Shelton slates summer concerts on Huntington Green

SHELTON - "Music Under The Stars Summer Concert Series" will run until Aug. 26. 
The concerts will be held on Wednesdays on the Huntington Green from 7-9 p.m. 

Information/cancellation line is 203-331-4120. Rain dates will be on Thursdays.

The schedule includes:

July 8 - Highland Rovers (Irish Rock)

July 15- TBA

July 22 - Gunsmoke (Classic Country)

July 29 - Backbeat (Classic Rock)

Aug. 5 - Mia & The Riff (Soul/R&B) and  Lynn Lewis and Friends (Children's Show) at 6 p.m.

Aug. 12 - Radio Waves (Dance)

Aug.19 - Midnight Rodeo (New Country)

Aug. 26 - Little Big Band (Big Band)


* Information shared from Facebook.

Victorian tea party planned at Kellogg Center in Derby

DERBY - Come and learn about Victorian culture at a Victorian Tea etiquette workshop at the Kellogg Environmental Center from 1-2:30 p.m. July 25.

This program will take visitors back in time to the late Victorian Era (1837-1901) when Frances Osborne Kellogg would have been a young lady in her 20s hosting and going to tea parties.

During the workshop, visitors will learn Victorian tea etiquette and the difference between the types of tea services, such as low and high tea.
Participants will understand and demonstrate the social “do’s and don’ts” of a tea party.

At the end of the program, visitors can take home handcrafted teas and teabags and tour the Osborne Homestead Museum where antique tea sets will be on display.

The workshop fee is $5, and refreshments will be served.

The Kellogg Environmental Center, 500 Hawthorne Ave., is operated by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. It is open 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

To register or for more information call 203-734-2513 or email donna.kingston@ct.gov. Space is limited.



This is a press release from DEEP.

Celebrate Shelton this summer with music, crafts, food

Wishing all a Happy Fourth of July

Enjoy the holiday!

Seymour Library to host kids' program about frogs, toads

SEYMOUR - The Seymour Public Library will host “Our Hero Frog & Sidekick Toad” presented by the Kellogg Environmental Center of Derby at 10:30 a.m. July 8.

Learn all about the amazing frog and his friend toad. The program is for ages 6 and up.

Admission is free. Registration is required.

To register call 203-888-3903 or visit the Seymour Public Library, 46 Church St.


This information is shared from an online community calendar sponsored by the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and the New Haven Independent.

Service in Ansonia remembers victims of Charleston, S.C. massacre

The Rev. Jeffrey Gubbiotti, pastor, Assumption Church in Ansonia, leads a prayer at Thursday's Community Prayer Service for the Healing of our Land at Clinton AME Zion Church in Ansonia.


Stay tuned for a story in the Valley Independent Sentinel. 

Opening at E Street Gallery in Derby to feature performance

Don't miss this excerpted performance from The Zoo Story, a one-act play by Edward Albee, at the grand opening of E Street Gallery!