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Honor Book Weekend Lets You Put a Loved Ones Name Inside the Mystic and Noank Library

Honor Book Weekend Lets You Put a Loved One’s Name Inside the Mystic & Noank Library

Editor • September 24, 2026

Choose a librarian-selected book for the Mystic & Noank Library, dedicate it to someone special and leave their name inside the collection for future readers.

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Are Humans Really Exceptional - Tom Verde Leads a Stonington Discussion of The Arrogant Ape

Are Humans Really Exceptional? Tom Verde Leads a Stonington Discussion of The Arrogant Ape

Editor • September 24, 2026

Journalist Tom Verde leads readers into a provocative exploration of animal intelligence, human superiority and whether we’ve misunderstood our place in the natural world.

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Paint Night With Lana Gunn Turns Coastal Rhode Island Into a Canvas

Paint Night With Lana Gunn Turns Coastal Rhode Island Into a Canvas (postponed)

Editor • September 24, 2026

Rhode Island artist Lana Gunn guides painters through a coastal landscape inspired by the quiet shorelines, soft colors and natural spaces that shape her own work.

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Pop vs R and B Drag Brunch Turns The Social Into a Live Diva Concert

Pop vs. R&B Drag Brunch Turns The Social Into a Live Diva Concert

Editor • September 24, 2026

NYC drag performer Wesley trades lip-syncing for powerhouse live vocals in a Pop vs. R&B edition of New London’s long-running Pink Eggs & Glam brunch.

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Felicia Rose Brings Sacred Song World Rhythms and Electronic Trance to the Garde

Felicia Rose Brings Sacred Song, World Rhythms and Electronic Trance to the Garde

Editor • September 24, 2026

Sacred songs meet world percussion and electronic dance music as Felicia Rose brings an afternoon of chanting, meditation and mystical exploration to New London.

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The Makers Market Turns the Velvet Mill Into a Seven-Hour Showcase of Local Creativity

The Makers Market Turns the Velvet Mill Into a Seven-Hour Showcase of Local Creativity (cancelled)

Editor • September 24, 2026

Browse handmade goods, original art, crafts and vintage finds as local makers and small businesses take over the historic Velvet Mill for seven hours Saturday.

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Kids Create Their Own Superheroes in Five-Week Comic Art Class at Mystic Museum of Art

Kids Create Their Own Superheroes in Five-Week Comic Art Class at Mystic Museum of Art

Editor • September 23, 2026

Young artists spend five Sundays learning how characters, drawing, storytelling, page design and ink come together before creating a superhero comic of their own.

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Roc-Kin-On Brings Four Decades of Party Rock to the Charlestown Rathskeller

Roc-Kin’-On Brings Four Decades of Party Rock to the Charlestown Rathskeller (cancelled)

Editor • September 23, 2026

Four decades of rock, country and pop favorites fill the Rathskeller’s backyard as Roc-Kin’-On finally plays the free show rain postponed in May.

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Youth On-the-Mic Gives Young Performers the Knickerbocker Stage

Youth On-the-Mic Gives Young Performers the Knickerbocker Stage

Editor • September 23, 2026

Middle and high school musicians get a pressure-free place to sing, play and test original songs on a stage steeped in Westerly music history.

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Sip and Sign Pairs Local Authors With a Fundraiser for Families Starting Over

Sip & Sign Pairs Local Authors With a Fundraiser for Families Starting Over (rescheduled)

Editor • September 23, 2026

Meet six authors over drinks and hors d’oeuvres inside Stonington Free Library while helping Operation Fresh Start give local children and families a new beginning.

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Roots Music Stomp Brings Americas Musical Traditions Together With Erica Weiss

Roots Music Stomp Brings America’s Musical Traditions Together With Erica Weiss

Editor • September 23, 2026

Fiddles, accordions and centuries of musical migration meet as Erica Weiss joins Craig Edwards for an intimate evening exploring the connections within American roots music.

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The Habitat Classic Tees Off to Help Build 65 Eastern Connecticut Homes

The Habitat Classic Tees Off to Help Build 65 Eastern Connecticut Homes

Editor • September 22, 2026

Golfers take over Mohegan Sun Golf Club for an 18-hole scramble supporting Habitat’s plans to build 65 affordable homes across eastern Connecticut.

