in a century-old historic stone castle, recently renovated to provide a platform for educating the public about Asian culture. The exhibition hall consists of three floors, each focused on one culture: Taoist, Confucian and Buddhist. Guided tours introducing the historical evolution, beliefs and principles of […]

Free

Guided Tour, Stained Glass: Battell Chapel

Battell Chapel 12 Litchfield Road, Norfolk

Battell Chapel’s beautiful stained glass windows were 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. […]

Free

Shedding Light: 200 Years of Art & Music in Norfolk

Norfolk Historical Society Museum 13 Village Green, Norfolk, CT

This exhibition presents the long and storied history that art and music have had in Norfolk. Artists and musicians such as Samuel Coleridge Taylor, Jean Sibelius, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Cage, Ben Shahn, Josef Albers, Chuck Close and Eva Hesse had varied roles in Norfolk but each contributed to a long-term objective: to […]

Free

Shedding Light: 200 Years of Art & Music in Norfolk

Norfolk Historical Society Museum 13 Village Green, Norfolk, CT

This exhibition presents the long and storied history that art and music have had in Norfolk. Artists and musicians such as Samuel Coleridge Taylor, Jean Sibelius, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Cage, Ben Shahn, Josef Albers, Chuck Close and Eva Hesse had varied roles in Norfolk but each contributed to a long-term objective: to […]

Free

Stained Glass Window Viewing: Battell Chapel

Battell Chapel 12 Litchfield Road, Norfolk

Battell Chapel’s beautiful stained glass windows were 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 at the center. […]

Free

Shedding Light: 200 Years of Art & Music in Norfolk

Norfolk Historical Society Museum 13 Village Green, Norfolk, CT

This exhibition presents the long and storied history that art and music have had in Norfolk. Artists and musicians such as Samuel Coleridge Taylor, Jean Sibelius, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Cage, Ben Shahn, Josef Albers, Chuck Close and Eva Hesse had varied roles in Norfolk but each contributed to a long-term objective: to […]

Free

Stained Glass Window Viewing: Battell Chapel

Battell Chapel 12 Litchfield Road, Norfolk

Battell Chapel’s beautiful stained glass windows were 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 at the center. […]

Free

Hike the Peaks Challenge

Norfolk Land Trust Trails Norfolk, CT

Take the three-day, six-peak Norfolk Land Trust hiking challenge: snap a selfie at the top of all six trails, then present the images to win a Land Trust "Icebox of Connecticut" t-shirt. Download the peaks map or pick it up at a WIN information center. The peaks are Dennis Hill Gazebo, Dennis Hill Pavilion, Haystack […]

Free

Walking Historical Norfolk

All around town Norfolk, Connecticut

Pick up a tour guide to Norfolk’s historic houses and walk around the village to see fine examples of Norfolk’s development over several eras, from Revolutionary days to the Gilded Age of architecture. Brochures are available at the Historical Society museum, the Norfolk Library and the Norfolk Hub.

Free

Art Show: Celebrating 50 Years of Art

Norfolk Library 9 Greenwoods Road East, Norfolk, CT

This show celebrates the 50 years the Norfolk Library Associate have been presenting art exhibitions at the library. It features work by 27 artists.

Free

Tree Scavenger Hunt

Village Green Village Green, Norfolk, CT

Did you know that the Norfolk Village Green is planted with a number of interesting native trees? Learn what they are and how to identify them by participating in a scavenger hunt created by Great Mountain Forest with the support of the Norfolk Conservation Commission. Start at the Weekend in Norfolk information center, 2 Station […]

Free

Stained Glass Window Viewing: Battell Chapel

Battell Chapel 12 Litchfield Road, Norfolk

Battell Chapel’s beautiful stained glass windows were 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 at the center. […]

Free

Hike the Peaks Challenge

Norfolk Land Trust Trails Norfolk, CT

Take the three-day, six-peak Norfolk Land Trust hiking challenge: snap a selfie at the top of all six trails, then present the images to win a Land Trust "Icebox of Connecticut" t-shirt. Download the peaks map or pick it up at a WIN information center. The peaks are Dennis Hill Gazebo, Dennis Hill Pavilion, Haystack […]

Free

Walking Historical Norfolk

All around town Norfolk, Connecticut

Pick up a tour guide to Norfolk’s historic houses and walk around the village to see fine examples of Norfolk’s development over several eras, from Revolutionary days to the Gilded Age of architecture. Brochures are available at the Historical Society museum, the Norfolk Library and the Norfolk Hub.

