The town on Monday received a notice of intent to sue filed on behalf of a woman who said she fell at about 3 p.m. on Dec. 4 (a Wednesday) while walking on Cherry Street near Morse Court because of a “cantilevered and raised and crooked sidewalk due to underground tree roots growing uncontrollably.”
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“Two Viennese Masses”—from Mozart and Schubert—will be performed at 5 p.m. Saturday at St. Mark’s Episcopalian Church ($30, $35 day of event, $10 students).
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Monday’s Board of Education meeting opened with the New Canaan High School Madrigals singing “Needle and Thread” by Jocelyn Hagen. The performance, directed by choir teacher Sarah Gleason, marked the start of Arts In Our Schools Month, according to NCHS Director of Visual and Performing Arts Laura Newell:
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The owners of a River Street dwelling on Monday filed eviction papers against a tenant that they say has failed to pay $1,850 in monthly rent since last fall.
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New Canaan Chamber Music’s next concert is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Thursday, March 20 and 7 p.m. on March 21. “The Link from Mozart to Film” features musicians Stella Chen (violin), Geneva Lewis (violin), Matthew Lipman (viola), Ani Aznavoorian (cello) and Andrew Armstrong (piano). Tickets here.
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Volunteers from Grace Community Church and Feed My Starving Children at a March 1, 2025 meal-packing event at New Canaan High School.
Grace Community Church last Saturday partnered with Feed My Starving Children to host its annual meal-packing event, bringing together 600 volunteers from the church and local community to help combat global hunger. Held at New Canaan High School, the effort surpassed expectations, with volunteers packing 101,000 meals—exceeding the original goal of 100,000.
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Golf balls are available for purchase for the Color Drop at Waveny. The fundraiser for the New Canaan High School Scholarship Foundation will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 22. This year’s grand prize is a red 2025 Chevy Colorado truck. More info here.
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The Board of Ed on Monday voted unanimously in favor of holding NCHS graduation at 10:30 a.m. on June 16 (rain date June 17).
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Two great shows coming from public schools programs:
- New Canaan High School’s winter musical is “Les Misérables,” the world’s longest-running musical. Performances will be held at 7 p.m. March 20-22 at 7 PM, with a special matinee at 1 p.m. on March 22. Tickets here.
- Saxe Middle School presents “The SpongeBob Musical”—performances at 7 p.m. on March 28 and 1 and 5 p.m. on March 29. Tickets here.
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Registration is open for spring programs and activities at the New Canaan YMCA.
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New Canaan Police at 12:31 p.m. on Feb. 28 assisted in locating a patient from a lower Valley Road psychiatric hospital who had left campus prior to discharge. East School entered a shelter-in-place mode “out of an abundance of caution” while teaching and programming continued as normal inside the building, the school’s principal and assistant principal wrote to parents. “We appreciate Officer Bentley’s presence and support,” they said in an email, referring to NCPD School Resource Officer Ron Bentley, himself an East School alum.
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Tickets are now available for The Glass House’s 2025 tour season, opening April 17.
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At the Trinity-Bowdoin lacrosse game on March 1, 2025, L-R: Justin Wietfeldt (New Canaan Hockey & Lacrosse & Michigan Lacrosse), Michael Rayher (New Canaan Hockey & Lacrosse), Michael Norton (New Canaan Lacrosse & Bowdoin Lacrosse), Marc DeGaetano (New Canaan Golf and Trinity College Golf), Cameron Wietfeldt (New Canaan Hockey & Lacrosse & Bowdoin Lacrosse), Bowden Gammill (New Canaan Hockey) and Hayden Shin (New Canaan Lacrosse & Trinity College Lacrosse).
A handful of NCHS alumni met on the lacrosse field last Saturday for the Trinity College–Bowdoin College game (photo at left).
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New Canaan Mounted Troop’s fundraiser, “Breeches & Bowties,” will e held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, May 2 at Wee Burn Country Club. Tickets here.
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Now showing at the Playhouse movie theater on Elm Street: “Anora,” “Becoming Led Zeppelin” and “Paddington in Peru.” Coming soon: “Novocaine” (including a March 14 Q&A with producers Tory Tunnell and Joby Harold) and “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie.”
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Enter the New Canaan Land Trust’s “Spring Raffle” here. First prize is two ultralight Portage ‘Hornbeck’ canoes plus padded, two PFDs, easy carrier straps and apparel ($5,000 value), second prize is one cord of wood delivered and stacked ($1,000) and third prize is a $300 gift card to The Adirondack Store on Elm Street.
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L-R: Attached: Erica Bates of Kids in Crisis, Amy Gildea of Rotary Club and Denise Qualey of Kids in Crisis.
Representatives from Kids in Crisis—a nonprofit agency serving Fairfield County, helping newborns to age 18 years old with services 24/7—spoke to the New Canaan Rotary Club at its Feb. 29 meeting. “They provide their Teen Talk program at New Canaan High School,” club officials said in a press bulletin. “Last year they had an average of 225 individual students at each school with a Teen Talk program who met with a Teen Talk counselor.”
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Following a final performance of “Terra Nova” at 2 p.m. Sunday, the Town Players of New Canaan will run a Actors Workshop (March 25 to May 6) and “Stand-Up Magic” (7 p.m. on April 5).
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Finally—courtesy of event section sponsor April Kaynor & Kelly DeFrancesco of William Raveis—here are more local happenings worth checking out (add your event to the Community Calendar here and we’ll share it with fellow residents):
- Woven Necklace Making (March 8 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm)
- Two Viennese Masses – Mozart Missa Brevis No. 1, in G; and Schubert: Messe in G (March 8 @ 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm)
- Taking Manhattan with Best-Selling Author Russell Shorto (March 9 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm)
- Hands-Only CPR and AED Training by New Canaan EMS (March 10 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm)
- Amy Griffin and Hoda Kotb Discuss ‘The Tell’ (March 12 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm)
- Beginning Birding (March 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm)
- NAMI to NAMI Family to Family Class (March 15 @ 9:15 am – May 17 @ 12:00 pm)
- Jazz and Wine Night with Michael Louis Smith & Brooklyn Circle (March 15 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm)
- Open-Ended Art Exploration with Barbara Rucci (March 16 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm)