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The Shrine of Lourdes in Litchfield
A beautiful place of prayer dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes
Category: Litchfield Culture near Litchfield Hills, Connecticut
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Description of this Litchfield Hills area Attraction: Come to a place in the wooded hills of northwestern Connecticut, under a canopy of trees, by a stream of flowing water, to a place of peace and prayer dedicated to Mary. The Shrine of Lourdes in Litchfield, a ministry of the Montfort Missionaries since 1958, celebrates outdoor Mass at the Grotto at 11:30 each day except Mondays, from May 1 through mid-October 2008. We offer day of pilgrimages which include Mass, outdoor Stations of the Cross which wind its way through the hillside overlooking the grotto and Marian prayer. Also, shrine of St. Joseph, St. Jude, St. Louis de Montfort and St. Michael the Archangel. Gift Shop open until 4:30 and Grotto Cafe until after lunch during the season except Mondays. From mid-October through May Mass is celebrated inside the Grotto chapel on Sundays at 10:30 am and at Montfort House Chapel Monday through Saturdays at 10;30.
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Waterbury Symphony Orchestra
Serving the Greater Waterbury area since 1938.
Category: Waterbury Music near Litchfield Hills, Connecticut
Description of this Litchfield Hills area Attraction: The Waterbury Symphony Orchestra is located in Waterbury, Connecticut. The orchestra performs 7 concerts during their subscription season, 4 Classical Masterworks concerts at the Naugatuck Valley Community College, and 3 Symphonic Pops Concerts at the Palace Theater. Maestro Leif Bjaland is the Music Director and Conductor. The orchestra also performs two summer pops concerts each summer, one in Woodbury and a free concert in Library Park in downtown Waterbury.
The orchestra also has numerous educational programs that are held throughout the year, including instrument petting zoos, in-school ensemble concerts, and music appreciation classes. For more information, contact the Waterbury Symphony Offices: 203-574-4283, or visit our website: www.waterburysymphony.org
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White Memorial Conservation Center
Nature Museum, Environmental Education Facility
Category: Litchfield Nature near Litchfield Hills, Connecticut
Description of this Litchfield Hills area Attraction: The White Memorial Conservation Center is the education branch of the White Memorial Foundation, a 4,000-acre wildlife sanctuary, with 35 miles of hiking trails, located in Litchfield. The Center's Nature Museum is a state-of-the-art facility which interprets local history and the varied habitats on the Foundation property. The Museum features many hands-on exhibits, a Children's Corner with books, puzzles, and games, live animals and a gift shop. Handicap and sight-impaired accessible.
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Bethlehem Flea Market LLCFleaMarket
Lower Litchfield County Flea Market at the Bethlehem Fairgrd
Category: Bethlehem Arts and Craft near Litchfield Hills, Connecticut
Description of this Litchfield Hills area Attraction: Welcome to the Flea Market at the Bethlehem Fairgrounds! Antiques, arts and crafts, collectibles, tools, toys, books, clothing, household goods, furniture, hats, car accessories, snacks and drinks and much more! Open every Saturday from late April to August, 7am-2pm. Come spend a Saturday morning at the Fairgrounds!
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Educators' Weekend at Mystic Seaport Museum
Educators and families admitted free
Category: Mystic Museum near Mystic Country, Connecticut
Description of this Mystic Country area Attraction: Educators and their families (up to four people total) are admitted free to Mystic Seaport – The Museum of America and the Sea – as part of Educators' Weekend sponsored by the Museum.
Teachers, administrators and support staff are welcome. Free admission will be granted upon presentation of a school or union ID card or a copy of school letterhead.
“Education is a core value of the Museum,” said Susan Funk, vice president for education and public programs. “We appreciate the work educators do every day. This is our way of saying thanks.”
Funk said the weekend is designed for teachers to learn more about how a field trip to Mystic Seaport can help them meet classroom goals.
“Our goal is for teachers to enjoy a day at the Museum,” she said. “While it’s a chance for them to explore and enjoy with their families, it’s also an opportunity for them to see what goes on here during a typical day and to strengthen the partnership between schools and museums.”
Mystic Seaport staff are available to answer teachers’ questions. “We aren’t going to give a typical sales pitch,” Funk said. “We’ll be providing a packet of information that outlines the type of programs we offer. Our staff will present a few of the new programs we’re debuting this spring that focus on immigration and innovation.”
Mystic Seaport offers a variety of programs designed for students. These programs support local, state and national curriculum frameworks and can be customized. Subject areas that can be included are history, social studies, language arts, science and technology, music and art.
Program delivery includes: field trips, in-class lectures, planetarium demonstrations and overnight programs aboard a Mystic Seaport vessel. Resource materials such as books, videotapes and audiotapes are available in the Museum Store.
“It’s one thing to read something out of a book, it’s another to be there,” Funk said. “Our programs are hands-on. They give students a chance to learn outside of the classroom while still maintaining the curriculum needs of the schools. Experiential learning allows students to connect to history in new and exciting ways.”
Additional programs are designed specifically for teachers. Teacher workshops can be developed, including how to use a museum as a teaching tool. Other symposiums and programs are available and offer continuing education units.
“While we know teachers enjoy bringing their classes here for field trips or having one of our staff members come to their school, it was important for us to develop programs that are geared directly to teachers,” said Funk.
Educators' Weekend is sponsored in part by .
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Keeler Tavern Museum
House Musem 1713-present
Category: Ridgefield Museum near Litchfield Hills, Connecticut
Description of this Litchfield Hills area Attraction: The Keeler Tavern Museum has been a farmhouse,tavern and stagecoach stop, a busy hotel for travelers and summer guests, the home of a noted architect and his family, and since 1966 a museum.
The tavern building with its central chimney, incuding four fireplaces, was bilt around 1713 by Benjamin Hoyt. Another kitchen was added in the 1790s. Converted into a tavern and stagecoach stop in 1772 by Benjamin's grandson, Timothy Keeler, it is located on the inland stage route from New York City to Hartford to Bostaon. The Keeler Tavern served as the Ridgefield Post Office for over fifty years. A Britsh cannonball fired at the Tavern during the Revolutionary Way (April 27, 1777) remains embedded in a corner post. Operated as a hotel by Timothy's daughter Anna and her husband, Abijah Resseguie, the property was sold in 1907 by their daughters, Anna Marie, to Cass Gilbert the architect of the Woolworth Building in New York City, the Library in New Haven, Connecticut and the Supreme Court Bui8lding in Washington, D.C.
Cass Gilbert's additions to the property include a circa 1915 Garden House overlooking a brick walled garden. Designed for entertaining, it is used today for concerts, lectures and special events, and may be rented for weddings and other social occasions. The garden is open for public viewing.
The Keeler Tavern Preservation Society, Inc. opened the property as a museum on July 4, 1966 with the goal of preserving Ridgefield's most historic building for the education and enjoyment of all who visit. The Museum is furnished with 18th and 19th century pieces, some of which had belonged to the Keeler family , and reflects live as lived in Ridgefield for almost 300 years.
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