This family-friendly farm is owned by the Plasko family and is the last fully operating farm in Trumbull. The farm features fruit and vegetables, farm fresh eggs and bakery items for sale, a country store, a greenhouse and a corn maze. The farm has been owned by the Plasko family for three generations.
Founded in 1976, Farmington Valley Arts Center is a not-for-profit organization that caters to the public and artists by featuring viewing galleries and offering studios for rent. FVAC strives to create a strong, vibrant and diverse community where artists can explore their individual inspirations and create, create, create.
Orange Music Studio LLC offers private and group classes for lessons on piano, guitar, saxophone, clarinet, and violin. Moreover, the studio is willing to host birthday parties.
The Historical Society of Glastonbury was established in 1936 to preserve the town's historical heritage and to display it in an educational and entertaining manner. Its museum, located in the former town hall at 1944 Main Street, houses exhibits ranging from Native American artifacts to early 20th century items. The society maintains an extensive schedule of house tours and walking tours, and hosts the annual Farm Festival and Antiques Festival.
The Westport Arts Center is a visual and performing arts organization that offers arts experiences to the entire community. The center has been in the community since the 1960s, when it was incorporated as the Westport-Weston Arts Council in 1969. Since that time, the center has worked to preserve Westport's cultural heritage and tradition of supporting the arts.
The Westport Arts Center offices and galleries are located on the banks of the Saugatuck River in downtown Westport. In addition to presenting exhibitions, concerts, lectures and film screenings in its 2000 square-foot gallery, the center also has a studio where children's workshops are held as well as a smaller Studio Gallery annex.
Rent-A-DJ is an entertainment service. The deejays work all different types of events like weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs, parties, reunions, dances and everything in between. Packages are available for each client, tailored to each unique occasion.
Books-A-Million is a discount book retailer that also carries music, movies and magazines. Book selections include fiction and nonfiction, and sports, humor and music titles.
Gene Pino, a professional jazz and classical guitarist who has studied at the Berklee School of Music, has been providing lessons to aspiring guitarists in his home studio since 1992. In addition to jazz and classical guitar, he teaches electric and acoustic guitar, and electric bass. His home studio has a large song library and is equipped with digital recording equipment. Students are taught music notation, technique, chords, picking, scales and music theory and progress at their own pace.
Everything Disney is the focus of Bonnie Clark's travel agency. An avid Disney fan, she has created a fun place to bring the kids as customers plan their next big adventure. Disney offers not only Disney World and Disney Land but also the Disney cruise ship and Adventures by Disney as well as special guided family vacations. The latest Disney vacation spot, set to open next year, will be Aulani on the leeward side of Oahu in Hawaii. And Bonnie will book it all, down to the very last detail. She has been in business for five years but she has been in this office in the small plaza opposite Sea Swirl for the past two years. Bring the kids just to see the castle in the center of her office.
Miggs Burroughs is an artist and designer working from a studio in Westport on Old Hill Road. Miggs B sells fine art photography and painting; he is also available to design Web sites, logos, promotional posters and book covers. Visit the Web site to view a portfolio of the artist's work.
The Buttonwood Tree is a cultural center located in Middletown. The center functions as an art gallery, performing arts venue, used bookstore and café. The venue functions as a space for concerts, yoga classes, readings, open-mic nights and various workshops and performances. For further inquiries, phone The Buttonwood Tree.
One good reason to visit Stamford Museum and Nature Center is simply to appreciate the beauty of the nature trails, tree specimens and farm animals juxtaposed with old world sophistication. Once the country estate of fashion magnate Henri Bendel, the property opened as a nature center to the public in 1955. Surprisingly large at 118 acres, the park includes an impressive lake (Bendel's Pond) with a waterfall at the majestic entrance and an otter pond. An organic vegetable garden is seasonally maintained by staff members. Hekscher Barn, just next door, is a farm animal mecca with goats, chickens, turkeys and other fowl. There is also a planetarium on the premises, which has a public show each 2nd Sunday of the month at 3pm.
This is the perfect place to bring the whole family, or just yourself, to explore history, art and nature.
Curtain Call is a nonprofit community theater located on the grounds of Sterling Farms Municipal Golf Course. Performances can be seen year-round, and auditions are open to all. The theater also offers acting workshops for children, teens and adults. See the website for audition announcements and performance showtimes.