Enjoy a special meal with friends and neighbors, featuring local performing artists. This affordable dining experience promises expansive views and excellent company. The evening will take place in the River building’s Commons—a 6,900 square foot glass room appointed with social community tables built from trees harvested on the grounds, comfortable sofas, and a coffee bar serving our very own Heavenly Roast. Join us after the December Community Dinner for Gifting for Good, a fun-filled, charitable evening assembling packages of blankets, toiletries, and other essential items for local families and children in need. Click here to donate in support of our Gifting for Good program.
Watch the vibrant Geminid Meteor Shower over the expansive skies of Grace Farms. Join Nature Initiative Director, Mark Fowler, and Tim Haag, Director of the New Canaan High School Planetarium, to learn about the history of the Geminids and enjoy the peak of the famous and bright meteor shower. Telescopes will be available, but visibility is dependent on the weather. The event is open to all ages.
Town and local nonprofit officials are urging New Canaan families this month to unplug their mobile devices and spend more time communicating directly with each other. The Department of Human Services-led “30 Days of Family” initiative this year has taken up “tech-free family time” as its motto. Unplugging forces family members to talk to each other “with their voices and spend quality time making eye contact and practicing listening skills,” according to Jacqueline D’Louhy, the department’s coordinator of youth and family services. “Think about how much teens ‘talk’ to each other electronically,” D’Louhy said. “Sometimes they’ll be sitting in the same room but never utter a word to one another.
