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WEEK OF APRIL 27 - MAY 03, 2026

From Read to a Pet at Salem School District to Windham County 4-H Fair at Old Saybrook Parks & Recreation and Stilt Walker at Peek-a-Brew Play Cafe.

MONDAY - 4/27

Corn Maze - Preston Farms Corn Maze - 92 Norwich-Westerly .., Preston
  • 3:15pm - 4:30pm — Screen Free Week - 5-8 Critter Caravan critter caravan
  • 3:15pm - 4:30pm — Screen Free Week - K-4 Critter Caravan critter caravan
  • 3:15pm - 4:30pm — Screen Free Week - Monday-Thursday Combo screen free week
Family & Consumer Sciences - Montville High School, Montville
  • 10:00am — Monday Morning Drop In Storytime storytime
  • 6:00pm — Teen Advisory Board Instrumental Recital performance
Griswold Youth&Family / Park&Rec: Online Registration by MyR, Griswold — Griswold Youth Center - School Semester - Youth Center at 2:30pm youth center
Local Attractions - Odetah Camping Resort, Bozrah — TBA at - name: Around The World Week around the world
Month Calendar - East Lyme Public Library, East Lyme — All Aboard! Drop-in Train Play at 9:30am–2:30pm train play
Old Saybrook Community Events, Old Saybrook
Programs & Memberships - Groton Parks and Recreation, Groton
  • 3:00pm - 4:15pm — Snack Chat Teen Cooking - Snack Chat Teen Cooking (Spring) snack chat
  • 9:30am - 10:30am — Playful Steps - Playful Steps (Spring) playful steps

TUESDAY - 4/28

Corn Maze - Preston Farms Corn Maze - 92 Norwich-Westerly .., Preston
  • 3:15pm - 4:30pm — Screen Free Week - 5-8 The Last Green Valley Activity green valley
  • 3:15pm - 4:30pm — Screen Free Week - K-4 The Last Green Valley Activity green valley
Denison Pequotsepos Conservation Center, Mystic — Environmental Afternoons at 1:30pm environmental afternoons
Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, Mystic — TBA at - name: Homeschool Program: Celebrating America on Casey Farm learn more
Family & Consumer Sciences - Montville High School, Montville — Play Doh Fun! at 10:00am playtime
Hempstead Houses, New London
  • - name: Homeschool Program: Celebrating America on Casey Farm — TBA learn more
  • - name: Virtual Program – Framing Modernism: Architectural Photography at Gropius House — TBA learn more
Mccourt Memorial Garden in Memory of Sept 11th Victims, New London — Free First Saturday – June 2026 at 11:00 am - 1:00 pm explore art
Month Calendar - East Lyme Public Library, East Lyme — Read to Hazel the Therapy Dog at 4:00pm–5:00pm read to dog
Old Saybrook Community Events, Old Saybrook — TBA at - name: WAYBACK TUESDAYS AT WESTBROOK CINEMAS movie tickets
Programs & Memberships - Groton Parks and Recreation, Groton
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm — Dance - 3-5 yrs Ballet & Tap (Tuesday) (Spring) ballet tap
  • 4:45pm - 5:45pm — Dance - 6-11yrs Ballet & Tap (Tuesday) (Spring) ballet tap
  • 5:00pm - 5:30pm — Karate - Lil' Tiger 2 (Spring) lil tiger
  • 9:00am - 9:45am — Early Childhood - Time To Move (Spring)(Tuesday) time to move
Salem School District, Salem
  • 11:00am — Youth Coordinated Entry Program Visit info
  • 4:30pm — Tinker Tech Tuesday for Kids info

WEDNESDAY - 4/29

Corn Maze - Preston Farms Corn Maze - 92 Norwich-Westerly .., Preston
  • 3:15pm - 4:30pm — Screen Free Week - 5-8 Outdoor Games outdoor games
  • 3:15pm - 4:30pm — Screen Free Week - K-4 Tie Dye tie dye
Family & Consumer Sciences - Montville High School, Montville — Wednesday Drop In Evening Storytime at 6:30pm storytime
Mashantucket Pequot Museum, Mashantucket — TBA at - name: Family Nights family nights
Month Calendar - East Lyme Public Library, East Lyme — Baby Sign and Sing at 9:30am–10:00am baby sign sing
Programs & Memberships - Groton Parks and Recreation, Groton
  • 10:00am - 2:00pm — Field Trip with Thames River Magnet School field trip
  • 5:15pm - 6:00pm — Karate - Lil' Tiger 3 (Spring) lil tiger
Salem School District, Salem
  • 10:15am — Preschool Storytime info
  • 11:00am — Infant/Toddler Storytime info
  • 11:00am — Henrik Bothe's Library Circus info
  • 4:00pm — Hora de Cuentos en español info
  • 5:30pm — Drop in Craft at the West Salem Branch: Beaded Bracelets info

THURSDAY - 4/30

Corn Maze - Preston Farms Corn Maze - 92 Norwich-Westerly .., Preston
  • 3:15pm - 4:30pm — Screen Free Week - 5-8 Tie Dye tie dye
  • 3:15pm - 4:30pm — Screen Free Week - K-4 Outdoor Games outdoor games
Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, Mystic
  • - name: Farm Friends at Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm Session II — TBA learn more
  • - name: Herb Sale — TBA learn more
  • - name: Play Days: Contemporary Illustrations of Timeless Children’s Stories Opening Reception — TBA learn more
Family & Consumer Sciences - Montville High School, Montville — Kids Drop In Legos at 3:30pm legos
Hempstead Houses, New London
  • - name: Farm Friends at Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm Session II — TBA learn more
  • - name: Herb Sale — TBA learn more
  • - name: Play Days: Contemporary Illustrations of Timeless Children’s Stories Opening Reception — TBA learn more
Mccourt Memorial Garden in Memory of Sept 11th Victims, New London — First Thursday – May 2026 at 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm join us
Month Calendar - East Lyme Public Library, East Lyme — Sing and Stomp at 10:30am–11:00am sing stomp
Old Saybrook Parks & Recreation, Old Saybrook
Salem School District, Salem — Taller bilingüe de piñata/Bilingual Piñata Workshop at 5:00pm info

