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Art Show: Jennifer Almquist

Norfolk Library 9 Greenwoods Road East, Norfolk, CT

Jennifer Almquist has been a free-lance photographer for 44 years. She studied photography at New York University and filmmaking at the Sundance Film Institute. Former owner of the Almquist Gallery in New Preston, Jennifer was on the organizing committee for the 1995 Special Olympics World Games in New Haven where she photographed President and Mrs. […]

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Indoor Farmers Market

Botelle School 128 Greenwoods Road East, Norfolk, Connecticut

Norfolk's beloved and famous farmers market makes a special pop-up appearance inside Botelle School just for Winter Weekend in Norfolk! It will be there for four hours with all kinds of great food and artisanal treasures. Plan on buying your lunch, catered by the Botelle PTO, and to hang out and listen to music by […]

Free admission

Open Sugar House

Great Mountain Forest 201 Windrow Road, Norfolk, CT

Great Mountain Forest's sugar house will be open to visitors, provided there is enough sap to boil. The Forest has a 70-year tradition of collecting and boiling sap, making maple syrup and bottling it for sale; its collection system and evaporator are thoroughly up to date, but heat for boiling still comes from wood. GMF […]

Free

Solar Observation

Robertson Plaza Station Place, Norfolk

Matthew Johnson and the Aton Forest ecological field station bring solar observation astronomy to Norfolk using a dedicated solar telescope. The scope observes the H-alpha wavelength, which can show sunspots, the surface’s activity and...most exciting...solar prominences cast off from the sun's surface into space. Matthew will also have information about the International Dark Sky Association.

Free

Art Show: Adoriana

Royal Arcanum Building 3 Station Place, Norfolk, Connecticut

A pop-up show of Ukrainian artist and author Adoriana's colorful paintings.

Free

Stained Glass Window Viewing: Immaculate Conception Church

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

Immaculate Conception Church has magnificent stained glass windows created by Franz Mayer & Co. of Munich. The church will be open for viewing and docents will be there to answer questions. Please note that docents will be remaining until 2:00 p.m., even the printed timeline schedule incorrectly says 1:00. We apologize for the error.

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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

Live Music: Julia Autumn Ford

Royal Arcanum Building 3 Station Place, Norfolk, Connecticut

Julia Autumn Ford has been playing professionally since she was a teenager. She has toured extensively throughout the U.S. and, as a member of Belle of the Fall, an indie folk duo comprised of JAF and Tracy Walton, she has released 3 critically acclaimed albums: Earthbound, Rise Up and The Bending of Light. This is […]

Free

Open House and Tours

Wildwood 1880 67 Litchfield Road, Norfolk, Connecticut

Wildwood 1880, a historic inn, is welcoming visitors for the afternoon. Tour this historic building and grounds, sample local cheeses and charcuterie, warm up with mulled cider and enjoy the owner's hospitality.

Free

Guided Tour, Stained Glass: Battell Chapel

Battell Chapel 12 Litchfield Road, Norfolk

Take a guided tour of Battell Chapel and its 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 […]

Free

Great Mountain Forest Conservation Talk

Norfolk Library 9 Greenwoods Road East, Norfolk, CT

By 2050, our species will add 2.5 billion new inhabitants to the planet’s cities. This massive global demographic trend will call for unprecedented construction, corresponding to a doubling of existing building stock, a tripling of current urban land area, a massive spike in atmospheric carbon concentrations and a host of other impacts to natural systems […]

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Bonfire and Skating

Norfolk Ice Skating Rink 50 Mountain Road, Norfolk, Connecticut

The Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department will have a bonfire and s'mores beside the town skating rink, whether or not people can skate. Rain cancels. The fire department and Town maintain the rink throughout the season and anyone may skate at their own risk any time that the ice is clear. Mother Nature permitting, the fire […]

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Hiking, Skiing, Snowshoeing

All around town Norfolk, Connecticut

Norfolk has miles of trails all over town, most of them maintained year-round by the Norfolk Land Trust and Great Mountain Forest. They are open for the public to enjoy on foot, snowshoes or skis, so put on something warm and come on out! Trail maps are linked from the organization names above.

