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‘We’ve Had an Amazing Turnout’: Carriage Barn Hosts 2nd Annual Waveny Arts Festival [PHOTOS]

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Blessings Misomali stood between two rows of tents near the forecourt of Waveny House on a sun-dappled, comfortably warm Sunday afternoon. 

The tents featured the work of dozens of fine artists and artisans—painters, photographers, ceramicists, glass art, fiber artists, jewelry designers and sculptors. “I’m just impressed with people’s creativity,” Misomali said during the 2nd Annual Waveny Park Arts Festival, organized by the Carriage Barn Arts Center. “It’s just incredible. There’s a lot—you’ve got clothes, you’ve got art, jewelry. It’s stunning.”

Hundreds of people perused and purchased artwork and handcrafts, sat on a hill enjoying live music and participated in family-friendly activities during the festival, which ran for five hours on a picture-perfect autumn day in Waveny.

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Did You Hear … ?

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New Canaan Police are investigating reports received at 2:20 p.m. on Sept. 28 about two pieces of jewelry that appear to have been stolen from an Elm Place home. ***

Staying Put in New Canaan will hold its annual meeting from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10 at Lapham Community Center in Waveny. All are invited to the free event, and refreshments will be served.

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Podcast: Rising Demand at ‘Person to Person’

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This week on 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to Nancy Coughlin, CEO of Person to Person or “P2P,” a nonprofit organization known to many New Canaanites that supports families and individuals as they move toward stability with healthy food, clothing, housing assistance and a path to economic opportunity. Demand for meals from the donor-supported organization, which recently launched its second mobile food pantry, has grown by 2.5 times since the onset of the pandemic. Here are recent episodes of 0684-Radi0:

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Coffee’s on for Thursday

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Join fellow residents and NewCanaanite.com editor Michael Dinan for the monthly Community Coffee, to be held 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 3 in the Jim & Dede Bartlett Auditorium at New Canaan Library. The Coffee is presented in partnership with the library, and the brew is supplied by Zumbach’s Gourmet Coffee (thank you, Doug). The free, public coffee is a group conversation about what’s happening around town, moderated by Dinan. Topics come from attendees and we spend no more than 10 minutes per subject.

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Internationally Acclaimed Climate Scientist To Speak at New Canaan Library’s Inaugural ‘Oldham Nature and Environment Lecture Series’

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When a generous New Canaan Library supporter suggested a lecture series in recognition of former director Lisa Oldham’s contribution to the building, the team there had just finished its sustainable new structure. It was early 2023 and the library was working with “many groups in New Canaan that were concerned with the environment and climate change,” Oldham recalled. “Tying this together with our mission to foster learning in the community, we decided the lecture series would focus on nature and the environment,” she told NewCanaanite.com. 

Fast-forward about 18 months. 

The “Oldham Nature and Environment Lecture Series” will kick off at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15 with world-renowned climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe (register here). 

As chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy and author of the bestselling book Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World, as well as presenter of TED Talks viewed by more than 5 million people globally, “Hayhoe reveals a remarkable talent for translating complex climate issues into accessible public discourse,” library officials said in a press release announcing the Lecture Series. “Katharine Hayhoe will discuss how the key to tackling climate change is to begin by understanding how any change to our environment naturally connects us,” the press release said.