Free

Tree Scavenger Hunt

Village Green Village Green, Norfolk, CT

Did you know that the Norfolk Village Green is planted with a number of interesting native trees? Learn what they are and how to identify them by participating in a scavenger hunt created by Great Mountain Forest with the support of the Norfolk Conservation Commission. Start at the Weekend in Norfolk information center, 2 Station […]

Free

Art Show: Celebrating 50 Years of Art

Norfolk Library 9 Greenwoods Road East, Norfolk, CT

This show celebrates the 50 years the Norfolk Library Associate have been presenting art exhibitions at the library. It features work by 27 artists.

Free

Treasure Hunter’s Sale

Church of the Immaculate Conception 4 North Street, Norfolk, CT

Treasure hunter alert! The men's and women's clubs of Immaculate Conception Church are holding a sale focused on small kitchen appliances, glassware, decorative household goods, tools and much more. Come discover your own treasures! Sale starts at 10:00 a.m. and will continue until everything's gone.

Free admission

A Haven of Happiness: Inventor Michael Pupin in Norfolk

Norfolk Historical Society Museum 13 Village Green, Norfolk, CT

Michael I. Pupin immigrated to the United States in 1874 from what is now Serbia. Taking the first job he could find as a farm laborer, he quickly taught himself to speak and read English and improve his knowledge through night courses at Cooper Union. His curiosity about science and nature carried him far; after […]

Free

Sound Installation: “Nonno”

Barbour Woods Lovers Lane, Norfolk, Connecticut

Sound Art Installation (playback piece) made in memory of the composer's grandfather. Installation will loop its 10 minute duration between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Park at the Lovers Lane entrance to Barbour Woods and walk in a short way beyond the Land Trust kiosk on the Brook Trail. […]

Free

Stained Glass Window Viewing: Battell Chapel

Battell Chapel 12 Litchfield Road, Norfolk

Battell Chapel’s beautiful stained glass windows were 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 at the center. […]

Free

Walking Historical Norfolk

All around town Norfolk, Connecticut

Pick up a tour guide to Norfolk’s historic houses and walk around the village to see fine examples of Norfolk’s development over several eras, from Revolutionary days to the Gilded Age of architecture. Brochures are available at the Historical Society museum, the Norfolk Library and the Norfolk Hub.

Free

Hike the Peaks Challenge

Norfolk Land Trust Trails Norfolk, CT

Take the three-day, six-peak Norfolk Land Trust hiking challenge: snap a selfie at the top of all six trails, then present the images to win a Land Trust "Icebox of Connecticut" t-shirt. Download the peaks map or pick it up at a WIN information center. The peaks are Dennis Hill Gazebo, Dennis Hill Pavilion, Haystack […]

Free

Tree Scavenger Hunt

Village Green Village Green, Norfolk, CT

Did you know that the Norfolk Village Green is planted with a number of interesting native trees? Learn what they are and how to identify them by participating in a scavenger hunt created by Great Mountain Forest with the support of the Norfolk Conservation Commission. Start at the Weekend in Norfolk information center, 2 Station […]

Free

Sound Installation: “Nonno”

Barbour Woods Lovers Lane, Norfolk, Connecticut

Sound Art Installation (playback piece) made in memory of the composer's grandfather. Installation will loop its 10 minute duration between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Park at the Lovers Lane entrance to Barbour Woods and walk in a short way beyond the Land Trust kiosk on the Brook Trail. […]

Free

Stained Glass Window Viewing: Battell Chapel

Battell Chapel 12 Litchfield Road, Norfolk

Battell Chapel’s beautiful stained glass windows were 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 at the center. […]

Free

Art Show: Celebrating 50 Years of Art

Norfolk Library 9 Greenwoods Road East, Norfolk, CT

This show celebrates the 50 years the Norfolk Library Associate have been presenting art exhibitions at the library. It features work by 27 artists.

Free

A Haven of Happiness: Inventor Michael Pupin in Norfolk

Norfolk Historical Society Museum 13 Village Green, Norfolk, CT

Michael I. Pupin immigrated to the United States in 1874 from what is now Serbia. Taking the first job he could find as a farm laborer, he quickly taught himself to speak and read English and improve his knowledge through night courses at Cooper Union. His curiosity about science and nature carried him far; after […]

Free