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Add EventFREE Community Workshop - Open to ALL Join Lyme EMS for a fun, interactive workshop focused on healthy aging, independence and practical everyday wellness. You’ll leave with simple ideas, helpful resources, and easy tips you can use right away. Learn ✔️ Easy home safety updates that make everyday living easier ✔️ Tips for staying active, […]
Community members are invited to bring a favorite dish to share for the traditional potluck supper. The event will also feature a trivia contest with questions drawn from the town’s latest annual report. The evening will include a review of the past year’s events and a discussion of future plans for both the Lyme Public […]
New England Baroque concert, as the penultimate concert of the Connecticut Early Music Festival, pairs Bach and Vivaldi with a contemporary work by Caroline Shaw. Seating is general admission.
The Connecticut Early Music Festival series concludes with Mozart’s Requiem (K. 626) and Ave Verum Corpus, alongside Rachmaninoff’s Bogoroditse Devo performed by the CEMS orchestra and chorus under Ian Watson. Seating is general admission.
With over a dozen performers, the annual celebration takes place on Lyme Street, stretching from the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, where the Old Lyme Town Band will play, to Nightingale’s Acoustic Cafe, where Chris Gregor will perform a modern mix. An international celebration of free music for all, the Old Lyme Arts District […]
All ages and families are welcome. Join Ms. Jazzy, Ms. Kathy and Nike on the patio for pizza and other outdoor activities. Handcrafted ice cream will be available for purchase from Moovin Scoops.
Lyme Public Library Director Melissa Fournier will discuss the New York Committee of Vigilance, the multiracial anti-slavery organization Lyme-born abolitionist David Ruggles helped establish in 1835 to combat slave-catching operations and assist people seeking freedom. The talk is part of the library's second annual David Ruggles Week, which includes a series of lectures, discussions and […]
This talk about the later years of Lyme-born abolitionist David Ruggles will be led by representatives from the David Ruggles Center for History and Education in Northampton, Massachusetts. After deteriorating health forced him to leave New York, Ruggles settled in Northampton, where he continued his abolitionist work while pioneering hydrotherapy treatments that gained national attention. […]
Old Lyme Selectman and historian Jim Lampos will present this lecture on Lyme-born abolitionist David Ruggles and civil disobedience. A panel discussion will follow with retired prosecutor Lonnie Braxton, East Lyme Selectman Jason Deeble and historian Tom Schuch as they examine Ruggles’ continuing influence on civic life and public policy. The talk is part of […]
This program features Liz Lightfoot of Historic New England. Lightfoot will talk about the importance of Witness Stones, which have been installed at sites across Lyme and Old Lyme, in restoring forgotten history. The library grounds include a Witness Stone honoring Prince Brown, David Ruggles’ maternal grandfather, who was born enslaved but became free. The […]
Celebrate the conclusion of Lyme Public Library's David Ruggles Week with the unveiling of two large community-created portraits by artist Jac Lahav depicting Lyme-born abolitionist Ruggles and Frederick Douglass, who credited Ruggles with saving his life. The portraits began as a community art project during last year’s David Ruggles Week. Children and adults helped paint […]
Local historians Jim Lampos and Michaelle Pearson will explore how the Revolutionary War took root in the communities that now make up Lyme, Old Lyme, East Lyme and Salem. Topics will include the tradition of local self-governance that flourished in Lyme, the opposition of Rev. Stephen Johnson to the Stamp Act in 1765 and a […]
