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Every year, The Glass House hosts “Community Day”—a one-day event where the nonprofit organization gives away free tour tickets to residents on a first-come, first-served basis. It’s a way to “give back to the community and hopefully draw in people who’ve never been to the Glass House or just never felt that it was easy to get in to,” said Kirsten Reoch, the executive director of The Glass House. Each year, residents use a specific code to redeem their free tickets. This year Community Day will be held Thursday, Aug. 21, and that code is NEWCANAAN2025.
“It’s a special opportunity to get to know new people,” Reoch said.
“Tours are available on our website and using the code, residents can get up to four tickets,” she added.
The Glass House “Summer Party”—called “our town’s best party” by “Who Knew?” columnist Laura Ault—is scheduled for Saturday, June 14 (tickets and info here). We put some questions to the organization’s communications director, Christa Carr, about the party itself and its importance to The Glass House. Here’s our exchange. ***
New Canaanite: Talk to us about how your single annual fundraiser, the Summer Party, showcases the campus and its structures.
Christa Carr: The Summer Party honoring legendary designer Gaetano Pesce is generously sponsored by Max Mara, with additional support from Design Within Reach and Land Rover Darien. This is truly a unique opportunity to experience The Glass House in a way that no standard tour can offer.
Piano Concert
First Presbyterian Church, Stamford
On the occasion of The Glass House’s 75th Anniversary, join three renowned pianists — Timo Andres, Aaron Diehl, and Jenny Lin — for an hour-long concert of a selection of Philip Glass’ Etudes in Stamford’s extraordinary modernist First Presbyterian Church designed by Wallace K. Harrison, one of the grantees of the National Fund for Sacred Places, and a National Historic Landmark.
The Glass House’s celebrated annual fundraiser, The Summer Party, will be held 12 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 8. This year, attendees can explore the restored Brick House, in addition to the world-famous Glass House and other Philip Johnson structures on the 49-acre campus. We put some questions to Glass House Executive Director Kirsten Reoch ahead of the big party. Here’s our exchange. ***
New Canaanite: It’s a big year at The Glass House, the 75th anniversary as well as the long-awaited restoration and opening of the Brick House.
For this new installment of our local holiday shopping series, we visited The Glass House Design Store at 199 Elm St. There, we spoke to Dominica Baharian, manager of the Design Store and the Visitor Center, and Christa Carr, communications director for The Glass House. Here’s a transcript of our conversation. ***
New Canaanite: Could you please give us an overview of the Design Store? What can people find here and how does it fit into The Glass House program?
