We're on vacation this week. No Know Your Corner article, just the calendar, and the calendar is stacked. Lime Rock runs five straight days of Historic Festival, opening Thursday when the vintage cars leave the track at 5:00 sharp and drive seventeen miles through Lakeville and Salisbury to a street fair in Falls Village. Racing Friday, Saturday and Monday. A thousand cars parked around the circuit on Sunday. The Cornwall Library opens its art sale Friday night and keeps it going through Labor Day. Music Mountain plays two quartets in two days. Four farmers markets before noon on Saturday.
Hope everyone has a great end of summer.
Patrick
The Litchfield Ledger
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Wednesday the 2nd
Tremaine Art Gallery, Lakeville – Field Notes opens, a solo show by Eve Biddle curated by Terri Moore, in the Main Building at The Hotchkiss School on Interlaken Road. Free. On view through October 18, Tuesday through Saturday and Sunday afternoons. 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM SEE THE SHOW
Thursday the 3rd
Lime Rock Park, Lakeville – The Historic Festival Parade opens the weekend. Vintage race cars and sports cars run a 17-mile tour through Lakeville and Salisbury, leaving the track at 5:00 sharp and ending with a street fair in Falls Village. 5:00 PM WATCH THE PARADE
Judea Garden, New Preston – Weed & Wine Thursdays. Pull weeds in the community garden, then stay for a glass. 124 Christian Street. 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM PULL SOME WEEDS
Woodbury Brewing Company, Woodbury – Open Mic, now on Thursday nights. 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM TAKE THE STAGE
Infinity Hall, Norfolk – Rebirth Brass Band, the New Orleans horn section that has been at it since 1983. 8:00 PM HEAR THE BRASS
Friday the 4th
Lime Rock Park, Lakeville – Historic Festival 44 begins on track with practice and qualifying, plus the swap meet in the paddock. Alfa Romeo is this year's featured marque. Gates at 7:00 AM. All day GO TO THE RACES
Alain White Field, Bantam – The Bantam Community Farmers Market. 3:00 PM SHOP LOCAL
Kent Farmers Market, Kent – Growers and makers at the Welcome Center on Railroad Street. 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM SHOP THE MARKET
The Cornwall Library, Cornwall – The Labor Day Art Sale opens with a cocktail reception at 30 Pine Street. Eight years running. Paintings, prints, watercolors, posters and photographs, priced from $25 up, with new work replacing whatever sells. 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM FIND SOMETHING FOR THE WALL
Saturday the 5th
Lime Rock Park, Lakeville – All-day racing across nine historic classes, from pre-war open-wheel cars to postwar sports and formula cars. Swap meet runs alongside. All day GO TO THE RACES
Cornwall Village Green, Cornwall – The Cornwall COOP Farmers Market on Pine Street. 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM SHOP THE GREEN
Judea Garden, New Preston – Work party at the community garden that grows food for local food banks. 124 Christian Street. 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM LEND A HAND
Judy Black Park, Washington Depot – The Washington Farmers Market. 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM MEET THE FARMERS
The Wish House, West Cornwall – The West Cornwall Farm Market. 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM MEET THE GROWERS
The Cornwall Library, Cornwall – Labor Day Art Sale, second day. 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM SEE THE SALE
Hopkins Vineyard, Warren – The Hunt II opens, a treasure hunt across the grounds above Lake Waramaug. Follow the clues, find the chest, pick your loot. Runs through September 27. 11:00 AM HUNT THE TREASURE
Institute for American Indian Studies, Washington – Give it a Shot, a pop-up archery program. 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM DRAW THE BOW
Kent Falls Brewing, Kent – Free farm tour of the 50-acre brewery farm on Camps Road. Kids welcome. 2:00 PM WALK THE FARM
Hopkins Vineyard, Warren – Live music with The Let Go Duo. 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM WINE AMONG THE VINES
Gordon Hall, Music Mountain, Falls Village – The Borromeo String Quartet and friends, with Beethoven's duet for two eyeglasses, Kodály, Arensky, and a piece by Iman Habibi. Free for anyone 18 and under. 7:00 PM HEAR THE QUARTET
Sunday the 6th
Lime Rock Park, Lakeville – Sunday in the Park. The Lime Rock Concours and the Gathering of the Marques put close to a thousand cars and motorcycles around the 1.5-mile circuit, grouped by make, model and country. All day SEE THE CARS
The Cornwall Library, Cornwall – Labor Day Art Sale. 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM SEE THE SALE
Hopkins Vineyard, Warren – Live music with the Mick Louis Duo. 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM WINE AMONG THE VINES
Gordon Hall, Music Mountain, Falls Village – The Penderecki String Quartet with pianist Victoria Schwartzman, playing Beethoven, Penderecki and Dvořák. 3:00 PM HEAR THE QUARTET
Judy Black Park, Washington Depot – Free bluegrass on the lawn. Bring a chair. 5:30 PM – 6:45 PM HEAR THE BAND
Monday the 7th
Lime Rock Park, Lakeville – The last day of racing at Historic Festival 44, plus the swap meet. All day GO TO THE RACES
The Cornwall Library, Cornwall – Last day of the Labor Day Art Sale. Three hours only. 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM LAST CHANCE
Hopkins Vineyard, Warren – Live music with On The Road Again. 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM WINE AMONG THE VINES
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