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Ice Skating

Norfolk Ice Skating Rink 50 Mountain Road, Norfolk, Connecticut

Mother Nature permitting, the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department will have the town skating rink ready for skaters during WINter Weekend in Norfolk. The fire department and Town maintain the rink throughout the season and anyone may skate at their own risk any time that the ice is clear. Please make sure the ice is safe […]

Free

Norfolk Chamber Music Festival Concert

Virtual

Throughout Winter Weekend in Norfolk, you are invited to listen to Rendezvous with Benny Goodman, a Norfolk Chamber Music Festival concert recorded last summer with clarinetist David Shifrin and the Miró Quartet highlighting the versatility of the clarinet. Link will be available at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. "With a background in klezmer, classical and jazz idioms,⁠ […]

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Fly-tying/Fishing Workshop

Norfolk Hub 2 Station Place, Norfolk, CT

Expert fly fisherman Doug McDevitt is holding a special six-hour workshop for fishing enthusiasts at any level of experience. Doug will demonstrate the art and science of tying different flies, discuss fishing and offer his tips on where to go for the best experience. Participants are welcome to drop in any time and to share […]

Free

Art Show: Elementary School Students

Norfolk Hub 2 Station Place, Norfolk, CT

Un-In-Hib-It-ed, a show of whimsical artwork by the area's youngest artists, students from Norfolk, Colebrook and Barkhamsted elementary schools.

Free

Norfolk Curling Club Open House

Norfolk Curling Club 70 Golf Drive, Norfolk

The Norfolk Curling Club is open to visitors to watch curling on Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Play will feature the Winter Wonderland Women’s Bonspiel all day Saturday and on Sunday morning. A Sunday League is scheduled for Sunday afternoon starting at 1:00 p.m. Members will be there both days to […]

Free

Art Show: Adoriana

Royal Arcanum Building 3 Station Place, Norfolk, Connecticut

A pop-up show of Ukrainian artist and author Adoriana's colorful paintings.

Free

Can You Imagine? Reading by Rosemary Gill

Norfolk Hub 2 Station Place, Norfolk, CT

Rosemary Gill will read her short story "Can you imagine?" about making love up out of thin air.

Free

Stained Glass Window Viewing: Immaculate Conception Church

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

Immaculate Conception Church has magnificent stained glass windows created by Franz Mayer & Co. of Munich. The church will be open for viewing and docents will be there to answer questions.

Free

Solar Observation

Robertson Plaza Station Place, Norfolk

Matthew Johnson and the Aton Forest ecological field station bring solar observation astronomy to Norfolk using a dedicated solar telescope. The scope observes the H-alpha wavelength, which can show sunspots, the surface’s activity and...most exciting...solar prominences cast off from the sun's surface into space. Matthew will also have information about the International Dark Sky Association.

Free

Art Show: Jennifer Almquist

Norfolk Library 9 Greenwoods Road East, Norfolk, CT

Jennifer Almquist has been a free-lance photographer for 44 years. She studied photography at New York University and filmmaking at the Sundance Film Institute. Former owner of the Almquist Gallery in New Preston, Jennifer was on the organizing committee for the 1995 Special Olympics World Games in New Haven where she photographed President and Mrs. […]

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

Live Music: Michael Cobb

Royal Arcanum Building 3 Station Place, Norfolk, Connecticut

Based in Norfolk and in Brooklyn, N.Y., Michael writes; sings; plays guitar, bass, harmonica, banjo and ukulele, and produces concerts. He describes his sound as eclectic Americana. His last Weekend in Norfolk gig was in February, when he played at the Manor House with Trina Hamlin.

Free

Open House and Tours

Wildwood 1880 67 Litchfield Road, Norfolk, Connecticut

Wildwood 1880, a historic inn, is welcoming visitors for the afternoon. Tour this historic building and grounds, sample local cheeses and charcuterie, warm up with mulled cider and enjoy the owner's hospitality.

Free

Guided Tour, Stained Glass: Battell Chapel

Battell Chapel 12 Litchfield Road, Norfolk

Take a guided tour of Battell Chapel and its 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 […]

Free

Dramatic Reading of “Alabama Story”

Norfolk Library 9 Greenwoods Road East, Norfolk, CT

The Norfolk Library presents a reading of "Alabama Story," a drama about censorship, book banning and civil rights. The play introduces the little-known true story of a librarian who was persecuted by politicians for protecting a controversial children’s picture book, “The Rabbits’ Wedding,” in the Jim Crow South. Politicians and citizens in Alabama wanted the […]

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