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April 2024
Spring Garden-to-Table Dinner
Experience a delicious meal alongside members of the Grace Farms culinary, horticulture, and garden teams, including Master Gardener Lauren Elliott. This dinner highlights fresh produce and herbs harvested from the Grace Farms Community Garden and is followed by a spring-inspired dessert. Recommended for adults.
Find out more »Painting with Color & Emotion workshop with Katie Southworth at the Carriage Barn
Join artist Katie Southworth and embark on a creative journey exploring the healing power of color Experiment with strokes on canvas and connect color to your emotions, memories, and positive manifestations. Create your own piece of art while Katie helps guide you through the art of painting as a medium for self-discovery. Connect with yourself and others during this morning workshop while using the language of color to delve into expressions of emotions and symbolism. Katie is the author of…
Find out more »2024 Instructors Salon At Silvermine Galleries Opening Reception
Please join us at Silvermine Galleries for the 2024 Instructors Salon on view from April 13th-May 16th. The Silvermine School of Art Instructors are distinguished artist educators offering courses for students of all ages and levels of experience in a wide range of disciplines, while providing an environment and atmosphere in which art and artists can develop and flourish. Our award-winning School of Art is the preeminent learning destination for visual arts in Fairfield County with more than 1,100 courses…
Find out more »Opening Reception for Slipstream – Elizabeth Gilfilen Solo Exhibition April 13th – May 16th
Please join us at Silvermine Galleries for the solo exhibition of artist Elizabeth Gilfilen winner of the Board Chair Grand Prize from the 72nd A-ONE Exhibition, on view April 13th-May 16th. Gilfilen’s paintings and works on paper have been included in group shows at Morgan Lehman Gallery, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum and the Bronx Museum, among others. All are welcome to attend the Artists Reception Saturday, April 13, 2-4pm.
Find out more »River Building Interiors Tour
Step inside the glass-enclosed River building with Grace Farms Architecture Advisor, Toshihiro Oki, who worked with SANAA during the building’s design, for an interiors-focused tour highlighting seating design selections, sustainably sourced surfaces, responsive plans, and more. Approved for AIA CES 1.5 LU
Find out more »Shigeru Ban: Paper Log House at The Glass House April 15 – December 15, 2024
Shigeru Ban: The Paper Log House at The Glass House marks the first time in six years that the innovative house will be on display in North America. In collaboration with The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union, 36 architecture students will gain hands-on experience assembling the Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban’s Paper Log House, a 14 by 14-foot enclosure made of paper tubes, wood and milk crates deployed to provide temporary housing for victims of disaster…
Find out more »Glass House 75th Anniversary Tour Season Opening April 15th
75th Anniversary season opening: Tickets for the 2024 season are available now! We look forward to your visit. Glass House 75th Anniversary Tour season opening April 15- December 15th. Tour season opens with tours running Thursday – Monday. Choose from a variety of tours. Our most popular tour includes The Glass House, Painting Gallery, Sculpture Gallery, outdoor sculpture, and Da Monsta, with a three-quarter mile walk over grass and paths. Available on Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. This tour will…
Find out more »HAYVN’S EWC Meeting: What You Say Matters, How You Say it Matters More
Date and time Thursday, April 18 · 12 - 1:30pm EDT Location HAYVN 320 Boston Post Road Suite 180 Darien, CT 06820 Show map Refund Policy No Refunds About this event EWC Luncheon In-Person Event Connect with smart, supportive entrepreneurial women, learn new things, build relationships, and have fun. Please join us for this exciting luncheon event HAYVN & EWC Members: $35 (includes lunch) Non-Members: $50 (includes lunch) Program Topic: What You Say Matters, How You Say it Matters More…
Find out more »Astronomy | Navigating by Nature
Explore how clues from the natural world — the stars, the moon, trees, sunlight, and shade — have helped humankind throughout history navigate across land and sea during this astronomy lecture led by educators from Mystic Seaport Museum’s Treworgy Planetarium. If weather permits, step outside for a guided viewing outdoors of the spectacular highlights in the current night sky. In the event of inclement weather, embark on an indoor exploration of the night sky using the Stellarium planetarium software. For…
Find out more »Carlson To Outline Town’s Goals and Priorities for Men’s Club
New Canaan First Selectman Dionna Carlson will report on the town’s goals and priorities at Friday’s New Canaan Men’s Club meeting to be held at Morrill Hall in St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. with Carlson outlining the town’s agenda in remarks at 10:40 a.m., after the business portion of the meeting. Before her election as First Selectman last fall, Carlson had established a long record on service on behalf of the town, notably on…
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