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Oysters and Bubbles Turns Thursdays Into a Waterfront Tradition at La Plage Mystic

Oysters & Bubbles Turns Thursdays Into a Waterfront Tradition at La Plage Mystic

Editor • September 22, 2026

Freshly shucked oysters, sparkling wine and Mystic River views come together every Thursday night at La Plage, currently scheduled through New Year’s Eve.

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Oyster Shucking Aboard ARGIA Pairs Mystic River Oysters With a Sunset Sail

Oyster Shucking Aboard ARGIA Pairs Mystic River Oysters With a Sunset Sail (rescheduled)

Editor • September 22, 2026

Eat freshly shucked local oysters while sailing the waters they came from as J&R Seafood brings a raw bar aboard ARGIA for a two-hour Mystic sunset sail.

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Nick Bosse at Deans Mill Farm Thirsty Thursday

Thirsty Thursdays Brings Nick Bosse (Bosse postponed. Rickie Louise Miller is playing)

Editor • September 22, 2026

Nick Bosse brings traditional country and roots music to a 70-acre Stonington farm for a free Thursday night of food trucks, drinks and live music.

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25 Dollar Girl Dinner Turns Thursday Night Into a Three-Course Deal at Favorites Bistro Bar

$25 Girl Dinner Turns Thursday Night Into a Three-Course Deal at Favorites Bistro Bar

Editor • September 22, 2026

One appetizer, one entrée and one drink for $25 turns Thursday into Girl Dinner at New London’s Caribbean-influenced Favorites Bistro Bar.

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Mystic Film Festival Brings Four Days of Independent Cinema to Mystic and Westerly

Mystic Film Festival Brings Four Days of Independent Cinema to Mystic and Westerly

Editor • September 21, 2026

More than 100 independent films take over screens in Mystic, Stonington and Westerly for four days of features, documentaries, shorts, student work and filmmaker events.

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Full Harvest Moon Cruise Puts New Londons Waterfront Under the September Moon

Full Harvest Moon Cruise Puts New London’s Waterfront Under the September Moon

Editor • September 21, 2026

Pack a cooler and head onto the Thames River at dusk for an hour of autumn air, waterfront views and the rising Corn or Harvest Moon.

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Harbor Glow Lights Up Norwich Harbor With Hot-Air Balloons, Fire Cauldrons and a Waterfront Festival

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Harbor Glow Lights Up Norwich Harbor With Hot-Air Balloons

Editor • September 20, 2026

Glowing hot-air balloons and fire cauldrons transform Norwich Harbor after dark, with six food vendors, free kids activities and a new cruise from New London.

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Clark Farms Fall Festival Celebrates 250 Years of Rhode Island Farming

Clark Farms Fall Festival Celebrates 250 Years of Rhode Island Farming

Editor • September 20, 2026

Get lost in 250 years of Rhode Island farming, then stick around for hayrides, zip lines, farm animals, live music, food and plenty of fall fun in Matunuck.

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Moonlit Mystic Graveyard Ghost Tours Takes Visitors Into One of Mystics Oldest Burial Grounds After Dark

Moonlit Mystic Graveyard Ghost Tours Takes Visitors Into One of Mystic’s Oldest Burial Grounds After Dark

Editor • September 20, 2026

Explore a Mystic burial ground dating to the 1660s by lantern light as Seaside Shadows mixes colonial history, vampire scares, local legends and reported hauntings.

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Sunset Sails September 25 & 26

Full Moon Sunset Sail Pairs Two of Mystic’s Best Views Aboard the ARGIA

Editor • September 20, 2026

Watch sunset fade across Fishers Island Sound as the full moon rises from the deck of ARGIA, with picnics and wine welcome aboard the two-hour sail.

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Tide to Table at Mystic Aquarium Connects Whats on the Plate to Whats Happening Beneath the Water

Tide to Table at Mystic Aquarium Connects What’s on the Plate to What’s Happening Beneath the Water

Editor • September 20, 2026

Watch New England’s wild coast on film, meet the people working to protect it and taste what it produces during an after-hours evening of chefs, science and conservation.

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Nick Casey Brings Old-School Country Back Home to Rhode Island

Nick Casey Brings Old-School Country Back Home to Rhode Island

Editor • September 20, 2026

Rhode Island country artist Nick Casey brings The Whole Damn Band to the Rathskeller for three hours of old-school country, roots, rock and original songs.

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