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WEEK OF APRIL 27 - MAY 03, 2026

From Hebron Fair at Creamery Brook Bison Farm to Teen Horsemanship Class (Summer) - Class 5 at What We Do - Blue Sky Farm & Sanctuary and Annual Book Sorting at Entertainment/Activities - Early Childhood Collaborative of.

MONDAY - 4/27

Activities for Children - Redding Neighbors & Newcomers, Putnam — Member Only Special Science Days: Star Wars Day at 3:00pm star wars day
Babcock Library, Ashford — Storytime & Crafts at 10:00am storytime crafts
Entertainment/Activities - Early Childhood Collaborative of, Ashford — ECCS at the Library at 9:00am eccs at library
Events - Calendar - EASTFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Eastford — Grade K to Eastford Public Library at 10:30am library visit
Franklin County Public Library Events Calendar - LibCal @ FC, Franklin — Star Wars Day Celebration at 3:00pm info
Museum Passes - Mount Kisco Public Library, Franklin
Windham County 4-H Fair, Windham
  • - name: UConn 4-H Tractor Supply Co. Paper Clover Campaign — TBA paper clover
  • ALL DAY — Animal Verification Forms Due forms due

TUESDAY - 4/28

Babcock Library, Ashford — Drop-In Coloring at 3:00pm drop in coloring
Entertainment/Activities - Early Childhood Collaborative of, Ashford
Events - Calendar - EASTFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Eastford — Kindergarten Transition Pre K Playground at 2:20pm playground event
Franklin County Public Library Events Calendar - LibCal @ FC, Franklin
  • 10:30am — mc²-minis-Rocky Mount info
  • 10:30am — Toddler Time-Rocky Mount info
  • 11:30am — mc²-minis-Westlake info
  • 5:30pm — Lego Club-Westlake info
  • 6:00pm — Terracotta Jewelry info
Mansfield Public Library: Event Calendar, Mansfield — Toddler Time at 10:30am join us
Museum Passes - Mount Kisco Public Library, Franklin
Plainfield Public Library, Plainfield — Teen Support Group at 5:00pm teen group
Roseland Cottage, Woodstock
  • - name: Homeschool Program: Celebrating America on Casey Farm — TBA learn more
  • - name: Virtual Program – Framing Modernism: Architectural Photography at Gropius House — TBA learn more
What We Do - Blue Sky Farm & Sanctuary, Canterbury — Meet and Greet: Teen Horsemanship Class at 3:30pm contact us

WEDNESDAY - 4/29

Babcock Library, Ashford — Fiber Arts Club at 1:00pm fiber arts club
Brooklyn Children's Museum – A place of firsts—providing for, Brooklyn — Play at BCM at 10:00am play at bcm
Franklin County Public Library Events Calendar - LibCal @ FC, Franklin
  • 10:30am — Story Time-Rocky Mount info
  • 10:30am — Story Time-Westlake info
Museum Passes - Townsend Public Library, Woodstock — TBA at - name: Day A: Activity Day activity day
Pomfret Public Library, Pomfret — Cake Decorating 101 at 6:00pm cake decorating
What We Do - Blue Sky Farm & Sanctuary, Canterbury
  • 3:30pm — Teen Horsemanship Class (Summer) - Class 1 contact us
  • 3:30pm — Teen Horsemanship Class (Summer) - Class 2 contact us
  • 3:30pm — Teen Horsemanship Class (Summer) - Class 3 contact us
  • 3:30pm — Teen Horsemanship Class (Summer) - Class 4 contact us
  • 3:30pm — Teen Horsemanship Class (Summer) - Class 5 contact us
Windham County 4-H Fair, Windham — 2026 UConn 4-H Livestock Judging at 6:30pm - 8:00pm livestock judging

