Bethlehem Christmas, Six

Bethlehem, CT

Bethlehem Christmas, Five

Bethlehem, CT

Carols.

Bethlehem Christmas, Four

Bethlehem, CT

The atmosphere after the tree lighting, during the school band concert, was informal.

Bethlehem Christmas, Three

Bethlehem, CT

Bethlehem Christmas, Two

Bethlehem, CT

Bethlehem Christmas, One

Bethlehem, CT

The school band played Christmas music after the official tree lighting. The town's promotional literature says that the tree has gone green this year with LED lights.

Gunn Christmas, II

Washington, CT

Tree Lighting, II

Torrington, CT

Tree Lighting, I

Torrington, CT

Last Friday, hundreds of people gathered at Coe Park in Torrington, CT, for an evening of holiday season launches. First a tree lighting at the park, then everyone began to walk down Main Street as the police closed off vehicular traffic. Carolers gathered at several stops along the way until the crowd gathered for another tree lighting at a church next to the town hall. The high school band played, a live-creche display combined with more carols, and then the crowd moved on to yet another spot blocks farther along. It was a cold and very windy night with rain threatening, so I was quite surprised to see such a crowd turn out.

Gunn Christmas

Washington, CT

From the Christmas exhibit at the Gunn Memorial Museum, one corner of the 1950s room.

Final Opening, III

Kent, CT

Final Opening, II

Kent, CT

Final Opening, I

Kent, CT

The Bachelier-Cardowski gallery has been a mainstay of the art scene in northwestern Connecticut for more than twenty years, but last Saturday they held their last exhibition opening.

For Lease/FOR SALE

Naugatuck, CT

Naugatuck, CT

Re-enactors

Waterbury, CT

Pop-Up Sale

Washington Depot, CT

It seems there is a new retail idea called the Pop-up Sale, in which people utilize temporary sales venues. One example might be to show handicrafts for just a week in an otherwise unoccupied storefront. Here, a group of people are offering handmade apparel and antique or artisan-made jewelry for just one weekend in a space that is normally a fine-art gallery specializing in photography.

Walk for the Cure, III

Litchfield, CT

Walk for the Cure, II

Litchfield, CT

Walk for the Cure, I

Litchfield, CT

Cancer research fund raiser.

Holiday Bazaar, III

Waterbury, CT