Archive for September, 2009
Greenwich Harbor Yacht Showcase
WOW! WALK ON WATER & GREENWICH HARBOR YACHT SHOWCASE October 2-4, 2009 at The Delamar Greenwich Harbor 500 Steamboat Road The third annual Greenwich Harbor Yacht Showcase, will be held the weekend of October 2 – 4, 2009, at the beautiful Delamar Hotel in Greenwich, Conn., voted “one of the best new hotels in the [...]
Japanese Bunka Festival
Bunka Festival Japanese School of Greenwich PTA 270 Lake Avenue Sunday, October 4, 2009 11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m The festival will feature demonstrations of kendo, karate, flower arrangement and the tea ceremony. There will also be kids games, a school fair with a book and goods sale, a raffle and a food sale. For [...]
Huge Community Tag Sale
Community Tag Sale New Lebanon School 25 Mead Avenue (Just off exit 2 – 195) Saturday, October 3, 2009 Come to this enormous tag sale fundraiser organized by the New Lebanon School PTA. Officially opens at from 9:00am but early birds may enter at 8:00am for $10. The sale will go on until 3 pm. [...]
Outdoor Arts Festival
Bruce Museum One Museum Drive 28th Annual Outdoor Festival Columbus Day Weekend Saturday, October 10 Sunday, October 11 10:00am-5:00pm The Outdoor Arts Festival is a juried event featuring more than 90 artists selected from across the country. The paintings, photography, drawings, prints, sculptures, and mixed media pieces are also available for purchase. There will be [...]
Ethics Reform by The League of Women Voters
Greenwich Town Hall Tuesday, September 29, 2009 1 pm League of Women Voters Ethics Reform with Cheryl Dunson and JoAnn Messina. For more information contact Cyndy Anderson at 203.637.1079.
Building Green
League of Women Voters of Greenwich Educational Fund Building Green House Tour Saturday, September 26, 2009 9am to 1pm St. Catherine of Siena Church Parish Hall 4 Riverside Avenue, Riverside 9am: Orientation and Coffee at St. Catherine of Siena Church Learn about: • Solar and geothermal systems and other renewable energy technologies • Federal and [...]
Calf Island Clean-Up
Calf Island Clean-Up Take private boat at Grass Island Saturday, September 26, 2009 9:00am-12:00noon Calf Island Conservancy annual island clean-up. Meet at Grass Island public dock; bring gloves, water and warm work clothing. For more information, visit http://www.calfisland.org/ Directions to Grass Island: I-95 Exit 3 (Northbound turn left onto Arch Street, Southbound turn right onto [...]
Autumn Migration Bird Walk
Audubon Greenwich 613 Riversville Road Autumn Migration Bird Walk Saturday, September 26, 2009 7:00 – 8:45 A.M. Ted Gilman will lead this fall walk. The topic will be the flood of migrants heading for the tropics and other species arriving from the north. Cost: Free Call 203.869.5272 Ext. 221 for more information The Audubon also [...]
Strickland Brook Garden Park
This beautiful garden at Strickland Brook Park, next to Cos Cob Library was designed and planted by the Westchester Fairfield Horicultural Society. Today, the society held a plant sale of outstanding quality. Kate Liba, the president, informed me that the proceeds of the sale would go toward maintaining and improving the garden. I was unaware [...]
Internet Smarts
Greenwich Town Hall Cone Room – 2nd floor Parents Together Monday, September 21, 2009 9:15 a.m. Coffee served at 9 a.m. Internet Smarts: Online Safety and Social Networking in a Changing World Richard J. Colangelo, Jr., Senior Assistant State’s Attorney, will discuss tools and strategies for addressing your child’s use of popular social networking sites: [...]
History of Cos Cob
For history buffs; if you are interested in learning more about Cos Cob history, The Greenwich Library Oral History Project interviewed a local resident, Gertrude Riska, about her childhood memories of growing up in Cos Cob in the 1920s and 30s. The book is available for purchase through the Oral History website, http://www.glohistory.org. This very informative [...]
