Putnam First Fridays return for the season, May 3.
It’s that time of year again – First Fridays in Putnam are kicking off this weekend! Friday, May 3 is the beginning of the season, and we are so ready. This is one of the best events in the Quiet Corner, mostly because we love Putnam! You’ll find it all here – art, food, wine, theater, shopping, antiques. This is a celebration of all we have to...
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It’s NASCAR season in Mystic Country. Thompson International Speedway opens April 13-14.
Got a need for speed? You’re in luck – Thompson International Speedway, Mystic Country’s premier NASCAR Whelan All-American Series racetrack, opens for the season April 13-14, 2013. As you might expect, the season starts off with a bang (and maybe a couple of crashes) with the Icebreaker 150 Lap Whelen Modified Tour Event. Plus, Icebreaker weekend boasts...
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April vacation, Mystic Country style. Featuring pirates, reptiles and Native American history.
Time to start thinking about entertaining the kiddos for their April vacation week. If you’re planning a getaway to the area, there’s plenty to do in Mystic Country: Pirate Days at Mystic Seaport, April 9-10 and 16-17 I’ll personally be stopping by this one – I love pirates! This is a great celebration of our high-sea faring friends. You get to follow...
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The best recipe for cabin fever: Chowder!
26 restaurants. 26 versions of chowder to sample. Every single one of them to die for. Would you expect anything less in Mystic Country? Stop by for a taste at the 10th Annual Cabin Fever Festival and Charity Chowder Cook-Off at Olde Mistick Village on Saturday, Feb. 23. Get out of the house and get to the Village, where the chowder will be set up in the different...
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February vacation week, simplified. Mystic Country has all your family activities for the week.
If you’re looking for something to do with the kids’ vacation week, start with the Weird Science event at the Mystic Aquarium. From Saturday, Feb. 16 through Sunday, Feb. 24 the Aquarium team of educators, along with Keith Michael Johnson’s Bubbleology and Mad Science of Eastern Connecticut, will demonstrate weird and wacky science experiments and...
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Light up your night. Eastern Connecticut’s best holiday light parades and village strolls.
Bundle up and enjoy the night. It’s time for the region’s many lighted holiday parades, street festivals, carnivals and strolls. Check links for times. Some events start during daylight hours: Nov. 24 — Mystic Tree Lighting and Holiday Light Boat Parade, Mystic Nov. 24 — Norwich Winterfest Parade and Town Hall Lighting, Norwich Nov 24...
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Dine often (and inexpensively). Visit us during Mystic Restaurant Week, Nov. 3-10.
We love food here in eastern Connecticut, in case you couldn’t tell already from our plentiful foodie events–not to mention the array of restaurants from the Quiet Corner on down to the shoreline. And next week you get to sample from the best of the best at special prices during Mystic Restaurant Week. From Nov. 3-10, enjoy one price dining at participating...
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It’s the Great Pumpkin….Festival, Charlie Brown!
The quaint Quiet Corner town of Putnam will be transformed into a autumn wonderland this weekend. The Great Pumpkin Festival is happening from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, October 20, and the day is packed full of Fall/Halloween fun for the whole family. There’s a Great Pumpkin Festival Railroad Express train ride, a very cool way to kick off the day (the tix...
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Boo! Get scared this Halloween – or just have fun. Check out eastern Connecticut’s Halloween best.
This is the time of year when I don’t know what to do first. I love Halloween, and I love being scared silly. Lucky for me, the list keeps getting bigger around here for frights and fun. At the top of my “scared silly” list is Dark Manor, Norwich (Versailles) a graveyard and house chock full of seriously scream worthy creepers. Now through October...
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Spend the weekend on a working dairy farm. Blue Slope’s Fall Festival Tyme, October 13-14.
Spend the weekend on the farm this Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 13-14. Blue Slope Farm and Country Museum in Franklin is holding its annual Fall Festival Tyme – and it’s a really fun time for the whole family. Situated in a rural, farmland area in eastern Connecticut, Blue Slope captures the essence of Connecticut farms. This working dairy farm supplies...
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