Sharon Audubon Center, located at 325 Cornwall Bridge Road (Route 4) in Sharon, CT, will once again be holding its annual MapleFest on Saturday, March 19 between 11am and 4 pm.  On-going guided 45-minute to 1 hour tours will lead visitors through the Center’s sugaring operation, including a working sugarhouse and a re-creation of Native American and early colonial sugaring methods.  Participants can watch as pure sugar maple sap is collected from the trees and turned into delicious maple syrup.  Admission for the event is $7.00 adults and $5.00 children (2 and under free.) Wear warm clothes and boots, as the entire tour is outdoors and trails are often muddy or snow covered.  

Fresh, homemade maple baked goods, as well as coffee and water, will also be available for purchase during the day as part of the Maple Bake Sale. Each treat will be made with the Center’s very own maple syrup!  Fresh syrup will be available for purchase while supplies last.

Please take note of our COVID guidelines for this event: all tour groups will be limited to 15 people and masks must be worn throughout the tour since proper distancing cannot be guaranteed. Tours go out approximately every 15-20 minutes. The Center building exhibits will be closed and our Nature Store will be limited to 8 people at a time.  

For more information on MapleFest or the Sharon Audubon Center sugaring operation, contact the Audubon Center at (860) 364-0520.

The Sharon Historical Society & Museum collects, preserves, and shares Sharon’s stories.

We are open Wednesday through Friday (12-4pm) and Saturday (10 am-2pm).

18 Main St, P.O. Box 511

In its final round of the Craft Brewers Whiskey Project, Berkshire Mountain Distillers (BMD) has released three new whiskies distilled from beer sourced from popular brewers Long Trail Brewing Company, Two Roads Brewing, and Chatham Brewing, available now in the BMD tasting room and across the Northeast in March.

An evolving line of craft spirits produced by the region’s first legal distillery since prohibition, Berkshire Mountain Distillers’ Craft Brewers Whiskeys combine the flavors and essences of some of the best and well-known craft beers in the country. Each Craft Brewers Whiskey is blended to 86 proof using Berkshire Mountain Distillers’ proprietary historic spring water in Sheffield, MA, and packaged in custom bottles with a brewer-designed label.

Whiskies are sold in the BMD tasting room and are available in select stores – Chatham Brewing whiskey will be available in the BMD store only. Samuel Adams, Jack’s Abby, and Big Elm are currently sold out in the BMD tasting room and several others are in short supply. BMD is located at 356 South Main Street in Sheffield, open daily from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit craftbrewerswhiskeyproject.com and BMD; follow Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

On Saturday from 4-5pm, the Historical Society will be hosting the first of four panels in the ‘Reinventing Farming’ Oral History Program.

The 40th Anniversary of the Student Open Recital will take place on Sunday, February 27 at 3 p.m. in the Meeting House of the Salisbury Congregational Church, 30 Main St., Salisbury, Ct. After taking a year off due to the pandemic, we are so pleased to have the Recital again.

Featured will be very talented young artists, ages 8 – 18, chosen by their teachers based on technique at his/her age, musicality and promise, all to encourage them to continue and pursue their musical studies.

You will hear six pianists ranging from beginner to advanced. Among them is a pianist playing his own composition, a first for the Recital, and a Jazz pianist playing “When You Wish Upon a Star” and “It’s

The afternoon will be great music for the soul. Bring your family, especially your children. The Recital is free and open to the public, underwritten by the Special Music Fund. Covid safety protocols will be observed: Masks and social distancing.

A Winter Weekend Festival in Norfolk!

Two days of fun for all, indoors and out… food, live music, art exhibits, winter sports and hiking, tours, open houses, kids’ activities and more. WINter 2022 will be mostly in-person with precautions in place; others are virtual, either live-streamed or on demand. So mark your calendars for February 26 & 27, 2022, and come back often to see what’s new!

Also save the dates for our annual summer Weekend in Norfolk festival, the first weekend in August, three days of fun for everyone, August 5, 6 and 7, 2022…we hope we’ll be able to invite you to come in person!

On demand (links to come)

Cooking demonstration: Classic Spanish paella

In-Person and Live-Streamed

All day

All day

10:00 to 11:00 a.m.

10:00 to 11:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Time to be announced

1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

3:00 to 5:00 p.m.

3:00 to 5:00 p.m.

4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Join Chef and owner of Le Gamin, Robert Arbor, as he cooks a tasty Valentine’s Menu of Chicken Fricassee and Oven-Roasted Potatoes.  In addition to owning many restaurants, he co-authored a book, Joie de Vivre: Simple French Style for Everyday Living, in 2003.   Lucky for us in the Northwest Corner, Robert opened Le Gamin Café in Sharon in March 2021, a bright spot during a very dark time.  In the months since, business has boomed and Le Gamin Café in Sharon was just named one of the 25 Best New Restaurants in Connecticut Magazine’s January issue.  

Join us on Zoom to learn how to make this wonderful creamy chicken stew and then you can make it for your Valentine!  Robert will walk us through the recipe and also tell us more about his journey from Fontainebleau, France to the kitchens in New York City and finally to Sharon, CT. 

We will send you the recipes a few days before the event.

This virtual program is free, but registration is required. For further information call the Library at (860)364-5041.