THURSDAY - 4/30

Brooklyn Children's Museum – A place of firsts—providing for, Brooklyn
Creamery Brook Bison Farm, Brooklyn
  • 4:00pm — Brooklyn Fair visit us
  • 4:00pm — Hebron Fair join us
  • 5:00pm — North Stonington Fair visit us
Entertainment/Activities - Early Childhood Collaborative of, Ashford — State of Early Childhood in Southington Presentation at 7:45am early childhood
Franklin County Public Library Events Calendar - LibCal @ FC, Franklin
  • 4:00pm — Lego Club-Rocky Mount info
  • 4:00pm — Pokemon Club-Rocky Mount info
  • 4:00pm — Dogman Bingo info
  • 4:00pm — mc²-Rocky Mount info
  • 5:00pm — Pipe Cleaner Flowers info
Museum Passes - Mount Kisco Public Library, Franklin
Pomfret Public Library, Pomfret
  • - name: Drop-In Crafts — TBA crafts
  • - name: STEM Explorers — TBA stem explorers
  • 4:30pm — Kids Book Club: Miss Heather’s Favorites! book club
Roseland Cottage, Woodstock
  • - 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
What We Do - Blue Sky Farm & Sanctuary, Canterbury
  • 3:30pm — Meet and Greet: Pre-Teen Horsemanship Class contact us
  • 3:30pm — Pre-Teen Horsemanship Class (Summer) - Class 1 contact us
  • 3:30pm — Pre-Teen Horsemanship Class (Summer) - Class 2 contact us
  • 3:30pm — Pre-Teen Horsemanship Class (Summer) - Class 3 contact us
  • 3:30pm — Pre-Teen Horsemanship Class (Summer) - Class 4 contact us
  • 3:30pm — Pre-Teen Horsemanship Class (Summer) - Class 5 contact us

FRIDAY - 5/1

Babcock Library, Ashford — Homeschool Hangout at 10:00am homeschool hangout
Creamery Brook Bison Farm, Brooklyn
  • 4:00pm — Windham County 4-H Fair join us
  • 6:00pm, 9:00pm — Watercure Farm Distillery visit us
Entertainment/Activities - Early Childhood Collaborative of, Ashford — TBA at - name: Southington Summer 2026 Bookmobile Tour bookmobile tour
Museum Passes - Townsend Public Library, Woodstock — Frozen, the Musical at 7:00pm - 9:30pm frozen musical
The Little Bean, Woodstock — 2026 Memorial Day Family Camp at 7:00pm-9:00pm join us
Windham County 4-H Fair, Windham — Verification Forms Due at ALL DAY forms due

SATURDAY - 5/2

Activities for Children - Redding Neighbors & Newcomers, Putnam
Babcock Library, Ashford — Return of the Robots at 10:00am return robots
Connecticut State Museum of Natural History (UConn), Storrs — Spring Arboretum Tour at 10:00am arboretum tour
Creamery Brook Bison Farm, Brooklyn
  • 10:00am, 3:00pm — Great Pumpkin Festival join us
  • 11:00am, 4:00pm — Thompson's Maker Fair visit us
  • 12:00pm, 4:30pm — Annual Festival at the Farm join us
  • 12:00pm, 6:00pm — Hillyland’s Homegrown Festival join us
  • 4:00pm, 9:00pm — Coventry Fireworks visit us
  • 9:00am — Connecticut Garlic & Harvest Festival join us
Egg Hunt - WillingtonHillFire.com, Willimantic — Willimantic Farmers Market at 8:00am, 12:00pm farmers market
Entertainment/Activities - Early Childhood Collaborative of, Ashford
Franklin County Public Library Events Calendar - LibCal @ FC, Franklin — Chess Club at 10:30am info
Nathan Hale Homestead, Coventry — Forest Bathing at 10:00am forest bathing
Plainfield Public Library, Plainfield
Roseland Cottage, Woodstock
  • - 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
The Riley Farm Rescue, Brooklyn — Spring Fling at 12:00pm - 3:30pm view event
Windham County 4-H Fair, Windham
  • 8:00am — Fairfield County Dog Show dog show
  • ALL DAY — New England 4-H Dog Clinic dog clinic
  • ALL DAY — UConn 4-H Goat Clinic goat clinic

SUNDAY - 5/3

Creamery Brook Bison Farm, Brooklyn — Thread City Hop Fest at 12:00pm, 5:00pm visit us
Entertainment/Activities - Early Childhood Collaborative of, Ashford — W.I.S.E. Mental Health Community Block Party at 1:00pm block party
Franklin County Public Library Events Calendar - LibCal @ FC, Franklin — TBA at - name: Tiny Art Pick up/Drop off info

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