Community Calendar

The final concert in this summer series will take place Thursday, July 1, and feature Midnight Anthem playing from 5 to 5:45 p.m. and Steve Dedman and Plywood Cowboy taking the stage from 6 to 8 p.m.

OLD LYME — Wet Paint on Lyme Street will place member artists throughout the Old Lyme village at their easels painting en plein air, thus evoking the early artists with whose presence the community was quite familiar. The artists will work at varying times during the day and then sell their paintings on the LAA lawn at 4:30 p.m. This will be an opportunity to see many LAA artists painting in their own styles.

OLD LYME — Tea Day is a family-friendly event being held from 1 to 4 p.m., which will harken back to the LAA’s early fundraisers of tea parties held on the front lawn for the townspeople and artists. Beverages and baked goods will be sold while crafts, games, and other fun activities will be offered.

Costumed historical interpreters will be on hand to share stories of the artists, who founded the LAA along with planning and building the gallery.

Join today’s LAA for a contemporary take on an event from years gone by.

OLD LYME — The Centennial Frolic will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. with a 1920s-themed fundraiser (1920s attire encouraged!) for the  Second Century Skylight Project. This event will celebrate the next 100 years of the LAA’s historic gallery in the spirit of their founders.

The artists of the Lyme Art Colony marked the end of every summer with a “Frolic,” which often included elaborate costuming (see photo above.) This event is open to donors to the Skylight Project (visit this page on the LAA website or call 860-434-7802 to donate) and will include beverages and appetizers.

Help save the skylights and “frolic” like the LAA founders!

OLD LYME — On Friday, Oct. 8, at 9 a.m., the Old Lyme Open Space Commission will offer the public an opportunity during their in-person meeting at Old Lyme Town Hall to call with questions or comments about the Town’s proposed acquisition of 41-1 and 41-4 Whippoorwill Road.

This purchase will add 35 acres to the existing Ames Open Space, with improved access to its trail system.

While the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Finance have approved this transaction, it still needs to go before the Planning Commission and a Town Meeting before the sale can take place.

It should be noted that the land being purchased and the roadway leading to it are still private property and not open to the public.

Readers can call into the Open Space Commission’s meeting by dialing 1-605-472-5727 and entering access code 3819718.

The full agenda for the meeting is as follows:

Hybrid Meeting, Open to the Public

1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Minutes from September 10, 2021
3. Welcome to the Public: Open Discussion on the proposed acquisition of the Ames Open Space 35 acres
4. Land Steward Report: Peter Norris
5. Existing Business
   1. Open Space Property Updates
   2. Ames Open Space: Amanda Blair
   3. Bartholomew Open Space: Amanda Blair
   4. Champlain North: Steven Calcagni
   5. McCulloch Family Open Space: Amanda Blair
   6. Eklund Pond Open Space: Anne Welles
6. Grant Activity
   1. Rockfall Foundation & Hartford Audubon Society Grants: Andrea Fenton
   2. Future Applications
7. Community Outreach
   Hikers Happy Hour
8. Inland Wetlands Commission Report: Evan Griswold
9. Conservation Commission Report: Gary Gregory
10. New Business
    1. 2022 Schedule of Commission Meetings
    2. Additional New Business?
11. Public Comment
12. Executive Session – As Necessary
13. Adjourn

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