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Scarecrow Festival 2025
🎥🧑🌾 Scarecrow Festival 2025 – New Canaan Goes to Hollywood!
✨ From Oct 14–31, downtown lampposts will feature scarecrows dressed as celebrities and movie characters.
👩👩👧 Families, nonprofits, organizations, clubs & businesses are invited to join the fun!
🛠️ DIY Scarecrow Kits
• Business: $55
• Family/Nonprofit/Org/Club: $40
• Pick up at Northeast Building & Home
• Order by Sept 19 for delivery by Inclusive Together!
💛 Proceeds benefit Inclusive Together.
👉 https://inclusive-together-co.square.site/
Sponsored by Northeast Building & Home & the New Canaan Chamber of Commerce.
Chess Fest at New Canaan Library
Saturday, September 20 from 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Chess Fest is a celebration where players of all ages and skill levels come together to watch, learn, play, and enjoy chess. Participate in a tournament, take a lesson, watch a blindfolded chess demo, see how high you can build a tower of chess pieces, and more! REGISTER HERE or drop in for casual play 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
FREE event presented by the Carriage Barn, this outdoor arts festival features a juried collection of over 50 fine artists & artisans including painters, photographers, ceramicists, fiber artists, jewelry designers, and sculptors! There will be live music all day. Family crafts and activities supported by National Charity League volunteers and Clever & Crafty. Refreshments: Taco Tequila, Mobile Pie Pizza Truck, So Fresh Doughnut Co., The Caffeine Cowboy, Waffle Cabin, SoNo Ice Cream, The Spice & Tea Exchange. The Young Entrepreneurs Marketplace will showcase the business ventures of school aged kids! The Annual Member Show will be open at the gallery. More info available HERE.
Circle of Care - Make Tracks for Kids with Cancer
Join the only statewide walk/run supporting all Connecticut families facing childhood cancer! Make Tracks for Kids with Cancer is a community-wide walk/run taking place at Sherwood Island State Park Westport CT on September 28th at 8 AM. Tickets are: $25-$30. The fun-filled event is held by Circle of Care, a local nonprofit that supports children with cancer and their families. Make Tracks has something for everyone, including a walk for all ages and abilities, a timed 5K for runners and joggers, and activities for families. Your participation will help raise critical awareness and funds to support families, showing them that they are not alone. Click here for more information/to register.
Calling All Young Builders!
Do you keep finding Legos underfoot? Back for its fourth year, the New Canaan Museum’s Builder’s Challenge is asking all budding architects, engineers and builders to recreate their favorite real or imagined New Canaan spot in interlocking blocks (such as Lego or MegaBloks bricks). Kids’ creations will be displayed in local store windows throughout the month of October to celebrate New Canaan’s October4Design celebrating architecture, art, community and design. Come to the New Canaan Museum to sign up and receive a free baseplate to get you started – one per family please! For more information, please visit us HERE or call the NCM&HS at 203-966-1776 ext 103.
Help Us Build Waveny Playground Brick By Brick!
Friends of Waveny Playground is excited to announce our fundraising campaign for an all-abilities play space located in Waveny Park! We are asking the community to show support for this incredible endeavor that will benefit our children for years to come. This is a unique opportunity for your family's name to be displayed on a brick via the Legacy Walkway or on our Waveny Playground Welcome Sign. Visit our website to view brick options and make a purchase. For Welcome Sign opportunities or to ask any questions, email ncwavenyplayground@gmail.com.