FRIDAY - 5/1

Corn Maze - Preston Farms Corn Maze - 92 Norwich-Westerly .., Preston
  • 1:00pm - 3:00pm — Schools Out Programs - Trip to Ekonk Farm Ice Cream! trip to farm
  • 5:00pm - 7:00pm — Screen Free Week - Family Event family event
Kids & Families, Colchester — Wivenhoe Art Trail 2026 at 10:00am art trail
Library Events and Activities - LibCal - Salem Public Librar, Salem
  • - name: Activities All Weekend Long — TBA memorial day
  • - name: Candy Scramble, Egg Decorating, Egg Toss, Jelly Bean Count — TBA easter fun
  • - name: Golf Cart Rodeo — TBA golf cart rodeo
  • - name: Lego Activities — TBA lego fun
  • - name: Tie Dye T-Shirts — TBA tie dye
  • 10:00am — Opening Weekend - Welcome Back Social welcome back
  • 1:00pm — Pool Party pool party
Local Attractions - Odetah Camping Resort, Bozrah
Mashantucket Pequot Museum, Mashantucket
Old Saybrook Parks & Recreation, Old Saybrook
Public Library of New London, New London — Tykes Indoor Playgroup & Social time (TIPS) at 9:30am playgroup
Salem School District, Salem — Summer Reading Kick-off Party at 2:00pm info

SATURDAY - 5/2

Hamburg Fair, Lyme
  • 10:30am — Steve Songs – Award-winning Children’s Musical Entertainer childrens entertainer
  • 11:00am — Kids Activities and Games kids games
Hempstead Houses, New London
  • - name: Breakfast and Birding — TBA learn more
  • - name: Celebrating Freedom: A Stopping Stone for Orman Remington — TBA learn more
  • - name: Community on the Lawn at Browne House — TBA learn more
  • - name: Lyman Estate Landscape Tour — TBA learn more
  • - name: Working-Class History Tour of the Lyman Estate — TBA learn more
Henry L. Ferguson Museum, New London — Gardening from the Ground Up: The Whys and Hows of Native Plants at 11:00am learn gardening
Kids & Families, Colchester
  • - name: Guided Tour: A Wivenhoe Wander — TBA wivenhoe wander
  • - name: Guided Walking Tour: From Camulodunum to Colchester — TBA walking tour
  • - name: Jane's Walk Colchester 2026 — TBA jane's walk
  • - name: Janes Walk 3: A Sensory Walk Along the Hythe — TBA sensory walk
  • - name: Janes Walks Walk 1: An ancient route to Copford Church — TBA ancient route
  • 2:00pm — Janes Walks Walk 2: Outside Looking In outside looking in
  • 6:00pm — JANES WALK EVENT: Festival Launch + Film festival launch
Kindermusik with Miss Molly, Mystic, Mystic
Library Events and Activities - LibCal - Salem Public Librar, Salem — Spring Craft Fair & Live Entertainment at 7:30pm craft fair
Mccourt Memorial Garden in Memory of Sept 11th Victims, New London
  • 10:00 am - 2:00 pm — Community Event: Thames River Heritage Park Foundation “Discover the Park” Partner Open House Fair discover park
  • 11:00 am - 1:00 pm — Free First Saturday – May 2026 explore art
  • 11:00 am - 3:00 pm — Community Event: Bloom with the Pattagansett Art Center join bloom
Old Saybrook Parks & Recreation, Old Saybrook
Salem School District, Salem
  • 11:00am — Russian Storytime/Время Сказки (на русском) info
  • 11:00am — Baby Pajama Jam info
  • 11:00am — LEGO Party for Kids info
  • 12:00pm — Children's Clothing Swap info
  • 1:00pm — Read to a Pet info
  • 2:00pm — Tween Drop-In Craft: Flower Crowns info
  • 2:00pm — Keeli Littleleaf, Jingle Dress Dance Performance info
Scott's Yankee Farmer, East Lyme — Spring Fling at 12:00pm - 3:30pm spring fling
Yellow Farmhouse Site, North Stonington — TBA at - name: COMO Village Fair village fair

SUNDAY - 5/3

Event Calendar - Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce, Mashantucket — TBA at - name: KIDZ BOP LIVE Birthday Concert Event kidz bop live
Hamburg Fair, Lyme — TBA at - name: Kids’ Field Day Contests kids field day
Henry L. Ferguson Museum, New London
  • 4:00pm — Intro to Colored Pencil Botanical Drawing draw plants
  • 4:00pm — Return to the Sky: The Reintroduction of the Bald Eagle learn eagles
Kids & Families, Colchester
  • - name: Discover: Museum Wonders at Hollytrees Museum — TBA museum wonders
  • - name: Krafty Kids — TBA krafty kids
Library Events and Activities - LibCal - Salem Public Librar, Salem — Live Chainsaw Carving Show at 1:00pm chainsaw show
Old Saybrook Parks & Recreation, Old Saybrook — Thread City Hop Fest at 12:00pm, 5:00pm hop fest
Peek-a-Brew Play Cafe, Old Saybrook
Yellow Farmhouse Site, North Stonington
  • - name: Make A Mug Workshops — TBA make a mug
  • - name: Mother’s Day Planter Pottery Workshop — TBA pottery workshop

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