Weekend Highlights, June 12-13
Milford Pirate Festival ~ Sat. June 12 ~ 10am to 5pm
Thursday
Sea Music Festival in Mystic (thru Sunday)
Friday
Wizard of Oz in Hamden (thru Sunday & next weekend, too)
Strawberry Thanksgiving Celebration in Mashantucket
50 cent Fabulous Fridays at Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury (thru Labor Day)
Avatar on IMAX & a special showing of The Living Sea in Norwalk (thru Sunday)
Saturday
International Festival of Arts & Ideas begins in New Haven (thru June 26)
Student performance of Disney’s High School Musical, Jr. in New Haven (at 12pm & 8pm, Columbus Family Academy School, 255 Blatchley Ave, $2 Admission)
Farmer’s Market at Wooster Square (9am-1pm) & Upper State Street (10am-2pm) in New Haven
Open Farm Day & Summer Camp Open House at Common Ground in New Haven
East Rock Festival on Orange Street in New Haven (see below for details)
Science Saturdays in New Haven
Story hour at the Children’s Museum featuring Alliance Theatre reading and acting the Lion & the Mouse in New Haven
West River Health Fair in New Haven
World Oceans Day at Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport
Essex Steam Train & Riverboat Rides in Essex (Saturdays & Sundays thru June 27)
Harriet’s Garden Party in Hartford
Tom Sawyer Day in Hartford
Saturday Carloads at Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury (thru Labor Day)
Strawberry Fest at Lyman Orchards in Middlefield
Milford Pirate Festival in Milford
World Ocean Day at Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk (thru Sunday)
Sunday
Edgewood Park Farmer’s Market (10am-2pm) in New Haven
Family Travel Expo at Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury
Next Week & Beyond:
Strawberry Picking (now thru middle of June)
Pony Rides at Maple View Farm in Orange (every Wednesday)
Ladybug Release Party at Mitchell Library in New Haven (June 16)
Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support Group in Guilford (June 17)
Horseshoe Crab Event in Milford (June 19, pre-registration required)
Open Cockpit Sunday at New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks (June 20)
Silent Killers – learn to make your home a healthy place to be in Branford (June 22 & 23, pre-registration required)
Music & Me Open House in Hamden (June 21) in Shelton (June 22) in Woodbridge (June 24)
Hands Across the Sand at Gulf Silver Sands Beach in Milford, Penfield Beach in Fairfield & Ocean Beach in New London (June 26) please note change of venue
Sign up for an Eric Carle Collage Making workshop (June 27) Make a Blue Jean Purse (July 11) Ace of Cupcakes (July 14) in New Haven
Birdies for Charity for the Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport (June 21-27)
Fireworks (I just started this list…please send details to kidhaven@email.com):
- at East Rock Summit in New Haven (July 4th, rain date July 5th, 9:15pm)
- at Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury (July 4th)
Summer Camp Links:
- Common Ground Summer Camp in New Haven
- Creative Arts Workshop Summer Programs in New Haven
- New Haven Parks, Rec & Trees Summer Camp in New Haven
- Yale Peabody Summer Camp in New Haven
- Westville Theatre Summer Camp Registration Now Open (July 6-30) For more information contact Jennifer at 203-675-1799 or jguarinotrier@gmail.com.
- Eli Whitney Summer Programs in Hamden
- Audubon Coastal Center Summer Camp in Milford
- Mystic Aquarium Summer Camp in Mystic
- Sound Scientists at Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk
Tickets on Sale:
- 2010 Int’l Festival of Arts & Ideas in New Haven (June 12-26)
- Walking with Dinosaurs in Bridgeport (June 15-16)
On June 12, 2010 from 1pm-7pm there will be an East Rock Festival on Orange Street between Willow Street and Cottage Street. There will be live music, children activities, food vendors and merchandise vendors. The event is also sponsoring its first Movie in the Park at East Rock Park (College Woods) featuring the movie “ET” beginning at 8pm. The New Haven Parks and Recreations Dep’t will be providing a shuttle to the East Rock Summit where people can also ride a Ferris Wheel. This promises to be a day filled with fun. So please join us for our first annual East Rock Festival on Orange Street!
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